March 30, 2010

IPL makes it clear Old is Gold

The Indian Premier League, the cricket bonanza of indian subcontinent is making it veryu clear that old is always gold. Take the performance in batting and bowling section and see the top leaders are none other than our own veterans like kallis and Murlidharan. even our own Sachin, Sehwag are also not far behind, who can afford to forget oldies like warne and Gilcrist.
this shows that oldies are still close to basics of the game and newcomers need to take hint from it.
people say age takes the toll but Sachin and Jaysurya has proved otherwise. So where is the key to consistent performance - simple follw the basics.
I wish all the newcomers to be away from glamour side of the game during initial days and follow a rule to use it moderately for their earnings off the cricket field.

Power always makes thing Perfect

There is saying in Hindu epic Ramayana- "Samrath kou nahi dosh gosain" - meaning powerful is above misdeed. Probably these words are getting support by numerous examples we read or see around us.
there are filmi heroes,worshipped like god and godesses flaunting social rules at a drop of a hat, they dont bother to recognise that their acts are looked upon and folllowed by their fans without a second thought. These film star promise to marry one someday and change partners without a blink and still pose as they are right in thier deeds in the name of freedon to live thier life as per thier wish.
Same goes with politicians when they talk of justice and fairness when they are opposing something but the moment thier own misdeeds are questions they become ignorant and unavailable for clarification.
why we allow these hypocracy around us ? are we hypocrates ourselves ?

March 28, 2010

Indian population not for Political Parties

Indian masses are fighting tooth and nail to save tax while negotiating inflation and poor economic results. But its a matter of surprise that all leading political parties of india are paying income tax in three digits. Be it Congress, BJP, BSP or SP.
The value of these parties has gone up by many folds since 2002.

I just wish income statement of ordinary indian also grows with similar pace.

October 3, 2009

Secularism – the common Verbal fashion of every Indian

In India, secularism appears to be a topic for getting media bytes. Everybody seems to be master of this word as long as verbal efforts are required. Nobody seems to understand the meaning or keen enough to practice it.

Secularism does not mean to being above hindu or muslim sect, it is beyond being Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain or any other faith or believes. Secularism asks you to be human first, religion comes second.

We hear politician discussing Secularism of Gnadhi, Nehru, Jinnah, Patel etc etc….. and love to pass statements after statements just to be in lime light and misguide the still 50% uneducated public to gain some silly but important political benefits.

Why there are news of Stone Pelting on the procession of Godess Durga in some cities like Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Basti etc of Uttar Pradesh during festival season of Dussera and Durga Puja ? Why these so called literate politicians and leaders are not urging people to behave properly and respect others’ religion.

Why Secularism get only lip service, why we don’t adopt it in letter and spirit ?

September 24, 2009

Fatal Attraction of Inducing Consumption

The recent advertisement of a leading Tea Brand in India to make people aware of their voting right and the need to set accountability of Public Servant, minister, politician was much appreciated by all and sundry.

The second phase of ad campaign asked people to stop paying bribes and very cleverly asked consumers to offer Tea as a DRINK instead of money etc in form of bribe. It was a good pun on the current social norms of getting work done by others.

BUT the third leg of that campaign says to offer A particular Brand of BHUJIA along with promoted Brand of Tea. I feel the beauty of Campaign created by earlier two campaigns is lost as marketer could not get away from the FATAL ATTARCTION OF INDUCING CONSUMPTION in his campaign and to me the beauty and pun of the campaign set earlier got evaporated with current campaign.

Please, Don’t waste the soul of a very effective and lasting Brand recall campaign by getting attracted to small benefits of promoting products.

Age of Judgement

It was shocking to read in newspaper headline that average time taken for a court case in India is 15 year.

No wonder why corruption is so wide spread and unending evil in Indian Society. People committing crime are taking benefit of this long drawn process of judicial system and playing with Law.

If the proposed initiative to set up 5000 new fast track court is materialised with an objective to reduce the judgement time from 15 years to 1 year by year 2012. If this objective is achieved I am sure Indian Society will get the much needed relief from corruption in Judicial and allied process related to Judicial and Police, Political system, politicians, and even masses will get a relief and hope to get the justice faster and in relevant time.

We will stop reading news like 20 lacs compensation paid to people who served jail for allegation of murder but eventually found that the person said to murdered found p living hail and hearty.

I welcome the proposed initiative like Gram Nyayalayas, 3 shift working for courts to clear the backlog of 2.75 crore legal cases, fixing of 6 month time frame a verdict from the date of filing of case till decision. Clubbing of Identical cases will also ease the pressure of pending cases.

