Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Some learnings

Inspite of being a student for nearly 75% of my life, there are few words that have always been there with me to inspire my thought process.
Some of them are :-

I am what I am.No one can change my identity.
-Father Leo (Value Education teacher taught this in class 7th much before the Reebok ad became vogue)

Having a good night sleep is better than any other thing in the world.
Don't ever love the company you work for.Love the work you are doing because you never know when the company can leave you.

- Narayan Murthy (Infy Mysore days)

Perception is everything.Its the key to everything.
- Prof. Himanshu Rai (BIO Class , Term 1 in IIM L )

Profit and success have no long term impact.Its the pursuit of happiness that matters more in life.
- Article in Hindu on the Satyam fiasco

The rest seem to be lost in some corners of my mind.I will try to take them out some day.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Recession and Terrorism

The buzz word of the times is Recession and Terrorism.One can see it everywhere.
Be it the news report on IIM Placements that define the Indian job market or the amount of time I am spending on padhaai or the grades I am getting. - Recession is everywhere.
What surprises more is that even terror and war related activities around the country has been increasing. Take 26/11 , attacks in Lahore on Sri Lankan team, LTTE war at peak and Bangladesh coup.

Reminds of the popular 3.4 song taken from Roxen :-

jal rahe hai diye... ik nayi aas liye
ho rahi hai subah...ik naya suraj liye
sanson ka kafila...ruk gaya kyun yahan
maut se ladh ja... kyu chinta hai yahan

payenge jo khoya hay,,,andhero ke us par
jayenge aur dekhenge,,, roshni ki naayi deewar
payenge jo khoya hay,,,andhero ke us par
himmatein hai kai,,,jalne ko hai tayyar
roz nai diwar,,,roz nai diwar


Seems only economic growth is the solution to curb the widespread evil roots.
This can happen when the will to grow is there.I just hope everyone believes in it and tries to succeed in the one life we have.

One needs to rise from the walls that we have created around us.