MY Experiments with Truth Starts
Dear All,
Not many times in life you get an opportunity to live a dream you have always thought of on personal front ( something which you wanted to do in life and not influenced by your parents/freinds/relatives/seniors). For me exploring my
country is one such dream that i am carrying with me since the age of 4.
Tata Jagriti Yatra provides opportunity of exploring india from the prespective of a social sector enterprise and cooperative movement.
The process of selection is very very competitive ( Close to 12000 people applied this year) and involves
Step 1 essay writing on various subjects related to social entrepreneurship.
Step 2 is personal interview conducted by eminent people to understand applicant’s level of commitment.
Finally close 25-30 people from various professional domains are selected and will be given orientation on leadership and how to handle a diverse group ( in terms of social/economic/demographic/geographic profiles).
Mentioned below are Yatra details i strongly urge you to take part in next year's selection process which will start in Feb-March 2010.
1.Tata Jagriti Yatra-- is a annual train journey that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth (with some participation of international students) between the ages of 20-25 and experienced professionals, with age above 25, on an
eighteen day national odyssey ( Dec 24- Jan11 2010), introducing them to unsung heroes of India.
2. AIM-- is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship - both social and economic - within India's youth by exposing them to individuals and institutions that are developing unique solutions to India's challenges. Through this national event we
have begun to inspire the youth of India to lead and develop institutions both nationally and within their communities.
Last year selected candidates visited
1.Shri Mahila Graha udyog lijjat Papad - Mumbai.
2. Samruddhi " Shree Padre"- Mangalore.
3. Aravind Eye Care-Chennai.
4. Auroville.
5. MS Swaminathan Research foundation.
6. Nandi Foundation
And 12 more institutes of similar repute.
3. Media Coverage- CNBC conducted CNBC debates conducted at six major centers kanyakumari, Chennai, Delhi, Anand, Hyderabad and Jamshedpur.(Further details can be checked at Yatra summary attached with the mail).Media
coverage is very wide last year TOI to Sakal to Dainik bhaskar to Enadu to The Hindu covered the progress of journey.
4. My Role as a facilitator- bridge between the Yatris and the organizing team, a facilitator helps the Yatri
make the most of the Yatra by managing individual learning as well as collaborative learnings through rich
informal interactions between the participants of the Yatra.
Further details about Tata Jagriti Yatra can be explored at www.jagritiyatra.com and also please find attached report on last year's Yatra which can provide details of what to expect from this yatra and how it help us in search within.
What is hugely important is to dream and then wake up to achieve it. As Sharukh Khan said in Om Shanti Om " kahte hain agar kisi cheez ko poorey dil se chaho to poori kaynaat use tum se milaaney main jut jati hain".
Regards,
Abhishant Pant
Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Random Thoughts— Revision is that dimension which we missed during last submission…
Random Thoughts— Revision is that dimension which we missed during last submission…
Rules are set standard created by a group based on common and most agreeable points of discussion. While life is a process of exploration if u will explore it with in set standards you will never understand beyond obvious part of it. So with the passage of time a revision to the standards manual is required. When I explored it a bit more I found that
1. Revision is that dimension which got missed during last submission.
2. Revision is required
For continuity of life
Because everything is incomplete and as everything is incomplete so revision is required.
3. Last revision was only reflection of life n times in which people who did it lived it was just their bit to infinity…
4. Revisions are meant to live till next significant development.
5. Submission is a set of rules and revision is a collection of set which is built when we break rules…
6. Revision is dependent on those wo/man who tend be unreasonable and explore neglected/never explored dimensions.
7. Revision is the reflection of growth/development/change and growth/development/change is the reason for revision.
9. Revision emanates from suppression and suppression is the reason for revision…
9. For every thought which forms part of revision atleast 100 more are lost in time till they get someone unreasonable enough to support them with his/her logic.
And Human mind is agile and excited only if it explores new horizons...So take a road never explored...and help in creation of a new set of rules and that’s where all the fun lies. As Amit said If you will follow all the rules you will miss all the fun…
In anticipation that someone among you will add one more dimension…
Regards,
Abhishant Pant
abhishantpant.blogspot.com
Rules are set standard created by a group based on common and most agreeable points of discussion. While life is a process of exploration if u will explore it with in set standards you will never understand beyond obvious part of it. So with the passage of time a revision to the standards manual is required. When I explored it a bit more I found that
1. Revision is that dimension which got missed during last submission.
2. Revision is required
For continuity of life
Because everything is incomplete and as everything is incomplete so revision is required.
3. Last revision was only reflection of life n times in which people who did it lived it was just their bit to infinity…
4. Revisions are meant to live till next significant development.
5. Submission is a set of rules and revision is a collection of set which is built when we break rules…
6. Revision is dependent on those wo/man who tend be unreasonable and explore neglected/never explored dimensions.
7. Revision is the reflection of growth/development/change and growth/development/change is the reason for revision.
9. Revision emanates from suppression and suppression is the reason for revision…
9. For every thought which forms part of revision atleast 100 more are lost in time till they get someone unreasonable enough to support them with his/her logic.
And Human mind is agile and excited only if it explores new horizons...So take a road never explored...and help in creation of a new set of rules and that’s where all the fun lies. As Amit said If you will follow all the rules you will miss all the fun…
In anticipation that someone among you will add one more dimension…
Regards,
Abhishant Pant
abhishantpant.blogspot.com
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Random Thoughts
Amit Jagwani wrote
1. Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package.........
2. For every minute spending in organizing, one hour is earned.
One thing that you need to do to unlock the package is to PUSH, Because when you push yourself hard, you put yourself on test, When you test yourself against the odds you explore, and you test yourself when the image of outcome is lucrative enough, Know to produce outcome you need to make focused efforts i.e. not only it demands clarity of thoughts it also requires energy and time to concentrate and organize, clarity of thoughts (Built from Non/Personal experience) is resultant of ability to appreciate various outcomes and every minute spent in organizing these outcomes requires clarity and separation of most of the dimensions associated with what needs to be organized .To gain perspective of most of the dimension one needs both imagination and knowledge, while imagination is more of random in nature it needs to be supplemented by knowledge, which has got greater level of subtleness in it and formed by logical application of data/experience...When applied it results in innovativeness and better utilization of time...hurdle most of us face is the identification of point of start...Because not many know whether they stand at -2 or 0 or +2…to understand where one stands, requires both podium and balcony view and corrective action accordingly.