The thought to providing Laptops to Trial court judges is a positive and much needed action. This will certainly help them to act fast and effectively.

On the whole the propose initiatives are great and needed to be welcome by all of us. I am sure these efforts will help India more progressive and pressure of corruption can be checked.

September 22, 2009

Politics of Economy Class

Penny wise Pound foolish; I feel the current controversy over ministerial expenses over official tours, staying etc has gain momentum without any real time concern by these shouting mass who is pretending to be very upright in discharging their duties and working as per laid down norms.

Mr Shashi Tharoor may be wrong in occupying expensive hotel room, but there are many others who are spending government money without a second thought. The “Cattle Class” remark is not in good taste, the point is taken but many senior leaders occupying government properties without their entitlement or expiry of their entitlement should also be criticised and views in same spirit.

Some odd trips by Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi in economy class will certainly make people think before spending government and tax payers’ money. It is a positive gesture shown by them and needed to be followed by all MPs and other senior government officials.

Why we always want to learn on others mistakes OR realise when others draw attention to a mistake committed? Why can we be UPRIGHT from the start and be governed by our self-consciousness towards important aspects of life?

As they say preaching is easier than doing, we should make right efforts to set examples for others to follow. This can be the simple logic here.

September 15, 2009

Why Strikes are so common in India?

I wonder why we face so many strikes in India. Everyday we find one or other services on offer by government even by private sector are on strike. These striking parties or groups can be doctors, engineers, civil servants, lawyers, drivers, pilots, etc. you name any profession and I bet that group has utilise this STRIKE as weapon to make his point.

Why these strikes happen? I feel we Indians have become so aloof to others concern that until that person takes some strong retaliatory action we never notice his genuine or otherwise need. OR we have stopped being responsible enough to discharge our duties properly. If we are performing as defined no body should feel short of services obtained by him.

These doctors, lawyers, drivers, pilots, bankers etc never think of problem caused to others. They or all others on strike or planning a strike to make their Point understood by concerned authorities should think of other manner to make their felt by concerned. BUT they should never stop their work and cause loss to their organisation, society, nation and ultimately to themselves.

They can launch awareness program through media, publicity, protests with badges, walks on Sunday or holidays, even after office hours, I am confident if public comes to know their this productive protest for genuine demands every single person would join them irrespective of his/her profession.

India got liberated not because only politicians were fighting the battle, actually all and sundry were together for one common cause. So, my simple IQ says don’t go for strike based on your profession, make your point in public and let the public help you. Public will join you if they know your demands are genuine and you are respecting public’s need and not discontinuing your services.

May people understand this simple logic.

September 14, 2009

Clouds over Indian Sunrise Industries

Prior to current recession two sectors were said to be sunrise industries in India, namely Retail and Insurance. All the big names like Reliance, Birla, Bharti, Biyanis, RPG were making every effort possible under the sun to have a substantial pie of the Retail Market of India.

Everyone of these big business conglomerate were having ambitious expansion plans and recruitments were on full pace. But all of sudden every thing is on put on back burner. Marketers are trying to consolidate the business first and they are having a re-look on their strategy. Most of them adopted wait and watch policy.

People were cherishing high salaries and plenty of work opportunities, people were being recruited in hundreds, and mind it these positions were not limited to metros, people were recruited for B and C class towns too.

But then came the recession and came the jolt. All expansion plans got stopped or delayed for indefinite time; people hired were either retrenched or were asked to go far off places to save their jobs. All of sudden party was over. Salaried got shrunk to half in many cases.

But India Proved again that being conservative makes you win many a times too, and the conservative economy of India has sustained this global slowdown with lesser pain. Things are moving up again and faster in India as compared to other countries.

People are getting hopeful again to have better job and business prospects. Many other allied industries like training, placement, job consultancy have started getting positive feedbacks from their clients. Hiring in sales function has started for freshers too, earlier hiring were done to fill existing posts getting vacant by people movements.

I hope, the Retail Boom will again start making its presence felt. Indian consumers will make India overcome this mild jolt of recession during the forthcoming festive period. I wish all the consumer products companies to announce heft sales during the October, November and December 2009.

Year 2010 should bring all round prosperity to India and every INDIAN. I have this simple logic this time.

September 8, 2009

Love Jungle, Save Forest

I want to thank people behind the TV shows like Is jungle se mujhe ...... they have make people look the better side of forests. they have made people realise that jungle are the place that can be used to search sprituality, simliplicity and vulnerability of humans.
They make you humble, as they take away your taodays comforts and make you learn to live with nature.
I feel we all should help government in saving jungle and increase forest cover.

