Stepping stone..

People become steps ..people become ladders..people become spotlights...they are known as Teachers. I often wonder about the reason about a person who knows something about a field and has the ability to earn much more in that direction stop himself/herself to transform into a teacher.

There may many reasons associated with that single decision of becoming a teacher but basically it requires quality of  understanding a subject in a way explainable to the students whom he/she needs to address.

Being a teacher is something like being a partial boss of a company without paying any salary instead you need to pay. H/she can command you within the limits and you cannot say no because s/he is ahead in the scale of knowledge and you cannot deny those privileges to teachers.

They teach you, they measure you, they grade you, they scold you, they may even incite you but all this is for those few years of union. A few years later and you visit him/her with a successful career in hand, it is that same teacher who will feel happy for the rest of the day thinking about you ..only you..!! LOVE THY TEACHERS..!!!

It's always wrong to take a wrong route....!!!!!!

We are moving ahead counting each second, each minute, each hour, each day.. with an idea in mind..with an expectation in eyes...with an act to be done from our end..!!

And the most compelling part of the story is about people around and the way we get treated or we treat them during the course of  the task completion do matters in this journey of life.

A practical incident is revealed for you. A need for caste and income certificate took me to Tahsildar's office situated at K.G. Road of Bangalore. News Papers did publish about single window counter which would receive application for my need at the center. A step into the premises, I was greeted by a long queue of people waiting for their turn. Standing in a queue is nothing new for me, a I do it before an ATM,in banks etc, but I had to think about the documents required from my end, so that the same can be submitted to a gentlemen who receives the people in queue.

A query was raised about the documents before a person who was ahead of me in the series. He asked me to get a form downstairs and  a TC as well as income proof. I could buy the form but a TC was missing from my file and procedure for income proof was burdensome. In a confused state, I shared about the problem with a guy who was selling forms and he said, "I can do the job for you for some extra money." The need for certificate was urgent and I had no time to hang around doing some experiments with an highly disordered system. I paid!!!

In any part of world, customer is treated as God but in a black market customer is treated like dog. The treatment goes as follows: Said amount was paid and date was informed on which I was assured of the certificate. The guy shared his phone number and  asked me to call to confirm about the readiness of the certificate with him. Exactly after two days, I made a call and there was an excuse for the delay which postponed the deadline to two days later. Once gain, I made the call and the tone changed from courteous to irritating mode and he asked me to call back in the evening. A call in the evening greeted me with some complaints and he asked me not to disturb for two more days. 

Certificate was needed for an urgent requirement and that was the reason which compelled me to pay that EXTRA AMOUNT. But the delay in receipt of certificate had put me in a tight situation. Went to the person who had collected the money and tried to explain about the urgency. He was reluctant who blamed on the faulty machines for the delay. I could not complain as the route selected by me wasn't legal nor could I  demand my money back as he wasn't ready to pay back. With no way to settle the situation, I had to maintain patience. After two to three visits to the guy, he wavered the certificate before me.Ah!! my joy knew no bounds..as the certificate served my purpose.!!

Task was simple..but much effort was invested for the same. And I was made to wait like a nut with no room to complain before the guys who are not even graduates.!!

Well to skip one round I paid, I got rebuked ..!!! So never ever go for shortcuts guys..They suck..!!!

Gandhi Thatha ki jai....

Today is a holiday and we owe this free time to Shri Mahatma Gandhiji. Is it not?? This is a very small reason to be happy about Gandhi but much more can be drawn from the pockets of this thin bodied, scantly dressed, bald headed, with spectacles for his eyes and a stick of support in his hand...yet he his Mahatma..a great soul..named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi..

His life can never be understood by the one who believes in getting the acts done fast without worrying about others..and wish to enjoy the fruits from a tree without even waiting for the fruit to get ripened..!!!

One such practical instance is wrt queue system in a bus stop..not practiced by us but if done can surely bring about major change in our mentality or our respect to a life based on order..Well.. there are reasons for  people not following this queue based system..

1. There is no one to supervise the queue 
2. Young people who are healthy want to test their strength in entering a bus
3. Buses do not stop at a bus stop in a proper manner etc

Above are few reasons which we have for not maintaining an order at bus stop.. and hence resort to other way i.e crowding..a bus comes and everyone pounce on it..even without allowing the one to get down..!!! Now no one questions the root i.e. transport corporations which is expected to increase the number of buses and its frequency as we have no time/energy to spend in this direction and we are busy managing the crowd..!!We are still travelling but without any order or understanding..

The above story can be linked to Mr. Gandhi.. it is because of him we got an independence in ORDER...in a way which changed the WORLD's VISION about life.. which was till then based on power politics ( Read about the world wars and the reason for which they were fought). And it was because of this little man, WORLD could understand that Human's existence should be based on Human values i.e. LOVE,CARE and DIGNITY devoid of any political or economical power associated with them.

Now, do you want to imagine the world without the Gandhiji or his precious thoughts about respecting human values...You need not imagine it, just have glance about the happenings in our neighboring country and you will realize that INDIA HAS ESCAPED FROM HELL..because of GANDHIJI... 

WE WOULD HAVE GAINED INDEPENDENCE LIKE OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTRY HAD.. BUT OF NO USE...!!!!

GANDHIJI -A GOOD SON, A GOOD LEADER, A FREEDOM FIGHTER, A STATESMAN, A SAVIOUR

 I Love Him.....And I am proud to be an Indian because though we do not give importance to an order in bus stop BUT WE HAVE BEEN INTELLIGENT AND KIND ENOUGH to understand the message of NON-VIOLENCE from this old person called GANDHI...!!!!