tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250559372024-03-20T01:12:22.514+05:30BBA MBA and PostGraduate UnderGraduate Management CoursesIIPM Provide Best BBA MBA and PostGraduate UnderGraduate Management Courses with Global Exposure and 100% PlacementSurenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-42650240329740464212011-12-05T10:45:00.001+05:302011-12-05T10:45:00.850+05:30Ex-telecom minister Sukh Ram speaks to Pramod Kumar in an interview<div align="justify"><strong><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/Arindam-Chaudhuri-bags-Delhi-team-of-i1-Super-Series/articleshow/10642894.cms" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;">Arindam Chaudhuri bags Delhi team of i1 Super Series</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br />The money recovered was not mine<br /></strong><br /><strong>It's generally held that politicians cling on to politics till their last breath. Ghani Khan Choudhury is an apt example. But you seemed to have called it a day long ago... </strong><br />I have <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUg-uu9zLlFII4kNounNKymoISJSwlPjeOSnkc7r1PM-9_4FVOhdEHWj2h3T7MdRswJlhIv9mnWMsrvX0n_Fga4_h5TJXWB0pdDXJ65MYFYl6IY1y_2FJaItX6QJiUlNpr-Uz/s1600/Ex-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674067862606512706" title="Ex-telecom minister Sukh Ram speaks to Pramod Kumar in an interview" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="Ex-telecom minister Sukh Ram speaks to Pramod Kumar in an interview" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUg-uu9zLlFII4kNounNKymoISJSwlPjeOSnkc7r1PM-9_4FVOhdEHWj2h3T7MdRswJlhIv9mnWMsrvX0n_Fga4_h5TJXWB0pdDXJ65MYFYl6IY1y_2FJaItX6QJiUlNpr-Uz/s320/Ex-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.jpg" border="0" /></a>had an active career as a politician for 45 years and wanted to continue. But I was fed up with the accusations. If I had not been maligned, I could have worked as a communication minister for a few more years and would have taken telecommunications in this country to newer heights.<br /><br /><strong>The accusations such as giving undue benefits to Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited as well as favouritism in allocating circles are still going on...</strong><br />I was let down by petty politics. There were people inside the party who ambushed me. The Parliament was standstill for 13 days. However, after intervention of the Supreme Court, I got reprieve. I am positive that the Supreme Court will surely deliver justice to me. It is long deserved.<br /><br /><strong>But CBI did recover 'unaccounted for' money from your houses in Delhi and Mandi...</strong><br />The money CBI recovered was not mine. Since the matter is subjudice, I can not make further comments. The party had asked me to rent out a few rooms at my houses in Delhi and Mandi for their use. I was going to UK for my wife's treatment. I gave them permission to use the rooms. I had no idea what those rooms were used for. I am paying the price for that for the last 14 years.<br /><br /><strong>People find similarities between you and Raja vis-a-vis 2G spectrum issue...</strong><br />This is not done. This is uncalled for. I brought the information revolution to this country. I brought Internet and cellular services. I made the first mobile call to Jyoti Basu and today the common man is reaping the benefit. I introduced a few policy changes. I started the process of awarding the bid to the lowest bidder. Prior to that, contracts used to be split between all the bidders. Because of the change in policy, I managed to fill the coffer of this country with Rs 2200 crore in one year. Raja, on the other hand, has siphoned off money.<br /><br /><strong>How do you feel when you see the party you belonged to reeling under the accusation of corruption. Even the PMO has come into the line of fire...</strong><br />When I was the minister of state for planning and implementation, Manmohan Singh was deputy chairman of the Planning Commission. We have worked very closely for a couple of years. I am of the opinion that he is an honest man with a progressive vision. It is expected that the Opposition will level charges. He has been a successful Prime Minister. The accusations about him are baseless. If a particular minister is corrupt, the onus lies on that minister.<br /><br /><strong>You are praising Manmohan Singh while his government has been unable to contain rising prices...</strong><br />In the recently held AICC meeting, the core issue was corruption. I was a bit bewildered. I would have expected price rise to be the core issue. I get surprised and pained in equal measures when I hear ministers saying that they don't have the magic wand to contain the prices. How can somebody give such a reckless and irresponsible statement? When I was in charge of the ministry of agriculture and public distribution, I successfully managed to distribute grains to all the states even though the country was reeling under drought. I was praised for this at an international conference too. But I don't see ministers concerned doing so today. That is why the Prime Minister had to intervene.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-39311744642212957052011-12-02T11:11:00.000+05:302011-12-02T11:11:00.514+05:30Sukh ram, pramod mahajan, arun shourie, dayanidhi maran, a. Raja...<div align="justify"><strong>growth of corruption in the telecom sector has certainly kept pace with the fast growing subscriber base, feels Sutanu Guru. none of the corporate entities nor a single minister has been made to pay till now, he further points out </strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZinZ8OFuE_PEebTM-DBeW6E7oDgWpyGcRQ-Kzdx9q3r9W76zGIQLC8Cn9yytkbZrdppuacZJMjJiFQAoTVXDnu3O_p1FkXvi_57oPFwBg8y8HRHMBlnj1E16vBm6kFLVKv4O/s1600/Sukh-Ram.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674065598952917154" title="Sukh Ram 1991-1996, Himachal Futuristic Ltd, 1.7 crore" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Sukh Ram 1991-1996, Himachal Futuristic Ltd, 1.7 crore" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZinZ8OFuE_PEebTM-DBeW6E7oDgWpyGcRQ-Kzdx9q3r9W76zGIQLC8Cn9yytkbZrdppuacZJMjJiFQAoTVXDnu3O_p1FkXvi_57oPFwBg8y8HRHMBlnj1E16vBm6kFLVKv4O/s400/Sukh-Ram.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">The more things change, the more they remain the same. I still remember the spring of 1996 when the name Raja had more traditional connotations. The cricket World Cup was on in the Indian sub-continent and fans were praying for Sachin Tendulkar to work his magic so that India could lift the Cup. The Central government - riddled, assaulted and besieged by scams and scandals - was paralysed and as lame duck as a duck can be lame. And of course, even as cricket fever was hotting up, Indian citizens were both horrified and titillated by a strange piece of news. Sukh Ram, who had presided over the first auction of mobile telephony services in India in 1995 as Union telecom minister till he was "reshuffled", was arrested for a 'telecom' scam. Forget the names of the other players involved; they really don't matter anymore. But guess what, the estimated loss to the exchequer was about Rs 1.7 crore. Yes, the money lost by the government was a paltry Rs 1.7 crore!<br /><br />But you must remember, Sachin Tendulkar was then earning a pittance for endorsements compared to the upwards of Rs 100 crore he makes nowadays. And of course, like in 1996, India still adores its favourite cricketer as the nation hopes he will win the Cup for India. And yes, the cricket World Cup is back in the sub-continent. It is also spring and the season for the flowers to bloom. Of course, like 15 years back in 1996, it is also the season for scams and scandals to bloom in such a manner that the Central government appears more paralysed than a lame duck. The more things change, the more they remain the same. The only difference is what you and I can call the impact of 'inflation' while measuring the magnitude of the scams. In 1996, it was alleged that Sukh Ram was responsible for the State losing Rs 1.7 crore in revenue. In 2011, the CAG estimates that another former telecom minister A. Raja is probably responsible for the State to lose Rs 1.7 lakh crore — ten thousand times more than the loss in 1996. In a perverse way, you could use that to applaud the manner in which the Indian economy has grown in this era of crony capitalism masqeurading as liberal economic policies with a special emphasis on the aam aadmi.<br /><br />In 1996, Sukh Ram was accused of changing rules and goalposts to favour companies close to him. In the 1995 auction of mobile phone services, a then unknown entity called Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (Sukh Ram belongs to Himachal Pradesh) had shocked India Inc. by bidding huge amounts for telecom circles. When it became clear that the company could not pay the license fee and stood to forfeit its bank guarantee, Sukh Ram allegedly changed policy in a way that a company could get only three circles. Himachal Futuristic is still a player in the business. It shot back into limelight last year when a group company Infotel successfully bid for 22 circles for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA). Intriguingly, Infotel sold its majority stake soon after to a company controlled by Mukesh Ambani. Of course, you are quite familiar with how Raja bent, broke and changed rules to suit the interests of corporate houses he favoured. But did you happen to know that his predecessor and another DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran (whose brother controls the Sun Network) handed out 27 licences during his tenure and that 14 of them went to Aircel? Didn't I say that the more things change, the more they remain the same?<br /><br />Let us take the Sukh Ram - A.Raja comparison a bit further. Sukh Ram was arrested in February, 1996, and eventually convicted in 2009. He is out on bail as his appeal is pending in the Delhi High Court. He still vociferously defends his controversial track record (See Exclusive Interview). A. Raja too has been arrested recently. The question is that will another journalist interview Raja 15 years hence in 2026 while he enjoys bail and vociferously defends his controversial track record? The way our Indian 'demonocracy' (an apt term coined by my editor-in-chief) is, don't be surprised if that scenario actually turns out to be true.<br /><br />I won't bore you with the gory details of the 2G scam and the unending brouhaha that goes on around it. It is enough to realise that Indian democracy is in urgent and dire need of serious efforts and reform. My colleague interviewed N. Vittal - who was telecom secretary when Sukh Ram was telecom minister - in his modest apartment in Chennai (See Exclusive Interview). The 73-year-old Vittal, who created history as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner by posting the names of bureaucrats accused of corruption on the official CVC Website, is clinical as usual when he assesses the state of the State: "I had multiple problems in my body a few years back. Many experts coordinated their diagnosis and treatments for my recovery. India as a body politic now suffers a multiple organ failure of governance. 2G represents this."<br /><br />There are a few things about the telecom scam you should know which have been sidelined in the run-up to the arrest of A. Raja, the voyeuristic tattles resonating in the media thanks to the leak of the Radia tapes and the persistent threats of Opposition parties to paralyse working of Parliament if their demand for a JPC is not met. Most interesting is the manner in which the BJP is acting holier than thou. Since public memory is short, let me remind you of a few interesting things that happened to the telecom sector when the BJP-led NDA alliance was in power at the Centre. Jagmohan was the telecom minister and even as he was being eased out from the ministry, the government changed the licence fee regime to a new revenue sharing regime in 1999. This was a highly controversial move then though there are many who still agree that freeing the mobile operators from the burden of paying huge licence fees every year to the government enabled them to lower tarriffs and trigger the real telecom revolution. That may be so. But when the late Pramod Mahajan was the telecom minister, Reliance made a blatant back door entry into the telecom sector in a manner everybody acknowledges was unethical and almost certainly illegal. Essentially, Reliance launched de facto mobile phone services across India without paying a single Paisa as licence fee even as other operators like Bharti, Hutch, BPL and others had paid thousands of crores as licence fees. This 'free' backdoor entry enabled Reliance to launch that famous campaign that promised a mobile call at 40 Paisa per minute. Pramod Mahajan was replaced by the so-called incorruptible Arun Shourie as telecom minister. In his tenure, Reliance was not penalised for its sins. It was just asked to pay a licence fee and continue operating as if nothing had happened. Basically, whether it is the Congress or the BJP, you could say that each had its own set of favourites and each bent and broke rules whenever convenient.<br /><br />Another interesting thing about the fascinating telecom sector is the manner in which established business houses have clawed back into the game after losing out completely in the early years of mobile telephony in India. For a few years after mobile services were launched in India, the big players were BPL, Bharti, Max, Usha and a few others. The Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis were not considered serious players. But look at the secenario now. Barring Vodafone (which is a multinational and which has allegedly defrauded the Indian exchequer to the tune of $2 billion in unpaid taxes) and Sunil Mittal of Bharti, the big boys of Indian telecom are Ratan Tata, Kumarmangalam Birla and Anil Ambani (with Mukesh Ambani expected to join that big league soon with a broadband wireless access network). So, in a way, the Empire of India Inc. is striking back as seen in the case of the telecom sector. Analysts used to say that liberal economic policies led to a blossoming of entrepreneurs who had no chance in the earler era of licence permit raj. Sadly, discretionary and arbitrary decisions by minister after minister holding portfolio after portfolio seem to be getting worse forms of the license permit raj back into the picture.<br /><br />The last thing I would like to highlight in this sleazy saga is a lament that will soon be forgotten. There is little doubt that Indian telecom has been a success story. From zero in 1995 to 700 million subscribers in 2011 is no mean achievement. But even as this sector blossomed, the two state-owned entities of MTNL and BSNL seem to be in terminal decline. They are taking suicidal decisions that are inexplicable and meant only to benefit private sector players.<br /><br />And of course, as mentioned earlier, the telecom sector and the 2G scam is just an example and a manifestation. Similar examples abound in virtually every sector in India. In the coming weeks, watch out for a TSI story on how crony capitalism ensured that private airlines benefitted immensely even as the state-owned Air India - like BSNL and MTNL - followed a suicidal path towards destruction and bankruptcy. And do remember that like telecom, aviation is also considered a success story in India!<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/11/arindam-chaudhuri-is-delhi-franchise-holder-for-i1-super-series/" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri is Delhi franchise holder for i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-66144944933747179712011-11-30T11:00:00.000+05:302011-11-30T11:00:01.787+05:30New directors with new touch capture the scene<div align="justify"><strong><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;">Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</span></a><br /><br />Kerala films: New Directions</strong><br />Amid many crises in the Malayalam film industry, there are silver clouds on the “silver” screen. An energetic batch of new generation directors is busy giving Malayalam cinema a new direction. In 2010, more than 40 per cent of the films (37 out of 89) were directed by fresh, young directors, and the trend continues in 2011 also.