August 22, 2009

Not learning from Traditions

In India, we are so busy following western practices and rules forgetting almost better traditions of our own culture. Be it eduaction system, life style, management of companies, buiness entities OR administration of nation as a whole or administration of small units like villages.

Today i want to remind my readers the age old system of Guptchars or say local intelligence. we are lacking this system amidst development of many latest systems taking help of many complicated gadgets. But despite all these latest technological developments Security and Safety of our nation is very weak. Analysis of major security breaches and terror incidents tell that the very basic inofrmation system of local intelligence was at fault.

I see it as a very simple logic to develop local intelligence system more robust and functional at all levels and take benefit of system used since ancient times in India.

August 16, 2009

Success makes you humble. Who said it ?

Yes, who said it ? Success makes you humble seems to be a proverb of yester years. No a days small time players with almost negligible recognition and successes feel themselves apart from this world.

They need special treatment beyond public eyes, but once on stage and other wise you can not stand their tantrums.

It’s not a matter of small time politicians, Filmi Hero and Heroines of bollywood OR Hollywood. Probably it is first step of stardom. These people feel themselves beyond law of the land.

There are Nth examples of such behaviours of our celebrities. The recent brouhaha over SRK’s detention at US airport is one latest example. If you treat yourself a god citizen you should not feel uncomfortable in following law of the land.

Why you need special treatment, why you need privileges? You, in fact, are not doing any social good, as an actor or player you are paid HEFTY pay cheques. I wonder why Sachin Tendulkar needs exemption in custom duty for his sports car when he can pay that easily. Why Sharukh Khan or Amitabh Bachhan should be treated above security rules of any country.

As a good citizen we or they should never ask for such privileges, IF success makes you humble it is good. Because, people will admire you more and will look up to you as a person with exemplary deeds. Why to cut short your image by small incidents like this.

August 6, 2009

Unsporting Indian Cricketers

It is really very unfortunate to observe that Indian cricketers, who are treated as Gods, act as self cantered people. Perhaps they all need BIG Money But no Responsibilities even smaller ones.

Recent uproar on WADA guidelines is the latest example of their “I am different” approach. The reasons given by them as their concerns in following WADA guidelines for 'Implementing an Effective Whereabouts Program’ look immature and unprofessional.

They want to earn BIG money from sports but are reluctant to come forward to help bring transparency and act for the betterment of the system. When all other leading Sports persons are agreeing and following these rules with no privacy concern, I wonder what harm it could do to cricketers.

A sport person is treated as a disciplined person who is open to challenges and a person who keeps on stretching his limits to perform better and better. But our Indian lot of cricketers seems to be of different class of sports persons who are more concerned with their personal benefits and comforts more than setting examples by following rules that are in benefits of Sports. A very un-professional and unsporting attitude.

July 31, 2009

Entertainment via REALTY Shows

Well Indian TV audience are getting taste of 2nd phase of realty shows. The current lot of Shows like "Mujhe is Jungle Se bachao" or; Sach Ka Samna or the Splitsville of MTV are also getting due publicity for thier unaurthodox views and format.

Producers and Channels have grown up post BIG BOSS but probably Indian Society is not. People are not comfortable to accept these programs openly though their hypocratic nature is making them these shows every day.

The fan following of "is jungle....." good, people want to see others spending their life in remote locations, why they are more intersted in listening to conversions of them and ignoring the sound of their own spouce and kids. The shower glipms of this program are aired to capture more eyeballs for the show. what is this ? what are we doing to promote our shows? where is the entertainment in seeing this? a TV is watched more in common living room in India against personal rooms of west, so why we are allowing all this..
Why in the name of truth we are exposing one personality in public view and making them earn by this uncovering of relations?

These are not good signs.... People involved as a participants also need to understand their moral responsibility and use thier IQ. They can not pollute society for some rupees.


Why we indian show producers are more open to copy programs rather inventing some new formats. Indian culture and social diversity can give many clues to have good healthy entertainment for entire family.

Even Advertisements of Condoms, Sanitary pads and anti pregnancy drugs create discomfort as small kid also enquire about these ads and even copy these ads by singing the jingles.

July 20, 2009

Parenting - the trend of neglecting Child

In todays' competitive world people are becoming more and more career oriented. They are keen to establish themselves first in their repective area of profession and only after attanin the desired level only these boys or girls are planning for thier marriage and have family.

