How to take a Short cut?
Is there a Short Cut in life ? or there is none. A peon son can rise to become an executive in a multinational company; by studying hard and getting an MBA. But is it a shortcut ? No , it is not a short cut; but the hard work and dedication. Short Cut is nothing but your hard work and determination to improve.
How to put up a point of view ?
The first thing when you write an article, no a definite point that you and the reader are going to carry. And you should be in tune with the reader’s need; not a self absorbed person, writing yourself away.
Honeymoon Diary
There is a program called “Ellite Special Force training” in military, where the trained military persons, before joining the elite commando, have to undergo a seven day ordeal in the jungle. where they would be left with no food and water supply, and need to survive the seven day. Once day survive, they are deemed to be good for the elite commando.
After completing my honeymoon trip, I now find myself to be ready to start my married life, and join all those married men who have gone through this type of training.
Yes, The honeymoon trip was an eye opening trip, for the harsh realities that awaits in my married life. To name the few, in order, here are the some
- My Laptop, my eternal companion is deemed allergic to my wife. Hence, I cannot carry it at my home. I did not carry it on my honeymoon trip. Training for my married life.
- My television, I mean to say, “My television”, has now become “Our television”. During the honeymoon period I watched, “Balika Vadhu” ; “Badain Achhain Lagtain ho”; “Dekha Aissa Khwab”. I wont say , I watched, but I was made to watch the TV.
- My books are deemed as enemy of states; and during my honeymoon, my wife has told me that “these books have fed wrong ideas in my head about society and everything”; I need to watch more of Balaji Telefilms “Serial” to attune myself with worldly reality. I have to convince myself.
- My freedom and My time, has now being question, as an independence rhetoric. Anything, which is not serving my wife purpose, would be termed as enemy. Even the innocuous newspaper I brought, to read about “Higgs Boson”- the god particle on 2nd of June, was being asked, “Kya newspaper, mujhsain jyada important hai”.
- My “Devil may Care”, attitude is being replaced by “Wife will Care” attitude. Sorry friends, for missing there countless phones, and not being on the facebook.
- There is an epic battle that is going on of my “work-alcholic” attitude to be replaced by”wife-alcholic” attitude. Though I have conceded space to my wife, but still I am hanging on to give my work due importance.
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It was a wonderfull honeymoon to begin with, My wife got what she love to do the most “Shopping”; and I got to do, what I love to do the most, “Sleeping”. Even the Hotel Manager told me that for four days, we did not went to visit any tourist place around Darjeeling. Nor the “Tiger Hills” nor the “Tea Gardens…”. Well, what need is to be, when we have found each other love.
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Since all my blogging were written on “Devil May Care” attitude, I have now realized it should be written on “Wife may care”. And here I written some good fiction on how good my wife is
- She has been offered the job of taking care all my works, that has been reluctantly done by my mom. Like Laundry, taking care of my belongings and etc.
- She has been able to “tolerate me”, that’s been a great blessing for me to find someone, who can accept my eccentricity and my enigmatic nature.
- She is a wonderful personality, who knows how to pacify my anger; well during the honey moon period, I did lost control on “haggling taxi drivers”, but she taught me “peace”.
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GoodandGreen.Com
Good to find a really nice startup in Jaipur :- http://www.greenngood.com/.
The winner of WagonR Big Idea challenge , have decided to set up at Jaipur.
Its easy to complain !
Complaining is an easy way out, but what is tough is to do something about it.
Commitment
Commitment :- “Whatever it takes, i will take it…..but will be committed to it..”
Learning from Business – types of business
Level of Business
- Those who work in trading, buying at n ruppes, and selling at n+2 rupees. Skills required — Knowing to get the lowest price of product and the highest price from buyer
- Those who work as commision, taking project at n and selling at n+2. Skills required — Liasoning
and then there are people who work on business model , or value addition. Understanding the market and giving value to the market. For example Amazon which worked on the E-commerce business model, a new new thing; or Ikea which reshaped furnitures…
How we Indians are good at killing the business ? ( Now Solar)
In 1998, India Government decided to kick start Electronic Industry by giving a tender for printed circuit board at a base price of 100 Rupees per board. And invited companies to bid for board lower then this. As in India, there is the term called “Bhaid Chaal”, or flocking of sheep; what this saw, was conflux of 1000s of companies eyeing a pie for then promisable Electronic Industry. The companies started thinking bid at 60 Rupees or 70 rupees; knowing that initially a low priced bid, but knowing a future credential and an earlier bird advantage in the Industry. Somehow or the other, an employee of a big aggressive company leak the news that there company was bidding as low as 33 rupees. This infuriated other companies, for the drastically low price. What they then did, that some of the companies formed cartel and decided to bid at 32 rupees. At the end of the day, the bid was won not by the Aggressive company, not by the cartel but by a chinese company which bid at 25 rupees. Till today, we import printed circuit board from China. There is no Indian company.
