These Days, I have got hold of a book called .'India Unbound'..The Book is written by a former CEO of P&G ,India - Gurcharan Das.The best part of the book is the presentation.Just like his articles in Sunday Times ,the book has a personal touch about it.This makes topics on India's triumph and failures to be looked upon with a different perspective.
As of now , one thing that I will like to share after reading the first 100 pages is the story he mentions of Porus and Alexander.
All know the history stuff that Porus lost to Alexander in the war.Once Alexander asked him as to how should he be treated, Porus replied "As a King treats another King".
But his learning from this story is from a managerial point as well as Indian Psychology.Porus lost because his infantry strength was low and the support that he received from his cavalry got hampered by Alexander's strategy.In the end , his elephants were killing his own foot soldiers.
What the author mentions here is that although , there was no caste lines in those days in the army , there were still some divisions due to which the infantry never got the desired support.Same has happened in the Indo -Pak and Indo-China wars , though not a larger basis.
Another point that I got from his learnings was that Indians esp. males are not team players (its not in our blood).It all starts with the bride getting married.She has immense pressure to get a male heir for the family.Once the son is born , he is a pampered lot.All his wishes are fulfilled. No doubt about this.
Once he grows up ,all this plays an important part in developing his ego.That way ,he either gets arrogant and never becomes a team player or he gets subdued and frustrated.Hopefully , with more working mothers , this situation might also be resolved for better.
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