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Pramod Bhasin, President and CEO of Genpact, the largest BPO company in India, and credited to have initiated the BPO industry in India

What does spirituality mean to you?
It only means peace and contentment within who I am, the ability to live within myself.

How do you achieve it in your day to day life?
It is so easy to lose it and get caught up in the realities of daily life, of one’s turmoil. So I have to constantly pull myself back and look at what I am doing, the circumstances I live in, and ask myself --- is this me? Am I doing those things for who I really am? Does this bring me peace? Does it bring peace and contentment to others?

It happens in scattered ways for me --- when I take a smoke break, when I sit alone in a car or in a plane. It certainly is a fight to get there and a conscious effort to get away from my activities. Most people would not describe me as a peaceful person. But in fact, internally I know I can achieve great peace. I know that at times I am a like an overheating car and I must take a break.

One very useful characteristic I have in that respect, and in finding peace, comes from my childhood and my education: the capability to forget bad experiences, my memory’s very efficient “delete” button. We are blessed in our family with the capability not to dwell on issues and concerns, not to keep grudges on people. I always had this ability to fall back and be content with what I had. It does not mean I have not been ambitious --- actually I have had tremendous amounts of ambition, with the desire to excel, but I was never driven to be someone I am not. I always had a clear sense of what I am not and knew how to stay away from it. It came with a strong sense of security and confidence imbibed from my family. And I am unbelievably blessed in that way. A lot can happen around me without affecting me.

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