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| IS IT NECESSARY TO BE ‘TACTFUL’? |
| By : Rajneesh Batra | Previous | Next |
| Posted on : 21 Jul, 2006 | Total Views : 395 |
IS IT NECESSARY TO BE ‘TACTFUL’?
I have often heard people commenting about somebody in a negative sense that ‘He or She is not TACTFUL’.
By ‘Tactful’, do they mean ‘Thoughtful’ or ‘Intelligent’?
No! they mean ‘Diplomatic’, ‘Devious’ and ‘Calculating’.
So the question arises what one should then try to become. ‘Tactful’ or ‘Straight’? Although the ideal answer should be ‘Straight’ but our modern society, unfortunately though, has attached a synonym to this word – ‘Inane’. Since nobody wants this prefix before his name, he chooses the other one, which is easily acceptable and more respected in the society.
And this triggers the downfall of moral values.
The word “Tact” brings “Tactics”, which means “Strategy”, which require “Scheme”, and scheming brain can never be free from adulteration and impurity. That means we are grooming our brains for ‘Con’ behaviour by suppressing the natural instinct or “Spontaneity” which is always pure and beyond any scheme or plan.
Although Chanakya said, “Don’t be too straight because straight trees are cut first.”, he forgot that these are the parts of ‘Straight’ trees only which provide maximum ‘Strength’ to anything – be it ceiling or railway track. Moreover, a child is born ‘Straight’, it is ‘Social Malnutrition’ that bends him over time otherwise, the almighty wants him to remain as he was sent.
People might take pride in calling themselves ‘Tactful’, but if one day somebody calls me an ‘Untactful’ person, which unfortunately I am not, it will be one of the biggest compliments of my life. Because it would reaffirm that I am still left with some bit of heart, I was born with.
To conclude, I would like to quote a wonderful couplet, which I wish everybody embraces:-
“Mere Dil Ke Kisi Kone Mein Ik Masoom Sa Bacchha,
Badon Ki Dekhkar Duniya Bada Hone Se Darta Hai."
Sincerely,
Rajneesh Batra
Written By : Rajneesh Batra
