Alumni Vs Alumni

Being sagitarian I like events, changes and unpredictability... Last weekend was alumni weekend, For the first time ever Sapient India came up with the Alumni meet. This meet was a reconnect between the alumni's and leadership.. It was a good show.. Was initiated by us and well organised with proper execution.. The event was run by me, as an MC.. After two long years I was on stage, anchoring a show.. I was nervous :-).. Though managed well.. I remember my college days, when I use to speak on the stage of FICCI auditorium.. anyways gone are those days, and I have present in hand.. Well to talk about the meet, it was a great experience listening about sapient and its good things from the people who are not associated with it anymore.. They talked a lot about sapient culture, which they miss.. Alumni's mentioned name of the people or team members with whom they were associated with during their tenure in Sapient .. So organisations are made by "people"....
Soon after it got over, i left for Jama Mazid to meet 'S' and his frds... it was a different experience for me to be at Jama Mazid.. its a complete different world I would say.. i really enjoyed my time having food at Karim's and the sight around in the market.. Took some interesting pics, will place it soon on my blog as well...

Sunday, Another alumni meet, the MBA batch alumni, though very less number of people turned up, however it was nice meeting few of them and touchbase on where we are after 2 years since we left our college... We met at our old favorate place - NFC, with a shorma treat, some gol gappa's, coffee at barista and finally meetha paan..
Interesting part of this meet was, discussion on salary, couple of people cribbed a lot on their current salary, since the cribbers - were from the HR domain :-), as they saw their fellow frds who opted for marketing were earning more than us... So I questioned, why is it that you want xxxxx salary... She replied, when relatives or society ask, I feel ashamed... So we dont want money for ourselves we want it - to show others... We have enough to have good food and leisure time.. I am not denying the fact to not work for good amount of salary.. but we should not get depressed for irrelevant things .... Wat say ?

So this was my last weekend, full of new experiences, small and big, interesting and strange...

Care beyond Self ?

Not my thoughts, one of a friend wrote to me, which made me think.. So wanted to share with you.....

Hi.

I sit here in my office thinking - Can I make a difference to the disaster made by the terrorists or the criminal mind? YES, I can make difference by doing my bit by spreading love and care around me. We are not terrorists but do we care beyond self?

Here are few questions if answered in NO would lead us to a better future:

Do I need to step on someone to stand tall?

Do I need to win at a cost of someone's life?

Do I need to use harsh words to make myself listen to?

Here are few questions if answered in YES would show that you care beyond self:Does it disturb you if someone not related to you dies in a bomb blast?Can you fight for someone / something which will not benefit you financially?

And that too at the cost of your own expense and time.

Regards

Lalit

lalit.banga@gmail.com

You North Indians.... :(

Well, wanted to write some good experience I had couple of days back, but today's one statement made me write this post...

Yesterday I called up a candidate, as a general practice i wanted to understand his reasons of looking for a frequent changes in jobs... Well this was not a question on his integrity, the reason of asking those question was to understand, how he planned his career.. We can expect this much from a 9+ years of experienced professional.. He felt offended and wanted me to stop the conversation right there, and hang up the phone.. I out of decency wrote a email to him, helping him understand that being a part of HR, I am responsible for chosing a profile and putting him for any particular role, those questions were not to offend you..

He wrote some stupid things and finally blamed that North Indian do not have ettiquettes.. This is one thing I dont like, when we generalise specially by our experience once or twice.. We make statements... How can u address a community, and moreover I want to know why the hell we use such words to address Indians... INDIANS, Which we always forgot to be and still continuing.. I feel sad to see this kind of behaviour display from a educated, mature; working in a good IT firm with experience of 9 years in the industry.

I being part of Sapient worked with Bangalore teams, it was a pleasure and is a pleasure working with them.. I feel more warmth with these teams... We never treated ourselves to be north or south.. We are a TEAM together of INDIANS :-)

Fair, Slim and Beautiful !!

