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Noble Aspirations

It is obvious that in the competitive and fast moving world of today, each one of us have some ambitions in life. Even if we do not, our elders and our well- wishers keep advising and emphasising on the necessity to dream big, the reason, most often, is to earn big, but is that what ambition is all about?


On being asked, most of us will give a prompt reply "I want to be a doctor" or "an engineer" or "a scientist". However do we actually aspire to be good citizens? We call certain professions 'noble' but how many professionals do we actually find to be 'noble'? 

Even while I am writing this article, I remember being extremely surprised when one of my academically admirable friend said he would like to be a social worker. On hearing this unusual aspiration, the first question that cropped up in my mind was, "But, that won't make you rich!" This natural question got a rare answer, which made me think a lot. He said he wanted to change the face of India. 

Ever since we became independent, we have seen a lot of changes. But as we all have read over an over again in our text-books, everything has not changed for all sections of the society. The millions of poor citizens have to cope up silently with inadequate food, improper health and sanitation. Who is responsible for their betterment if not us? Is this what our freedom fighters dreamt of? 

Sitting on the comfortable benches of our school and not having experienced the real world we imagine 'the ideal professionals serving the nation', but if we come out of this imagination, we find corruption in even the noblest of professions. We forget about the investments the country has made while educating us and escape to serve other nations. Yet, we seldom think twice before blaming our nation by saying "India shall never develop!" What have we done to develop it?

I end with a simple request please aim and aspire not just for yourself, but for all. Being humans, we must definitely not be satisfied with setting goals that only benefit us. Such selfish instincts bring out the beasts in us. Rather, true humanity lies in the desire to do something good for others. After all, we would all be happy to see our nation prosper, won't we? So the next time you say. "I want to be a doctor or "an engineer" or "a scientist", aspire fora truly noble profession and serve your country to make it the best.
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