Goswami: 2011

Wednesday 17 August 2011

Arindam chaudhuri Articles

A TALE OF TWO CITIES: HOW BANGALORE IS LOSING OUT

[July, 2011]

When two nations started upgrading one of their cities, one nation aimed to make it an industrial & manufacturing hub, the other aimed to upgrade it to be their only and biggest IT hub. Coincidently, both these cities are located at the south of the respective nations. But then, one nation chose a port city (to exploit the sea trade), while the other ignored the very economy of sea and chose a landlocked city. One has a land size of 7,434.4 sq km with a population of 9.94 million while the other has an expanse of 741 sq km but has a population of 5.7 million. These two nations are none other than the favourite choices of economic critics – China and India. While China went ahead with Guangzhou on their industrial spree, India settled down for Bangalore to make it India’s biggest IT hub. Both Bangalore and Guangzhou laid their founding stones in the early 90s, and by the end of 20th century, had established themselves as an IT and industrial hub respectively. But then, the differences between and effective output by both these hubs now are more startling than their similarities.

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Wednesday 27 July 2011

Arindam Chaudhuri on the DU-SRCC 'cut off' debate on Times Now

HOW THE ARAB UPRISING IS A "CHANGE OF CIVILISATION" AND HOW IT BRINGS AN END TO THE AMERICAN DOUBLE STANDARDS. ALSO WHAT INDIA MUST LEARN

[March, 2011]

At a point in time where not just India, but the entire world is grappling with the issue of food shortage and escalating food prices, especially owing to the worst drought that has recently hit China (affecting eight major wheat-growing provinces that account for around 80 per cent of the country’s total wheat output), and at a point in time wherein black money and corruption have taken up gigantic proportions, the least that was expected of our honourable Finance Minister was a few bold steps to arrest both the issues. To tackle the impending food crisis, most governments across the world are planning and drafting policies to control the expected food shortage and the anticipated food price hike. West Asian countries are stocking up grains, while countries like Iraq have already placed orders for 400,000 tonnes of wheat grain from the US. Following the trend, even Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are exporting grains and Russia has even announced a complete ban on food grain exports. In this light, whatever our Finance Minister announced in his Union Budget 2011-12 had no meat with respect to restoration of food grain stock;.....................

Originally posted at : http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/india-today-tomorrow/11-march.html

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IT IS THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA THAT INDIA MUST THANK FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE ANNA MOVEMENT. AND YES, IT SURE WAS DEMOCRATIC

[April, 2011]

A seventy-three year old unassuming man by the name of Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare is again set to give sleepless nights to the Government of India. More popularly known as Anna Hazare, this isn’t his first endeavour to take the putrescent establishment head on. He earned his due recognition when he tirelessly fought to develop a model village in the district of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. As it happens to most in our country, for all the good work, Dr. Hazare was also factitiously arrested in 1998 and was released on account of a huge public uproar. Incidentally, the Government of India also recognized his efforts by bestowing him with the Padma Bhushan. But amongst all his mini revolutions which have advantaged the smaller sections of society, this time Hazare is taking up such an issue which is probably the biggest malaise of our democracy and is a cause which affects every living Indian in some way or the other.

Originally posted at : http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/india-today-tomorrow/11-april.html

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Theory "i" managment

The need to have an Indian management theory for Indian corporates.
How often has one heard of an American organisation adopting the Japanese management style to surge ahead? How often has one heard of the reverse? Probably never. However, I do remember reading somewhere that when IBM-USA was making losses while IBM-Japan was making profits, IBM-USA tried to adopt the Japanese management style to turn around. The result was increased losses..........................

Originally posted at : http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/theory-i-managment.html

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A new study says Indians are most depressed

Indians are among the world's most depressed. According to a World Health Organization-sponsored study, while around 9% of people in India reported having an extended period of depression within their lifetime, nearly 36% suffered from what is called Major Depressive Episode (MDE).

