Most of us would have heard about the sacrifices people in army or armed forces make while on duty protecting Indian land and many a times we would momentarily fell the pride in them too but never really would we have really given them a thought…Even it was the same with me until recently when i had the opportunity of seeing them in close and hearing about them a lot.Probably many people would complain about their work life in Software industry or the stressful work hours in any other domain,but after seeing the commitment and the ordeal the rmed forces go through in protecting our land,one would even be ashamed to any more complain about all other trivial things in life.

Recently had been to Wagah Border and Manali and Delhi.Its true that next to an India Pakistan match you would feel the pride of being an Indian on the Indo-Pak border where both the forces stand against each other showing their power.It was a spectacular sight and probably each Indian or each guy who complains about his work should visit the place once in their lifetime to know what real commitment is and to dwell deep we need to appreciate the guys standing on the Siachen Glacier just to check any intrusion in those horrible situations.Heard from a guy that it’s very normal that an army guy dies once in 10 days at siachen,In spite of knowing this face a personnel will go their on his duty call no matter whatever his situations are,None of his emotions or personal life comes in between his commitment to his work.The reason may be the training or the selection procedure they go through.A Friend of mine had been selected to the army and came to know a lot of those selection procedures and the tasks one goes through for getting selected.Its not the money for which they work for,It’s the pride one has in wearing that uniform and standing stiff to show the power of the nations armed forces.For a normal human being it would be tough to stand for such a cause or show such deep commitment for what he believes in.Saluting the Indian Armed Forces.

It would be great if i do have that power or commitment towards something i believe in.

Just random thoughts:)

Happened to write a assignment for organization behaviour and the title was My leader.My instant choice was Sadanand Rudraiah(my Project manager at Keane).Did a small write up and sent him a copy too along with wishes for his farewell.Surprised to get a reply too which was a good one

“This is a good take away for me… i will consider this as a great gift for me….

my principle is very simple…. be a good human being…

i know you will be a manager once you are done with your MBA…. key things for a good manager is… empathy, impartiality and equality….

But i would say that i really enjoyed your (my teams) company… these are some of the most unforgettable moments in my life… !!”

Thanks Sada:-)

Being on Chamundi at 1 AM and lots of mist that you dont see anything on road.Priceless:-)

Chamundi is a small hill in Mysore.Probably one the best cities i have been and have for long been coming to just to experience the peaceful existence of a great town.

This particular topic have been for long a matter of debate with me and many of my friends…Probably from the time i have came over to bangalore and started working ,I have been  part of this debate for a long time…It just got refreshed yesterday when i was out with few of my friends.And one thing i have notices over time is that i used to vouch for Capitalism as the correct system once upon a time when i was in bangalore supporting business particularly large business’s as the only correct system of administration for the development of a place…but of late i have starting believing in inclusive development that include features of communism as the correct system where in all the people involved in the state administration are made a part of the development and hence we don’t have this IT culture where in IT is the only source of revenue for the government and the people into IT….But as a result the whole society being left out or being made to suffer due to the various side effects of such a system…

But still i am not able to make out a clear differentiation between Capitalsm and Communism.

And i got this funny representation of the 2 ideologies

CUSTOMMERCE and SDM IMD are jointly conducting a conference focussed on acheiving  market leadership through Customer Service.We had Mr.Andrew Hendrian-(GM,The LEELA Kempinski,Bgl) as one of  our speakers from Industry.Hearing about his long career  in hospitality sector,i was waiting to hear him.He started as a cook and have climbed up the ladder and after working at various places around the world,now he is the General manager at The Leela Kempinski,bangalore.He has worked with many leading hotels in Dubai,Berlin,bangalore  and many more.He told during his brief talk about starting his work and going around the world to explore it.How true it had been in his case.He gave us a brief talk on the importance of Customer Satisfaction in hospitality sector and the Industry as a whole.

His talk centered around having Customer at the centre of everything that a organisation does.The two most important things are Customer Retention and Customer Acquisition.Any Organisation must make the customer believe that they know him.This creates a emotional bonding in the customer and thats a major differentiating factor.It all depends on the Customers mind of wat he makes out from the organisation and whether he would like come back and do business again.So the first thing would be to know the customer and then serve him.

“Invest in your Employees-They are the core asset on your balance sheet.”-These were the words told by him to the new budding managers.Andrew had worked in many hotels and he made it a point to spend some timw with each of the employees and know them better and call them by their name.I think this is a remarkable attitude .And as he told even being Strict and rigid can work in most cases but a litle differently.You got to feel what they feel.

It was a good talk and more important it was nice hear such a person.Waiting for the talk by jagdish Seth tomorrow.

One of the biggest icon of my time or may be an icon who evolved during our times.

His life have been a sort of troubled one starting from his makeover to his child abuse case and his addiction but someone told me that he never grew…”He remained a child till death.”

RIP MJ.The world will miss you.

Not that i am great supporter of pakistan..ratherbeing an Indian i would not support Pakistan to win the trophyBut one thing really stuck me during the opening match for pakistan in the T20 world cup.During a pre match conference Pakistan captain said that his team would strive hard to bring atleast some cheers to the people of the WAR torn nation PAKISTAN.And that showed the importance why they needed to get the cup.Its been true that sports do bring in many smiles and happiness.all said i supported pakistan only when India was out of the World Cup due to oo performance God bless those people who have been suffering due to the misdeeds of other in the name of religion or ideology.