A Wonderful Choice!

Some people have complained, that posts are too much philosophy, too li’l significance in reality, etc. I don’t intend to mend my ways, sorry folks! But ya- this is a bit different. I came across a personal biography kind of article by one Sushil Shintre, an IIT-B alumni, in our campus magazine n it touched my soul!

A civil engineering graduate in 2010, he is a part of Teach For India. It’s an organisation working for the education of the children in unprivileged sections of this vast country. He gets a not-so-bad pay and has a two year commitment. He gets two typical responses- ‘Are you insane?’ or ‘What a sacrifice!’. About the first, he says- just out of college, going with d herd n getting placed wasn’t so much suited 2 him, n he thought about smthng tat attracted his heart-education. So, he took d chance 2 experience. Besides he does hv all time afterwards 2 get in2 a ‘normal’ job, so it wasn’t tat big a risk And on d topic ofit being a sacrifice- salary, though nt comparable 2 IIT standards, is a notch higher tat wat fresh graduates get here. And in his own words ‘I get the most innocent and genuine colleagues to work with – the kids!.... I am going to have 60 children whose lives I may have helped change for good and who would, irrespective of what becomes of them, remember a certain Sushil Bhaiyya that taught them while in school. I would say it’s hardly a sacrifice’

Inspiring as his decision was, it makes us realize that we can always contribute to the cause of humanity in big or small ways, through our efforts. Besides, in his own words ‘it helps us to be able to find those moments that make us happy.’

P.S. You can read the entire article in Sushil on page 5 of the e-paper at http://www.iitb.ac.in/Magazine/JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril2011.pdf  n i’m sure you’ll love it.