Giving Voice To Values: Lessons from India , Lessons from Life

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In this brief article, author explains some of the experience of India and life that played an important role in framing and implementation of 'Giving Voice To Values' which is today a globally recognized I have always been a somewhat “earnest” person. As a child, my parents used to caution my sisters to be patient with me because “Mary is different.” By this they meant that I thought differently, I took things more seriously than others sometimes. For example, when I was
about twelve, I remember lying in the stillness of the bedroom one night, wrestling with my reflections on the day. Finally, I decided to risk my sister's annoyance by asking her the question that troubled me: “Nancy,” I said, “when did you realize that our parents don't know everything? That they aren't always right?” My sister groaned and sighed, and gruffly replied: “Mary, you think too much.” And I supposed this is what my Mother meant when she said I was “different.”