ARE YOU LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY
Musings
By
VIKRAM KARVE
Continued from: http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2013/01/quality-of-life.html
In my previous blog post titled QUALITY OF LIFE we talked about the four human needs:
1. To LIVE
2. To LOVE
3. To LEARN
4. To Leave a
LEGACY
I am sure you have lived a good life, you have loved someone, you have learnt a lot by studying hard in school, college and are ever eager to learn every day of your life, but tell me - have you ever thought about leaving behind your legacy?
Let us talk a bit about this.
While I write
this I am listening to melodious old Hindi film songs playing on Vividh
Bharati.
This wonderful
music is the LEGACY left behind by those legendary Music Directors of
yesteryear.
Creative
persons leave behind a rich legacy for posterity.
Creative
Writers leave behind literature in the form of wonderful books for us to read.
Artists and
Painters create works of art and paintings.
Musicians have
left behind great music compositions for us to enjoy.
Yes, it is the
creative persons who leave behind the richest and most enduring legacy for
posterity.
Next come the
inventors, who leave behind their inventions as their legacy for the benefit of
mankind.
Take any field
of science, engineering and technology.
Thousands have
worked in various fields.
Most spend
their lives working for money.
But those who
have left behind a legacy in the form of their inventions and discoveries and
remembered forever. So many theorems and laws and products are named after their inventors.
Many
Industrialists and Entrepreneurs have left behind their legacies in the form of
the great organizations they built up.
Some rulers
created beautiful legacies like monuments and gardens and became immortal.
(Whenever you
look at the Taj Mahal or any wonder of the world or any magnificent structure,
can you not but think of its creator?)
Many
Politicians have left behind Political Parties and Political Ideologies and
Writings as their legacy.
Social
Reformers and Academicians have left behind great Ideas and Institutions as
their legacy.
Military
Leaders have left behind their Strategies, Tactics and Hypotheses as their
legacy to the world and Management Thinkers have innovated Management Theories
and Tools for the benefit of posterity
Some have left
behind their memoirs, their academic works, their philosophies, their knowledge, even their
administrative innovations for which they are remembered.
Those who
leave behind a legacy are remembered.
Those who do
not leave a legacy are soon forgotten.
Whichever
field you work in or wherever you are – ask yourself: What is the legacy you
are going to leave behind in the world?
Well, as far
as I am concerned, my Blog is my Legacy.
Yes, today you
can leave your legacy in cyberspace too.
In fact, your
legacy may be more accessible and enduring in the cyber-world (than in the real
world) because internet is here to stay for a long time.
Tell me, isn’t
it easier to access information on the internet rather than in print
literature?
Isn’t it
easier to read a blog online than to obtain a book?
If you merely
live, love and learn you will be soon forgotten but it you leave a legacy you
will be remembered for a long time
(It is like
when I hear a melodious song I remember the singer and music director who
composed the piece, or when I see a beautiful painting I remember the painter,
or when I read an engrossing book I remember the author).
Dear Reader: I
know you have LIVED, you have LOVED, you have LEARNED – but have you created a
LEGACY?
Do tell us
about the legacy you plan to leave behind for posterity.
Tell us: What is your LEGACY?
VIKRAM KARVE
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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramwamankarve@gmail.com
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Interesting. I my self never thought of what would be my Legacy. Thanks for sharing
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