Self made man...

Every time I hear somebody being praised with “...so and so is a self made man....” I feel like laughing at the ignorance of the person who thinks like that. And if one thinks that about himself, I must call him plain ignorant...or if he’s really proud of it then i will want to call him an ignoramus which is another word for stupid.

How on earth is it possible that you can be “self made” unless you are so blinded by your ego that you can just not observe the millions of people around you who are a reason for where you are today. The people who became stepping stones and signposts and mediums to help you reach where you are today. 

The school teachers who encouraged and built me up and taught me things which we think we were born with. The schoolmate who challenged me that I can’t beat him to the no 1 position. Mr Nagda who kept the inspiration alive in me to get into IIT and not give up on the dream and worked the physics problems with me despite being a successful industrialist. The friends who got my grade from a flunk to a D in Microelectronics fighting with the prof though I was already in Europe. Preeti who convinced me to join Synopsys instead of TI when I came to Bangalore on the industrial visit in 7th semester. My aunt who laughed at me and my business. Take one of these people out from life and today could not have been what it is. Who knows what it would have been...