VICTORY !!! ..... at Nitte's ETTIN-05

Well folks, let me take this priviledge to announce that we won the Championship at ETTIN - 05, the National Level Management Fest of Justice K.S.Hegde's magt institute NITTE, Udupi, Karnataka. We came first in the Marketing event for our brand of bitter and dark chocolate "Schocholat"; Stock game - made a Rs.100,000 profit in 3 days after invest Rs.50,00,000; Qiuz - 145 points and difference of around 80; Best Manager - Girish, it was indeed a tough event. We came Second in Entrepreneurship - Business Plan " Vividha"; Mock-Press - me as Deve Gowda; Human Resource event.
Cheers !!! :-)

Teacher....the most respected person in society

Teacher - her hand held my future. She is the most important person to a child after its parents. She moulds and polishes us. Without her we would remain mere wax. She holds one of the most respected professions in the country today, yet she is paid pittance, not enough to even by herself a text book.Many youngsters don't even look at teaching as a peofession because we feel it is not a lucrative career.Why are these important people so underestimated in our country? Why are they not paid well? Why aren't many people willing to take this profession as a serious career?I hope the government can answer their plea.

Secular Government ....ya rite!

This is with reference to the article that was published on 7th or 8th Nov 2005, Bangalore edition, Times of India, front page below, that speaks of Natwar Singh calling for a well-known astrologer (from Bangalore to Delhi) to consult during his trial times. The article also says that Karnataka's CM Daram Singh is also one of the biggies on the astorloger "Rjaguru's" list of clients. I think this whole thing is so god-damn ridiculous. The GoI says we're a secular nation and has a constitution that's build on the whole idea of secularism (secular here means tolerance of pluralism and not aganist a particular religion, caste, etc.) If one wants to see the nation grow and develop ecomically, literacy wise, rise in std of living, etc. how is it possible when the leaders of our nation themselves are supersticious and irrational in nature and behaviour? How can the country progress? The man follows what his master has taught him. So also the citizens of a country will follow what its leaders do. They're supposed to set expample here and look at the sstupid stuff they're upto. To top it up Natwar Singh was an IAS officer himself....talk about lack of education!!God save the Queen....God save India !!!

The Argumentataive Indian

This book has been written by Amartya Sen, he's a Noble Prize Winner, an Economist and a professor a HSB. It's an amazing book, so far i've finished part 1 of the 3 parts. It's not a book i'd usually settle down with but while watching an interview of Shobha De', she said its wonderful so I thought of reading it to figure out wat is so wonderful about it. The framing of sentences may seem easy at times to comprehend, I've reached so far with the help of a dictonary and re-reading the sentences thrice, at times it's ok to understand but that's rare.
The book talks about India's history, culture, politics and other socio-economic issues. The central theme of the books revolves around the title - the argumentative indian and how India's history, culture, politics become affected by the argumentative nature of her children (he's proved that Indians have always been argumentative), the democracy of the nation depends on it, the fradulant ways of the previous government, the RSS, Shiv Sena, and other political-religious bodies that seem to hinder India's progress along with other issues like social stratification, gender discrimination, the benefits of being argumentative, etc.
I suggest it's a must read if you want to clarify your opinion on the status of India's development. I'll continue on this once I finish the book. I've got Harry Potter 6 lined up next.

Back from hols

College has started and we're back on the grind. I spent my hols falling sick. I was down with a bad fever, cold, throat and lung infection....blah blah blah. I've recovered a bit but still have a long way to go.
These hols were something of a meditationtime for me. I slept 18 hours a day, ate quite less, took a reasonable amount of medication and started reading Amartya Sen's 'The Argumentative Indian'. I'll talk about the book in my next blog. These hols are the only holiday we get from the institute, and i think its was rejuvination time.....satiatied...!