p for passion

I am today feeling  elated and high not that I am in some kind of influence but sometimes you get to get such a feeling when you are exposed to some instances of triumphs of human endeavor,that really takes  your tiredness out of the system  making you really happy.But the fun part is, this can be coming from anywhere and by-god I tell you it can come from any where.This kind of inspiration can strike you no matter what kind of life you are leading but yes probability of getting inspired gets increased when you know what kind of things inspires and motivates you and so you invariably gets attracted to  it.I get inspired when I meet person who are passionate about their work .Such people really enjoy what they are doing irrespective of the kind of work that they are doing which to common people might seem crazy to an extend. That person might seem to tread a path that is on the wrong side of the "saner" road which a person in normal circumstances is not expected to tread.These kinds of person sadly,are a rare breed nowadays.But on the brighter side,they hardly care in what kind of conditions they reside in or what kinds of constraints they are facing.All that they know is how to do what they like and somehow their entire mindset is structured around the concept of how to maximize their effort to devout their energy towards doing the work that they love doing.He/She can be anyone from any field ,be it a dancer or any other person of this art and culture field like a writer, poet,music instrument player.India has a rich tradition of such experts but sadly such gems and their art form is dying a slow death at the hands of the under-appreciated public who are busy solving their own problems creeping up in their daily chores.But this battle to protect their talent, their knowledge and its rich heritage attached is fiercely fought by those people who know the value of their expertise.I am sure such is the case with many other nations where due to this "monoculture laced consumerist" lifestyle  has in a way diluted their quality of life,but they would proclaim otherwise and argue with you to defend  the same with much vigor and valor.Only thing important in their life is to get the next big thing that their neighbors always have.I must say,this neighbors are always a step ahead of you irrespective of who you are.If its tv then they will have lcd,if you get lcd then they will have led,if you have led then they get hdtv and amazing system to go with it,next it would be threatre television with surround sound and the competition goes on.This is only peek with respect to TV as an example but if you see most of the things that you buy are only because of the neighbor has already bought it.Mind you,this neighbor is not a singular person or family,its the entire locality and yes I am being a bit classist in my approached here,but its intended to those kinds of people having such mindsets only.Sorry for that diversion,but justification being part of writing  blogs is to let out this pent up thought processes.Coming back to where I was,a wild life photographer can be as passionate about his work as can be an ethical journalist.But here comes the issue,if your passionate and dedicated work is hurting the plans of another then there is a clash of interest and in such cases in real life,its not who is correct who wins rather winner is decided by one who wields more power/clout  and money.So many of the passionate people initially joining jobs,services involving influential people with a zeal in mind to do good,to do their work diligently  collides head-on with  this great wall of power,corruption;where they are rudely shocked to wake up and take notice of the realities of life of how actually this world  functions.This lot then becomes disillusioned,dispassionate,disoriented,disinterested in their work and so the system looses another lot of bright minds dimmed by the realities of life ,to them its more like a vagaries of life but that's besides the point.How can a researcher in today's day and age produce unbiased uninfluenced top quality research if the very basis of its starting point starts on the wrong foot.Let me give an unlikely and imaginary (might be real,but you would never know) example,suppose UNEP who so vociferously supports for green technology,dangers of global warming etc etc funds an independent research whose results somehow point to a different viewpoint that contradicts the majority opinion,will such a report be allowed to publish??.If your still in confusion of whether they might be allowed or not  then think of all the green companies that exists specially in environment conscious area like the Europe.They would fight tooth and nail to defend their viewpoints and would use every resource they could resort to pressurize UNEP to disallow such a report to be put in public domain or disband or derecognize such a research group.This is so ,because their very existence may be threatened by such a report .Another example would be a minister who makes grand speeches but knows the real truth of their political party and despite knowing these dirty linens that are washed with utmost secrecy,he wouldn't bat an eyelid speaking exactly opposite of what is right because as I said before,their very existence depend on the success of the political party.A politician has not taken a vow to destroy its nation but has taken a vow to win election at whatever costs possible.So instead of blaming the politicians for all the miseries of common man,we must think about improving the institutional frameworks and inherent practices that allow for such mishaps to occur ( btw nowadays its so common that mishap is not an appropriate word,but its a mishap for a common man in other sense of the word).
Sorry ,almost forgot about why this writeup came about.
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands.html