These are the common requirements of the matrimony ads in newspaper. You would also get to see statements like - "Girl should be very beautiful", "Girl should be very fair and slim".. Are they looking for life partner for their son or a model to show to the society.... The way we communicate talks most about our personality.. Just by those five lines in the classified, you can make out the kind of thought process other person have...
Similarly even the girl parents select the groom classified based on the package mentioned in the ad... Though we call it that marriages are made in heaven, however these days it is more like a deal.. The more high the package of the boy, the more beautiful girl he deserves, vice-versa...
Things have become meaningless and full of marterialism...

Religion of Man !!!

We humans are known as part of different religions, As per the popular religions like Hinduism, Sikhism, Muslims, Christans are existing in this world and we human beings take birth in different religions, we are taught the cultures and values of the religion being followed in our homes. Hence religion is not by choice, its by birth or destiny. We follow what all we are taught by our parents.

Man has evolved in ages, so has religion. With all this evolution, it is evident that we have missed on certain logics and following the customs for the heck of it, or just by the idea as we are suppose to do it. Each religion has several such examples... Well with due respect to all religions, i feel it should be used as a way to eternal peace or spirituality.. Not as a differentiater between human beings.. When all religion are a way to GOD, then why we need a difference... GOD has created us in a same fashion, we all have similar kind of body system.. When he has not created that difference, who are we to do that. I know its impossible to have everyone a same opinion or samy prespective, we can atleast respect each group's point of view in the society.

Recently read a book by RabindraNath Tagore - Religion of Man... Truly amazing book, a must read book. He says Mans first religion is with universe, nature and spirit. He says that the best for all mankind, the religion which is based on truth, should prosper in all that is ours, the religion which establishes our actions in order with justice by the Divine songs.

The unfortunate part is we forget the basic message of each religion and focus on irrelevant things or issues. If we see and validate them with logic, we will end up getting no results. We forget to love each day, forget to care, forget to say or express to our loved ones.. This is not humanity. We have been blessed by God with this beautiful life, we should ensure to use it in a right manner. Feelings like anger, agony, jealous, impatience, sorrow, grief are natural... However with this happiness, positivity and spirituality are also available in abundant. We just need to change our view point.

Let us keep our faith firm in the objectivity of the source of our spiritual ideal of unity, though it cannot be proved by any mathematical logic. Let us proclaim in our conduct that it has already been given to us to be realized, like a song which has only to be mastered and sung, like the morning which has only to be welcomed by raising the screens, opening the doors.

Happy Diwali

Many Deepavali festivals have come and gone. Yet the hearts of the vast majority are as dark as the night of the new moon. The house is lit with lamps, but the heart is full of the darkness of ignorance. O man! wake up from the slumber of ignorance. Realize the constant and eternal light of the Soul which neither rises nor sets, through meditation and deep enquiry.

May this Diwali lit our inner self and help us understand ourself and create ourself..

Happy Diwali !!

Magic of Madhuri Dixit !!

'Aaja Nachley' - the comeback movie of Madhuri, didnt do good in terms of business, though I liked the movie... For her great performance in terms of dance or acting.. I loved her since my childhood and she is one actress I admire for everything. Have seen her almost all movies, even the typical bollywood style. I found her spectacular, with everything she does. Her clarity in the dance performance is mind blowing, her dance looks so natural. Her expression are so effortless and well blended with her dance...

She is trained as a Kathak dancer, in the Indian classical tradition. She made her acting debut in "Abodh" (1984). After a few minor and supporting roles her first major role was in "Tezaab" (1988) which launched her career.

Her dancing skills, facial grimaces and expressive eyes in the songs has haunted the hearts of millions of viewers ever since.In 2001, She was awarded the National Citizens Award to recognize various activities that effect everyday life.

Paani Puri :-)

Thursday evening, left office at 9 PM... M and S both accompanied me in the cab.. I was happy for no reasons, probably enjoying the weather change, as its quite cold in the evening.. 'M' was upset about something related to work, I heard her and tried all to uplift her mood.. But she told me that I am talking like her manager's.. :-) .. Well its kind of happen with all of us, when we are bugged by the work pressure or issues... 'S' also tried to uplift her mood, he kind of prepared the roadmap for her in terms of what all she should do to achieve her desires... Though she was not fully satisfied by our suggestions however was able to recover a bit...

