Hi,
You must be aware of the latest movie - 'Zinda' in which the hero Sanju baba sings this song 'Yeh hai meri kahaani' during his stay in the tight-walled jail for 14 years for no obvious reason. Same is my state now. When I had come to Bangalore I had chosen to become the flat mate of Kallu mama, as I saw nothing wrong in that decision. Now I will describe my weekly routine as a flatmate of this die hard Sanju baba's fan:
yeh hai meri kahaani
khamosh zindgaani
sannaata keh raha hai
kyun zulm seh raha hai
... The monday starts with the same song yet again. I get the feeling that I have been destined to hear this song at least some crore times, before knocking on the doors of heaven or hell.
ek dastaan puraani
tanhai ki zubani
har zakhm khil raha hai
kuch mujhse keh raha hai
... It is Tuesday.. or is it? It looks like Monday yet again.. sorry sorry.. looks like nahin.. sounds like Monday..
chubtay kaantay yaadon ke
daaman se chunta hoon
girti deewaaron ke
aanchal main zinda hoon
Wednesday.. had a tough day at work.. Came home to relax.. and yeah sweet song.. let it be the same song.. I don't care.. I don't know if this is a punishment and if it is, I probably deserve it.. like Sanju baba thinks in the movie..
bus yeh meri kahaani
be nishan nishaani
aik dar beh raha hai
kuch mujh se keh raha hai
Thursday has been a good day at work.. The client seemed to be impressed by my work.. wow days have changed, now I find work interesting once in a while.. but has the time really changed.. nope nope..
chubtay kaantay yaadon ke
daaman se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke
aanchal main zinda hoon
Friday.. the weekend is approaching.. am enthusiastic about finishing off my pending work at office so that I can remain free over the weekend.. mission accomplished, lemme go back home to see if things have changed...
Ab na koi paas hai
phir bhi ehsaas hai
sihaaiyon main uljhi pari
jeenay ki aik aas hai
Well.. the weekend has approached. Well, now that I know this particular aspect cannot be changed in my life, lemme as well start enjoying it... woww.. what a song...
yaadon ka jangul yeh dil
kaanton se jalthal yeh dil
Sunday.. where is the song.. Kallu mama.. wake up and turn the bloody song on.. Lemme hear it.. hear it again and again.. the way Sanju baba gets addicted to fried wantons.. but all said and done.. this is definitely a very good song.. hats off to Strings... am your fan..
chubtay kaantay yaadon ke
daaman se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke
aanchal main zinda hoon
Yeh hai meri kahaani...........................Current Mood:  complacent Current Music: what else.. yeh hai meri kahaani... |
Hi,
Since I cannot open livejournal from my office, I have started a new blog at http://o3.indiatimes.com/srinivas ... Do visit often and leave ur comments.
Cheers :-D
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Just Crap
Hi,
Nowadays I am just playing stick cricket, stick cricket and stick cricket 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. My dreams of smashing 4s and 6s off Mc Grath and Shane Warne are finally taking shape because of the digital revolution.
I somehow get a feeling my brain has stopped functioning nowadays, lost the feel for logic. I was telling Madhu that he should jog 4 times a day. The logic is - He got 4 jobs, I got none. I don't jog, so he should jog 4 times. The earlier statement appears perfectly logical to me. Nobody can disprove me until they do a sampling and prove beyond 95% confidence level that my hypothesis of 'linear relationship between number of jobs and jogs' was bullshit. Statistics can be applied to defend whatever nonsense comes out of your head. Talking about numbers, the other day I was watching Priya Tendulkar show where a debate was going on whether women should be given 33% reservation. Momota Benerjee was there. One guy among the audience asked her, "If you feel Men and women are equal why dont u ask for 50% reservation". For that Momota said, "I know men will be losing out a lot if you give 50% to Women. That is why, give us 33%. You enjoy the rest 77%." My next question would be, "Going by your mathematics, what about the 30% remaining?"
