“Garv se kaho hum Hindu hai”, posters/stickers stuck(on cars/shops/homes) across a predominantly Hindu country… What are we trying to prove and to whom? Does a “Hindu” sticker on your car or a “Jai Shri Ram” flag and/or loud greeting to others make you a better Hindu or more Hindu than others? Does being a Hindu make you superior to others? No – you still are the same human being as the ones living in different parts of the world…
Paradoxically, the same people cry foul when some of them seek reservations in preference to their brethren and then want to remind them that all are born equal and must be given equal treatment – Uniform Civil Code….
Politicians will divide people as per their religion, community, caste, creed, gender, etc whatever suits their present agenda…but why are we the people so hell bent upon being “different” than others and taking pride over it? The last time that I checked, “Pride” was not supposed to be a virtue, instead just the opposite but we seem to be proud of cultivating pride and what are we “Proud” of exactly? Within 5 minutes of our birth our name, nationality, religion/caste/creed/ etc was decided and now we are expected to spend a lifetime defending something that we did not choose to start with…So, in the name of tradition, we are simply perpetuating the mistakes of the past without even attempting to rectify them…
If we don’t awake and arise as humans dissolving all petty identifications then we have already lost the game(of life) even if we achieve external success in the material world…
Explorer, Philanthropist, Mentor:
Exploring and researching on practices of Self Realisation
Philanthropist: engaged in projects with social and environmental impact
Mentor: guiding people crystallise and achieve their material and spiritual goals
Background:
Former CEO of Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions- an Advisory and Business Process Management Arm of the Diversified US$ 17 Billion Mahindra Group. Ajit was responsible for transforming a Shared Services Centre of the Mahindra Group into a full-fledged Advisory and Business Process Management Company with products/services spanning Strategy & Enterprise Risk Management Advisory to Digitization and Transactional Outsourcing.
He has over 23 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. He has built businesses in Music Publishing, Media (Compact Discs/DVD’s) Manufacturing, Logistics and Financial Services and is currently nurturing his own initiative called FREE (Forests, Renewable Energy and Environment) & associated with NPO Trusts/ Organizations and mentoring select people and a few start-ups in his personal capacity.
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with extensive continuing education in Executive Management Programs @ Harvard Business School, Michigan- Ross Business School, IIM-A
He has pursued spiritual interests since an early age exploring inner facets of self through Vipassana, Isha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, other yogic approaches / meditation techniques An Avid Marathoner, trekker/mountaineer, scuba diver, writer and motorbike traveller, is passionate about exploring the outer world as much as the inner.
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