However reaching desired outcome is not only function of your own PUSH but is also dependent on uncontrollable environmental factors. The ability to customize on wake of changed circumstance reflects adaptability which is function of open mind ( and again ability to extrapolate what the resultant mix will look like) and it is beyond this point that you explore the unexplored...This is where 90% fail to acknowledge the power with in...They tend to move with in the set standard (and some pseudo standards created to provide false sense of extra comfort) created by opinion leaders based on common and most agreeable points of discussion. This is the point which creates loser-survivor-winner...and life is all about choices we make at this point of inflection. Life is a process of exploration and if u will explore with in set standards you will never understand beyond obvious part of it… And Human mind is agile and excited only if it explores new horizons...So take a road never explored…you are as gifted as any one else is …
Few months back when I started writing blog the idea was to express my thoughts and understand self, the process in itself was hugely exciting as I wandered in uncharted territories…
Then out of sudden one day I stopped writing couldn’t understand the reason for the same however one thing was certain that the excitement level went down. Then one fine day thanks to Amit jagwani (Batch mate from IMS) for acting as catalyst, reaction started one more time. However unlike series 1 this time I will be sharing some random thoughts and may be some real life experiments with truth…
My Experiments with truth --thought that has remained with me for a very long period of time “What leads a normal healthy wo/man towards complete abnormality, where in they display behavior of absolute madness”???
Some of you might have seen men and woman roaming around your city lanes with absolute silence in their eyes…I got an opportunity to meet a few of them…will share their stories for sure.
1. Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package.........
2. For every minute spending in organizing, one hour is earned.
One thing that you need to do to unlock the package is to PUSH, Because when you push yourself hard, you put yourself on test, When you test yourself against the odds you explore, and you test yourself when the image of outcome is lucrative enough, Know to produce outcome you need to make focused efforts i.e. not only it demands clarity of thoughts it also requires energy and time to concentrate and organize, clarity of thoughts (Built from Non/Personal experience) is resultant of ability to appreciate various outcomes and every minute spent in organizing these outcomes requires clarity and separation of most of the dimensions associated with what needs to be organized .To gain perspective of most of the dimension one needs both imagination and knowledge, while imagination is more of random in nature it needs to be supplemented by knowledge, which has got greater level of subtleness in it and formed by logical application of data/experience...When applied it results in innovativeness and better utilization of time...hurdle most of us face is the identification of point of start...Because not many know whether they stand at -2 or 0 or +2…to understand where one stands, requires both podium and balcony view and corrective action accordingly.
However reaching desired outcome is not only function of your own PUSH but is also dependent on uncontrollable environmental factors. The ability to customize on wake of changed circumstance reflects adaptability which is function of open mind ( and again ability to extrapolate what the resultant mix will look like) and it is beyond this point that you explore the unexplored...This is where 90% fail to acknowledge the power with in...They tend to move with in the set standard (and some pseudo standards created to provide false sense of extra comfort) created by opinion leaders based on common and most agreeable points of discussion. This is the point which creates loser-survivor-winner...and life is all about choices we make at this point of inflection. Life is a process of exploration and if u will explore with in set standards you will never understand beyond obvious part of it… And Human mind is agile and excited only if it explores new horizons...So take a road never explored…you are as gifted as any one else is …
Few months back when I started writing blog the idea was to express my thoughts and understand self, the process in itself was hugely exciting as I wandered in uncharted territories…
Then out of sudden one day I stopped writing couldn’t understand the reason for the same however one thing was certain that the excitement level went down. Then one fine day thanks to Amit jagwani (Batch mate from IMS) for acting as catalyst, reaction started one more time. However unlike series 1 this time I will be sharing some random thoughts and may be some real life experiments with truth…
My Experiments with truth --thought that has remained with me for a very long period of time “What leads a normal healthy wo/man towards complete abnormality, where in they display behavior of absolute madness”???
Some of you might have seen men and woman roaming around your city lanes with absolute silence in their eyes…I got an opportunity to meet a few of them…will share their stories for sure.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
My Experiments with Truth Romance of revolution died …Part 2
My Experiments with Truth Romance of revolution died …Part 2
Francis Fukuyama said in the end of history “in watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history. The triumph of the West, of the Western idea, is evident first of all in the total exhaustion of viable systematic alternatives to Western liberalism.”
With my limited understanding I believe his thought process can be summarized as
“All roads will lead you towards single destination some will reach sooner than other’s however end of all culture and civilisation is westernization. It’s like a journey in a non stop train which once started will only stop at the destination, you cannot bring it to halt you can only slow it’s pace however in any case end station will remain the same. And in the journey you will loose all the differentiating factors which separated you when you boarded the train”.
India boarded this train in early 90’s and is witnessing initial struggle for berth as it happens in case of any general class compartment on any normal routine day…
History
After independence till late 80’s we remained a NAM country in our approach towards any thing foreign often looking at them with suspicion…Largely due to the fact that East India Co (1600-1857) and Crown (1858- 1947) came as a trader then started occupying our territory and finally fled after looting our national wealth…
We viewed world with glasses of suspicion for almost 40 year’s post independence and we remained closed, socialistic economy as propagated by Nehru…and as Organisations DNA is decided by the approach of its leader and people align themselves with it and long term continuity of that thought process leads to the belief that this is the only available solution…India continued a third world country growing at Hindu rate of growth for almost 5 decades after independence.