<br /><br />Vysakh, Thomson, Mamas, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Martin Prakkatt and Mohan Raghavan are some of the names to reckon with. “They try to break the ‘over-used’ pattern of the Malayalam films. They are tech savvy, have a grasp over world cinema and their approach is modern. This reflects in the content of their films,” says Rafeeq Ahamed, state award winner film lyricist and poet.<br /><br />In both the commercial and the parallel cinema realms, the new entrants have embossed their mark. Mega stars like Mammootty, Mohanlal and super star Dileep are willing to work with them. The Mammotty starrer Pokkiriraja, directed by Vysakh, became a super hit in 2010. The blockbusters such as Karyasthan, Malarvadi Arts Club, Pappy Appachaa, and Best Actor were also the ventures of the new entrants. It will not be wrong to say that Dileep, after a series of flops, succeeded in re-capturing his status and market value through the films of new directors Thomson (Karyasthan) and Mamas (Pappy Appachaa).<br /><br />The new directors made a drastic change in theme and the structure of the films. The old concepts of family stories gave way to new generation relationships and alienation of the city life. Chithrasoothram, the experimental film that was invited to many international film festivals, was directed by Vipin Vijay, a new face in the industry.<br /><br />But the new entrants face some challenges also. It’s not easy for them to get screens since the cinema hall owners want to play safe most of the times and would go for only the so-called ‘hit makers’. “Most of the newcomers find it difficult to survive. Some commercially successful thrillers which are praised for novelty are just weak imitations of some well-known foreign movies,” says young director Varghese Antony.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the commercial success of their films has convinced the theatre owners and they are now ready to accommodate their films too. The advent of multiplexes has also helped.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/11/arindam-chaudhuri-is-delhi-franchise-holder-for-i1-super-series/" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri is Delhi franchise holder for i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns to Competition" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-18103187173849927242011-11-27T10:59:00.000+05:302011-11-27T10:59:00.109+05:30Spriha Srivastava shares insights from the Delhi Race Course…<div align="justify"><strong><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;">Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</span></a><br /><br />Placed to win? Don't bet on it!<br /></strong>Thinking about The North Indian Derby (pronounced Dar-bee) horse racing in Delhi brought flashes from the scenes at the Polo Grounds I’d noticed in the newspapers – of the social elites decked in their designer best, brandishing their glamorous accessories; some hobnobbing with celebrities while others puffing away at cigars. Driven by the enthusiasm of actually experiencing one such mise en scène myself, I was at the Delhi Race Course for the so-called ‘World Cup’ of horse racing. Of course, the atmosphere at the race course was quite different from that at the polo matches.<br /><br />In the narrow lane that leads to the gates of the racing ground, one is greeted by little children who enthusiastically sell pocket-sized booklets containing pertinent information and details about horses, that could serve as a prospective gambler’s guide. “I can tell you which horse will win today. Bet on dad’s horse,” said one of the kids while a buyer fished out some money from his wallet. These kids, bathed in dust and grease, are children of horse trainers, jockeys and stable caretakers who spend the entire day outside the gates of the race course. “I hear and learn about horse betting. I will grow up to become rich of betting,” muttered one of them and ran away to catch attention of another interested buyer.<br /><br />On the other side of the gate , there was a small section with a circular track where horses were exhibited before the race. In the huge crowd gawking at the horses, turning pages of the booklet and making quick notes before placing the bet, were mostly youngsters and especially those who appeared to belong to the lower middle-class. I walked up to a man (somewhere in his mid- thirties) called Ved Prakash and tried asking about the race, and the brief conversation probed quite insightful. “Madam, winning bets is not a day’s job. It requires regular visits to understand the dynamics of betting. And this is a Derby race…very important race, madam. In this, stakes are high and people bet huge amounts,” he explained. On casually enquiring about his gains for the day, Ved Prakash smiled and said, “Arre madam, I bet safe amounts. I just placed Rs 500 today and won Rs 3,500. Today’s wage is taken care of!” Ved Praksh appeared to be one of those calculated risk-takers, but he and some others who I spoke to had numerous stories to share about people who’d lost jewellery, property etc and still borrowed money from people they knew at the race course, in the hope to win back all that they once owned.<br /><br />At the stands lining the racing track is a clear demarcation of class. While the lower stands had people for whom the spoils would perhaps allow them to indulge in healthy meals for a few days, the upper stands had ones who looked like they may well be splurging on a whim. I met Daksh Oberoi, a suave young man, just short of 30, who owned horses and was probably the most recognised figure at the race course. His stable, located behind the race course, houses 43 horses. “Apart from Delhi, I own horses in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Mysore as well and I work in partnership with my friend, Sunil Kumar Verma” said Daksh whose passion for horses was a hand-me-down from his father.<br /><br />In the olden times, horses were used by kings not only as a means to commute, but were passionately groomed and trained for warfare. This passion was given a purpose by the British who introduced horse racing such that it became a forum for princes and aristocrats to socialise. The likes of Daksh who invest their passion in horses is, unfortunately, a disappearing breed. “I started learning the business of horse racing from a very young age. I’d visit the race course with my father, go through the booklets where the entire history of the participating horses is listed, talk to people and get involved,” he reminisced. Daksh has yet not stepped into the league of breeders like the Poonawallas, Ramaswamy’s (Chettinad Stud Farms) or the Usha Stud Farms, since it requires behemoth amount of investment. Content with purchasing and owning horses, he fondly refers to them as ‘my kids’ and was honest enough to reveal that his ‘kids’ haven’t won him great fortunes yet, but they hadn’t left him out of business either. As he walked me towards the section which was abuzz with people discussing bets and where bookies were on their job, he suddenly stopped and pointed towards the roof. “Don’t these tin awnings upheld with those old rods remind you of a cremation ground?” And he laughed before adding, “It’s funny because this place is one!” He explained that there are some here who’re probably betting their last penny and there are others who’re rejoicing today, but will go back with empty pockets tomorrow. “There are countless number of those who’ve come down from riches to rags… Don’t bet if you don’t understand the game. It simply hurts to see that the thrill to watch your horse race and win has died down and instead, there are these people who’re here to enrich their future off an animal that means nothing to them,” he said. Daksh stated that the Derby race in Delhi scored way below the one at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai, where the stakes go up to Rs 2.5 crore as against Rs 10 lakh in the capital city. One of his plans is to steadily raise the standard of the Delhi Race Course and promote<br />the passion for horses, and not the mere addiction of gambling on them.<br /><br />Horse gambling, though legal, wouldn’t be called a fair game. If owners buy horses worth up to crores and then also spend money on feeding and training, there has to be a way to earn that back. And one can certainly not rely on something as uncertain as a win in a race. Heavy ‘negative gambling’ happens here where the owners, bookies as well as jockeys drain away a huge share. “Everyone knows it’s all fixed. Sab setting hai madam,” is what Ved Prakash revealed, with few others, including the guard, though it didn’t seem to dissuade them from coming here very frequently.<br /><br />More than the prospect of depleting moolah, my concern went out to those severely addicted, most of them youngsters. 24-year-old Abhay Thakral shared that he’s a part of his father’s property business, and horse gambling is just a way to pass his time. “I come here every Tuesday. Today I won Rs 5000 and last week I won Rs 16,000. This gambling becomes so addictive that once they start understanding how to go about it, people only bet in lakhs. I’ve gone through huge losses as well, but if I lose, I want to win it back… and I do. It’s just my way to pass my time and earn that extra money!” As I took his leave, he enquired if I’d want to give it a shot. “I’ll tell you which horse to bet on in the next race. You’ll win. 100 per cent.” Tempted by his offer, I did place a very small amount at stake, and well, I lost. I shrugged it off, but couldn’t help wondering about situations where such losses equaled loss of day’s square meal. Then again, if I had won, I would’ve found myself in the range of yet another worthless addiction!<br /><br />Horse d'oeuvres<br /><br />Horse racing, also known as ‘The Sport of Kings’, dates back to about 4500 BC; the nomadic tribesmen of Central Asia were the first to start the practice of domesticating horses. Spreading across Central Asia and the Mediterranean, by 638 BC, horse racing became the most popular event in the ancient Greek Olympics. Back then, it was in the form of chariot and mounted horse racing. The modern form of horse racing, which exists today, was an initiative of the English knights who brought in Arab horses in the 12th century and then started the breeding and training of horses for speed and endurance. Currently, apart from India – where horse gambling is the only legal form of gambling – Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America are some states where the sport of horse racing is passionately and professionally pursued.<br /><br />On your marks, get set, listen up!<br /><br />1. You would bump into a lot of people who’d happily give advice on which horse to lay stakes on. Do not listen to them. You might end up burning a hole in your pocket.<br /><br />2. Start by doing a thorough research about the history of a horse’s lineage, the number of races it won etc. All this information is available in booklets distributed at race courses.<br /><br />3. The best jockey might not definitely win races.<br /><br />4. Low risk takers, keep distance from the race course!<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/11/arindam-chaudhuri-is-delhi-franchise-holder-for-i1-super-series/" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri is Delhi franchise holder for i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-89104542446897907762011-11-24T11:57:00.000+05:302011-11-24T11:57:00.594+05:30Davos summit is of frugal relevance to the common Indians<div align="justify"><strong>India WEF summit: Honeymoon</strong><br /><br />The annual World Economic Forum summit has always been nothing more than honeymoon trips. This year was no exception. Over 400 Indian leaders from business, government, academia and civil society gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the five day summit (26-30 January, 2011) to find solutions to some common problems affecting the world at large. Irrespective, this has little relevance to common Indians and their miseries.<br /><br />Davos has been a popular platform for business leaders. This year, over 2500 leaders from business, politics and international organisations participated to brainstorm, debate and discuss on the worst global challenges including overcoming recession and rise in inflation in emerging economies, under the theme “shared norms for the new reality.” Initially, the main objective of WEF was to bring European business leaders together. With increasing popularity, objectives broadened and it eventually became a platform for European and American business leaders to interact. As it attracted leaders from politics and academia, the issues covered in WEF expanded from business to economy and other global issues. But all this has never been an effective platform for solving serious problems. Leaders come with various views but hardly agree with each other.<br /><br />India has attracted enough attention and participation of Indian leaders is ever increasing. India was represented by economic elites like Anand Mahindra and Mukesh Ambani this year. The irony is that while they had gone to share India's way of ‘inclusive growth’ with the global audience, this has actually been a failure domestically. The government has thoroughly failed to meet peoples’ expectation. A 100 million people are yet to be covered under government programmes. The government, whose 'national priority' is 'sustainable development,' has been struggling to curb inflation.<br /><br />There is a stark disparity in education, particularly for girls. Inequality of income is widening too. Over 80 per cent of the total wealth increase was accumulated by the top 1 per cent rich in the US between 1980-2005. The top 100 wealthiest Indians control 25 per cent of India's GDP. India ranks second in the list of billionaires against trillion dollar economy with 55 billionaires from a $1.1 trillion economy, only after Russia, with 87 billionaires and a $1.3 trillion GDP. Billionaires are certainly not unwelcoming but their wealth creation, mainly from the nation’s land, resources, government contracts and licenses, is diluting the very essence of an egalitarian society.<br /><br />Phew... Did the WEF summit discuss all this and find out a solution to it all? Rather than launch into a reprisal of our diatribe, we'll simply comment, "Come off it!" WEF was never intended to find real solutions; just real venues.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/Arindam-Chaudhuri-bags-Delhi-team-of-i1-Super-Series/articleshow/10642894.cms" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri bags Delhi team of i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-24668293856765797182011-11-21T10:55:00.000+05:302011-11-21T10:55:00.145+05:30Obama’s SOTU was more of an old song on loop<div align="justify"><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">IIPM: What is E-PAT?</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br />Obama : miles to go: A million broken promises<br /></strong>State of the Union a.k.a SOTU is a very popular annual address presented by American presidents to the nation. It can not only make or break a president's ratings' trend but also displays the vision and plans that a president has for his country. This would sound too clichéd, but it is an undeniable fact that Obama failed to fulfil the promises that he had made in his last two speeches. Starting from Guantanamo to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, most of his promises are still awaiting<br />full materialisation.<br /><br />In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama stressed on "we do big things," but at the same time failed to put forward any strong and doable policies to cut the deficit. In his address, he also spoke on how the economy is growing, simultaneously accepting the fact that US is gradually losing its “competitive edge” to China. Call it optimism or cynicism, Obama introduced a cap on annual domestic spending for the next five years which, according to him, would reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade. What he forgot or cleverly bypassed was that he won’t be here (as his term will be over) to account for the changes.