Only thing which could really bring a smile on her face was paani puri... on our way back home from office, we had it several times in fbd.. Its so much fun having it specially at 10 pm on the roadside ;-).... "Paani puri - the reason to smile" So at times life complex problems are solved by simplest things..

'M' has been always a chilled out person, when I met her, I realised we can live life king size.. She is happy go lucky kinds... However last few days has made her a bit upset.. I know its a phase it will get over... Well the association with cab mates have been great... Somehow we have become a part of each other life, and we share, smile, laugh.. And best part is no expectations... :-)

September

The month of september started with travel to Bangalore - Haridwar/Rishikesh - Rishikesh - Jaipur.. All four trips were with different set of people, complete fun and full of various experience.

Trip to bangalore was official, though involved a lot of masti, its always fun meeting the bangalore team, as its a small team so invovle a lot of warmth in their behaviour... Went by air, Kingfisher flight - tons of talks with 'N', its always a learning talking to her, she gives a lot of confidence, boost up my morale. Spend time with 'S', another different personality, has a lot of complaints from life, still fighting with life to make things work.... Before meeting him, i thought i most talktive, but he broke my record :-) With that now i feel i m becoming a good listener...

Trip to Haridwar, soon after coming from Bangalore the next weekend I went to Haridwar and Rishikesh, with family... All together a different experience, As the name says -Haridwar stands for Dwar of Hari or Gateway to God.. Haridwar stands for Dwar of Hari or Gateway to God...
It was after years I visited a temple, and experience the "aarti" (offering prayers to God)..
It was a beautiful sight at "Har ki pori"(Bank of the River Ganga) in the evening.. Light all around, cold water flowing at its pace, it was not usual sight for me, Pandit ji with thalli of Aarti's, flowers offered to ganga with the diya's ... Spent a night their and in the morning started for Rishikesh, to visit the Gurudwara, Completely opposite to Haridwar, prayers were offered to God by 'Kirtans', The Gurudwara also had a boys school, where all the students were attending the morning ardaas... spent few hours their and started back for home, and stopped at a Amusement park...

Next weekend was spent at Office for the Hiring event... I mean only satuarday :-)

Last second weekend of the September, at 'Rishikesh' - Known as the gateway of himalyas.. Went for the river rafting with friends... A bunch of old and new friends, in total - a new group.. It was fun meeting all these people at a marvelous place... Stayed in resort, which was on top of mountain in Shivpuri... Open the window, I could see the spectacular sight of the sun rise from the mountains.. sweet music of river flow and a greenry all around... Did trekking, river rafting.. This was for the first time I did river rafting, hope to do it every year now... I experienced the fresh mountain air, Himalayan spring water..

Last weekend was spent at Jaipur, Chowki Dhani... A recreated Rajasthani Village, It means a small village in Rajasthan's local language.. A village created after considering all minute details, we can stay in the beautiful traditional cottages created with the delux facilities... In the evening enjoyed the typical traditional mela- filled with the multiple colors of the state Rajasthan.. It had the folk dance, food, music, camel ride, magicians, astrologer, puppet dance, outlets of Rajasthani jewellery and clothing... All that a girl would loved, and I always loved the rich village culture and folk dances..

So now the month has end, with my travel... In all I experienced new places, new people, new culture... and some beautiful moments, which will be going to remain in my memories...

Home cooked food - new business trend

What happens when dabba-walas meet gourmet cooks? A unique business idea is born :-)
Two young graduates of delhi-based international management Institute, Samarth Gupta and Pavan Kumar Varma, have fused two seemingly opposing ideas - homely meals organised delivery of lunch at offices - to blaze a new trend.

Both the boys came up with a model, created a centrailsed kitchen in East Delhi, invited housewives with a passion for cooking to a contestand then threw open part-time day jobs to talented home cooks looking for recognition.

