I must agree that this blog should have been published at least 2 months back....but somehow, couldn't complete it till now. Well, better late than never.....
The journey started some where during the fag end of summer in 2008...the world had just woken up to the shocking demise of Lehman brothers and the good story was slowly turning sour...My work life had started showing signs of the same and it was getting dull day after day. This is when I thought that I should give a shot to my dream of doing a MBA from a reputed college.....in India off-course, wanted to be at close proximity with my family. Though everyone of us wants the best, but somehow God has his/her (not sure of the gender!) own ways to decided who gets what, and so I was given a chance to get my B-degree from XLRI, jamshedpur.
Talking about XLRI, it's one of the oldest colleges started in India in the year 1949 and has consistently been rated among the top most B schools in India. I was selected for a 1 year business program where the group size was 97 with average work exp of 7+ years. We had a diverse group of people in our batch coming from backgrounds like medicine, Army, Airforce, Architecture, Banking, Sales, Core engineering and off course the omni-present IT!
We started off with a three day preparatory program, which did give us a flavour of the subjects and the days to come ahead.....and believe me it wasn't a rosy one!
The next one month we started off with subjects like MAN(i)AC , QTMD (Quite Torture Mental Disaster) , MCN (ahh!) etc which were an eye opener for most of us....and we started gearing up for more sleepless nights and sleepy classes ahead....then in July we did get a break from the classes in the form of Village trip and the TSAF (Adventure Trip). The village trip was an amazing and humble experience, where we met village folks near a place called Jamadoba in Jharkhand and saw some amazing entrepreneurial spirit amongst them, in spite of the difficulties. Seeing them I realised how fortunate we are to get such opportunities...after that we had an exciting adventure journey with TSAF, where each one of us irrespective of their age and gender did all kinds of adventure tasks, starting from mountaineering, rappelling, boating..and what not.....I believe by the end of the 3 day adventure trip we all must have lost at-least 3-5 kilos and grown darker by a shade or two!
Soon, the first semester came tumbling our way and by the time we finished up with the gruelling 7 days of exams , the 2nd term started without any break...and then came even more tough subjects.....soon we were done with the second term (the fastest and the most gruelling term) and were getting ready for the international Immersion...By this time the whole batch was trimmed and grounded....people who were flying high the first day where grounded, people who were speaking in a low voice were debating like they have been doing this all their life....The placecom was elected and the brochure team was racing against time to get them out and send it through the various corporates......We had our part to play by posing for the photo shoot for the brochure and trying to give out the best look we had. By end of October we were off to different destinations across the world for our international immersion. Some went to US, some to Germany, few went to France and I accompanied the team which went to Manila, Philippines. International immersion was a great experience for everyone, specially for people for whom these was the first experience abroad. They not only experienced world class universities and professors but also world class cities, industries and other experiences !! . As soon as we were back, we were gripped by the placecom fever....there were debates , debates and yet more debates.....Placecom guys were trying to make both ends meet. On one hand they were trying to woe the companies and on the other hand answer the questions of the students. People gave advises and went ahead to help the place com. Also, there were others who gave advises and went ahead to their rooms....By the end of Feb most of us had their concentration on the placements rather than studies, professors gave in their best to rope in companies through their contacts. In these hard times we did experience some very good subjects (electives) and professors, and my personal experience was that if given some more time, I would have loved to take a few more electives!(though some of my batch mates might disagree with me.) Some of the students amongst us were instrumental in Strengthening the ties between us and the students of other flagship courses in the college, between the batch and the professors. In these hard times we saw some amazing leadership capabilities from some of batch mates and their true colours were inspiring...In the fourth term we went ahead to Mumbai, bangalore for placement week and we were fortunate enough to place most of our batch mates by the last day of our 4th term exam (April 25th)....and by the day of our Convocation (mid may)we had almost everybody placed or in line.. this was one of the greatest achievement for the placecom, for the batch, for the faculty and for the college....The convocation was presided over by the MD of Tata Steel, Mr. HM Nerurkar ..... we ended in a happy note... after all that is what matters, isn't it?
After 2 months, of that journey, as I write today, I strongly feel that the last one year was worth the investment and it wouldn't have been possible to go on that journey alone; fortunately we all got the support of our family, friends, fellow GMPians and Faculty.....and today we all remain highly indebted to them and have to prove that their effort and sacrifice didn't going vain....So all the best to the batch of 2009-10 GMP.....Go conquer the world.....!!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
How to Go ahead? ...After a Failure...
After listening to the apology speech of Tiger woods, I was wondering as to what are the different ways people try to mend their ways after a failure (Self inflicted or otherwise). I could find only three ways:
1. Fight Back and turn your story into a success story;a story which would inspire.
Roger federer is one of them - he lost to Nadal when people thought him to be the invincible. He cried, licked his wounds and came back with a bang.
2. Get frustrated and depressed; get lost into the pages of history. Just fade
Paul Gascoigne: Just one missed penalty shot in the finals of 1998 world cup, turned his career. Drinking has taken heavy toll on him and he would eventually fade out....Sad, people say he is a player who had the potential to bring home the world cup for england!
