I had a teacher in medical college who used to inspire all of us the lucky group who were posted in his unit . Himself a gold medalist in medical college he used to tell us everyday that
" Even if you are a sweeper you should sweep the floor like Michael Angelo does a painting or as Beethoven composes a song " Inspiring he was Dr Joy Philip , his words flashes in my mind whenever i see anyone who does justice to his profession ....
Fast forward 2011 ... One of my cousin is doing BDS (dental surgery ) . The problem is he has taken this quotation to the other extreme . No one including myself can smile at him . No sooner than the smile exposes the teeth within seconds my cousin will diagnose the problem with the persons teeth or gums . And unfortunately the diagnosis is perfectly correct and he will give a ten minute lecture on what is to be done . From nightime teeth grinding to tooth malalignment his diagnosis and explanation are perfect and interesting . I dont know what the future holds for him .. but one thing is sure ... he is following the quotation in the first paragraph and watching him in action is a pleasure ....
Another Michael Angelo is my cousin in mumbai . He is a fourth year architectural student .... When i was in mumbai i have watched him burning the midnight oil and continuing to burn the midnight oil till break of dawn. Yes at least on two days i have watched him drawing and making models without having food or sleep .... Ok , you may say whats great about it ... The thing is even for one moment i didnt see boredom or frustration inspite of this gruelling work ... Passion kept him going ...
Career choices in our soceity is dictated by many factors .... many people get carried away by the perceived glamour of a career , its earning potential , etc . The demand (job prospects ) and earning potential are important factors i agree but equally important is ones passions .. My batch of MBBS from medical college trivandrum had many good students who are now doing very well as famous doctors in india , US and UK ...But i am also reminded of two of them whose passion was different .... But recently i came to know that one of them is the Vice President of TCS after doing MBA from Cambridge . And another who has done a Ph D in computer science from UK and working there in the UK ...At least in the latter case we all knew his passion was in computer science even while in medical college ..
Today my uncle was discussing with me about vacancy of storekeeper in his godown . And i couldnt beleive my ears when he told me there were many B.Techs who applied for that vacancy last time it was announced . It was not the issue that graduate engineers are applying for a storekeeper job . But the very purpose of their career choice was defeated . With the mushrooming of engineering colleges in kerala anyone with no regard to aptitude pursued it dreaming of the dream job . But what they failed to realize was that any job requires a reasonable amount of passion to be successful . Had some of these people followed their respective passions at least they would not be in their current plight ....
And last but not the least ......what about this blogger ... yes myself ...i am passionate about what i do ... for though not a michael angelo .... i am involved in my twin passions of science and teaching ... my job involves bit of medicine ,bit of physics and lots of teaching ( word doctor means to teach by the way ... ) .
dr haroon h marikar
" Even if you are a sweeper you should sweep the floor like Michael Angelo does a painting or as Beethoven composes a song " Inspiring he was Dr Joy Philip , his words flashes in my mind whenever i see anyone who does justice to his profession ....
Fast forward 2011 ... One of my cousin is doing BDS (dental surgery ) . The problem is he has taken this quotation to the other extreme . No one including myself can smile at him . No sooner than the smile exposes the teeth within seconds my cousin will diagnose the problem with the persons teeth or gums . And unfortunately the diagnosis is perfectly correct and he will give a ten minute lecture on what is to be done . From nightime teeth grinding to tooth malalignment his diagnosis and explanation are perfect and interesting . I dont know what the future holds for him .. but one thing is sure ... he is following the quotation in the first paragraph and watching him in action is a pleasure ....
Another Michael Angelo is my cousin in mumbai . He is a fourth year architectural student .... When i was in mumbai i have watched him burning the midnight oil and continuing to burn the midnight oil till break of dawn. Yes at least on two days i have watched him drawing and making models without having food or sleep .... Ok , you may say whats great about it ... The thing is even for one moment i didnt see boredom or frustration inspite of this gruelling work ... Passion kept him going ...
Career choices in our soceity is dictated by many factors .... many people get carried away by the perceived glamour of a career , its earning potential , etc . The demand (job prospects ) and earning potential are important factors i agree but equally important is ones passions .. My batch of MBBS from medical college trivandrum had many good students who are now doing very well as famous doctors in india , US and UK ...But i am also reminded of two of them whose passion was different .... But recently i came to know that one of them is the Vice President of TCS after doing MBA from Cambridge . And another who has done a Ph D in computer science from UK and working there in the UK ...At least in the latter case we all knew his passion was in computer science even while in medical college ..
Today my uncle was discussing with me about vacancy of storekeeper in his godown . And i couldnt beleive my ears when he told me there were many B.Techs who applied for that vacancy last time it was announced . It was not the issue that graduate engineers are applying for a storekeeper job . But the very purpose of their career choice was defeated . With the mushrooming of engineering colleges in kerala anyone with no regard to aptitude pursued it dreaming of the dream job . But what they failed to realize was that any job requires a reasonable amount of passion to be successful . Had some of these people followed their respective passions at least they would not be in their current plight ....
And last but not the least ......what about this blogger ... yes myself ...i am passionate about what i do ... for though not a michael angelo .... i am involved in my twin passions of science and teaching ... my job involves bit of medicine ,bit of physics and lots of teaching ( word doctor means to teach by the way ... ) .
dr haroon h marikar
So well written. I also remember Dr Joy Phillip encouraging us with this saying" If today you dont know something dont worry tomorrow you will know it!!" The context in which he said this was to ease exam tensions! What a gem of a character he was.
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Misplaced comments about teeth can get one's own teeth dented!! ;)
ReplyDeleteBut being passionate about one's work is great - that way you will never get bored doing it.
Very nice write. While I fully respect every individual's choice of his/her profession, everyone need make sure it is for their own satisfaction, and your cousins show the way.
ReplyDeleteAs well as appreciating the two doctors who made it big in computer science, would say they really deprived two others from a medical admission and the denied two may not have made any lesser doctors if given a chance. So could have made their choice bit early.
Next para reminds me of those days when common saying was BTechs(admitted thru proper entrance) are applying for constable jobs, which soon led to "Our police dept image is growing by the day". But those BTechs from the recently mushroomed eng colleges applying for sales jobs, I wouldnt count on them, as those wouldn't have been engineers if not for self financing colleges and I not sure if it was a career choice that led them to engineering.
And I know you wouldn't choose to do something you won't have passion for , just thinking where that Physics came in. You didn't learn Physics. Did you? J :-)
Just thinking what's happening in five years time...And looking forward to your blog then
@jayadevm well said ... i will warn him about his teeth :) ya passion is main driver
ReplyDelete@binu thanks for reading and the long comment . Love long comments especially after i write long blogs ....hey radiology is the only subject in postgraduation after mbbs which has physics as a subject ..
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