23 February 2011
31 December 2010
This is the End my Beautiful Friend!
A decade ago and 3000 thousand miles away,
A journey began, that's fading away.
It all began on a quiet night in Moscow,
Bangalore, Goa, Delhi, Mumbai joined the show :)
From a school girl to a professional, the last ten years have been nothing short of a roller coaster.
Y2K began in Moscow, while I was still in class VII. It was the year I topped my class and moved from Moscow to India (back to मातृभूमि after 38 months :P). N no I'm not being over patriotic (which I am otherwise :P), but I returned on 15th August! So it was only natural. :)
Then started the Bangalore (that's what is was then) Experience. Class VIII, first day and no one even got my name, most of my classmates stared at me like I was some alien. Still can't forget how they all encircled me. :P. But soon I was part of the athletics team, September- October 2000 were spent in playgrounds and stadiums across Bangalore, KGF (Beml Nagar) and Surat. Came back 7 shades darker, n probably 7 kg lighter too. ;) Even my mom took a while to recognise me. November- December was in Chandigarh where I met all my cousins (including some I didn't even know were my cousins) :P.
2001 highlights included the formation of the great VIRUS (Rash, Rat, Ram n Arpi)! Love u all! Besides our Rajya Puraskar camp and the Bhains Bakri composition. lol
2002 was Scouts and Guides again. Rashtrapati Camp! Was elected to head the Bangalore Region! Awesome time both at प्रेपरातोरी camp (tomato :P) and the torture turned adventure Testing camp. Also my cousin Pooja's wedding (awesome fun)! But the highlight was definitely the BOARD EXAMS!
2003 Class X results! But the best part of the year was after the exams and before the announcement of the results! What FREEDOM! (Never before and never after :( ). It was also the year of the Youth Parliament! Madam Speaker :P Great memories!
2004 was major change, move to Goa and Board exams! Terrible year. Probably the worst and the longest year of the decade! But made some great friends there. :) Not to forget all the great parties that followed!
2005 Half way through the decade began the longest stay of my life in a single institution. VMS entered my life n didn't leave until 2010 (or vice versa :P). Got hold of Priyanka, Aditi n Smrati n I'm not leaving them EVER :* Joined internship too. Good experience (he he he ;)).
2006 My first moot- Lawfest, followed by SDM Mangalore National Moot where I won the Best Lady Advocate Award. Oh n how can I forget my 13 kg weight loss. (looking forward to recreating the magic in 2011 too :P)
2007 started with DMH and continued with Henry Dunant. Can easily be dedicated to International Law. :) Some Awesum memories of Delhi! Lizard lounge, Chocolate mudpies, Salim's, Subway, .......Arjun n Prasanna u guys Rock! :*
2008 was spent mostly at home. Soccorro Cell was the highlight :P
2009 I moved to Mumbai while still shuttling to Goa. The month spent at Priyanka's place was definitely one of the most cherishable experience in all my college life. Luv u gal :)
2010 began in Mumbai. Then 2 months at Sapna's place in Goa followed by some more time in Mumbai and then my 10th sem exams.
Then came my post college life. Started from Mumbai. First stop Chandigarh, then Kanpur ended in Delhi. Then 5 months at Mumbai, some of the best moments of my life! What electricity in the air! Vajiram totally rocks! N of course the cute guys! Like icing on cake :P (special mention Ms. Anam. lol). Made some great friends! The Ankitas (L, M n S :P), Swathi, Dr. Pooja, Kanika, Daisy(for her generosity), Sonali, Vikram (to mention a few)!
Of course its incomplete without a mention to Rajeev Mama, Surabhi Ma'am, Anya, Tithi Maasi, Aru, Rhythm, Ajay ji, Dadaji n Amma!
And now Ethypharm! My first job as Legal Manager! Great people! Great environment! GREAT FEEL!
"And this is the end my beautiful friend!" ~ by a famous someone ;)
A journey began, that's fading away.
It all began on a quiet night in Moscow,
Bangalore, Goa, Delhi, Mumbai joined the show :)
From a school girl to a professional, the last ten years have been nothing short of a roller coaster.
Y2K began in Moscow, while I was still in class VII. It was the year I topped my class and moved from Moscow to India (back to मातृभूमि after 38 months :P). N no I'm not being over patriotic (which I am otherwise :P), but I returned on 15th August! So it was only natural. :)
Then started the Bangalore (that's what is was then) Experience. Class VIII, first day and no one even got my name, most of my classmates stared at me like I was some alien. Still can't forget how they all encircled me. :P. But soon I was part of the athletics team, September- October 2000 were spent in playgrounds and stadiums across Bangalore, KGF (Beml Nagar) and Surat. Came back 7 shades darker, n probably 7 kg lighter too. ;) Even my mom took a while to recognise me. November- December was in Chandigarh where I met all my cousins (including some I didn't even know were my cousins) :P.
2001 highlights included the formation of the great VIRUS (Rash, Rat, Ram n Arpi)! Love u all! Besides our Rajya Puraskar camp and the Bhains Bakri composition. lol
2002 was Scouts and Guides again. Rashtrapati Camp! Was elected to head the Bangalore Region! Awesome time both at प्रेपरातोरी camp (tomato :P) and the torture turned adventure Testing camp. Also my cousin Pooja's wedding (awesome fun)! But the highlight was definitely the BOARD EXAMS!
2003 Class X results! But the best part of the year was after the exams and before the announcement of the results! What FREEDOM! (Never before and never after :( ). It was also the year of the Youth Parliament! Madam Speaker :P Great memories!
