Ignoring excellence is in Indian’s blood. It has been injected through a systematic and planned way. It’s going on since centuries. It is deep down in our blood. Unless we pledge to unlearn these, India will remain deprive of excellence. I request you all to sit for a while in quite environment and think over it. You will be able to reconnect.

We have to unlearn our habits of ignoring excellence at every level to catch and groom excellence in future.

Ignoring excellence starts from childhood. We ignore our child’s excellence at home. We ignore our family members. We ignore our females. We ignore our subordinates in office. We ignore excellence in our country. We ignore our capable leaders. As a nation, India is ignoring excellence even in twenty first century. We ignore excellence at every level.

Ignorance of excellence has cost us our brand. Since last sixty years of independence, we have been unable to produce excellent leaders, scientists, educator and entrepreneur. India has been unable to win Olympic gold medal, unable to contest for Nobel prizes, unable to contest for Oscars and so on. We lack excellence at every level.

We are unable to create world class products, world Class Company, world class scientists, world class research and researchers; we are unable to produce excellence.

Recently there was news in paper. “Indian scholars predated Newton find by 250 years.”

I do not know how our intelligentsia is generally taking this news and spreading the feelings of revenge and animosity but when I have to analyze this news, I shall analyze differently. There is no point of taking this news outwardly rather I prefer and suggest to take this inwardly.

First I will analyze the news then I shall give my opinion.

The news writes, “A little known school of scholars in south India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Sir Isaac Newton, to whom the finding is currently attributed, according to new research.”

Dr George Gheverghese Joseph from University of Manchester says the ‘Kerala school’ identified the ‘infinite series’ – one of the basic components of calculus – in about 1350.

“The beginnings of modern math’s is usually seen as a European achievement but the discoveries in medieval India between the 14th and 16th centuries have been ignored or forgotten”, says Dr George G Josheph, University of Manchester.

Joseph made the revelations while trawling through obscure Indians papers for a yet to be published third edition of his best selling book The Crest of the Peacock: the Non-European Roots of Mathematics, the report said.

Because this is 21st century and we are from transforming India, I conclude two outcomes out of this news appearing in paper.

1. Western world understand the importance of India today much more than ever in the history so little what credit they want to share. The importance of India can not be ignored in today’s world’s politics so dig the history to credit Indians. They have money, resources and time to dig the depth in the history; we are still deprived of it.
2. As Indians we have been ignoring excellence even in 14th century. We have never encouraged our researchers or researches. We have given more credit to foreigners than our own. These are going on even today. Indians are busy in making some or other foreigners, their products, their brand famous.

We might have been told to celebrate 60 years of independence with more vigor but we are unable to give due respect to excellence even for our own growth and achievements. We miss success and contentment in the bargain.

This trend of ignoring excellence is going on badly since independence. Our history books in schools are filled with the glory of only few people ignoring the sacrifices of many because of many political reasons. We have chosen Prime Ministers mostly from one family ignoring the talents at large. We have chosen President like we are choosing our maid servants. We have never felt ashamed in selecting Jahil Singh as President to ensure the continuance of supremacy of some mediocre people. Till today, India is unable to find a big political figure to match our vastness. And in all these choices, the biggest sufferers have been the excellence.

This trend exists in almost all the area of Indian activities. The ignorance of excellence is celebrated joyfully in almost every field. We are still ignoring Infosys, Tata, Reliance Fresh, Narayana Murthy, Mashelkar or Sam Pitroda. We are so hesitant to accept new technology. We are hesitant to listen about innovation. We are forced to remain contented with the mediocre choice, trivial ideas and substandard products. In spite of the facts of availability of excellence, we have been unable to pick up and groom excellence.

A growing India needs to be conscious about these ground hindrances to achieve developed status. There is no point running behind irrelevant issues and waste our efforts, time and resources. No body will be able to make India proud with trivialize. India will have to come out of these trends to give due respect to excellence. You all will have to think over and extend your effort in search of excellence.

Unlearn Ignoring Excellences!!!!!!