Folks where do you get to see the biggest bluffers and Bullshitters? Any thoughts...
dont think too much. Just get into any of the Business Schools ( pls leave IIMs out of this league. only the essay GMAT based schools) and just have a look at the profiles and essays and CVs of the candidates .. Good lord!!! If you happen to have some common sense you will be stunned to see the amount people bluff in their CVs. Its so appalling!!! take my word, if you read the CVs you will feel that the present days CEOs , COOs and CFOs forFortune 1000 companies are underachivers compared to what these people are. .. My only question..
Doesnt the admission team know how to validate a person's CV or letter????
Our CV books were out today and i was just having a look at it and was seriously shaken, dissapointed , angered and irritated by the amount of LIES people told.
Eg . A student in a 2nd tier eng college in a 3rd grade City gets sponsorship for some 50K GBP.. i just converted the amount.. 40 Lakhs!!! what nonsense.. even sarang is organised at a budget of around 20 Lakhs in chennai...
the next one is still better. there is this character who writes , is a COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING graduate was instrumental in setting up india's leading brokerage firm ( read ICICI DIRECT.) i just thought about some history when did ICICI direct start and it was somewhere in 2002 ( pls correct me if wrong) and then this character mite have been in first year of engineering ... isnt it stunning/irritating ???? KV kamath , Kalpana Moraparia , Chanda Kochar .. are you listening?? we have an esteemed ex-colleague amongst us who is trying to sell herelf hard.. pls recruit her..
Come on. you can just say blatant lies and that too of this magnitude.
Ok a disclaimer .. i dont say that i am a saint .. even i add spice. i mite call an OX a Bull . but boss here you are selling a donkey as a Horse !!! Isnt something called guilty conciousness not there in people's mind ?
No wonder we see madoffs , rajus and stannfords in this world... and when bluffers like this come to business schools and learn the art of telling a better polished lie , i am thinking how many more madoffs and stanfords will be made in the coming years????
God.. pls save this world!
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Its not just your loss!
During my trip to Bombay this time , I decided to pay a visit to the TAJ and Oberoi. My friend Karadi accompanied me as he also had this interest to pay a visit to this place. Oberoi / Trident as it is known was looking rather subdued during the setting sun. The usually roaring Arabian sea was rather silent. Why not .? She has also bore the brunt of this . the people who come to meet her had reduced and she had also reduced her interest to play around.
After a quite walk around trident, we proceeded to meet the Queen on the sea front – The TAJ. There was very high security around that area. But that did not stop people from coming to visit the Gateway of India. We were standing by the seaface and watching the tides.
Suddenly we saw someone standing close to us wanting to speak to us with an eagerness in the eyes. We picked up a conversation with this unknown acquaintance. She stayed there and started telling how the attack had affected her.
“ We were shocked by the attack. I lost some friends some of my friends got injured in the crossfire. After the attack the police have cordoned off the area completely. No one can come near the gateway of india. They have put a barricade from the left of the monument to till the Taj. No one can come near the gateway or come and sit on the parapet walls opposite the Taj.
I had always been playing around happily around the Gateway and Taj. There used to be hordes of people walking around obstructing my play and running around. But that was fun .. me avoiding them , they avoiding me … But at the end of the day there were all my friends and I had a good time. Now I have all the space at my disposal and play and walk as I want , But I miss something. I feel there is no one with whom I can play around. “
Me and karadi stood there listening to her in silence. What can we say ?
She continued “ Probably I would be the most photogenic one and Photographed one in this world. Any one who comes here would photograph me and take a photograph alongside me. I used to enjoy the privilege.
But out of all these , what saddens me most is , I don’t get to see my most favourite group of people – Kids. They are my best friends . every kid likes to play with me and leap in joy when they see me and my team mates jump and run in unison. There used to be a special happiness when I could see a crying child, smile and laugh and forget itself when it sees me. It’s a special kind of feeling. Now I don’t see any kids . I don’t find that happiness… I feel lonely .. I don’t know when next I can make a kid laugh.”
There was a drop of tear that dropped from her eyes.
Karadi asked “ Aap apke rehne aur khana ke liye kya karte ho”
“ woh bhi abhi mushkil ho gaya hai… Anyone who came to gateway or Taj made it a point to buy me and my team some eatables and sometimes food. Now with no one allowed to come this side , I have to go in search of food. Its tough.
And you know Ramu kaka and Chotu are also having a dull business , as they used to earn by the food he used to sell for us.”
I was dumbstruck by the concern she had for people who cared for her.
“ Rehne ke liya Kya.??. Tata uncle has built the hotel again . me and my friends will find some space there.
But somehow , this attack has left me lonely. I have to go in search for someone to talk and feel comfortable”
We listened her patiently and then brought her some chana dal from Ramu kaka’s basket. She happily ate it , bade goodbye to both of us and flew away to her nest along with her fellow pigeons.
