Hi readers. Hope you had a great New Year month. I am back to describe an incident about a personality, though not famous but having the highest significance in my life. This happened long back. A boy from a remote village could pass the SSC examination from the state board with a mere 2^nd division. The reason of mentioning state board is he could not speak even a single sentence in English. He joined a good college where he met with a lot of people who had come from real reputed families belonging to a so called high status. He could not relate himself much & kept himself alien from them. None of the faculties noticed him till the results of the ISC exams got declared. That boy had got the 15^th position in the whole state. All of a sudden this boy became the center of attraction in the college because he was the first student in the history of the college to achieve that. The book of achievements had already started giving a mention to this boy & the writings even got more golden after that. He decided to do his bachelor’s in political science. You know what, this time he became the topper in the state. Then he joined his master’s course. In his very first semester of his master’s degree he wrote 70 pages in an exam in just 3 hours. The invigilator asked him whether the paper was going to be evaluated depending on its weight. This boy who could not even speak English a few years back challenged the invigilator in front of the whole class that he would get the highest marks in that paper. Guess what, not only he got the highest marks but also he set a new record in that paper by scoring most marks ever secured.He followed it up with another top spot in the state in his masters. Imagine a boy from a remote village getting two gold medals in the state. Now he is working as a reputed & highly admired administrative officer. Not only he speaks but also gives training sessions to top officers. He is not confined to a village now. He is even going abroad to give training sessions. Now guys can you guess who this gentleman is? Yes you are right it’s not me. But I can proudly say that he is my father. Papa here is wishing you a great life & do bless me so that I can achieve a drop out of the ocean that you have created. Love you a lot.

First let me say sorry to Mr. someone for giving a title to my blog which is very similar to his book. For not getting into any copyright trouble, I deliberately deleted that “the” from the title of the book. Anyways readers I can assure you of one thing that my mistakes are going to be a lot interesting than his book. I was expecting a lot better from him; especially after his first two books. I want to assure my girl friend that my first mistake is not related to sex. I also want to assure my father that I have never invested heavily at a place which got destroyed. My dear friends let me also tell you that none of my friends got injured because of me. Now let me come to my mistakes. The three things that I did not do in my life, the three things that I believe I should have done or continued doing, the three things that I consider as my mistakes. 

 

                                         Ok my first mistake is “leaving CRICKET”. I know it is not a big deal as a lot like me do that every day. Every Indian child loves & plays cricket but only a selected few do achieve that. But I believe I could have achieved a lot more. Let me take you to the history & give you a backdrop kind of a thing. I have been a cricket lover from my childhood. I never won a single prize in a quiz competition but at the same time nobody could take away a first prize from me in a sports quiz competition. Not only cricket I have been a hardcore sports fan, be it football, tennis, hockey, golf, badminton, shooting& even I have been following athletics. Ok now coming back to cricket I started playing cricket from a tender age. I had a handmade bat with me which had almost taken the shape of a hockey stick but then I did not want to change it as it was my favorite one. You see I had the attitude of a professional cricketer at that time also… He he.... Jokes apart & bat apart I had a rubber ball & a chair as my stumps with me & those remained as my best friends for a quite a few years. I wanted to join a cricket club but then my father was posted in a place which did not have a cricket club. So fate never allowed me to play in a professional way. I kept on playing with those kinds of bats & rubber & tennis balls till I got into class 9th. I was the captain of my school cricket team (tennis & cork ball) & always felt a Dravid within me. It was class 9th when I got the chance to play with a cricket ball & it was a match against a local club. Let me remind you that papa had already got transferred to another place by that time. I was the captain & opened the bowling. I hate to tell you my performance but I have to. I bowled 17 deliveries all wide balls & gave away 20 runs (1 bye 4) without even delivering a single legal ball. Just imagine what would have I gone through that time; especially when I was the captain. We lost the match & the whole night I had all kinds of nightmares. All kinds of shit comments were giving me alarming bells & were not allowing me to sleep. Anyways I again came back to my tennis ball form of cricket & continued showing my heroics. Then my father got transferred to Bhubaneswar, the capital city where I got to see a live cricket match in my own eyes. After the 10th board examination I got a break of 2 & half months. I decided to join a club & started searching for a good 1. I joined Rameswar Sporting, a very renowned club in the city & what followed was the best part of my life. The very first day my coach walked about 400 mtrs from the centre of the ground to the main road just to tell my father that I was such a talent that he saw an international cricketer within me. I even achieved more heights than the seventh heaven. I kept on playing for the club & within a very few days made a name for me in the whole city. But then I got a very high percentage & got admission in the best college of Orissa & the best coaching institute. I had to leave the club because their timings collided with each other. Then I started it again after a few years & also got a chance to play for the state u-19 cricket team but then I again had to leave it because of my studies. That story is very interesting but then I have to cut it short, so leaving my first mistake over here only.

 

                                                  My second mistake is “not understanding my PETS”. I had dogs, cats, parrots, mongooses, rabbits, Australian birds, Indian birds, pigeons, paddy birds, hens, common mynas & what not as my pets. Oh how can I forget I even had a deer with me for 3 4 months. Her name was Chameli. Nice name na!!! I still have a lot of them but now there is no such variety because of our animal welfare division. I guess even the animals love to be at homes only instead of those cages in some deptt. But the thing that I hate the most is my attitude. Perhaps I was not in the right age group to take care of them. They were only like some playing instruments for me. I laughed at them; I cried when they suffered, I gave them everything that I could. But never really gave respect to their feelings. I never really investigated what they wanted. But I could understand it later. Every day the thought of it strikes my right brain & all I can do is to cry in a closed room. I am really sorry for all that I have done to them.

