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Allow me to shed some light on an aggravated menace that is predominant in our society.

Sadly, but not


surprisingly, we ourselves, the torch bearers of the society, are the culprits of this despairing blunder;
worse, we have failed to acknowledge our fault. As a consequence, the problem not only stays
bothersome, but exceedingly lethal. Although it’s been a trait of ours since ages, if we continue ignoring
the problem (therefore, by default promoting it), procrastinating the search for a panacea, I fear, no I
am certain that we can’t do anything worse to the future citizens.

The problem is the pressure we exert on children in choosing their (but virtually our) career paths. There
are times when I fail to understand why we virtually chase our own unfulfilled dreams using our younger
ones as the medium. Today, anything less than an IAS, a doctor, an engineer, or a CA, is tagged mediocre
and not apt for the elite strata of the society. How far are we from the illuminating realization that
mediocrity doesn’t lie in walking a less frequented path, but in assuming that it does lie there?

We are a society which does not follow what it preaches. Has the concept of ‘dignity of work’ and its
ethical values totally slipped from our memory? That’s possible because we’re inadvertently passing and
advocating values that have futile justifications and a hollow core as their understructure. Today pushy
parents with worst parenting decisions want their offspring to become public servants, regardless of
how authoritative or insignificant it is. For opinionated beings among us, it’s indubitably superior to any
corporate career and infinitely more honorable than any category of self-employment.

The prevailing logic for our morbid obsession with government jobs are a) Security: The general
perception is that if you are inept and guilty of not executing your duty diligently, few can question your
right to your chair, b) Post-retirement benefits, a voluntary retirements isn’t a poor deal either, c) The
bizarre one of the lot is that there are no stringent timings; you may work and retire for the day taking
your sweet time, d) The powers and perks associated with them are nowhere to be found in the other
two diminutive career options. A few substantiate their rationalization by the virtue of a fifth
qualification: A promising platform to make some extra money, and I am certain no one is unaware of
what I am hinting at. I wonder if people are genuinely motivated by prospect of an opportunity to serve
the public and deliver their best to the society.

A frivolous reason for ridiculing corporate jobs is the hovering cloud of uncertainty and the need to work
smart and hard, sometimes, very hard. For a society that fails to understand, worse totally
misunderstands clichés like ‘no pain, no gain’ and ‘there is no security, there is only opportunity’, it’s
coms as little surprise that we aren’t doing anything great in any aspect. This fascination with security is
unfailingly propelling us to a catastrophic failure as a society.

It’s high time we took a few lessons on dignity of work and free society in their absolute sense from the
western world, where a child who aspires to be a truck driver is considered no less significant
whatsoever than the one who strives to become a doctor or government servant. You are not judged by
the position you hold but by the quality and efficiency of your productive output.

It’s imperative of us to realize that as much as we need civil servants, we also need fearless and honest
journalists, we need esthetic architects and master designers, we need innovative entrepreneurs, we
need creative writers and seasoned editors, we need world class sportspersons, we also need fine actors
and visionary filmmakers, we need computer geniuses, we need honest and smart politicians. We can’t
imagine the world without any of these entities; it would be childish of us to contemplate the possibility
of a world where every capable young citizen only desires a position in the narrow government ambit.

I am by no means demeaning the importance and significance of government jobs, Nor I am suggesting
that aspiring for such a career is dishonourable by any measure. But I honestly hope that we will soon
morph into a society where every work, with the exception of the illegitimate’ ones would be
considered equally honorable and conveyed with equanimity. I urge the peoplto who say something
can’t be done to stop imterfering with the ones who are doing it. the I would be overly optimistic that
we would be able to be one when the order of preference would be self employed/ entrepreneurship,
corporate jobs, government jobs. I hope we will not be judgemental of anyone who wants to become
something we haven’t even heard about, a furniture designer is as supported in his perusal as a
government policy maker. If you judge aifsh by its ability to climb tres, it will spend the rest of its life
thinking that it is stupid.

As a society, professions of choice for the middle vast middle class populace. we should stop segregating
professions on the basis of one’s intelligence and instead start doing it on one’s obsession. I truly believe
we should encourage obsession rather that ridiculing it. A stable job with a moderate compensation
(with some risky opportunity for some more), a few perks and allocations, and a few years of fake
reputatiom of being a public servant are not the only goodies that can happen to life. Life will truly
happen when you give a damn to these social norms and truly begin to follow your passion. Someones
else’s success or failure should not be used as an yardstick to anticipate our success/failure in the same
field. Life is too short to fear and not do the thing you want.

step back for a moment and consider the That’s one reason why a surver says that 55 percent of indian
engineers are umployable, that’s wht people would can afford medical checkup outside the state,
readily do it. Childhood is more competitive than ever but does intense pressure to succeed really
helpDon’t we want our child to become a master at his own ‘non glorified; profession rather than being
an aweful, good for nothing ‘overly glorified’ practicioner? This should not bea wicked dilemma fro
parents.No doubts, India accounts for highest number of youth sucidies in the country, a major chunk of
it is due to the failure of rising up to academic expexctations. it creates indelible memories; on bad days.
As a country we should thank god that neiehrt Tendulkar, not Ambani senoir, not Salman Rushdie, and
not our very own Arnab goswami fell prey to this menacing trap.

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