3. Go about life as usual, with a feeling "who doesn't make mistakes? " or " show me a person who has never failed?".
Politicians: What better example then these group of people. We have innumerable of them.
So, thinking from neutral point of view, I strongly believe and suggest that one must keep fighting...Because you just don't wan't to fade out or die dirty!
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
The IPL fever...Back in India- 2010!
I was going through the advertisements of IPL 2010. The underlying theme that comes out clearly is - "Last time it was in South Africa and this time its in India, So expect a bigger and better show".
Its true that , last time players might have missed on the Indian playing conditions, teams have missed on the Indian cricket frenzy crowd - or should we call them 'The audience', management missed out on the opportunity to mint more money and the Cricket lovers of this sub-continent missed out on the excitement.
Things have started rolling on a positive note this year, except for the fiasco between IPl and Players from Pakistan. The IPL ads that have come up this year have been conceived by JWT and features all the team captains with the punch line " We missed you" - i.e. we missed the excitement of playing in India. One exception being KKR where, "dada" (Saurav Ganguly) says "Dada ne bhi aapko miss kiya" rather than saying " Humne (we) aapko miss kiya"...So you see example of a strong leader overshadowing a team!
Anyways what ever the situation may be I am looking forward for the excitement and My best wished with 'Dada'..... oops! KKR!
Links to the IP ads:
Monday, December 14, 2009
Organisation Intelligence:The data to Information to Pattern shift...
In the business environment today, the difference between survival and extinction often rests on a thin edge of higher efficiency in reacting to complex business situations and providing the basis for improved business decisions. This all is dependent on how we collect, assimilate and interpret credible data and it is here that Data mining and Data warehousing comes into picture. It helps us in improving the quality and effectiveness of assimilating data and interpreting it for future business decision-making process. Proper implementation of Data mining can help an organization achieve high return on investment decisions by exploiting one of the enterprise’s most valuable and often overlooked assets—DATA!
The basic function of Organisation Intelligence is:
Collecting Data -> Formatting it -> Converting it into useful information -> Trying to capture a pattern. This pattern helps the organisation to take a decision in devising a new strategy.
Through the diagram below, I have tried to capture the essence of this above statement:
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Do we break the barriers ?
June 2008, the Jammu strike entered into its 2nd week and the blockage on national highway wasn’t removed. Tons of export quality apples were rotting in the barn of Kashmiri farmer’s, because there is no other way apart from the highway, to send them out for selling or export. The help is available, just few kilometers away, the Pakistani town on the other side of the border. But alas! They cannot trade, because it is an international border, which is sealed to stop infiltration of terrorists.
On the other hand, we witness free bartering system of agricultural and related products, amongst the bordering villages and towns of Nepal and India. This open trade across the border, seems to be boon for people on both sides of the border, but gives rise to nefarious activities like smuggling, drug pedaling, flesh trade and infiltration of terrorists (Maoists).
The big question is - what needs to be done? Should we keep the borders open, so that bordering villages and towns trade freely, or shall we seal the borders?
The only thing that stops us from saying an emphatic ‘yes’, is the security threat. As seen in the case of Nepal, though the free trade has been a positive gain for the bordering residents, but it has turned out to be a haven for antisocial elements.
So, is free trade the main culprit? No, it is the lack of proper manned security checks, like we have between Mexico and USA. Now that’s not an easy task, what we can do instead is, encourage free trade between the border villages / towns and handover an incentive to the villagers for taking care of the security concerns. In a way this would mean a social obligation for the villagers, failing which the borders would get sealed again and they would loose in the longer run. This would encourage the villagers to handle the security more stringently.
According to Assocham study, presently, Indian origin goods are traded through Dubai and Singapore to Pakistan, which is more than 25 percent of total Pakistani imports. This leads to higher cost of the product resulting in lesser demand. Also, there are lots of products like leather and sports goods, which we can procure from Pakistan at a much cheaper price than the prices that we pay now. At present annual (official) trade between the two countries is around $200 million and unofficial trade or smuggling via third countries is estimated at $1 billion. In other words, the volume of trade is much below the potential. Hence, facilitating free trade across the borders, would be beneficial to both sides, and the trade level would jump dramatically
Also, both the countries presently, invest heavily in maintaining the security of their mutual borders and have incur heavy expenditure in arming themselves up to the teeth, against each other.
Details of disparity between expenditures on defense and Education & Health care, of both the countries:
Country Total Expenditure layout for 2008-09 Defense Expenditure (%ge of total expenditure) Expenditure on Health, education etc.(%ge of total expenditure)
India (in INR Rs.) 617996 114600(18.5%) 28126(4.6%)
Pakistan (in Pakistani Rs. 2087027 311303(15%) 35712(1.7%)
As per budget layout of 2008-09.
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10/bag/bag3.htm
http://www.finance.gov.pk/admin/images/budget/Budget%20in%20Brief%202009-10.pdf
As the trade grows between the border villages/ towns, the power of the common citizens on either side would grow, employment would increase, lot of questions would get answered, conflicts would get resolved and who knows we might very well end up as being supportive and friendly neighbors. This in turn would decrease the defense budgets for each country and hope fully a huge chunk of it would be diverted towards building up of nations infrastructure, primary education and basic health care facilities.
