Obamas address to the congress and its relevance

Its almost an irony that what I envision what India needs today was happening to the US on TV, new blood, a good orater, a visionary and of course a set plan rolled out with a sense of complete control and authority. Observing the wrinkled faces across the senate, some eyes wide open and the others in strained concentration , it was clear that the winds of change were not escaping any...and a new era of hope as well and the old guard were at loggerheads. Change for the sake of change does not usually last and soon becomes the system itself. Change if sought in the thought process is a great place to start and then a structure setin to sustain change is where the mighty fail and fall. I believe it is time for some of us who seek another dimension to our lives thats at a level that needs time and commitment ....must come together to at least brainstorm on what we could be to a nation that we call home, to a life that we want preserved and to our own selves where we want personal growth. uneasy are the heads that wear the crown....or are shot down....i do wear such a head....am looking for likeminded souls.

Me and My beliefs

All of 42 years, I have lived what we call, a "normal life ", education, parties, jobs ...and doing the jobs for over 20 years their are beliefs and skill sets that seem to converge today ...dig a little and my professional career though on a good high has been a journey of constant self evalutaion, a strife for independent ambitions...starting my journey as a hotelier, I was managing sales a first for Sofitel Surya and then the Park hotel chains and with the team responsible for a complete transformation business wise, product wise and positioning wise...that I think was my true calling in my career...build, or turnaround from scratch. Something I think I took well from my parents, who are both retired doctors. After 10 years of doins so, I ventured to build a professionals network (just about the time when Devang Mehta was setting up Nasscom) my aim was to impact carrers and quality if life for professionals by bringing them and their families together, give them an opportunity to network, and learn and enjoy...as a 32 year old, i chucked up my job got good success 200 members in the first year...over 75 ceos, coos, 11 diplomats, doctors, lawyers, Government guys etc and then the mind was swayed (swayed as i look back today) by the dotcom possibilities and what a journey that was...for all of 1.5 years we changed the business plans and soon the survival plans till the world said no more....took a step back and jumped into the next shinning star ..the BPO industry...10 years down the line with a lineup of successful and a few painful experiences, i was in my small humble state ready to take this business to the next level and also ensure that India remains the superpower if this industry....as a non software trained person, trained from the outside...the business applications of the software part.....i got operations + software integrated and a design that can automate all functions of the and provide huge cost savings to all operations...even to non BPO today....with this concept in hand i got venture funding to launch a unique consulting company where software , consulting eperience, analytics and six sigma are now combined to offer an altogether next level of managing an outsourcing operations of managing a vendor strategically....here i am..ready to take this to the world as outsourcing is not confined to a geography...can I be an infosys of outsourcing...i dare to dream....but the mind is NOT AT REST...was in Mumbai when the 26/11 struck, my partner was a close friend of the top cops who got killed and so shared inadvertently some of the anxious moments but by and large realized how fragile it could be to live a life of an INDIAN. It just takes a few moments of TV time or media time to realize the depth of the seriousness of where we are and where we could be soon....as you take off the hype part of the media...lies exposed the massive forces from outside and within to threaten of what the world sees as the second fastest growing economy...3 days of terrorism wiped out 2 qurters of tourism in India....9 men could destablaize a 1 plus billion people country for a week and till today so what about thousands of them now safetly camping in swat a stones throw from the capital of Pakistan.(a nuclear power)...I look within ...to a cop on the road, how ready does he seem to takeon whats surely coming his way...to the elections manifestos,to the every changing politcal alliances in the newspapers ...to the fake currency that is now normally emerging at the counters of our top banks, to the recession that is taking down the once mighty business houses, to naxalites staking claims on the land by simply perching up a red flag and thats it ....the way our generals fought the Kargil war...some of them took off to a foreign land for a tour ....while frontline ranks were murdered...and listen to similar thoughts, noises around me..educated, aware, confused, hopeful some and hopeless most to know that we are LIVING ON BORROWED time...prosperity does not live in the land of insecurity...and that has never been more real than it is today. a friend on the blog commented, lack of leadership, another lack of a platform and yeat we are a billion ...cant deny that number....i await my inner self to gain more insight of me....of what and how much i care to dare ...in the meanwhile we all have jobs to do...9 to 5 (as they say)