2004 was major change, move to Goa and Board exams! Terrible year. Probably the worst and the longest year of the decade! But made some great friends there. :) Not to forget all the great parties that followed!
2005 Half way through the decade began the longest stay of my life in a single institution. VMS entered my life n didn't leave until 2010 (or vice versa :P). Got hold of Priyanka, Aditi n Smrati n I'm not leaving them EVER :* Joined internship too. Good experience (he he he ;)).
2006 My first moot- Lawfest, followed by SDM Mangalore National Moot where I won the Best Lady Advocate Award. Oh n how can I forget my 13 kg weight loss. (looking forward to recreating the magic in 2011 too :P)
2007 started with DMH and continued with Henry Dunant. Can easily be dedicated to International Law. :) Some Awesum memories of Delhi! Lizard lounge, Chocolate mudpies, Salim's, Subway, .......Arjun n Prasanna u guys Rock! :*
2008 was spent mostly at home. Soccorro Cell was the highlight :P
2009 I moved to Mumbai while still shuttling to Goa. The month spent at Priyanka's place was definitely one of the most cherishable experience in all my college life. Luv u gal :)
2010 began in Mumbai. Then 2 months at Sapna's place in Goa followed by some more time in Mumbai and then my 10th sem exams.
Then came my post college life. Started from Mumbai. First stop Chandigarh, then Kanpur ended in Delhi. Then 5 months at Mumbai, some of the best moments of my life! What electricity in the air! Vajiram totally rocks! N of course the cute guys! Like icing on cake :P (special mention Ms. Anam. lol). Made some great friends! The Ankitas (L, M n S :P), Swathi, Dr. Pooja, Kanika, Daisy(for her generosity), Sonali, Vikram (to mention a few)!
Of course its incomplete without a mention to Rajeev Mama, Surabhi Ma'am, Anya, Tithi Maasi, Aru, Rhythm, Ajay ji, Dadaji n Amma!
And now Ethypharm! My first job as Legal Manager! Great people! Great environment! GREAT FEEL!
"And this is the end my beautiful friend!" ~ by a famous someone ;)
27 December 2010
Modern India's flawed Gandhian Philosophy
The recent Jalan Committee Report has again set in motion the endless debate over the limits of government control in Indian markets.
Be it the ULIP controversy or the present Jalan Committee Report, we are yet to get over the era where the government considers the market and the corporate sector too immature and avaricious to stand for the interests of its country. There is an unfounded presumption in the minds of the policymakers that the private sector should never be given enough leash so as to allow it to grow of its own. It should always have to bend down to the government, for approvals, permits, favours yada yada.
However, even these policies and restrictions have supporters who very often try to justify all this in the name of Gandhian Philosophy as supposedly these impositions intend to prevent the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. I would like to question this concept of Gandhian philosophy that justifies the stunting of growth of our country by over-protectionism and encourages, rather makes sure, that corruption continues unabated.
We as a nation, in the garb of Gandhian philosophy, overrate simplicity and poverty. The entire intention is to make sure that the richer don’t grow any richer, instead of focussing on bridging the gap between the rich and the poor. The attitude of the Government is always to make maximum profits for those in power by making sure that the govt stays in control, and all this on the pretext that they care more about the hungry and poor in India. Fact is India would have long arisen out of poverty if the same government only ensured that the scams and pilferages WITHIN the government system are checked and ended.
However, even these policies and restrictions have supporters who very often try to justify all this in the name of Gandhian Philosophy as supposedly these impositions intend to prevent the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. I would like to question this concept of Gandhian philosophy that justifies the stunting of growth of our country by over-protectionism and encourages, rather makes sure, that corruption continues unabated.
We as a nation, in the garb of Gandhian philosophy, overrate simplicity and poverty. The entire intention is to make sure that the richer don’t grow any richer, instead of focussing on bridging the gap between the rich and the poor. The attitude of the Government is always to make maximum profits for those in power by making sure that the govt stays in control, and all this on the pretext that they care more about the hungry and poor in India. Fact is India would have long arisen out of poverty if the same government only ensured that the scams and pilferages WITHIN the government system are checked and ended.
40% of the funds allotted to NREGS have been siphoned away, not by the private sector trying to make profits, or any corporate house that does not care about the downtrodden in India, but by the very same government and its functionaries that set up the NREGS in the first place. Hence to blame the corporate world and check its growth in the name of regulating of the market or any financial sector, and instead give the controls to the govt does in no way ensure that the money alloted is not siphoned away for greedy purposes, let alone bridging the gap between the rich and the poor.
On the other hand, it makes me think that while a Mukesh Ambani is heavily criticised for his Antilla, a Donald Trump is something to be proud of in his country. There are poor people in the US also but nobody criticises a Trump Tower and all the same nobody fails to criticise an Antilla. The World's richest home is in India comes to no one's mind. Luxury and any mark of it in public life is somehow felt to be against a flawed Gandhian philosophy of humility in our country.
Gandhian philosophy is not that every man in India who is poor should continue to remain poor. Nehru was a staunch Gandhian but he did not give up his crisp and expensive Sherwanis for a dhoti, because that was never what Gandhi wanted. The need of the hour is to evaluate, understand and imbibe the true Gandhian philosophy in the spheres where it was intended to be applied. On cant stop the growth of Heavy industry under the pretext that Gandhi only encouraged cottage industry!
We need to stop falling for the trap and prevent our politicians from misusing Gandhi for achieving their ulterior motives!
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