IPL 3 : Pakistanis out of game

New IPL controversy , None of the Pakistani players getting selected for IPL 3 by any of the teams. Good , Bad or Ugly ?

The way Pakistani players were shown the door back to there country, may not be the best way of sending a message. But the message is loud and clear, if you keep killing people, spreading hate and terrorism, you are not fit enough to be the part of civilized society.

Mr Shahrukh Khan has shown lot of concerns about Pakistanis not being picked up. If he thinks this is wrong, why don't he surrender his money churning KKR team . He said that Pakistan is a great neighbor, I dont know what greatness he has seen in the terrorist nation, his family might not be the one which is affected out of the Pakistan's terrorism but as a respected citizen of India he should make careful remarks about such issues.

We had enough of it now, Pakistan does not deserve any of the privilege of a normal country. They should reform themselves first before pitching for fair and equal treatment.

Volkswagen Beetle - Too high Price

Volkswagen Beetle is easily one of the cutest car in the world and is finally arriving in India. I am really excited and waiting to see car running on Indian roads. But what came as surprise to me is the high price quoted by the company. The company is quoting price range starting from 20-22 Lakhs in India which by no means looks affordable.

If we look at the Volkswagen vehicles, they are known for yesteryear's styling and fun driving dynamics but are inefficient in fuel efficiency. Beetle is positioned as affordable car throughout the world and costs nearly 10 to 13 Lakhs in US. The car is called as people's car and is one of the largest selling vehicle in the world. Given the positioning of the product in the market I can't really understand the logic behind high pricing in India as it will be tough for the car to achieve high volumes at this price.

What segment of the market are they really targeting ?

Rocket Singh

When I went to watch Rocket Singh, I was not expecting much from the movie but found it unexpectedly good and a must watch for all management professional. The movie is a story of a Sales organization rather than a sales man, surprisingly a bollywood movie without any hero.

I think the way movie's promos were designed, it couldn't gave a feel of the quality of the story and looked more like a comedy to me. The promos could have been made more meaningful to pass on the real message.

The characters of sales man looked quite original, dialogs were perfect. The experienced sales man acted really well and his dialogue " Jo sales man ulta nahi pad sakta wo andha hai " was awesome.

Few of the important messages from the movie

Importance of values and ethics in a business without which the business wont survive for long.

It also teaches us the importance of customer value proposition . When for one businessman the customer meant just sales value and for another customer satisfaction was more important.

The employees/ sales force does not meant just to be exploited, pressurized for targets. Just keep your employees happy, targets will itself follow.

The best message was to all the people who are employees and think that things can be done better . Become a Entrepreneur, its not that tough. " Risk to spiderman ko bhi lena padta hai, mai to sales man hu".

Kartikh's Team Spirit

Mr Kartikh , one of the unrated players who rarely scores runs in double digits spoiled the party of Sachin by hitting the winning six against Srilanka. I have , never seen Sachin so clearly upset about not getting a century .

What Karthik did can never be justified by even the worst critics of Sachin, I am sure none of Indian Cricket team fans were amused by such display of batting by Kartikh. He should have curtailed his rare heroics and should have allowed Sachin to complete the century.

3 Idiots !

Just watched 3 Idiot yesterday, truly refreshing movie with great messages. The movie reminded me of good old Engineering college days and the fun I had there with the friends. Yes it has larger than life character of Aamir Khan which looks a bit stretched at times but we need to discount it for the sake of bollywood.

Chetan Bhagat has all the rights to feel cheated as the movie actually has twisted all his scenes and non of it truly resembles 5 point someone but I still think that the real Five point someone story would have been tough to sell in the market. Five Point someone was a great story full of realistic scenes but something which is too specific to the Engineering colleges..

Interestingly movie also touches upon the real problems with Indian education system, fear of failure and pressure on children to perform and excel in regular educational streams . The freedom to choose your own profession is a bit subdued in Indian context and the problem is very clearly depicted in the story. The message is loud and clear to the parents which try to force there children into certain profession just for the sake of there own prestige and societal pressures.


Two of the personal learning from the movie

Al iz Well

Don't delay your dream for Long, do what you really want to do in life.


Some of the Dialogues I loved in the movie ..

Agar dost fail ho jaye toh dukh hota hai aur woh agar woh first aaye toh aur bhi dukh hota hai

Hum science ki taraf se hain

Millimeter Virus Ko bahar nikal

Saari umar hum Mar mar ke jee liye Ek pal to ab humein Jeene do Jeene do

Give me some sunshine

Al iz Well

Where are we Heading ..

It’s been Sixty two year, seems to be a long period. What’s in store for our futures? Is India going to be anywhere close to a supreme power in the world?

If we do a reality check to see if we have any chance to be next China or USA of the world, it’s not going to be an easy task. Where exactly are we lacking?

For initial few years of my schooling it looked like the population growth is the real issue which eats up all the resources. After the advent of globalization the scenario changed and so was the thought process, population was no longer looked upon as the real weakness, we became the knowledge capital of the world, but no real breakthrough yet. Most of the population still doesn’t have the skills to get employed in the newly generated opportunities.

Where are we heading now? What are the plans to revive the condition of the deprived sections? What is the strategy for the next decade to take India to the next level?

I am hopeful that people at the Top have the vision for the future for this great country and they have plans to make significant difference to the life of 1000 million people.

N.D. Tiwari's Biggest Mistake !

N D Tiwari Ji might be one of the fittest octogenarian in the world. 86 year old man was caught in bed with 3 women. The incident is nothing new for the politicians .

I only fail to understand that why did he offered his resignation on health Grounds ?