This initiative was a part of their academic project, where they found out that there is a demand for home-made food. And after identifying the demand they decided to run this competition to spot who cook well. Three venture capital firms have already approached them.

A Bangalore based executive turned home entrepreneur, Sonia Mahanti, runs similar venture that specialises in regional cuisines. She use to work for Samsung, picked up the idea of delievering speciality food after noticing the demand of north Indian food in Bangalore.
She now runs a home made food delivery service that employs around 10 women who are experts in different Indian cuisines.

In Delhi, four women who made it to the top grade in the cookery contest have joined Poshan, which has a base Kitchen at Patparganj. They have arranged a pick-up drop facility for women who come to cook meal.

Now we see the dabba system almost at every office and enjoy the home made food :-)

I loved this SMS...

Most touchy lines said by "true lover" to her "love" while 'break up'
"Out of all your lies you said to me, " I love you" was my favorate one....

Birth is not by choice ...

If birth was by choice, we all could have chosen to take birth in the richest family or with the best looks.. Why is it so difficult for human beings accept who is not as rich as you or good looking as you. Why do we keep filters to talk to somebody based on his/her looks or money in their pockets... Its just a mere chance that we took birth in this family, we could be at their place. People are rejected or ignored because they don't look good, or don't wear good clothes... And preference is given to the good looking people... Why is Abhishek Bachan a great personality, just because he took birth in Amitabh bachan house, he could be anyone.. He must have also gone through hardships, we all go through.. One thing which disturb me the most is the preferance to the people who look good..

We should not be proud of how we look, it is not something we have earned by ourself, it is just a mere chance of our birth... We could have been one of the roadside beggars also... :-)
Remember, Birth is not by choice

Can you answer ?

How would a animal feel while pulling the load cart?
How would a animal in the circus ring feel when asked to perform ?
How would a hen feel when pulled out from the cage to be cut ?
How would a girl from a govt school feel when she see a girl from a rich family?
How would a old parent feel when their children ask them to leave?
How would a mother feel when she is been nagged by her children?
How would a friend feel when the other friend decide to move on?
How would a teacher feel when disrespected by the students?
How would a lover feel when he/she gets to know from his/her partner - I dont feel for you now?
How would a child who lives on the roadside feel when he/she see other kids living a life of luxury?

Life is Echo !

Very commonly said, Life is echo - What we give is what we get from this life... Correct or incorrect I don't know, if this is correct - what about the people who died in the bomb blast.. Innocent people have been killed, with no reasons.. Last week bomb blast attack was a terrible plight. People have been brutalised, hurted, injured and died badly.... I cannot imagine the pain, the families of dead people have gone through... There were small kids, young people, shopkeepers.. Thinking of the moment give the feeling of meaning less life, are living for this day.. Life is uncertain but this uncertainity is horrible..

Last quarter ended Well !!

Just after the meeting with P......., I rushed to collect my stuff, sent some meetings, took the printouts of my tickets and guest house details...Pasted the sticky on my computer screen, for not shutting it down. Went to the food court to order the cake for D's farewell... Collected my bag and went to ramp for the cab, while sitting was ensuring if I am done with most of the things - Met the vendor for the decoration, Video was completed, cards were ready, flowers order was done...

On my way to airport, discussed the moments of meeting with N... We both were very happy and excited to go to banglore and meet rest of the track... We had two days left in the quarter and two days to start for the new quarter.. Though last quarter have been preety tough for me.. Still in the end things went well.. D's Farwell went well, though was not the part not there, but things were in place..
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay with N in Bangalore.. As it was my second visit, So gelling with the team was not a problem.. Infact we were very much part of the team.. On saturday went to MG Road, wow... is my expression for the crowd there.. It made me feel that i got old.. The most fashionable college students... I liked the place.. Bought couple of books.. Sunday went to Indranagar... We flew back on Wednesday Morning..