My hypothesis
I believe a lot changed for youth almost suddenly in late 90’s…
Something which we know as a generation gap was not as much evident in approach of my father (Youth of late 70’s) and my grandfather (Youth of Early 50’s) and even in approach of my uncle ( Youth of late 80’s ) as much as it is evident in my approach ( born in 80) and my cousin’s ( Born in late 80’s)…
That is the reason why I call people born in late 70’s and early 80’s as 80 confused and those born in early 90’s and thereafter as 90 infused (Will discuss it in greater details later)
So through part 2 we will try to appreciate what led to the formation of bulk of today’s youth the way they are …by youth I am only taking in consideration those born in late 80’s and early 90’s …and with Part 3 what led them to say “You are not like Us”
Time Line of Change
Youth of 1950’s (Era of Patel’s unification and bhave’s bhoodan movement)… Socialistic Approach
Youth of Early 70’s and late 80’s ( Era of JP/AASU/Mandal Movement)… still socialist but filled with anger due to failed promises (If films are representative of changing society then emergence of Angry Young Man of 70’s famously represented by Bachhan was reflection of this new reality )
Youth till 1995-96 (Born in early 70’s)…still largely socialist but s/he could sense changes; however his Approach towards life continued to match with Youth of earlier era…
However next wave of change was much bigger I have divided it in Youth living in 4 different socio-economic zones
1st 1993-96 (Metro and other big cities)… Spread of Cable TV and Change in DD’s program offerings with Advent of First Daily sop Shanti ( followed it with Swabhimaan etc) on 15th August 1995… With this Badki (of Hum log 1984-85) changed to Shanti (Illegitimate child of illegitimate relationship) and then illegitimate relationships, 2-3 divorce became part of our reel/real life…
2nd 1996-2000 (Smaller cities and semi urban centre’s)… with greater proliferation of cable TV /Advent of internet and through it cheap source of pornography … (I can Still recall that one of my first visit in early 2000 to internet café along with rahul was driven by curiosity to explore those desi*%$# websites and which ended in fiasco as we were not aware of how to stop N number of html links which open on a continuous basis once you click a single link)
3rd 1998-2002 (Other semi urban, semi rural and rural centres)… these were primarily those centre’s which had some connectivity with urban centres and with growth in demand they started experiencing fruits of economic empowerment…
4th 1998-2004 (Villages)… though they had started experiencing winds of change in late 90’s thanks to sam pitroda with greater telecom connectivity to urban centre’s…Actual impact was understood only when some of the inhabitants who left in early 60’s-70’s started coming back with green bucks
Not all of the above mentioned zones experienced change in almost exact fashion for some it started late but then picked up as a wild fire however for it took really long to appreciate the impact of change…so some of the villages with greater connectivity to metro’s graduated much early as compared to smaller cities while some of the Urban centre’s (primarily in south) still remain in the state of intra hydrogen bond…
Tools/People/Events that bought the change in post liberalisation era
Change of Socioeconomic model (This is the base for almost every thing, which India witnessed in last 20 years…)
15th August 1947 Jawaharlal Nehru became prime minister.
1951 India got first 5 year plan and planning courtesy Nehru’s love for Stalin and communism.
On 5th march 1953 Joseph Stalin died… His country men like Khrushchev revealed the misdeeds of Stalin era (1924-1952) …
However our love for Stalin continued and it continued for 40 long years…
Finally in late 80’s Soviet union, Berlin wall and East Germany collapsed, China moved ahead of the shadow of Mao…and with no socialistic model to look at and under the huge impact (oil price hike) of gulf war of 1991 we finally changed side from communism, socialism and NAM driven politics to capitalism…
Satyanarayan Ghanshyamdas Pitroda (1987) was responsible for shaping India's foreign and domestic telecommunications policies. He is largely considered responsible for the telecommunications revolution in India and specifically, the ubiquitous, yellow-signed Public Call Offices (PCO) that quickly brought cheap and easy domestic and international public telephones all over the country.
Color TV/ VCP/VCR on rent ( Late 80’s and early 90’s) and Asian Games 1982 ( Frenzy was such that the TV industry witnessed growth of 140 % in1984-85)
Cable TV growth in urban India
Year Number of households Cabled
January 1992 412,000 *
November 1992 1.2 million *
1993 3.3 million *
January 1994 7.4 million
End-1994 11.8 million *
*Frank Small studies; the rest are industry estimates
Internet/ Y2K problem/Devang Mehta
(Advent of internet and probably 95-2000 experienced biggest brain drain ( or as per late visionary devang mehta brain gain thanks to Y2K) this was the era when india connected to the world in its truest sense. With greater avilability of information and onsite visit by small town freshers ( Just out of their mom n pop franchisee of Aptech and NIIT courses) we came closer to the world…
Mobile/PMGSY ( Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana)
With close to 400 million Telephone connection by May 2009 as per TRAI.
PMGSY started in 2000 with the objective to connect habitations with a population of 250 persons and above.
Both led to greater connectivity and better flow of information.
Changes in family structure this was outcome of change and bought even bigger change with it
Till 70’s Joint Family ( We)
80’s-90’s Nuclear Family ( My Wife My Child)
Post 2000 Individual ( I,ME,MYSELF,MYLIFE,MY CAREER)
And Economic Policies in general
Do you believe that above mentioned are the only points that led to the development of today’s youth …
With part 3 I will present my hypothesis 80 confused and 90 infused, the approach will be similar to one adopted by the author’s of Freakonomics. Till then waiting for your feedback …
Francis Fukuyama said in the end of history “in watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history. The triumph of the West, of the Western idea, is evident first of all in the total exhaustion of viable systematic alternatives to Western liberalism.”
With my limited understanding I believe his thought process can be summarized as
“All roads will lead you towards single destination some will reach sooner than other’s however end of all culture and civilisation is westernization. It’s like a journey in a non stop train which once started will only stop at the destination, you cannot bring it to halt you can only slow it’s pace however in any case end station will remain the same. And in the journey you will loose all the differentiating factors which separated you when you boarded the train”.
India boarded this train in early 90’s and is witnessing initial struggle for berth as it happens in case of any general class compartment on any normal routine day…
History
After independence till late 80’s we remained a NAM country in our approach towards any thing foreign often looking at them with suspicion…Largely due to the fact that East India Co (1600-1857) and Crown (1858- 1947) came as a trader then started occupying our territory and finally fled after looting our national wealth…
We viewed world with glasses of suspicion for almost 40 year’s post independence and we remained closed, socialistic economy as propagated by Nehru…and as Organisations DNA is decided by the approach of its leader and people align themselves with it and long term continuity of that thought process leads to the belief that this is the only available solution…India continued a third world country growing at Hindu rate of growth for almost 5 decades after independence.