Feb. 10th, 2005 @ 12:13 am
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Hi,
Like a true visionary, I tried looking into my future and here is my vision. I tried to be as impractical as possible because vision is something that gives you direction, it may not be achievable. What is it that I truly want out of life? Lots of time for myself with people I like around me, lots of time to play and money with me so that I can buy whatever I want. All sorts of gadgets so that I can get things done. And probably I should be able to change things doing some magic or something like that. I should win all games I play and I have the latest model cars in my garage. I should be able to fly and reach whatever destination I want to. People should consider me as an ideal and try to follow my footsteps. I should have scaled Mt Everest and gone on picnic to moon or maybe Mars for a change. I should be given the Nobel Prize for Literature, Peace and Physics all at the same time. My book 'The God of the Circles'(what creativity :-p) should have been a superhit with 600 billion copies sold, the movie 'The Universe is not sufficient' in which I act as James Bond with Angelina Jolie wins me Oscars for best actor, director, screenplay, etc. I should have scored million runs in cricket in a single season and wiped off all records set by Sachin. I win Football World Cup for India by defeating Brazil 17-0, all goals by me. So, I should be a mixture of Bill Gates, Superman, JRR Tolkein, Pierce Brosnan, Sultan of Brunei (I did not mention some other stuff I want to do), Neil Armstrong, Einstein, Sachin, Ronaldo... could have forgotten some. Well, yeah this is realistic enough. Lemme start here...
Feb. 4th, 2005 @ 01:20 am
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Hi,
I have this eternal crib in life that I have no real 'best friend' though I have tons and tons of friends with whom I can talk n entertain. People fail to see the hearts beneath the PJ putter blah blah blah kinda cribs. So I was thinking, as I always do, what would it be like if I myself come in a different body and become my own friend. Well, then I have infinite friends, because... look at it.. We both are standing next to each other. So I have a friend on my right side. I have a friend on my left side too. Now if I go into the person on the extreme left, even he has a friend on the right side and left side, because he is myself. Similar is the case with the person on the extreme right. So using the principle of mathematical induction, I have infinite friends. I expect lots of hate comments on this.. No I have not gone crazy :-(
Jan. 26th, 2005 @ 08:59 pm
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Hi,
Humdum having achieved box office success on my blog, I am planning to sell the movie to bollywood :-D. There is one story currently running in one of my orkut groups, log into orkut and click on this link. Do browse to the second page where I gave lots of twists and turns to the story.
Now to the topic of the day - 'Swades'. I being a villain since my birth, obviously hated the movie. Well, there are many people who liked it. I guess they liked the electricity generation part, where the light bulb doesn't switch on till the voltage reaches 230 Volts and exactly at 230.00 dot... electricity passes through the wires all of a sudden and chamatkar.. bulb jal jaata hai. And Gayathri.. ahemm.. I reserve my comment on this one coz this issue is more sensitive than say something like 'allowing gay marriages in India' and can provoke many a soul.
This gaon waala story reminds me of a joke Dude (Rahul Gandhi.. the rock star of IIMK) and I made up. I suggested, "Dude, for the ITC 'mera gaon mera desh' contest, you should have suggested rock concerts as a B-plan to make money in Indian villages. It would have been superhit and you can have your MotherJane concerts in Bilaspur or Samandarnagar or some such place". Dude said, "Yeah, and the title for the plan will be MERA GAON MERA BAND".
Jan. 25th, 2005 @ 02:42 pm
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Hi,
There is a new movie 'Humdum' being advertised as 'The first ever game show in a film'. What can be the storyline of such a movie? Let us see....
The movie begins with an introduction to the game rules by hero Saahil, the anchor of the show. The winner of the event gets 10 crore rupees. He introduces the participants - Simran, the heroine, Rohit, the villain. The first few rounds are shown where heroine looks very tense and Rohit keeps winning points. Then Simran thinks of her Dad - major Dashrad Ram who is dying because of his excessive use of Viagra. She urgently needs 10 crores to get him operated (the director has forgotten 30% tax cut). Then she thinks of her Dad, the black & white scenes flash in her memory - when she was leaving to join her boarding school at an age of 9, the last time she had seen her dad, waving at him, tears running down her cheeks. Saahil announces a break - 'milte hain break ke baad'. He comes and sees her crying, talks to her and encourages her. He reminds her of some great epic where a female achieves freedom to the world by offering her left eye to Satan. Hearts thumping, in the next round, Simran wins points and nears Rohit. Break again, this time a duet with Saahil. Rohit is mad with anger, first of all, he needs 10 crores to offer it as a bribe to desh drohis who have been supplying him with arms and second of all, Saahil seems to have got a grip over his latest crush Simran.
