The inspirator

Wednesday presented me with the gift of wisdom, as Dr. Harish Hande shared his thoughts on social enterpreneurship. Hande, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, essayed his take away during his journey from engineer to entrepreneur. Making a steady start, Dr. Hande took no time turn a group of students to passionate audience. Witnessing how an orator can turn into a cynosure was a treat for us.

Each and every line of Dr. Hande made sense, not only because he talked logical, but also because he himself was the epitome of how a problem should be solved. His perpetual talks made sure that none of audience had even a second to take eye off from the crux of discussion. Applause kept on pouring in at timely intervals, testifying the audience association with his speech.

"Solution is the best way to protest."

The line turned to be one of my favorites as Dr. Hande spoke on how to channelize emotions into strength, how to turn the negative trust into a strong chain of progress and highlighted key issues within our youth population that is causing the gap between the youth having potential of innovation and the rural india. He rightly mentioned that unless we go and spend time with them, we would not be able to solve their problem.

I suddenly realized how right was he. For instance, when watching movies such as  'swades' or 'chak de india' we turn from a dead rubber to a emotionally charged patriotic battery. But the avatar of patriotism ends as soon as the movie finishes. Does spending more time on a problem makes us more motivated and inclined to solve the problem? This question will loom in my mind forever. This thought of mine might be ceased tomorrow, but I would never forget this question. Can we make rural India a place to live? Yes, we can.

Just like after shifting into a house of mess we turn a house to a clean place to live, we can similarly turn a village to be of same parameters as that of living conditions in city, only when we transition to villages. Will forcing industries to open up in villages help us to solve the problem? Yes, it would, only if someone washes out the preconceived notions of our brain.