The contrast

Last week I went on tour to Hyderabad and much to the disturbance of the co passengers we talked and talked , our topic shifted from one plane to another and arguments danced. One gentleman who was having his nap, followed our conversation. Later on he involved himself in our discussion. I expect all the wisdom of old age to be upon us preaching how great were the olden time but he spoke with an attitude towards the various aspect of life which was quiet surprising to hear, his ethic was based on the following line, follow Ramayana / Mahabarat for their moral value rather trying to prove there chronological existence.

He was AIIMS graduate of 1970 batch served his entire life as doctor. His daily routine involves going to villages and provide medical service free of cost to the villagers. He has his own private service to support himself and extra money goes for the medicine. He was given a car by his daughter to enable him to visit various villages. We had a good time discussion various ideologies, next morning we bade farewell to each other.

I visited my friend at the ISB campus on sunday, meet her after four years. Going around the campus I meet few people and each gave a short glimpse of the life in ISB. Then came a short session with my colleagues brother who gave his own motivation. The crux is about "power" , "money" and "career".

Now the contrast "The doctor" and "The ISB". The doctor choose "service to society" as his first motto and and is a happy man by his own standards . ISB choose "service to myself" and they are happy too .

Had i not meet the doctor i would not have visualized this contrast and it has made me ponder why ???????