The lonely walkNONA WALIA , 31 January 2010, 12:00am IST
The road to the top is full of moments of complete isolation. Nona Walia
explores how achievers
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It’s a lonely walk along the corridors of power and success! Power ushers in
isolated moments and unfaithful friends, leading to loneliness at the top.
Right now, golfer Tiger Woods is on the verge of an emotional breakdown
because he’s gripped by sudden loneliness. The Sun reports how he changed
his mobile number, making it impossible for friends to contact him. The lone
golfer now watches cartoons, eats cereals and plays night golf.
*History has been a witness to the loneliness of great men, who were
geniuses. Almost every genius has a need for being alone. Says Kamini
Mathai, biographer of AR Rahman, “There are long moments of loneliness that
Rahman experiences. His confidants are his assistant and secretary, who have
been with him since he began his career. One of his closest friends is Rajiv
Menon. Musician Shivamani, who also lost his father early, strikes a chord
with him.” Meanwhile, Vijay Iyer, one of Rahman’s closest aides says, “He
needs to be alone for his creativity. In Los Angeles, he takes early morning
walks.”*
While in politics, great leaders and rulers led desperate lives of
isolation. Hitler was known to be very lonely. In her letters to Nehru,
Indira Gandhi once wrote about her loneliness, “The circumstances in which I
passed my girlhood were not easy. The world is a cruel place for the best of
us and especially for the sensitive.”
Kiran Bedi too knows the loneliness of a long-distance walker, “It’s very
lonely at the top. One makes it to the top despite many other vicious
contenders. People are constantly gunning for the person who has occupied
what they were hungry for. I think family support anchors the person at the
top.’’
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