Md Ali: 2011

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Passionate About India: How about kidnapping bush and trying him for war c...

Passionate About India: How about kidnapping bush and trying him for war c...: What is the expected outcome, when you have a haughty cowboy President, an arrogant administration and a seemingly stooge in the form of a S...

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Arindam Chaudhuri Think Tank

Arindam Chaudhuri Think Tank
Mahatma Gandhi, the ultimate Marketing Guru!

owning that one line in your customer’s mind. Be it “Just do it” or be it “Taste the thunder”, if you own this one line in your customer’s mind, you have cracked the marketing code. And Gandhi owned the line “non-violent movement”. It was the perfect positioning line for him for the market he was catering to. And thus, success had to be his. Today, years after his death, our nation is using Gandhi to market itself, by printing his snap on all currency notes; celebrities across the world are wearing him on their t-shirts to market themselves better, United Nations is using him to market itself by declaring October 2 as the International Day of Non-Violence; and the Congress party is marketing its NREGA programme by calling it the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA programme! Commercial companies are not far behind, with Mont Blanc making its India presence felt with the launch of its Mahatma Gandhi Limited Edition pen. Inevitably, when it came to this year’s Hall of Fame issue, we felt Gandhi on the cover was the best way to market our magazine to you… no doubt he was the Mahatma of marketing!

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Arindam Chaudhuri on the DU-SRCC 'cut off' debate on Times Now

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HOW THE ARAB UPRISING IS A "CHANGE OF CIVILISATION" AND HOW IT BRINGS AN END TO THE AMERICAN DOUBLE STANDARDS. ALSO WHAT INDIA MUST LEARN

[March, 2011]

At a point in time where not just India, but the entire world is grappling with the issue of food shortage and escalating food prices, especially owing to the worst drought that has recently hit China (affecting eight major wheat-growing provinces that account for around 80 per cent of the country’s total wheat output), and at a point in time wherein black money and corruption have taken up gigantic proportions, the least that was expected of our honourable Finance Minister was a few bold steps to arrest both the issues. To tackle the impending food crisis, most governments across the world are planning and drafting policies to control the expected food shortage and the anticipated food price hike. West Asian countries are stocking up grains, while countries like Iraq have already placed orders for 400,000 tonnes of wheat grain from the US. Following the trend, even Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are exporting grains and Russia has even announced a complete ban on food grain exports. In this light, whatever our Finance Minister announced in his Union Budget 2011-12 had no meat with respect to restoration of food grain stock; neither was any attempt made to address the expected inflation that may creep in within the next few months. Leave aside announcing new plans to enhance food production and modernizing the dilapidated godowns, the FM didn’t even announce any concrete plans for speedy implementation of those agriculture development initiatives that were announced in the previous budget!

Originally Posted by http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/india-today-tomorrow/11-march.html

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Theory "i" managment

The need to have an Indian management theory for Indian corporates.
How often has one heard of an American organisation adopting the Japanese management style to surge ahead? How often has one heard of the reverse? Probably never. However, I do remember reading somewhere that when IBM-USA was making losses while IBM-Japan was making profits, IBM-USA tried to adopt the Japanese management style to turn around. The result was increased losses.

Predictable ? Should be. It is most likely that a style that is successful in Japan would not be as successful in the US and vice versa. People are different, the cultures are different and so is the life-style. That is the reason why Japan has developed its own management style and the US its own. If we take a deep look into the American management style, we realise that it is absolutely fine tuned to the American culture and way of living. The people in the west grow up, mostly, with very less emotional security due to factors like high divorce rates, single parent families etc. As they grow up they do tend to find a sense of stability in this seemingly unstable and insecure atmosphere. Thus, when they enter into their job lives and see a management culture prevalent which is contractual in nature with hire and fire style of management, they don’t get disturbed. Infact, this motivates them to work harder and a typical American would say “we are tough guys and as long as we are good the company keeps us, else we go out”. The bottom line is that the fine tuning between the culture at home and at job works wonders and enhances productivity and motivation.

