The Dark Corridor ;)

Ones life is always a mixed bag. The good and the bad times come and go. So far in the last few years, I have always come across this place where there are different corridors that I get to choose. The brilliance of these corridors is that the lighting technology is such a way that some look well lit at the entrance but its dark beyond.. some you see light so faint, some are too dark, some small, some long, but none showing whats inside. The scariest part is that, every one of the people around me day in and day out bring me to this chamber, and I m mercilessly told start walking, I ll meet  you soon. Its as though the they have planned something evil for me and I feel monsters and ogres inside waiting to have me for a lunch. These are the moments I sincerely pray for the angels to come to my rescue. well 1800 - Angels is usually a busy number, and post recession, God has indulged in Downsizing his staff. !. The point I m trying to make is choices are really difficult to make. These corridors some times have the paintings of people on their walls - a tribute to people who have chosen that route. But usually A Google search does not reveal it. - sad that  , Google is still not the answer to our lives.. Hmmm...
Well once you start entering a corridor, you are usually cheered from behind, but when you start walking the sounds become faint and the only sound that you hear is the sound of your heart beat. Its kind of eerie,  and well here and there you find a picture or two, mostly of people whom you don't recognize.

A day came to me, when I was told , Mr., 'Walk'. A dilemma started and all corridors looked equally scary. I looked around, but there wasn't any one in sight. But on the far left hand corridor I saw this inscription :
                
                               Stranger, You Aint Alone,
                               The  Routes Aint Dark,
                               Thy Mind, is your Friend
                               Thy heart is is your Enemy.

On the Right End yet another Inscription read as follows :

                               Stranger, You are Alone,

                               The  Routes are Dark,

                               Thy Mind, is your Enemy

                               Thy heart is is your Friend.

 I was baffled at this opposites and sat down and re read all the Eight lines. I some how was puzzled at the logic. but I was sure there is some meaning to all this. Maybe I should put them together..
And here is what I found, These are  inscribed just to confuse your mind. We come across many Situations where our heart and Mind speaks differently. For Example, I love that Guy, But He is  not financially Stable.
When Choosing the corridor, is to question your mind, convince him to be a friend.
A situation will come when mind has no answer, for example - Why Do I Love him ? Don't go for your mind to answer such questions . Trust your heart, its usually always right. But listen to it carefully, cause when you start walking through the corridor, remember you ll hear only your heart beats, and don't be scared then.
This may look like no logic to you. well I just wrote it just understand myself..
anyways, Thanks for reading till Here.. see u !!

                            

   

The Only Heaven on Earth

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the World.So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when He Noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "$10,000 per call".he being intrigued,asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for.priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and for $10,000 one could talk to God.American thanked the priest and went along his way.Next stop was in Japan.There @a very large cathedral, he saw the Same golden telephone with the same sign under it.He asked a nearby Nun what its purpose was.She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 He Could talk to God."O.K., thank you," said the American.He then travelled to Pakistan, Srilanka, Russia, Germany and France.In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same"$10,000 Per call" sign under it. The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel to up to India to See if Indians had the same phone.He arrived in India,In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000Per call" sign under it. Then he arrived Kerala the first church he entered,He saw there Was the same golden telephone,but this time the sign under it "One Rupee per call." The American was surprised so he asked the priest about it" Father, I've traveled all over World and I've seen this same GoldenTelephone in many churches. All of them told that it is a direct line to Heaven,But in the Kerala price was "One Rupee per call." Why is it so cheap here The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Kerala now,GOD's OWN COUNTRY Son - it's a Local Call".
THE ONLY HEAVEN ON EARTH - KERALA

Critical for Success- City Planning Management

India is a strong country on many terms. Large Human resources bases, intellectual capital, sound financial policies etc. I am a city boy and from my observations the biggest threat to India in terms of Human Development Index (HDI) is the coming up of unplanned cities. This is a grave threat to both people living in such cities as well as the micro environment surrounding that area.

Though it’s almost impossible to control nature’s fury like floods or earthquakes preparing for it can be ideal thing to do. The age old saying prevention is better than cure still holds true. Mumbai floods would not have happened if proper planning had gone into the setting up of the infrastructure. Here is where we need a course on City Planning & management. I am not too sure if a course on this exists elsewhere but I am sure it’s a much needed course in India.

I am neither academician nor an expert on how city planning should go about. But I believe it can be add on to the current MBA course as it covers the elemental Human Resource Management, operations & finance. A civil engineer or Architectural engineers are not the only people who can do this course. But we need people who are creative so as to plan the landscape, Bio Marine experts who can manage the water bodies and various other experts form diverse domains. We need marketing people to find out what the needs of the users are and also for their negotiating and communication skills.

