Why Winning is So Imp!

It is often said, that winning is not important. What is important is being part of the game, participation in it, putting your heart out for it; and then winning and losing is just an outcome. Here, the reference to game is not only about sports game, but anything that you want to do in your life. But, a Big But. If you want to do something big in your life, then you must Win. Who are remembered, are the ones who Win. The ones who win at consistency.

Why do we still remember Dhyanchand? Why is Sachin made name for himself. Why do we follow Dhoni, or Saina, or Sania. Not alone their hard work, but the results that they delivered for themselves and nation. Not once or twice. But, consistently. 

Tatas, Ambanis, Mahindra's, not one generation, but generation after generations have delivered success for themselves, for the country and its people. 

See, we also remember Muhammad Ghouri. He lost battles after battles against Prithaviraj Chauhan. But he kept trying. He prepared hard, kept coming back again and again. Finally he did win. That win made his names engraved forever. His will to keep trying for that WIN, made him special. Such hard earned wins are remembered.

You don't remember those, who have not won. Or who became mediocre after the first win. You don't remember those, who never tried to win.

See it is completely one's personal decision, the path that one takes, to go for a win, or settle for something mediocre or settle for nothing. It is a choice that one takes for oneself. We must respect it. We must respect our own abilities of doing something. Don't push yourself if you can't.

Taking your own life, if you can't achieve something is absolutely not an option. One must not do it. Either keep trying to extract a win. Or quit the profession to try something else is always another option.

Winning at any cost is not right. Being fair, being human must come first when winning. Otherwise history will not judge you fairly. There are examples, after examples, on how people have become villain in their lives, and post-life if they had not done things fairly.

So, go out, put your hearts out and try to Win your game, make your lives count. Else, keep trying. Else there is something else in the life for you to do. Right? That is always an option.

Corona Mess in India!

India is going through tragic times. Corona cases and causalities are an all-time high. Every day is adding to the numbers, stress and chaos. It has truly caused strain on the healthcare resources, i.e. staff, medicines, and other related infrastructure. It pains to see that hospitals are not able to save lives, due to shortage of oxygen. Fire in hospitals causing deaths is a common news.

So, what went wrong? A question on everyone's top of mind. We just came out of wave 1, when we saw the other world was grappling with wave 2, and a severe one. So, did we not learn the lessons, did we not act in timely manner, did we assume that corona will be kinder to us. Sample the inconsistencies. While Holi celebrations were banned in March, Kumbh was allowed to happen in April. Gatherings during election campaigns were allowed to be bigger, and better each time. Local trains were opened in Maharashtra. Schools were opened everywhere. All mass-gathering activities were allowed to be opened with no check and balance. When? When the second wave has already struck; the cases in India has already started increasing from the 'low'. But the right sense did not prevail as early as April 14.

When the entire world was dealing with Corona wave 2, why were we sleeping? Why didn't we upgrade the healthcare infrastructure? Why didn't we increase the capacity all-across? Why didn't we go a bit slow on opening up, and wait for vaccination to conclude? Why did we lax on the awareness campaigns?

People got relaxed, casual behavior added to the panic and mess. Our Prime Minister was so instrumental in controlling the pandemic during the initial months of wave 1. He maneuvered the behavior of public. He should have done it this time as well. Our own people need reminders, need the same consoling, need the strict action from police-force and govt to fall-in-line. 

For now, we see that the central and state level govts are in action. Vaccination has been sped up. People have learnt the lessons amid the scare. Hoping that things get in better control in next few weeks. Hoping that God is kinder to us, and all is well soon!