“One gram of action is
better than tons of talking”.
I read this quote recently
and saluted the person who wrote this beautiful line.
In our life, we spend
majority of time and energy in suggesting others how to improve and do better.
We enjoy and feel patriotic in giving zillion suggestions to Modi and Dhoni
that too while sipping tea at corner shop of neighborhood. The best part is that
we become petitioner, advocate as well judge. Usual conclusion is “system is
bad”.
There is nothing wrong in
fault finding and giving suggestions but it is futile if the recipient is not
present in front of you. No doubt that we feel frustrated and suffocated when
things don’t go the way we expect.
Unfortunately our country
is facing much more challenges than any other part of the world. Cribbing,
cursing and feeling dejected are not going to change anything. Yes, those will
draw attention but mere drawing attention is not going to bring solution.
Yesterday during the lunch
in office canteen, my colleague showed concern about Brexit and also gave his
opinion that Union and State Govt elections should be carried out together.
When he asked my opinion, I simply said what’s point in discussing something
which is not in our hand.
He said, “Manoj, the
problem is that you don’t see bigger picture”.
I responded nonchalantly,
“its pixels those join together in millions while making bigger HD picture.
Unless we join the pixels by our little efforts, it is always difficult to get
the bigger picture. It is imperative that if everybody does his bit then there
is no reason why we can’t excel in every walk of life.
Like every responsible and
patriotic citizen I also expect our top leaders to deliver on numerous issues.
In the weekend I did a small experiment, I went to municipality office and
offered my voluntarily service of training clerical staff about how to use
advance excel tools. I guaranteed that efficiency of staff will go up
drastically. It took only half an hour to teach them how to use VLOOKUP and how
to apply Pivot table. It was nothing less than miracle for them to know that
what it used to take hours can be done in minutes. They were very happy and I
was also happy to contribute in their efficiency improvement. I also offered
Municipal commissioner my expertise of call center set-up to record public
grievances (again on purely voluntarily basis). He was visibly happy to take my
help.
While coming from Municipality
office I saw few kids playing cricket in a small ground. I stopped for a while
and enjoyed watching their game. They were of the age of approx. 10-12 years.
One boy in red shirt was batting well but was struggling to play over pitched
balls. I realized that he had kept his both hands very close on the handle of
bat. I went to him and suggested to make gap between both hands so that he can
have flexibility as well as control while playing.
One day that boy suddenly met me in
the market and thanked me for my suggestion which helped him a lot to negotiate
good length deliveries. I felt happy that my little effort has brought some
result.
“We may not be able to
change the world but certainly we can change somebody’s world”.
I have pledged that weekly
at least one good thing (however insignificant it may be) I will do which will
help my country to move one baby step ahead.
Are you willing to do the
same or you want to focus on bigger picture?
Choice is up to you!!
Jai hind!!
Manoj Tripathi
(The article is my personal
view and there is no intention to hurt sentiment of any person /cast /
community/party)