Yes there are a number of private players building their townships but the need of the hour is the participation of the Government and the Public Hand in Hand. Yes there is a huge cost involved in rebuilding but an opportunity exists to work on the smaller towns and municipalities. As the saying goes, “Rome was not built in a day”.

India - Focus on agriculture for a strong Future

The Turn of centuary saw India emerging as a strong economy. This was attributed to the strong policies and a young and vibrant democracy; Acadmically inclined youth and a desire to succeed. But one of the main reason other than the opportunities for business here is the fact that wages were lower compared to the more developed economies. But has anyone wondered why the wages are low. Its simply coz the food cost is low. Food consumption is the major driver of the economy. Consider this, The money earned by a person is primarily spent on food , clothing and shelter. As far as India Is concerened food and clothing we are self sufficient. This helped us in keeping the prices of these commodities low.

So here is the catch. In this season of inflation we should ask ourselves what is happening? The country is not able to meet the food requirements of this nation with a vast poppulation that with sufficient spending power. The continued increase on prices of essenstial commodities would result in an upward salry demand. This would on the long run result in India not being a preferred partner in trade as salary would match that of developed nations. This may happen within the next 25 years at the current inflation rate. The prices of goods are expected to be 5 times of what it is now.

The only way to prevent that and protect the country's growing stature is to ensure food security. There should be a strong focus on agriculture, and the next 5 year plans should give prime importance to this. A green revolution and a white revolution made India what it is today. Thanks to the efforts of Swaminathan and Kurien we are a nation that rarely imports food. But times are changing and if we are not prepared to meet the increased demand, a good chance that the inflation would consume us and result in slowing down of industrialisation. A consumer state is always on the tenter hook. This is what happened to US in the recent times. A reason why they had  to go for outsourcing.

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IPL The new Big Bully

I ll try to keep this short and frank.

If IPL is what you are looking forward to.. well consider this IPL itself is taking everything backwards. It has become a huge monopolistic organisation that would beat the Ego of the erstwhile East India Company. IPL 3 is more bigger and this time around you would be able to watch the matches on the Big screens. Its expected to be more colorful and more fun to watch out for.

But consider this, IPL has prohibited newscasters from broadcasting match clippings for more than 7 minutes a day. Even that can happen only after 30 minutes post the presentation ceremony.  Fans wearing a rival competitors tee shirt would have to remove it and wear the sponsors tee shirt in the stadias. I.e if you and I happen to sport a Airtel Tee shirt , some organizers would come, politely request me to strip it off and wear the Vodafone T- shirt.

Dont I have the freedom to wear what I wish? Is the 4th estate a mere puppet? 

People think, we are feeding a monster that dictates terms on how to enjoy a sport.

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A Buzz of Scraps, Tweets and Posts

' The computer beats me @ checkers, but i'll sure beat it at kickboxing '. A 'buzz' by my friend remarking about his Acer Laptop. Welcome my friends , to the connected world , where your only limits of communication is your imagination. To the people who are still hocked on to blogs, articles, cases and magazines, explore for yourself how the world has adopted or rather become competent in the use of language. Someone thought " I dont have the time to go through endless pages of data, but sure I 'll consider if its said in a sentence." This is the underlying concept of the new world order i.e communication ver 3.0

Here we are, it’s a pity that you people are still reading this blog when I could have simply said, " I like Buzz better than Scraps but would prefer tweets over posts." Sounds simple isn't it? Well there you are, this is how the world wishes to communicate right from POTUS {Abr: President of The United States} to a common man like me. When one turns back a couple of and looks at how much the world has changed, one would say not a big deal. But everything has changed about the way we think. There was a time when people rarely wished to express themselves. But look now, even if you are yawning away to glory in an economics class one doesn’t' hesitate to tweet about it.

Here is where the beauty is. Now imagine the economic professor is also part of the network, instantly he can change the way the class is presented, the least asking the student to step out of the class!! This is where we have reached. Instant communication. One liners have become more fashionable and the more you are creative, more the fun it is.

Long gone are e mails, on its way out is blogs (except for academic writing) and will be replaced by instant communication.

The biggest gainers are the marketing people. If I happen to be a marketing guy I would immediately spot that the fellow is not too happy with his Acer Notebook. Either I would try to find out what his problem is or simply post a link that would lead to more fashionable and latest notebook. Marketing will be redefined in this decade. A whole new set of ideas must be found out on how to use the latest form of communication. Meanwhile folks who have not tried Twitter or Buzz or Facebook, do soon or die! You are missing out on loads of fun that’s happening right on your fingertips.

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