Gerald D'Cunha

Pic.: Rajiv Sharma       “Sometimes it is the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” -           Darke M any a times, when my dearest ones ask me as to why I want to reach a certain destination, I find myself struggling for an answer. Because, that’s the time I become aware, that if my focus is more on reaching my destination – on becoming – rather than the process or the journey I chose to embark upon – on being… yes, if I am more stuck with reaching the destination rather than experiencing the joy and glory of my journey, I will only succeed in proving a point… Telling the world, “Hey, look, I have made it… I have arrived.” I alone will know, deep inside, if, after reaching my destination, my life would be any different from how it was before I had set on my journey… I alone know if the journey was worth it. Gandhi would, often, say, “Our means are as i...

Pic: Umang Pahwa A mbition is ambition! Whether your ambition is to do well in your exam, job, business or profession... Whether you are an Ambani, Subrata Roy or Baba Ramdev... Whether you are an Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar or Srinivasan... Yes, ambition is ambition! It is a very powerful force that propels you to each and every kind of accomplishment in life. Money, fame, power and, even, sainthood... all come from it. As kids, we loved to possess every attractive toy our eyes would fall on. And, as grown-ups, we are no different. So, it is the ambition in us that gives us – the eternal kids – our every ‘toy’ in life! When a goal is single-mindedly pursued, with robust faith and dogged determination, it becomes our ambition. Nothing in life is achieved without ambition. Nothing. So, if there is no other road to reach to our goals, except through our ambitions, then ambition, in life, is good. It is greed that is not good... It is the crooked in...