Well how difficult it is to succeed the Indian Way? I am just speaking my mind here , trying to keep this article as less sarcastic as possible.
Success is a very subjective term.At a very basic level ,it could be divided into 3 categories. Personal Success,Professional Success and also Social Success.
Succeeding the Indian way is difficult though.
Professional Success is normally in the minds of Indians starts from a very young age.At a very young age you are gauged based on your ability to speak fluently in English. The world's most powerful women (according to the Forbes list) Angela Merkel chooses to speak most of the time in her mother tongue which is German.
Well, we seldom realize that language you speak has very less to do with Success.You are 12th Std aggregate plays a very important role in people's minds,later your ability to find a corporate job also does .
Finally,it all boils down to the amount of money you have accumulated as bank balance.
Your job taking you to places (international travels) is lauded more.If you have entered the Senior Management to give press conferences that is the ultimate success.
So what about those people who sit down in research institutes to develop a drug(it almost takes 15 years to patent a drug), those professors in colleges who tirelessly coach students batch after batch they don't come to our mind when we define professional success ourselves.
Coming to the definition of succeeding in Personal life.I might sound very raw.But your ability to stay back with your first husband/wife in the same house despite odds is revered by all undisputably.
Those people who choose to be single, divorcees (despite most genuine of reasons) are looked down upon. If you have succeeded in living with your husband and have been able to raise children you are revered.
What about being successful in social life. This is given the least of importance in any Indian family.Doing something for the society ,standing up for a social cause.We don't educate our children to become socialpreneurs rather only educate them to find a job.
Should the Indian definition of success undergo a sea of change with alot of possible clauses?
