Mother Teresa’s example is there in Mr Kapoor’s book
As for Gandhji, since you have specifically mentioned him, these are his views on the subject :-
http://mypyp.wordpress.com/2006/02/06/hello-world/
Yesterday, I received a reply from Edward de Bono’s office that a book called Re think has examples but is published by an Australian firm. Are you aware of any such book in India?
Before we wind up this discussion, a few more film industry examples. Nagesh kuknoor, the director of films like Hyderabad Blues, Iqbaal and Dor is a chemical engineer but shifted to films to follow his heart. In that wonderful movie Iqbal there is a dialogue by Naseerudin Shah pleading Iqbal’s father to let him play cricket. Translated, it goes something like this “ You should thank god that your son knows that he wants to play cricket. There are so many people in this world who do not know what their purpose in life is”. Both Amitabh Bachchan and Dale Carnegie said the same thing in real life.
Apart from Amitabh Bachchan who made the switch to corporate world, Chartered accountants Shekhar Kapur and Abhijeet became director and singer, respectively. Music composers A R Rehman and Shanker shifted from civil and software engineering, respectively. There maybe other examples but in my view, the restless urge in artists is more.
Earlier in some posts. some people have said that I had drawn a good comparison to what Tabu said in the film. Actually, what Karan Johar, Shahrukh Khan and Sanjay leela Bhansali said in the subject in real life is far more interesting. That apart, this post also has views of several American consultants. They are there in the post Movie “Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and HR Management” under Articles by Forum Member