<br /><br />Most of his speeches revolved around domestic policies which were similar to his plans that he had proposed in 2010. However, issues that dented his ratings like government spending, federal deficit and the federal debt were given no space in the entire speech. Ironically, every statement he makes now contradicts his previous statements. While addressing the joint session of Congress, he said, "I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits neither now nor in the future." In the same speech he also said, "In theory, the Health Care Reform (HCR) may need an additional $90-100 billion a year to provide coverage. There's a couple of times where I pushed people on the need of paying higher taxes to implement it." Moreover, in his first year term, he announced his inability to confront the long-term fiscal problems but managed to introduce HCR in his second year term. What came as a major surprise was the way he blatantly ignored the gun control issue. Despite the recent Arizona massacre that impelled concerns on gun control, Obama was undeterred.<br /><br />However, knowing the tough job that Obama inherited from Bush, he has been quite cleverer than effective in his words and deeds. His speeches in the last two years have only seen a transition from “I will” to “I am trying” to “I may”. It’s gradually becoming prominent that his promises are more of a rhetoric. But it is high time for Obama to ensure that instead of doing mere lip-service, real work surfaces! Or perhaps Obama has already resigned himself to the fact that this will be his last term...<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/Arindam-Chaudhuri-bags-Delhi-team-of-i1-Super-Series/articleshow/10642894.cms" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri bags Delhi team of i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns to Competition" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-285815634939237852011-11-18T11:54:00.000+05:302011-11-18T11:54:00.121+05:30RGV’s ‘zero-budget’ film plan does not impress many<div align="justify"><strong>Andhra pradesh: entertainment: Much ado about nothing<br /></strong><br />Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV had been a trend setter in Tollywood with his debut film “Siva” (1989). He called the shots in the Telugu film industry— called Tollywood — before he moved to Mumbai. Some film critics had called his advent a renaissance in Tollywood which is considered to be the second biggest industry after Bollywood with annual investment of Rs. 400 crores.<br /><br />Recently, Ram Gopal Varma’s announcement of making a “zero-budget” film created a little flutter among the movie buffs. “When low budget or zero budget films are referred to, Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy flashes in the mind. I thought Ram Gopal Varma is also venturing to produce a life-snap to comply with his artistic urge,” well-known film critic S.V. Challa told The Sunday Indian.<br /><br />Notwithstanding the fact that of late Ram Gopal Varma has succeeded in only churning out mediocre films with little substance which have utterly failed to impress even the average movie-goers let alone the critics, Challa feels that RGV is indeed a master filmmaker and that if he pursues serious cinema, it would be an intellectual treat and visual feast to the Telugu audience.<br /><br />But contrary to the expectations, Varma announced the name of his zero-budget film to be “Dhongala Mutha” (A gang of thieves). According to him, it is another (read run-of-the-mill) “highly entertaining” action thriller and it should be completed in just five days.<br /><br />However, not many people are impressed with Varma’s announcement and perceive it as just RGV’s marketing trick. “RGV is making much ado about nothing and it is his another trick to create sensation. When big stars like Ravi Teja, Chaarme, Laxmi Manchu, Brahmanandam are the main cast, how can it be termed a zero-budget film?” wondered an office-bearer of the Indian Documentary Producers Association, on condition of anonymity, while talking to TSI.<br /><br />Though he has weak linkage with Telugu land, noted film maker Shyam Benegal produced ‘Amaravathi Kathalu,’ famous short-stories in Telugu literature. “But how can one expect similar kind of literary depiction from mediocre and semi-literate RGV, who, for sure, has not even heard of literary giants including Gurazada Apparao, Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Viswanatha Satyanarayana,” he added.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/11/arindam-chaudhuri-is-delhi-franchise-holder-for-i1-super-series/" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri is Delhi franchise holder for i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns to Competition" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-21373645832081090252011-11-15T10:52:00.000+05:302011-11-15T10:52:00.113+05:30An attempt at restoring the lost biodiversity of Delhi<div align="justify"><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html">IIPM: What is E-PAT?</a><br /><br />New Delhi: ecology: Restoring lost glory<br /></strong>If you are interested in seeing how the Yamuna banks were like a few hundred years ago or what species of birds were found in Delhi, just visit Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) at Wazirabad in Delhi.<br /><br />Many varieties of plants that have already become extinct from Delhi can be seen here. One such examples is Asthma Bel plant that is no longer found in the city. However, one can see it at the park. There are many varieties of plants which are found at 8000 ft, but have been brought to YBP. The seven-year-old biodiversity park now harbours a wide range of ecosystems of river basin which support more than 1200 plant species. These include finest wetlands besides a unique butterfly conservatory, a conservatory of fruit yielding plants, grasslands, tropical moist and dry deciduous forest communities, Acacia woodlands and a herbal garden.<br /><br />Birds that have either become extinct from Delhi or are rare, such as Red Crested Pochard or ‘Lalsar’, can also be seen at the park. Faiyaz Khudsar, wildlife biologist and scientist-in-charge of Yamuna Biodiversity Park shares with TSI, “Coming of Lalsar at the park is not a common event. This bird indicates how effective and functional the ecosystem of the wetland is. It shows that the energy flow in the wetland is proper. This is very important for scientists like us. At present there are more than 3000 migratory birds at the park.”<br /><br />The creation of wetlands serves three important purposes. Firstly, it adds to the diversity of habitats. Secondly, it performs the much-needed ecological functions of water purification, groundwater recharge, and storage of rainwater. And thirdly, it provides the soil for raising the ground level to avoid flooding in the post-monsoon period so that the development of terrestrial ecosystems and plant communities can go ahead unhindered.<br /><br />Creating the park, however, has not been an easy task. The salt content in the soil was very high and it was a daunting task for the scientists to recreate the proper ecosystem of the wetland. Biologists used more than 160 varieties of grass to convert it into functional ecosystem. “When we got these 157 acres of land we understood that our task was not going to be easy,” says Khudsar.<br /><br />In the second phase of the project 300 acres more land would be developed. After that it will be habitat of Sarus Crane and Pelicans. At present only one-third of the park is open for the visitors. Such kind of parks is very important from the point of view of urban biodiversity.<br /><br />Long ago, the Yamuna riverbed was full of biodiversity. It ranged from the foothills of Shivalik mountain to Aravalli hills in the north. However, the biodiversity was lost due to rapid urbanisation. But a little of it has been recreated in the YBP.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/11/arindam-chaudhuri-is-delhi-franchise-holder-for-i1-super-series/" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri is Delhi franchise holder for i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-71198753099362938832011-11-12T12:45:00.000+05:302011-11-12T12:52:05.528+05:30To expect ground-breaking changes in world diplomacy post Wikileaks is to expect too much<div align="justify"><strong>Int’l relations: A post-Wikileaks world</strong><br /><br />After Wikileaks announced the release of 250,000 American diplomatic cables, classified as secret documents, the world in general and diplomatic corps in particular were left stunned. The US foreign department appeared to have lost its composure. The primary reason behind this was that these cables mostly dealt with the US and their allies. Many of the US allies also lost their face. People expressed surprise on how diplomacy is conducted.<br /><br />Diplomacy and diplomatic behaviour do not always go by reason. The exchange of ideas with media, passing and expressing the stands and also the will to influence the policy of the others are the objectives that form the core of diplomatic practice. Some researchers define diplomacy as “practising power with other means”. Others see it as a game of bargaining between two parties or more. Moreover, the success of diplomacy and diplomats is measured by their impact in influencing and convincing others to accept, in part or totality, their policies.<br /><br />So, Wikileaks did not uncover anything new about diplomacy or the diplomats’ behaviour. Diplomats have been employing such methods for their respective states’ interests for decades. The important thing to know here is that in diplomacy, honesty, truth and right actions are the capital of a diplomat. However, it does not mean that diplomats stick all the time to truth or right actions, but at the same time if the diplomat loses his capital, he would lose the trust of others as well. This would mean that he would be out of the diplomatic active circle, expired (in diplomatic jargon) and non-usable.<br /><br />Many statements and opinion pieces have mentioned that diplomacy after Wikileaks will change forever or at least will look different. Mr Kevin Rudd, Australia’s minister of foreign affairs, is an example. We can conclude and understand from his stand on the published material related to him that the assumption of ground-breaking change in international diplomacy post-Wikileaks is not true. He has stressed that he would continue in his present role despite the face loss he suffered following the leaks. He even suggested that in the future too such revelations would keep on denting his public image, but this would never deter him from continuing to serve Australia’s interests. His boss, Australian PM Julia Gillard, came to his defence and maintained that “Rudd is a specialist in diplomacy and serves his country very well.”<br /><br />Diplomatic norms as well as diplomatic behaviour will not change in any foreseeable future. Our world still needs this instrument to find solutions to the difficulties and problems that international relations face. Diplomacy is a key instrument in avoiding military conflict. It comes into play when one wants the conflict to end and sanity restored. International relations without diplomacy would mean that the world, a jungle, will loose sanity and its basic law will be determined by force and force alone.<br /><br />Despite the above mentioned facts, post-Wikileaks one can clearly see a whiff of change in sections other than diplomacy. The most important is the role of the media, especially correspondents. Earlier, journalists were known for protecting sources. But due to the advent of new media like internet, anybody who lays his hand on some information, can print it without bothering to protect the identity of the messenger.<br /><br />The second change is related to US diplomacy and their diplomatic behaviour. They would now be doubly cautious and will take extraordinary care to protect their diplomats and secrets. But it is impossible to stop such leakages in the future too. On the other hand, the US cannot change the essence and the basic rules of its diplomacy, because it needs this sort of instruments despite all the power at its disposal. The US wants to carry on with its complicated political influence in the external as much as in the internal political scene. However, many of its strategies and actions of different political actors now lay bare to allies and critics alike. In addition, the published cables show the real American perception and attitude towards its allies. They appeared, even in the best of circumstances, as mere lackeys of the Americans, devoid of any respect whatsoever. It is not for nothing that Americans want all those involved in the leaks prosecuted. They have gone all out against them.<br /><br />This sort of war will not stop. It will continue between those who believe that it is a nation’s right to know about their leaders, and the others who believe in the necessity to determine the extent of public knowledge. Despite the motives behind those two ideas, no one can stop or end the confrontation between their respective believers.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/11/arindam-chaudhuri-is-delhi-franchise-holder-for-i1-super-series/" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri is Delhi franchise holder for i1 Super Series</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a title="Thorns to Competition" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Mumbai" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/07/iipm-mumbai-campus.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Mumbai Campus</strong></a><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-58886134007191267802011-10-11T10:00:00.002+05:302011-10-11T10:00:01.039+05:30Akshay Kumar: Destiny Maketh This King<div style="text-align: justify;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank">IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Akshay Kumar reveals that he is what he is today because on one important day he was at the right place, at the right time, in front of the right person. neha sarin in conversation with the tees maar khan. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You made it in this industry with no godfather or even a Khan for a surname. Do you consider this your destiny?</span><br /><br />Yes, I do believe in destiny, and hard work along with it. I think 70 per cent is your destiny and 30 per cent is your hard work. It’s a very strange way of talking, but that's what I believe. I am talking from my own experiences in life; you have to be at the right place at the right time, in front of the right person.<br /><br />I remember a small episode in my life, when I signed my first big modelling assignment. I was not into this film line then. So, I got this modelling assignment, and I was supposed to catch the evening 6 'o' clock flight and you won't believe it, I got up in the morning as usual at 4.30, and started my workout. Then I get a call around 5:45 early in the morning asking me, "Where are you?" I told him that I was exercising, and he said, "How unprofessional of you! You are supposed to be at the airport." Can you believe that I didn't realise that it was a 6 'o' clock early morning flight and not an evening flight! So, I didn't go there and I kept on begging them, asking them to give me another chance, but they didn't listen. I didn't know how to make them understand that it was all a misunderstanding. I lost that assignment, was completely disturbed, my mom and dad were the greatest parents, trying to console me and told me that everything is going to be okay. So, I took my photographs and as usual, I spent the day going from one studio to another studio. I was at Natraj Studio, and I met a man called Pramod Chakravarthy. He saw my photographs and decided to cast me. You won’t believe it, but the time I signed the movie, it was evening 6 'o' clock.<br /><br />So, wouldn't you say that it was my destiny that I was not supposed to go for the modelling assignment in the morning? I sometimes think that if I had gone in the morning flight, I would have been a model somewhere and I wouldn't be in this line. So, it is your destiny that you are there at the right place. But don't forget your hard work, as it’s your hard work at the end of the day that pays off.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What pushed you to experiment with cinema and shift from being an action star to a comedy king?</span><br />It is important for me to give to the audiences what they want. A lot of people tell me that you are doing so many comedies, you should try some serious or some tragedy roles. I fail to understand it, because if you take a look at the last five years, the only films that have worked and have been super hits, have all been entertainers and comedies. People don't want to pay 10 pounds or Rs 250 to just go and cry in a theatre.