I have been taking a cab for 4.5 months now. It's a one way ride just from home to office. Evening Dhruv picks me up. Everyday I learn something new and interesting from these cab drivers.
Today I got another new person to take me to office. Cab 799. He was around 50+ in age. We generally started talking, which route to take. He asked me what do I do and I said "I work in the IT field". On which he said, "I should have known. Most Indians work in the IT field." He further went on asking which part of the country did I belong to and my answer was North. On which he concluded that most of the times he has seen South Indians in the IT field and on conversation with them it has come out that they find that North Indians do not study till Masters. They just come here study till Bachelor's and get into the Government Services.
I asked him a similar question where did he belong to on which he replied Afghanistan and to what brought him here, he said Education. He's done major in Horticulture, then moved to Agriculture, then changed his career to Networking and now drives a Cab.
Interesting!
I was not much surprised 'cause he is the second person I've met who has done such a variety of things. Why he changed? He did not like sedentary jobs. Simple!
We kept conversing further and he told me about his son who's quite intelligent but refuses to study as he finds study will get him no further. If his dad drives a cab even after a Master's what good would study get him. He was also of the notion that I should go back to my home country to bring up my kids and family. 'Cause here life is too easy and there is a lot of money. Kids do not understand what the real essence of education is, how valuable money is and how difficult life is.
They see all the luxurious and tend to go dull, slow and lazy.
This whole conversation was quite thought provocative. We or my generation only sees the luxury of this life. We are in fact blinded by all this glitter that we forget to work hard. We enjoy the easy and relaxed life. Is changing a country the solution. I don't think so! It's the values that parents imbibe in kids. It's how you raise your kids and how you portray yourself in front of them.
2 comments:
Luxury! Talk about yourself, i am slogging my backside off in my sedentary job to make ends meet. Hmph!
On a serious note, parenting is a serious thing. Kids definitely get influenced by the external factors but good parenting goes a long way. I am not judging your cabbie friend, i am just saying all parents must make their kids strive for any luxury they want. Either extreme - surplus or dearth - both can affect negatively.
You are right! But, the mindset is here easy money by doing any job. But, does that pay in the long run? I guess not?
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