Is It worth Boosting too much?

It was 7th October 2009…6.45 in the morning…….woke up with yawning, opened the door to get my bed coffee...Yes there is the day’s news paper…it was so fresh and rejuvenating the first sip…I mean the first news…. “Chemistry Nobel for Indian born scientist Venketraman Ramakrishna”….rushed through all other news more of flood affected area photos and relevant news and Karnataka governments appeal to the public to donate for relief work…that appeal is being appearing almost every day since last ten days or so …even though I empathize with the people who affected due to flood, lost their loved ones lives, dream built shelter, hard earned belongings, testimonial and sympathize for them for the turmoil they have to undergo before things get normal to them.

I welcome people who generously donate. But still it is heartening to know that most of donated clothes were fit only to be disposed and burned and the foods were sent gone straight to the ditches….cant blame the people alone as they have to keep in mind their Dewali purchase and budget…

Are these wealthy politicians donating anything apart from making request to public during these times of misery? The answer is a clear no. they release all their black and white money only during the time of election to buy the voters and vow them…Eventhough they know how to rise funds from industrialists for their election expenditures,they don’t want to explore that resource when people are in real need…..they knew this resource of corporate funding is for their time of election….this anger took the yawning away, warmed my blood a bit …..

When Amrithia Sen got Nobel Prize we excited as because he was an Indian born American. When Kalpana Chawla went to space we exclaimed as she was also an Indian born American. …the same way we are happy about Venketraman Ramakrishna …He made all the Indians feel proud! Being an Indian born American!

Whether they could have reached to these feats if they lived and worked in India. The country obsessed with individual performances and high commands. In our system individual islands of excellence wont come together to make a brilliant team to achieve great heights whether it is sports or research.

We may tend to forget the fact that these indigenous Indians gone to those heights only because of their collaborative efforts and support from the foreign land…they went to make a living …a decent living …and out of which these honors are coming….

They realize and testify the wealth of knowledge we have…in our country…do we realize and recognize our fellow colleagues potential ?.Instead of competing among ourselves if we collaborate …then indigenously we will achieve such honors.

I think it is premature and not worth boosting too much….

Still we have to learn to make effective teams to work collaboratively to achieve great things….let us wont take undue credits and live in fantasy...Knowing the best are yet to come from the west!!

Arther.C