It’s amazing how when people travel, they discover all the appetite of the world in them…wanting to eat everything they come across! …and more surprisingly, everything tastes soooooo good!
Actually speaking through experience…! Well! Took a rare break for a day and went to the original native-village …with our kith-n-kin! The best compliment to such a big-joint travel comes when the driver says he enjoyed more than he ever did! The most representative thing about a Kuttumb is how everyone can finish each other’s sentences (as if they were Fill-in-the-Blank Qs)… how the same humor clicks to multiple people at the same time…and how all vintage anecdotes sound new, inspiring the same laughter again (even in installments)! … It’s purely fundamental-fun!!
There is another offshoot of such togetherness…when one of the senior ones proposes a plan then everyone has to conform to it; and the beauty is that after sometime you forget whose decision it was, and it becomes ‘our choice’! …In our case, it was, visiting one of the most revered places of worships on the way!
I am not a very religious person in the conventional sense of the word! So again, the mob-mindedness in the name of darshan and collective-filth in the name of chaddhaava put me off completely. Add to it the commercial undertones at every step of the process and I was totally tuned out.
But what I hate to admit is that while I was there, I got possessed by the beautiful resonance that got created as a result of so many people gathered at one place, for the same purpose, looking towards the same thing & singing the same words! And when I left, there was an utter silence inside the heart… as if somebody had aligned the fractured soul through an unseen plaster!
As we further continued towards our destination, a realization had dawned on me that ‘Modern Man’ is an idiot! While he attaches his opinions to everything, he forgets that… “You can only analyze the things that are before or beneath you…and NOT the ones that are beyond you and your tiny-understanding of this grand phenomenon called LIFE”…
…Those things are meant to ‘be experienced’!
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’.
