Sunday, February 22, 2009
Jack of all trades…. Master of one???
Monday, February 2, 2009
Culture Vultures………….
What is more scary is the kind of debate that we are having over the violent acts that happened in mangalore.There can be no two ways about it. It was against the law and every person who was involved must be dealt with severely and punished. Just like in case of the other issues we often miss the point.This is not the time to debate whether pub is part our culture or not and what it does to the youngsters of our nation. This is a debate that has to wait.What is more important is that if people start taking law into their own hands for such frivolous things where is our nation headed. The writing is on the wall. These people have to be reined in and it has to be done with a highest level of urgency.If we wait and watch this is going to be a disease that is going to take up dangerous proportions.It was both comical and pathetic to see a member of the national womans council come out condemning the people in the pub saying that they were wearing so called NUDE CLOTHES and inpart justifying the violent attacks.Now I really don’t know what that means but all I can say is that it is very distressing to see that a person in such a position could even be supporting such violent incidents and giving reasons for that to happen.
No amount of reasoning can justify such violent acts.I do believe and accept that the nations culture is deterioating and needs to be addressed but that will happen over some time and not overnight.It will take more meaningfull ways than just hooliganism.It is important that good culture is practised but to try and force it in such a way would do no good. The younger generation needs to believe and understand the importance of the good things that our traditions and culture hold in them. The more we try to supress things without giving a valid reason there is going to be more revolting against it. If youngsters can be trusted to vote and select a nation’s leader I am sure they can be trusted to make their choices wisely. It’s a matter of guidance and helping them make those choices the right way and things must be fine. Violence has never been part of our culture and it is an irony that someone would use that as a means to propagate good culture.
If these pople are not dealt with it will set a bad precedent and we should be preapred to see more incidents like this. The lethargic attitude displayed by the authorities and the government will lead us to point of no return.But I guess in a country where the difference between politicians and such miscreants is hardly present or very blurred, these are on the expected lines and more can be expected.Everything boils down to law and law enforcers.If the law enforcement does not change for the better , this is just the beginning.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
BAD TIMES?????... LetZ PARTY!!!!!
At a time when the nation along with the rest of the world is struggling through tough times , hoping that this comes to an end at the earliest, a gala event of this magnitude seems to be the most inappropriate thing for an incoming president to do.It defies logic…. Bailout package, forclosures and bankruptcy has been the theme for over a few months now and despite a crisis that’s hanging over everyone , the new elect and his party men unmindfull of the scenario are going ahead with such celebrations unabashedly. Different estimates peg the cost of this event to be around $150 million.Now that is indeed a large amount money down the drain I would say. As an incoming administration the least that they could do to show some solidarity with the public at such terrible times is show a little bit of restraint and avoid such wasteful expenditure. Are these signs of the incoming administration for what is to be expected in the future. The past was that one man came…he saw … he spent and he is leaving. Has the next one come to continue the legacy.Makes one wonder if the trust and the expectations have been misplaced.I Hope NOT….. I hope some sense comes back and prevails.
Monday, January 12, 2009
SATYAM .... MAYTAS ...
Coming as it did , it was a true shocker.A BOLT out of the blue sky!!!! Fourth largest IT company is absolutely nothing as it is now , fallen from grace so hard that it has pulled with it the country as well.The idea that a person magnified an organization's balance sheet in broad daylight without anybody even having a hint of it.... well this raises a lot of questions about corporate governance in India.One person's wish and thought today has literally brought to halt so many peoples dreams and the countries as well.Temporary it may be but still has the undesired impact on the country's image.SATYAM... MAYTAS ..the very word that symbloizes truth has become the symbol of deceit and untruthfulness.
The growth story sure has gone awry . With an already weakend Global economy having impacted Inida’s economy, this just takes it one step further .It is sure going to be a long and hard struggle for evey business to come back where they have been hit and move on from there. But yes it is time to take stock and be realistic. Over the days I have listened to various people speaking on this issue and it sounds as though they are determined to dig their own graves and sleep in it for the rest of their lives. Yes Satyam WAS ONE of the well known companies reflecting India and its growth story across the world but that in no way should undermine what others bring to the table.We are not just one of company.There are other’s who have done even better who can still go out there , proudly lead india’s growth story.Every country has had its share of corporate governance failures and we are not the first and we shall not be the last.
A nation of TATA’s , Infy’s and so on can do better than just keep wondering what hit it so hard. Its time we stop blowing one bad incident out of proportion.But as I do say that we move on I do also hope and wish that there is just one such bad apple in the lot and we don’t come across more.Its time we stop the rhetoric of what this has done and start looking for meaningful ways to tide over this nasty wave and march ahead into future.
The government has stepped in.But governments being what they are it is highly unrealistic to expect them to do eveything the right way and clear out things but lets hope .But the onus is more on the corporates themselves who will have to set straight a few things, have more self governance ensure that they do not forego values, ethics and business standards for the sake of unrealistic sense of achievements. Hopefully this incident turns out to be a good lesson and corporates learn from this. Well….just as is the case in many other issues in our nations ……Lets us WAIT AND WATCH!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Attitude for Change
Hmm... It has been a few days since i started writing this blog but never got to complete this. It was an interesting break which has actually given me an experience which I would like to highlight since this is exactly what I refer to when I say ATTITUDE.It just happened that three of us got into a discussion of various things and so we stumbled upon the very topic that I am writing this blog on.I suggested that its all about doing the little things correctly by everyone that could help us to improve our country.As a case in point,I stated the example where we can come across so many educated people working in top firms crossing the roads by jumping over he medians and all other stunts that are not supposed to be done thereby putting the not only their life at risk but also creating problems for others.This is a classic example where even the educated in our country fail to follow or respect the rules and flout them openly.Now these are the small things that I am talking about .If we can correct ourselves and do such simple things the way we are supposed to it , that will do a world of good for our country.But it was not to be, my good friend who was also part of the discussion was not willing to look at it this way.What frustrated me the most about the discussion with my good friend was that he kept telling me reasons as to why some people do it.This is what I call ATTITUDE and simply reflects the mentality of the large part of our country. We keep tellling that people in another country are so good , they follow the rules and so on and so forth.But when we start discussing about our country we come up with reasons as to why one does it... but never why one should not do it.The most pathetic thing was that this other person felt that it was the persons talent to jump median and reach safely so what was wrong!!!!!!! What do i say???? Reasoning as to change ...we have to look as to why one should do it the right way and not reason and justify why some so it the wrong way. Just wishing will not work .Everyone has to realize that it is going to take determination and desire to improve things in our country.This has got to change for us and our country to see the light of the day.... and I wish , hope that this does become a reality.
" BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WISH TO SEE"... ... This has got to start from me and hope it does!!!!!!!!
--SrK