Some crimes deserve a thoughtful punishment

Finally the 16th December rape case verdict of the innocent young girl "Nirbhaya" is out and its none other than capital punishment for the 4 barbaric animals. As the furore about this specific case abates and therefore I took some time to reflect back of what we achieved out of it? Is their a lesson we as a society learned? Is their a message of fear being sent out of this judgement? In hindsight, these are some of the questions that we should now think and search for answers! Let me share my views on these thoughts.

Firstly, What we did achieve out of it is: Their is a nation / society wide recognition of crime against women. This sort of anger was never visible on such a large scale. At least this incident has shaken us bottom-up and made us realize that it can happen to our sisters, mothers and wife.

Secondly, about the message of fear: I doubt if it has gone (un) intended sense because rapes keep happening (today's being latest of a 5 year old in Bangalore) at almost the same pace. The problem is the tardy pace of trials that happens within the current judicial system and not with the laws i.e. the problem is not with the medicine but in administering the medicine. We have had 40+ times more capital punishment cases for murders but murders haven't stopped and neither will rapes, like this.

What I feel is that "Nirbhaya" was a too important of a crises to be wasted without learning the lessons and actionizing them but we seem to have done precisely that.The need of the hour was to conduct a nation wide campaign to make women aware of the right for speedy justice in such crimes and whom/how they can approach in case such a thing (god forbid) happens to them, what are the point of contact, whom to escalate in terms of govt. machinery, politicians, media and all the channels but WE HAVE LOST THIS CHANCE.

I feel sad about this state of affairs. We keep fighting about petty comments made about religion but no one says a word when ADB provides advisory to its women delegates about Indian men getting provoked seeing bare legs in the capital of the country. Isn't this shameful for us that an international body while holding conference in India issues such an advisory? Isn't it a sorry state of affairs for women in a country where we worship them in the form of Goddess Durga and Goddess Saraswati ?

Before I finish, let me share a thought what I heard from my mother on Friday (the day the verdict was out). She wanted to celebrate the hanging of the 4 men (#NameAndShame) who got death sentence to which I objected and made her understand that human life is sacred and killings need not be celebrated.

Friends, lets get serious and not be in a rush of blood. Lets not get the anger abated which aroused out of this tragic deliberate crime committed in capital of the country and do our bit. Lets make this incident count.

May Nirbhaya rest in peace.

Upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2014 (hopefully) and India's Principal Opposition Party

Off late, may be in the last 3 months, I have observed a noticeable change in what I believed to be a person who vowed for growth and governance: Mr. NaMo and his close aides seem to be making a conscious attempt to again play the age old religious card about building temples etc. Sir, we need schools and hospitals rather than temples.

I wish Mr. NaMo could continue his earlier agenda about growth and believe in it. In my opinion, it would be a win in itself to loose on that agenda rather than winning it the other way round. It is high time the people of our country get the kind of governance they need, the kind of healthcare they require and the kind of education deserve!

I wish the GliMPse I saw some time back in Bihar where a bandh was called (I don't support it in any form) on economic affairs and not the one like it was called today to protest against the blasts which happened in bodhgaya.

I Wish if the upcoming elections henceforth are contested on growth and governance 'n' not of religion and rhetorism.

#Jai Hind

P.S.: View expressed here are personal.

A mandatory wave of change in Indian IT Industry

All of us would agree to an observation that the way business is being carried out has evolved in the past decade. Be it the effect of usage of information technology in aspects such as automation, integration, e-commerce or the effect of social media in our lives, the entire ecosystem is evolving. As a customer we expect better services & products and this is at the heart of this change. For the next five minutes, I present my view and analysis of this change on Indian IT industry.

For Indian IT Industry, the decade of 1999 to 2000 was largely marked as evolving of offshore-onshore global delivery model (read-in as the capability to deliver & capacity to scale and reap benefits of cost arbitrage). The next decade (2000 – 2010) efforts of the Indian IT majors were aligned towards the managed services model. Undoubtedly the last two decades turned out to be very profitable both in terms of revenues as well as reputation. In my opinion, all this happened due to an opportunity that was identified, benefits which were marketed well and human resources which were groomed towards a goal and leadership which had vision for next decades.

But as someone rightly said, “you can’t survive on your past glory for a long time”. This is now applicable to tier-1 IT companies to spot new wave for the next decade, reinvent their DNA and move up the value chain. The success from the last two decades has enabled (rather insured to an extent) tier-1 companies for free cash flow which is always required for an organization’s survival. I am sure that their existing business is going to be a lifeline for considerable time or rather a cash-cow as it’s taught in B-schools. Without any iota of doubt, this has been well understood and being worked upon. However the bigger (yaksh) question is, “had we discovered the idea and corresponding strategy to mobilize the idea?” In my opinion, most of the tier-1 IT companies were in self denial mode about the idea until it become inevitable. Nevertheless the workings have started but some players seem to be getting it wrong in terms of execution.

