Gerald D'Cunha

I n life, we learn to appreciate some things only late in life. One of them, in my case, is: experience of a camp. Which camp am I talking about? Well, my earliest memories of going for a camp come from the NCC camps I used to attend. I had joined Air-wing of the NCC when I was in High School (ninth and tenth standard). I was also in NCC when I was in Junior college and first-year degree college. We used to go for week-long camps, both inside our state (Karnataka) as well as outside. But, as my self-confidence level was extremely low during those days, I did not comprehend the true objective of such camps… Imagine, scores of teenage boys, from different states, assembling at some remote place… where they were taught to be self-reliant and learn some survival skills, such as erecting tents and digging open ditches for toilets… learning to rise much before the sun rose… running for miles… learning to be disciplined, humble… learning to respect authorities, sw...

“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; Working hard for something we love is called passion.” - Simon Sinek M any parents have been approaching me for our upcoming PD course. They want their little-ones and young-ones to find motivation in life... work without being told, work hard and work long and ,above all, enjoy what they are doing and succeed in it. When you are hungry, you look for food… When you are thirsty, you look for water. Is not motivation as simple as that? Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And, hungry and thirsty for what? I   did not know what I wanted to do in my life till I landed in First Year B.Com, that is, till I was 18. When I watched and deeply admired my own teacher, Prof. B.S. Raman, and desired and dreamt of becoming a fine teacher like him, motivation to achieve that dream came along… Nobody needed to tell me ‘Work hard and work long’… Nobody needed to tell me how to find my passion… T...