My hypothesis
I believe a lot changed for youth almost suddenly in late 90’s…
Something which we know as a generation gap was not as much evident in approach of my father (Youth of late 70’s) and my grandfather (Youth of Early 50’s) and even in approach of my uncle ( Youth of late 80’s ) as much as it is evident in my approach ( born in 80) and my cousin’s ( Born in late 80’s)…
That is the reason why I call people born in late 70’s and early 80’s as 80 confused and those born in early 90’s and thereafter as 90 infused (Will discuss it in greater details later)
So through part 2 we will try to appreciate what led to the formation of bulk of today’s youth the way they are …by youth I am only taking in consideration those born in late 80’s and early 90’s …and with Part 3 what led them to say “You are not like Us”
Time Line of Change
Youth of 1950’s (Era of Patel’s unification and bhave’s bhoodan movement)… Socialistic Approach
Youth of Early 70’s and late 80’s ( Era of JP/AASU/Mandal Movement)… still socialist but filled with anger due to failed promises (If films are representative of changing society then emergence of Angry Young Man of 70’s famously represented by Bachhan was reflection of this new reality )
Youth till 1995-96 (Born in early 70’s)…still largely socialist but s/he could sense changes; however his Approach towards life continued to match with Youth of earlier era…
However next wave of change was much bigger I have divided it in Youth living in 4 different socio-economic zones
1st 1993-96 (Metro and other big cities)… Spread of Cable TV and Change in DD’s program offerings with Advent of First Daily sop Shanti ( followed it with Swabhimaan etc) on 15th August 1995… With this Badki (of Hum log 1984-85) changed to Shanti (Illegitimate child of illegitimate relationship) and then illegitimate relationships, 2-3 divorce became part of our reel/real life…
2nd 1996-2000 (Smaller cities and semi urban centre’s)… with greater proliferation of cable TV /Advent of internet and through it cheap source of pornography … (I can Still recall that one of my first visit in early 2000 to internet café along with rahul was driven by curiosity to explore those desi*%$# websites and which ended in fiasco as we were not aware of how to stop N number of html links which open on a continuous basis once you click a single link)
3rd 1998-2002 (Other semi urban, semi rural and rural centres)… these were primarily those centre’s which had some connectivity with urban centres and with growth in demand they started experiencing fruits of economic empowerment…
4th 1998-2004 (Villages)… though they had started experiencing winds of change in late 90’s thanks to sam pitroda with greater telecom connectivity to urban centre’s…Actual impact was understood only when some of the inhabitants who left in early 60’s-70’s started coming back with green bucks
Not all of the above mentioned zones experienced change in almost exact fashion for some it started late but then picked up as a wild fire however for it took really long to appreciate the impact of change…so some of the villages with greater connectivity to metro’s graduated much early as compared to smaller cities while some of the Urban centre’s (primarily in south) still remain in the state of intra hydrogen bond…
Tools/People/Events that bought the change in post liberalisation era
Change of Socioeconomic model (This is the base for almost every thing, which India witnessed in last 20 years…)
15th August 1947 Jawaharlal Nehru became prime minister.
1951 India got first 5 year plan and planning courtesy Nehru’s love for Stalin and communism.
On 5th march 1953 Joseph Stalin died… His country men like Khrushchev revealed the misdeeds of Stalin era (1924-1952) …
However our love for Stalin continued and it continued for 40 long years…
Finally in late 80’s Soviet union, Berlin wall and East Germany collapsed, China moved ahead of the shadow of Mao…and with no socialistic model to look at and under the huge impact (oil price hike) of gulf war of 1991 we finally changed side from communism, socialism and NAM driven politics to capitalism…
Satyanarayan Ghanshyamdas Pitroda (1987) was responsible for shaping India's foreign and domestic telecommunications policies. He is largely considered responsible for the telecommunications revolution in India and specifically, the ubiquitous, yellow-signed Public Call Offices (PCO) that quickly brought cheap and easy domestic and international public telephones all over the country.
Color TV/ VCP/VCR on rent ( Late 80’s and early 90’s) and Asian Games 1982 ( Frenzy was such that the TV industry witnessed growth of 140 % in1984-85)
Cable TV growth in urban India
Year Number of households Cabled
January 1992 412,000 *
November 1992 1.2 million *
1993 3.3 million *
January 1994 7.4 million
End-1994 11.8 million *
*Frank Small studies; the rest are industry estimates
Internet/ Y2K problem/Devang Mehta
(Advent of internet and probably 95-2000 experienced biggest brain drain ( or as per late visionary devang mehta brain gain thanks to Y2K) this was the era when india connected to the world in its truest sense. With greater avilability of information and onsite visit by small town freshers ( Just out of their mom n pop franchisee of Aptech and NIIT courses) we came closer to the world…
Mobile/PMGSY ( Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana)
With close to 400 million Telephone connection by May 2009 as per TRAI.
PMGSY started in 2000 with the objective to connect habitations with a population of 250 persons and above.
Both led to greater connectivity and better flow of information.
Changes in family structure this was outcome of change and bought even bigger change with it
Till 70’s Joint Family ( We)
80’s-90’s Nuclear Family ( My Wife My Child)
Post 2000 Individual ( I,ME,MYSELF,MYLIFE,MY CAREER)
And Economic Policies in general
Do you believe that above mentioned are the only points that led to the development of today’s youth …
With part 3 I will present my hypothesis 80 confused and 90 infused, the approach will be similar to one adopted by the author’s of Freakonomics. Till then waiting for your feedback …
Sunday, June 28, 2009
My Experiments with Truth Romance of revolution died on 13th Feb 2004 (Part 1)
Fight between VPs Mandal, BJPs Kmandal and Narasimha Raos Bundal (Noton ke Bundel that he used to Purchase MPs) changed India beyond recognition. The man who acted as a catalyst and fused Mandal with Kmandal, Old Economy with New Economy, and Old Politics with New Politics died on 13th Feb 2004 He was Rajeev Goswami Rajeev Goswami??????????????????? Is it possible for you my reader to recollect above mentioned individual? Conducted small telephonic survey and surprisingly (Actually it was more Painful then surprising) none from whom response was sought could recallIt is sad but inevitable that New India doesn't want to remember him Since independence India had its share of social/student movements (They had the normative, value and societal orientation in bits and pieces) 1951 Acharya Vinoba bhaves Bhoodan movement (Normative still value driven and for the benefit of larger society) JP ( Jayprakash Narayan) Movement of 70s (Call for Sampooran Kranti) where in he visited colleges, addressed common man and asked them to work for a change and fight corrupt congress gov. (Value driven and societal in nature) Asom Ganaparishad and AASU movement from 1979-1985 which led to Assam Accord (Normative slightly value driven but not societal) And then in 1990 Student movement to protest against mandal commissions recommendation ( Normative value driven but not societal) These movements were primarily responsible for loads of todays leader 1. Sitaram Yechury/ Prakash karat. 