As a whole, allowing free trade with no barriers and with a little incentive to the people on either side of the border for taking the onus of security, both the nations would be better off in the longer run.
Isn’t that what we are looking forward to?
______________________________________________________________________
Through the above essay I have tried to analyse the following principles of economics:
1. Free trade, without barriers, can make everyone better off
2. People respond to incentives.
References:
http://www.assocham.org
June 2008, the Jammu strike entered into its 2nd week and the blockage on national highway wasn’t removed. Tons of export quality apples were rotting in the barn of Kashmiri farmer’s, because there is no other way apart from the highway, to send them out for selling or export. The help is available, just few kilometers away, the Pakistani town on the other side of the border. But alas! They cannot trade, because it is an international border, which is sealed to stop infiltration of terrorists.
On the other hand, we witness free bartering system of agricultural and related products, amongst the bordering villages and towns of Nepal and India. This open trade across the border, seems to be boon for people on both sides of the border, but gives rise to nefarious activities like smuggling, drug pedaling, flesh trade and infiltration of terrorists (Maoists).
The big question is - what needs to be done? Should we keep the borders open, so that bordering villages and towns trade freely, or shall we seal the borders?
The only thing that stops us from saying an emphatic ‘yes’, is the security threat. As seen in the case of Nepal, though the free trade has been a positive gain for the bordering residents, but it has turned out to be a haven for antisocial elements.
So, is free trade the main culprit? No, it is the lack of proper manned security checks, like we have between Mexico and USA. Now that’s not an easy task, what we can do instead is, encourage free trade between the border villages / towns and handover an incentive to the villagers for taking care of the security concerns. In a way this would mean a social obligation for the villagers, failing which the borders would get sealed again and they would loose in the longer run. This would encourage the villagers to handle the security more stringently.
According to Assocham study, presently, Indian origin goods are traded through Dubai and Singapore to Pakistan, which is more than 25 percent of total Pakistani imports. This leads to higher cost of the product resulting in lesser demand. Also, there are lots of products like leather and sports goods, which we can procure from Pakistan at a much cheaper price than the prices that we pay now. At present annual (official) trade between the two countries is around $200 million and unofficial trade or smuggling via third countries is estimated at $1 billion. In other words, the volume of trade is much below the potential. Hence, facilitating free trade across the borders, would be beneficial to both sides, and the trade level would jump dramatically
Also, both the countries presently, invest heavily in maintaining the security of their mutual borders and have incur heavy expenditure in arming themselves up to the teeth, against each other.
Details of disparity between expenditures on defense and Education & Health care, of both the countries:
Country Total Expenditure layout for 2008-09 Defense Expenditure (%ge of total expenditure) Expenditure on Health, education etc.(%ge of total expenditure)
India (in INR Rs.) 617996 114600(18.5%) 28126(4.6%)
Pakistan (in Pakistani Rs. 2087027 311303(15%) 35712(1.7%)
As per budget layout of 2008-09.
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10/bag/bag3.htm
http://www.finance.gov.pk/admin/images/budget/Budget%20in%20Brief%202009-10.pdf
As the trade grows between the border villages/ towns, the power of the common citizens on either side would grow, employment would increase, lot of questions would get answered, conflicts would get resolved and who knows we might very well end up as being supportive and friendly neighbors. This in turn would decrease the defense budgets for each country and hope fully a huge chunk of it would be diverted towards building up of nations infrastructure, primary education and basic health care facilities.
As a whole, allowing free trade with no barriers and with a little incentive to the people on either side of the border for taking the onus of security, both the nations would be better off in the longer run.
Isn’t that what we are looking forward to?
______________________________________________________________________
Through the above essay I have tried to analyse the following principles of economics:
1. Free trade, without barriers, can make everyone better off
2. People respond to incentives.
References:
http://www.assocham.org
Friday, August 10, 2007
Learnings from Liefe....Through my eyes...
Well it is generally said that ' Experience is a comb that a person gets, when he has grown bald'.....I don't believe in that, A individual can always learn but given that :
* First and most important, One is ready to see their own mistakes... (believe me its the
hardest)
* One is ready to see this world through unbiased eyes....
* One is ready to have a burning fire for knowledge yet he/she remains calm and humble...
* One is ready to Listen, and say 'No' wherever its necessary...
* One is ready to make decisions and brave enough to sacrifice things for others
well being....(this is a hard one as well)
* Dream from your heart and never let your dreams die...they often come true..
* Last, but not the least do not try to see mistakes in others if it is not going to harm any one....
(just like the spelling mistake in my Tittle!)
Unfortunately life doesnot come with a crash course for learning life principles, then why not learn from each other's experience...This is my try to make your life better.....hope it works!
* First and most important, One is ready to see their own mistakes... (believe me its the
hardest)
* One is ready to see this world through unbiased eyes....
* One is ready to have a burning fire for knowledge yet he/she remains calm and humble...