Originally posted at : http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/

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The Human Factor club of IIPM-Hyderabad has organized a guest lecture for all the current batches on 19/7/2011. This lecture was delivered by Prof. Sandeep Kulshrestha .

Mr. Sandeep is currently heading the Organizational effectiveness role of a start-up web business company, SIMPLOGY, based in Australia and is spearheading the efforts to take the organization to next level in India. Besides this, Mr.Sandeep have worked with different organizations like Holiday Inn Hotels, Taj Group of Hotels, Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind and Dr Reddy’s Foundation in different Human Resources roles, from a entry level to leadership profile.

Originally posted at : http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Guest-Lecture-by-Prof.-Sandeep-Kulshrestha,-Head-HR-and-Organizational-Effectiveness-SIMPLOGY/

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Remember Emilio, the Venetian gondolier? He has a strange problem. Emilio loves his wife and now that he’s been blessed with a little daughter he wants to be a good father and a good husband. Not that he didn’t want to be a good husband in all the years he spent with his wife before little Maria was born, but it always has been so darn difficult. It isn’t really his fault that he lives in one of the world’s most beautiful and romantic cities. And is he to blame if he happens to be in one of the most glamourous blue-collared jobs in the world as a handsome gondolier in the canals of Venice? What is poor Emilio to do if a pretty young tourist looking for an authentic Venetian experience just flings herself into Emilio’s arms and begs him for a souvenir to remember? “I can’t help it, but it happens all the time,” he says, sounding like he’s almost duty-bound to comply............................

Originally posted at : http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/09/pursuit-of-happiness.html

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Tuesday 26 July 2011

NOW, EVEN JAIRAM RAMESH SAYS DARE TO THINK BEYOND THE IIMS AND THE IITS!

[May, 2011]

So what is wrong with India’s most guarded and hyped institutions of higher education, the IITs and the IIMs? Well, if you ask me, it’s difficult to find what is right! Apart from the acres of land at their disposal and the good PR machinery that they have (thanks to the half-educated and complex-ridden journalists infesting the print media, who are ready to write any illogical thing at their behest due to their lack of understanding on the issue)... Now, before anyone accuses me of competitive bitching, without wasting words, let me proceed systematically

Originally posted at :http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/india-today-tomorrow/11-may.html

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Survival of the weakest

For long, economists have been blindly following Darwin's theory of "Survival of the fittest" as the maxim for the functioning of the capitalist economy. The problem is, however, they forget that the whole purpose of functioning of an economy is to move towards a more civilized form of existence. Civilization has seen man moving out of the jungle and reach where he is today. Sadly, however, he has not yet been able to discard the rules of existence that he used to follow in the jungles.

Capitalism from the very beginning has been based on the principle of individualism and survival of the fittest. When Adam Smith had talked about man being rational and therefore trying to maximize his returns if left free in the market... he had also referred to the same principle. The rules of the capitalist market have always wanted us to compete with others and maximize our benefits (read as profits). Critics point out the fact that when left free in a market an individual's return is not only a function of his competence and efforts (in terms of the number of hours he puts in) but also a function of his past accumulated wealth (on which he might have had no contribution).

Originally posted at : http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/survival-of-the-weakest.html
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Typos: THE BOAT WITH A WAGGING TALE

Thursday, September 9, 2010

THE BOAT WITH A WAGGING TALE

A red glow from the lone light struggled against the dark shadows. I tip-toed down the stairs, past the lobby where a large bemused rhino, carved out of mahogany, was staring up at three naked women hanging on the wall – a distractingly beautiful renaissance-like print called ‘The Bath’. Unlike the rhino, I managed to tear myself away from the fetching trio, past the sleepy head on the reception desk and there I was, under the inky blue pre-dawn sky, in search of a city that I couldn’t find yesterday...

