Remembering History

The other day, I was reading history. The following are some of the points I noted down:-

1) Babur wrote that people in Indian subcontinent were dark, weak and lazy.

2) Akbar was great because he had brilliant men supporting him. Birbal, Tansen, Man Singh.

3) Battle of Plassey altered the course of history. East India Company started waging war.

4) British did what seemed right to them. They did not tolerate indiscipline, though.

5) Simon came on a friendly visit. He wanted to give more powers to provinces. But Lala Lajpat Rai opposed. This opposition could have meant support of two powers in parliament. Needless to say Bhagat Singh too supported Lala Lajpat Rai.

6) Oxford Book of History of India says that Unity was always the hallmark of Indian culture.

Is there any points you like about our history? Please comment here.

Leadership

The other day I bought the book "Principle Centered Leadership" by Stephen Covey.
Leadership is a much needed virtue. Every organisation must inculcate leadership in their employees. Every organisation can inculcate leadership in their employees. Can because India is a democratic country. And democracy is about leadership.
Who is a leader? A leader is 1 in 1000. This definition is correct considering the population in the country.  What makes 1 among 1000? It could be 1 correct answer to 1000 questions.
Unlike popular perception, a Level 5 leader can be shy. Not necessarily the outspoken, extroverted guy the next door. Anna Hazare is a great leader. Definitely a Level 5 one.
A leader needs nerves of steel. In my work area, he should be able to inspire people to work. Work of both types, hard work and smart work. I tell the core issue for inspiring people to do hard work. The center of the problem. The most important issue. And for work which needs smartness,  I say the maximum and the minimum expected. What will happen if you apply for a loan? You may get more than you applied for. Or you will be thrown out.
But of course leaders are not the only one important. The followers may be equally important.  Especially in soft skills areas. Otherwise there may be a noisy scene. And headaches. You may have to take 3 saridons. 2 points. Bhawna Somaiyya ratings !!

10 facts about myself

Yesterday, I got the badge Liebster blog from a fellow blogger Destination Infinity. I am stating 10 facts about myself as a customary requirement.
1. I am driven by my heart. If I do not like something I do not do it. Though may be important.
2. I speak to myself. So, confused whether I talk much or not.
3. I could have been a music director.
4. Money is the most intelligent thing. Why? If a thing can get you any item in this world then it has to be intelligent.
5. I like doing routine work.
6. I work according to formulas and methods.
7. I do exercises about 2 days a week from my teen onwards.
8. I find Stephen Covey to be the most inspiring self-help guru.
9. India is not deprived of anything. Any court of law will say India has resources. But still India is behind. It hurts.
10. SPB is my favourite singer.

These are some of the points. Hey, Destination Infinity, I kept my word within permissible time I promised.

Where is the cloud anyway?

The other day it rained in Delhi. We read in Geography that it is due to westerly disturbances. God gives cloud.
That reminded me of cloud computing. Where is the cloud? Believe me the cloud is right there in your hardware. Yes, you own the cloud. That is the brilliance of virtual drives. Mark my words, virtual computing is the future. As a professional executive with experience in virtual drives, I will advise the deepest business thoughts ever in past and in future and now to consider investing in virtual computing business model. If you do not follow this, your loss starts . . . . . now.
Who would not want to have Pyarelal playlist as one of your drives?
 

A Big Leap Of Windows

The Windows 8 technology is a big leap for Microsoft. The jump is in similar proportion to the jump it took during MS-DOS to Windows 3.1.
I had a few ideas and wanted to develop them as Windows App. Measuring Behavior(http://www.measuringbehaviour-ravi.blogspot.com) and Becoming Extroverted(http://www.extroverted-ravi.blogspot.com) are in my opinion good algorithm for Windows Apps. But the programming would be too complex involving social sites.

I had another idea on "Memory Notes". Suppose one has to remember "Anil Ambani contributes $20,000 towards global warming". My logic was one person will remember because of Anil Ambani. Another person (like me) will remember for $20,000. And another person maybe for global warming. It is difficult to remember the sentence if one is not attracted by any of the above three.

I downloaded softwares from Microsoft hoping to develop Memory Notes. I even subscribed to Windows Azure in a server at US(West). But developing Metro Apps is highly complex and I had to uninstall all the softwares downloaded. I stand defeated  to the complexity of the software.

The technology is absolutely brilliant. The quality is high. But there is no scope for unfocussed and non-procedural approach to developing Metro Apps.

If Only I Had Cut That Article . . .

The other day I saw pamphlets in my newspaper, Hindustan Times. I quickly kept the needy ones like discounts in kirana stores, local Chinese restaurant and rejected most of the others.
I wish I had this acumen earlier. There were so many articles that were worth cutting and keeping. In Hindustan Times(HT). One was on KK Birla, the founder of HT. There was a series of articles continued for months. This was worth keeping. Mr.Birla was easily the most widely regarded businessman in India. Incidentally my father served in a Marwari organization. My father worked with JK group. Singhanias were the owners. So right from my childhood I was curious about rich people. About their lives. Their secrets of success. And the article on KK Birla gave a lot of insight on his persona. The lesson learnt was give attention to small details. I read in Business India, Shri Hari Shankar Singhnia commenting that India should have promoted entrepreneurship in a big way. He is right. Especially young men who are "destined" to lead a free life should take up entrepreneurship. But I went on to join a PSU. The factories impressed me.
Another article that was worth keeping from HT was the series on music directors. Lengthy articles on the lives of famous music directors. And of course the famous Khushwant Singh columns "With Malice Towards One And All".
I have learnt that rejection is a good policy for leading a life. You have to be choosy and reject what is unwanted strongly.
 

CORBA issue

The government has worked a lot on providing web services in their sites. Even Metro Apps are available.
The SOAP and XML issue are OK. But what about CORBA? Does the government has clear guidelines on this. Who are advising on this issue? UIDAI would have installed their systems and must have given utmost care. It has been done by topmost expert.
The government is making hue and cry over Huawei hardware.
It is essential to know the CORBA guidelines followed by GOI. Are you with me folks?