Travel and Travel more

After some continuous hectic weekends, I was able to take a bit of back seat and relax this weekend. My friend, Prasanna, introduced me to the nice film , The Motorcycle Diaries. - A great film!!!

I liked the way, 'Che' had taken the motorcycle trip with his friend Granado in his early life. This is really a classic of its own, especially when you want to explore the "Who am I" within you. Sittting inside a cubicle or four walls will not teach much except that you have to compete with your colleagues to gain better place. Coming out into the open world, puts you across real life problems - problems that need solutions, solutions that will last long, solutions that will make up the future, solutions that intertwine with our life, solutions that pose more questions and more solutions.

Everyone who thinks that he/she is a leader ought to take a journey in his/her own county, understand what the people really need and then put yourself as a tool and as a solution to solve the problem. Life is tough, many want to be leaders just by being in the circumstance only for a very little time. Time is a great teacher and with travel, there would be no book/ university education that would teach more.

In parallel, to the same travel by Che, in India also, Gandhi travelled a lot - literally making inroads into the country. In his early stages of travel, he used to wear western/formal dresses and address the gatherings. On one occassion, while during his address, and further interactions, one woman asked him, why after speaking so much about India, poverty, etc, he still wears a formal dress and this is where he understands that to be a person among others and fight for independence together with them, he should also be in their same standards. This is when, he relinquishes his formal wearing and gets in to the dothi.

Travel really makes a person wise and a wiser person a leader.