* One is ready to Listen, and say 'No' wherever its necessary...
* One is ready to make decisions and brave enough to sacrifice things for others
well being....(this is a hard one as well)
* Dream from your heart and never let your dreams die...they often come true..
* Last, but not the least do not try to see mistakes in others if it is not going to harm any one....
(just like the spelling mistake in my Tittle!)
Unfortunately life doesnot come with a crash course for learning life principles, then why not learn from each other's experience...This is my try to make your life better.....hope it works!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Tenacity......
Lets talk straight.....I am a bengali and I admire Saurav Ganguly a.k.a "Dada"!
Stop! before you start looking at my name and deduce that as being a bengali myself, I admire 'Dada"...No, I do not admire 'Dada" because he is bengali, I admire 'Dada" because he has prooved to be such a good example for the word "Tenacity" - (Noun) - meaning persistent determination.
Off course there are other examples and every one has his/her favourites.
Tenacity, the character so which is so much missing in our generation.
Today, when I (true to many others) fail in a admission test to a good college, I say that I do not have time to sit down again and take the test again next time.
Today, when I ( true to many others) fail to get a good salary upgrade , I wish to quit the company instead of staying back in it and fighting out for a better salary upgrade.
Today, when we hear about riots in other parts of the state, we easily start blaming the other religion instead of giving a determined effort in trying to mend the relation between the two.
Today, when we face failures in life we start blaming life saying that 'life isn't fair to me', instead of giving a determined fight back...
Just give this a thought, how would a person feel when he is ousted from a national team which he was leading, in front of the whole world media and when the whole country looked at him as a failure......he could have easily said that I give up and hang his shoes for a life time...
But he did not, he fought back...with a persistent determination -i.e. tenacity....
So if he can, can't we? after all we are all humans.....
Stop! before you start looking at my name and deduce that as being a bengali myself, I admire 'Dada"...No, I do not admire 'Dada" because he is bengali, I admire 'Dada" because he has prooved to be such a good example for the word "Tenacity" - (Noun) - meaning persistent determination.
Off course there are other examples and every one has his/her favourites.
Tenacity, the character so which is so much missing in our generation.
Today, when I (true to many others) fail in a admission test to a good college, I say that I do not have time to sit down again and take the test again next time.
Today, when I ( true to many others) fail to get a good salary upgrade , I wish to quit the company instead of staying back in it and fighting out for a better salary upgrade.
Today, when we hear about riots in other parts of the state, we easily start blaming the other religion instead of giving a determined effort in trying to mend the relation between the two.
Today, when we face failures in life we start blaming life saying that 'life isn't fair to me', instead of giving a determined fight back...
Just give this a thought, how would a person feel when he is ousted from a national team which he was leading, in front of the whole world media and when the whole country looked at him as a failure......he could have easily said that I give up and hang his shoes for a life time...
But he did not, he fought back...with a persistent determination -i.e. tenacity....
So if he can, can't we? after all we are all humans.....
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Dravid Vs Ponting
Lets go! Scrutinize two different personalities and the environment they live in: Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid.
Rahul Dravid: Captain of the Indian cricket team
Success Rate as Captain(ODI): 53%
Personal batting avg: 41.5 (approx)
Indian Team batting average(2006 ODI): 30
Indian Team bowling average(2006 ODI):29
Ricky ponting: Captain of the Australian cricket team
Success Rate as Captain(ODI): 81%
Personal batting avg: 42 (approx)
Australian Team batting average(2006 ODI): 36.5
Australian Team bowling average(2006 ODI):26
Points that are worth noticing from the above stats are:
1. Both Captains have similar batting averages
2. Both countries have appreciable batting and bowling averages
3. BUT, Australia has a better success rate.
Now the question is WHY? the million dollar question which every Indian asks, every member in the BCCI is banging there heads on......
You may agree or disagree to the next couple of lines that has been put down as an answer to the above question (No, I do not want the Million dollarthough!) based on my personal observations.
August 2006: My job brought me to Melbourne, Australia. Since past 4 months I observed the people here and have come to conclusion that...unlike us, the Indians, they are very enthusiastic, Sporting, Professional and Sporting people.
They not only like Cricket, they also like Footie, rowing, football, rugby, swimming and lot many other sports....no surprise Melbourne is presently ranked as world's No. 1 sporting City, surpassing Sydney!!
So, people back here enjoy the game...be it on the ground or off the ground.
Aussies back here support their team but do not abuse it when they loose!
Aussies support every game, not expecting to win....but expecting to get the best enjoyment from it...
Hence winning or loosing doesnot matter to them...because they aren't looking for that....as a result they play with less pressure, more confidence and in a more winning fashion...
Hope.....this answers it all.....
Lets not play to win, lets play to enjoy
Lets not support a winning Indian Team and abuse a loosing one, Lets cheer them up for every match what ever the result is.......
Lets enjoy the game....!!!
