Nothing to say

My previous post on the news being black seems so irrelevant today .. after the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai .. we are really helpless to do anything , except to blame our neighbors and Diggy Raja again saying hands of saffron terror . I think the way these attacks are being done , after 20-25 years our yearly calendar would have been filled with 365 memorial days of bomb blasts .. and nothing more  can be said  as anything being said will seem hypocrisy of highest order .. Hope is the only thing still remains .. Lets see ..

Why our newspapers have become dark ?

It has been a long 2-3 months or I'll say more than a year from the day of 2G scam . I have been growing with a feeling that not a single good thing is happening in our country . Now today  I saw a video in youtube , which is a clip of a video from Russia channel , which showcases India's budding entrepreneurs and the growing aspiration of Indians . Believe me , I felt I have heard a good news after a long time . When a foreign news channel showcases our positive attitude , we have been cribbing about everything .   

Charles Dickens said "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times "  and I feel at any moment we are living , the above idioms stays true .. No time can be the worst time than present and no time can be the best time than present .But unfortunately our newspapers have decided to not focus on the latter part . Is it our need to be fed on the black , sad news that they are trying to fulfill ? If the answer to above statement is true , then god help us . 

This is the time to believe in India and play a constructive role for the society . There are two ways to deal , simply dismiss Indian democracy as a sham but negativism and cynicism are not the way we have lived for last 3000 years 

If we are waiting for that day , when all our problems and sufferings will vanish automatically and then we will  start making good news our headline news , then we are destined to wait for ever . 

Second year begins @ IMT ,Ghaziabad

So it has turned a full circle . One year of MBA is over . Campus is filled with anxious looking parents and to-be student managers . The vendor for selling pillows , beds and coolers are ready to suck the blood out of them with their highly overpriced items and as always eager seniors ready to 'interact ' with juniors .So nothing has changed , though the hot and dry Ghaziabad of last year has become humid and sweating Ghaziabad this time .

For me , the second year has begun and with it the count-down to jump into the action of life which will start after March 15 , 2012 . So what do I wish for next 3 term ? Nothing really .. a good ending to this wonderful MBA ... a decent enough job to start with and the continued bliss with these wonderful 420 IMTians of batch 2010 - 2012 . So let the game begin ...

Startup

So let me be frank . I was not seriously thinking about my summer internship and felt that any organisation will do .So when I got through AdoRoi , it was first a kind of relief that I don't have to appear for the process of sitting for interview in another company .. and then when I thought about working for a startup I found this can really be good for me as it can provide me a all total different experience of working .. I have worked in large organisations with 1.5 lakh employees and this was the opportunity to work in a company with less than 30 employee .. So all set . and I arrived at the office and till today 3 week have passed . So learnings no .1 you dont need money , you dont need infra , you dont need polished corporate office for a company .. what you need is a big idea and the belief in yourself to achieve the Idea .

Also the need is to make your employees believe your idea and to distribute the responsibility of implementing the idea even as no single person can run this alone . One needs to have the ability to pick up right person for the job ..

As it happens every new  idea faces its utmost challenge as the implementation starts and this is where the differentiation starts .. what is needed is two contrasting factors .. one the belief in your idea .. and two listen to the all stakeholders associated and then mould your idea according to their need . and this startup is in such a position where it needs the integration of both these two factors ..  After 5 weeks down the line , my academic requirement of working in a company will be fulfilled and I will leave but the learnings of  will definitely be there .

Mumbai Again...

So ..It's Mumbai again after 3 years .. and till now very few  experiences has been repeated . Last time I was staying at posh location Powai , travelling through Western line and was a full time employee .Last time when I arrived , I felt people around me were moving at 10x speed while I was moving at x . This time I am staying at Ghansoli , which according to Mumbai standard will confirm to a village .. travelling in the harbour and central line and basically I am now a student manager and for internship .

Last time I was at one of the flat in Powai where AC , TV and washing machine was there . this time I am at a Paying guest where I have to share my room with 9 guys and going through all the absence of TV , AC etc .

No.. I am not saying that the condition is somewhat difficult  .. but just stressing the fact that life always has something interesting to throw at you and ask you the question "buddy , what about this " ..

My last experience of Mumbai came in handy this time in helping me travel in the local trains , in finding out routes and also in visiting places .. Yeah traveled to Gateway of India this time also and also went in the boat to see Elephanta caves ..

So this time travelling with monthly pass in the first class compartment and carrying all my stuffs in the back-pack . Quite comforting for the rushes of the local train ... and yeah  Rampadhi is here ... true to his name Badbhai helped me in finding the pg .. and on Sundays feeding me to the fullest .. Thanks a lot Rampadhi and bhauja ...

and the experience of working in the Start-up ... well will write in the next ..

Half way of MBA over ..

So the curtain will fall on the third term on Thursday and half way of becoming a MBA is going to be over . And myself and Navin were discussing what is our take away from these 3 months .... we couldn't decide at that time and then I have been thinking about that for last half an hour .. So is it the ability to speak global or is it the ability to deliver ppt at an instant or is it the diamond model , the P's of marketing or something else .. so many case studies and so many tools of analysis .. 

One thing which has changed... I have started to appreciate the cycle ... that which comes down has to come up and so the fear of losing the status quo and by that process missing out on the thrills of swing will not be there .. and yes one thing I have learned ... it is not about suffering ..it is about sharing the burden ...

Cultural aspect of doing business

So one of the lessons that you learn while doing MBA , specially international business is that "While in Rome , do as Romans do" i.e. you have to admire the culture and do your job according to that . Though it can seem not new but when I think now , I can recall that I had an such culture shock in my carrier earlier . I left my job at Bangalore and I moved to Kolkata  .

In one of first assignment I had to send one mail for getting the approval for setting the application server . I did as I did in Bangalore . I send one mail and expected that in the end the job will be done .I had forgotten that I am at a culture where doing your job requires a personal touch .

My team-lead came and told me the same . He was also a guy from Bangalore and he told me in Kolkata , to do a job you have to give it a personal touch . so go and talk .

I did that and my job was done instantly .

At that point , I just felt bit annoyed about the whole process , but in the end I adopted the process .

 But now when I recall , I just admire the way things get done differently even in a single country .

Just curious to see how different it will be from country to country !!!!