<br /><br />One day, I met Priyadarshan and he said, “I have a film called “Hera Pheri” and I want you to do it; it's a comedy.” I replied that that's great, but I have never tried my hand at it. Yet he said, "Join me". He made me realise that I have a funny bone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You’ve always been media friendly, but do controversies, which are relentlessly fanned by the media, ever bother you? Like the recent controversy about Farah Khan casting you instead of SRK in “Tees Maar Khan”?</span><br />No, no! First of all, let me tell you that controversies are very far away from me. I am one of the luckiest people who are quite away from all these things. Secondly, this is not a controversy, it’s just being created and if someone comes to me and says that they want to direct a film and this is the story, if I love it, I will do it. And this is exactly what had happened. It’s December now and exactly a year back, she had come to me and I said yes! It’s exactly one year now and we are ready with the movie.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How did it feel to be awarded a Padma Shri?</span><br />I feel honoured to be presented an award by the President of India. It was a shocker! I was at my house when I got that call and after three days I was in Delhi being awarded. It was one of the biggest honours. I was really surprised. Later on, when I tried asking them, they told me that it was because I was the highest tax payer continuously for seven years.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Among the new generation of actors and actresses, who do you think could come closest to Akshay Kumar, the actor?</span><br />A lot of them could. Ranbir Kapoor is doing a great job, Imran Khan is there and there is this guy from “Band Baaja Baraat” (Ranveer Singh) who is also very good. New talent keeps on coming, and I think they will make it huge. All they need to do is stay focussed.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank">Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</a></strong><br /><strong><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank">IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</a></strong><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html">IIPM: What is E-PAT?</a></strong><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition">"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</a><br /></div><div> </div><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM">IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank">'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</a><br /><strong><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank">IIPM, GURGAON</a></strong><br /><strong></strong>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-77346116072689501292011-10-08T10:40:00.001+05:302011-10-08T10:40:00.389+05:30Paradigm Shifts 3D/4D Flims: Dawn Of a New Dimension<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html">IIPM: What is E-PAT?</a><br /><br /></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Chota Chetan" may have been years back, but a whole new generation of movie watchers in India is getting ready to embrace 3D; if only those glasses would stay on!</span><br /><br />"Avatar" apparently was the most pirated movie (according to a file sharing blog) of 2010. Ironically, James Cameron had made the movie in 3D and sparked off a mad rush to release 3D movies in the hope that people would be forced to watch the film in the theatre for the complete experience. The technology is in a fairly nascent stage in India, seeing a revival only post “Avatar”, a quarter of a century after the Malayalam film “My Dear Kuttichathan” became the first Indian 3D film. With Hollywood pushing 3D as the next big revolution for reviving both creative and commercial fortunes, the Indian audience in the last couple of years have been fed some good fare – “Toy Story 3”, “How To Train Your Dragon”. And the wheel seems to have come full circle with “My Dear Kuttichathan” being released in digital 3D on December 24.<br /><br />The upshot of such fervent activity has been increasing awareness and the willingness to experiment with the technology. But while on one hand, some critics rave about the experience 3D adds, some others remain staunchly against it (“It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience” wrote Roger Ebert in Newsweek earlier this year). The technology’s evolution will have a huge role to play in how mainstream it gets. Richard Corliss had written in Time magazine back in 2009, “Until we’re in the post-goggles stage of 3D, the format will be less a dominant form of movie watching than a theme park attraction.” Those of us who were fumbling for our glasses while watching “Avatar” here in India will surely concur. But despite the threats, one thing is for sure though – the third dimension is here to stay. Dippesh Jain, New Business Development Manager (Digital) at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment tells TSI, “One of the main reasons why only a few 3D films were available is because of lack of technology. Now with hardware and software being made available, the attempt is to bring 3D movies to every home.” And there might as well be a fourth dimension added to it in the future. If you happen to visit a Funmax cinema in Bangalore or Hyderabad you’ll not just be treated to 4D cinema; where you get to exercise all your senses – like smelling a flower or having water splashed on your face. Hollywood is yet to make full blown 4D movies but the day shouldn’t be too far off.<br /><br />A technologically curious audience and willingness of home grown films to experiment with the format may well decide the future of 3D and 4D in India. And with gadgets (3D computer screens, phones and TV sets) that promise to transfer 3D right into your home, those pirated downloads of “Avatar” may have a screen worthy of them, after all!<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank">IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</a><br /><strong><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank">Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</a></strong><br /><strong><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank">IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</a></strong><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"></a><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><br /><strong></strong><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition">"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</a><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><br /></a><div> </div><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM">IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank">'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</a><br /><strong><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank">IIPM, GURGAON</a></strong><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-59510950610230880432011-10-05T10:34:00.001+05:302011-10-05T10:34:00.381+05:30The new draft of the Seeds Bill has enough loopholes which can be exploited by multi-nationals<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM, GURGAON</strong></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agriculture: Seeds of discontent </span><br /><br />The third draft of the Seeds Bill has been presented in the Parliament for consideration. The bill was first drafted in 2004. Prior to this, after much criticism and protest from several farmer groups, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture (PSCA) had made a few amendments in the draft and had presented the new bill for consideration in 2008. However, it did not come to fruition as the 14th Lok Sabha was dissolved. Now its third draft is under deliberations. Sadly, this new draft too has ignored several recommendations by the PSCA. It appears that the Agriculture Ministry is unwilling to temper with the clauses which are in the interest of multinational seed firms.<br /><br />When in 2004 the draft of Seeds Bill was being made to replace the old Seeds Act of 1996, the impression was given that the new bill would open the way for importing good quality high yield seeds. Slyly, a clause was inserted which allowed seeds to be exported too. The entire game plan was to utilise the cheap Indian labour for producing seeds in India and to export them, and then again import the same on much higher price. To make all this process hassle free for multinationals, the government had planned to recognise and permit any Seeds Standard Authority to carry it. It was to be done under the pretext of the recommendations by the PSCA.<br /><br />The present bill has included horticulture, lumbering, medicinal plants etc under agriculture only. So any kind of seed or plant product that is manufactured for the market will need to be registered. For registration, the bill has the provision to set up a National Seeds Committee. The president and other members of the committee will mostly be drawn from among government employees. There will be token representation of farmers too, but in reality, bureaucrats will dominate the committee. Although agriculture is a state subject, the seeds committees of the states will only have advisory roles.<br /><br />While the farmers will continue to buy and sell seeds traditionally and need not register, the branded seeds will have to go through multilevel tests. The brands that will conform to the standards set in the test can only be registered. The seeds for the types of crops that are annual and biannual will be registered for 10 years and those of multi-years use for 12 years.<br /><br />In between these years, the seed can be tested only once to confirm the characters that it originally had. New standards have been set for labelling the seeds that will give details of the procedure through which these seeds can be utilised properly and optimally. For example, on the label of a particular wheat seed, it will be clearly mentioned that after watering it so many times, applying so much fertilizers and protecting it from weeds and pests, it will lead to so much yield.<br /><br />The seed examiners will have the duty to enforce and implement all the laws and provisions of the Seeds Bill 2010. They will have the right to raid and confiscate the premises and stock of a particular seeds seller, with permission from the District Magistrate, if the particular seller is caught selling unregistered, adulterated seeds, or seeds that do not conform to the set standards. However, these are ideal situations. The reality is, every state in this country has sellers selling adulterated and sub-standard seeds, right under the nose of government officials. Nobody cares about complaints from the farmers and compensation to them in case of bad quality seeds is almost unheard of.<br /><br />The biggest problem in this bill is the lack of transparency in the entire registration process. There is no provision under which one can know the name of the person who has developed a particular seed, the place where it has been developed or the current ownership of a particular variety. Numerous cases have come up where poor farmers are duped and the ownership is fraudulently taken away by someone else and a third person starts producing and selling it. For example, Bikaner Narma, a particular variety of cotton was developed by a farmer in Bikaner, Rajasthan, but was later used by somebody else for commercial purposes. Similarly, Mahico, the country’s biggest seed firm, started by selling sawani bhindi, a variety of ladyfinger grown by Pusa Institute. Mahico bought the seeds from Pusa and kept on producing and selling them year after year without giving Pusa the royalty or license fees. Today they have their own scientists, laboratories and other infrastructure and have partners like Monsento, and virtually rule the Indian seeds business.<br /><br />The onus now lies on the Indian parliamentarians to take steps which are in the interests of the farmers. The MPs need to amend all the anti-farmer clauses before passing the bill. That’s the only way the exploiter multi-nationals and their bureaucrat henchmen can be stumped in their own game.<br /><br />The views expressed by the author are personal<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-92130999355512055332011-10-02T10:31:00.001+05:302011-10-02T10:31:00.534+05:30School Textbooks: Distortion of Facts<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">De-Educate the Children </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How countries distort facts in their school textbooks </span><br /><br />Recently, a leading media house reported that even after four long decades since the 1971 Indo-Pak war, schools in Pakistan (for grades 9 and 10) still continue to teach their students conspiracy theories involving India, Russia and US, misrepresenting their role in creating Bangladesh, at the same time ignoring the issues related to Pakistan Army's violence (rapes and murder against the Mukti Bahini and the genocide of Bengalis) on people in the erstwhile East Pakistan. Apparently, the topic of "role of Hindu teachers" in the fall of East Pakistan is also covered.<br /><br />This practice of using controversial and politically motivated syllabi is not only confined to Pakistan, but is rampant across the globe. As recent as in May 2010, students of Texas schools were being taught “how American ideals benefit the world but organisations such as the UN could be a threat to personal freedom.” Those schools also were deliberately ensuring that icons like Thomas Jefferson and their contributions were not included in the teachings. For the uninitiated, Jefferson was the first one to talk about the separation of church from the State. Even Japan draws up a similar tale. Government approved Japanese history secondary school textbooks do not mention anything about the deeds of the Empire of Japan during WWII. As per a Japanese textbook, “Japan liberated South East Asia from its western colonists when invaded during Second World War.” South Koreans have protested such statements in the past.<br /><br />Likewise, four years back, the Texas based Vedic Foundation and the American 'Hindu Education Foundation' filed a complaint to California's Curriculum Commission about sixth grade history textbooks alleging that the portrayal of Indian history and Hinduism in the books was biased against Hinduism itself. The foundation demanded that the portrayal be revised according to the views of Hinduism and Indian history shared by most Hindus and Indians.<br /><br />On the contrary, the action taken by a Saudi-funded Islamic school is an example for other nations to replicate. Three years back, a Saudi-funded Islamic school removed controversial passages from school textbooks, which allegedly branded other faiths as being "worthless".<br /><br />History text books have been the most sought-after battleground. From distorting facts in order to give a better image of their nation and sidelining their brutality over people to tweaking the history for either degrading or upgrading a special class of society, education in modern era is being used as a tool for inducing customised perception among pupils.<br /><br />However, with Internet, social networking sites and other knowledge portals, it’s really tough for these curriculum designers to hide the truth for long. Distortion of historical facts, done either deliberately or out of ignorance, results in adverse effects on society. If Germans were not to teach happenings in the Nazi era, Americans the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Brits their atrocities in India, their own populace would not attain the intellectual maturity required for global interactions and leadership.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM, GURGAON</strong></a><br /><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-74770350043555407992011-09-29T11:13:00.003+05:302011-09-29T11:13:00.473+05:30Introspection on the 2010 journey reveals hidden lessons<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Was 2010 different?</span><br /><br />Alice Bloch, a UK-based author, once said “We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.” It is applicable to a nation as much as in the case of an individual. This is the 51st week of 2010 and our last issue of the year – this makes it all the more important for us to look back and introspect the rocky road that India traversed with high expectations and promises.