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1. Y#44 November 1, 2015
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PROFESSIONALS
Dear Readers
Greetings!
No one will come to save us. This
is our life and we have 100%
responsibility.
How often, do we take charge of
our responsibility towards us?
Others come much later.
It is easy to find fault in others
and play the blame game. Action
loving professionals do not stoop
low to point fingers at others and
absolve themselves of all
responsibilities. They take charge.
Absolute charge!
India can’t be built on the
foundation of pointed fingers. We
need efforts of the committed
kind.
Action loving professionals
provide that. Y not! Y now!
Cheers,
Rajiv Khurana
Editor
rajiv@rajivkhurana.com
9810211256
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Proud
NATIONALITY
With
RESPONSIBILITY
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Is there a
Melinda Gates
in you?
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Do we see
God?
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Responsibility

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Proud NATIONALITY
With RESPONSIBILITY
R
Respect law
“We the people…”, have created the law. We the
people have the responsibility to obey it, at every
traffic signal or while filing the IT return…or else, use
the democratic process to get it changed!
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E
Elect the right people
The power to vote has created wonders for India.
Sending the right representative right for the
panchayati raj responsibilities is our responsibility.
Judicious exercise of our right is our primary duty.
S
Stay balanced
A lot keeps happening amongst the regions, religions
and fringe elements. Wearing a secular fabric is our
responsibility and we need to ensure that the
interpretation of secularism is as per the Constitution.
P
Protect environment & public property
Every thing the nature has given us is in limited supply.
Whatever the government has created with public
funds costs money. Our money. Time to take charge as
a custodian for the next generation instead of being a
sole consumer.
Rajiv Khurana

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O
Observe tolerance
No one is perfect. There are bound to be shortcomings,
excesses, over-sights, loose tongue lashing etc.
Reacting on everything can make life a permanent
battle-field. Tolerate a bit and let it pass. Let’s grow.
N
Neutralize negativity
The drawing room discussions, the adda talks and more
recently the FB, WhatsApp utterances…only create
higher tempers but no solutions. Reduce or stop the
negativity when it starts instead of fuelling it.
S
Stand for or support a cause
Everyone of us can be a social entrepreneur. Look
around and you will find causes a plenty. Pick any or
stand with people who are already committing their
efforts and resources. Thrive for self and others.
I
Inspire youth with positivity & patriotism
India is growing young. Sure. They are impressionable.
Be the conduit to facilitate the right thoughts and
actions for them. Imagine, if you don’t influence them
and they get influenced by the undesirable ones, what
will be in store for us!
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B
Be a role model
The younger kids aspire to be like their parents. Sustain
their interest when they grow up. How many of our
team mates and youngsters around us would like to be
like us?
I
Improve India’s image
The world outside has a mixed picture of us. The media,
unfortunately, does not contribute positively to it. Be
the flag bearer of India’s image when the overseas
guests come here or we travel outside the country.
L
Leverage the past, build the future
Yes. We have a rich heritage. Someone worked hard at
that time. Are we adding to it and improving upon it?
We can’t bask in the glory of the past and keep our
eyes away from the future. Let’s build a brighter one.
I
Initiate & finishiate a +ve change, start over
The old proverb ‘drops of water make an ocean’, is
strong in it’s impact. Imagine the 1.25 billion people do
something around themselves with responsibility! One
change at a time. Take another later. Start with ‘Clean
India’.
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T
Take care of elderly, children & weak
Thank your stars that you don’t need any support or
protection. Be blessed that God has given you the
energy to support others. Be good. Be responsible.
Make India worth living for all.
Y
Yell or create hell when injustice is done
Indifference or silence when injustice is done to us has
been the hallmark of our responsibility as a citizen.
High time we challenge it and change it. With
awareness levels on the rise, you will be surprised how
others may join the crusade you lead.
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6. Y#44 November 1, 2015
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“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a
person need to be happy?” People who achieve a lot or saints
alone would indeed agree with Albert Einstein. You have a point.
Happiness after all lies in money, more money or may be much
more money. Argument accepted. How much is too much? Sorry,
Einstein did not leave any formula. Examples at both extremes exist
today. A man went to the forest and met an old lady with a
sparkling stone. He knew it was precious. He asked for it and the
woman gave him. He came back to her the next day. The woman
told him that she did not have another precious stone. The man
was in tears. He said, “Give me the heart with which you gave away
the precious stone.” Simplicity, happiness, giving, doing things for
others or just being there for others is driven more by heart. Head
follows if heart believes in it. Melinda Gates is a living example.
“After a number of years dating, we decided we were good
partners.” Bill Gates and Melinda have partnered well. Setting aside
billions and billions of dollars for Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation
for people, causes and communities is no small partnership. “We
have met parents who love their children just as much as we love
ours yet who can’t protect them from polio or measles.” Sufferings
moved them and she moved ahead to show others the way.
Working for the under-privileged is not a fashion statement.
Women who work for the civil society do not do it to ‘show’. They
do it because they believe in it. Melinda Gates may be able to give
away her billions. The Melinda Gates inside you need not give away
her money. Doing something good for others requires deep
commitment, careful planning and consistent efforts. You can spot
the beneficiaries all around. Your efforts need not be big. They
need not be widespread. The start matters. Very soon, things,
people and resources fall in place. Sit back and ponder. Your start
may be sooner than you think.
Is there a
Melinda Gates in you?
- Rajiv Khurana

