Had a small conversation during lunch today with my friend A and my colleague J. The conversation was started by J.....she enquired about the profession of A´s husband and expressed her amusement about him earning lot of money being a engineer. The conversation slowly moved to SAP professionals (Indian SAP´s in US) as A announced that not engineers but SAP s are the highest paid professionals in the world as they are very intelligent. I immediately shot at her saying that recieving high pay cheques and being SAP professionals has nothing to do with intelligence....as I always get very much irritated by this comment and by the common notion of us Indians relating intelligence to a particular profession and the salary drawn (as if intelligence is the sole property of only high salary recievers)...the conversation was diverted later but the issue is still lingering in my mind.
What´s the definition of intelligence??? Who are all the IIT graduates, IIM graduates, world renowed scientists, talented medical professionals, 24X7 hrs round the clock working science researchers, brain moulding professors and teachers, literature stalwarts, basic engineering professionals, automation engineers, architects, electronics engineers, agriculture researchers, space researchers, economists, IAS and other civil services stand outs.......who are all these people....are they not called intelligents?????? NO ofcourse not....they are not intelligent because they dont draw some 100k US dollars per year as an SAP consultant in US...
I do respect real SAP consultants (here I mean real professionals who had their basic education in this field and who really strived hard putting brain into it out of sheer enthusiasm and interest and love for that particular tool)...its a very wonderful amazing software developed by a very renowed team for the efficient management of any kind of firm.....and it does justify and their brains are really worth paying huge salaries as the turnover profit of the software is also huge....I definetely consider those people intelligent and I bow down for their brains....BUT then
Who are all these so called intelligent desi people drawing heavy salary cheques from very big labelled companies and calling themselves SAP consultants...who are they???? the so called H1B visa holders, thousands of them migrating to US every year designating themselves as SAP consultants.....are they real SAP professionals, did they get their basic education in SAP, are they really passionate about the software....above all how many of these SAP professionals know the exact elaboration of the acronym S A P????...what is their work profile????..how are they taken for the jobs????...why are they paid such huge amounts???? are my never answered doubts particularly seeing my very average minded friends graduating in some kind of basic biology and engineering subject.....and then taking a intensive crash SAP course for 6 weeks in some institute in hyderabad....getting the H1B visa filing some 10 years of fake experience in the field...fly to US and the next month proudly informing all his aquaintances that he is working in Hi-Fi company and drawing 100k US dollars per year.....he suddenly becomes intelligent in the whole circle....people converse about him and refer him as intelligent though you actually know him and his talents very well since childhood.....How did he become intelligent over night??? answer is....his salary made him intelligent??
No wonder if an illiterate who doesnt know anything about different professions, the essence of them and the passion involved in taking up the subject, hardship involved in excelling in the field talks this way as he only sees the outcome, the salary....BUT why we educated people talk like this.....why are we underrating other professions, why are we degrading our own fields and passions as we dont get much salary in this....when are we gonna change and start appreciating the real talent and recognise the real passion and intelligence in other fields....
dragged away with the high demand flow, bagging the oppurtunity in the bloom, grasping anything that comes your way in the struggle for existence surely will earn you good bank balance and if you are content with that, boasting about your salary, assets you have earned in India, your car, your house...congrats you are intelligent and you are a member of the so called intelligent people´s club...
HOW LONG WE ARE GONNA BE RECOGNISED BY OUR BANK BALANCE???? WHEN IS THIS GONNA CHANGE??? WHEN WILL OUR REAL TALENTS BE APPRECIATED???
I am ofcourse happy that many of the Indians are making good life because of all this..whatever it may be they are getting settled well, having good happy rich lives...BUT please dont call that intelligence.....please not the real educated community atleast....please dont get dragged away....My heart wept silently when a very passionate automation engineering graduate, who worked for the world renowed TATA motors applied for H1B with a fake 6 yrs SAP work experience...only to go to the USA and have huge bank balance (his wife thought that his salary is low).......a university gold medalist biotechnology graduate shifted to software as her USA husband wants more money.....one of my cousins a management passionate double degree (BTech(Electronics & communications) MBA (finance)) graduate.....Indian hot cake....applied for H1B with fake work experience as the salary in India was not enough....many more stories of this kind and A´s comment today during lunch provoked me to write this post...
P.S: This is not written to offend the feelings of any one personally...I am sorry if I did....its just my heart´s agony as why is the real intelligence of India disregarded or unnoticed...and a small attempt to prevent atleast few from getting flooded in the flow.
Dear A you are a very intelligent and talented agriculture scientist...dont underrate yourself...your knowledge is much more worth than just money...
What´s the definition of intelligence??? Who are all the IIT graduates, IIM graduates, world renowed scientists, talented medical professionals, 24X7 hrs round the clock working science researchers, brain moulding professors and teachers, literature stalwarts, basic engineering professionals, automation engineers, architects, electronics engineers, agriculture researchers, space researchers, economists, IAS and other civil services stand outs.......who are all these people....are they not called intelligents?????? NO ofcourse not....they are not intelligent because they dont draw some 100k US dollars per year as an SAP consultant in US...
