A couple of recent movies in India - "Rock On" in 2008 and "3 idiots" in 2009 have done very well at the box office. I enjoyed the two movies. But my level of connect was pretty low with both- the underlying theme being how successful young Indians look back at their lives and true passions (music, writing, photography) and find ways of going back to that. I am ok with that, but unhappy if school children get distracted by that message.
What i want to caution many of my fellow country men is this:
- India was a poor country 50 years ago, 20 years ago, today and will continue to be poor 50 years from today. (1 billion people will not get rich overnight)
- While many professions will open up, the competition for jobs will always be very very high.
- Applied professions (engineering, medicine, carpentry etc) will always be the best ways of making a living and getting the family out of poverty.
- Writing, painting and photography will keep you mostly poor.
So get to school and study, is my message to the youth. Looking back at the past from the very comfortable confines of a cinema is possible when you have used engineering to get a very good job and life.
"3 idiots" the biggest blockbuster of the last 10 years, was only watched by 10% of India's population in the cinema. The rest could not afford it.
There is a message in that.
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I totally agree with you. The risk with conventional professions is very low. For alternate ones either you make it big or stay far too small to really matter.
I totally agree with you. The risk with conventional professions is very low. For alternate ones either you make it big or stay far too small to really matter.
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