N took a breath of satisfaction as she was back in North India, was missing the food.. :-)

Just after two days, Bhai came.. He landed on saturday... On sunday we went to Haridwar.. It was again a pleasant, fun filled short trip.. My visit to Haridwar was almost after 12 years.. I hardly can recollect few memories of my last visit. It was good outing for the complete family..

All my way and visit, been thinking of my blog :-)

Thinking what all i ll be writing :-)

Is losing in love the biggest grief on earth ?

I always believe in moving on in life, i also cry for people I love, i like whom i want them to be a part of my life.... However if the other person shows disinterest I move on... why to play with my own self-respect. I know i have made enough efforts to make the relationship work, if the other person cannot see, thats his/her badluck... I hate to see people crying for the stupid frds they want them in their life... I know it hurts, it matters... But what after that, now when you have been hurt.. How long you can slog for the same... Dont you think the better idea is to come out of it and explore something else or invest our time in something new and better.

Is losing in love the biggest grief on earth ?

I dont think so... I hate it if i see my closest frds spoiling their life for something like this.. We have people in India who even dont get a single meal a day, so much of poverty, poor living standard..

If we ever try to look into their eyes, we will get to know what it means to be hurt..

Ask the old people in the society who live on the mercy of their children and get to hear so much for two meals a day... Ask a poor man who struggle the whole day to earn to feed his children.. Ask the parent who have lost their young son or daugther in accidents..

Most of all i dont believe, that they even know the true meaning of love... Just by watching some movies together, wearing those branded clothes and going to a disc together would not make the so called "beautiful moments"...

Beautiful moments are - "being there with each other in the worst times" .. Loving the other person even if you wear most pathetic clothes, and go to a sabzi mandi... Not those air-conditioned malls...

Happy Independence day!!

Wish I could be at her place :-)

Relationships click !

August 2008, we completed 10 years of our friendship... :-) Like typical girls i remember some special dates n days of my life.. he he... Today i went with her for swimming, she was happy or I can say better.. This made me feel good..
I share a lot of such relationships with differnt people which have just clicked and exist from last many years... Not becuase i wanted them to exist as both the parties wanted it to exist... People say that it is because I stayed in the same city.. So I say, if i have been at the same city, however my frds left for different cities or countries, i still share the similar relationship... Moreover it is not important to talk everyday, it is about staying in the difficult times or not let the distance affect the intensity of care or love for each other..
There have been relationships which just do not work inspite of best efforts... Even we are together we don't meet or bother to care, it just become a formality to ask about each other...
I find it difficult to let go ny relationship... I think they are the source of real happiness and pain :)
Though at times it had been difficult for me to loose the other person, but we are helpless as this could be the best solution of the particular situation..
However all that I shared with these relations....
I cherish it..
I share, express, smile, cry, learn, seek advice, fight actually live with them...

The Power of Courage !

Sharing some thoughts over courage which I read in one of the book - Discussions on Youth,

"As long as we're alive, we'll face all kinds of problems, but no matter what happens, we simply have to live with courage and press on, aiming always towards the future. No one can escape the realities of dialy life. We have to deal with life and its problems. Young people have their own problems, just as adults have their. Life and the world live in are like a storm-tossed sea; we have to make our way through it, buffeted by different kinds of experiences. There is no other way. This is part of our inescapable destiny as human beings.
Everyone has their own hopes and dreams, their own way of life, their own ideals, their own joys, their own sufferings, their own pain and their own grief."

No matter what happens, however we have to get on with life. We have to keep moving. working towards realising our ideals and dreams...

With this would like to share some live examples -

Two years back, when i use to travel in the local train, I met a old lady - she was around 75 years old or more than that... She use to travel from Balabgarh to ChandniChowk each day.. She knew various kind of hand embroidery.. and use to work with a export house.. She has no complaints from life, was happily enjoying her work...

A old man I know, who is physically challenged(Blind) - lost his eyes in an accident, when he was around 40yr old. He has three sons - two of them are well off and third one is mentally unstable.. The elder two son's are busy in their life and have left this old man from last 50 years... However the younger one who is mentally unstable stays with him and create one or the other problem.. Though this old man has never cried, has been working from last 40 years, earned a good amount, on which now his youngest son is living his life...