2. Vijay goel/ Arun Jaitley/ Ananth kumar/ Ravi Shankar Prasad and Narendra Modi ( courtesy Nav nirman movement) 3. Or infamous youth brigade of Sanjay Gandhi comprising of kamal Nath/ Ambika Soni / Gulam Nabi Azad etc 1970s was the period when student leaders went in jail to protest against govt. policies and fought for change Come 2000 and student leaders still go to jail but this time on murder and rape charges We have our share of young leaders but 90 % of them are part of dynasty brigade Starting from Rahul Gandhi to Jagat singh (Son of natwar singh), Agatha sangma (Daughter of PA Sangma) to Supriya Sule ( Daughter of Sharad Pawar) and this is the phenomenon which cuts across party line So is it just dynasty politics, muscle or money responsible for disconnect of todays youth from politics This week I try to recollect last student movement which India witnessed in 1990 and the raw energy which separated them from us They were not like us Year 1990 City Gwalior Scene 1 Area Darpan Colony Police Station Time: Evening between 6-7 pm Police official of the rank of Inspector was running like a mad dog in search of a place to hide He stopped a scooter wala and pleaded Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee move Pleaseeeeeeeeee This was the era when a family of four (younger one will be standing in front and elder one will sit in between father and mother) used to travel in their prized possession scooter (most of the times Bajaj chetak / LML Vespa NV) The whole scene was so dramatic that we simply couldnt decode what is going on Then we saw huge crowd buildup in front of the police station Considering our safety my father decided to change the route I had mixed emotion Shock (When I saw crowd trying to burn police station) Fear (When I thought they can hit us ) Amaze (When I saw a policemen running to save his life) Scene 2 Time: Evening between 6-7 pm Area: Barahdari Chowk Distance from Darpan Colony to Barahdari Chauraha is hardly 2-3 Km but it took us 15 min to reach. Again huge crowd trying to burn MPSRTC (Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) bus Easy victim to show anger towards state and its policies I can recall the furry and anger with which they were throwing almost every single stone available on road Then someone brought a plastic bottle filled with kerosene/diesel/petrol (I dont know what type of liquid they used but one thing was clear that the resultant fire didnt generate as much heat as was visible on their facesThat was the last time when India youth came out in full force on ground to protest against formidable rival i.e. state and probably closest to a revolution for change) Thanks to some self appointed traffic regulators who saved us from this mob furry and advised us to change the route (via army cantonment/ baaj talkies) Scene 3 Time: 8:30 PM Area: Aadarsh Nagar Morar Salma Sultan (For those who cannot recollect she was famous female news anchor at doordarshan): Most of the Indian cities have witnessed huge rise in violence and protest against prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singhs Implementation of mandal commission report Mark Tully (BBC Correspondent who is till date known for his coverage of Babri Masjid demolition) compared this youth movement with Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran minus Ayatollah Khomeini She continued Then India got one when Rajeev Goswami attempted self-immolation in front of Deshbandhu College in South Delhi, this was the turning point in anti-Mandal agitation What followed it was absolute state of anarchy I saw students trying to burn almost anything and everything belonging to state and then they started following Rajeev Some claimed Mandal commission report implementation as VP singhs tool to fight against Kmandal of BJP For us (youth born in late 70s and early 80s) this was our first and last (Because I believe after that and till date India as a whole has not seen any mass movement let alone student activism) brush with raw energy We stayed in Gwalior till 1996 and from 1990 to 1996 every year one family from thatipur published remembrance of their only son who sat himself ablaze to protest against mandal commission and died Dear .. Every year as this day approaches we search you and find you in every nook and corner of this house thinking that you will come out of that door or may be we will find you with your books in your study or may be in kitchen searching for something to cookEvery day we search for you dont know when this search will end Every day we pray to god that next time whenever you come to earth please be with us only Ruth T George:-When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today Drops of salty water come out of my eyes Even after almost 20 years as I try to remember that face on last page of Dainik bhaskar They changed India forever they pushed Govt. to act, They asked difficult questions, They chose to develop their own path, They fought with the state They said we are not like you silent stupid majority which never speaks or stands up to a cause With them died romance of revolution, idealism, anger and spirit of speaking ones mind which used to form core of youth and formed part of the outlet of his/her raw energy With them died habit of questioning I believe Post Mandal economically empowered India produced most selfish and narrow minded youth then ever... Or may be the reason is that People fight when they believe they dont have anything to loose and that was one of the reason why most of the revolutions were driven by youth. However with economic empowerment it is the fear of losing what one currently holds results in a more accommodating class or one without spine They dont question they accept They dont move in an uncharted territory They dont understand socio-economic background of their own people and even bigger worry is that they dont want to You discuss any one of the above mentioned issues and they will display classic addict behavior they will wriggle out of the conversation and will begin to avoid you For them these questions are not just difficult questions they simply dont hold importance Regards, Abhishant Pant Next week With Part 2 I will search for reasons that led to the development of such a socially dead YouthTill then leaving you with few lines of Great Hindi Poet Dushyant Kumar, images of Rajeev goswami and anti mandal protest in Chandigarh. Thanks a Lot Vivek , Shailendra, Vaibhav, Abhay, Pradeep and Sourabh Jain ( My senior at ICICI Bank) for helping me understand and appreciate this topic in much wider perspective
Monday, June 22, 2009
My Experiments with truth-- Coffee Mug ,Most memorable hug--26/11
NCTC (USA) report for 2008 identified 11800 terrorist attacks resulting in over 54000 deaths, injuries and kidnappings
Story of Parmanand Sawlane (As narrated) colleague whom I have known for last 4 years as kind hearted thorough gentlemen.LocationCST Station City of DreamsNovember 26, 2008A day when many dreams died untimely as terrorists attacked Mumbai.On this fateful day Ajmal Ameer Kasab and Abu Dera Ismail Khan killed 56 people at CST station, Mumbai.Incidentally I was at that very place (CST station) on that day exactly at around 9.45 pm.6:30 PM: After having finished days work I thought of completing one long pending assignment. Unaware of the fact that it will be the longest night I have seen in my life9:30 PM: headed towards CST station to catch Vashi bound slow local train. By the time I reached CST it was roughly 9.45 pm. Like hundreds of other mumbaikars thought of having a quick snack and thus after entering CST stopped at snacks stall near the entrance. Usually I pick up some thing quickly but God knows that day I took more then usual time to decide what to pick. While I was trying to decide I heard loud noise which initially felt were like packets thrown out of a goods train. Then I saw people running and screaming, all of them coming from express station platform side and running hard to escape. Since I was near the exit of CST station I came out quickly. After asking a few people and not getting satisfactory answer, I again started walking towards station (Thinking of my wife and 4 year old daughter as they keep waiting for me till I reach home). As soon as I reached near the same stall inside CST I saw action replay of same situation, loud noise, and people screaming and running for life. This time around I heard some one say that gang war has started.I thought it will be stupid to catch a train from CST in this situation and came out of station and started walking towards Masjid (station next to CST on Vashi route) hoping to catch a taxi till Masjid .While I headed towards Masjid station underneath the TOI bridge (terrorists were on TOI over bridge at that time) I saw a repeat of similar scenario, people running, loud sounds, now clearly sounding like small repeated explosions. This time faces were really scary I could see extreme sense of fear in their eyes and then I saw a policemen running to save his life, thank God I saw this, it