Now, the last question of the show, whoever buzzes first will get to answer - right answer, u are through, wrong answer you are doomed. Simran buzzes. Rohit's troops are ready outside the set to blast everyone if their master loses. Simran is breathing hard, all her memories flash, then her dying dad, 'Beti, maine paap kiya hai'. Last second and Simran answers it right - 'Veerappan has a moustache' and hurrah..celebrations begin. Saail hugs Simran and Rohit's people start fighting. Action packed drama, they kidnap Simran and Saahil shows his muscles well covered until now and dishum dishum dishum... they all succumb and the song 'Mera Pyar tere liye..main kuchh bhi karoonga' comes in the backgroud, Saahil hugging Simran - bhoodha baap comes in a wheel chair to bless them tears running down. THE END.
Jan. 4th, 2005 @ 11:07 am
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Hi,
Tomorrow I have two exams. That is reason enough for me to blog. The other day, I was explaining to Bapu about an excel sheet I had made to divide work among my group members in SEPM. Btw, I had done a pretty good job --- ask my grp members.. who are still mad at me :-D particularly the egoistic IIT KGP chap who has tough time taking my commands ;-) sorry Chitto ---- in using excel sheets to divide work given randomly making certain assumptions et al. Neways I was explaining this excel sheet to Bapu and he started questioning my assumptions and I replied saying, "Dun do a Tiwari". Btw, Tiwari is the gr8 ER prof who has made life miserable to us. From now on, if anyone is taking you to task by asking too many questions, jus say... stop being Tiwari. As he says "You should have a sense of everything". Bullshit, I can be a nonsense anywhere.
Talking about excel sheets, you ppl should know how jobless I am nowadays. I had made two big excel sheets jus to pass time. One of them is a cash flow estimate of mine for the next 2 years. Made certain assumptions as to my starting salary and hike after one year, etc. My objective was to find out my bank balance after 2 years. Won't reveal the figure to you.. :-D. And the other excel sheet is a tool I am using for keeping track of my daily expenses. The whole thing is based on a practical perspective of accounting principles (pardon me for this bullshit jargon). I have made a Purse A/c and the debit entries and credit entries gimme a true picture of cash inflows and outflows daily. Certain amount of automation done inside the excel to make a good report of the spendings.. Sounds gr8.. doesn't it.. Well, I am good at bragging...:-D
Dec. 1st, 2004 @ 01:32 am
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| » Looking at mail wars from a corporate angle |
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Hi,
Talking about mail wars, I had recently been involved in a big senior-junior debate in the institute mail circles and feel I have made some very relevant points.
But more interesting than mine is the mail sent by Anil Ambani to 25000 employees in Reliance Energy Limited which is a "slap in the face" for Mukesh Ambani and his authoritarian frame of mind. To be honest, I dunno much about these bigwigs, but the recent clashes brought out clearly the personality differences between the two. The kind of comments made by Mukesh in CNBC and the mail he sent to 80000 employees saying "I am the boss" is totally unwarranted and is what I call truly unprofessional in today's corporate setting. Yes, it is obvious that he is the majority stakeholder, but is such a statement needed? What is the maximum he can do? Split the company? Yeah, Anil Ambani will get his stake. In such a scenario, Anil Ambani acted truly wisely and sent a mail saying he is happy to be a "colleague" to the 25,000 employees in the organization and is a professional to serve the interests of all its stakeholders. This is what I call a fitting reply to the "I am the boss" mail. Well, let us see if there are any fitting comments on my blog ;-)
Nov. 29th, 2004 @ 11:40 am
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Hi,
I had been listening to this talk by Malcom Gladwell suggested by my friend Vinu - Link to the speech
. A very interesting speech and certainly the kind someone like me
would love. It is about human nature. There was a good example of the
Pepsi, Coke tests of preference and at the end of it he says, many
times what consumers say is their preference is not exactly what they
mean (I guess this holds 100% for gals).
