CRACKED THE TOUGHEST EXAM, OR SOUL?
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch I t’s easy to get a little – often, a lot – drunk with power when one gets to any seat of power. To understand this, we needn’t look to netas alone. The position of power can be as basic as that of a compounder at a busy dispensary, or an ordinary clerk in a government office… The traffic hawaldar or a hawaldar in a local police chowki … The class teacher or the Principal of your child’s school… From a grocery-store owner to a temple priest, and from a bank clerk to a muttonwala … anybody and everybody, who has some power in his hand – yes, can get tempted to wield it… Power can be intoxicating… Dangerous! And, you and I, who have better things to do in life than getting into some silly ego-battles, often, let them get a kick out of their power-game, saying, “Kaam hone keliye, kabhi, kabhi, gadhe ko bhi baap banana padta he ji!” M y Post, today, is about this question:...