was a clear indication to my senses that RUN and HIDEIf I would have not seen that policemen running I was determined not to run and hide. I was determined to keep moving till I finally reach home which would have taken around 1.5 hours .However thanks to my stars after hanging around there for some time I decided to run.While I was running I saw people running with me having no ex-pression on their facesthis is only possible in a case when you have such a high sense of fear that it has overpowered all other emotions they didnt wanted to shout, perhaps desired to save energy to run...I had a ligament injury in my left knee therefore for me running and jumping was an achievement. However I achieved that and reached safely on the other side of road. Now I was searching for shelter shops, office, cement pipe anything I found to my surprise that almost entire market was closed .Still as they jako rakhe saiyan maar sake na koi some how managed to enter Cafe Coffee Day outlet (CCD). First thing I did was to call my wife and told her that I will be late She was upset on my being late hiding the reason for delay I asked her to put on TV and tell me whats happeningThen I called up one of my colleagues who was still their in our V N road office to stay back and not leave office till he is sure of what is happening in city. After 30 minutes my wife called up and told me that terrorists have created mayhem in Mumbai. I told her that i am at a safe place and I will remain here till situation improves. I told her to keep me updated ... In totality it was group of 14 (10 + 4 CCD) people hiding along with me. Thanks to Airtel for installing charging point as it helped in remaining connected with my wife and brother in law. They kept updating me based on news reports but by midnight as the magnitude of the attack became clear my wife started cryingIt is at this point of time you start questioningwhy is it happening to me?that it is not important how much we build up in form of financial assets or how much we arrange in form luxuries , Important is how many moments we celebrate in lifeShe told her parents in Indore and they called upConsidering the age factor associated with my parents I decided not to inform them...By know it was clear that its a terrorist attack and we knew that terrorist with grenades are on loose in Mumbai. Suddenly few cops came in and told us to switch off the light and shut down. However CCD had no shutter, only a glass door and glass partition. All of us were scared to hell with this new found insecurity...It was so pathetic that we were almost counting every second and thanked god for it... at this instance almost every one called home I could see varied emotions how many times you have seen a young, dynamic professional crying like a small child I spoke to my wife and though I was scared, I reassured her we are safe and behind shutters. I asked her to sleep and not to worry Perhaps she felt secure with that lie of mine and slept for some time. My brother in law called me up at 3 am to inform that one of the militant has died and other captured and now fight is on at Taj and Trident hotelsI cannot explain the sense of relief that I saw on faces of 13 other members when I informed them that we are safeHow many times you have hugged a unknown person with similar amount of love and warmth which is normally reserved for near and dear ones.We then decided to jointly make a coffee with the help of CCD staff that was the most satisfying coffee cup I ever had in my life. Those with bike or who lived near by started leaving, I decided to check with cops before embarking this journey from fort to vashi .After confirming that I can indeed travel to Vashi, I took a cab and left for Vashi at around 4.30 am.Once on road I saw Mumbai never seen before . No one on road, not even dogs. Police checking post was the only point where I saw humans on my way to Vashi.Reached home at around 6 am, hugged and kissed my wife and daughter and thanked God for my safe return. Informed my line manager about this incident and kept mobile on silent mode and slept. However, could not sleep even for a moment. I informed my parents, in laws and brother back in Bhopal that I have reached home safe.That entire night I kept thinkinghow unpredictable life is How important it is to realize that in life celebration can be as simple as having cup of coffee with unknown people the way we celebrated at CCD once we realized that we came go home safelyNext week when I resumed work and got down at CST station I could relate with what R Madhavan of "Mumbai Meri Jaan" would have feltHowever for me 26/11 was theday when I cried may be for the first time holding my baby and my wifeday when I came closer to pain of thousands who loose their near and dear ones across the world for reasons unknown to themday when I celebrated life with unknown peopleday when I saw what a fanatic can doday when I saw suffering, painAnd I saw unknown people rushing to provide help and support On that fateful day close to 170 dreams died in city of dreamsJust because of the reason that someone thought that You are not like usHundreds are dying on a daily basis in different parts of the worldJust because of the reason that You are not like usBut are we willing to understand the reasonwhy one fights?Where from that fuel comes which keeps terror machine working day in and day out?What leads to such Mass hallucination that thousands are living just to kill?Is this just charisma of their leaders that they are churning such fanatics on a regular basis? Or is it deep rooted in sufferings and pain they have experienced in most part of their life?Afganistan Failed state millions suffering for last 30 yearsIran Failed state in mayhem since US invaded seven years backPakistan Failed state more than 2 million refuges in SWAT only; numbers increasing on daily basis as fight for control spreads in North Waziristan and other parts of NWFPSri lanka Lakhs of Tamil refugesSudan, Rawanda and list is endless What future holds for them?
Are we not responsible for creating nurseries of terrorism!
Regards,Abhishant Pant
Story of Parmanand Sawlane (As narrated) colleague whom I have known for last 4 years as kind hearted thorough gentlemen.LocationCST Station City of DreamsNovember 26, 2008A day when many dreams died untimely as terrorists attacked Mumbai.On this fateful day Ajmal Ameer Kasab and Abu Dera Ismail Khan killed 56 people at CST station, Mumbai.Incidentally I was at that very place (CST station) on that day exactly at around 9.45 pm.6:30 PM: After having finished days work I thought of completing one long pending assignment. Unaware of the fact that it will be the longest night I have seen in my life9:30 PM: headed towards CST station to catch Vashi bound slow local train. By the time I reached CST it was roughly 9.45 pm. Like hundreds of other mumbaikars thought of having a quick snack and thus after entering CST stopped at snacks stall near the entrance. Usually I pick up some thing quickly but God knows that day I took more then usual time to decide what to pick. While I was trying to decide I heard loud noise which initially felt were like packets thrown out of a goods train. Then I saw people running and screaming, all of them coming from express station platform side and running hard to escape. Since I was near the exit of CST station I came out quickly. After asking a few people and not getting satisfactory answer, I again started walking towards station (Thinking of my wife and 4 year old daughter as they keep waiting for me till I reach home). As soon as I reached near the same stall inside CST I saw action replay of same situation, loud noise, and people screaming and running for life. This time around I heard some one say that gang war has started.I thought it will be stupid to catch a train from CST in this situation and came out of station and started walking towards Masjid (station next to CST on Vashi route) hoping to catch a taxi till Masjid .While I headed towards Masjid station underneath the TOI bridge (terrorists were on TOI over bridge at that time) I saw a repeat of similar scenario, people running, loud sounds, now clearly sounding like small repeated explosions. This time faces were really scary I could see extreme sense of fear in their eyes and then I saw a policemen running to save his life, thank God I saw this, it was a clear indication