He gave his whole lifetime for the independence of his motherland, and when it eventually happened, it turned out to be… a dream gone terribly sour!
Everywhere…there was chaos, factions, bloodshed, pettiness, sycophancy, arrogance and… what not! …With heavy heart and moist eyes, the father was forced to say “If this is the way it is supposed to be…then I wish I had not stood for it!”…
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Well! The most murderous feeling in life is ‘helplessness’…! …When all you wanted to pursue was excellence, yet what you have ended up with is average-ness around… When the values that you had once sown have been uprooted clinically…and when the same people who had once partnered your dream have joined the conspiracy of its substandard-version!
All this leaves you with a sense of hopelessness…! A feeling that you are a failure…that you have succumbed to the ecosystem of mediocrity…that you are the odd-one-out in your own clan…a refugee in your own homeland!
You feel…Betrayed.
BUT THEN…you start getting the hang of it! You realize that this is exactly what the cynics of the world wanted! … To pull you down when they could not push themselves up…to make you feel ashamed of your own idealism because it wasn’t easy on them… to declare you a schizophrenic because they could not see the vision you saw!
And then…You smile…Promising yourself that even if the whole world is against you, still you would stand by your side…You might rest, or change the route…but you would not change ‘what you stand for’!
A dream might have gone sour…but not the eyes which saw it!
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I am sure that if he had lived another day…Gandhi would have done the same!
About Sandeep Atre
Dr. Sandeep Atre:
• Counseling Psychologist and an internationally recognized ‘Emotional & Social Intelligence’ Expert, with experience of more than two decades in helping people ‘sort out’ and ‘excel in’ intrapersonal and interpersonal matters. He holds a PhD in Management and a Master’s degree in Psychology (www.dratrecounsels.com).
• Founder of Socialigence – a venture specializing in development of ‘Social & Emotional Intelligence’ and its offshoot interpersonal skills through workshops and an award-winning online course rooted in neuroscience and psychology (www.socialigence.net).
• Author of two books related to his domain, namely - “Understanding Emotions Logically” and “Observing Nonverbal Behavior”; and third book on various aspects of life, named “Two Paras of Everyday Wisdom”. Moreover, the collection of his Nazms and Ghazals is published as a book titled “Baat Jazbaat Ki”.
• Corporate Trainer, with experience of close to two decades. Has conducted 150+ workshops/sessions for 50+ organizations & institutions like CSC, Cummins, Piramal, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Bridgestone, Michelin, Eicher, Maruti, Force, Idea, Airtel, NBHC, SBI, HDFC, L&T, Zydus, Thapar University, Banasthali, Narsee Monjee, Symbiosis, IIFM Bhopal, Azim Premji University, Nirma, Welingkar & IBS Hyderabad.
• Co-Founder and Director of CH EdgeMakers – a leading ‘Coaching and Training’ organization of central India for more than 24 years. He has trained close to 100 thousand students for ‘Soft Skills’ & ‘Entrance & Recruitment Preparation’ (www.ch-india.com).
• ‘Management Speaker and Orator’. Has featured at platforms like TEDx, IIM, IIT, NIT, CII, YI, CII-IWN, TCS, IMA, ICAI, ECA, ISHRAE, NEN, Sahodaya, Aditya Birla Education Academy, Round Table, LinkedIn Local, Rotary International, MP State’s Teachers’ Training, Academic Staff College DAVV, Police University Rajasthan, Police Training Academy Indore & more than 100 institutions.
• Member of noted associations and boards. Has been an ‘Executive Committee’ member of Indore Management Association. Associate Editor of IMA publications. Governing Council Member of Banasthali University’s SBBJ Centre for Research in MSME & Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Women. Executive Member of IMS, DAVV Alumni Association. Member of Rotary International’s ‘Group Study Exchange’ team to Minnesota, USA. ESI Coach with FWSA Australia.
Note: For glimpses of work, watch YouTube Channel ‘Dr. Sandeep Atre at Socialigence’.
