TACT THE TACTICS

IS IT NECESSARY TO BE TACTFUL?

I have often heard people commenting about somebody in a negative sense that He or She is not TACTFUL.

By Tactful, do they mean Thoughtful or Intelligent?

No! they mean Diplomatic, Devious and Calculating.

So the question arises what one should then try to become.Tactful or Straight? Although the ideal answer should be StraighT but our modern society, unfortunately though, has attached a synonym to this word Inane.
And this triggers the downfall of moral values.

The word Tact brings Tactics, which means Strategy, which require Scheme, and scheming brain can never be free from adulteration and impurity. That means we are grooming our brains for Con behaviour by suppressing the natural instinct or Spontaneity which is always pure and beyond any scheme or plan.

Although Chanakya said, Dont be too straight because straight trees are cut first., he forgot that these are the parts of Straight trees only which provide maximum Strength to anything be it ceiling or railway track. Moreover, a child is born Straight, it is Social Malnutrition that bends him over time otherwise, the almighty wants him to remain as he was sent.

People might take pride in calling themselves Tactful, but if one day somebody calls me an Untactful person, which unfortunately I am not, it will be one of the biggest compliments of my life. Because it would reaffirm that I am still left with some bit of heart, I was born with.

To conclude, I would like to quote a wonderful couplet, which I wish everybody embraces:-
Mere Dil Ke Kisi Kone Mein Ik Masoom Sa Bacchha,
Badon Ki Dekhkar Duniya Bada Hone Se Darta Hai."