Originally Posted by http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/theory-i-managment.html

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A new study says Indians are most depressed
Indians are among the world's most depressed. According to a World Health Organization-sponsored study, while around 9% of people in India reported having an extended period of depression within their lifetime, nearly 36% suffered from what is called Major Depressive Episode (MDE).

MDE is characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy and poor concentration, besides feeling depressed.

Originally Posted by http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-study-says-indians-are-most.html

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19 Jul '11 Hyderabad
Guest-Lecture-by-Prof.-Sandeep-Kulshrestha,-Head-HR-and-Organizational-Effectiveness-SIMPLOGY

The Human Factor club of IIPM-Hyderabad has organized a guest lecture for all the current batches on 19/7/2011. This lecture was delivered by Prof. Sandeep Kulshrestha .

Mr. Sandeep is currently heading the Organizational effectiveness role of a start-up web business company, SIMPLOGY, based in Australia and is spearheading the efforts to take the organization to next level in India. Besides this, Mr.Sandeep have worked with different organizations like Holiday Inn Hotels, Taj Group of Hotels, Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind and Dr Reddy’s Foundation in different Human Resources roles, from a entry level to leadership profile.

Originally Posted by http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Guest-Lecture-by-Prof.-Sandeep-Kulshrestha,-Head-HR-and-Organizational-Effectiveness-SIMPLOGY/

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Typos: THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Remember Emilio, the Venetian gondolier? He has a strange problem. Emilio loves his wife and now that he’s been blessed with a little daughter he wants to be a good father and a good husband. Not that he didn’t want to be a good husband in all the years he spent with his wife before little Maria was born, but it always has been so darn difficult. It isn’t really his fault that he lives in one of the world’s most beautiful and romantic cities. And is he to blame if he happens to be in one of the most glamourous blue-collared jobs in the world as a handsome gondolier in the canals of Venice? What is poor Emilio to do if a pretty young tourist looking for an authentic Venetian experience just flings herself into Emilio’s arms and begs him for a souvenir to remember? “I can’t help it, but it happens all the time,” he says, sounding like he’s almost duty-bound to comply.

Originally Posted by http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/09/pursuit-of-happiness.html

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Wednesday, 27 July 2011

NOW, EVEN JAIRAM RAMESH SAYS DARE TO THINK BEYOND THE IIMS AND THE IITS!

[May, 2011]

So what is wrong with India’s most guarded and hyped institutions of higher education, the IITs and the IIMs? Well, if you ask me, it’s difficult to find what is right! Apart from the acres of land at their disposal and the good PR machinery that they have (thanks to the half-educated and complex-ridden journalists infesting the print media, who are ready to write any illogical thing at their behest due to their lack of understanding on the issue)... Now, before anyone accuses me of competitive bitching, without wasting words, let me proceed systematically!

Originally Posted by http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/india-today-tomorrow/11-may.html

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Survival of the weakest

For long, economists have been blindly following Darwin's theory of "Survival of the fittest" as the maxim for the functioning of the capitalist economy. The problem is, however, they forget that the whole purpose of functioning of an economy is to move towards a more civilized form of existence. Civilization has seen man moving out of the jungle and reach where he is today. Sadly, however, he has not yet been able to discard the rules of existence that he used to follow in the jungles.

Capitalism from the very beginning has been based on the principle of individualism and survival of the fittest. When Adam Smith had talked about man being rational and therefore trying to maximize his returns if left free in the market... he had also referred to the same principle. The rules of the capitalist market have always wanted us to compete with others and maximize our benefits (read as profits). Critics point out the fact that when left free in a market an individual's return is not only a function of his competence and efforts (in terms of the number of hours he puts in) but also a function of his past accumulated wealth (on which he might have had no contribution). Based on the same argument some economists in India don't want MNCs to enter India as the survival of Indian companies is not only dependant on the quality of the products they produce but also on how strong is the competitor. Thums Up is not only an example of a quality product but also an example of brand building. Perhaps it was India's best ever example of an original brand name around which an identifiable brand personality had been built. The ad campaigns used to be most creative wherein the name Thums Up would coincide with the image that comes into mind; An image of a free, excited, adventurous young man which was nicely reflected in the caption "Taste The Thunder". All this came to nothing when a giant like Coca Cola entered the market. Thums Up got sold off. One of the best Indian brand names today sells under the aegis of Coca Cola. This proves the point that the capitalist economy is based on the concept of survival of the fittest. In a jungle, fittest refers to the strongest or the one who can best adjust to the existing environment; In an economy, fittest would refer to the richest. Therefore we see that the market economy has always helped the rich to grow richer at the cost of the others. This statement is authenticated by the fact that in USA the top 5% and top 20% of the economy who used to earn 15.5% and 41.1% of the total national income in 1973 were earning 17.9% and 44% of the total national income in 1989 respectively. The income earned by the lowest 20% of USA fell down from 5.5% to 4.6% during the same period while those of the lowest 4/5th of the economy fell down from 11.9% to 10.6%. The same applies to most of the other countries following the free market system.