7. Y#44 November 1, 2015
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Pick the fields of your choice. Focus. Don’t try to do everything at once.
Start with something that is closer to your heart. It may be child, family
or school social work. Spend time with kids to guide and counsel them.
Areas could be numerous. Careers, personality, life skills, child abuse,
maladjustments, coping with trauma, sex education are just few
challenges we face in India. Medical and public health social workers
face different challenges. Coping with disabilities is tough. Sensitive
handling of sick, guiding people on nutrition and diseases, helping them
in events of serious ailments and bereavement etc. could be some of the
areas you may have to deal with. Mental health and substance abuse is
another segment where you may have to focus on mental illness, drugs
or alcohol abuse. Working with the elderly, criminals or their families,
sex workers, gays, lesbians, environmental issues, animal cares etc. are
many more areas to choose from.
How should you get started? Think. Do you want to do it full time or part
time? Do you wish to run your own establishment or be a part of a
venture already initiated by someone? Decide. Only some jobs would
require specialized qualifications or training. For the rest, your
commitment, initiative, perseverance and personality matters. An
honorarium may come your way unless you only want to work as a
volunteer. Incidentally, some NGOs in India have started paying decently
well. If you choose to be independent, you may remain a lone ranger
with few assistants helping you out. Or else you may set up your
establishment. You may form a society or a trust under the respective
laws. Registration with home ministry will be needed if you expect
foreign exchange contributions. Take care of your finances well. Good
deeds but bad financial management can damage your image.
It’s possible that some people may discourage you. Your determination
matters. “ A question that sometimes drive me hazy: am I or the others
are crazy.” Einstein surely was not crazy. The old woman who was asked
to gift her heart definitely wasn’t. Melinda Gates is an icon for women.
“We talk a lot in our home together about where we’re going, what I’m
doing.” Bill Gates has the windows for her. Look around. You also have
people to help you at micro and soft levels. Take stock. Get started.

8. Y#44 November 1, 2015
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Preeti looked totally confused and scared. Presence of
19 other children in the adoption center did not give
her any comfort. For a 3 year old this was a different
world. A world where she is just a figure. Some day
some couple will come and take her away. And she will
become statistic for the NGO which was given bundles
of joy to numerous children Indian and foreign couples.
While other children felt happy to see us again, Preeti
stood in a corner with a bit of surprise and expectation
in her eyes. Other children wanted to spend some
precious time with me, my wife and son. Cake and
sweets on birthday was enough occasion to share
something that they wanted in abundance but were
currently deprived of due to the cruel hands of destiny.
Preeti did not find my wife threatening. She quietly sat
besides her. We could see her body moving to the
music but she surely was not inclined to dance along
with the other kids. We know all these kids come from
different part of India and are up for adoption. All of
them have adjusted well to the small SFS flat as their
home. Somehow Preeti has not found any comfort so
far during the last one month of the stay.
With her looks we could make out that she must have
belonged to a good family. The way she ate her piece of
cake and started eating her eclairs, good habits formed
over the period were clear. We probed further. The
results were shocking. Her mother brought her to the
adoption center. Her father had died and her mother
wanted to get married again. Preeti was an obstruction.
She had to be given away. The Indian man wanted a
wife but not a mother. The Indian mother gave up a
piece of herself for the man. Mother India hid behind
her compulsions and shame. The great Indian family
system perhaps showed further cracks in spite of all
cosmetic family soap operas.
Do we see
God?
- Rajiv Khurana

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When we visited this adoption
center last time the shock of
poverty was different. A father of
three had abandoned his children
because his wife ran away. This
father from the northeast only
knew how to bring kids to this
world but not bring up the kids in
this world.
We will go again to the children,
perhaps Preeti will not be there.
Some angels may pick her up. ‘Son
Pari’ is only symbolic in the TV
serials. Some childless mother
would be her ‘son pari’. These
three kids are already booked for
the USA. There is always hope. The
light at the end of the tunnel is
there for such kids too. These kids
are still blessed. There are centers
that look after them. There are
parents that want them. The
number is big and ever growing in
supply. The demand is still limited
and restricted. The bigger question
still remains. – Shall we fight for
temple or mosque or bend down
on our knees before these children
and look into their eyes. Because
God is waiting to see us.
Rajiv Khurana
A COW asked me
HOW…
HOW do you define
beef?
Explain me different
meats in brief.
HOW do people get the
heart to kill?
On hearsay, rumours or
petty thrills.
HOW do people pray to
God through me?
When I eat plastic and
garbage they throw at
me.
HOW do I matter in the
votes they cast?
When happiness and
harmony all gets lost.
HOW do people live
with standards double?
And create for self and
others huge undue
trouble.
A COW asked me
HOW…

10. Y#44 November 1, 2015
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PROFESSIONALS
You cannot
escape the
responsibility
of tomorrow by
evading it
today.
Abraham Lincoln
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Every right implies a
responsibility; Every
opportunity, an obligation,
Every possession, a duty.
John D. Rockefeller
The greatest day in your life
and mine is when we take
total responsibility for our
attitudes. That's the day we
truly grow up.
John C. Maxwell
You must take personal
responsibility. You cannot
change the circumstances,
the seasons, or the wind,
but you can change
yourself. That is something
you have charge of.
Jim Rohn
We are made wise not by the
recollection of our past, but
by the responsibility for our
future.
George Bernard Shaw
Where globalization means, as it so often
does, that the rich and powerful now have
new means to further enrich and empower
themselves at the cost of the poorer and
weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in
the name of universal freedom.
Nelson Mandela

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