Situation in the World 2020 : Grief about our selfish attitude as next gen

We are in the middle of a global havoc. With the rise of Corona Virus again in Beijing, possibilities of a second layer of the life-taking virus are being considered. Many countries are still just at the peak of first layer, and this is the news they have to prepare themselves for. Unemployment, food shortage and serious illnesses are seen all around. No one is able to understand what is going to stop this. Will we all have to suffer till the vaccine arrives? All because of one nation - the one who started it all, say country A.

Now that enmity towards country A is increasing around the world and country A's companies are suffering, people are getting unemployed, country A's population is turning against their own Government. On this background, what does country A do? country A decides to attack India, change the attention of the entire world and it's own citizens from their wicked and insensitive actions, to the war with India.

How can a country be so cruel? In a time when people are uniting to help each other survive in every nation, Country A is more focused on becoming powerful at the cost of several lives of other populations as well as its own citizens. How can we as a global community tolerate this one rotten mango in the basket? It needs to be thrown out so that we can again live in a happy glowing world.

On one hand, there is a country like A who's leaders are behind lives of their citizens, and on the other hand there are countries like India with able leaders who are willing to compromise even the economy to save lives. As Indians, it is our duty to stand firmly behind our leaders, and help the nation unite and overcome this crisis.

As IITians and as students, India needs us the most right now. It is our responsibility to come up with innovative solutions to the numerous problems arising everyday, to make India Atmanirbhar. We are considered the brighter slot. We dreamed of being in an IIT, and here we are. But what are we doing now? Is it more important to compete with our own batchmates, show our skills at making them envious in a time when the world is on fire? Do marks, grades, internships matter more than lives of our fellow citizens? Country A's strategy is optimal cost, maximal output. We need to create cheaper products and technologies to make India truly independent, so that cheaper country A products do not attract the citizens of the world, but Indian products do. Our expertise should be seen in new tech solutions for India, not just in our marks.

I grieve deeply about the mental state we have taught ourselves to be in. This pandemic has taught me that there are greater things, things that matter more than your expertise and certificates, your CGPA. We really need to come together for our nation right now. India's future is in our hands. We have to create technologies and services that are cheaper, and yet provide excellent quality. We are so much capable, Indians are running high-caps all around the world. And if we come together, nothing can stop India from becoming the superpower.

Comments

  1. Dr P.J.KJune 16, 2020 at 10:41 AM

    This article has got me thinking really hard. I agree with you....we must go beyond grades and certificates and work on problems of our citizens.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Dr P.J.KJune 16, 2020 at 10:41 AM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Chips in Man and The Man in Chips : An AI Poem

Image
I watched an introductory lecture on Artificial Intelligence. I was awestruck. These words came to my mind and in 10 minutes, I could compose a poem on what I felt. Hope you enjoy it. The Chips in Man and The Man in Chips We build systems that think on their own, No longer do they depend on us to make decisions for them, Us humans, who have programmed them so well, That we now depend on them all day, as if we are on an inactivity spell. The machines, they think, but not like us, For we, we wander about aimlessly in a dense forest of irrelevant thoughts, But they, they are focused on the problem to be solved, Working in binary and no emotions to get involved. Intelligent they are, but with the 'Artificial' tag, A tag that research labs across the world try to erase, To not just have computers mimic the human mind, But to make them equal to any member of mankind. I wonder at how much progress we have made, From Da Vinci's medieval knight robot designs to building an actual hu...
Read more

The Journey to IIT - Part 2

Hello there! So in the previous part, you heard about how I landed into MPrakash Academy. My first year at MPA was enjoyable but equally difficult. We had science once a week for 2 hours, 7 pm - 9 pm batch and Maths twice a week. I had never heard of what a proof is before I came here. The whole concept of proving something in mathematics sounded very new to me. I had to struggle to grasp it, but eventually, I did. I made it to class 9th at MPA after hard efforts and many disappointments in examinations. But I was happy that I got the chance to continue with them. Class IX at MPA was one of my life-changers because I met one of the most amazing teachers in the world, Raj Sir. He is extremely passionate about teaching and is excellent at communicating with teenagers. He gave me confidence, which I lacked a lot. Once after an exam as he saw he said, "Paper soda, to kashi ashes?" which means "I don't want to know how the paper was, tell me about how you are". I s...
Read more