Apollo Circus!

Went to watch the circus, i don't prefer to watch circus as I cannot enjoy animals performing... I cannot bear the discomfort in their eyes...Though I chose to watch circus, thinking I would get to see people from a different world, yes for me they are... Watching them I always wonder their motivation to perform... It was not a very mordernised or professional circus.. It was a circus group which didnt have good costumes to wear..
i understand that animal performance is one of their way to earn livlihood.. However, when i saw the elephant performing.. the only thing i could see was his eyes... Tears could not stop from my eyes... I found him helpless, in the middle of crowd, for my surprise people around were enjoying.. And I was the odd one to cry... Feel helpless, dont know if i could do something for them... I feel nature should not be disturb, its good to train animals, You might give them good food, care, but how about their own kingdom, their own home, their own environment... Can we give all this to them...d

Issue of Mind...

Most situations are an issue of mind over matter....... If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.....

Very good message shared by a frd, perfect timing ;-) Something was bothering me, couldn't find the solution.. This one line released my mind out of the stupid thoughts....

Are there good guys ?

After the party, she dropped me home, we sat for a while in the car, and chit-chat.... She argued with me that there is no termilogy like good guys.... ha ha.. she said guys are guys = bad. Its enough that they are guys... I just said, the girl sitting next to you is also not good.

We are not good or bad - black or white, We are grey... If I recollect i met a huge list of bad guys in my 23 years of life, lol... though i have not stopped talking to guys... At the same time i can mention a longer list of bad girls i met in my life.. So I just have to say that we are humans not good or bad, however a mix of it... Rupinder has also been good and bad to people around. If i have suffered due to some bad people, I have also made others suffer due to me...

We experience life and people they are both good and bad... Lets not stop overself with one bad experience as this would lead us to miss on an opportunity to meet a good soul on earth...

Motivation of a Rikshaw Puller....

16th July, 2008 - 9.30 PM, I was going to the hospital to see my massi. I hired a rikshaw to go to the hospital for Rs 10, for 3 Km distance. The rikshaw puller was thin guy with is young son who was around 5 year old sitting in the basket placed on the handle. While sitting on the rikshaw was just thinking, its another day end, where he was calculating on the money he has earned in a day with his son. He suddenly asked me - Madam aap toh English par sakti ho ? I answered - Yes. He took out a paper from his pocket, slowed the rikshaw and stopped under a street light. Unfolded the paper and asked me if I could help in selecting the best computer out of the mentioned. It was pamphlet containing the details on couple of computer system with their features. He told me that my elder son wants a computer for his own photo shop. Currently he is employed to a color lab where is learing the picture development. For minutes I was in mixed feelings with happiness, sorrow, surprise.. I asked him but how will he manage the funds, He shared with me that he pull the rikshaw in the evening and work with some tool workshop as a helper at nights.... So after dropping me he had to go to his workshop.....

We plan our shopping list before the salary comes :-)

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

Each year, Microsoft gives out an award called the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Award to outstanding members of a Microsoft online Developer Forum. The MVP Award is given in recognition of a recipient's technical expertise, spirit of community, and their willingness to help their peers by providing reliable and accurate answers to technical questions about Microsoft products & technologies.
"MVP" is an Award System to recognize and award the top individual contributors in relevant peer-to-peer areas. The MVP Team Managers and Buddies are the link that MVPs have with Microsoft, and they assist the MVPs as needed as well as help them in their efforts to contribute valuable information in the online forums. Influential online peer-to-peer assistance areas exist for all Microsoft products and technologies. MVPs voluntarily share their technical knowledge within the online communities. The contributions of MVPs help the online areas to become more valuable resources for Microsoft customers and potential Microsoft customers.

Check out the profiles of India MVPs (Microsoft .Net Professionals) at Microsoft website.
Link: http://www.microsoft.com/india/mvp/indiamvp.aspx

How many years are we going to live ?

