Best parts of "the crisis of confidence"

These are the best bits of the famous speech of president carter in 1979, one of my favourite speeches.

"We were sure that ours was a nation of the ballot, not the bullet, until the murders of John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. We were taught that our armies were always invincible and our causes were always just, only to suffer the agony of Vietnam. We respected the Presidency as a place of honor until the shock of Watergate."

In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.

"We've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America."

"I do not promise you that this struggle for freedom will be easy. I do not promise a quick way out of our Nation's problems, when the truth is that the only way out is an all-out effort. What I do promise you is that I will lead our fight, and I will enforce fairness in our struggle, and I will ensure honesty. And above all, I will act.

I will do my best, but I will not do it alone. Let your voice be heard. Whenever you have a chance, say something good about our country. With God's help and for the sake of our Nation, it is time for us to join hands in America. Let us commit ourselves together to a rebirth of the American spirit. Working together with our common faith we cannot fail."


Sometimes its good to pause in life and just think about where are you going. Seems like i m going in a direction where only money makes people happy...

The write I submitted to ITC for AUT directory

I hail from the cultural capital of Gujarat – Baroda. My father is a manager in Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Limited and my mother is a housewife. I did my early schooling from Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavans, Baroda, which imbibed in me strong ethics and Indian values. These values were strongly internalized as my family passed through the ups and downs of a typical Indian middle class family.
Bhavans being a school which encourages extra-curricular activities, I got a chance to explore a number of hobbies. I won many prizes in dramatics and skit competitions and represented my district in hockey. In class IX I moved to Don Bosco High School, Baroda where I held many positions of leadership like prefect, deputy leader and chief leader of the school. I have been selected as the best marcher of the school as well. Football has always been larger than life for me. I have captained the football team of all Institutes I have been part of throughout my academic career.
I did my Electronics and communication engineering from NIT, Ahmedabad. Here I was elected President of the Football Club and captain of the Nirma University football team. Winning the Nirma Cup twice with a team which was considered weak has been one of the finest achievements of my life.
Life at SCMHRD brought out a new perspective in me. I joined the Consultancy Cell of SCMHRD and delivered a real time project to design a marketing campaign for T.I.M.E. Education. I was part of the team which was runners-up at L’Oreal Brandstorm at the national level – the biggest marketing competition for B-schools globally. During this time I had the opportunity to interact with several experts in the marketing industry and this was indeed one of the most productive periods of my life. Besides this competition, I also was part of the team which reached the national finals of Avalon – Finding Sun Tzu, an inter B-school business strategy case study competition, and was awarded a Pre-Placement Interview in appreciation of the work done. I was also fortunate to get a PPO from ITC at the end of my summer internship which taught me a lot through my stint in the retail division at Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.
Besides co-curricular activities, I lead the football team of SCMHRD to a gold medal, and was also part of the team that won the silver medal in cricket and a few prizes in athletics at the National Inter B-School Sports Meet at SPJIMR. I also captained the water polo team which was runners up at the SIBM water sports meet. The most beautiful achievement was the wonderful friends I made during the entire life, I can’t thank god enough for that.
Along with a few other like-minded students, I gave shape to an initiative called Prayatna which is today a registered non-profit organization that takes care of the education of underprivileged children living in slums. With an increasing volunteer base, corporate participation and more children being taken into its fold every year, I can proudly say that Prayatna continues to grow and enrich the lives of these children.
I am also a wild life enthusiast who equally enjoys watching nature shows on TV and taking long treks in the forests. I have now taken this interest to the next level with my new hobby, which is wildlife photography.
I love to read both fiction and non-fiction and I’m particularly impressed by GK Chesterton’s works. I am an eternal fan of Pink Floyd, Green Day and Poets of The Fall. I am a biking enthusiast and have been on several adventurous bike trips across the country.
I am really lucky to have felt at the end of every year since I can ever remember - “that was the best year of my life”. And every coming day I fight to make the next year better - day by day, learning and living every moment. Stay hungry, stay foolish – that’s what I live by.