Rahul Dravid: Captain of the Indian cricket team
Success Rate as Captain(ODI): 53%
Personal batting avg: 41.5 (approx)
Indian Team batting average(2006 ODI): 30
Indian Team bowling average(2006 ODI):29
Ricky ponting: Captain of the Australian cricket team
Success Rate as Captain(ODI): 81%
Personal batting avg: 42 (approx)
Australian Team batting average(2006 ODI): 36.5
Australian Team bowling average(2006 ODI):26
Points that are worth noticing from the above stats are:
1. Both Captains have similar batting averages
2. Both countries have appreciable batting and bowling averages
3. BUT, Australia has a better success rate.
Now the question is WHY? the million dollar question which every Indian asks, every member in the BCCI is banging there heads on......
You may agree or disagree to the next couple of lines that has been put down as an answer to the above question (No, I do not want the Million dollarthough!) based on my personal observations.
August 2006: My job brought me to Melbourne, Australia. Since past 4 months I observed the people here and have come to conclusion that...unlike us, the Indians, they are very enthusiastic, Sporting, Professional and Sporting people.
They not only like Cricket, they also like Footie, rowing, football, rugby, swimming and lot many other sports....no surprise Melbourne is presently ranked as world's No. 1 sporting City, surpassing Sydney!!
So, people back here enjoy the game...be it on the ground or off the ground.
Aussies back here support their team but do not abuse it when they loose!
Aussies support every game, not expecting to win....but expecting to get the best enjoyment from it...
Hence winning or loosing doesnot matter to them...because they aren't looking for that....as a result they play with less pressure, more confidence and in a more winning fashion...
Hope.....this answers it all.....
Lets not play to win, lets play to enjoy
Lets not support a winning Indian Team and abuse a loosing one, Lets cheer them up for every match what ever the result is.......
Lets enjoy the game....!!!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Can we change?
I believe that No one on this planet would love to hurt anyone...But sometimes we do!Under the influence of Situations and Prejudice - the two great evils.
I have always envied the people who would remain calm and would say "yes" to what ever you ask from them....
Lets figure out this together.
When was the last time, you said "NO" to someone,when you could have said "yes"? (offcourse you won't say someone yes, if he/she tells you to kill someone!)
When was the last time, you made someone sad?
When was the last time, you had become the reason of someones smile?
when was the last time, you went to sleep with a smile on your mind?
If we ask ourselves these questions on a regular basis, I believe the answer would come from within us.(offcourse that doesnot hold true for politicians!)
Hope we would change when we meet next time!
I have always envied the people who would remain calm and would say "yes" to what ever you ask from them....
Lets figure out this together.
When was the last time, you said "NO" to someone,when you could have said "yes"? (offcourse you won't say someone yes, if he/she tells you to kill someone!)
When was the last time, you made someone sad?
When was the last time, you had become the reason of someones smile?
when was the last time, you went to sleep with a smile on your mind?
If we ask ourselves these questions on a regular basis, I believe the answer would come from within us.(offcourse that doesnot hold true for politicians!)
Hope we would change when we meet next time!
Friday, October 06, 2006
Knowing the true colours.
7th, October, 2006- Melbourne,Aus.
Well, its true that you know a person only when you spend a lot of time with them or when that person earns a lot of money.
I experienced it in Melbourne, when I travelled down here to address my job needs.
People whom I have respected a lot (off-course not out of age) for their attitude towards work and life, have turned out to be hypocrites here!
People who had always returned a smile in India would turn their face away and say do not disturb me now!
And I strongly believe that this is the case with many of us,isn't it?
well, then the question is what exactly has happened? Have we changed as well?
To be true... I believe that one must not care if the other person behaves rudely or has changed a lot, just enjoy your life and see to it that you do not hurt others.
Because there are always other things and other people which/who are more important than these things.
Love life, Live Life ....
Well, its true that you know a person only when you spend a lot of time with them or when that person earns a lot of money.
I experienced it in Melbourne, when I travelled down here to address my job needs.
People whom I have respected a lot (off-course not out of age) for their attitude towards work and life, have turned out to be hypocrites here!
People who had always returned a smile in India would turn their face away and say do not disturb me now!
And I strongly believe that this is the case with many of us,isn't it?
well, then the question is what exactly has happened? Have we changed as well?
To be true... I believe that one must not care if the other person behaves rudely or has changed a lot, just enjoy your life and see to it that you do not hurt others.
Because there are always other things and other people which/who are more important than these things.
Love life, Live Life ....
Monday, June 12, 2006
BACK to PAST!
Well This is no science fiction or Time machine truth...
I went to Raurkela after 6 years...long time to visit a place where you have finished up your school, made life time friends and last but not the least a place where you have so many memories attached with....
It was really nostalgic two days in Raurkela; I visited my school M.G.M and it still remais the same except for the school buses painted yellow and a basket ball ground at the sports arena.
Though the summer vacation was on yet i could see myself running through the corridors...it's so recent!
I went to the place where we lived, Sector 18...the football ground is still present there but, yes a new breed playing there game now....I met a few of our neighbours and they were really surprised to see me after such a long time....
As i boarded the train to return back to Kolkata i asked to myself that have am I growing OLD...is time passing by....but then its true miles to go before I sleep.....