After she left, we just thought, what effect it has caused to every living being on earth.
I just thought of one song at that moment “ Vellai Pookkal Ulagam Engum malarave "
After a quite walk around trident, we proceeded to meet the Queen on the sea front – The TAJ. There was very high security around that area. But that did not stop people from coming to visit the Gateway of India. We were standing by the seaface and watching the tides.
Suddenly we saw someone standing close to us wanting to speak to us with an eagerness in the eyes. We picked up a conversation with this unknown acquaintance. She stayed there and started telling how the attack had affected her.
“ We were shocked by the attack. I lost some friends some of my friends got injured in the crossfire. After the attack the police have cordoned off the area completely. No one can come near the gateway of india. They have put a barricade from the left of the monument to till the Taj. No one can come near the gateway or come and sit on the parapet walls opposite the Taj.
I had always been playing around happily around the Gateway and Taj. There used to be hordes of people walking around obstructing my play and running around. But that was fun .. me avoiding them , they avoiding me … But at the end of the day there were all my friends and I had a good time. Now I have all the space at my disposal and play and walk as I want , But I miss something. I feel there is no one with whom I can play around. “
Me and karadi stood there listening to her in silence. What can we say ?
She continued “ Probably I would be the most photogenic one and Photographed one in this world. Any one who comes here would photograph me and take a photograph alongside me. I used to enjoy the privilege.
But out of all these , what saddens me most is , I don’t get to see my most favourite group of people – Kids. They are my best friends . every kid likes to play with me and leap in joy when they see me and my team mates jump and run in unison. There used to be a special happiness when I could see a crying child, smile and laugh and forget itself when it sees me. It’s a special kind of feeling. Now I don’t see any kids . I don’t find that happiness… I feel lonely .. I don’t know when next I can make a kid laugh.”
There was a drop of tear that dropped from her eyes.
Karadi asked “ Aap apke rehne aur khana ke liye kya karte ho”
“ woh bhi abhi mushkil ho gaya hai… Anyone who came to gateway or Taj made it a point to buy me and my team some eatables and sometimes food. Now with no one allowed to come this side , I have to go in search of food. Its tough.
And you know Ramu kaka and Chotu are also having a dull business , as they used to earn by the food he used to sell for us.”
I was dumbstruck by the concern she had for people who cared for her.
“ Rehne ke liya Kya.??. Tata uncle has built the hotel again . me and my friends will find some space there.
But somehow , this attack has left me lonely. I have to go in search for someone to talk and feel comfortable”
We listened her patiently and then brought her some chana dal from Ramu kaka’s basket. She happily ate it , bade goodbye to both of us and flew away to her nest along with her fellow pigeons.
After she left, we just thought, what effect it has caused to every living being on earth.
I just thought of one song at that moment “ Vellai Pookkal Ulagam Engum malarave "
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Secrecy
Why does the goverment or the other agencies give out all teh strategies they are planning out to teh media. f at all they want to gove them cant they just tailor their breifs giving just the basic information . that too only when it is necessary . coming out with strategies that too to these irresponsible and immature media is the first biggest mistake that can be done!!! i hate this.
the NSGs operating strategy was out, the Govts latest plan to meet obama is out.. why??? and you give necessary masala for all these news channels to make merry out of it. actually this is the first losing point.
As a addition to all this reforms that are being brough , i sincerly hope they being about some official secrets act or some sort where divulging of too much information can hold pepole behind bars.
Indian news channels grow up!!! visbility is necessary but not in the manner it si being done now...
it is better to kept some secrets some times..
the NSGs operating strategy was out, the Govts latest plan to meet obama is out.. why??? and you give necessary masala for all these news channels to make merry out of it. actually this is the first losing point.
As a addition to all this reforms that are being brough , i sincerly hope they being about some official secrets act or some sort where divulging of too much information can hold pepole behind bars.
Indian news channels grow up!!! visbility is necessary but not in the manner it si being done now...
it is better to kept some secrets some times..
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Where is our President????
Mumbai has been burning , the whole world has come to help our country offerred condolences . They are ready to support us.
The saviors NSG, Police and MARCOs have done the country proud.
Now all this has happenned and the normal citizens want real action on the ground. they want that this attack should not be politicised. My heart says the same...
But all these has been happening , the PM reacts to it after 8 hrs . he comes to mumbai sees people . the opposition does the same ..
people's anger is vented out on one solitary character , Raj Thackrey . there were sms floating around as to where was he ? My single question to you is he??? In all your analysis of singling out raj thackrey and discussing on what George Bush said or Obama said , there is one thing that has been forgotten.
