Gerald D'Cunha

Pic.: Suresh Nair “There are two kinds of people: those who do the work, and, those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group… There is less competition there.” Indira Gandhi Y esterday, someone was telling me how fierce the competition was in his field. This man worked extremely hard, and he worked with all his heart. Things had moved well for him all along. But, he seemed to be a lot anxious. “I sense I am losing the hold… There is fierce competition around me. There are plenty in the field out there doing what I have been doing… There is ample option for the customers, now… Moreover, I am not ‘that young’ anymore.” “What did you say, last?” I probed the man. “I said, I am not ‘that young’ anymore,” he repeated. “Do you, also, sense that you are not ‘as enthusiastic and as passionate’ anymore?” He took some time to tell this: “Well, I sense that my enthusiasm and passion are not the same as they used to be once, when I was younger,” he adm...

Pic.: Aparna Khanolkar Sheth “Genius is initiative on fire.” Holbrook Jackson I have just come out of my class. My twelfth-standard students were to write a test on a particular chapter today. Before the class, I told them, that I would be giving them a simple problem to solve. In fact, there was one point, which was slightly tough. I, even, gave a helpline before the test, by helping them how to deal with it. .. The test began. They had to complete in twenty minutes... But, even after fifteen minutes grace-time, they were still struggling to complete it! I don’t make a big deal about this test-business in my teaching profession. But, I do make a big deal about my students’ attitude, commitment, focus, hard-work, goals, persistence and passion... So, even after the goof-up, today, I  wasn't  telling them, that they needed to score well in their future tests and the final-exams... I was telling them this: “My dear students, t...