Make Things

Thought Thought (Day 47: 16-Aug-2013)

Happen. Don't wait for it to happen on its own. 

This is a beautiful quote by JFK. Thanks for sharing with us today, Vidaya .

Ghose loved the feel of different fabrics and took up tailoring as his career. Though he did not make much money, Ghose dedicated his life to stitching beautiful clothes for his customers and lived a meager life. While the clothes he made did its rounds in the elite circuit, he lived a life of a simpleton in a 1BHK he had inherited.

Once, one of his customers brought in bulks of different fabrics, each wrapped in magazine papers. And one such paper had pictures of someone wearing the dresses he had made and a long article on that. The article said the material was from Dubai and was personally designed by the one of the famous designers in Bollywood. That broke his heart.

He never knew until then what he was worth. He had remained unaware of what was happening around him using his skill and talent for designing beautiful clothes. With the help of the same customer who brought in the magazine, he tried contacting the publishers and placed a claim that those clothes were designed by him and not by as mentioned in the article. But nothing happened and he was again back to how he was earlier.

As days went by, his interest in designing clothes deteriorated; he felt cheated by the society.  He was sad that when someone else earned name and fame through his work, his life did not change. He feared that if he stitched any more, the other designer would get the credits.

As his livelihood started to fall apart, Ghose decided he need to make things happen instead of just yearning for it. He came to accept the fact that he indeed was talented and could make his mark in the fashion industry, if he wanted to. He sold the only property he had and with the financial help from few of his regular customers, he opened up a boutique and registered his brand. He started making even prettier clothes that were “only one of its kinds”. His skill was talked about by the designer community and wanted to hire him. Ghose wanted to be his own boss and rejected all the offers. When the rich and famous heard about this, they became his direct clients. As is usual in stories like these, Ghose touched Himalayan heights in his career and remained the unbeatable as long as he lived.