At the end of the talk my belief that the course 'Consumer Behaviour' I
had done under Dr. Ponda was an utter waste got confirmed. But yeah, he
cannot ask us to guess consumer's preferences in the project. Of
course, many of us did guess and fill up the questionnaires ;-). I
remember, we had one of the questions where we had to ask the consumer
to give the preference he gives to his family and friends while buying
a car. Most of them would give high pref for the family bcos their wife
is sitting beside secretly listening to the whole conversation. But one
lawyer gave the least rating to his family's preference for buying a
car which surprised his daughter. Then I had to calm his daughter down
saying he would trust you 100% for buying chocolates, but not for
buying a car.
Back to the topic, at the end of it, I feel... these are the
differences between marketers and statisticians. If you ask our
favourite statistics prof Gochu, he would say, your sample and
population are different, dont blame the statistical techniques. But,
marketing chaps do have a point in saying that human nature needs to be
discounted.
Nov. 26th, 2004 @ 08:10 pm
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Hi,
The other day I was thinking, if Natwarlal from Ramgadh comes to me and asks me what is a computer, how should I answer him. Lemme make an attempt at this...
Computer mein do dibbe hote hain, ek dibbe mein cinema dikhta hai (the monitor), doosre mein processing chalti hai. Now this is too technical for him. Neways, lemme proceed. Cinema waale dibbe ke saamne ek keyboard hota hai jisme akshar daba sakte ho. Aur ek chooha hota hai.. now how do I describe the functionality of mouse to him. Ok lemme try to describe the Windows desktop to him. Cinema waale dibbe mein icons hote hain. yeh icons ko choohe se do bar dabaake koi bhi program chalaa sakte ho.. I am sure Natwarlal comes up with this question.. yeh ppirogiram kee hota hai babua.. enough is enough, Natwarlal is good for making beedis or tilling the land or whatever... A better answer to his question would be.. Computer ek jaadui dabbi hoti hai.. Jisme button dabaane se kuchh bhi kaam kar sakte ho... He will be quite satisfied with this one I guess..
Oct. 31st, 2004 @ 02:08 am
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| » Born in the USA... I was...Born in the USA... |
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Hi,
I have seen the details of the Blogger Ville contest by IIMB. Wanted to participate at first but the topic is not for people like me - 'Innovation at the frontier' it seems. And they want to read all innovative ideas emanating from the future business leaders. I know I crap a lot. But that sort of crap is simply not my thing. So lemme get back to my normal blogging.
There are quite a few friends of mine who are enjoying their balls off in US of A. And whenever I ask them how is it to be there, they get back with the senti answer ,"Hey, you know what. I wanna get back to India. There is no place like India." Well, ya.. I agree with 'Mera Bharat mahan' and other such slogans, but even I would like to shout out those slogans from the US of A. C'mon be honest when you are enjoying out there. There was one senior of mine who was honest enough to say he will never be able to settle in India again because he got used to a better place. And then there is one other question normally asked by these guys out there, "How is India?" Go and check out in the indiatimes website. How am I supposed to know the happenings in the country? But, to be a little honest I feel these guys do have a point. They don't get to go to their homes in the vacation. And then there is lots of work during the time of the semester. And maybe if I were in USA right now, my blog would have been as follows:
There are quite a few friends of mine in India who are always too inquisitive about US of A. C'mon enough of crying. You got to realize its not that big a deal... blah blah blah.....
Oct. 24th, 2004 @ 09:36 pm
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Hi,
Here are some of the characteristics of losers. The winners are always the bad guys. We guys have better technique, we have better players, but that guy won because he played a defensive game waiting for our guy to make mistakes. Put it straight.. we are losers. We are playing to strengthen the bond of friendship with the opponent (that guy achieved the same by spitting on your face). There are always these last minute explanations, "that guy always looked like a better player". Idiot, realise that you were winning initially and that guy defeated you with his temperament. This happens with Sachin Tendulkar all the time. The biggest problem with him is.. he believes he is the best batsmen.. Once you are at that level, you can never have team spirit.