Where is the President fo india ? Prathiba patil , .. what is she doing. I have been following this gory event for the past 65 hrs and i have not seen a single condolence message from the president. what is she doing??? Is she cuddled up inside a safe room in rastrapathi bhavan for the fear of terrorists?
good lord , you are the head of the state . We all know that you cant single handedly do anything but atleast express the solidarity with the people. its so appaling that we have such an incapable person as a President who cant even rise to the occassion to support the country and give some words of comfort to her people...
If you still dont get convinced , this has happend close to your home town. atleast for that matter show some greif..
Sigh!!! it pains so much when you have a head of state who has shown no show of emotion in these tiring times.
The saviors NSG, Police and MARCOs have done the country proud.
Now all this has happenned and the normal citizens want real action on the ground. they want that this attack should not be politicised. My heart says the same...
But all these has been happening , the PM reacts to it after 8 hrs . he comes to mumbai sees people . the opposition does the same ..
people's anger is vented out on one solitary character , Raj Thackrey . there were sms floating around as to where was he ? My single question to you is he??? In all your analysis of singling out raj thackrey and discussing on what George Bush said or Obama said , there is one thing that has been forgotten.
Where is the President fo india ? Prathiba patil , .. what is she doing. I have been following this gory event for the past 65 hrs and i have not seen a single condolence message from the president. what is she doing??? Is she cuddled up inside a safe room in rastrapathi bhavan for the fear of terrorists?
good lord , you are the head of the state . We all know that you cant single handedly do anything but atleast express the solidarity with the people. its so appaling that we have such an incapable person as a President who cant even rise to the occassion to support the country and give some words of comfort to her people...
If you still dont get convinced , this has happend close to your home town. atleast for that matter show some greif..
Sigh!!! it pains so much when you have a head of state who has shown no show of emotion in these tiring times.
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
The Giant steps down :-(
The gentle giant of indian cricket has finally called it a day. Jumbo aka anil kumble all of a sudden announced his retirement in delhi..
A cricket enthusiast, i grew up watching kumble bowl and that too in his fiery old days along with some good old spinners Venkatapathy raju and rajesh Chauhan. A spin trio for some 4 years if i remember correctly winning any match on the indian pitch.
The bowler that he is and the records he has, he is down to earth and soft spoken. He hardly lets out emotions and lets his bowling speak for himself. I have hardly seen kumble in his 18 years of cricket getting into the bad books of any one. He is the only other cricketer other than sachin and probably rahul whom the cricket world RESPECTS. The current crop of rubbish and indisciplined cricketers( i prefer to call them rubbish) that india have to learn how to conduct themsleves on the ground.
Incidently after the controversial sydney test he commented, 'in my 17 years in cricket , i have not been to the match referee's room even once. now i am there daily for some reason or the other'. That shows the man's discipline. he led the team with dignity and maintained the dignity of the team in demanding circumstances.
Kumble you Rock!!!!
even though he has left the cricketing arena, he has left behind loads of golden memories for all of us. Every one has spoken about his great records and his wicket of lara after a broken jaw . But here are some of my personal favourites
1. The 8th wicket partnership with Javagal Srinath in bangalore to win the match against australia.
2. the 6/12 against Wi in eden gardens
3. The C & B of mushtaq ahmed in 96 WC in the quarter finals in B lore.( who said he is a bad fielder)
4. The Googly to get Steve Waugh out in the second innings of the 98 Chennai test. the ball did actually spin from outside the off stump and hit the middle stump.
5. The 88 Vs SA along with azhar in eden gardens
6. the 100 against england at the fag end of his career.
7. the innumerable number of rippers
8. the last one and the most memorable one - in the press conferfence in Sydney - 'only one team played in the spirit of the game and you know who it is'
there are loads.. i can keep on adding. but this is for the while.
Jumbo ... we are going to miss you :-(((
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Offshoring to idiots!!!
the word sounds familiar to everyone and is the first word in the dictionary of innumerable IT proffessionals in india.
The trend raised the GDP of india , put us as one of the economies to watch out for in the world map. A bunch of enthusiastic and 'visionary' gentlemen such as NRN , Nandan , Premji ( The list goes on....) capitalised on this opportunity and built world class companies . i dont need to name them... Every one knows their success stories...
But the question here is does merely having the CEOs as visionaries really drive a company. the answer is a BIG NO. The culture has to transcend through the ranks of the company till the middle management level.
When offshoring was first started india attracted a lot of business beacuse of 3 main reasons.1. Cost Advantage2. The Time difference that can be used to an advantage 3. Abundance of talent
IMHO, as the industry grew , the so called upcoming visionaries ( the managers and the future could be bosses) got the whole idea of offshoring wrong. For them offshoring is primarily beacuse of cost advantage and nothing else.Period.
