I've just finished reading "I Too Had a Dream" -- by Dr. Verghese Kurien; autobiography of the man who put India on the map as the world's largest producer of milk. The person who was responsible for Operation Flood, for our favorite Amul and Dhara brands.
Dr. Kurien has come in for a fair amount of criticism during the course of his work. He takes on the criticism head-on -- he did what he thought was in the best interest of the task at hand. Some decisions obviously came out better than others, since it is only hindsight that is 20/20.
Which brings me to my point.
In today's world, apart from the silent majority, there are two classes of people. One is the evil, corrupt lot that feeds off the silent majority. The other comprises of good *human beings*. By virtue of being *human*, they make do mistakes but basically have their hearts in the right place and want to do the right thing for the silent majority.
It is this "human" element of the good class of society that the evil class successfully exploits in order to (very successfully) deflect attention from their own evil deeds, and thus to continue to prey on the silent majority.
In movement after movement for social change, the human beings at the helm of trying to bring about good get viciously attacked over issues ranging from petty and frivolous to downright false.
And yet, tragically, each time, the evil class succeeds in "winning over" the silent majority and halting the very change that would have been good for them.
Dr. Kurien has come in for a fair amount of criticism during the course of his work. He takes on the criticism head-on -- he did what he thought was in the best interest of the task at hand. Some decisions obviously came out better than others, since it is only hindsight that is 20/20.
Which brings me to my point.
In today's world, apart from the silent majority, there are two classes of people. One is the evil, corrupt lot that feeds off the silent majority. The other comprises of good *human beings*. By virtue of being *human*, they make do mistakes but basically have their hearts in the right place and want to do the right thing for the silent majority.
It is this "human" element of the good class of society that the evil class successfully exploits in order to (very successfully) deflect attention from their own evil deeds, and thus to continue to prey on the silent majority.
In movement after movement for social change, the human beings at the helm of trying to bring about good get viciously attacked over issues ranging from petty and frivolous to downright false.
And yet, tragically, each time, the evil class succeeds in "winning over" the silent majority and halting the very change that would have been good for them.