And then there are these peace keepers who believe justice should be done, even if it were to mean we are losing a point to the opposition. What puzzles me is the fact that these peace keepers invariably belong to the losing side.
Oct. 10th, 2004 @ 09:33 pm
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Hi,
There is this friend of mine who says, "Srini, do you know you are smart?" But before I grin, bang comes his remark, "but you should realize you are crazy." Seemingly the name 'Crap Bag' (if you have seen Friends 10th season you would know what I am talking about) suits me the best. Well, whats wrong with crap bag. First name Crap and last name Bag, I like it. And as Mike says in Friends, you can figure out a bag of crap to remember my name. Talking about weird names, there is this friend of mine whose name goes like this - "Maddu Venkata Naga Surya Sathya Soma Siva Rama Krishna Anjaneya Subba Rao". And he calls himself Rao. The first time our warden asked him his initials, he said "The name is Rao, MVNSSSSRKAS Rao". Well, that is how telugu people are named and here you are reading the blog of'Kotamarthi Naga Siva Srinivas'. Even mallus have funny names. One of my friends says mallus can have any name with 2 syllables - names like 'Sleeba', 'Sleecha', 'Spaha' or 'Vismya' - all can be mallu babes.
There was a senior of mine at IIT by name Thangamani (meaning golden mani). People used to make a lot of fun of his colour. He was supposed to be flourescent black in colour. His favourite slippers were violet in colour and most of his shorts were either pink or orange in colour. He had a Bajaj scooter which needs a pit stop for every 2 Kms of travel. It is very easy to find out the scooter in a scooter stand as it will be leaning against the wall (no stand).. Well, I can go on and on about him and his scooter... Lemme get back to where I started.. Yeah, I was saying someone called me smart. Of course I am...
Oct. 6th, 2004 @ 12:30 pm
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Hi,
Time has become really slow nowadays. Sometimes I wonder if a day has more than 24 hours. Ask our marketing prof Ponda (as spelt by the one and only Gochu), he will tell you it is consumer perception and would suggest to you a product that would let you pass time. The Brand Management prof would name the product 'thupuk' and suggest selling it at Rs 700 to the middle income families. And ask a student group to make a PPT on the product, they will immediately draw an identity prism for you and give you the vision and mission statements. All these Kotler pandits are masters at segmenting markets (translated as 'breaking it to pieces') and targeting customers (poor customers) and positioning themselves. Thanks to Kotler, marketing is only about STP. I want to write more crap, but am feelign sleepy.. Bye
Aug. 29th, 2004 @ 12:10 am
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| » The boring blog |
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Hi,
I think I have criticised enough people in my blogs of late that I am finding it tough to think of a new one. So lemme try to become one of those boring bloggers whose blogs go this way..
Today I woke up at 7 O'clock, brushed my teeth. Life is so boring... Class was boring blah blah.... I cant write more than this.. Who wants to know how f#$%^ng boring his life is... And there are ppl who read these blogs regularly..
And there are some other eternal introspectors whose blogs go this way...
Life is beautiful. Why am I feeling like this? Does this mean something is wrong with me? Today I had a dream, the whole world turned green and I talked to GOD and asked him why he made life so miserable...Why is it that I am always lazy..
Ohh my God, I am very bad at these. I think I should revert to my own style of criticizing... in fact I did criticize these bloggers ;-)
Aug. 7th, 2004 @ 06:24 pm
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Hi,
It normally happens that seniors never like juniors. They always say, "These juniors dunno anything", "Remember how mature we were when we entered the campus" and so on. Well, unfortunately, the current situation is not so here. Somehow the junior batch which has much more work experience with all those tall fat juniors is considered to be more mature. Well, then these senior guys are smart kids, they know their marketing jargon, thanks to Panda. They are positioning themselves as 'the cute little seniors'. Juniors are being referred to as uncles. This is truly a reversal of roles and the funny thing is, UD has given up on us and treats the seniors as spoilt kids on whom the faculty has given up hopes. I am sure he knows the batch is capable of bringing IIMK to the headlines of some newspaper, of course only if they accept anonymous mails ;-).
