WHO IS JOHN GALT?

THERE ARE DIFFERENT BUTTONS ON THE KEYBOARD OF YOUR LAPTOP WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON A THE LETTER A APPEARS ON THE SCREEN.SO EASY TO TYPE AN ARTICLE PRESS THE BUTTON PUBLISH AND THEN IT CAN BE READ BY THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.BUT WHO MADE THIS EASY?WHO MADE THE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS THIS?THE HUMAN MIND........WHO IS JOHN GALT? THE MAN WHO STOPPED THE MOTOR OF THE WORLD!!!
I HAD PUT UP THIS QUESTION ON FACEBOOK FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN I STARTED READING THE BOOK ATLAS SHRUGGED BY AYN RAND AND I AM JUST ABOUT TO COMPLETE THE BOOK.ITS A COMPLEX STORY BUT WITH SIMPLE IDEAS.IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1957 BUT IT GAINED POPULARITY IN THE CONSEQUENT DECADES AND HER IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHIES ARE STILL APPLICABLE TODAY.THE MAIN THEME BEHIND THIS BOOK IS OBJECTIVISM.MY GRANDFATHER (TATYA) HAD TAUGHT ME A PROVERB - "TO CALL UPON A MAN OF BUSINESS , ONLY UPON THE MATTERS OF BUSINESS, DO YOUR BUSINESS , GO BACK TO YOUR BUSINESS, THAT THE MAN OF BUSINESS SHOULD DO HIS BUSINESS."
YES THAT IS THE WHOLE SUMMARY OF THE BOOK ACCORDING TO ME.

MY SENIOR MAYURI MAAM HAD COMMENTED JOHN GALT IS HER ETERNAL CRUSH!!FOR THAT MATTER HE IS THE ULTI MATE CRUSH OF ANY GIRL.YES HE IS A SELF MADE MAN WHO KNOWS HIS ABILITIES, USES THEM TO FULL CAPACITY AND WORKS HARD ONLY FOR HIS OWN HAPPINESS.HE DOES NOT LIVE FOR ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF.SO WHY DID I START TALKING ABOUT HIM AND WHY THIS PICTURE?..........BECAUSE I MET SIMILAR KIND OF PEOPLE 2 MONTHS BACK AT A PLACE CALLED GADCHIROLI WHERE A BEAUTIFUL WORLD HAD BEEN CREATED CALLED SHODHGRAM.

AMMA (DR RANI BANG ) AND NAINA (DR ABHAY BANG) HAVE STARTED A FOUNDATION CALLED SEARCH AND CREATED A CAMPUS CALLED SHODHGRAM IN HEARTS OF THE JUNGLES OF GADCHIROLI.THE CAMPUS HAS A TRIBAL FRIENDLY HOSPITAL AND THERE AMRUT DADA , SON OF NAINA ,CONDUCTS WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG GRADUATING STUDENTS CALLED NIRMAN.

NIRMAN.......OR TO CREATE....THE MOTTO BEING YOUTH FOR PURPOSEFUL LIFE!AN EXPLANATION IN ITSELF!THE CRISP POLLUTION FREE AIR THE TREES THE KACCHA ROADS.....AND THE CAMPUS WITH ITS SIMPLE HOUSES THE SIMPLE ARCHITECTURE GIVES YOU AN AMAZING SENSE OF FREEDOM.THE LIVELIHOOD THERE IS IN ITSELF SIMPLISTIC AND FREE FROM CHAOS OF THE BUSY CITY LIFE.

I ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP TO QUENCH MY CURIOSITY.WHAT IS THAT PEOPLE DO THERE IN SUCH A REMOTE PLACE?THE APPLICATION FORM ITSELF WAS SO ELABORATIVE AND INTERESTING TO FILL ....IT INCREASED MY CURIOSITY.AFTER GETTING SELECTED BY WRITING THE FORM I HAD TO GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW AFTER WHICH I WAS SELECTED FOR THE WORKSHOP.WHEN I WENT THERE AND OBSERVED THE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING THERE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY MADE US DO IN THE WORKSHOP ......IT APPEALED TO ME SO MUCH.THEN I REALIZED WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO LIVE ANY OTHER WAY.

THE WORKING OVER THERE WAS SO METHODICAL ,ORGANIZED AND LOGICAL THAT IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME A PART OF OUR LIVES AND IT WAS LIKE WE WERE NEVER OUTSIDERS.SEEING THE MAA DANTESHWARI HOSPITAL ANYONE CAN GUESS WHY THE TRIBAL FOLKS SEEK MEDICAL CARE HERE OPPOSED TO THEIR TRADITIONS.MY CHARACHTER BUILDING ( YES I SAID MY AND NOT OUR SINCE WE LEARNT THERE TO SPEAK FOR OURSELVES AND NOT FOR OTHERS ) STARTED WHEN WE HAD TO WASH OUR OWN PLATES AFTER HAVING OUR FIRST LUNCH IN THE MESS.

THEN WE WENT THROUGH MANY ACTIVITIES.OUR DAILY ROUTINE INCLUDED HAVING BREAKFAST THEN GATHERING IN THE HALL TO SING THE SONG THAT AMRUT DADA TAUGHT US FOLLOWED BY SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE EARLIER DAY - HOW IT WAS AND WHAT WE LEARNED.IT HELPED REMOVE THE FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING OF EVERYONE.THE MOST AMAZING THING I NOTICED WAS EVERYONE WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE OTHERS.NOBODY LOOKED DOWN UPON EVERYONE NOR CONSIDERED ANYONE SPECIAL.EVERYONE WAS EQUAL AND THERE WAS NO JUDGING HAPPENING!!!