<br /><br />Revisiting the victories: Firstly, India secured the non-permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after a gap of 19 years with an overwhelming majority. This was not a victory in the literal sense, as Japan is already serving as a non-permanent member, Kazakhstan withdrew itself and there were several weak contenders. However, India can use this win as a platform for strengthening diplomatic ties with other important nations as well as usher in the much needed reforms in the UNSC. Moreover, it can also clear some UN developmental loans. The second positive lesson was in snatching the 2nd position in medal tally in the 2010 Commonwealth Games with 101 medals. It boosted the confidence levels of Indian athletes and sports associations. Thirdly, India securing the top rank in test cricket was the icing on the cake. Indian history rarely has had such celebrations to boast of in one go. And most importantly, leaders of the world's most influential nations including US President Obama, French President Sarkozy, British PM David Cameron, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Russian President Medvedev have visited India in the same year. India's increasing pace of growth has finally managed to create a magnetic field attracting the who's who of the world.<br /><br />And now the dark side: With 8.5 per cent expected growth rate, inflation remained an omnipresent problem. Both the general inflation rate of 10.16 per cent and food inflation of 16.49 per cent during June remained to be the highest among G20 nations. This continues to be a matter of great concern. But the biggest shocks of the year were the numerous corruption cases. From the Rs.1.76 lakh crore 2G scam, to the mammoth irregularities in the Commonwealth Games, 2010 proved to be the biggest shame year for the nation.<br /><br />India also continues to rank first in terms of murders. The death in road accidents, sexual harassment, domestic violence, cyber-crime, crime against women too are on a rise. Separatist movements remained unstoppable and unresolved – Kashmir remains a burning example. More than 23 days of Parliamentary logjam cost the nation a whopping Rs.146 crore. The maximum number of citizens (above 250 million) in India's history remain undernourished. We have more poor and illiterate today (around 500 million) than ever in our history. India houses a third of the globe's poor people. Atrocious and abominable are the only words reserved for such an achievement by our successive governments. May 2011 be better...<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM, GURGAON</strong></a><br /><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-45219618279613279472011-09-26T10:11:00.001+05:302011-09-26T10:11:00.406+05:30The Importance of being Bant Singh<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition"><strong>"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</strong></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The past decade has seen an upsurge of Dalit resistance in Punjab and the struggle of Bant Singh has brought fresh hope for exposing the ‘hidden apartheid’ in the state. Nirupama Dutt travels to his village of Burj Jhabbar in the cotton belt of Punjab to know the man and the movement </span><br /><br />Film actor Ajay Devgan presents his story on a popular television channel. Musicians like Chris Mcguiness and Taru Dalmia travel to do a music project with him. Recording companies from Mumbai want to bring out his album. He is also slated to participate in the Jaipur Literature Festival in January 2011.<br /><br />Who after all is Bant Singh? He was just another leader of agrarian workers who also sang revolutionary songs and struggled to make ends meet for his wife and eight children in the past decade. What happened to make him a heroic symbol of Dalit resistance in Punjab? Bant was born in a Mazhabi Sikh family. Mazhabis were former ‘untouchables’ who were inducted into the fold by the Gurus as Sikhism rejected the Hindu caste hierarchy. Yet the malaise of caste was to permeate the fabric of Sikh society with the hierarchical shift as the Jats were the landlords and the Dalits the agrarian labourers.<br /><br />Bant could hold his own as he was politically aware, choosing not to work as an attached labourer. He instead sold cosmetics and toys besides rearing hens and pigs. He continued to be politically active, organising labour, helping them come out of never-ending debts through court cases and demanding fair wages. As vice-president of Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, a wing of the All India Agricultural Labour Association (AIALA), he irked landlords who were used to undisputed serfdom. He sent all his children to school and did not allow them to work in the Jat fields.<br /><br />The turning point came in 2002 when his minor daughter Baljit Kaur, a student of Class IX, was gang-raped. He did not let it pass as is the custom because the rape of a Dalit girl by a Jat boy is common. Bant decided to fight for justice and three persons, including a woman accomplice, were sentenced to life imprisonment. “I was offered money to withdraw the case but I did not want to compromise on the honour of my daughter. We struggled for justice and got it.” However, he had to pay a heavy price for taking on the Jats. He was physically attacked several times. Then on the evening of January 5, 2006, seven Jat boys brutally beat him up with iron roads. His arms and legs were pounded to pulp. He lay for several hours in the fields till he was taken to Mansa Civil Hospital where the doctors were indifferent to him. After 36 hours, once gangrene had set in, they said they could not treat him. Bant’s comrades raised money and moved him to the PGIMS in Chandigarh.<br /><br />The doctors had to amputate his two arms and a leg. When Bant was given this news, he said bravely: “I still have a tongue and I will continue to sing against oppression”. Indeed, he did surprise the doctors as well as the patients by singing out loud and clear the revolutionary songs of Punjabi poet, late Sant Ram Udasi, from his bed. Two months later, he came out of the hospital to address a public rally in Chandigarh. In different hospitals for over two years, he continued to sing.<br /><br />His great courage brought attention to his spirit of resistance. The media came to him, the police upgraded the case to Section 308 of the IPC and the accused were arrested. Relevant sections under the SC/ST Act were added to the case. The attack on Bant was aimed at terrorising him and all other Dalit labourers but the outrage was such that thousands of them started coming to the rallies held in his support all over Punjab. His courage and songs gave hope to others. The culprits were jailed for seven years.<br /><br />Sanjay Kak, who was asked by Bant’s comrades to make a film on the man, says: “I had not gone to make a film but it was Bant who made it by the sincerity of his emotions and the angst against the oppression of centuries.” The seven-minute film called Bant Can Still Sing is counted among one of the most eloquent films made by Kak. When I got to meet Bant at his home in Burj Jhabbar, I found him resting on a charpai under a kikar tree in his courtyard. He was quick to greet me with a broad smile. Raising his amputated arm, he hailed me with a Laal Salaam. Soon he was singing inspiring songs and telling me about his campaigns for farm labourers. “They wanted to silence me but I have been able to give out the message far louder than before,” he says. The strength to fight back, he says, came from his ideals, Guru Gobind Singh and Shaheed Bhagat Singh. True, the Dalits had been terrorised when Bant was beaten to pulp but now the Jats too are wary about the excesses for there could be other Bants who will fight back. This is what makes him the hero of Dalit resistance in Punjab.<br /><br />A Laal Salaam indeed to this man who has turned the tide after centuries and about whom journalist Amit Sengupta says: “In a tangential sense, the ideology of upper caste domination has been pushed to the wall by Bant Singh’s sacrifice and valour. He has become a revolutionary icon, a catalyst for change, a protector of human and fundamental rights, a symbol of defiance against archaic symbols of feudalism and slavery, a physical reality of a dream which is not so impossible.”<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</strong></a><br /><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</strong></a><br /><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</strong></a><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html"><strong>IIPM: What is E-PAT?</strong></a><br /><a href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition"><strong><br /></strong></a><a href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank"><strong>'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM, GURGAON</strong></a><br /><br /></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-76392360809376538482011-09-23T14:39:00.005+05:302011-09-23T15:58:53.275+05:30The local media in Kashmir is expanding at a staggering pace though the sailing has not been smooth for local journalists and media organisations<div style="text-align: justify;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/IIPM-ranks-No-1-in-International-Exposure-in-the-Third-Mail-Today-B-School-Survey/" title="IIPM Ranking" target="_blank">IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Assertion amid restrictions</span><br /><br />Till the late 1980s, J&K had such less newspapers and magazines that they could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Of these, only Aftab and Srinagar Times, both Urdu dailies, were popular among the masses. When insurgency erupted in the Valley, people needed their daily fix of news. They were eager to remain abreast of developments around them.<br /><br />State-run Doordarshan and Radio Kashmir were the only accessible sources of news but excessive government control on these media institutions undermined their credibility. People turned to international media, primarily BBC, to get a clear picture of the situation in Kashmir. The then correspondent of BBC World Service, Yusuf Jameel, became a household name in the Valley. Every household would tune into the early morning and evening BBC bulletins.<br /><br />“People would trust every word the BBC would broadcast. It was too demanding. I could hardly afford any off-the-mark coverage. But my reporting things as they were won me more foes than friends,” recalls Jameel.<br /><br />Now, two decades later, more than a hundred newspapers, including 25 English dailies, hit the stalls every morning in Srinagar. There are 81weeklies, both offset and litho printed, and 12 monthly and fortnightly English and Urdu news magazines too being published from the Valley alone. About 80 dailies and 132 periodicals are published from Jammu.<br /><br />The buck does not stop there. According to officials, hundreds of applications for new registrations are pending in the offices concerned in both Jammu and Srinagar. Almost every second month sees the launch of new publications. Most of these newspapers, priced at two to three rupees, survive mainly on government advertisements.<br />The growing literacy rate, which at present hovers a little above 65 per cent in J&K, has also widened the readership base during the last two decades. At the same time, new technologies like the Internet, networked computers and other hardware and software applications have also helped in producing newspapers in large number with better print quality. Apart from that, more than 20 cable news channels have been launched across the state in the past few years. All of the news channels — more than a dozen — are off the air in the Valley though after the state authorities announced a temporary ban on them four months ago.<br /><br />GK Communications, with two of its largest circulated daily newspapers, Greater Kashmir (English) and Kashmir Uzma (Urdu) is considered to be one of the biggest media organisations in the state. Both of its newspapers are simultaneously published from Jammu and Srinagar. GK also has a vibrant online edition, which has a large number of visitors across the globe. Similarly, Kashmir Media Group (KMG), which publishes Rising Kashmir (English), Buland Kashmir (Urdu) and Sangarmal (Kashmiri), is also taking shape as a large media group in the Valley. English papers such as Greater Kashmir, Rising Kashmir and Kashmir Times and Urdu language ones like Kashmir Uzma, Srinagar Times, Aftab and Buland are being extensively read.<br /><br />Mass communication graduates from Kashmir University are being hired by local newspapers on good wages. “Kashmir University’s mass communication department was established in 1985. Since then, we have produced more than 600 journalists and most of them are well placed in local, national and international media organisations,” informs Nasir Mirza, a senior lecturer.<br /><br />However, it has not been easy for media organisations and journalists to survive in an atmosphere of hostility and conflict. During the last 20 years, more than a dozen mediapersons have been killed in the line of duty.<br /><br />Apart from such tragedies, Kashmiri journalists have seen the worst kind of aggression by security forces. This summer more than two dozen mediapersons were ruthlessly beaten up by police and security forces at different times while they were performing their duty. Srinagar-based newspapers have frequently been forced to stop publication by the government. During the civil unrest earlier this year, beating up and harassment of newspaper staff and repeated cancellation of curfew passes made their operations impossible. The newspapers have been stopped for an estimated total of thirty days since June this year.<br /><br />The channel operators believe that they were targetted only for showing the facts. “The channels were screening only what was happening around. People were being killed and injured by the security forces. How could we have not reported such things?” asks Sanam Aijaz, managing director, J.K. channel.<br /><br />The popularity of social networking sites has also increased during the last few years, especially among the youth. Many Kashmiris, including those living abroad, have created groups on facebook and Twitter to express their political opinions. During the recent unrest, tech-savvy youngsters used these sites to vent their anger. This attracted the attention of security agencies. Police arrested many young boys for posting “objectionable” remarks on Internet.<br /><br />But the local media in Kashmir lacks in quality. “During past two decades the Kashmir media has grown enormously but quality is missing,” says Pervez Majeed, a correspondent with Delhi-based news magazine Sahara Time. “The conflict provided a breeding ground for non-professionals who are pursuing varied interests and are indulging in activities which can't be called journalism,” he rues.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><strong></strong><br /><strong><a title="Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://managementguru.co.in/" target="_blank">Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM</a></strong><strong></strong><br /><strong><a title="Rajita Chaudhuri" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank">IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri</a></strong><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><br /><a title="Jan Lokpal" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/kapil-sibals-voters-want-jan-lokpal-not.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill</strong></a><strong></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-e-pat.html">IIPM: What is E-PAT?</a></strong><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Thorns-to-Competition-amongst-the-top-10-best-sellers-of-the-week" target="_blank" title="Thorns to Competition">"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.