 

                                 My third mistake is not “respecting my father”. I mean I do respect him a lot. But there was a time when I hated him like anything, no not exactly hated, but disliked is probably the accurate word.. After my intermediate that is 10+2, I wanted to pursue my graduation in the general line i.e. a B.Sc. But then He wanted me to do engineering. He got me admitted in the best institute spending something around 50,000 Indian rupees but all I did was to bunk every single class. I even went on to the extent of bunking my IIT exam. I lied to my parents & acted like I had given it. Then went to watch a cricket match with the money with which I was supposed to buy a CBSE engineering examination form. I even wrote the Orissa joint entrance examination in such a manner that I would not get a seat which I did not eventually. In short I wasted around sum hundred thousand rupees. All my friends got into IITs, NITs, AIIMS, AFMC & other top technical colleges. I can still remember the look on my father’s face when he heard my intentions after all the exams got over. He allowed me to take admission in the course that I wanted to. Anyways I did my graduation with chemistry & then got into ITM. Now I am very happy that I became the second topper of my class to at least let my father know that I still want to achieve the same that he wants me to. I would be the happiest person on earth that day on which I would qualify for IAS satisfying my father’s desires. Papa I just want to tell you that you are the best & I love you a lot. Father please forgive me for my mistakes .Love you a lot.

 

Ok guys this is about my three mistakes. I will come up with another post very soon. Till then good bye & take care.

Hi Readers…Let me start by wishing you all a very happy & rocking new year. Hope all gets fulfilled that you desire for…My new year month is not going to be a refreshing one for me  as my dear father does not think it necessary to provide me with a new cell phone…..I have already started a war at my home sweet home…………have won the first battle by being able to convince my mom……My army which consists of my younger brother, my grandma , my pets (Gipsy, Naughty, Blacky, Tiger, Mango) & the latest entry whom I have appointed as the chief commanding officer ,my mom ,is giving more than 100 % to not only win these small battles but making it sure that I win the whole war ultimately. Do wish for me guys.

                                Anyways, I am here to talk about something else. I know you would have guessed it right from the title itself that I intend to talk about the “once upon a time” 4^th largest IT firm of India. I know I am very late to comment on this, but experts do comment at last. When I got to hear the incident first, it took me to one of my presentations that I had given just a few days back. That day I was trying to explain a concept called “don’t try to perfume a pig”. It essentially means that don’t try to exaggerate something. If your product or service is not good enough then accept it & try to make it better instead of looking in the rear view mirror. That time while explaining this concept I had given the example of manipulations in Indian balance sheets. I never knew I would be getting such an example just after a couple of days. Imagine a company called “SATYAM”, doing these kinds of things. Imagine a person who once shared the same stage with the then president of US, Bill Clinton, Now being forced to stay with a beer mafia in his own country. By the way I am not here to criticize Satyam or Mr. Ramalinga Raju, I am here to comment on the whole system. Let me put forward some points.

1.       BLIND/UNAWARE/INSANE-        My question is, if every single individual knows that this thing happens in case of balance sheets of Indian companies then what is SEBI & other organizations doing? Why we must wait for something to happen that would just ruin our image in front of the whole world?  Were not we suffering enough from the credit crisis, the terrorist attacks that this kind of a thing is needed?

2.       CUT THE CRAP CALLED POLITICS-              I am unable to figure out where from our politicians came into picture.  I am apprehensive of the fact that the so called leaders who finally came out of their hibernation period to give bhasans again do they have any idea of what  balance sheet is all about. Why this political blame game? I mean the present CM of Andhra Pradesh & his predecessor; both are blaming each other for this incident. Is there anybody to at least let them know that we don’t care for their comments?

3.       WHY ONLY SATYAM-      What about other firms? Do we again have to wait for another scam like this before finally taking some preventive measures? If yes then how many? Why not investigate the balance sheets of other companies also rather than only putting the blame on Satyam ?

There are a whole lot of other questions that I want to ask, but I believe rather than asking I must sit down & try to find out the answers. Anyways I got to sign out now as I am busy with my NGO project……so tata & enjoy.

After the 26/11 Mumbai attack, India’s determination to fight against terrorism has been strengthened, terrorism has taken the top spot in the agenda of the government & many more steps are being taken, but the truth still remains the same. India is still vulnerable to many more attacks like this. They have the ability to attack India at any point of time at their wish. The 3 blasts at Guwahti on the New Year’s Day is an example of this. In the fight against terrorism, the world community has made a blunder by trusting Pakistan. It is once again proved by the 26/11 that Pakistan is not trustworthy in this regard. India has handed over ample evidences proving the involvement of Pakistani citizens, Pakistan based terrorist organizations, even Pakistan army & the intelligence agency in its dossier to Pakistan, and still Pakistan is not ready to accept the truth. According to the Pakistan PM those are mere information but no evidences. I am not against Pakistan. I am against terrorism. Pakistan should accept its mistakes & should join the world front to stop this massacre.