I want to ask this question to everyone, specially those who think - Why should I call ? Why should talk first ? lol... I find it funny... I also at times keep ego.. though people may call it ego, I call it my self respect.. However I am not egoistic... I have seen people bringing their ego and don't talk for years, break relationships, miss opportunities to learn, to grow and also miss on a special person... We all have one or the other capability to show, share and learn from others... Lets break the wall and talk ! More important share !! Human beings are the biggest source to learn, believe me... We didn't have the google in the early evolution stage :-) And life is to small to share happiness and too long to keep grudges.. We r blessed by speech.... Lets share and talk..

Innovative Way To Hunt For A Job ;-)

After a prolonged failure to secure a job on Wall Street, Mr Joshua Persky took to the streets of New York handing out résumés to passers-by and wearing a sandwich board that said, ‘Experienced M.I.T. Grad for Hire’. The placard carried his name and contact information. He stood on a busy spot and grabbed the attention of thousands who passed him every hour. The gimmick hasn’t got him a job yet but he has become famous overnight with various news channels interviewing him and the story carried in newspapers across the world. His situation is symbolic of the crisis that banks and securities firms are facing with banks cutting more than 80,000 jobs. Mr. Persky has received a few job interview calls since. However, he has also received hate calls from various quarters saying that he has demeaned MIT’s reputation.

My conversation with GOD

I truly believe in GOD, though have came across the times, when I use to question on his existence. With time questions were answered. Today I have questions on ur disparity.... God why you have given so many problems to one individual and the other one is just so blessed. I have no complains from my end, but I can see a lot of people around me under pain or are suffering because of the unending problems to their life. I think they are really brave to take all that you are giving. I want to ask you, why is there a difference in looks and appearance of people. Y cant you make everyone alike, and if not alike, then why dont you remove disparity over the looks.. Why human beings like each other on the basis of their looks ? You can give 100 motivational answer to it, but come to real life, come to corporate, people do suffer due to this, they are neglected, they have to fight for their existence or create their own place... You have made us with a mix bag of feelings, we are generous, we are cruel also... Thats the game I know.. We have to play and win with all this constraints... Will still request you to work on you to have a closer look over the people who are suffering... Come and help them, even if they are not requesting you.. Do reduce some pain from their share.....

Journey to Amritsar

I visit The Golden Temple almost every year with my family.... This time it was different, we went by our own car... We rarely travel by our own car... I m just in love by with idea of travelling through train and so is my family.. I somehow enjoy the scenery from the window seat.. I read maximum in the train, so carry couple of books with me which i usually buy and don't read... But this time we could not go by train, as it got cancelled.. Well coming back to Amritsar... I always loved that City, off course The Golden Temple is the first reason, attached to that , i have couple of more .. I simply admire the city for its food, beautiful girls, punjabi juttis and amazing dress material... Every year I visit Amritsar and make a point that I have the amritsari nan, Lassi available on the road in front of Jalia Wala bagh... such a rich taste... these are local vendors not those grand restuarant.. however they r awesome and have maintained the similar taste from last so many years.... The city is filled with natural beaty and resources... And Golden Temple is one place, where I really find piece...

8 Year old girl in Gurudwara

I am not very fond of Keertan, I like to listen in the morning or before sleeping, however not very regular for it. Last satuarday my mom insisted me to go to Gurudwara, I was enjoying the roadies last episode... She got furious to see my watching the show and not getting ready for the Gurudwara... I finished the show and dressed up for the Keertan. Somehow I avoid going to Gurudwara, as have to meet relatives or neighbour, who all have one question " when are you getting married"... Can't understand what is their interest in it.. Anyways... In the near by Gurudwara Once in month Keertan and huge langar is conducted... The Gurudwara committee arrange it.. They call the popular Jatha each month for the keertan... This time they called the jatha which has 16 kids, age group 5-13 yrs.. It started with the Shabad sung by the 8 year old girl.. "Sachey sahib kya nahi ghar tere" - There is nothing which is not available at God's home? ... Shabad in a whole ment that What is that God cannot offer to us from his place.. We keep on asking and are not tired of.. I know this is said by everyone.. Don't know probably her voice when sung these lines.. I cried, tears came out of my eyes. I felt the same, that how much I have been asking from God - Day and night... my desires are just not ending... I sat for two hours listening to all Shabads... Courtesy to Mom :)