Originally Posted By http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/survival-of-the-weakest.html

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GOP on Supply Chain Management by Prof. Gal Raz from Stanford University at IIPM Mumbai

15 Jul '11 Mumbai

An eminent personality of the corporate world and a terrific speaker- Mr. Gal Raz initiated an interactive session for IIPM students by taking through the past 20 years of his life exploring different boulevards as a strategy advisor and consultant.

This session introduced the participants to key concepts, best practices, innovative ideas, and frameworks for better managing supply chains in today's rapidly changing markets. Participants will learn major concepts and frameworks available for supply chain management and will develop the ability to evaluate supply chain performance and formulate a supply chain strategy taking into account changes in the market as well as the competitive environment.

Originally Posted by http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/GOP-on-Supply-Chain-Management-by-Prof.-Gal-Raz-from-Stanford-University-at-IIPM-Mumbai/

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Typos: THE BOAT WITH A WAGGING TALE

Thursday, September 9, 2010

A red glow from the lone light struggled against the dark shadows. I tip-toed down the stairs, past the lobby where a large bemused rhino, carved out of mahogany, was staring up at three naked women hanging on the wall – a distractingly beautiful renaissance-like print called ‘The Bath’. Unlike the rhino, I managed to tear myself away from the fetching trio, past the sleepy head on the reception desk and there I was, under the inky blue pre-dawn sky, in search of a city that I couldn’t find yesterday...

Originally Posted by http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/09/boat-with-wagging-tale.html

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Sunday, 24 July 2011

Typos: IN THE MASTER’S WAKE

Thursday, July 21, 2011

If, for some masochistic reason, you happen to have read more than one of these weekly columns I drag and wrench out of my reluctant laptop, you’d know that I’m an absolute sucker for miracle-tales. I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few years in dusty libraries pouring over crumbly sepia-tinged, dog-eared pages and websites that promise to reveal ‘the secrets of energy and ecstasy’, loo King for tangible evidence of a claimed miracle. And I’ve seen glimpses… a shadow here, a silhouette there, but nothing more that I could touch, tell and know. I’ve trudged through the proverbial deserts and valleys, and desolate forts, and waited by the banks of unnamed rivers in forgotten forests in search of a promised sign or a whispered legend, and heard a lot, but saw very little....

Originally Posted by http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-masters-wake.html

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Typos: THE ISLAND

Thursday, August 26, 2010

“Thisss eeezz Poveglia…!” and he let the words hang in the salt-thick sea air. I stared silently at the island as it floated on the mist and myth that surrounded it. It was almost dusk and as the sun set behind the silhouetted island, for a brief moment, the sea and the island’s bell tower seemed to have been set on fire… reminiscent of the tall flames that used to crackle on this island centuries ago… flames, the smoke and the screams… screams that rent sky, until the fire doused the screams…

