Community – Not an alien term

Community is not just a word but an attitude. We, the human race are community focused from the very beginning. We all do a little bit of community work some or the other way.

Someone believes in Environment so does planting…that’s community, someone has a soft corner for animals and pets so saves a street dog…well that’s also community.

A story published on FB and became viral….The story titled “Shila Ghosh is young at 83”.

Her fingers don't tire; her eyes don't water, as her grandson helps her put together her day's work. Every day she travels to Kolkata to sell homemade fries.

A girl named Soofiya Khatoon met her one day and she was so much impressed with the hard work that she published the story. Now people know this 83 years lady. What did Soofiya achieve?

Nothing…but she tried to convey what she learnt/felt from her own experience within her friends/family (the community) and indirectly helped this old lady.

My associate keeps throwing some or other videos and concepts to me because he knows that I don’t like them. He actually enjoys when I scold him for watching those techs :)

Few days back he sent me this video of Google Glass. AND I FOR SURE DON’T LIKE GOOGLE. But just to make him feel happy, I was watching this video - http://www.upworthy.com/a-woman-shares-her-day-through-google-glass-it-seems-lovely-and-ordinary-until-the-end?c=ufb3

The video was nicely produced with cool music. I was liking it till the end when suddenly the women was attacked by her partner….I was shocked and felt very bad. Why would you feel bad about another human even though you don’t know him/her….I call it an impact of community. You feel so connected and try to imagine if the same would have happened with you.  

Community is not an alien concept. The smallest form of community is your family itself. What we are saying is come forward…everyone has something to share. We will make a platform for you….join us and make a best use of it.

And keep in mind that the Community doesn’t just mean learning. It means lot more. Making new friends, understanding what is the trend in the industry, looking for new opportunities, may be finding a job ;) showcasing what you know and many more.

You can make your own community of likeminded people or just join one of the existing ones. Communities grow exponentially and have lot of potential. Only thing which we need to be cautious about communities that even though there is a lot of personal benefits being part of community, but that should not supersede the basic essence of community.

In the community, there is no small or big, there is no ego, there is no right or wrong. Community is all about collaboration and making sure your common goals are met. It can’t be one person driving the community…..it’s the whole group.

Today, industry is heading towards Mobile Computing with smaller and more smaller devices coming in to your hands on a daily basis. Storage is getting cheaper day by day and if not physical, you have entire sky to keep your data…and that’s the cloud. Then where is the limit? You just have to explore how far you want to go, set your course and head towards it. And you will find many people are following you. You again got a community :)

We need to make sure that our growing countries in South Asia understand the unlimited possibilities with these technologies. And we are sure that our communities will play a very pivotal role in this. We will give you what you want, it’s your time to leverage it and showcase your skills and your country in the world map.

Comments

• Anonymous
  September 15, 2014
  Good one
• Anonymous
  September 15, 2014
  Good read and very informative, thanks for sharing.
• Anonymous
  September 15, 2014
  For me Community has been a great source of inspiration.
  So want to inspire others to do the same :)
• Anonymous
  September 17, 2014
  very well written, Thanks for sharing
• Anonymous
  September 19, 2014
  Loved the article especially way to draw parallel between Old lady's story and community definition. Goos one. This could get a space on some magazine
• Anonymous
  October 09, 2016
  Nice, well explained. Thanks Biplab for sharing