Comments on: Lack of interest? talent? curiosity?

By: Clark Kent

Clark Kent — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:30:00 +0000

Allwyn Agnel, I am a fan of pg.com and I am in love with it ever since I joined it. From top to bottom it is a work of sheer brilliance. After using PG for 5 days I went berserk and I searched on the net about who is PG? I saw your interviews, and read a lot about you. You inspired me.
Not everyone is born curious and talented. You hate mediocrity and you don’t find people with any real interest or curiosity. I agree we don’t strive for it enough but there won’t be any if there would be none to raise the bar.
I am just a graduate and while at college I wanted to inspire people towards creativity. So along with a team of 5 people we built a statue, 12 feet high. I felt that looking up at some symbol of inspiration may instill a movement in the hearts of the onlookers. And what happened to it? It was demolished by the college authorities not because it wasn’t well made but because they couldn’t maintain it. Today, even human forms of inspiration are demolished. The difference is in the authority demolishing it. Hence no one acts to inspire. No one thinks big enough to grow enough and inspire. Those who think are certainly, our very own Mayawati whose innumerous statues built on our hard earned money hardly seem to make a difference.
In the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna gave up all he had to mentor Arjuna. Today, we neither see Arjunas nor do we see any Krishnas. It is us who don’t have courage enough to find and spot Arjunas in order to be their Krishna towards a common good, leading to a better future. The generation of people who need to hit back hard need mentors. They need inspiration which lacks on all the fronts. We lack people who can do something to inspire lots. I agree that Hitler was a dictator but he had a voice which made hundreds jump into darkness for him. Today, the Bin Laden’s can inspire hundreds to become jehadis’s and we call them mad. At least they have an inspiration.
Look at our system where dishonesty leads the lag and we blame and apprehend the country’s future.
If we can’t inspire let us learn to…
Let us learn to duplicate and triplicate inspiration.
Else, Shame on us…

By: ankit

ankit — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:46:00 +0000

Being in the Indian IT industry for last three years, I can surely say that there is no room for any experimentation here. The client-service model that most of the companies are, does not allow much scope for experimentation. There is too much at stake, projects are large and nobody wants to take any chances. Impetus is more on maintaining the status quo, rather than any change. It is in such an atmosphere that best minds in our country work. After a while, their minds too gets conditioned. They work in more of a reactive mode, never really trying to understand the business or technological needs. Your best chance might be with a fresher, straight out of college. Catch them before they too become ’stale’.

By: Bijay Rungta

Bijay Rungta — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:28:31 +0000

Thats right Allwin.

Most People are taking jobs just because they have to..

And they will have no qualm accepting it.

Also I too doubt it when People say we will be the World’s superpower in 2050 or even earlier..

I don’t see that in the near future..

By: Pranav

Pranav — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:29:30 +0000

You surely hate mediocrity!
Remember the line in film Swades, “andhere mei toh Rawan aur bhi accha lagata hai” read: we’re like that only! ’santusht’.

I hope those who got through your hiring process are gem! out of 10k+ people.

By: PaGaLGuY

PaGaLGuY — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:37:30 +0000

@harish – if you are not curious, you will never find out your interest or worry about enhancing your talent.

By: harish Lunani

harish Lunani — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:34:17 +0000

how to find out what interests you most.,…what talent you have and where does ur curiosity is???