'Impossible is nothing’, an Adidas ad remindsthe world. In India, we live by that mantra, never mindhow daunting the task! Have brain. Will attempt. Not forus the coyness of saying, ‘Well … it’s not a subject I knowmuch about.’ Rarely will an Indian confess to not knowing something. Ours is a marvellous nation of sabjantawallahs. Everybody is an expert.
We have an opinion on everything. And we aren’tembarrassed to go right ahead—often, recklessly—whereother, more cautious, people sensibly wouldn’t. Corecompetence? Don’t be silly. How restricting is that! All round competence—that’s what we excel in. Often, the consequences that follow from such a gung-ho attitudeare disastrous. But that doesn’t stop a soul from trying.
