Depend on knowledge, not technology: Fmr CBI Jt-Dir

“For many, Facebook has become life. Having a Facebook account has become a fad. Having more likes on FB or more friends on FB is being claimed as a feather in the cap, as a great achievement. It is not important, how many friends you have on Facebook. But, what is important is how many come to your rescue when you are in a crisis, when you need help. None? So it is better to have few friends who can read your ‘face’ like a ‘book’ and be with you in times of need, than have a lot of FB friends.”

Lakshmi Narayana spoke a little over two hours and the audience lapped it up amidst thunderous claps. Replying to a question, he said, “Don’t wait till government introduces something. Bring about legislation and curb some practices. Why don’t you start good things on your own? Why should government make wearing helmet compulsory? Why don’t you start a safe journey wearing a helmet on your own?” he asked.

Replying to another question, he said, “Don’t ever get into civil services just for the sake of your own benefit or for the sake of your family. Get into it only when you think of people and service to them. Let people see a God in a collector, who solves their problems. There are no government servants or government officers. There are only public servants, whose job is to solve public problems. That’s all, nothing more or less. We must work to make our society, an ideal society. For this you need four things: intelligent quotient, emotional quotient, physical quotient and finally spiritual quotient.”

He patiently answered many of the youth’s questions. Speaking about atrocities on women Lakshmi Narayana said, “We must cultivate good values. That is why a new subject, Morals and Ethics, has been introduced in Civil Services Exams.”