Building Life

someone looks at the incident involving Prem Pal and concludes that all Indians are extremely honest, that would also be inaccurate. The real truth is that every society consists of both kinds of people. We must live in this world as if we are walking on a path that has both thorns and flowers. For a traveller on such a path, there is only one strategy for a successful journey: to avoid the thorns and enjoy the flowers while continuing toward their destination. POSITIVE PLANNING Syed Mansoor Agha (born 1945) resides in Delhi. His hometown is Meerut. On July 1, 1996, during a meeting, he shared an experience that teaches a valuable lesson. In 1963-64, he was a student at Meerut College. His Political Science teacher was Mr. K.C. Gupta. When Mr. Gupta began lecturing on the political history of India, it was very disturbing for Mr. Agha. The same was true for his classmate, Mr. Mustainur Rahman. In his lectures, Mr. Gupta presented the history of the partition and political events in a way that blamed all the Muslims. The two students discussed what they should do. They decided that getting angry or upset would not help. Instead, they needed to prepare themselves to intellectually oppose Mr. Gupta’s arguments.