Normally an Indian middle class family has too much of caring and intrusion into the upbringing of children… For Indian parents their kids remain a kid always… In my case which is common Indian parental syndrome I still;
- get approval for taking decisions…
- career choices had to be discussed…
- show credit card bill and explain the reason for expenses…
- tell them the reason for terminating a policy or for delaying any payments…
- liberty to read my personal emails and mails…
- liberty to police my blogs and social media posts…
Over a point our parents gets out dated and most parents resist to update themselves… In such cases it is better to disobey them… In India disobedience means a big crime and you will have to face the warmth of relatives and neighbours explaining them why we are irresponsible… In my case;
My parents and grandparents look at me a different person as I took entrepreneurship and my approach towards things… My practical approach has often or always offends them and they keep complaining my behaviour… In reality from my angle they look different 🙂 which they don’t realise…
If you are a person with dreams and a prisoner of parental obligation it is ok to break it by means of ignoring or disobedience… What all it matters if success and when you can surpass tough times and show success you can always win over their confidence… Sometimes even when they don’t recognise your success or efforts there is nothing to worry as they are tuned to be ordinary…
Overall folks don’t bother much about disobeying because;
- Gandhi got us freedom because of civil disobedience movement and today we are calling him father of the nation…
- Many successful entrepreneurs like Dhirubhai Ambani, Naraya Murthy, Muchael Dell disobeyed their parents and ran behind their dreams
- We wouldn’t have got a SuperStar Rajini Kanth if he had obeyed his father
Though emotionally it is tough and difficult to disobey our parents we have to do it considering we have a genuine dream and goal which is not against law or anti social…
AnandNataraj 