I went to Raurkela after 6 years...long time to visit a place where you have finished up your school, made life time friends and last but not the least a place where you have so many memories attached with....
It was really nostalgic two days in Raurkela; I visited my school M.G.M and it still remais the same except for the school buses painted yellow and a basket ball ground at the sports arena.
Though the summer vacation was on yet i could see myself running through the corridors...it's so recent!
I went to the place where we lived, Sector 18...the football ground is still present there but, yes a new breed playing there game now....I met a few of our neighbours and they were really surprised to see me after such a long time....
As i boarded the train to return back to Kolkata i asked to myself that have am I growing OLD...is time passing by....but then its true miles to go before I sleep.....
Monday, May 15, 2006
RESERVATION: A leap backwards!
Caution Notice: I have written this blog keeping in mind that WE Indians still have a voice and we do not need politicians to meddle with us. We are bold enough to stand up to anything that is wrong...So anyone who is reading this blog with a divided mind may please absatian from the same; because you need to be on either side of the road, being in between would do nothing but crush you.
Well, I as a citizen of Free democratic India believe, that everyone of us should get equal rights in every field.
The moment I think this, I do not abstain the SCs, STs and OBCs from it.
Today, I accept that at one point of time our bretherens were subjected to atrocities based on caste system; at that point of time our ancestors had this in there heart and mind...
But, Today....the scenario is differnet..
Education has chaged it a lot...
I donot believe in cast system anymore..let me naarate a story to you...
Manoj was a close friend of mine...
We had shared tiffins, Good and bad times...but all that changed when he got into one of the premier engineering colleges of INDIA, even when he had secured a rank much lower than me; reason being he was in the reserved category......
Well I was sad at that point of time, but I understood that knowledge cannot be reserved....
when I saw him not faring well in his college exams....Sad but true...
And this is how a goverment; which is by the people, for the people and of the people...changes the relationships betwen its citizens...and nurtures ill will...I never saw manoj as a backward class member but Government made me to see it....should I say my eyes opened to the stark reality
I believe reservations should be made for the weaker sections of the society not based on knowledge but rather, on will to learn...and that can be gauged through competitive exams.
By reservation I believe you make that class more weaker and vulnerable....since my friend Manoj is still searching for a job...!
Well, I as a citizen of Free democratic India believe, that everyone of us should get equal rights in every field.
The moment I think this, I do not abstain the SCs, STs and OBCs from it.
Today, I accept that at one point of time our bretherens were subjected to atrocities based on caste system; at that point of time our ancestors had this in there heart and mind...
But, Today....the scenario is differnet..
Education has chaged it a lot...
I donot believe in cast system anymore..let me naarate a story to you...
Manoj was a close friend of mine...
We had shared tiffins, Good and bad times...but all that changed when he got into one of the premier engineering colleges of INDIA, even when he had secured a rank much lower than me; reason being he was in the reserved category......
Well I was sad at that point of time, but I understood that knowledge cannot be reserved....
when I saw him not faring well in his college exams....Sad but true...
And this is how a goverment; which is by the people, for the people and of the people...changes the relationships betwen its citizens...and nurtures ill will...I never saw manoj as a backward class member but Government made me to see it....should I say my eyes opened to the stark reality
I believe reservations should be made for the weaker sections of the society not based on knowledge but rather, on will to learn...and that can be gauged through competitive exams.
By reservation I believe you make that class more weaker and vulnerable....since my friend Manoj is still searching for a job...!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
What's NEW and HAPPY about 2006?
Well we are into another Year...YEAR 2006... Every corner of the world celebrated it... from TimeSquare to Sydney...People frolicking around, partying....wishing each other a "Happy New Year"....But alas! I think (others might not) whats New and Happy about this Year?
At this point of time it would seem a bit pessimistic...but hold on... Lets See the reality...
Time: 31st night, 2005.
France- the Fashion Capital of the world - was burning; Reason - Racial & Ethinic differences. Bihar, India .... 6 people Burnt alive; Reason - Racial and Cast differences.
Astreet in any place in the world: a poor kid asking for 2 bucks for his dinner...
A home any where in the world: A fight between Father-Son, Mother- daughter, brothers, sisters and couples! and many more such incidents if we look around....
it might not have happened with you....but you are vulnerable too... and still we go on to celebrate wishing every one a "Happy New year".....
But wait...I am not that pessimistic... We still have Good positive things happening around... and the best thing thats happening is that everyone, from every corner of the world gets his/her Faith Renewed...Faith that every thing would turn right one day, Faith that no one would go to sleep hungry any more, Faith that no more killings...Faith that a day when every thing would turn Golden, Faith that a day when we wish every one "Enjoy Life" rather than wishing "Happy New year"......
But till then theres lot many years to come.....and here, I am sitting in a dangy Internet cafe....Wishing the whole world "A Happy New Year"......Do Enjoy Life..!
At this point of time it would seem a bit pessimistic...but hold on... Lets See the reality...
Time: 31st night, 2005.
