Man – Kind

There are lots of chat shows these days on road rage, terrorism, divorce blah blah blah… chaired by the intellectuals of urban India and some 50 mute participants. At the end of the show, all will raise their hands in consent for “MAN – KIND.” The moment lights gets off people watching it and the so-called intellectuals will become the famous three monkeys.

In the fast paced urban life, I have never seen anybody stopping their vehicle to help the elderly to cross their road or helping a break down vehicle. All of them will roll up their windows to enjoy the music and the power of AC in the car. Everyone including me does the same.

Last week on our pilgrimage to sabarimala, the driver banged the car on a huge stone kept by some lorry cleaner to move his loaded lorry on a steep rise. The guy moved on leaving the stone behind. I heard a bang underneath and realized something serious would have happened. We got out of the car and saw diesel flowing from the tank like water from an open pipe. I was damn irritated for being in the middle of a highway at nine in the night with no idea about the distance to the nearest town and clueless how to rectify. I was furious with the guy who had kept the stone there to the extent that the next day another news would have come in NDTV on road rage.

All who traveled being managers in reputed company all we could do was serious analysis on the situation and plans on path forward. Before we could finalize on the action plan couple of tough looking guys jumped from a jeep and rushed to us. Seeing their approach, I thought they are some dacoits and they will loot us. To my surprise, they sympathized with us on the situation and checked the leakage from the tank. They suggested us to drive the car to the nearest town that is 10kms away and check for feasibility in terms of welding the tank. They followed us until the nearest mechanic shop and on the way they have called up another mechanic to be ready for helping us. We were lucky enough to get the trouble sorted out in the first shop itself. The driver of the jeep called me 3 times and his dad called me once to enquire about the status and to know whether they could be of any help. Such a move floored me and I thought “MAN-KIND” is still there with people and only we urban honchos lack it. The mechanic took four full hours to rectify it and charged us only 350 bucks.

We moved from these villages to metros and we loose the heart to help each other. It is just that we should look out for helping others and not only seeking help. Close the windows to enjoy the AC but open the door of your mind to bring in happiness to others. Bring a smile on others face. Mankind will definitely live for another million years.

Mr.President

I always feel very pissed off when I see the fight between political parties on seat sharing, bribery cases, wasting peoples money, child abuse, rape, malnutrition and the list goes on. At times I dream if I be the President of India and bring in changes which will be free of all this and we all live in a better India.

If I become the President of India, I would bring in the following changes

• President will have all the powers and not like the rubber stamp as we have now.
• Abolish all religion and caste. People can follow their religion and culture but no reservations for studies or job.
• All schools to follow same standard of education.
• Free education for all students till class XII
• For people working in India 10% salary and 20% of salary have to be contributed towards education plan.
• Indian citizens studied under scholarship should work in India for a minimum of 10years.
• Graduation, Masters and Higher studies on merit basis.
• Every citizen to serve in police for 2 years, military 2 years and civil services for 1 year.
• All rivers will be unite. Rivers are national resource and state government will not have any right on it.
• Ration cards only for family comprising of four people.
• No subsidies for family having more than two child.
• Every transaction should be on bill.
• Companies with annual turnover of 50crores and above should adopt one school.
• Cut hands of citizens found bribing or receiving bribe in public.
• Specified number of hoardings and neon lights allowed in a city.
• Every citizen including politicians retirement age is 55years.
• No court case should be open more than a year.
• If same judgment given in the lower and higher court, case cannot be taken at Supreme Court.
• If Supreme Court verdict is against the higher and lower court, lawyers and judges involved in the case will be put behind bars.
• Each house cannot own more than two cars and two bikes for personal use.
• Every citizen to cast his or her vote mandatorily Failing to do so will be fined with cut in subsidies and only 50% of the salary will be paid for next 5 years.
  
  Theres lot more to do to make India a real superpower. Wish our politicians and public wake up soon and start realize the dream of India which is a better place to live.
  
  Jai Hind

Five Point Someone

I think by now most of them would have read this wonderful book. I am not that ardent reader who will purchase books every now and then and read it. I hardly buy any books. This jus that I dropped into the cafeteria at shoppers stop after a long but small shopping, I saw this book and immediately thought should buy because of 2 reasons 1.I haven’t been to IIT and 2.I don’t want to read a bloated story of some bookworm. The main thing to strike me was the title itself (what not to do in IIT)

The story revolves around three guys. It covers all aspects of a college and hostel life. It had a resemblance of my own life, where I used to skip classes and go for a drink or movie. Going to the roof to have grass or locking up the room for a private drink party with my roommates to share our feeling on results or the gal with whom we have a crush. The author has really worked on the characters and story to make the book to be an addictive one.

Every individual who writes a blog has a dream of writing a book. This book gives you the confidence to write a book with a simple story of what you have seen in life. Its jus that we should have a message to say. At the end, I though okay why cant, I write one. I know its bit too much from me, but “AN IDEA CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE”
Wish I could score FIVE POINT SOMETHING for my book

The Media Menace

India post 90’s saw more and more private channels coming in. For people like me who grew up waiting for every Wednesday to watch chithrahaar (hindi songs), Sunday noon regional movie and evening Hindi movie it was a welcome break. For the first time we could see regional channels showing movies and songs on a daily basis and news also in our own language. As years passed by channels started mushrooming, catering to different category (news, entertainment, sports, etc) we all were so happy to see new one every month offering new dimension to watching television.

