Kejriwal : The Nayak

After Kejriwal's recent multiple exposé of misappropriate assets and sources of income of people associated, directly or indirectly, to the major politics parties of India, it struck me -
Kejriwal's aspires to don the avatar of the change-maker of the country, pretty much on the lines of the movie Nayak - The Real Hero. 

See, in the movie, Anil Kapoor plays the character of an ambitious TV camera man, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, who accepts a challenge by the chief minister of Maharashtra to run the state for one day. 
Don't agree? Look at the similarities.

In the movie, Shivaji is a cameraman with a leading news channel and is asked specifically to conduct the interview with the corrupt CM. Here,  throughout the Lokpal bill and other protests, Kejriwal took on the PM and his cabinet of minsters head on. Also, the web is full of tweets and posts from people like you and me stating the obvious- Kejriwal is more of a journalist than a politician.

The movie depicts Shivaji being challenged by the CM to take up his job for a day and experience the problems of ruling a state himself. Kejriwal, on being poked and prodded repeatedly during his protests with Anna, decided to set up a political party of his own.

On becoming the chief minister, Shivaji brings about lots of improvements and quickly becomes an idol in the people’s eyes. In the present scenario, Kejriwal is no less than a hero for a lot of Indians who believe in his ability to bring about the necessary changes.

In addition, Shivaji's actions prompt the leaders of political parties to join hands against him. Going by the rate at which Kejriwal is publicizing our politicians as ek hi thaili ke chatte-batte, I won't be surprised if Congress, BJP etc. do the same.

Where's the filmi angle to all this? Arrey, just like the big players of Bollywood, he too has taken a panga with a 'Salman' (Khurshid). No wonder he has received a 'murder threats' off late!

So, all in all, Kejriwal posits the role of the Nayak of Indian politics. I don't know if he'll ever be a part of the ruling party but at this point of time I can't help but wonder what it'd be like.

(Information sources: http://www.imdb.com, http://en.wikipedia.org)

Promising Times

Promises. Commitments. You make then everyday. But do you keep them all? Do you run away?

Well, you prioritize some. You throw some away(?). But how do you classify?

                
                   
Lets probe this further. Everything you do in your life, in a day, can be classified into four categories : Urgent, Not urgent, Important, Not important.

You fulfill those first that seem important AND urgent- deadline driven projects, pressing problems; you define them to be of personal or professional in nature. They are the main cause of your STRESS. Schedule them and manage most of your time effectively among these tasks. 

The tasks that seem non-urgent and unimportant are the ones you don't need to or don't have to do. They are Time-wasters. You either delegate them or do away with them. 

There are also tasks that may not be that urgent but important to you, to your well-being. Recreation activities, for instance. As much as you think you can sustain without a healthy dose of entertainment, the truth is that 'All work and no play DOES make Jack a dull boy'. Planning for future is another one as it is pertinent for grabbing new opportunities or preempting threats/challenges. So spend considerable time on it.

So, dearest Jack, manage that little time at your behest, and fulfill those commitments. Win, Jack, win. 

The RED letter

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Have you ever wondered which of these letters of the English alphabet is your favourite? I know, seems insignificant. But if THAT told you WHAT you were and WHY you were like that, wouldn't you want to know? How would you decide?
So, I asked around a bit.
1) 's' and 'z' are very artistic letters. Plus, they can be used interchangeably for a lot of words (US: organize. British: organise).
And you can't possibly not fall for Z's accentuated pronounciation of 'zee'.

2) o, u, t, i - Letters that are the easiest to write or speak. I am not surprised that 3 of them are vowels.
Oh, and you like 'O'. You like doughnuts or bagels?

3) f and g - the dreaded letters. The most difficult to write. Also, 'f' is used sparingly. Oh f***, used to be used sparingly. ;)
One could also argue that they may be the most artistic letters, especially the way you handwrite them. So if you're fond of them, you may be, well, of a creative mind.

4) R or r -  Now isn't that a beautiful letter. It also adds that rrring to a worrrd!

5) K - Kkkkya?  Seriously? You'll be the next big hot-shot TV/Film producer. It's meant to be. Kinky!

