Happiness

"If you wait to be happy, you'll wait for forever !

But if you start to be happy, you'll be happy forever"...


Author unknown

Twenty five the defining year!

The young people in the ages of 14 to 25, need mentors, and this is the challenge for those above the age of 25. There really are not enough mentors for the young leaders. We need to work with the young  and make a better world. To build bonds with young people is the prime motive of the mentors, and is the only way to build leadership in every individual.


Leadership is the outcome of good motivation, and for this we need to engage and empower the young people. We need to work with the young people in the years below 25, to help them get skilled, be physically fit, serve the community and care for the environment. The four cornerstones of a good individual are thus service, skills, sports and outward bound activity. Leaders are not taught in the classroom but are found in the pursuits under the sky. For mentors the sky is the limit, they must push themselves to walk the talk, and make way for young people who always look up to them for inspiration.


The adult mentors who have found the road to life are the best guides for the young who are undergoing formal education, for those seeking suitable employment, for those keen to acquire skills and more so for those who aspire to live their dreams. The turning point of twenty point is really most important, and is in a way a watershed year.


The mentors live their dreams in the mentored, this is the universal truth. Let us work to fulfil our dreams and guide the future leaders to a better world.


Cheers, to the spirit of youth!


Sandeep Dutt

Friends Forever

 Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.  ~Author Unknown

When we win hearts, there is joy and this brings to us the fun in the learning process. Each one of us wants to be friends, with our teacher, parent, peer, senior or any other individual and with one self too! 

Friends are of all ages, colour, sizes and culture. Few (less fortunate ones specially) do not get to taste friendships because our kids avoid them for various reasons. On the other hand we also have very high profile people who sit lonely on the pinnacle of their achievements. People are in awe of such people as a result no one reaches out to them and they remain lonely.

The only way to move ahead with any learning is to build communication links and win hearts. Yes, as humans we are compassionate and need to live in a community, the only way to live as a good society is to bind with the heart. So how should we reach out to them? 

We will together explore and find ways to reach out and build friends forever. There is the need to look for mentors and friends everywhere...

1.   Parents as friends

2.   Teachers as friends

3.   Peers as friends

4.   Seniors as friends

5.   People with challenges as your dear friends

6.   Icons or Stars as your friends

7.   Yourself as a friend

True leaders are also great friends, how the President of US, or our great leaders connect with us and influence the destiny of millions are indeed ways of literally befriending us. We have a picture of many individuals within us and consider them as friends and feel connected with them. The 7 friends listed are only the beginning to help you think, and evolve as better friends.

“ To have a good friend. You have to be one. So be nice to one another. So you can be friends forever.”

Live it up!

“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.” 
- Author Unknown 

From Power of Now to The Prize, all espouse the life at the present moment. The young live for the present moment, and this is the best possible gift. While the grown ups one plan for the future and hope to live it, the young feel yesterday is a bore and tomorrow may not come...this is the life and that is where the challenge lies.

All strategic plans and crystal ball gazing has no meaning, if this one life is not lived with fun and more so by making the most of it. We the mentors have a lot to learn from this and need to ensure that there is more learning with fun and this is the most essential element to help us connect with the young. There is only one life, and we need to live this in harmony and not in contradiction with the youth. 

The young have aspirations that must be lived today, and not be retained as dreams for tomorrow. The now generation as the youth are often labelled, affirms the belief that life is now, they want it all instant, from food to fun and to learning. Today is the best time, with a free flow of knowledge and a virtual world, we have to make the most and make now the best time of our lives.