Language | English |
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ISBN-13 | 9789389759976 |
No of pages | 181 |
Book Publisher | Become Shakespeare |
Published Date | 16 Mar 2020 |
Uday Kagal studied Rural Management at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (1985-87) and worked for four years with an NGO at the grassroots level in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in promoting rural livelihoods.
He then spent a year in agro-input sales and marketing in Madhya Pradesh before working for nearly 13 years in the corporate sector -- last with Hindustan Unilever Limited and HSBC Bank. He quit his corporate career in 2005 to start Innovation Social Consultants (ISC) to leverage innovation for good across the business and social domains.
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Are we naturally brutish or collaborative? The West has consistently argued for the former and imposed ‘civilization’ onto the world. But that was simply a convenient argument based on their immediate environs and to feed their insatiable greed. The East was always much more harmonious, just like human societies that survived 50,000 years. But look where it got them? Who were the ‘savages’ by the way? We lost morality and succumbed to an individualistic life of comfort, which has resulted in gross inequalities (to their benefit) and unprecedented environmental destruction. Is this ‘progress?’ This decision will fundamentally determine our choices for the future. Do we continue up the path of restlessness (or recklessness) or go back down the road of peacefulness (within ourselves) and harmony (with our environment)? The latter will not be easy, though, and the cynic in me says, “Why bother?” The hopeful in me, “Why not?” But the latter continues to prevail, and that is my single most important reason for writing this book – to leave a legacy for my children. I continue to hope that they may find a life of meaning rather than be swept away in one of indulgence.