</a><br /></div><div> </div><a href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/2011/07/28/iipm-prof-arindam-chaudhuri-on-for-salman-khurshid-it-is-a-big-challenge-ahead-and-i-personally-look-forward-to-a-revolutionary-couple-of-years-ahead/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm.in/public/images/articles/media-bytes/iipm/ranking-education-mail-mail-today20sept2011.jpg" target="_blank" title="IIPM">IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thornstocompetition.com/order.html" title="Thorns" target="_blank">'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here</a><br /><strong><a title="IIPM Gurgaon" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2008/01/iipm-gurgaon.html" target="_blank">IIPM, GURGAON</a></strong><br /><strong></strong>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-27758300219888650642011-07-09T14:23:00.002+05:302011-07-09T14:29:16.350+05:30Women Enjoy Equal Rights and Opportunities<div style="text-align: justify;">Women across the world enjoy greater opportunities and freedoms than ever before. It is a peaceful revolution underpinned by an extraordinary transformation of legal rights. Almost every country has signed international conventions signalling their commitment to outlawing discrimination against women. Nearly 140 national constitutions specifically guarantee gender equality.<br /><br />But promising equality, of course, is not the same as delivering it on the ground. Despite real advances, there sadly remains an immense gap between these welcome legal guarantees and everyday life for women. It is a justice deficit which can be found in rich and poor countries alike and in every aspect of our societies.<br /><br />It is not, however, only women who suffer from this failure of justice. We all do, whatever our gender. Without a doubt, women's strength, industry and wisdom are humanity's greatest untapped resource. It is potential we simply can't afford to continue to waste. It was this recognition that led to the formation of UN Women, which brings together all the UN gender equality agencies under my leadership. It was our recognition that addressing the justice gap was crucial to removing the barriers to equality which made it the subject of our first report - Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice. But in many cases, women are denied a fair deal because of a failure, whether through lack of resources, will or cultural obstacles, to uphold the legal rights they have been granted. We discovered that women are three times less likely to report a sexual attack than a robbery. It is all too easy to understand why. A European study found on average only 14% of reported rapes ended in conviction. In other countries, the figure is even lower.<br /><br />We found a similar failure, too, in the economic sphere. Despite 117 countries having equal pay laws, women in every sector and region continue to be paid between 10% to 30% less than men.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/" target="_blank" title="”Rajita">IIPM Prof Rajita Chaudhuri - The New Age Woman</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/Profile/" target="_blank" title="”Excom" rajita="">IIPM Excom Prof. Rajita Chaudhuri's Profile</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIPM" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" title="Arindam Chaudhuri" href="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2054466.ece" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/apr/220411-Anna-Hazare-Leadership-Corruption-Jan-Lokpal-bill.htm" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/iipm-bba-mba-b-school-rabindranath-tagore-peace-prize-to-irom-chanu-sharmila/" title="IIPM BBA MBA B-School" target="_blank">IIPM BBA MBA B-School: Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize To Irom Chanu Sharmila</a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong>GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp</strong></a><strong></strong><br /><strong><a title="IIPM awards to Irom Chanu Sharmila" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2010/09/award-conferred-to-irom-chanu-sharmila.html" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a title="IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2010/09/iipms-management-consulting-arm-planman.html" alt="_blank"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a title="Permanent link to IIPM Lucknow – News article in Economic Times and Times of India" href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/iipm-lucknow-news-article-economic-times-india/" target="blank"><strong>IIPM Lucknow – News article in Economic Times and Times of India</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/ReadToLead/" target="_blank title=" rajita="" chaudhuri="" s="" tips=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"><em>Rajita Chaudhuri's</em> tips to start a new trend in Market</span></a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-rajitachaudhuri.com/ArindamChaudhuri/" target="_blank title=" arindam="" chaudhuri="" s="" achievements=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">IIPM Professor Arindam Chaudhuri's Achievements</span></a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-88518664652369541472011-06-07T10:16:00.000+05:302011-06-07T10:16:00.572+05:30It took her 24 years to prove her mettle against the powerful<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736635" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri">IIPM Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on Internet Hooliganism</a></span><br /><br />“Better late than never” is an old adage. Seventy-six-years-old Mary Roy <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8QahIowC8N_dCBgzkTVMswATms9llHYST9V1qciVdt7Y1uWzS7CpIgVes2jK83Xn7zX7oe-NjaCjF_-R9M0YylIOMyAbG_mDV8H9FcUiDCVKogLbaRFyxQaV7gUCEvaa6nF-/s1600/Mary-Roy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8QahIowC8N_dCBgzkTVMswATms9llHYST9V1qciVdt7Y1uWzS7CpIgVes2jK83Xn7zX7oe-NjaCjF_-R9M0YylIOMyAbG_mDV8H9FcUiDCVKogLbaRFyxQaV7gUCEvaa6nF-/s320/Mary-Roy.jpg" title="Mary Roy" alt="Mary Roy" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609845989729745826" border="0" /></a>has won the landmark case on women’s property rights in India after 24 years of legal battle. For the mother of Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy, it was a fight for justice. However, she donated hard-won family share, near Aymenem in Kottayam district, worth Rs 1.8 crore to a charity. Mary Roy, a divorcee and a mother of two children had walked out on her marriage and settled down in her maternal house in Ootty. But, her misery took a new turn in 1965 when her brother asked her to move out of the house because a married woman was not supposed to enjoy her father’s property. Thus started her legal battle for the property rights for Christian women. Her father was no more at that time.<br /><br />Her brother’s action was based on two laws — the Travancore Christian Succession Act 1916 and Cochin Succession Act 1921 — which restricted a Keralite Syrian Christian daughter’s property rights to one-fourth son’s share or Rs 5,000, whichever was less.<br /><br />Mary approached the court and, after a 21-year battle, got the Supreme Court to scrap the two laws in 1986. The case shot into fame as “Mary Roy case” in the history of Indian jurisprudence. The judgment brought all Christians in the country under the Indian Succession Act which gives equal property rights to sons and daughters, enabling thousands of Keralite Christian women to regain their share of property which had been denied to them in the past. Only two Christian women dared to implead along with her, namely, Elikkutty and Mariakkutty; two social activist organisations like Women’s Forum for Social Action and Lawyers Collective also supported her.<br />Yet Mary Roy’s wait for her small piece of land prolonged to nearly a quarter century longer. She approached the Kottayam sub-court seeking implementation of the apex court order in the midst of her brother’s objections. She should have got the land after her mother’s death in 2000. But one of her brothers, who had sold a part of his share for Rs 5 crore, sought to prevent the partition by dragging her to Kerala High Court.<br /><br />After the high court cleared the legal hurdles, the Principal Sub-judge ordered execution of the verdict and sent court officials to carry it out. Last week, she took the possession of the land, in the midst of a cheering crowd. “I am relieved that my long struggle for justice has yielded result. My battle was not for a piece of land alone but to ensure that women in this country enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Constitution,” Mary Roy said.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/apr/220411-Anna-Hazare-Leadership-Corruption-Jan-Lokpal-bill.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri: We need Hazare's leadership</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/professor-arindam-chaudhuri-man-for.html" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri"><b>Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....</b></a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong>GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp</strong></a><strong></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIPM" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/03/iipm-marches-ahead-in-b-school-rankings.html" target="_blank"><strong><br />IIPM Marches Ahead in B-School Rankings...</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://biz.zeenews.com/bschoolsurvey/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a></strong><strong><a title="IIPM Student Notice Board" href="http://iipmbschool.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/iipm-bba-mba-institute-student-notice-board/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM BBA MBA Institute: Student Notice Board</strong></a></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/indian-universities-and-higher.html" target="_blank">Indian universities and higher education institutes seem to be caught in a time warp teaching things</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/delhi-university-students-union-dusu.html" target="_blank" title="DUSU">Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU): Students' Unions can not be banned<br /><br /></a></strong></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-56090477504986527262011-06-02T10:13:00.000+05:302011-06-02T10:13:00.330+05:30Political Appointments may ruin PSEs, feel experts<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736635" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri">IIPM Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on Internet Hooliganism</a></span><br /><br />“The Chairman of the Corporation should not be a political/private person. His appointment should be transparent. Corporation should be run strictly on a professional basis.”<br /><br />The above guideline regarding appointment of chairpersons of civil supply corporations of all states is mentioned in the recommendations of Justice Wadhwa Committee constituted by the Supreme Court in 2008. But surprisingly, the Orissa government has chosen to ignore this guideline by nominating Mahesh Sahoo, a former MLA and a ruling party leader as the chairman of the Orissa State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC).“How could the government overlook one part of the recommendation while implementing another on streamlining of the Public Distribution System?” wonders Chiraranjan Das, an advocate at Orissa High Court.<br /><br />The recent announcement of appointment of chairpersons and chiefs of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), cooperative bodies and development trusts by the state government are not in accordance either with Wadhwa Commission recommendations or with the governance manual adopted by it. Interestingly, the list of persons to be appointed as chairpersons of the PSEs, mainly include political persons of ruling party, who had lost elections or were denied party ticket! The Corporate Governance Manual for PSUs (CGMP), which was accepted by the Orissa government in 2009 after due approval of the cabinet as the manual for organisation and management of state-owned corporations, is very categorical about the appointment of experts of the PSEs.<br /><br />“How could the government ignore the guidelines adopted by it last year? This guideline, drafted by a professional body like Administrative Staff College of India, is meant to improve the accountability and transparency in the corporations. The government should not violate its policy,” says Basant Das, a senior political analyst.<br /><br />Rehabilitation of partymen in corporations has landed the Orissa government in troubled waters as nominated persons are not experts in required field. A PIL has been filed in the Orissa High Court urging it to direct the government not to go ahead with its plan until disposal of the writ petition. Terming the yet-to-be-made appointments as “arbitrary” and “illegal”, the petitioner maintained that in case the decision is given effect to, it would be made in violation of the principles of the Orissa Public Enterprises Reform Programme as protected in the MoU signed by the state and the Union governments on public sector re-organisation.<br /><br />At least 21 PSEs are identified as profit-making while nine are incurring losses and the remaining two are operating on no-profit-no-loss basis. on them. “The Naveen Patnaik government is giving the slogan of ‘good governance’, but no one will agree to these appointments as fare and honest. We will protest against this in the proper forum for the larger interest of the state,” reacts Sivananda Ray, VP of Congress.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/professor-arindam-chaudhuri-man-for.html" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri"><b>Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....</b></a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong>GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp</strong></a><strong></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/apr/220411-Anna-Hazare-Leadership-Corruption-Jan-Lokpal-bill.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri: We need Hazare's leadership</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIPM" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/hunt-for-hostel-and-paying-guest-pg.html" target="_blank">The hunt for hostel and paying guest (PG) accommodation for students</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-colleges-for-vocational-courses-in.html" target="_blank"><strong>Best Colleges for Vocational Courses in India</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/indias-best-colleges-institutes-and.html" target="_blank">INDIA'S BEST COLLEGES, INSTITUTES and UNIVERSITIES</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a><a href="http://surenderlatwal.blogspot.com/2010/07/social-networking-sites-have-become.html" target="_blank" title="”Social" networking=""><strong></strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://surenderlatwal.blogspot.com/2010/07/social-networking-sites-have-become.html" target="_blank" title="”Social" networking=""><strong></strong></a></strong></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-51860265612705752072011-05-29T15:07:00.000+05:302011-05-29T15:07:00.427+05:30In an attempt to light up this Diwali for children suffering from cancer, and their families,<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">'Can Kids' Kids Can' infused in them a healthy dose of optimism and cheer' </span><br /><br />“I would like to share with you a painful and unforgettable moment of my life. February 14, 2009, is an unforgettable day in my life. I was studying in 8th standard. After the classes, as usual, I was playing. Suddenly, I could not breathe. I was literally panting and gasping. When my parents took me to Dr Naik, our family doctor, he advised me to go for an X-ray. I was admitted at KMC Hospital at Manipal. My lungs were filled with fluid. When the doctors examined me they told me a bitter truth, I had cancer, medically called rhabdomyosarcoma. I literally collapsed with the shock. My parents and near ones thought that it was the end of my life.” The audience – little boys and girls in caps and scarves, their mothers and fathers, volunteers of the NGO CanKids...KidsCan and students of Delhi Public School (DPS), Gurgaon – empathetically listened to Varalakshmi Shetty. “I experienced a lot of pain during my chemotherapy,” Varalakshmi continued. “When I began losing my beautiful hair, I could not accept the fact. Yet I continued the treatment. Now, I’m happy to say that my hair has begun to grow. Being a cancer patient I would like to say that whoever is identified as a cancer patient, please do not lose hope. I request you to not lose confidence. If one has confidence, one can win over any hardship, any sickness or any cancer. To this, I am a witness standing before you. I have resumed my studies; I’m happy to say I stand first in class.” The audience clapped on hearing of her achievement.