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Relevant skill The one skill that will probably never go out of fashion is the skill to be able to acquire new skills BY VARALOTTI RENGASAMY "Ma, why do we have such long legs?" a baby camel once asked his mother. "So that we can keep our legs firmly in the desert sand and walk with ease," the mother replied. "And why the big hump at the back?" "We walk in deserts and may go days on end without water. We store our water there in that hump, dear." "And what are these thick, long eye-lashes for?" "To prevent the desert sand from hurting our eyes especially when there are sand storms." Another dozen questions in the same vein were rationally answered by the mother camel. And then came the unanswerable last question: "Then what the hell are we doing in the Mysore Zoo?" Most of our students, especially those coming out of engineering colleges, are like these camels — imprisoned in the wrong place with irrelevant skill-set...
Please, may I ask? What is the occasion, what is the award, and who are the people in the photo?
ReplyDeleteIs this taken in Bombay? I love the thought of writing this here in the United States,(California), and it being read in India,(Bombay)!!
That is just too cool for words!! Thank you for posting this photo, MS!
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Thanks PGD that is me receiving a prize for doing some good work at office last year. I posted it here to get some inspiration. I reside some 1000 kms away from Bombay. It is nice. Thanks to internet we meet people virtually from different parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteand that is my biggest boss called Financial commisioner.....
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