Vijit's Opinion

I was wondering from where my next inspiration to write the first blog post of the year would materialize and that is when I happened to view this inspirational video of Anand Kumar who founded the ambitious and innovative educational program, 'Super 30'. Please click here to check out the video as my words won’t be half as inspirational as his. The INK Conference, in association with TED, is the original source of this video.   What I liked about Anand Kumar? There are many people in this world who have become successful despite their poor socio-economic background. However, people like Anand Kumar are rare. He is actually investing time, effort and money to lift others and using his knowledge to guide them. How many of us would be selfless and courageous enough to do this especially when our life is put to risk? Anand Kumar continued to work for a noble cause despite being attacked by goons who were trying to dissuade him from continuing with “S...

It is that time of the year when most of us would sit and analyze how good or bad the year has been. I am also in that reflective mode today. How did 2014 treat me? On personal front year 2014 did not start off well. All efforts to hold on to a close relationship turned out to be a futile exercise. I learnt that no matter how good your intent is; if people are hell bent on misunderstanding you, things will fall apart. Not just the beginning of the year but almost the entire year personal relationship was put to test. In second half of the year, it was a close friendship that did not stand the test of time. I realized that for relationships or friendship to be successful, the most important factor is trust. 2014 did punch some severe blows but it could not manage to knock me out. I was down but not out. I only hope that someday better sense would prevail and things will improve. All the emotional turmoil did affect me but my faith in the Almighty is what kept me going. A s...

This blog post is about an incident that I witnessed and one which made me value life dearly. Tonight on my way back home from office as usual I reached Kanjurmarg station. I was on the foot over bridge when I saw a man running down the steps towards the platform to catch a train to Titwala that was about to leave. By the time I reached the platform I could hear people shouting but didn't know the reason. At some distance I could see a man lying on the floor and people gathered around him. I moved closer to the crowd and realized that the same person whom I saw earlier on the foot over bridge had met with an accident and was lying on the floor. This person tried to catch the running train but slipped and fell on the platform. He was very lucky to have not been dragged by the train else the accident could have been fatal. He did injure his head and his body got bruised too. However, he was able to walk when couple of guys lifted him up. They made him sit on a nearby bench. One ...

This blog post is in a way, a summary of what I have experienced in last 2 years. The title of the post indicates the focus of the post. Criticism is something you get when you need it the least. I have written about it in the past as well . This time though without divulging too many details of my personal experience I will try to give my perspective. Two years back I was forced to take a difficult decision which I knew would have a negative impact on me but still I took that decision with the best of intent. Balancing my personal life and professional life was one of the aspect but primary aim was to safe guard others interests. To my surprise, I ended up being criticized the most by the folks whose peace of mind was my goal when deciding my action. Even a friend who was fully aware about the turn of events and my rationale behind the decision, recently had some harsh words for me. Strangely not one of my critics had a solution to offer. Everyone was convinced that I was wrong...

This blog post is about PM Narendra Modi’s initiative to involve the common man in governance. Such initiatives do not get enough limelight, despite the fact that there haven’t been such initiatives in the past. There may be reasons to hate Narendra Modi but I think we got to be objective about our criticism. Criticize him where he is wrong and appreciate him where he is right. I think this approach to criticism should be practiced by everyone. My Gov is a welcome initiative that is going to revolutionize governance.   We people earlier did not have a say in governance. Now with this initiative we have a forum to give our ideas and suggestions for shaping government policies. Isn’t that true democracy? Government of the people, for the people and by the people is how democracy is defined. Theoretically this has been true but it is off late in Modi’s rule that we are seeing that being put into practice. These are early days but well begun is half done, isn’t it? ...

This post is dedicated to a doctor whom I consulted just once but who left a lasting impression on me. About a month back I visited this doctor for a health issue. When reading this post one may think what is so great about this doctor that I chose to write about him after visiting him just once. The primary reason being that he decided to meet and treat me despite the fact that  he himself was advised bed rest by a doctor, as he was getting treated for broken ribs after having a fall. How and why this meeting happened? My sister-in-law was his patient and was her go to man mostly when she suffers any health issue right since her childhood days. She had his mobile number and one Sunday about a month back she called to check whether he is available in his clinic so that I could also consult him for an ailment. He responded saying that he is not fully fit but can get the checkup done at home. We both visited his house. His wife opened the door for us and lead us right to ...