Now the current solar market in India. Government of India with there very best intention started the National Solar Mission on 2010, with awarding 300 MW of project through reverse bidding, with a base price of 17 rupees; then 13 rupees and then 10 rupees. The base price was calculated knowing the minimum ROI that a company can ear in these project. What was seen on this bid that the bid has gone to the insane value and some way or the other giving negative return even if an ideal conditions are assume. For example, for a solar power project in Rajasthan, a value of Rs 12 per unit of electricity will give an investor a return of 10%, assuming the land is flat, there is no sandstorm and the plant would be commissioned on time. But what we got bid at Rs 10 , Rs 9 or Rs 8. These companies won the bid, and then the irony of this is after two years of NSM, still we do not have even half of the projects under NSM commissioned. All because Indians are good at killing there business.
Visionary
Its Monday Morning, but some how or the other, i do not feel the Monday Hangover…There is a kick inside, as i enter the office. I even worked on Sunday’s. Well, if you are working for your own “vision”, there is always a kick to make your vision, into reality.
Being Visionary…..During my struggling days, i.e, three months back, I used to visit the “Indian Coffee House”, or “Jawahar Kala Kendra”. I remember, the first day when i visited the Coffee house, i felt, “Yaha ki toh hawa hi alag behti hai”, there is a different kind of wind that blows here. The reason for the said is, Indian Coffee House is a place where all the artist of Jaipur meet up. There are painters, animators, actors, musician, authors, photographers….Being with them, Was akin to being at college. What so ? The vision thingy..
During my college days,at IIT, we used to talk about changing the world, we were cocky, We used to talk about Ideas , we used to think what opportunities are stored for us, but two years of Job, most of them had grown up, ( GIVEN UP !!). Even at Job, the talks does not become about Ideas, but next pay hike, People do not think how to change the world, but how to create “Politics” for there own good. Life becomes a disturbing affair. There were no visionary left, and at “Indian Coffee house”, i found “Kuch nayi hawa”.
So they were artist, and they were visionary. I met an artist who had not earned a singly money for last few year, 35 something. He had a dream of making a bike shaped like a Dragon. And he made it, and currently he was struggling to sell the bike to get some money. There were painters who do painting, because that is the only thing they like to do. Even if the money were less. A school teacher who loved Prem Chand. our Indian “Shakespeare”, who told how good he felt , whenever he reads “Namak ka Daroga”. The world at Indian Coffee house was filled with Visionary and people who wanted to change the world. And i still love the place.
So here, i am a Business Man. Life become a struggle if you dont dream, or if you do not have vision. The world is shaped by dreamers. I love and trully believe in. Those people at coffee house, without a penny in there pocket and dreams so high, are a true inspiration for me. I agree i am clocking may be 70 hours a week in my work, or building my dream; i agree i do not have much time left even to watch a movie, or having a good night sleep, but it is worth the life..as i am in pursuit of my vision.
Here i work…
Gyming motivation
Its time to hit the gym….Anyways, after four months of sabatical, i finally hit the gym yesterday. Its all because i noticed my bulging tummy. I am allergic to tummy.
I was not a gym goer, but when i got into the job, i noticed why all my seniors are having tummy. When i asked, there reply, “This is the side effect of Job”. Oh i hated. And hence i started hitting gym. I know, a bulging tummy will spoil any clothes you wear. I do not belong to the credo which preach ,”Health is Wealth”, but to a credo which says , ” Clothes are waste, when you have large waist”. So, here my tummy is hitting 32, i wanted it 28, that i was three months back.
Hitting the gym, always been a kind of mental engineering. I know my mind is intelligent, it says ,” Why waste for waist ?”. And recently death of two footballers in the football pitch, gave my lazy mind one more excuses on not to hit the gym. The footballers died at the age of 26, even when they are hitting gym and were fit. So Gym may effect your health !!. I agree, but then i realize i do not belong to the credo, “Health is Wealth “, but to the credo, “All Clothing is waste, if you have large waist.”.
So, like always, I engineer myself that i wont be doing gym, but just visit the gym, Just to take the little step. And i know once i visit, all motivation to hit the treadmill will come. I suppose, every body use this same motivation when they wake up early in the morning, ” i will just stand, when i will wake up, and then i will sleep”, And sleep never happens, once you wake up, you are on a role.
Gymming is a solitary activity, where you fight with yourself. Today i will run 4 Km, during the run, you lower your standard, then your other half fight to keep it 4 Km. You do push ups promising yourself to do 50, but again end up doing 25. I dont think, for me its a physical activity, but it is for me a mental gymnast, where two parts of my mind,debate with each other, during the course of my physical drama !!.
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* Gymming is not an english word, i have created a new word….
Ravings on life 