Originally posted at : http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/09/boat-with-wagging-tale.html

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Saturday 23 July 2011

Typos: YET ANOTHER CHRISTMAS CAROL

Thursday, August 19, 2010

This tale is not mine to tell but one I stumbled upon … last day in Antwerp and while my friends emptied out souvenir and designer stores, I wandered about the city square till I saw two tall towers, peering above the rest of the city, glinting in the fading light of a spent sun. It was the city cathedral. Inside the cathedral, stood proud old walls adorned with masterpieces by the Flemish master Sir Paul Peter Reubens. I started taking pictures of the cathedral’s tall spires. As I backed away to try and squeeze the length of the tower inside the frame, I stumbled and fell bum-first onto a low platform that rose less than three feet from the cobbled street. It was a stone plaque with a pen-and-ink picture of a big dog and a little boy with an inscription that said, “Nello and his dog Patrasche… symbols of eternal friendship, loyalty and devotion............................

Originally posted at : http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/08/yet-another-christmas-carol.html

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Ever wondered why, while attacks in Mumbai keep happening, another 9/11 has not happened in the US? - The Sunday Indian

New Delhi, July 21, 2011 22:34

Mumbai has become a living example of how terrorists can come at their will, kill hundreds of innocents, destroy property worth hundreds of crores, instill a state of perpetual fear in those who manage to survive and thereby blatantly spit on the face of Indian sovereignty, time and again. And the best that we can do is offer condolences for the aggrieved, and wait for the next blast to happen. No doubt, we have attained a state of shameless vulnerability and have almost epitomised it. And that is the reason why since the last few years, the incidence of terror attacks has not only seen an unprecedented surge, but has become increasingly blatant, gory and on the face. It is as if a blast or two a year has almost become an annual ritual. And every such blast also blows away into pieces the resolve that our government had taken during the previous attack – calling it a bold step against terror. And the saga continues...

The matter of the fact is that today, not only do we lack political will and stringent comprehensive laws to counter terrorism, our law enforcement agencies don’t even have a proper clue about the same. So much so, the terrorists are better versed about the loopholes in the existing anti-terror laws and abuse it to the hilt. And why shouldn’t they – not only are our laws old and crying to be updated, but they are also laden with loopholes. In spite of trapping the actual culprits, these laws have been used more to settle political and personal scores. Take for instance the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act, better known as POTA, which was used by law enforcement agencies more to arrest people who were innocent rather than actual terrorists. The abuse and misuse of the law was so rampant that the law, for sometime, had to be repealed. For the uninitiated, this law was on the lines of UK’s Prevention of Terrorism Act and America’s PATRIOT Act. However, unlike our law, their laws strengthened the anti-terror operations and aided the counter-terrorism cell..............................

Originally posted at : http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/08/yet-another-christmas-carol.html

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Thursday 21 July 2011

http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Cricket-match-at-IIPM-Indore/

In the past quarter, the cricket fever hit the nation hard, after our victory in the world cup followed by the last season of IPL. Taking this fever to higher temperatures IIPM, Indore arranged a Cricket match on the 2nd of July’2011 under the Torque club.

Originally Posted by http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Cricket-match-at-IIPM-Indore/

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COMMON SENSE SIMPLIFIED: THE TRACK OF DEATH: "Indian railways need to set their ‘safety’ priority right! The Indian Railways is just not a mode of transport but is a legacy in itself. ..."

Originally Posted by http://prasoonsmajumdar.blogspot.com/2011/07/track-of-death.html

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Typos: BETRAYAL AT CHAURI CHAURA: "The harm that good men do’, was an essay by Bertrand Russell that I never finished reading but was a heading I oft en thought about whenever..."

Originally posted by http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/08/betrayal-at-chauri-chaura.html

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Monday 18 July 2011

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IIPM Lucknow and Planman Consultancy as a part of Global Outreach Programme conducted its 3rd Chief Executive Forum at Taj Hotel, Lucknow on 29th June 2011.

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Typos: BACK TO BREENDONK

Typos: BACK TO BREENDONK: "The skies are always grey when I come here. Through the barbed wire, the world inside looked just the way I’d seen it a few years ago, seren..."

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