Traffic jams, noise, air & water pollution, overcrowded trains, long commuting hours, concrete jungle,dirt & grime all around, hawkers on the footpath... I am sure that this is a common scenario in any of India's metros.. but it is felt more acutely in Mumbai - the city of dreams as it is rightly called..This magnet that attracts people is also one of the reasons for it's slow degradation. The continous influx of people has highlighted lack of foresight on the part of city planners in terms of developing infrastructure.All talks of turning Mumbai in to world class city is going to to be a distant dream!!! Mumbaites have also to be blamed for this state of affairs..Totally unconcerned; we carry on our normal activities; hoping that someone else will raise the issues.. we need to collectively fight to improve the image of Mumbai.. Few groups/ individuals are slowly getting involved in improving their immmediate locality. It is important to sustain & increase this momentum..
suhas katti
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
satyam
Despite two months have past sice the scam broke out; Satyam still has good talent within the company & except the so called board (just about handful of men) swindled the company with the connivance of outside people; rest all were genuine.
Satyam has been in business for the last two decades & till otherday; it carried out its responsibilities splendidly. They paid their taxes, paid their employees well. They had a good brand image & had some of the world’s blue-chip companies as their clients. Till date; they have cleared their employee’s salaries (including Feb 2009). Add to this, they added about six new customers in Jan / Feb 2009, inspite of all the bad image.
What it means? It means that the core is still strong & the plaster has peeled off due to negligence & fraud aided & abetted by the system.
Satyam received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India to kickstart a process to sell a 51% stake, in a move likely to attract more bidders.
The company said in a statement, it expects to invite expressions of interest from qualified investors, with more than $150 million in net assets, under a global bidding process [livemint Posted: Fri, Mar 6 2009.]
It is important that Satyam finds a good & credible strategic buyer immediately; otherwise there will be a severe erosion of goodwill, talent & business prospects
suhas katti
Satyam has been in business for the last two decades & till otherday; it carried out its responsibilities splendidly. They paid their taxes, paid their employees well. They had a good brand image & had some of the world’s blue-chip companies as their clients. Till date; they have cleared their employee’s salaries (including Feb 2009). Add to this, they added about six new customers in Jan / Feb 2009, inspite of all the bad image.
What it means? It means that the core is still strong & the plaster has peeled off due to negligence & fraud aided & abetted by the system.
Satyam received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India to kickstart a process to sell a 51% stake, in a move likely to attract more bidders.
The company said in a statement, it expects to invite expressions of interest from qualified investors, with more than $150 million in net assets, under a global bidding process [livemint Posted: Fri, Mar 6 2009.]
It is important that Satyam finds a good & credible strategic buyer immediately; otherwise there will be a severe erosion of goodwill, talent & business prospects
suhas katti
Monday, February 23, 2009
IF by Rudyard Kipling
The poem IF by Rudyard Kipling has always been one of my favourite poems till date. The poem is truly inspirational ; particularly even more so in these testing gloomy times of economic depression.
I wish to share this poem with you & hope that it continues to inspire you too!!
I wish to share this poem with you & hope that it continues to inspire you too!!
****************IF************
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
why????
why do we:
- gloat on other's misfortunes?
- dont practice what we alwayz preach?
- keep cribbing instead of being agents of change?
- not let go of the past & fail to look forward to new beginings?
- get swayed by religious & ethnocentric bigots?
- not have the courage to speak up & instead turn a blind eye?
The list goes on..
- gloat on other's misfortunes?
- dont practice what we alwayz preach?
- keep cribbing instead of being agents of change?
- not let go of the past & fail to look forward to new beginings?
- get swayed by religious & ethnocentric bigots?
- not have the courage to speak up & instead turn a blind eye?
The list goes on..
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