30 March 2007

Proud to be backward


SC came out with a 'stay' on the proposed 27% reservation in IIT,IIMs and other elite institutes for OBC.Government(read Arjun Sigh) proposal for giving reservation was based on 1931 census.Now thas what we call the correct and relevant data to justify things.Politician can go to any extent to secure vote in a shorter period of time.
Earlier it was Mr. V.P.Singh who implemented Mandal committee recommendation by giving reservation in PSU jobs.Remember at that point of time Pvt. jobs were hardly there.Then it was a phase of liberalisation and Private sector grew like anything.Now we can find quite a lot of Indian MNCs because the base was built on MERIT and not RESERVATION.This time the politician wants to add quota system in Private sector as well.
Lets go back to the basics first.What's the basic reason for giving reservation-it could be economic backwardness,social backwardness or lack of any representation in the main stream of the society.
The 'General' category which has flourished in pvt. sector after the quota system in PSU.But this 'general' category is in minority when it comes to representation in the parliament.You hardly find anyone raising issues faced by 'General' category.Belonging to a 'general' category doesnot mean they are financially or politically strong or being an OBC doesnot mean he or she is poor.
We can call this as 'Myopic' politics...no one wants to talk about building infrastructure,creating investment opportunities because this won't fetch any short term benefits.See the fate of the previous government which worked on these programs and lost the election.
Ruling party in one of the southern state is busy creating a formula to have division among Muslims on the basis of caste(this doesnot exist till date in this state).This will allow them to provide some reservation quota for backward class muslims.I guess this is the only country where people feel proud in getting themselve 'enroled' in the list of 'Backward'.Divide and rule is not a thing of past.Todays politician follow the same formula by dividing us into caste so that they can attain their personal goals.

Who cares!!!

02 February 2007

Life ka Mantra

Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath,
Vriksh ho bhale ghane, ho ghane ho bade,
Ek pal chhav ki mang mat, mang mat,
Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath.
Tu na thakega kabhi, tu na thamega kabhi, tu na mudega kabhi,
Kar shapath, kar shapath, kar shapath,
Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath.
Ye mahaan drishya hai, chal raha manushya hai,
Ashru swet raqt se lathpath, lathpath, lathpath,
Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath.

OK TATA


First Indian Multinational in making.....yes we are lucky to be part of that era where one can see an aggressive,confident Indian Corporate group ready to take the developed markets of first world.It's the biggest acquisition done by any Indian company.They have pioneered in many things-started the 8 hour work day in 1912 when all the developed world had 12hrs work day.They introduced leave with pay system which became a practice in India after independence.Tata Steel never had a labor strike eventhough there is a strong labor union...thats an enviable record....wat say...
Some people say that Tata let heart ruled over mind in this deal becuase they feel that it was an expensive buy.Let it be...There are times when you need take into consideration the emotions of people who are behind you....whether its the TATA family,its employees or Indians as a whole...This win was important...This will have a long lasting impact on Corporate world and TATAs as well...The products made by Corus rightly compliment the TATA Steel portfolio...The employee morale boost up was necessary(given the fact that world number one is starting a plant in your backyard)...employee retention would be a great challenge for them in future...Now TATAs are world number 5....They have a reason to smile...:-)

Jamshetji was not allowed in one of the British Hotel....He built Taj Mahal hotel Mumbai....Direct Dil se!!!!!!