Evangelist ?

I attended a conference last week. One of the speakers (even I gave a speech about my organization….. :-)) was introduced to the stage with the following words… “It’s my proud to introduce Mr. X who is an evangelist in the field of XXX …..” I was excited to see him and listen to his speech. He came to the stage just like someone who is tired of these activities and gave a good presentation about his area of work…

The presentation was convincing for me. The question is, for such kind of a presentation do he required such an introduction? I don’t know why but I liked the word “evangelist” a lot and I tried to find a meaning of technology evangelist. Somewhere in the net it says that a technology evangelist is “a person who enthusiastically promotes or supports something”.

I was curious to know more about him and somehow I managed to speak with him during the lunch time. During the conversation I came to know that he is working with that firm for a very long time and he is working in the same technology as well. I asked him do you like your job too much that you never changed the company or the technology. The (so called) evangelist told me…“Dude I am fed up with what I am doing but I never had any chance to move out…”

I don’t know how to describe my feelings now…the reasons are

1) He is a very good guy

2) His presentation skills are good

3) He know the product very well

But these facts never allow me to call him an evangelist…

According to me an evangelist is someone who got lot of potential to make a change, Who is like a visionary, Who know what he does and the output to some extend, Who gave his/her life for a purpose etc etc etc.

According to me people who doesn’t comes under this category and still others calls them and evangelist then my meaning for evangelist (for those )goes something like this…

Evangelist = Bullshit

Colorful Life

i had a very strange experience last week. i was traveling and part of that i had to travel by train. i reached the railway station and saw my train there .. i was boarding from the starting station so the train was empty and it just came to the platform. I rushed to my coach and placed my languages there. i was alone since am there well before the departure time. The lights were not switched on in the train… 

While sitting as a guard for my valuables i noticed a man who is there couple of seats away from me. I couldn’t see his face since there was no power. He was arranging his things for that days bread ( oh ya !!!He sells small things like lock, chain etc to the passengers for living). i just casually asked him about the electricity and without any hesitation he told me that the lights will be there in another 5-10 minutes.. 

Slowly passengers started coming and in the meantime the power came. I got some good company and thought that it is going to be a good trip.. 

After some time i saw the same person again.. He was selling some locks to someone. I felt like i got a slap on my face. He was blind. And i was asking him about light… 

i couldn’t resist myself.. While he passed me i asked: 

baba, i am sorry that i asked you about light. You could have told me that you can not see anything. Then why you gave me an answer.. 

He told me: 

This railway station is my home for almost 20 years. I know each and every train with their timings and my mind keeps a track of everything… my world is what i listen and not what i see… don’t worry my life is as colorful as yours. If possible give me some coins…

The first step..

I was speaking with one of my friend (at a tea shop) and he was shouting about the current Indian scenario. He said.. “look at our land. Poverty is still there. Lots of people don’t get proper education… (Mean time one kid came to us with two teas…)Child labor is everywhere..”

After half n hour of speech ( i was pretty bored with that..)We left the shop. That kid was looking us for some tips. But we didn’t paid a single penny..(that’s how we, we speak a lot .. but never act ..)Good… Isn’t it?

After this, while riding home i was thinking about him. He got a very good job (i don’t know, but people say that IT jobs are the best. I love to call them IT slaves…)with almost 70-80K per month. since he is one of my best friend i know about him. I never noticed him paying something towards charity or something of that sort. He still complains about this housing loans and cry for more salary..

i am left with some questions here..

By speaking publicly about helping others will stop the problem?

i can see people with 4-5k running a family in bangalor..so why we cry more ,when we get more ?

The problem is no one wants to come out of their comfort zones (this includes me as well..) But the same time wants to show that they care this world. I think the guilty feeling inside their minds makes them to speak about all these..

As some one wrote ones:

Death is a hope, the only hope

for the wretched and the poor

People that strive and strive in awe

But never get to tie their knot

Death reaches out and console

the poverty that surrounded them about

It’s the only thing that makes

a destined wretched life worth it

It’s the only thing on the other side of

the poverty line that blurres the line and cured it…..

Jodhaa Akbar …..entry restricted :-)

Screening of Jodhaa Akbar was banned in Madhya Pradesh.The reason is rajput community threatened that they will set fire to cinema halls…

”The government has suspended the screening of the movie in the state with immediate effect as protests at cinema halls have posed a threat to maintenance of peace,” Commercial Tax Department Addition Secretary said. In his order banning the screening of the film produced by UTV Software Communications Ltd, Parihar said the decision was taken in accordance to provisions under the Madhya Pradesh Cinema (Regulation) Act, 1952.

Describing the depiction of the Jodhaa Bai as Akbar’s wife in the Bollywood movie as an ”insult” to the community, Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha has threatened to burn the movie reels and cinema halls screening the film, which has been directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar.

What a news.. this is called freedom.. one can make a movie the way he wanted .. others can set fire the cinema halls..

Is this Happening only in India ?

I was reading today news paper ( Yes i do read sometimes ). Two news got my attention.

Raj Thackeray said he wont allow people from outside Maharashtra coming to there for a living (Job, Business etc).

Force India launched its first formula 1 car.

I am confused here. Are we in the right direction?

One part of the page says about dividing indian on the basis of cast, state etc. Other part says about our development face.

Are we really in the 21st century ?