But I’m running ahead of my story…

We had reached Venice. From Venice’s Marco Polo airport, we hopped into a water taxi that wound its way towards the Venetian lagoon and as the arches and canals of Venice drew closer, I went and stood by boat’s and prow, soaking in the spray and taking in the vistas. As the famed canals and villas of Venice closed in, I glanced to my left and saw a lonely island drifting by. Tall cypresses stood silently, imprisoned by a boundary-wall that surrounded the island. I asked the boatman, a young man in a baseball cap, about the island but he did not respond. I thought he hadn’t heard me over the din of the motor-boat engine but before I could complete the question a second time, he replied “Cemetery! The dead of Venice are here.” Separated from the bright lights of Venezia by a tongue of water, this island, like a bolt of lightning on a dark night, illuminated a terrible legend that was lost in the recesses of my mind - a forgotten tale of another Venetian island where horrible things had happened. It was the dark side of Venice that I’d forgotten about…“Is this… er… the haunted island?” I asked. The boatman turned, looked at me, blinked and said,“ No… it’s the cemetery.” Then he was quiet. A few awkward minutes passed and then as he navigated the boat into a canal that ran into the city, he said “Poveglia! …That’s haunted!”......

Originally Posted By http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/08/island.html

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MBA Mafia

Management education as a term has been defined, redefined and today it is being ill-defined. It's common knowledge that management education can be imparted after doing graduation in any stream, be it history, geography, economics, biology, engineering etc. The most important aspect of the above fact is that management is not that well developed a stream for which one has to spend years of education (5 years or more). What I mean is if one wants to do Masters in Geography, he necessary has to have a bachelors Degree in Geography and the same is with physics, economics, and all other streams of higher education. This is so as all these streams are very well developed and therefore to understand a Masters level theory for micro biology for example requires a perfect understanding of all the graduation level theories of the same subject. All the other fields of post graduate studies are post graduate in nature because of the higher level of technicalities and theories in them.

Originally Posted by http://www.arindamchaudhuri.com/MBA-Mafia.html

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Saturday, 23 July 2011

IIPM B-school of MBA BBA EMBA Integrated Courses: Sell your old stuff online

Friday, July 22, 2011

The Indian consumer likes to stay abreast with the latest technology and devices. With multiple launches happening across categories such as phones, tablets, automobiles etc. every month, an average consumer is spoilt for choice.

The purchase is not limited to just shops anymore; online market in India is also growing at exponential rate. However, what happens to the stuff that is getting old? It is either handed down among relatives or just stuffed at a corner in the house accumulating dust, more often the latter.

Originally Posted by http://iipm-info-iipm.blogspot.com/2011/07/sell-your-old-stuff-online.html

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Passionate About India: Ever wondered why, while attacks in Mumbai keep ha...

July 15, 2011

As a media house, from the very beginning, we have been extremely vocal about the Indian judiciary – and that’s why we have also started our bimonthly supplement of Governance Watch with a special focus on the judiciary. We strongly believe that a poor justice delivery mechanism has been the root cause of most of our problems. It goes without saying that India has a weak, or rather a limping justice delivery system, which makes sure that justice is denied in most cases; and even if delivered, it does not hold any value, thanks to the time (read lifetime) it takes to be delivered. By the Centre’s own admission, there is a staggering number of nearly three crore court cases pending at several stages in different courts of India. This situation is a deliberate creation of our successive governments. If criminals were to be punished, how would they rule? Thus, to make the rule of criminals easy, the governments in India over the years have deliberately kept the judicial system in our country dysfunctional. It serves the purpose of the legal fraternity as well.

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YET ANOTHER CHRISTMAS CAROL

Thursday, August 19, 2010

This tale is not mine to tell but one I stumbled upon … last day in Antwerp and while my friends emptied out souvenir and designer stores, I wandered about the city square till I saw two tall towers, peering above the rest of the city, glinting in the fading light of a spent sun. It was the city cathedral. Inside the cathedral, stood proud old walls adorned with masterpieces by the Flemish master Sir Paul Peter Reubens. I started taking pictures of the cathedral’s tall spires. As I backed away to try and squeeze the length of the tower inside the frame, I stumbled and fell bum-first onto a low platform that rose less than three feet from the cobbled street. It was a stone plaque with a pen-and-ink picture of a big dog and a little boy with an inscription that said, “Nello and his dog Patrasche… symbols of eternal friendship, loyalty and devotion.”