My irritation is not on the number of channels coming up, but on the impact it leaves on people and the way it changes their lifestyle. Days have gone where everyone in the family use to sit together and enjoy watching TV. Now it’s more of a fight of what to watch by whom. Being a male you end up on the loosing side to watch those malicious serials, which doesn’t having any meaning at all. By the time you get the remote in your hand and switch to news channels you hate the decision to do so. With each channel competing with each other on exceeding the advt slots than airing news.

Now the channels have gone one step further in making people to believe what they show is truth through sting operations. Just to increase their TRP’s these news channels create own story and cook up to show that they have saved India from dire straits. Not only that now these channels have become more powerful than government (No wonder each party owns a media house) and judiciary. They pick up one case and showcase to the level that they have bought in justice to people who were involved. The funniest factor is they run a sms campaign to justify it. I’m not saying doing this they are wrong but my argument is whether they are more worried on the verdict or increase their viewership.

Yesterday I happened to see another crap, where they aired Abhishek and Aishwarya going to Taj Mahal. Is this is a news to be put on a national news channel? Doesn’t India have other problems, which people should be aware off? Why cant they think kids watching this will be ignorant of differentiating what’s important and what not???

News channels should have a moral responsibility of showing the facts and relevant to one’s life. They should not be biased and should educate people on civics. Hope a day will come when these channels will show programs or news, which are worth watching. Or else it will be doomsday sooner or later.

The art of achieving the target

The title would reflect as if I’m a management guru or a top class sales person who have put in decades of service in achieving my target every time. But the fact is about how I manage to meet my target of having my lunch and evening drink through others money.
As a sales guy you always want the support of somebody to deliver your results. Here I’m thankful to God for introducing me to a guy who has similar thoughts and action of doing the things like I do. For both of us its only one aims to have a sumptuous lunch in a good hotel and nice drink in the evening.

The day would start at 9am when I leave for my office and he too with his daily routine. We plan on the lunch aspect first. It’s always easier to finalize on one project and proceed further. First we both try sneak through each other. After a long battle either of us will say ok (once in a month) or we would be ready with tactics to find our prey. We go about in choosing our prey and zero in on couple of them. Then we choose the person each of us will contact. We will go about finding their plan and their preference. If the person is not available for lunch then we will lure him for evening drink. The strategy would be if someone buys us lunch he would be taken along with us for the drink or vice versa.

There is one guy who is an easy pick and we will always keep him as our last option. As in any sales here too we have to bear all the process of humiliation, sarcastic comments, etc. But for us it’s way of life. There is one particular customer who always acts funny in front of us and gives all weird reasons to escape from our clutches but being bit smart than him and knowing his intentions we would convince him on buying a drink for somebody else whom we all know where we also will be part of it. Sometimes we strike jackpot wherein we will be having our friends coming from other locations that would call us up and fix for both lunch and dinner.

End of the day we both appreciate each other on accomplishment of our task and will look out for the next day. And in any point in time it is never say die attitude that makes us to reach our goal consistently. I’m not sure how long this would go but until we meet the target its fine. Like any sales call there would be some commitments which you will never be able to make like we promise our clients on the mega treat that we would give for them. The day when all our clients join an association and fight, that day we will escape!!!

P.S: Writing this blog after a free meal and looking out for a free drink in the evening.

Sultan on field and slaves at home

It’s been 6 months since I had written my blog. My previous post didn’t receive any comments so I was bit skeptic to continue it. But there was always an inner soul, which urges me to blog on lots of topic. Its high time I start again and shed my feelings through the blogs no matter is there any visitor at all.

The title would relate to most of the married men (also to guys on the deadly trap of love). I have come across many guys whom they call themselves as Sultan in their occupation and actually they are. The fun is these so called sultans are actually slaves at home. I have a very close circle of friends with whom I go for a drink or two on the fag end of the day.

The initial plan would have all the members agreeing to meet up and as the day goes by the numbers start decreasing with each one throwing up different reasons for not joining. Its not that they actually want to skip but because of the orders they get from the emperor at home. Even the brave guys who turn up would have actually told that he is not interested to go but its because of compulsion he is going. There comes another twist, even by mistake you happen to meet those emperors you will be seen as a deadly virus who is killing their kingdom.

Why all these sultans who terrorize the team they handle couldn’t actually convince their emperor at home. Why cant they be the sultan at home too? What stops a man from saying the truth and justify his reason for a drink? Its not just with my gang and but with 90% of the population who drink.
Is there anyone who could tell me the exact reason coz I couldn’t find it from these emperors too? Till the time I get the answers I have to follow the usual stuff of pointing fingers on others. I know my gang would accept that because already I would have been the scapegoat at their home.

Innovation

I always wonder whats that differentiates a normal guy and a rich person???? What makes him so special?why such a huge fan following?whats that he has done so different that he is treated as demi god in his own proffession??
whats that sachin,rajini,amitabh,jackie chan or tiger woods do for them to be a super star,its not that they have invented a new sport or new culture all that they have tried to do is innovate.Which I consider is the key to their success.
Any person who tries to do what others have done will only be a duplicate and never a replica is treated as whats done to the original.Its always that little bit of innovation that catches the eyes of others.thats what we have to learn.learn the art of innovation....
But the only question arises is why to innovate and not invent????