Following The Light

The day I began my life with Symbiosis, Kiran Bedi told us to always pen down key moments in our lives. I called that day Lighthouse Day. I call this next phase Following The Light. On that day, Kiran Bedi was a beacon of light, directing me towards a new life and a new love. The initiator of the next phase is Prahlad Kakar, India’s Ad-Guru.

The setting similar (yet another Symbi Auditorium), the message continued. And he told us many wonderful things. We are growing up in a world, he said, where we don’t have to change the fact that we are Indians to be given opportunities. In fact, quite the contrary. Having the Indian Label, we are now presented so many more opportunities on a silver platter. It is a great time to be an Indian.

I felt this energy on Lighthouse Day, and the talk with Prahlad Kakar rekindled it.

Today we never have to face the idiotic question: how come your English is so good? Cuz I had a tutor who served tea for the Queen of England! Today we can conduct business on an international level, and be expected to do a great job. Today we can proudly say… alright, go head, sing it… I am an Indiaaan, from Bombay city!

In The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman talks about the Indian vigour. Comparing it with the rest of the world, he calls it the Ambition Gap. The developed world sits on its cushy jobs, indolence setting in, whereas developing nations work fervently!

I recently ended up chit-chatting with the Loréal Head of Distribution for Maharashtra and Gujarat. She shone with the same energy. And it is so damn magnetic!

So do you know what I want to do? Yup, you guessed it. I want to follow the light!