Dedicated to my Parents

"When I think of all the things you do,the ways in which you care,I'm filled with a sense of gratitude and pridethat is always there.I seldom take the time to tell youthat I'm happy you're my mom and dad;so I'll tell you now what's in my heart,"You're the best that I could have!"

Celebrating Father's Day!

Dedicated to my father.

Thank you for the laughter,For the good times that we share,

Thanks for always listening,For trying to be fair.

Thank you for your comfort,When things are going bad,

Thank you for the shoulder, To cry on when I'm sad.

This poem is a reminder that All my life through,

I'll be thanking Heaven For a Special Dad like you.

Friends Forever!

Tribute to my buddies!!

(Especially Gagan, Vivek, Ishmeet, Arvind,Pooja, Ambika, Deeksha, Shiv,Suraj,Nitin and Rohannn!)

And all facebook friends (202 to be exact n counting)

Thank you for being there when I needed you...and even when I didn't,Thank you for being there through the good times...and the bad,Thank you for being there to encourage my dreams....and my crazy ideas,Thank you for catching me...before I fell down,Thank you for wiping away the tears...when I was crying,Thank you for cheering me up...and making me laugh,Thank you for all the great memories...and the bad,But most of all... thank you...For being you!

You guys complete me, I would never be able to do without you!!

The Case of the Bonsai Manager - Anecdote

"When institutions teach management techniques and concepts, they appeal to the analytical brain. When the student manager graduates from there, he feels that he knows a lot about management. Otherwise, why would he go there in the first place? However, management practice is much more than the acquisition of such knowledge or the MBA diploma.

As he manages in real life, the manager must analyse, but he must also synthesize, he must know about and be aware of the strengths of people around him, as he will always realise but rarely admit, he will never know enough, not at any time during his career. When the chips are down, he must lead with truthfullness and credibility, and when the going is good, he must alert his team to the impending challenges so that complacency is consciously avoided. He must be a master of psychology without possibly ever having studied the subject.

He must at all times be rational, but his rationality must have a core of emotion, which is the essense of all human motivation. As acknowledged by experienced managers, effectiveness comes through good judgement, which comes through experience, and experience comes through bad judgement."

"Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him"
Aldous Huxley

Ratan Tata : Chairman , Tata Sons
"Gopal observes: Today's leadership skill set, has moved awayfrom the coldly analytical, aggresive and thrusting, towards the humane, inclusive and intuitive. Good leaders, overlay the known facts with their gut feel and instinct, which they consciously develop through their keen listening, reflection, contemplation and mentoring."

Erasing boundaries or widening them?

If you are looking to get an arranged marriage in today's day and age, then you might have to slog it out in the big bad world. Not only its a nightmare for finding a better partner but also getting help from your relatives and friends.

In today's world, with the advent of the internet and the print media slogging it out to get its share of space, it sure has become relatively easy to get access to information, communicate and express yourself. But what is missing is the authencity of information that is being provided in these platforms. You not only are dealing with a lot of fake profiles on the internet, be it on matrimonial websites and chat rooms but also changing a lot of cultural ethos specially in the traditional part of the world.

Gone are the days when it was customary to meet your relatives once a week or fortnight. The idea of socialising has taken a u turn, now the only way you communicate with your close relatives living in other part of delhi is through orkut.com/email/phone.

Sometimes you pause and think if technology is really a boon or a menace to keep us strangled in our own world.

Anyways, coming back to the original topic, it is essential for the people looking to seek an alliance to really take initiative and take part in this search for the better half.

We can't really blame our parents as it is a problem that has been created by technology and the ever changing modern technologically advanced environment that is bringing about a revolution by erasing the boundaries of distance and reach.

Is it really that or are we kicking our own a..? A thought to ponder!!

Keep your head always!

Life at the workplace can be intriguing at times. Not only you have to work with people but also try and understand the behavior of each individual. To understand the behavior of people, there is a lot of experience that is required. Not only does one have to learn things faster but also make sure that nothing comes in the way that hampers your growth. It takes effort to channelise the energy of others towards fulfilment of one's goals but if you can do that then you have mastered the art of people management.

People management is a science as well as an art. Not only you keep your research going 24/7 but also find new ways and techniques to get things done at the split of a second when such an opportunity arises.

The person who has this skill can expect to go places in his career, not to forget attitude, which is the most important factor that is required to go to the top. Positive attitude, fire in the belly and the will to win really matter in order to achieve your dreams.

Focus is the key, no matter what the obstacles your focus should not shift, you should have a clear cut idea of your short term goals and take these short steps to achieve the long term vision that you have.

There will be a lot of hurdles, but if you know your goal then you have the ability to overcome those hurdles.


Famous quotes

"Success demands singleness of purpose."
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."

U-turn that is life!

Hi all,

I wanted to write a special piece dedicated to my cuzin Prienca & my dear niece Parie.
It was as if it were yesterday, when Prienca and I were kids and we use to play around at my place, even fighting with each other over small things. But, she has been my most wonderful cuzin, very caring and a motivator of sorts for me. She has always excelled in whatever she has pursued. She has always been ready with a helping hand whenever I have needed her advice & guidance, and to this day I am very found of her. She is a very special person and even though she is very far, I hope that through this message, I can convey to her what a wonderful human being she has been and I hope she will teach the same special things in her own special way to her lovely daughter, who I feel is a mirror image of her, at least in physical appearance. I wish you the best of luck, may you be the best mother in the world.

Lots of Love
Kanu

Take Life as it comes!

It seems as if ages have past since I went to school, having that feeling of being free from all responsibilities, tensions and stress of the real world. Yes, there was no such apprehension at that time in the first place. The realisation only takes place when you leave that life, and enter the most defining phase, ie the Real Life.

It was much like a dream world inside the real world, a world that teaches us the intricacies of how to approach the Real Life while inculcating the same set of values, principles learnt earlier.

It is a thought that also invokes a sense of deja vu, as you don't know how you will respond to the Real Life, after leading the life in the dream world.

Some people freak out at the enormous amount of expectations, focus and drive that is needed to do well in the Real Life, but it is the self actualization need that comes to the fore.

To sum it up, its the values and learnings that drive the attitude of the person to dream big even in the Real World!