Do we really respect Knowledge more than Money?
Do we really respect Knowledge more than Money? Please recall stories you must have a heard few years very good artist or poet or sports person died in poverty, because no one was there to pay for his or her talent. Has situation changed now? Have we started valuing intellectual capital in this country? I don't think so. Recently, I was at Press Club, while sitting with journalist friends many were coming there after attending seminars. Few of them commented what a waste of time and money. When asked why so…the answer was same issues, same people, same routine discussions, nothing new, even minister’s speech was same. This took an interesting turn and initiated an interesting discussion on why there are so many seminars in India all the time, but nothing happens on ground. Now, we all have to ask the basic question: Are they really required? Are they really making any difference to anyone, other than organizers (because they collect money from ...