inspire

Today I met 2 guys Sushanth and Ashwin. They are from inspire. They have formed inspire. Inspire is a group that is working for a social cause. Inspire is working for the upliftment of the under privileged in India. Inspire is working to improve the education delivered in government schools. Inspire aims to be a common platform for the many small social service groups actively working now, in their own small ways.

For me this was a part of the process I had begun hardly 2 weeks back. When I first thought about working for education upliftment... and sinu suggested arkapalli... and going there... till I actually started finding out what the situation there was... I never really thought that this idea would be such a long term plan. Yes, eventually sometime down the lane this was the work I was gonna do. But it wasn’t some thing I was gonna commit to now. I mean I didn’t think it possible. Now I am glad that it is possible. 'Coz the sooner I can get to put a helping hand in... The faster the work is done. The more the work done.

There is so much to do... as Sushant said "India is in negative now. We need loads to be done, by loads of ppl... to get it to zero first of all". As a country on the outsides we r trying to appear all glittering. Well perhaps we do have some glitter in the terms of the potential we have inside. We have tremendous potential. Oh so much... there is so much we can do for our INDIA. My INDIA, your INDIA... OUR INDIA. When we really sit down and ponder over it ... it hardly needs any time at all. We don’t have to stand up and revolutionize the world. We just have to silently put in a helping hand. Infact we really don’t have to do much else than do whatever we do properly.

Sushant spoke a lot about value education. Yes that is oh so important. But when you are fighting for basic survival how can u really make sure you are fighting fair??? How do you care to treat someone good when you know he won’t really show you the same kindness??? I know that it can be done. But then there also cases where the situation is so difficult that in the pure madness of basic survival best people loose their moral souls. If one talks about value education... we need to first start in the city itself. We have to start in our very homes and classrooms.

What inspire is doing, what we wanna do... it is not an easy process. It is not a today, this week process. It is not a candle flame...it should be a forest fire. Inspire says "make India glow". Only entire INDIA can make INDIA glow. We want this fire to keep on burning. Not something that we start and leave to die out. We start in hope that more fuel is added. But yes, we start in hope that we will burn completely and thoroughly. Oh... there is so much to do. I just can’t help sigh out when I think of that. I’m happy now. I’m so happy coz I am busy. Happy coz my brain is filled and running... with useful info, not trash!!! Perhaps this is my destiny. Perhaps not. But this is where my road lies now. I have made my choice, and I know some how that

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference" - robert frost