Sunday, January 17, 2010

Real Life Leadership Situations..The success of getting ahead is getting started!!


Two weeks back I got a call from Sujoy and he was keen on meeting me.Its more than 2 years that we kept ourselves hooked on to occasional bickering about the same old recession and corporate gossips.However this time I could sense "spring" in his voice.
When I met him I was floored by the heights he has scaled as an Equity Investor in a Retail venture.I was zapped by the way he has moved ahead in his ambition to become the Managing Director of Grubs Quick Service restaurant chain along with 2 of his friends.Yes Sujoy you have done a pretty neat job which required lot of motivation to pull that "nail" of being a corporate servant from your life.

"Grubs" caters to both young and old generations with its menu and I suddenly found myself becoming a "foodie".The food tasted excellent and is comparable to any "upmarket" brands available in the market.Though the journey by Sujoy was not on beaten paths and I am sure he is on his way to reach the pinnacle of success.Today he exudes lot of confidence in the fence sitters who has "job" in mind and "business" in their heart to come our of their comfort zone.

While Sujoy peppered our talks with intermittent calls from interested investors in his venture ,it also showed that owning a business brings lot of responsibility in you,as you "father" a brand as well the futures of quite a few people associated with you.

All the best Sujoy on your maiden venture and you have inspired many like me!!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Republic of Cowards!!


Shame !! Shame !!

How can two Tamil Nadu ministers and a scores of policemen just standby and be mute spectator to a profusely bleeding injured policeman?

These politician dare to slug it out in the Tamil Nadu assembly with iron rods and motorcycle chains.Where had this daring vanish on seeing an injured policeman on the highway.How can you Mr Minister stand sheepishly and leave the man who is from the clan who protects your life, to die???

You are are coward...Don't ever utter the word courage from your dirty mouth!!

You should resign from your the public post immediately...

Even before the blood had dried on the streets of Tamil Nadu the SP has started justifying the actions of his masters.

Shame !! Shame !!

Friday, January 8, 2010

Dancing with the wolves!!


The recent incidents of certain high ranking policemen attending the party thrown by crimino-politician is tight slap on the Executive and Judiciary of the nation,cannot say anything of Legislature as they are hand in gloves with "bhai log".One cannot believe that the police does not know about the criminals and their holy acts.Many a times the police are well aware of the criminal activities and they are duly rewarded to keep mum.

All these acts of omission and commission of the higher mortals have to be paid through lives of the middle class.Who cares of middle class and as they are nothing more than political fodders in the so called "of the people,by the people and for the people" democracy?

However the larger issue is why the police takes criminal's side?
Is it the fear of not being in the right side of the criminals?
Or it is the money which stitches their mouth from speaking against the anti social elements?

Is it possible for lowly Inspector ranked police to side the gang lords,or the political masters actually controls the whole nexus and the police is just a pawn!!

In this vicious environment even Rabindranath would not have dared to write..

WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR AND HEAD HELD HIGH
WHERE KNOWLEDGE IS FREE
WHERE THE WORLD HAS NOT BROKEN UP INTO FRAGMENTS
BY NARROW DOMESTICS WALLS
WHERE WORDS COME OUT FROM THE DEPTH OF TRUTH
WHERE TIRELESS STRIVING STRETCHES ITS ARMS TOWARDS PERFECTION
WHERE THE CLEAR STREAM OF REASON HAS NO LOST
ITS WAY IN THE DREARY SAND OF DEAD HABIT
WHERE THE MIND IS LED FORWARD BY THEE INTO
EVER WIDENING THOUGHT AND ACTION
INTO THAT HEAVEN OF FREEDOM, MY FATHER,
LET MY COUNTRY AWAKE



When nothing works,"A Wednesday" works in this country in deep slumber!!