France- the Fashion Capital of the world - was burning; Reason - Racial & Ethinic differences. Bihar, India .... 6 people Burnt alive; Reason - Racial and Cast differences.
Astreet in any place in the world: a poor kid asking for 2 bucks for his dinner...
A home any where in the world: A fight between Father-Son, Mother- daughter, brothers, sisters and couples! and many more such incidents if we look around....
it might not have happened with you....but you are vulnerable too... and still we go on to celebrate wishing every one a "Happy New year".....
But wait...I am not that pessimistic... We still have Good positive things happening around... and the best thing thats happening is that everyone, from every corner of the world gets his/her Faith Renewed...Faith that every thing would turn right one day, Faith that no one would go to sleep hungry any more, Faith that no more killings...Faith that a day when every thing would turn Golden, Faith that a day when we wish every one "Enjoy Life" rather than wishing "Happy New year"......
But till then theres lot many years to come.....and here, I am sitting in a dangy Internet cafe....Wishing the whole world "A Happy New Year"......Do Enjoy Life..!
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Hi all Engineers of India!
Sorry for getting to ethinic and biased.....and greeting only "Engineers of India"...well that is what this book talks about -- " Five point Someone - by Chetan Bhagat"....
Or should I have said " Hi all IIT engineers of India, Specially from IIT Delhi !"....
Well that's for you people to decide after reading the book....
Well Chetan if you are reading my blog (others can take it as tips for their future endeavours in writing), then here are certain Feedback (offcourse that's totally personal):
1. Chetan you have used a very lucid language that really helps in bringing out the picture...like you have written it in a splendid manner.
2. You have ridiculed IIT in a great way, though I feel at this point of time, you miss it a lot...
3. You became too Dark about "Venkat", "Prof. Cherian" and certain other characters...but believe me if they were not what the were...then Hari's, Ryan's and Alok's life would have gone for a toss....(Any way do not misinterpret me as Venkat type or Prof. Cherian type, I am more of Hari type!)
4. Parents should have been given more respect (Both Aloks Parents and Haris Father....you might have hurt a lot sentiments!)
5. Last but not the least, you are ending was perfect to come up with "Five point Someone Part II" !
Carry on the good work Chetan...
Hey coming back to my Blog readers...I am presently reaing Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler...shall put my reviews for them as well...wish hitler was alive to read my blog!
Sorry for getting to ethinic and biased.....and greeting only "Engineers of India"...well that is what this book talks about -- " Five point Someone - by Chetan Bhagat"....
Or should I have said " Hi all IIT engineers of India, Specially from IIT Delhi !"....
Well that's for you people to decide after reading the book....
Well Chetan if you are reading my blog (others can take it as tips for their future endeavours in writing), then here are certain Feedback (offcourse that's totally personal):
1. Chetan you have used a very lucid language that really helps in bringing out the picture...like you have written it in a splendid manner.
2. You have ridiculed IIT in a great way, though I feel at this point of time, you miss it a lot...
3. You became too Dark about "Venkat", "Prof. Cherian" and certain other characters...but believe me if they were not what the were...then Hari's, Ryan's and Alok's life would have gone for a toss....(Any way do not misinterpret me as Venkat type or Prof. Cherian type, I am more of Hari type!)
4. Parents should have been given more respect (Both Aloks Parents and Haris Father....you might have hurt a lot sentiments!)
5. Last but not the least, you are ending was perfect to come up with "Five point Someone Part II" !
Carry on the good work Chetan...
Hey coming back to my Blog readers...I am presently reaing Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler...shall put my reviews for them as well...wish hitler was alive to read my blog!
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Is it wrong to be Ambitous?
Todays Generation is ambitous!
Yah they are, they dream of earning more in less time, and in that hunt they either burn out, Get frustrated or become a Success!!
But Success as we know doesnot come easy and often we loose out in the race….
But should that stop us in dreaming, should we blame it on the size of our dreams?
NO! I believe we must dream, however big the dream may be, we must dream….What matters most is the way we achieve or dream, the path we take on to achieve our dream…..If we loose out, we must know that we did not choose the right path, we must start again…
So I would Suggest that a person who dreams a 7 digit monthly salary the following:
- Choose the right path i.e. means
- Let not your dream become a thorn or an obstacle for any one else, especially your family.
- Have the tenacity to fight back in case of failure – be strong, be determined.
Last but not the Least I want people to Go for what they have in their mind with full heart....because Life Is one time, irreversible journey...Go!
Friday, September 16, 2005
Dil mange more..!!
We humans have been crying from the day one when we come out from the comfort of our Mothers womb. We start whining that the world always goes the opposite way We want it to go.
We seem to fight with marks and percentages when We are in school, We seem to fight with Jobs and better jobs when we grow up...then we fight for our soulmates and once we get them we fight with our soulmates!
As we grow to become more matured we start crying more just like our politicians who are so reluctant to leave their Strongholds; And we cry hoarse on Laloo...afterall he is behaving the natural way.
Suddenly one day the doctor says that you must take care of your heart or else you would loose this race called life...and you dive into depth of frustration and find out ways to survive saying that "why is GOD doing this to me, I just started enjoying life..."