This career orientation of younger geeration has raised the average marriageable age to 27-30 years for boy and 25 to 28 years for girls. Getting marriage at these ages is not called late marriage as comparied to late 60s and 70s.

For these career oriented people kids are also not first priority, as mostly they want just one kid and that too after enjoying married life for 2-3 after marriage. So they get thier first child almost in early 30s. Again kid needs time and personal care from parents.

But most of the time these parent avoid or neglect the basic human bonding with their kid due to extream office pressure or ignorance due to lack of joint families.

They want to earn and collect maximum before marriage, birth of a child and even after for many milestones of life, but they lack the human caring and sharing.

young parents should know earning big money is important for many other aspects of life. but a kid need time of parent first than money and other material comforts.

We should think of this current shift in Parening of young couples/ parents.

July 17, 2009

Rape of Indian Democracy

Where are the actual rape victims? No body is bothered about them, neither local administration nor the police of Uttar Pradesh.

The real issue of rape victims is almost forgotten and statements of so called people’s representatives are making news. Each one is accusing other for misuse of powers and others capacity to raise voice in favor of those unprivileged and backwards who are looking up these politicians and leaders to help them join the main stream of development. Leaders are fighting for their interests nor the interest of actual parties.

No body is sure what one has said about other, but one thing is sure that you should not utter smallest of disagreement with people in power.

Burning of opponents’ house and putting them in jail by putting serious allegations has become norm of today’s politics. I feel it as a real rape of politics in India. We should be ashamed of it.

It’s a tussle of big names like Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati and Rita Bahuguna and many more stalwarts of Indian Politics, we will see who wins. But one this is known to everybody that it is defeat of Indian Politics and degrading of political values and thoughts.

July 5, 2009

The Gay India

The recent High Court Judgment to allow sex among consenting adults of same sex has created furor across the country. People in metros and so called big A class cities are celebrating as freedom attaned from British Raj.

India does boast places like Khajuraho and Konark where anyone can have evidence of oral, anal or even sex with animals. These sculpture on people indulged in sexual act are not made to promote erotica, they were dipiction of knowledge. when things like this prevailing in society since ages, why to make so much noise.

Sex between two consenting adult is not a mere fact of choice it is the outcome of strife battle of fittest and available opportunities. the falling sex ratio in states like Punjab, Haryana, Gujrat etc will definatly call for lifting of ban against GAY movement in India.

Due to stressful life urban life and survival of fittest feeling has left many to explore and satisfy their physical requirements with easily available options.

Artcile 377 need a retrospection and other laws related to rape, sexual harrasement, human rights etc need due amendments to give them more teeth as people with purterbed mind will try to take help of relaxation given in article 377.

Indian culture has been leader to teach principals of life to many other civilisation and societies but the learning it is making from them is not so good.
logics dont permit sexual relations among same sex.

Ration for family, if kid goes to school

It would be rare decision taken by government to have better ustilisation of relief provided to masses. The recent discussion and contemplation by a minister in UP state government is to be analysed. Its a great thought to allow ration to people living below the poverty line only when the children of the family is attending school.

If this suggesiton incorporated as rule, it will certainly help in promoting children's attendance in the primary schools. To get benefits of BPL card holders they need to make thier child literate and thereby government can take a chance to break the vicious circle of poverty by providing much needed education to these underpriveledged class. The logic applied in this respect is truly simple and good.

July 3, 2009

Simple movies great directors

In India bollywood is the main entertainer. There was a period of early 80s when great directors like Hrishikesh Mukherji, Sai Paranjpe, Gulzar, MAhesh Bhatt were used to make movies that were light and capable of entertaining whole family.
those soft comedy like Katha, Jane Bhi Do yaron, Chashm-e-badoor, Arth, Sath Sath etc Are timeless creations. Even today people remember Actors like Farooq Sheikh, Ravi Vaswani, Satish Shah, Naseerudeen Shah, Dipti Naval, Satish kaushik etc for their smooth acting.
Why they have stopped working ? any logics ?

Emotions with Capital 'I'

We love many and wish to be loved by many. things remain under control as long as our emotions are governing our actions and we are in softer mood. Things go topsy tervy when we start controlling our emotion and our ego the 'I' comes infront.
This Ego is very tricky, if we are governed more by it we start neglecting others' point of views and the problems start taking shape. People start neglecting us. Instead of getting I accepted by others we see I is being rejected by them.
A big 'I' leave us alone we come 1 by trying to projecting 'I'.
So be careful. use your IQ to maintain yourself by accepting others and getting yourself accepted by them.