"If not now, then when? If not you, then who?"
There has been a pleasantly refreshing trend developing in my small circle of friends, close acquiaintances. It is about catering to the deepest urge we all have to provide service. Poverty, illiteracy, helplessness are not new concepts to me, having spent my formative years in India, yet, each time I go there, I am saddled with these emotions that I don't know what to do. It is in this context that when I hear of yet another person leaving the "land of opportunity" for the shores of India that I gain strength. Each one of us walks to our own drummer's beat. This mantra of tolerance, acceptance is what guides many of us when we encounter something distinctly different from our thinking. Whether you're running through the ragged terrain of India - NSEW - in search of those honest NGOs or if you're doing a pad-yatra to find that inner-peace, it's all good. Point is, you're doing it. I need to be in India long enough that I no longer would feel like a vis...