ALAS! my friends GOD doesnot answer back...but i feel if he/she were to answer back then he would surely have said that "Child you just wasted your life, wish I could have told you earlier...."
See...GOD too is complaining...
We seem to fight with marks and percentages when We are in school, We seem to fight with Jobs and better jobs when we grow up...then we fight for our soulmates and once we get them we fight with our soulmates!
As we grow to become more matured we start crying more just like our politicians who are so reluctant to leave their Strongholds; And we cry hoarse on Laloo...afterall he is behaving the natural way.
Suddenly one day the doctor says that you must take care of your heart or else you would loose this race called life...and you dive into depth of frustration and find out ways to survive saying that "why is GOD doing this to me, I just started enjoying life..."
ALAS! my friends GOD doesnot answer back...but i feel if he/she were to answer back then he would surely have said that "Child you just wasted your life, wish I could have told you earlier...."
See...GOD too is complaining...
Friday, August 19, 2005
illusionary World of Software...
Think of this situation---
Final Year in College, Thinking of joining big names like Infosys, TCS , Wipro and others, wondering how would you look wearing that kool attitude of a software engineer; coding all day long infact goin for night outs....
STOP! stop dreaming friends lifes not so easy back here.....
well you never are kool in this field unless you have done enough documentation, have spent enough of time on bench doing absolutely nothing, have done only copy paste kind off code changes and last but not the least have atleasted switched two or more jobs...
Because by then you have spent 3-4 years of your period and you would be leading group of people, infact dreamers just like you are now...
Believe me its a hard task to manage dreamers, because they get frustrated easily since nothing is according to their dreams in this world.....
So wake up my friend....nothing comes for free......except frustration!!
after all Gold too has to pass the test of fire.....
Final Year in College, Thinking of joining big names like Infosys, TCS , Wipro and others, wondering how would you look wearing that kool attitude of a software engineer; coding all day long infact goin for night outs....
STOP! stop dreaming friends lifes not so easy back here.....
well you never are kool in this field unless you have done enough documentation, have spent enough of time on bench doing absolutely nothing, have done only copy paste kind off code changes and last but not the least have atleasted switched two or more jobs...
Because by then you have spent 3-4 years of your period and you would be leading group of people, infact dreamers just like you are now...
Believe me its a hard task to manage dreamers, because they get frustrated easily since nothing is according to their dreams in this world.....
So wake up my friend....nothing comes for free......except frustration!!
after all Gold too has to pass the test of fire.....
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
News about me...
Hey! I got a prize...not the first Prize but second....
Any way wasn't expecting that one...it was totally an impromptu Session.
Went on to attend a debate held in Infosys on 5th of august, just as an audience.
But voluntered for a debating on a topic, since participants were missing.
And to my surprise was selected for the final round.
Topic for the first round was " Should Camera Phones be banned?" - I spoke against it.
Topic for the final round was " Endorsements for Indian Cricketers --Good or bad" i spoke Against.
Any way we could not make it in the final round , well you can see me and my partner recieving the second prize.
End of the day -- a good learning experience!!
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Rain brings out the true face....
Mumbai,26th July 2005, more than 1000 dead
-- yet another myth is shattered...another stark reality stands in front of us...
Till now we thought it as Shanghai of India and now it has changed to venice!
How powerful and punishing is nature and how weak are We...
We the people of India...
We do have a habbit of talking big when we haven't done our homework correctly...
We leave in a democratic country, but are unaware of its rights...
We know Rome was not built in one day, but we orselves try to do the same...
Its high time we learn something or one day we mightnot even get a chance to stand again....
-- yet another myth is shattered...another stark reality stands in front of us...
Till now we thought it as Shanghai of India and now it has changed to venice!
How powerful and punishing is nature and how weak are We...
We the people of India...
We do have a habbit of talking big when we haven't done our homework correctly...
We leave in a democratic country, but are unaware of its rights...
We know Rome was not built in one day, but we orselves try to do the same...
Its high time we learn something or one day we mightnot even get a chance to stand again....
Friday, July 29, 2005
Help Yourself To Fight.....
Yesterday was really a great day…it was my Birthday…
I had a nice time in office as well as home…
But alas! Today I had quarrel at home in morning, a problem in the office with my boss….feeling a bit feverish with a running nose….and all of a sudden it seems like the whole world is running after me…
Hey how many have gone through such emotions before….
Honest enough …I have been through such emotions a lot many times…
I didn’t find anyone for help…I had to go through these feelings alone…
I tried to share them but …failed….after all everything is not accepted to be shared with everyone…
So there’s the catch…we are sent to live on earth on all our own….
Such situations comes in our way as an opportunity from which we gather experience, knowledge…at such times we come to know what’s the strength we have…after all a ship looks nice in harbor but that’s not what it is meant for…isn’t it.
So from the next time when ever you are Angry, frustrated, disgusted …
Whenever you feel like every part of your Body is giving away…
Remember one thing….you are alone in this world…you have to know your strength, you are the only person who can help yourself…..So Rise Awake till you reach your Goal….Come what may…..
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