Originally Posted by http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/08/yet-another-christmas-carol.html

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Ever wondered why, while attacks in Mumbai keep happening, another 9/11 has not happened in the US? - The Sunday Indian

New Delhi, July 21, 2011 22:34

Mumbai has become a living example of how terrorists can come at their will, kill hundreds of innocents, destroy property worth hundreds of crores, instill a state of perpetual fear in those who manage to survive and thereby blatantly spit on the face of Indian sovereignty, time and again. And the best that we can do is offer condolences for the aggrieved, and wait for the next blast to happen. No doubt, we have attained a state of shameless vulnerability and have almost epitomised it. And that is the reason why since the last few years, the incidence of terror attacks has not only seen an unprecedented surge, but has become increasingly blatant, gory and on the face. It is as if a blast or two a year has almost become an annual ritual. And every such blast also blows away into pieces the resolve that our government had taken during the previous attack – calling it a bold step against terror. And the saga continues........

Originally Posted by http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/ever-wondered-why-while-attacks-in-mumbai-keep-happening-another-911-has-not-happened-in-the-us/18836/

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Friday, 22 July 2011

IIPM B-school of MBA BBA EMBA Integrated Courses: 9 Distance Learning Programmes and Courses that as...: "IIPM Mumbai Campus For a long time distance learning institutes were associated with regular courses in Humanities and Social Sciences wit..."

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Cricket-match-at-IIPM-Indore

In the past quarter, the cricket fever hit the nation hard, after our victory in the world cup followed by the last season of IPL. Taking this fever to higher temperatures IIPM, Indore arranged a Cricket match on the 2nd of July’2011 under the Torque club.

With 4 teams playing in the preliminary rounds trying to score that coveted position in the finals and a chance to defeat our faculty, the entire atmosphere was filled with excitement. After a long rainy week, the city finally was blessed with a lovely sunny weather which just added to the exquisite atmosphere that was built up. Students of all sections and batches gathered to cheer for their favorite teams and players. With each six and four and all the catches and ibw’s the crowd just went crazy, screaming.

Originally Posted by http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/Cricket-match-at-IIPM-Indore/

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COMMON SENSE SIMPLIFIED: THE TRACK OF DEATH:

"Indian railways need to set their ‘safety’ priority right! The Indian Railways is just not a mode of transport but is a legacy in itself. ..."

Originally Posted by http://prasoonsmajumdar.blogspot.com/2011/07/track-of-death.html

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Typos: BETRAYAL AT CHAURI CHAURA: "The harm that good men do’, was an essay by Bertrand Russell that I never finished reading but was a heading I oft en thought about whenever..."

Oringinally posted by http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/2010/08/betrayal-at-chauri-chaura.html

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Tuesday, 19 July 2011

GOP-session-by-Prof.-Masud-Arjmand,--Kellogg-School-of-Management(Lecturer-Management-&-Organization)-at-IIPM-Lucknow
29 Jun '11 Lucknow

IIPM Lucknow and Planman Consultancy as a part of Global Outreach Programme conducted its 3rd Chief Executive Forum at Taj Hotel, Lucknow on 29th June 2011.

This time we had with us Prof. Masud Arjmand, Lecturer-Management and Organization, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University as the chief instructor along with Dr. Subhash Gupta to deliberate upon “Talent and Corporate Performance”. The GOP session was exclusively for the Corporate, Managers from Indian companies and for academicians.

Prof. Arjmand did his MS and Phd from University of Colorado, Boulder. He has about 10 years experience in R&D and Technical Management; Director Texas Instruments Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 20 years experience in C-Suite Strategy, Operational and Technology consulting Former Senior Executive Partner, Accenture Strategy Practice, Founded Accenture’s Supply Chain Planning Practice, Led Accenture/Morgan Stanley B2B CEO Forum.

Originally Posted by http://www.iipm.in/news-and-events/GOP-session-by-Prof.-Masud-Arjmand,--Kellogg-School-of-Management%28Lecturer-Management-&-Organization%29-at-IIPM-Lucknow/

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COMMON SENSE SIMPLIFIED: JUST CALORIES:

Thursday, July 14, 2011

"A couple of months back I wrote on how our policy makers have always pushed wheat and rice through PDS and four other essential commodities, but no pulses which by far are a major source of nutrition and how most of the cereals (especially maize) are used as chicken feed. This was more because of lack of vision at the policy level and naming of such cereals, which educed its acceptability...."

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