IT Companies Beware: US May Introduce 50:50 Law

It is likely that the US may introduce a 50:50 hiring law wherein it will be mandatory for the Indian IT companies to employ 50% Americans in their US operations. If the law comes into place, top Indian IT companies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies, Wipro, Satyam Computer Services and HCL Technologies will take a hit. According to reports, about 90% employees at the US offices of some top-rung Indian IT companies are Indians. With the new law, Indian IT companies would have to shell out much more as salaries for foreign staff, which will have a bearing on the profitability of these companies. At present, IT companies can send any number of Indian employees with a year’s experience under L1-B visas. Besides, the H1-B visa, through the lottery system, enables about 65,000 employees to immigrate to the US, of which about 80% lands in the IT industry

Taking Exit Interviews Seriously

Emerging HR Trend: Taking Exit Interviews Seriously In a bid to understand why employees leave an organization, more and more companies are taking exit interviews seriously and making effective changes on the feedback. Some companies are even taking services of specialised HR companies to conduct exit interviews. Exit interviews reveal a lot about the culture of a company, the management style, the compensation and opportunities for growth. With attrition rate as high as 30 per cent in sectors like BPOs, companies are curious to know why employees make that final decision. Feedback from exit interviews is helping companies come up with systemic remedies. For instance, one company revamped the entire salary structure, pruned hierarchy to enable effective communication, and altered the recruitment process to look at different pools of talent. Interestingly, ex-employees tend to be more open and speak their mind when a third party conducts exit interview.

Body Language : Self Assessment Test

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IBM Successfully Carrying Out The Blue Opportunities Programme

In a bid to help employees take advantage of a range of experience-based learning opportunities, IBM has launched ‘The Blue Opportunities’ programme. The programme draws on the in-house talent to solve regular business and technology issues. Thus, employees get a chance to enhance their career and expertise in the long term by trying diverse prospects such as stretch assignments, cross-unit projects, job rotations, publications, patents, and more. Currently, IBM has deployed over 1,200 Indian employees to countries like Austria, Finland, Denmark, Costa Rica, under the Blue Opportunities programme. They are working across domains like petrochemicals. The programme has also helped check attrition to a certain extent. IBM will also launch a project across emerging markets to develop global leadership in the third quarter of FY09

20,000-Seat TCS Centre Coming Up At Pune

Tata Consultancy Services has announced the construction of its 20,000-seat development centre located at Hinjewadi in Pune. The centre - TCS Sahyadri Park – will be the largest for TCS so far. The centre will be developed over 50 acres with the first phase with 7,000 seats expected to be completed by March 2009. Skilled professionals and students from in and around Pune will be hired for the centre. TCS started its first R&D centre in Pune over two decades ago.

Watch Out Before Boosting Your Employees’

Self EsteemPraising your employees and giving them a positive feedback in a bid to extract better performance from them could actually backfire, suggests a new study. Researchers at the American Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the London Business School have found that some types of positive feedback lead employees to develop a false sense of self-worth. Thus, they develop a tendency to justify and recommit to poor decisions, wasting additional time and resources and creating even worse outcomes. They become inept to handle criticism and try to validate a poor decision if their sense of worth revolves around it. The study is set to be published in the journal ‘Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes’ and provides a framework for how organisations might most effectively strengthen their employees' self-esteem.

My Favorate Poem

On October 27, 1980 Kalpana Chawla wrote a poem to her friend, which she titled 'Toward the Goal'. rediff.com reproduces the poem as a tribute to brave astronaut.

Dive deep down

An aim awaits

Pearls peep

For your hands to reach Just yoursFor years,

decades and agesA door lies locked

A pearl in the shell

A secret in the brain

Open it Break it Reveal it !!!