<br /><br />Varalakshmi was among the ten children who were awarded under CanKids…KidsCan 3rd National Childhood Cancer Scholarship Program, and honoured for their bravery and courage. Despite missing school for most of the year, a 9th standard student, Varalakshmi still scored 93 per cent. Another child, an eight-year-old girl (name withheld on request of parents) danced to the beat of Aap ka kya Hoga… (Dhanno) with unmatchable zest and exuberance, and if I had not known that this was a Diwali Utsav for cancer children, I could never have guessed that this child had been battling cancer for the last two years. She is almost cured now, her mother informed me. For the 800 odd people who assembled on 30th October at DPS, children like these were shining examples of how there is life after cancer. There were more reasons for children from Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other cancer centres in Delhi to beam from ear to ear, what with many of them performing the Ramlila on stage, and then waiting to receive presents that they had wished for. “Normally, during the course of the year they do get a lot of stuff, but it’s often we who decide what to give to the children. This time we asked the children to make Wish Cards and then pray to Lord Ganesh,” said Poonam Bagai, President of CanKids…KidsCan. “We’ve got this little story too. Our mascots are Taklu and Takli, where Taklu is the little cancer boy and Takli is the little cancer girl; we’re trying to destigmatise hair loss. So Taklu and Takli go to Ganesh and ask for a pet and the Lord gives them Kekdu the crab. The children ask why Kekdu, and Ganesh says Kekdu is a symbol of your cancer, but as you get over your fear of the disease, so you will learn to have a victory over your disease. And that’s really the genesis of this Wish Card,” smiled Poonam.<br /><br />Why such an initiative is especially commendable, is because hundreds of children suffering from cancer and their families witnessed before their eyes that cancer is beatable. When cancer is diagnosed, people usually believe that it is the end of the road for them, but that is not the case, especially when the patient is a child. “Childhood cancer is curable if treated properly and diagnosed on time. More than 70 per cent of cases can be treated successfully and cured,” shared Dr Gauri Kapoor, Head, Department of Paediatric Haematology/ Oncology & BMT at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi. “Children have a lot of energy and they handle treatment much better than adults. God made their body in such a way that children have the best physical condition and they can tolerate the treatment very easily. Also, their bodies don’t already have heart disease, hypertension and other problems that come with age. All their organs are healthy. Cancer in children is highly curable,” asserts Dr Kapoor.<br /><br />When a Varalakshmi or a Nisha Kukreja (17-year-old who was diagnosed with cancer when she was all of five; successfully battled cancer and has been pursuing her academics, and recently completed a course in Punjabi language and is also skilled in Hindi calligraphy) came up on stage, the parents present were shown a life after cancer for their children too. Manpreet Brar was present at the Diwali Utsav and reiterated the parents’ role in the child’s healing. “Parents, you are the reason why your children will survive cancer,” she said addressing the audience. “Through parents children get the strength. When the children see hope in their parent’s eyes, they too will believe that they can fight cancer and that they’re going to survive.” Optimism is what the doctor also prescribes for parents. “It is very essential to target the parents for counselling and keep them motivated. Their attitude is extremely important because the children don’t know anything other than their parents. If the parent is sad and crying, the child will also be sad and will cry. If the parent is happy, cheerful, looking forward positively, the child forgets that he has a disease. Positive attitude plays a very strong role in successfully overcoming cancer. A positive attitude has been scientifically proven to help overcome physical and medical conditions,” said Dr Kapoor. There are countless cases of cancer patients surviving and leading fulfilling lives even after the doctors gave up, just by staying positive and believing that they will live, and they will fight this disease. I wasn’t surprised when the mother of the 8-year-old girl, who had earlier danced to Dhanno, told me the secret of her daughter’s confidence, “Her father keeps her confidence high, he’s been very positive throughout, and that has helped them a lot.”<br /><br />A huge drawback for the patients is that “only one in 10 children have access to proper cancer treatment in India,” informed Dr Kapoor. “There is a lack of capability in diagnosing and treating children with cancer. In the remote areas there is not enough awareness, even among the general practitioners in small towns and villages, there isn’t awareness that cancer is curable. They feel that as it is cancer, there is no point in treating the child further. There is a great deal of need to increase awareness even among doctors, as Oncology is a field which has come up only in the last few years in India,” said Dr Kapoor.<br /><br />“The event today aims to deliver a message to all the children that you do get better, you can survive, and you will still do well and you can still achieve,” said Poonam Bagai. As the award-ceremony came to a close, the children danced to the song, All is well. Hopefully, both parents and children left the Diwali Utsav completely convinced of the lyrics.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/apr/220411-Anna-Hazare-Leadership-Corruption-Jan-Lokpal-bill.htm" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736635" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri">IIPM Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on Internet Hooliganism</a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong>GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp</strong></a><a title="DUSU" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/delhi-university-students-union-dusu.html" target="_blank"><strong>Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU): Students' Unions can not be banned</strong></a><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/professor-arindam-chaudhuri-man-for.html" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri"><b>Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....</b></a> </strong><br /><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIPM" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-colleges-for-vocational-courses-in.html" target="_blank"><strong>Best Colleges for Vocational Courses in India</strong></a></strong><br /><strong><a title="IIPM Student Notice Board" href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/planman-consulting-the-sister-concern-of-iipm/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><div align="justify"><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/hunt-for-hostel-and-paying-guest-pg.html" target="_blank"><strong>The hunt for hostel and paying guest (PG) accommodation for students</strong></a></div></strong><br /><strong></strong></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-21482129632000911942011-05-26T11:05:00.000+05:302011-05-26T11:05:00.205+05:30Policy makers need to Address Poor Voter turnout<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736635" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri">IIPM Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on Internet Hooliganism</a></span><br /><br />It was a moment of pride for India when the world saw 714 million electorates (higher than the combined electorates of the European Union and the US) voting to constitute the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 in the largest democratic exercise undertaken in the world till date. However, there are reasons enough for policymakers, especially the Election Commission of India, to ponder over the fact that only 59.7 per cent of the electorates turned out to vote in the five phases of the election. The picture is similar even in the case of state Assembly elections. The nation is happy that the fourth phase of the Bihar Assembly elections has just concluded in spite of a reported Naxal attack. But, only 51 per cent of eligible voters has participated in the voting process till now. This is certainly not a sign of a full-fledged democracy.<br /><br />Voter turnout varies in India due to various reasons. Different states have different voter turnouts. For example, in the last Lok Sabha election, voter turnout in the state of Andhra Pradesh, with a population of about 70 million, was recorded at over 68 per cent, which is above the national average. Orissa’s turnout stood at 62 per cent while in some parts of Uttar Pradesh, it was as low as 40 per cent. However, the lowest voter turnout was in the 1952 Lok Sabha election which recorded a 45.7 per cent turnout. And the highest ever was witnessed in the 1985 election when 64.1 per cent of the electorates participated in the polling process. Even the 2004 Lok Sabha election saw a voter turnout of 58.1 per cent. Voter turnout is also different for different economic classes. The average turnout among the middle and upper middle class is abysmally low at 40 per cent.<br /><br />The trends in the Assembly elections are not too dissimilar either. Voter turnout in the state of Karnataka stood at 65 per cent for the 2004 Assembly election. Turnout in the 2008 Assembly election increased by just one per cent. West Bengal surprisingly saw a high turnout of 81.49 per cent in the 2006 Assembly election, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 72 per cent in its last Assembly election. Similarly, the state of Assam saw a high voter turnout of 75.83 per cent in its 2006 Assembly election. Voter turnouts in Gujarat and Rajasthan have been quite poor.<br />In India, the world’s largest democracy, voter turnout remains low. Countries like Australia and Malta, where voting is mandatory, see voter turnouts of 95 per cent and 94 per cent respectively.<br /><br />Surprisingly, states like Chile, Venezuela and Czech Republic have turnouts of over 80 per cent. This leaves enough scope for India to consider the issue more seriously. Change is a unanimous demand and voting is in fact a national responsibility. Then, what is the reason for this indifference? Perhaps, a lack<br />of incentives. While mandatory voting is one way, there can be other means that the Election Commission can cultivate to spread awareness. Rest of the brainstorming... politicians, the ball is in your court.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIPM" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management</strong></a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/professor-arindam-chaudhuri-man-for.html" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri"><b>Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/apr/220411-Anna-Hazare-Leadership-Corruption-Jan-Lokpal-bill.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri: We need Hazare's leadership</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/iipm-bba-mba-b-school-rabindranath-tagore-peace-prize-to-irom-chanu-sharmila/" title="IIPM BBA MBA B-School" target="_blank">IIPM BBA MBA B-School: Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize To Irom Chanu Sharmila</a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong>GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp</strong></a><strong></strong><br /><strong><a title="IIPM awards to Irom Chanu Sharmila" href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2010/09/award-conferred-to-irom-chanu-sharmila.html" target="_blank"><strong>Award Conferred To Irom Chanu Sharmila By IIPM</strong></a><strong></strong></strong><br /><strong><strong></strong><a title="IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2010/09/iipms-management-consulting-arm-planman.html" alt="_blank"><strong>IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm - Planman Consulting</strong></a><strong></strong></strong><br /><strong><strong></strong><a title="Permanent link to IIPM Lucknow – News article in Economic Times and Times of India" href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/iipm-lucknow-news-article-economic-times-india/" target="blank"><strong>IIPM Lucknow – News article in Economic Times and Times of India</strong></a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-50936226460577864172011-05-23T13:20:00.000+05:302011-05-23T15:05:07.045+05:30Rampant commercialisation endangers human, flora and fauna<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736635" target="_blank" title="Arindam Chaudhuri">IIPM Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on Internet Hooliganism</a></span><br /><br />Eco-tourism as a travel option has picked up a fair amount of steam over the last decade. It accounts for between two and four per cent of worldwide tourism and is fast developing into a niche market. Travel companies are trying to tap a growing number of pro-environment travellers who are willing to spend a sizeable portion of their travel budget on protection of the environment. Even big hotel chains like JW Marriott are keeping up with the trend to make necessary changes in their marketing tactics to lure customers by projecting a more eco-friendly image. They advertise their commitment to use recycled toilet paper, water-saving showers and other changes. But strangely, something that was supposed to spread awareness about environmental protection is now over-exploited, ignoring the concerns of indigenous communities.<br /><br />This holds true not just in the case of developing countries. The hypocrisy of eco-tourism is rampant even in the United States. A private company's venture into eco-tourism includes the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Hawaii. They are renowned for turning small local operating units into world famous behemoths as they have done with amusement parks and real estate. But their maiden entry into eco-tourism can endanger rare species. For example, wildlife habitat can be disturbed by building of roads, hotels and other infrastructure.<br /><br />The corporate entry into controlling national parks has its drawbacks as well. A case in point are the aboriginals of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, where the Maasai ethnic group now demands a share of the huge profits that the eco-tourism corporations are making out of their ancestral land. The indigenous people of South Africa and Zimbabwe were asking for the return of national park lands to them. When their demands were turned down, they made an even more audacious demand for a stake in the tourism company that runs the parks.<br /><br />The Communal Area Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE), an association of communities in Zimbabwe, showcased an ideal model to the world in the 1990s to run eco-tourism that can also be replicated elsewhere. Till date, the concept is mostly misused and tour conductors are the ones minting money. That's what prompted Richard Leakey, former head of Kenya Wildlife Service, to comment: “The word eco-friendly is being exploited in a way that is totally unjustified.”<br /><br /><strong>Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/apr/220411-Anna-Hazare-Leadership-Corruption-Jan-Lokpal-bill.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Arindam Chaudhuri: We need Hazare's leadership</strong></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIPM" target="_blank" title="IIPM"><strong>IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management</strong></a><br /><a href="http://respected-business-school.blogspot.com/2011/01/gidf-club-of-iipm-lucknow-organizes.html" target="_blank"><strong>GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp</strong></a><strong></strong><br /><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/professor-arindam-chaudhuri-man-for.html" title="Arindam Chaudhuri" target="_blank">Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....</a></strong><br /><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/dr-malay-chaudhuri-founder-director.html" title="Dr Malay Chaudhuri" target="_blank">Dr Malay Chaudhuri, Founder Director IIPM, tells TSI why the IIPM Awards are in a league of their own</a></strong><br /><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-progress-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/04/bollywoods-no1-mum-kajol-step-ahead-mom.html" title="Kajol" target="_blank">Bollywood's No.1 Mum Kajol: Step ahead MOM!