THERE WERE MANY GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS SOCIAL  TOPICS.THERE WAS A JOURNAL CLUB WHERE WE DISCUSSED ONE ARTICLE. A BOOK CLUB WHERE VARIOUS STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO SUMMARIZE THE BOOKS THEY HAD READ.THE BOOKS CHOSEN WERE AMAZE AND HOW WONDERFULLY EVERYONE NARRATED THE GIST OF THE BOOKS.A DOCUMENTARY- NERO'S GUESTS WAS SHOWN TO US ABOUT THE RESEARCH DONE ON FARMER'S SUICIDE.IT MOVED EVERYONE AND AS SUGGESTED BY AMRUT DADA NOONE HAD DINNER THAT DAY.THE WORKSHOP STARTED WITH A LECTURE FROM NAINA ON WHAT ACTUAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE THERE IN REAL LIFE COMPARED TO WHAT THEY TEACH US IN MED SCHOOL.
WE HAD SPEECHES FROM NAINA , AMMA , YOGESH DADA AND DR HRISHIKESH. THE ONE THING COMMON ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WAS THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH SATISFACTION ON THEIR FACES.THE WAY THEY TALKED AND THE CONFIDENCE THEY HAD SHOWED THE AMOUNT OF HONEST HARDWORK THEY HAD DONE TO ACHIEVE SO MUCH.THE TALKS THEY GAVE WERE ALL SCIENTIFIC, BASED ON FACTS AND ON THE RESEARCH THEY THEMSELVES HAD DONE.THERE WERE NO GENERALISED STATEMENTS .....EVERYTHING WAS TO THE POINT.WE WERE TAUGHT THAT WHENEVER WE WANT TO START SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ASK 3 QUESTIONS 1: M.K -मह्णजे काय ? 2: K.M - कस मोजणार ? 3: K.S :कश्या साठी ?
 
FOR ME GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE CAMP, ATTENDING THOSE LECTURES DOING THOSE ACTIVITIES, HAVING CAMP FIRE TALKS AND EVEN PLAYING VOLLEYBALL WAS VERY EASY TO EXPERIENCE.NO TASK FELT IMPOSSIBLE OR EVEN DIFFICULT.I COULD EASILY MAKE MY OWN OPINIONS ,EXPRESS THEM ,MAKE PRESENTATIONS HAVE SCINTILLATING CONVERSATIONS.BECAUSE OF MY DEPRESSIVE PHASE I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO FEEL ANY EMOTION FROM SCRATCH.I GOT MY EMOTIONS BACK IN THIS CAMP.THE ATMOSPHERE WAS SO ENERGETIC YOUNG AND LIVELY IT INCREASED ALL MY HAPPINESS HORMONES AUTOMATICALLY.IT MADE ME GO BACK TO MY UNDERGRADUATE DAYS.I ALWAYS WANTED TO SERVE AS A DOCTOR IN THE RURAL AREA.I HAD IMAGINED MYSELF GOING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE ...IDENTIFYING THEIR PROBLEMS AND TREATING THEM.SOOOO.....SO WHEN I SAW SHODHGRAM IT WAS LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL OR THE ATLANTIS FOR ME.THE FINAL AIM THE WAY OF LIFE .....THIS WAS IT

THE ENERGY ,THE HONESTY ,THE SATISFACTION AND THE HAPPINESS WHICH THAT PLACE GAVE ME WILL ALWAYS MAKE ME GO THERE AGAIN AND AGAIN.AFTER COMING FROM THE CAMP IT FELT IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD.BUT I HAVE TRIED IN MY WAY TO ADOPT THE NIRMAN PHILOSOPHY IN MY DAILY LIFE AND I AM HOPING TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE.WITH MY MD COMMUNITY MEDICINE DEGREE I HOPE I LEARN LOT OF THINGS AND APPLY THEM WITH AS MUCH HONESTY AS POSSIBLE.....MAY BE I WILL FIND MY JOHN GALT!!!!!

LIST OF BOOKS I MADE AT NIRMAN TO BE READ IN THE COMING FUTURE:

1. THE BOOTOM LINE OR PUBLIC HEALTH - WILLIAM WIIST
2. THE SELFISH SPECIES/GENES - RICHARD DAWKINS
3. TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD - HARPER LEE
4. कर के देखो 
5. कानोसा - DR RANI BANG
6. BEING MORTAL - ATUL GAWANDE
7. 1984 - GEORGE ORWELLS
8. THE MEMORY ILLUSSION :REMEMBERING, FORGETTING AND THE SCIENCE OF FALSE MEMORY - JULIA SHAW
9. संजिवक शेती - ASHOK BANG
10. DR GOLEM HOW TO THINK ABOUT MEDICINE - HARRY COLLINS, TREVOR PINCH
11. माझा साक्षात्कारी हृदयरोग -DR ABHAY BANG
12. RIGHTEOUS MIND - JONATHON HAIDT
13. ययाति 
14. INDIA AFTER GANDHI - RAMCHANDRA GUHAN
15. A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING - BILL BRYSON