No one bothers about talent... I find every tom dick and harry, loitering around in some panchamirdam college ( need not be an engineering college also nowadays) hired and asked to sit and work on projects.. the only criteria that these people look at is the resource should be a human being. .. ( Ya off course Human's close friend monkeys are found in IT companies nowadays...)
talent is fine, being harsh on Idiots sometimes changes them and they can do the given work. but did any one think about Discipline. in my observation half the problems in companies are due to gross indiscipline and irresponsibility.
The office is supposed to start at 8:15 , The SEs( whom i call the labourers of this industry) turn up at 10:30 and their great managers at 11:30. the reason they say , we want more interaction with the team at client site. Utter nonsense!!!
My question is , bossss where are you using the time difference that you have got to your advantage .. if you are working for UK as i did, you have wasted half of the productive time that you need to use. There is a myth that is floating around the industry ' A person who works late is the best employee' , and these so-called dumb VISIONARY managers propogate this idea by all means. first of all you are useless, and then you make your juniors worthless. I have just spoken of two levels and this is the result of having indisciplined people on your ranks. Imagine the situation of this comapny after 5 years when these 2 levels have grduated.. Gosh!!!!!! utter disaster???
Say for eg a Company mite have to change its tagline - POWERED BY IDIOTS , DRIVEN BY INDISCIPLINE.
Now you mite be thinking why am i blabering so much about this? My old company is on the verge of losing ' a Goose that laid 2 golden eggs every day'. And the reason why it has fallen is primarily because of the above stated reason.
Its not late ...anyways you cannot save this one, but in future you can save other accounts from falling. There is only sone solution..
There are a lot of Dumb people around in the middle management. Send all of them home .. Give them a retirement and clean up the mess a bit.. you will be fine..
I can help you out on this .. Employ me as a consultant. I can prepare a strategy for this :D !!!
The trend raised the GDP of india , put us as one of the economies to watch out for in the world map. A bunch of enthusiastic and 'visionary' gentlemen such as NRN , Nandan , Premji ( The list goes on....) capitalised on this opportunity and built world class companies . i dont need to name them... Every one knows their success stories...
But the question here is does merely having the CEOs as visionaries really drive a company. the answer is a BIG NO. The culture has to transcend through the ranks of the company till the middle management level.
When offshoring was first started india attracted a lot of business beacuse of 3 main reasons.1. Cost Advantage2. The Time difference that can be used to an advantage 3. Abundance of talent
IMHO, as the industry grew , the so called upcoming visionaries ( the managers and the future could be bosses) got the whole idea of offshoring wrong. For them offshoring is primarily beacuse of cost advantage and nothing else.Period.
No one bothers about talent... I find every tom dick and harry, loitering around in some panchamirdam college ( need not be an engineering college also nowadays) hired and asked to sit and work on projects.. the only criteria that these people look at is the resource should be a human being. .. ( Ya off course Human's close friend monkeys are found in IT companies nowadays...)
talent is fine, being harsh on Idiots sometimes changes them and they can do the given work. but did any one think about Discipline. in my observation half the problems in companies are due to gross indiscipline and irresponsibility.
The office is supposed to start at 8:15 , The SEs( whom i call the labourers of this industry) turn up at 10:30 and their great managers at 11:30. the reason they say , we want more interaction with the team at client site. Utter nonsense!!!
My question is , bossss where are you using the time difference that you have got to your advantage .. if you are working for UK as i did, you have wasted half of the productive time that you need to use. There is a myth that is floating around the industry ' A person who works late is the best employee' , and these so-called dumb VISIONARY managers propogate this idea by all means. first of all you are useless, and then you make your juniors worthless. I have just spoken of two levels and this is the result of having indisciplined people on your ranks. Imagine the situation of this comapny after 5 years when these 2 levels have grduated.. Gosh!!!!!! utter disaster???
Say for eg a Company mite have to change its tagline - POWERED BY IDIOTS , DRIVEN BY INDISCIPLINE.
Now you mite be thinking why am i blabering so much about this? My old company is on the verge of losing ' a Goose that laid 2 golden eggs every day'. And the reason why it has fallen is primarily because of the above stated reason.
Its not late ...anyways you cannot save this one, but in future you can save other accounts from falling. There is only sone solution..
There are a lot of Dumb people around in the middle management. Send all of them home .. Give them a retirement and clean up the mess a bit.. you will be fine..
I can help you out on this .. Employ me as a consultant. I can prepare a strategy for this :D !!!
Saturday, 11 October 2008
Pamban Paalam!!!! Engineering masterpiece
A place that aroused a lot of interest in me.. I always wanted to go and see this bridge... I went... aanal not in train but by car ..
Mera number aayega.. will do the train journey also once.....
But ippothikku intha ninaivu mattum!!!
The other part of the bridge too..
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