Last night I happened to be working late on e-mails, while waiting for Peter. He was supposed to
check out from the
Taj Mahal Hotel in Colaba by 10 pm; we would then come to my house to drop a parcel and from here go to the airport to catch his plane back to his
country. Then, we got a
call from another friend,
informing us of the events going on in the
city and it was not hard to guess that Peter was still
trapped in the hotel. After a very intense night, thank
God now he is
safe and resting.
It is really
sad to see the amount of
terrorism that is going on in the
world and very particularly in
India itself.
Violence cannot be
justified by any reason and especially terrorism is a form of violence which goes beyond any
limit.
I don't know which their reasons for doing this were, and you can be sure that I do not agree with what they have done. But, if something should be learnt from the terrorists, is their
capacity and
efficiency with which they
planned and executed their
attack. I'd wish that all of us were able to work with the same intensity and effort as they did, but for good causes and through good and
legal means.
I really hope I'm not
misunderstood here. What I mean is that, if there were many more
entrepreneurs in the world who worked with the same eagerness to achieve their
goals as the terrorists do, but using means which are legal,
charitable, socially responsible, and full of other values, I'm sure the world would
improve in matter of no
time.
Similarly, I'd like that entrepreneurs would learn from the
policemen last night; especially of course, those who gave their lives in combat. Certainly, entrepreneurs will not go to die in an
encounter, but we should be willing to spend our lives working hard to create more business. If this
effort is done not
thinking just of oneself, but thinking of
society as the policemen were doing last night, their reach in helping society would be as great, even if less known to others.
I know this post is a little off the line of the other posts, but I thought it would be great if all of us
bloggers came out to say how we condemn terrorism and what should be done about it... this is my small
contribution towards that.
I came across (not by chance) this article today at MercatorNet: Is outsourcing exploitation?. And I think it is quite an interesting read for those of us working in India and who have somebody working under us. Especially of course, if our clients are abroad. And even more importantly, if we have other companies as providers for us.