me and my beliefs

Introducing myself and my beliefs
All of 42 years, I have lived what we call, a "normal life ", education, parties, jobs ...and doing the jobs for over 20 years their are beliefes and skill sets that seem to converge today ...dig a little and my professional career though on a good high has been a journey of constant self evalutaion, a strife for independent ambitions...starting my journey as a hotelier I was managing sales a first for Sofitel Surya and then the Park hotel chains and with the team responsible for a complete transfrmation business wise, product wise and positioning wise...that I think was my true calling in my career...build, or turnaround from scratch. Something I think I took well form my parents, who are both retired doctors. After 10 years of doins so, Iveutred to build a professionals network (just about the time when Deveng Mehta was setting up Nasscom) my aim was to impact carrers and quality if life for profeesionals by bringing them and their families together, give them an opportunity to network, and learn and enjoy...as a 32 year old, i chucked up my job got good success 200 members in the first year...over 75 ceos, coos, 11 diplomats, doctors, lawyers, Government guys etc and then the mind was swayed (swayed as i look back today) by the dotcom possibilities and what a journey that was...for all of 1.5 years we changed the business plans and soon the survival plans till the world said no more....took a step back and jumped into the next shinning star ..the BPO industry...10 years down the line with a lineup of successful and a few painful experiences, i was in my small humble state ready to take this business to the next level and also ensure that India remains the superpower if this industry....as a non software trained person, trained from the outside...the business applications of the software part.....i got operations + software integrated and a design that can automate all functions of the and provide huge cost savings to all operations...even to non BPo today....with this concept in hand i got venture funding to launch a unique consulting company where software , consulting eperience, analytics and six sigma are now combined to offer an altogether next level of managing an outsourcing operations of managing a vendor strategically....here i am..ready to take this to the world as outsourcing is not confined to a geography...can I be an infosys of outsourcing...i dare to dream....but the mind is NOT AT REST...was in Mumbai when the 26/11 struck, my partner was a close friend of the top cops who got killed and so shared inadvertently some of the anxious moments but by and large realized how fragile it could be to live a life of an INDIAN. It just takes a few moments of TV time or media time to realize the depth of the seriousness of where we are and where we could be soon....as you take off the hype part of the media...lies exposed the massive forces from outside and within to threaten of what the world sees as the second fastest growing economy...3 days of terrorism wiped out 2 qurters of tourism in India....9 men could destablaize a 1 plus billion people country for a week and till today so what about thousands of them now safetly camping in swat a stones throw from the capital of Pakistan.(a nuclear power)...I look within ...to a cop on the road, how ready does he seem to takeon whats surely coming his way...to the elections manifestos,to the every changing politcal alliances in the newspapers ...to the fake currency that is now normally emerging at the counters of our top banks, to the recession that is taking down the once mighty business houses, to naxalites staking claims on the land by simply perching up a red flag and thats it ....the way our generals fought the Kargil war...some of them took off to a foreign land for a tour ....while frontline ranks were murdered...and listen to similar thoughts, noises around me..educated, aware, confused, hopeful some and hopeless most to know that we are LIVING ON BORROWED time...prosperity does not live in the land of insecurity...and that has never been more real than it is today. a friend on the blog commented, lack of leadership, another lack of a platform and yeat we are a billion ...cant deny that number....i await my inner self to gain more insight of me....of what and how much i care to dare ...in the meanwhile we all have jobs to do...9 to 5 (as they say)

Lets not be dormant and wait to be hit in our lives

the newspapers and magazines are carrying articles of upto 30% fake currency floating in India, TV channels are sensationalizing the approaching Taliban where defence experts point out that within 1 and 2 years they would be right at our borders....so with the combine of the US , Afghan and Pakistani forces unable to contain them at the Afghan borders and a small area like the SWAT valley, how will we contain them with our borders spanning across Gujarat, Punjab, J &K...are we just waiting expecting things to change by themselves...lets say sitting in Gurgaon and Mumbai, Ahemdabad, Amritsar, Chandigarh...we are the easy ones ...why because clearly some of the elements form within have helped...are helping and with the military might becoming significantly a factor in the equation (us under more threat than ever), these and more elements can at best be forced to comply and dare i suggest that they would only be too willing...so the threat can spread much faster and may not take the 24 month time that we think we might have. Also see the number of parties seeking to divide the country further into regions as a part of their election manifesto, the number of districts where the quasi government of naxals exists the connect as i mentioned before between Al Quaida, Let, LTTE, ULFA, trying to encircle us from top to the bottom of our shores with terrorism, naxalism, regionalism ....
Are we not just sitting ducks ? just waiting to be hit?
it is therefore important to find a voice and consolidate the strength from within...in an organized way, working intelligently with all elements of the system, with enhancing the core strengths and attempting to win over the deficiencies in the system to our side.
We need a strong new face to the world...a face of over a billion strong people...before I go on what, why and whens...what do you think?

Are we the weak country - an easy target and will always be ?

saw this in the newspaer a couple of weeks ago, that we do not have the whereabouts to control our enemies across the borders and their support structures that keep them alive. Clearly the US does not want us to engage least they loose their precious hold on the Afghanistan front as well as the chances of China coming in. So what do we do ? the threat from across the borders will continue to grow and with passing time the will of the government will dissapte too, strengthening the resolve of the terrorists ..well penetrated into the India fabric already...see the links with LTTE, Naxals, ULFA, with active help from the soils of Bangladesh, Burma, China and with Nepal also tilting away...whats the solution?
Their is one, its in the 1 Billion people...its in a framework, platform that I want to be building to....want your views on this first ...pls respond