U Turn – A Principle of Life

U Turn – A Principle of Life A wise man is one who can reassess himself, reset his priorities, re-plan his project, moulding himself according to changing circumstances. O nce I was travelling in a part of India with which my driver was unfamiliar. He made a wrong turn at one point but drove on for five miles before he realized he was on the wrong road. He had to stop the car then and make a U-turn, and soon we safely reached our destination. This kind of U-turn is not only a part of road culture, it is a principle of life. Every person, every community, every nation needs at some point to make a U-turn. Failing this, an unbearable loss could be the result. For example, the Tatas established a car factory in West Bengal to produce the Nano car in 2007. Very soon they discovered that West Bengal was not favourable for their industry, so they dismantled their factory and reestablished it in Gujarat. Now Nano cars are successfully running in every city of India. This success was the direct result of adopting the U-turn policy. The same is applicable to nations. One such example is the course adopted by the United Kingdom after the Second World War. The British leaders, especially