Recognizing Talent!

What makes your work good or bad? It's not necessarily the quality that matters all the time. What and who you are is a vital factor which is always taken into consideration in judging what you do. Successful men and men who have proved their mettle find that whatever they do is cheered with appreciation even if it were ordinary on all accounts. On the contrary, strugglers may find to their disillusionment that whatever they do fails to attract even the slightest of attention. It's a weird system. We do not recognize talent until the world recognizes it. History is full of numerous examples citing such a trend. This behaviour is to be associated with the Indians in particular. It is to be regretted that whatever we learned from the west hovers mostly around show-offs and show-offs.

Sadly for us we did not inculcate some of the good qualities possessed by the westerners. And hence most of us today regret to have been born in this country, which according to us is- Poverty stricken, underdeveloped and lagging far behind most of the western nations. We always point mistakes in our leaders, infrastructure and the system at large. But we hardly do anything to change the status quo and leave things as they stand. We pronounce ourselves to be great patriots. At the same time we denounce our defense forces claiming them to be ineffective and cite hundreds of excuses not to join them. We never heartily credit the brave men and women who sacrifice their social lives so that we can live at peace. We are corrupt to the highest degree and yet our speeches are so motivating and patriotic. The point I am trying to make here is the negative attitude of Indians towards their fellow countrymen, their society and the nation at large. I think we are the world's biggest hypocrites who always pretend what they aren't. We are always the first to point mistakes in others and make harsh remarks; but always the last to find a solution. We have no time to even think of the qualities our brothers and sisters possess. We simply discard them by saying ' "what good they will do to me". How many of us knew about Dr. Amartya Sen before he was honoured the prestigious "Nobel Prize" by a "foreign" country. Who knew of Swami Vivekananda before he proved his mettle in Chicago, USA? Did our people recognize such talents?

Rather than enslaving ourselves to western thoughts and ideas we must learn to respect our fellow countrymen and take pride in our culture and traditions. We must also learn to appreciate the works of people on the basis of their quality rather than the status they enjoy in society. We must also learn to respect and recognize talent and not look towards foreigners to identify them. As, only when we learn to respect talent, we would be able to produce them.

- Abhijeet.