Dear eFI members, >From last few days, I have started feeling the sense of inferiority. I wonder what is the reason adn where this sense would lead me to? This is beyond a doubt that I have generated a keen liking of flora from last couple of years. And day by day it grows many folded. The more I read or study or observe, more I am getting attracted towards it.
But the story is not happy ending. I am consulting people for my project (Matheran bio-diversity documentation) and seeking for their suggestions and advices on how the project can be better documented. Sometimes, people from different wildlife background response to my emails and FB updates and show their interest in working with the team on the said project. I have a team which includes people from the background and people from not-so-wildlife-related-background, which includes me. When I intercat with people on the subject, I am always questioned about my background. And when I honestly tell them there is change of attitude or perception in another persons mind, instantly. That person might have entertained me or have had given me his/her precious time for conversation and that sense of interaction or dialogues goes missing in the second part of this real time story, when he or she realise that I am from not-wildlife-related-background. Now, my question to the academics, here is, does it matter? Or is it necessary to interact only if you have M. Sc or Ph. D with your name? I am not questioning my credentials or of anyone who is not from the background. But his or her (the person, studying wildlife; without background) interest or dedication or commitment has got no count, among the so called `elite educationalists`. -- Regards Rajesh Sachdev http://project-matheran.webs.com/ http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy
