Im beginning to think that for an emotional country, we lack emotional intelligence. This morning, for example, I read in the paper that an IIM-Bangalore girl decided to kill herself because her boyfriend dumped her. Over facebook. She was 22, and he was an idiot. She probably was too, in some matters. At 22 and IIM, would mean only one thing: Her life was just beginning.
This is not an isolated incident. Some 16 year old Mulund boy decided to kill his grandmother so he could buy a bike.
Where is our emotional intelligence? Where is the can-deal-with this attitude that we are known for? Is a bike or a relationship more important than a life? These are extreme cases ofcourse, but there are people who go into depression because of the same reasons - lack of money or a broken heart.
I say we nail these things on their head, and find better relationships. We work harder and have an even more positive attitude about it. We are all lovable - by someone, somewhere - and that alone should be enough to make us emotionally intelligent.
Taking lives is not the answer, making sure our lives become even better after such incidents is.
This is not an isolated incident. Some 16 year old Mulund boy decided to kill his grandmother so he could buy a bike.
Where is our emotional intelligence? Where is the can-deal-with this attitude that we are known for? Is a bike or a relationship more important than a life? These are extreme cases ofcourse, but there are people who go into depression because of the same reasons - lack of money or a broken heart.
I say we nail these things on their head, and find better relationships. We work harder and have an even more positive attitude about it. We are all lovable - by someone, somewhere - and that alone should be enough to make us emotionally intelligent.
Taking lives is not the answer, making sure our lives become even better after such incidents is.
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