Jul. 28th, 2004 @ 08:15 pm
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Hi,
Its damage control time 4 me. The thotha I was talking about blasted me with gaalis.. :-(( I am a kid.. jus wrote whaddever came on to my head. So please don't mind. OK, now I got an official permission from you to blast you in my blog ;-). Also some gals might have had broken hearts after reading my blogs. Please don't mind. I love u all. Now to today's 'Blah blah blog about sports'.
I was watching England-Portugal foorball match day b4 yesterday, when an expert friend of mine was showing off his sports knowledge by citing some of the statistics he knows. 'Rahul Dravid's average of 56.89 is not good enough', 'the goal Beckham had made in the 37th minute on so and so date of so and so month in 1999' were some of the topics he hit upon. I know he has cooked up half of the figures on the spot. And another bengali friend gave his expert comments when penalty shoot out was going on. It seems the goalkeeper gets 0.001 second to react when saving a penalty. He sounded so confident that I felt he had actually timed it. Well, I did not know any of the statistics they were talking about but had enjoyed the match as much as they did. I dunno why they unnecessarily waste their time on accumulating these facts, which don't even impress gals. Then there are people declaring 'Italy is my favourite team' (he might have watched 2 or 3 matches of Italy) and others who have watched only EPL in their lives declaring 'England is the best team'. Lemme also blast the fans of 'Real Madrid - a bunch of losers'. Whats so good about the team which has all the best players in the world and doesn't win all the time.
Jun. 26th, 2004 @ 10:46 pm
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Hi,
Gals at IIMs get a lot of Bhav. Some of them look very innocent with specs and 'Hey I am cho chweet' looks. But the desperate lot out here give them so much bhav that they end up bitc#ing around by the end of first year. And nowadays, the kind of dresses they wear with their dazzling colours (even those guys behind them - I call their shirts - disco dancer shirts) give me nauseating feeling. And the worst part is they don't even leave the fresher gals. There is this thotha friend of mine with green eyes and flourescent (is that the spelling) green shirt who wants to start doing aerobics if there is a fresher gal interested in sports. That guy looks so funny when he wears those Basketball Builb shirts with his tummy protruding out. It will again go the same way. The gals will come to IIM to gain knowledge and seeing the guys around them with their dripping tongues out of their mouths, they will start considering themselves on par with Kareena Kapoor, Preity Zinta - not to mention Ash and Sush. Then there will be some other losers, those secret lovers who start dreaming of the loves of their life - who are partying somewhere with the group I had mentioned earlier (disco dancer group). This brings me to the hot topic - 'Gal/Boy ratio at IIMs, of course it has to be increased'. Well, just an increased ratio won't solve the problem. At IITs, ratio varies year to year, but the quality is so pathetic. They say - 'IIT has 2 kinds of species - males and non-males'. Let me end with a joke - 'there is a diamond at the middle of a boxing ring, superman and batman are at 2 corners, one beautiful IITian gal in one corner and a non-male from IIT in the other corner - who gets the diamond? Of course the non-male bcoz the other 3 are fictitious.'
In spite of all these - these gals get so much bhaav (even at IITs) that they always do a 'that don't impress me much' with the disco dancers around them.
Jun. 25th, 2004 @ 04:56 pm
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Hi,
Now that my summer project is coming to a conclusion, I would like to get back to my original state. I would like to come back to the belief that business is all ethical and global. Companies actually are customer-oriented. They like to offer service to the customer because he is so important and they have got nothing else to do. I also want to believe that something called organisational culture exists and it distinguishes an organization from others. I want to believe that the source of motivation for the employees is not money alone. They don't work towards their personal goals but work in teams for the betterment of their organization. I also want to believe that HR cares for the company and their job is not just arranging cabs and giving pay checks. Bosses care for their subordinates and don't keep pressurizing them for their targets. Performance appraisal is done not on the basis of sales done alone. Other factors such as personal skills, commitment, blah blah.. play a major role in the appraisals done. Organizations work for offering good life to their employees and also their customers. Woww.........world looks great again....
Jun. 3rd, 2004 @ 11:26 am
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