to my senses that RUN and HIDEIf I would have not seen that policemen running I was determined not to run and hide. I was determined to keep moving till I finally reach home which would have taken around 1.5 hours .However thanks to my stars after hanging around there for some time I decided to run.While I was running I saw people running with me having no ex-pression on their facesthis is only possible in a case when you have such a high sense of fear that it has overpowered all other emotions they didnt wanted to shout, perhaps desired to save energy to run...I had a ligament injury in my left knee therefore for me running and jumping was an achievement. However I achieved that and reached safely on the other side of road. Now I was searching for shelter shops, office, cement pipe anything I found to my surprise that almost entire market was closed .Still as they jako rakhe saiyan maar sake na koi some how managed to enter Cafe Coffee Day outlet (CCD). First thing I did was to call my wife and told her that I will be late She was upset on my being late hiding the reason for delay I asked her to put on TV and tell me whats happeningThen I called up one of my colleagues who was still their in our V N road office to stay back and not leave office till he is sure of what is happening in city. After 30 minutes my wife called up and told me that terrorists have created mayhem in Mumbai. I told her that i am at a safe place and I will remain here till situation improves. I told her to keep me updated ... In totality it was group of 14 (10 + 4 CCD) people hiding along with me. Thanks to Airtel for installing charging point as it helped in remaining connected with my wife and brother in law. They kept updating me based on news reports but by midnight as the magnitude of the attack became clear my wife started cryingIt is at this point of time you start questioningwhy is it happening to me?that it is not important how much we build up in form of financial assets or how much we arrange in form luxuries , Important is how many moments we celebrate in lifeShe told her parents in Indore and they called upConsidering the age factor associated with my parents I decided not to inform them...By know it was clear that its a terrorist attack and we knew that terrorist with grenades are on loose in Mumbai. Suddenly few cops came in and told us to switch off the light and shut down. However CCD had no shutter, only a glass door and glass partition. All of us were scared to hell with this new found insecurity...It was so pathetic that we were almost counting every second and thanked god for it... at this instance almost every one called home I could see varied emotions how many times you have seen a young, dynamic professional crying like a small child I spoke to my wife and though I was scared, I reassured her we are safe and behind shutters. I asked her to sleep and not to worry Perhaps she felt secure with that lie of mine and slept for some time. My brother in law called me up at 3 am to inform that one of the militant has died and other captured and now fight is on at Taj and Trident hotelsI cannot explain the sense of relief that I saw on faces of 13 other members when I informed them that we are safeHow many times you have hugged a unknown person with similar amount of love and warmth which is normally reserved for near and dear ones.We then decided to jointly make a coffee with the help of CCD staff that was the most satisfying coffee cup I ever had in my life. Those with bike or who lived near by started leaving, I decided to check with cops before embarking this journey from fort to vashi .After confirming that I can indeed travel to Vashi, I took a cab and left for Vashi at around 4.30 am.Once on road I saw Mumbai never seen before . No one on road, not even dogs. Police checking post was the only point where I saw humans on my way to Vashi.Reached home at around 6 am, hugged and kissed my wife and daughter and thanked God for my safe return. Informed my line manager about this incident and kept mobile on silent mode and slept. However, could not sleep even for a moment. I informed my parents, in laws and brother back in Bhopal that I have reached home safe.That entire night I kept thinkinghow unpredictable life is How important it is to realize that in life celebration can be as simple as having cup of coffee with unknown people the way we celebrated at CCD once we realized that we came go home safelyNext week when I resumed work and got down at CST station I could relate with what R Madhavan of "Mumbai Meri Jaan" would have feltHowever for me 26/11 was theday when I cried may be for the first time holding my baby and my wifeday when I came closer to pain of thousands who loose their near and dear ones across the world for reasons unknown to themday when I celebrated life with unknown peopleday when I saw what a fanatic can doday when I saw suffering, painAnd I saw unknown people rushing to provide help and support On that fateful day close to 170 dreams died in city of dreamsJust because of the reason that someone thought that You are not like usHundreds are dying on a daily basis in different parts of the worldJust because of the reason that You are not like usBut are we willing to understand the reasonwhy one fights?Where from that fuel comes which keeps terror machine working day in and day out?What leads to such Mass hallucination that thousands are living just to kill?Is this just charisma of their leaders that they are churning such fanatics on a regular basis? Or is it deep rooted in sufferings and pain they have experienced in most part of their life?Afganistan Failed state millions suffering for last 30 yearsIran Failed state in mayhem since US invaded seven years backPakistan Failed state more than 2 million refuges in SWAT only; numbers increasing on daily basis as fight for control spreads in North Waziristan and other parts of NWFPSri lanka Lakhs of Tamil refugesSudan, Rawanda and list is endless What future holds for them?
Are we not responsible for creating nurseries of terrorism!
Regards,Abhishant Pant
Sunday, June 21, 2009
My Experiments with Truth Life Changes in a split second
My Experiments with Truth Life Changes in a split second
Division is the first thing which happens with us from the very first day we come to world.
The moot point of discussion in all my submissions is You are not like us
As one of the respondent to earlier submission wrote
Did Adam took permission from someone to go on any part of the earth? Skin color is gifted to us its the mind that ppl build of their own. Like in Matrix when Neo walks inside the matrix he visualize everyone as walking mind. Till there are nations and boundaries we will not be able to remove the discrimination. The distinction is rooted in the concept of man made boundaries n will exists as long as earth is divided into different sectors of various angular width.
Earlier submissions discussed about divide in
1. Economic terms (Recession, Job Loss, salary cuts and Motorcycle ride).
2. Race (Jewish Holocaust).
This weeks submission is Life changes in a split second --Physical handicap
Question which I could never ask Rajat
What is that which keeps you clicking?
Super human, Man of courage, Steel will though English language is having close to million words but I do feel at times you run out of adjective for certain set of people so soon that it is only silence which speaks for the admiration you have for them
Are they born special or it is the circumstance which shape them?
Answer for this question is like solving a indefinite integral (with may be 5 different outcomes and all being correct ones)
I believe socio-cultural and economic background plays big role in shaping an individual and it is the circumstances which test strength of their character and values developed over the period of time
This is story of a super human called Rajat Mishra
April 2004, Indore
Received a call from Sourav Yaar Rajat met with a accident
I screamed what?
Sourav He was riding his bike when a fast moving truck hit him.
Flashback --April 1997He was in 10th Standard when his father died. It was a big blow for the closely knit small nuclear family of four, decided to pursue dream of his father (Colonel in Indian Army) and Joined NDA khadakwasla (1998).
2002--- First posting Assam, battled militancy, bad weather stayed there till 2004 then moved to Ahmedabad.