Time, experience and analysis has reinforced my belief that how important is it to identify and empower a leader for a team. As I write this article, I see helplessly a strategy being identified but being implemented in a very bizarre way. I have always wondered why these people in top management deliberately engage some people which they themselves know aren’t fit for the very purpose they are putting in so much time and effort. Guess they are beyond business and logical reasons and might be I’ll never understand that. May be I don’t want to !

Life at a swirl – from Noida to KalaAmb via Jamshedpur

(next is what ?)

A lazy looking guy (presumably boring) with substantial mass J, one who thinks a lot, loves to sleep, hates to share his food ‘n’ wine, on the verge of tying knot embarked on a journey around a year ago a which doesn’t seem to end.

Those who were out of touch and who didn’t got till know that who this person is (errr…) , that’s me.

As I logged-out of CSC in search of a lot of things (not to forgot the night-out with my Juniors), it wasn’t all that easy and frankly speaking, to my discomfort it was hell difficult.

The first month at XL was insanely jam-packed. If my memory doesn’t ditches me, some of us were shown the door by a Prof (see I remmeber the name but not writing it deliberatly J) in the three day orientation program itself without actually being at fault. And my sleeping pattern started right from the orientation program from the seemingly never-ending Economics lecture.

Though I am kindaa reserve type of person but somehow I feel that I am able to think independently and figure out things in my own way. And I didn’t dissappoint myself in that and soon after term-I and I was able to figure out how to tackle the barmy acedemic schedule at XL. At this point, I could recollect feedback from one of my best buddies – RV, when he mentioned that “no course is his favouriate, he hates all courses equally”.

International immersion was amongst the most memorable part of this journey which gave me an opportunity to step into foreign soil.

After a few of missed chances, I landed up into a job which I possibily I had never thought off. Decent money, a nearby location but still I kinda feel that I could have done better and rather I feel that I deserved better. At present, I am at a nice place (what the heck; this place sucks.. mountains, fresh air and a long walk ‘n’ that’s all L ) though not sure for how long I would be here though.

As I am on the verge of loosing but “single” status, I feel anxious, stressed, sometimes excited and I hope the new innings would be a special one.

Wish me good luck and god bless everyone!!!

FDI in retail at this juncture -- complementary measures

The government's decision to allow foreign direct investment in the business of retail distribution of produce is welcome. Right now, it remains a token of the government's ability to make a rational choice defying Opposition clamour.

This is, indeed, valuable.

However, for the proposed liberalisation to have any impact on the ground, this needs to be seen.

Organised retail will precipitate a whole lot of manufacturing FDI by small labels, who can produce quality stuff but lack the financial muscle to build a distribution network on their own. These, too, will produce additional jobs, incomes and consumer choice. Some small shops will be displaced in the bigger towns, but new organised jobs will be created. The overall social gains far outweigh the costs.

The move is emphatically welcome.

Cheers !!!

And the journey called life continues…

Just when one feel that it can’t get better than this, at that very point god reminds us that he’s the supreme power with stamped authority and one needs to accept it rather than pondering over it.

Today I feel that I too learnt the similar lesson but then as one grows old [‘n’ hopefully wise :P too], I have the courage to accept it with a smile beneath which lies a big heart to reinforce
it.

Assimilate it, feel it ‘n’ move on is the name of the game in contemporary times.

And yeah its kindaa difficult but then when one’s mind decides to do something, half of the battle is already won & as I learnt from my father, its never too late to make a start and put in your best effort and I am up for it man.

Well if the above stuff is too much of an abstraction to you, I would say that I have deliberately kept it that way [without the background context] to keep certain feelings in check. If you didn’t understand every bit of it, let me affirm that the onus lied on me & not always “human beings” live up to expectations.

Keep exploring your potential.

Cheers !!!

Expecting the unexpected

"I started to scale the cliff,
Without my usual harness,
Using only my hands and feet,
I climbed up and into darkness.

Scrabbling for a crack,
Or a foothold to stop and rest,
I dug my nails into the rock,
Heart hammering in my chest.

It was as if the rock gave way,
Dismayed I found twas true,
For as my feet began falling,
The rest of my body did too.

Grabbing for the safety line,
I knew instinctively wasn't there,
I plummeted at a sickening rate,
Through the rushing air.

My head hit the ground,
With a resounding crack,
I found that I was lying dazed,
............................................. "


Cheers to the uncertainity of life !!!