6) Q - Now we're talking. People who like this letter must be extremely different from the rest I believe. Quirky.

7) X or Y - I call them the letters that like to mingle. How seXY is that!

8) A or/and E - Borrring! But then again, we can't do without them.

So, which one's yours?
 
Pic courtesy- http://walkinthewords.blogspot.in/2011/02/alphabet-soup-comparing-alphabets.html

LEft, rigHT or ceNTre...

(picture courtesy: http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/left-brain-vs-right-brain-advertising/)

Just today somebody shared these pictures on Facebook and I was reminded of this brilliant advertising campaign carried out by Mercedes-Benz early this year. The beautiful illustrated spread shows creativity. free spirit and passion of the right brain vs. the familiar, accurate and linear nature of the left brain. 

Though most of us must have read about the concept in the past, being a management student, this advertisement intrigued me as to how an ordinary individual can choose his line of career based on these parameters.

Good sales people tend to be more right brain – intuitive, subjective, creative.  They are capable of creating these extremely attractive adverts stimulating the mind of an average customer to make the purchase decision.

People employed in the administrative or the technical fields are required to be more left brained. Their jobs relate majorly to carrying out monotonous tasks everyday. It's not like their jobs are not exciting enough. Ask a budding scientist the amount of joy he experiences on successfully completing an experiment and you'd know.

Entrepreneurs, too, could make a more effective use of the right brain. Their risk taking ability coupled with the creative genius(offered in abundance by the right brain) can actually transform into a successful business idea.

However, when any of these great people get into management which requires as much of the left brain thinking as of the right brain, things tend to go haywire. Good managers need to be not only logical and rational in their decision making, but also possess the right hint of gut and madness when it comes to finding out more efficient ways of managing limited resources.

Hence, Great managers need to be “whole-brained” since they lead with their right brain and manage with their left brain. Yes, you got it correct: WHOLE-ness is SOUL-ness.

It is never too late to LEARN.....

Hello there!
I know I haven't been able to post anything in a really long while. It's a shame, really, because the amount of knowledge I have gained during this period has been enormous! Let me share a bit of it today.

It's funny that none of us realize how much we learn when we actually get down to doing things ourselves. Watching others do it or learning from others' mistakes isn't enough, my dear friend! Initially, we may feel strained by the decision of choosing a task, then carrying out the required research and eventually compiling and analyzing all the information so acquired, but only after it is over, do we understand the very purpose behind all this. What we get out of it is - knowledge. It is this very word that sets us apart from others; it determines how successful or not we will be in the coming years. Yet we fail to make the most out of it as a majority of us avoid going through the entire journey. One cannot expect to get results if one hasn't worked at all, unfortunately.

This is just an abstract of what I want to share. There's so much more to say, so much more to hear, so much more to learn. Hope everybody feels the same way.

Lets
!!! :)

(Picture courtesy: http://forthegoodofillinois.org/about-fgi/)

WE ARE ALL SPECIAL CASES.

It’s been  three  days since I created of this blog and I haven’t been able to think of a decent topic to write on. I am no writer or philosopher. Honestly, it feels a bit weird to share everything one feels with everybody else. Weird because not everyone is interested in knowing what is going on in your life. Hmmm... Lets break that down. 

Look around you and think- Is it not true that people hardly take notice of you if there isn’t anything SPECIAL about you? Something out of the ordinary..

The dictionary meaning of the word 'Special' implies extraordinary, exceptional. It may have varying connotations. Sometimes the special ingredient of your life is something that is conventional, something that is socially acceptable. Sometimes it is something embarrassing, yet capable of setting you apart! In certain cases, the same element can be viewed as positive or negative. Each person has a different definition of being SPECIAL…

Getting praised or appreciated feels special; Being put in charge of a project at work makes a person feel important. Winning a competition feels special. Obviously, it is nice to be on the receiving side, such that you feel important or special. But being the on the giving side has its benefits too. A person who shows appreciation, who gives praise, or who makes another person feel special is providing a valuable service and can be considered a valuable person to the recipient. Being thought of as valuable is a reward in itself.


Before you sit down to reflect on this, I would like to end this post by quoting famous author Chuck Palahniuk,


“We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.”