And now this news
From April 2004 Dec 2005 Accident was so severe that he remained hospitalized and bed ridden for most part of this 20 month period at army hospital, Pune.
When Sourav met him in hospital for the first time he found that almost every single part of his body had some injury and to save his life doctors decided to amputate his right hand. And still during entire discussion Rajat never complained as to what has happened he just continued to discuss what direction he can give life
20 months after receiving relieving from army and hospital he came back to Jabalpur and I met him at his residence it was heart breaking to see him so thin and weak. But it was amazing to see that he had perfected the art of writing from left hand during hospitalization period.
May be he just wanted to say Don't worry battle is not over and it will not be until I win
But even bigger test waited him
When he met with that fatal accident he was in the company of lady (she is still working with army) and they wanted to get married, she received some minor injuries (discharged after a weeks time). However as I said earlier it is circumstances which test strength of character and values
Their relationship could not stand this test and she left (some say under family pressure)
During our telephonic discussions we explored various avenues and zeroed on MBA
Feb 2006 joined career launcher Pune.
Jan 2007 CAT Results Ex.Capt. Rajat Mishra cracks CAT code receives invitation from IIM-A and then from ISB.
Almost every single national newspaper and channel covered storey of grit and determination of someone who lost father at such an early age,
has not done any formal education after 1998,
Lost right hand in accident,
if this was not enough the lady whom he loved left him after this accident,
had to leave other long cherished dream of Army life,
remained bed ridden for 20 months and even then decided not to give up
When we see some one with a handicap we feel sorry for his/her current state of affairs. You are not like us is what goes in our mind, and every time we feel that way it requires someone like Rajat to prove it one more time that yes I am not like you
As I have never given up to circumstances
As every time I went down I rose even faster
As I am not as weak as you are, when it comes to facing harsh realities of life...
As I decided to build my own path
As I knew if there is something which is known as courage it will come from within
As I knew its all in mind
As I knew losing out to enemy is not an option they teach in Army
Yes I am not like you and don't want to be like you.
But you always desired the courage I
Ex Capt. Rajat Mishra: Passed out of IIM-A in May 2009.
Currently With: US Technologies (Chennai).
Getting married on 16th June 2009 to Richa (She got interested in Rajat via his blogs and they met for the first time after almost a year in Delhi).
If you wish to see coverage of various news channels just type Rajat mishra on You Tube or copy and paste mentioned below link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvZZPT6U6Q
Division is the first thing which happens with us from the very first day we come to world.
The moot point of discussion in all my submissions is You are not like us
As one of the respondent to earlier submission wrote
Did Adam took permission from someone to go on any part of the earth? Skin color is gifted to us its the mind that ppl build of their own. Like in Matrix when Neo walks inside the matrix he visualize everyone as walking mind. Till there are nations and boundaries we will not be able to remove the discrimination. The distinction is rooted in the concept of man made boundaries n will exists as long as earth is divided into different sectors of various angular width.
Earlier submissions discussed about divide in
1. Economic terms (Recession, Job Loss, salary cuts and Motorcycle ride).
2. Race (Jewish Holocaust).
This weeks submission is Life changes in a split second --Physical handicap
Question which I could never ask Rajat
What is that which keeps you clicking?
Super human, Man of courage, Steel will though English language is having close to million words but I do feel at times you run out of adjective for certain set of people so soon that it is only silence which speaks for the admiration you have for them
Are they born special or it is the circumstance which shape them?
Answer for this question is like solving a indefinite integral (with may be 5 different outcomes and all being correct ones)
I believe socio-cultural and economic background plays big role in shaping an individual and it is the circumstances which test strength of their character and values developed over the period of time
This is story of a super human called Rajat Mishra
April 2004, Indore
Received a call from Sourav Yaar Rajat met with a accident
I screamed what?
Sourav He was riding his bike when a fast moving truck hit him.
Flashback --April 1997He was in 10th Standard when his father died. It was a big blow for the closely knit small nuclear family of four, decided to pursue dream of his father (Colonel in Indian Army) and Joined NDA khadakwasla (1998).
2002--- First posting Assam, battled militancy, bad weather stayed there till 2004 then moved to Ahmedabad.
And now this news
From April 2004 Dec 2005 Accident was so severe that he remained hospitalized and bed ridden for most part of this 20 month period at army hospital, Pune.
When Sourav met him in hospital for the first time he found that almost every single part of his body had some injury and to save his life doctors decided to amputate his right hand. And still during entire discussion Rajat never complained as to what has happened he just continued to discuss what direction he can give life
20 months after receiving relieving from army and hospital he came back to Jabalpur and I met him at his residence it was heart breaking to see him so thin and weak. But it was amazing to see that he had perfected the art of writing from left hand during hospitalization period.
May be he just wanted to say Don't worry battle is not over and it will not be until I win
But even bigger test waited him
When he met with that fatal accident he was in the company of lady (she is still working with army) and they wanted to get married, she received some minor injuries (discharged after a weeks time). However as I said earlier it is circumstances which test strength of character and values
Their relationship could not stand this test and she left (some say under family pressure)
During our telephonic discussions we explored various avenues and zeroed on MBA
Feb 2006 joined career launcher Pune.
Jan 2007 CAT Results Ex.Capt. Rajat Mishra cracks CAT code receives invitation from IIM-A and then from ISB.
Almost every single national newspaper and channel covered storey of grit and determination of someone who lost father at such an early age,
has not done any formal education after 1998,
Lost right hand in accident,
if this was not enough the lady whom he loved left him after this accident,
had to leave other long cherished dream of Army life,
remained bed ridden for 20 months and even then decided not to give up
When we see some one with a handicap we feel sorry for his/her current state of affairs. You are not like us is what goes in our mind, and every time we feel that way it requires someone like Rajat to prove it one more time that yes I am not like you
As I have never given up to circumstances
As every time I went down I rose even faster
As I am not as weak as you are, when it comes to facing harsh realities of life...
As I decided to build my own path
As I knew if there is something which is known as courage it will come from within
As I knew its all in mind
As I knew losing out to enemy is not an option they teach in Army
Yes I am not like you and don't want to be like you.
But you always desired the courage I
Ex Capt. Rajat Mishra: Passed out of IIM-A in May 2009.
Currently With: US Technologies (Chennai).
Getting married on 16th June 2009 to Richa (She got interested in Rajat via his blogs and they met for the first time after almost a year in Delhi).
If you wish to see coverage of various news channels just type Rajat mishra on You Tube or copy and paste mentioned below link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvZZPT6U6Q
Proud to say that I got opportunity to live and breathe with him for 2 years 1996-98, without any argument best period of my life till date.
Regards,
Abhishant Pant
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