A lot of people get very upset when they see the images on television; they don’t know how to deal with it.

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Perspective on violence

First of all, you’re more aware of how easy it is to get killed; it doesn’t necessarily require going all the way to a site of major war. And secondly, most people would die of a disease that is preventable. So I should focus my activities more on keeping people smarter and safe before they get into trouble.

A friend of mine was initially a “danger tourist” and she became intrigued with Afghanistan, and started a school. She found an entirely new purpose in life. When she was there, she realised how easy it is to become involved, whether it is to take a little money and actually do something. So she set up a school which now educates a couple of hundred Afghan children. I don’t encourage war tourism per se, but I’ve two points to make: 1) Danger is not exclusive to war zones, and 2) Going to a place because you want to find out more is not something you should be criticised for, but encouraged. A lot of people get very upset when they see the images on television; they don’t know how to deal with it. And I always encourage them to go there, talk to the people, and come back much smarter and more concerned.

Dare these places…

I recommend Georgia, Pakistan, North Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan.

These are places in flux; when we see them now, they won’t be like that 10 years from now. They are places that will change your life because you’ll meet people and see and do things that you just couldn’t do in other regions. With some precautions and some understanding of limitations, you can enjoy yourself and make fast friends there. I’ve been going to Afghanistan since 1995 and the friends I met on my first trip there are still my friends. If you go to Disney World, you probably wouldn’t meet a single person who would change your life one iota. And it would cost you the same.

I’m a student of life…

I appreciate both things, and I’m more than happy to go to a country and stay in a very expensive hotel and eat at a nice restaurant – these are nice things to do – but the substance of my trip is not to go from American chain hotel to American chain hotel and say that I’ve seen a country.


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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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