I do respect real SAP consultants (here I mean real professionals who had their basic education in this field and who really strived hard putting brain into it out of sheer enthusiasm and interest and love for that particular tool)...its a very wonderful amazing software developed by a very renowed team for the efficient management of any kind of firm.....and it does justify and their brains are really worth paying huge salaries as the turnover profit of the software is also huge....I definetely consider those people intelligent and I bow down for their brains....BUT then
Who are all these so called intelligent desi people drawing heavy salary cheques from very big labelled companies and calling themselves SAP consultants...who are they???? the so called H1B visa holders, thousands of them migrating to US every year designating themselves as SAP consultants.....are they real SAP professionals, did they get their basic education in SAP, are they really passionate about the software....above all how many of these SAP professionals know the exact elaboration of the acronym S A P????...what is their work profile????..how are they taken for the jobs????...why are they paid such huge amounts???? are my never answered doubts particularly seeing my very average minded friends graduating in some kind of basic biology and engineering subject.....and then taking a intensive crash SAP course for 6 weeks in some institute in hyderabad....getting the H1B visa filing some 10 years of fake experience in the field...fly to US and the next month proudly informing all his aquaintances that he is working in Hi-Fi company and drawing 100k US dollars per year.....he suddenly becomes intelligent in the whole circle....people converse about him and refer him as intelligent though you actually know him and his talents very well since childhood.....How did he become intelligent over night??? answer is....his salary made him intelligent??
No wonder if an illiterate who doesnt know anything about different professions, the essence of them and the passion involved in taking up the subject, hardship involved in excelling in the field talks this way as he only sees the outcome, the salary....BUT why we educated people talk like this.....why are we underrating other professions, why are we degrading our own fields and passions as we dont get much salary in this....when are we gonna change and start appreciating the real talent and recognise the real passion and intelligence in other fields....
dragged away with the high demand flow, bagging the oppurtunity in the bloom, grasping anything that comes your way in the struggle for existence surely will earn you good bank balance and if you are content with that, boasting about your salary, assets you have earned in India, your car, your house...congrats you are intelligent and you are a member of the so called intelligent people´s club...
HOW LONG WE ARE GONNA BE RECOGNISED BY OUR BANK BALANCE???? WHEN IS THIS GONNA CHANGE??? WHEN WILL OUR REAL TALENTS BE APPRECIATED???
I am ofcourse happy that many of the Indians are making good life because of all this..whatever it may be they are getting settled well, having good happy rich lives...BUT please dont call that intelligence.....please not the real educated community atleast....please dont get dragged away....My heart wept silently when a very passionate automation engineering graduate, who worked for the world renowed TATA motors applied for H1B with a fake 6 yrs SAP work experience...only to go to the USA and have huge bank balance (his wife thought that his salary is low).......a university gold medalist biotechnology graduate shifted to software as her USA husband wants more money.....one of my cousins a management passionate double degree (BTech(Electronics & communications) MBA (finance)) graduate.....Indian hot cake....applied for H1B with fake work experience as the salary in India was not enough....many more stories of this kind and A´s comment today during lunch provoked me to write this post...
P.S: This is not written to offend the feelings of any one personally...I am sorry if I did....its just my heart´s agony as why is the real intelligence of India disregarded or unnoticed...and a small attempt to prevent atleast few from getting flooded in the flow.
Dear A you are a very intelligent and talented agriculture scientist...dont underrate yourself...your knowledge is much more worth than just money...
"Ye pal hai wahi, jis mein hai chhupi
Koyi ek sadi, saari zindagi
Tu na poochh raaste mein kaahe
Aaye hain is tarha do raahein
Tu hi toh hai raah jo sujhaaye
Tu hi toh hai ab jo ye bataaye
Chaahe toh kis disha mein jaaye wahi des
Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara
Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta"
Koyi ek sadi, saari zindagi
Tu na poochh raaste mein kaahe
Aaye hain is tarha do raahein
Tu hi toh hai raah jo sujhaaye
Tu hi toh hai ab jo ye bataaye
Chaahe toh kis disha mein jaaye wahi des
Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara
Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta"
4 comments:
Akkai I don't think you need to write that line asking people not to get offended.
Such people who use fake experience and fake degrees and then on top of it claim to be intelligent ought to be ashamed of themselves.
I totally understand your agony dear.....Back at home when some of my distant relatives compare my salary with a s/w consultant I go wild and yuddham chesthaa...But enni cheppina okate maata..nuvvu thelivigala daanivayithe, hardwork chesthunte antha jeetham neekenduku raadu ani...:(
Buduguuu...well said!!! kaani I sounded harsh at some points andukee raasanu :)
Keerthi ade kada badha....eppatiki ardham chesukuntaaroo mana vaalluu :( ilantivi vinte chinnappati nundi padina kashtam chadavataniki masters ki ravataniki ikkada settle avvataniki anni enduku chesaama anipistundi....
Its because Indians don't believe enough in themselves.
Some more questions:
1) Why don't Indians believe in doing R&D right in India.
2) Why don't Indians value ideas instead of brands.
3) Why don't Indians challenge the status quo of established multinational companies and their prior art.
All because Indians don't believe in themselves and don't have the courage to take risks. The few that do are always scoffed at by the rest (while it should be the other way round) but eventually succeed in the end. But these are very few, that's why India is still lagging behind.
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