This is my favorite example that demonstrates teamwork.
Growing up in Mumbai, I would wait excitedly each year on Janmashthami day for the team of boys to come and attempt to manually reach the "dahi handi", strung up high, between two apartment buildings. It would be a nail-biting 30 minutes as the group observed the target, figure out the strategy, attempted, fell down in a heap and then tried again.
I learnt a lot in each attempt that that every eager team made. Trust between the team members, a sensible strategy, an inspiring leader ready to take risks, ably supported by a loyal team. Most importantly, they tried and tried again, until they succeeded.
Working together as a team brings so many rewards. Much more than what an individual can achieve.
Long live teamwork.
I always wonder why we don't carry that concept through in our lives. It's funny that at the most basic level we all feel rather lonely and think we ought to do everything else. But its a measure of trusting ourselves and others I guess, if we do embark on a purpose, a goal like the dahi handi, and everyone looks out for one another and does what they do best for the overall good of the whole. Let me think where one can put it in use in real life.
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