How do you feel when you go to your office and find the traffic halted because some VIP or minister passes through the same road? How do you feel when you visit your senior civil servant cousin and find him living in a big bungalow with beaconed cars and a posse of orderlies? What do you think when you see a senior police officer escorted by a host of police officers when travelling on the road; or prominent business people living in their palatial bungalows with personal jets, fleets of cars and dozens of servants? We often get impressed with the privileges enjoyed by ministers, civil servants and top honchos of firms. Naturally, we wish to occupy those positions and want those privileges. However, have we ever realized that such great benefits are associated with enormous responsibilities that have to be carried out by the so-called 'privileged classes'? It is essential to understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. You have to pay the price for everything that you get in this world. When you get a privilege, it always comes with responsibility which comes with the position. Mwai Kibaki, the former president of Kenya, rightly explained, "Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed." However, most people focus only on enjoyable positions and privileges and shun the responsibilities that come with such power and position. Privilege means a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. We get many privileges due to our birth itself. For example, when we are born into a family of rich, intelligent, and caring parents, we are already privileged as we do not have to face the hardship of millions of children worldwide. (No. of words 304)
- Sunil Bhutani 'Rudraksha'
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