</a></strong><br /><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-progress-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/05/katrina-kaif-british-indian-actress.html" title="Katrina Kaif" target="_blank">Katrina Kaif: A British Indian Actress Born on July 16, 1984</a></strong><br /><strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dearsonu.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/iipm-professor-arindam-chaudhuri-on-obama-and-osama/" title="Arindam Chaudhuri" target="_blank">IIPM Professor Arindam Chaudhuri on 'OBAMA and OSAMA'</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-18359353652448356332011-04-29T11:01:00.000+05:302011-04-29T11:01:00.312+05:30What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong>After Irom Sharmila last year, Anna Hazare wins IIPM's 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize of Rs. 1cr. To be handed over on 9th May</strong></a></span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk in the Zen tradition, who worked tirelessly for peace during the Vietnam War, rebuilding villages destroyed by the hostilities. Following an anti-war lecture tour in the United States, he was not allowed back in his country and so he settled in France. In 1967, he was nominated by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is internationally known for his teaching and writing on mindfulness, and for his work related to "socially engaged Buddhism," a call to social action based on Buddhist principles<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you could speak to Osama bin Laden, what would you say to him? </span><br /><br />If I were given the opportunity to be face to face with Osama bin Laden, the first thing I would do is listen. I would try to understand all of the suffering that had led him to violence. It might not be easy to listen in that way, so I would have to remain calm and lucid. I would need several friends with me, who are strong in the practice of deep listening, listening without reacting, without judging and blaming. In this way, an atmosphere of support would be created for this person and those connected so that they could share completely, trust that they are really being heard.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You personally experienced the devastation caused by the war fought in Vietnam and worked to end the hostilities there. What do you say to people who are grief-stricken and angry because they have lost loved ones in terrorist attacks?</span><br /><br />I did lose my spiritual sons and daughters during the war when they were entering the fighting zone trying to save those under the bombs. Some were killed by war and some by murder due to the misunderstanding that they were supporting the other side. When I looked at the four slain corpses of my spiritual sons murdered in such a violent way, I suffered deeply.<br /><br />I understand the suffering of those who have lost their loved ones. In situations of great loss and grief, I had to find my calm in order to restore my lucidity and my heart of understanding and compassion. With the practice of deep looking, I realised that if we respond to cruelty with cruelty, injustice and suffering will only increase.<br /><br />When we learned of the bombing of Ben Tre village in Vietnam, where the pilots told the journalists that they had destroyed the village in order to save it, I was shocked, and [racked] with anger and grief. We practiced walking calmly and gently on the earth to bring back our calm mind and peaceful heart.<br /><br />Although it is very challenging to maintain our openness in that moment, it is crucial that we do not respond in any way until we have calmness and clarity with which to see the reality of the situation. We knew that to respond with violence and hatred would only damage ourselves and those around us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is the "right action" to take with regard to responding to terrorist attacks? Should we seek justice through military action? Through judicial processes? Is military action and/or retaliation justified if it can prevent innocents from being killed?</span><br /><br />All violence is injustice. The fire of hatred and violence cannot be extinguished by adding more hatred and violence to the fire. The only antidote to violence is compassion. And what is compassion made of? It is made of understanding. When there is no understanding, how can we feel compassion, how can we begin to relieve the great suffering that is there? So understanding is the very real foundation upon which we build our compassion.<br /><br />To understand, we must find paths of communication so that we can listen to those who desperately are calling out for our understanding, because such an act of violence (9/11) is a desperate call for attention and for help.<br /><br />There are people who want one thing only– revenge. In the Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha said that by using hatred to answer hatred, there will only be an escalation of hatred. But if we use compassion to embrace those who have harmed us, it will greatly diffuse the bomb in our hearts and in theirs.<br /><br />The method of the Buddha is to look deeply to see the source of suffering; the source of the violence. If we have violence within ourselves, any action can make that violence explode. This energy of hatred and violence can be very great and when we see that in the other person, we feel sorry for them so that drop of compassion is born in our hearts and we feel so much happier and so much more at peace with ourselves.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you believe that evil exists? And, if so, would you consider terrorists as evil persons?</span><br /><br />Evil exists. God exists also. Evil and God are two sides of ourselves. God is that great understanding, that great love within us. What is evil? It is when the face of God, the face of the Buddha within us gets hidden. It is up to us to choose whether the evil side becomes more prominent, or whether the side of God, and the Buddha shines out. Although the side of great ignorance, of evil, may manifest strongly at one time, it does not mean that God is not there.<br /><br />It is said clearly in the Bible, "Forgive them for they know not what they do." This means that an act of evil is an act of great ignorance and misunderstanding. Perhaps many wrong perceptions are behind an act of evil; we have to see that ignorance and misunderstanding is the root of the evil. Every human being contains within him or her all the elements of great understanding, great compassion, and also ignorance, hatred, and violence.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Compassion is a very large part of Buddhism and Buddhist practice. But it seems impossible to muster compassion for terrorists. Is it realistic to think people can feel true compassion in the wake of an event like 9/11?</span><br /><br />Without understanding, compassion is impossible. When you understand the suffering of others, you do not have to force yourself to feel the compassion... the door of your heart will just naturally open.<br /><br />All of the hijackers involved in the 9/11 incident were so young and yet they sacrificed their lives for what? Why did they do that? What kind of deep suffering is there? It will require deep listening and deep looking to understand that.<br /><br />To have compassion in this situation is to perform a great act of forgiveness. We can first embrace the suffering; we do not need to wait many years or decades to realize reconciliation and forgiveness. We need a wake up call now in order not to allow hatred to overwhelm our hearts.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong> <a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/03/iipm-marches-ahead-in-b-school-rankings.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Marches Ahead in B-School Rankings...</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://biz.zeenews.com/bschoolsurvey/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a title="IIPM Student Notice Board" href="http://iipmbschool.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/iipm-bba-mba-institute-student-notice-board/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM BBA MBA Institute: Student Notice Board</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/delhi-university-students-union-dusu.html" target="_blank" title="DUSU">Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU): Students' Unions can not be banned</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/hunt-for-hostel-and-paying-guest-pg.html" target="_blank">The hunt for hostel and paying guest (PG) accommodation for students</a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-colleges-for-vocational-courses-in.html" target="_blank"><strong>Best Colleges for Vocational Courses in India</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/indias-best-colleges-institutes-and.html" target="_blank">INDIA'S BEST COLLEGES, INSTITUTES and UNIVERSITIES</a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-85182512301019141362011-04-26T10:43:00.000+05:302011-04-26T10:43:00.379+05:30Irom Lady: In that frail body, given to 10 years of continuous fasting, is contained an enormous spirit- one that the state<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong>After Irom Sharmila last year, Anna Hazare wins IIPM's 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize of Rs. 1cr. To be handed over on 9th May</strong></a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">its might and its army with all its 'special powers' can't dampen. TSI salutes Irom Sharmila chanu </span><br /><br />What has been the most hopeful moment in these 10 years of fasting?<br /><br />It was when the central government withdrew the Assam Rifles from our sacred Fort Kangla just after the brutal gang rape killing of Thangjam Manorama in 2004.<br /><br />A bold step for a great cause demands sincerity, persistence with selfless effort and positive vision. Those who lack this indomitable spirit can hardly be a threat to the wrongdoers.<br /><br />Fighting for a cause they believe in must be idealistic and divine, not meant to harm common, innocent people. They have no right to destroy anything if they can’t construct something beautiful in its place. Every fighter with a genuine cause should create a weapon of their own inner soul, not resort to violent power to conquer minds and hearts.<br /><br />States reeling under armed conflict need to realize that any communal or national boundary is an artificial landmark that is perishable property like all of us mortals. People are fed up of all separatist movements. The democratic citizens of India need to inculcate righteousness in their deeds, speech and thought for everlasting peaceful co-existence.<br /><br />On the birth anniversary of the Mahatma, it is good to remember that everybody is equal in the eyes of the Creator.<br /><br />What is your message to the people of India on the occasion of Gandhi’s birthday?<br /><br />What would you say is the way ahead for states like Manipur and Kashmir?<br /><br />What would your advice be to armed insurgents fighting for their cause, like the Maoists, or the Taliban or groups like the al-Qaeda?<br /><br />Why haven’t more people joined you in this epic fast?<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong> <a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/03/iipm-marches-ahead-in-b-school-rankings.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Marches Ahead in B-School Rankings...</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://biz.zeenews.com/bschoolsurvey/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a title="IIPM Student Notice Board" href="http://iipmbschool.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/iipm-bba-mba-institute-student-notice-board/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM BBA MBA Institute: Student Notice Board</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-progress-iipm.blogspot.com/2010/11/iipm-prof-rajita-chaudhuris-snaps.html" target="_blank">IIPM Prof Rajita Chaudhuri's Snaps</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/hunt-for-hostel-and-paying-guest-pg.html" target="_blank">The hunt for hostel and paying guest (PG) accommodation for students</a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-colleges-for-vocational-courses-in.html" target="_blank"><strong>Best Colleges for Vocational Courses in India</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/indias-best-colleges-institutes-and.html" target="_blank">INDIA'S BEST COLLEGES, INSTITUTES and UNIVERSITIES</a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25055937.post-11555640067600270982011-04-23T10:31:00.000+05:302011-04-23T10:31:00.653+05:30Alan Clements draws the contrast between Burma's benign and courageous apostle of peace<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">that is Aung San Suu Kyi, and the despotic juggernaut she is up against</span><br /><br />Burma is a system of prisons within a prison. The Commander of this resource-rich South East Asian nation is Than Shwe– a xenophobic, uneducated former postal clerk driven as much by fear and insecurity as stupidity and greed. Than Shwe is your vintage psychopath but without a trace of finesse. Over the past 20 years alone, Shwe has ordered more than 3,000 villages in the border areas ethnically cleansed. Within the numerous prisons and forced labour camps, unremitting torture is routine.<br /><br />It is no mystery why Shwe is terrified of Aung San Suu Kyi. During her brief periods of freedom, when she travelled across the country, thousands of people would gather to catch a glimpse of their beloved leader and hear her dynamic speeches on the power of truth and non-violence. Shwe, on the other hand, is forced to travel in armoured vehicle surrounded by trucks of armed soldiers.<br /><br />Further, with every soldier Than Shwe faces, he is forced to look into the eyes of General Aung San (Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, who negotiated Burma’s independence from Britain in 1947), and ultimately Aung San Suu Kyi herself. To be precise, it’s an epic battle between Aung San Suu Kyi’s love of freedom and Than Shwe’s fright of it.<br /><br />The upcoming election (November 7) is Than Shwe’s hallucination and the world knows it. Not long ago, Aung San Suu Kyi called on all people in her country to "boycott" Shwe’s sham election. The whole country can stay home on November 7th and leave the ballot boxes empty. This is Aung San Suu Kyi’s style of non-violent activism. It is an example to us all to use the power of our conscience as our weapon of choice, not violence or a gun.<br /><br /><strong>For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.</strong><br /><strong></strong> <a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/03/iipm-marches-ahead-in-b-school-rankings.html" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM Marches Ahead in B-School Rankings...</strong></a><br /><a title="IIPM Ranking" href="http://biz.zeenews.com/bschoolsurvey/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a title="IIPM Student Notice Board" href="http://iipmbschool.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/iipm-bba-mba-institute-student-notice-board/" target="_blank"><strong>IIPM BBA MBA Institute: Student Notice Board</strong></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/array-of-unconventional-career-options.html" target="_blank">An array of unconventional career options</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/indian-universities-and-higher.html" target="_blank">Indian universities and higher education institutes seem to be caught in a time warp teaching things</a><br /><a href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-colleges-for-vocational-courses-in.html" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/01/indias-best-colleges-institutes-and.html" target="_blank">INDIA'S BEST COLLEGES, INSTITUTES and UNIVERSITIES</a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong>Anna Hazare: My Prime Minister</strong></a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-my-prime-minister.html" title="Anna Hazare"><strong></strong></a></div>Surenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467734320691175016noreply@blogger.com0