Fools in a rush- Bollywood, IPL and workplace

My grandfather was a very widely traveled, worldly wise man, who encountered many amazing incidents in his journey of life. Born in Kolkata (previously Calcutta), he traversed the length and breadth of India, studied in McGill University, Montreal, Canada and then finally settled in Udaipur, Rajasthan. 

From his experiences, he had a favorite quote, a quote first coined by 18th century English poet Alexander Pope in his poem "An Essay on Criticism". The quote "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" has renewed relevance in today's times, when patience is in short supply and short cuts are available in plenty. Today, people in their mad rush to forge ahead, forget the age old idiom, "There is no short cut to success" and try jumping up the stairs of success, resulting in more often than none, their falling flat on their backs after a few successful jumps, at the most.

Examples are galore of fools in a rush, today. A few days back, a wannabe actress of Bollywood, Minakshi Thapa was murdered by her colleagues, who tried to extort money from her family to finance their lavish lifestyle, a short cut which cut short a precious life. Similarly, in the IPL-5 T-20 cricketing extravaganza, Manish Pandey, a promising opening batsman from RoyalChallengers Bangalore, in his bid to get more auction money took a very controversial transfer to the Pune Warriors India. Now he finds himself rarely in the playing eleven of PWI, a case of an urge to earn quick money resulting in him not getting an opportunity to showcase his special talents and him warming the benches of his team, instead of playing for them.

 But it is fools in the corporate workplace, who take the icing on the cake. Knowing of the tough situations in these recession times, many keep comparing themselves with their peers in other sectors, having a myopic view of only the goodies the others have, ignoring the darker aspects. This mindset results in many talented corporate workers behaving like fools, who in their rush for the sky, more often than none, hit the ground and die or kiss their quest for a better life, bye bye!

 Let all Blue Caramelers be beware of such fools, because one should always remember that all that glitters in not gold!!