What kind of facial expressions are you greeted with when you tell people that you are studying in a top MBA college?
Expressions of disbelief? Furrowed brows on the verge of disappearing into the forehead? Or a curiously happy face, perhaps?
I still remember the time when my brother had broken the news of his admission into family. Had it not been for the never ending phone calls from relatives or a deluge of messages on Phone and Facebook, I would probably have not realized the reason of the ruckus brewed out of it. Clearly, as it was made out later, getting into one of the best MBA colleges in India was not only a big deal- it was like an advent of a virtual standstill for all the ongoing activities. Like that’s the biggest thing to have ever happened to them. All this while, a younger sibling who had scored less in boards was as good as pushed into oblivion.
That achievers be worshipped with embraces and appreciation and the ones who failed be not even asked once, is a rather peculiar trend. It’s human to exalt the worthy, but to belittle or ignore the ones who couldn’t make it, if not inhuman, is terribly discouraging.
Many people nonchalantly thrust the blame of this weird impassivity on the Indian mentality. Maybe it is, maybe it is not- a question of Indian mentality in particular. Human beings everywhere are like that. Maybe we are hardwired to believe that our children are meant to meet our traditional expectations and maybe, we are not as prepared to handle the situation when we come across a result that is slightly disappointing. Regardless of how many times we say that achievement should be treated with humbleness and failures with patience and encouragement, that’s not how it really happens in the society. ‘Blowing things out of proportion’ is the ultimate way, most of the times!
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