Saturday, April 17, 2010

What is easy to find - a J or a G?

I have learnt to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them - John Stuart Mill, but why this beautiful rainbow shows the  B'ful combination of 7 colors that we all adore soon to realise something (one of the colors) is missing in our life and life is incomplete without that missing color.

So, I am about to discuss the importance of the two most important colors of our life (J and G), I know by now you would have guessed that J stands for Joy and G stands for God right? The two most important things that our parents taught us to pursue, like they said, Baccheee always try to stay in a state of JOY and remember GOD.

Fortunaltely I dont want to bore you all with this heavy stuff as being presently only 24.5 years old,  I am  tempted to pursue more boiled down stuff starting with J and G --- guess now----Bingo---- ya a good Job and a good Girl. While pursuing this question, I am always made to wonder "what is easy to find a J or a G?"

While there is so much online support to find both a good job (via - monster, jobpilot, stepstone, Social networking) and for a good girl Girl ( via-Shaadi.com, Matrimonial sites, Facebook, Orkut, Family etc). It does not lessen the struggle by even a 1 percent as more options make it more confusing to choose the way to go for the search. Normally people go all out by choosing and trying out in all possible ways.

Q: How does one apply to get a Job?
A:  One looks for an open position in companies websites or use contacts to get in touch with Human resource, or upload resume in one of Job search engines like ( Monster - however this name doesn't suggest any upcoming help for Jobs).

But did you ever imagine how similar the above pocess is when you search a good girl for your life, like one looks for a girl who is looking for marriage in matrimonial sites, use friends and relatives to get in touch with good girls in their social cirlce, or upload their hope in one of the Matrimonial sites like ( Shaadi.com - they have full product range custom made for Indian market, all communities can find people of different cast, groups and sexes + 24*7 customer support, the only thing missing there is after sales services and 100 percent quality guarantee of their products.)

Lets assume that in both cases the hunter (seeker of J and G) manages to make his application reach to the Human resource manager (HRM), in Girls case, its the Girls DAD acting as a HRM. Both HRM will scrutinize the application and look for the following details:
  • What is the education level of the candidate?
  • How many languages he speaks (father searches for his mother tongue in this section)
  • Is the motivation real to join this company ( for father - to join his family). 
  • How compatible is the qualification with the job (father- compatibility with the girl)
After passing this grueling test, one gets the chance to meet the real manager under whom you will be working (offcourse at home the Girl will be the manager), then both the manager and candidate discuss about their expectations with each other like:
  • Office manager asks to the candidate how much can you travel for the job, Girl asks how much will you travel alone and how much with me (holidaying)?
  • Office manager asks, how will you handle extra projects which will increase you work load?, Girl asks, the same about the responsibility and pressure of handling of extra projects (Kids)?
  • Office Manager asks, where do you see yourself 5 years from now?, Girl asks, where and will you see other girls from now on?
So you can see from the explanation, that the process of finding J and G is almost the same, the only difference is in between the risk factor of making the wrong decision, as one can easily change the J but changing G after commitment is not easy at all. I think at any given day, finding a right girl is much much harder than finding the right job.

BUT Guys one last message, having a good job should be our first Dream because no HRM likes jobless as they are not sexy enough for the open position (GIRL).

Don't you think, its always great to impress the HRM (Father) to impress the real Manager (Girl), what say guys, will you share your thoughts on this???


 

Saturday, February 20, 2010

The Agony and Ecstasy of "Masterthesia"





Please don’t start Googling this word "Masterthesia", as all you can find will be the search results related with MASTER THESIS. Let me make it clear that "Masterthesia" is not a disease, and this article has no relation what so ever with medical and health issues with a student when he is pursuing his Master Thesis. It is just an attempt to share the agony and ecstasy (feeling of high and low) which I went through during the process my M.T (Master Thesis) which was mandatory part of the MBA program.
Don’t misread M.T as empty, because I did it once at the start of this whole process soon to realise that thesis cannot be empty. So what is this whole process, to clear it with an example: It is much like that you have to act as a Pilot and have to take off an Aeroplane all by your own (but with the guidance of Senior Pilots), sounds exiting right?, but did I tell u before that you have no idea which plane you are about to fly, you might not have any practical flying experience before this day though you have studied all about flying.
Connecting this example with reality makes the "Plane" the topic of your thesis (project), that you will be offered by the company (some time you know topic before applying, some time you don't). In my case, our class profile (a short profile of all MBA students) was send to this company and they (company) showed interest in my profile and asked me to apply with all my documents. I was applying in Marketing and Sales department is what I only knew, the topic not. Similarly I had no prior experience in Marketing and Sales similar to an educated but practically untrained Pilot, but certainly interested in flying (learning the practical side of Marketing and Sales).
I was actually preparing for a presentation in school soon to realise that my phone was ringing, an unknown landline number which could be of some company. I  said  "hello" to hear back "Guten Tag Herr Madan", I knew immediately that slightest of fumble on this telephonic interview will remove Guten from that wish and an empty Tag is what I’ll be carrying back home. Much to my please, I was talking to the manager (one of the senior pilot) under whom I was about to learn flying (doing project), interview went smoothly with some questions about my background and skills. "German language was not tested". Don't believe me, well its better not to believe and train oneself the best one can in speaking German as everybody cannot be as lucky as I was, though my spoken German was good enough.
Attending personal interview, clearing it, signing contract and finally landing on the first day in office with a task in hand to focus 6-8 months on one topic and generate some value from this project and not just mechanically completing it. Banking on the support from a University Prof. (first supervisor) and the company supervisor, I was well on the way to a new and a very challenging journey. For the first one to two months I kept on asking myself, that understanding the functionality of this particular plane (project) is a project in itself, how will I be able to take this Plane in the air (value generation) in the given six months. Soon the fog of worries faded away with time, much to the credit of the guidance of my supervisors who suggested books and other research. In the 3-4 months, I saw lot of information and deadline reminders in the forum of our alumni website about the Corporate Project Report (in which one needs to explain the analysis of the "problem  part" of M.T in detail).
A feeling of satisfaction, when Prof. liked the structure (table of contents) of my Corporate Project Report, and a feeling of “My god, more work” is what I am sure I said many times and quite obviously why. Time flew, and soon I saw the deadline of the submission of the M.T coming closer to me at the speed faster than I.C.E (Fastest Train in Germany). Finally I accepted stress as the cost for getting an MBA, writing thesis at home after the tiring 7.5 hours job at office was far away from amusing. The day of my final presentation and of M.T submission came. Just before my presentation, I consumed a chocolate and a coffee to keep my sugar level higher and consequently lesser the stress level, which worked perfectly for me (an advice for you all as well - soft doping).
The project was successfully completed and has generated lot of value for the company. This internship in German company has come as a bundle of positive experiences. To end this, I come from India where Bollywood Movies mostly ends on a happy "Note", this happened with me too as I also got  the best "Note" (Grades in German Universities are called "Note") on my M.T which made me and my family very proud and happy.
I have seen a “sky rocket” change in my personality in the last 18 months of my study in Hochschule Esslingen (The oldest German University offering MBA Program in English). The decision, I will love to make again.




Sunday, January 17, 2010

मज़ा ही कुछ और है

सभी साधू संतों को जय राम जी की, आज में अपनी ज़िन्दगी की पहली और शायद आखिरी कविता लिखने कीकोशिश करा रहा हूँ !!
इस कविता का शीर्षक है "मज़ा ही कुछ और है ", जिसे हम कुछ खास पालो को सम्भोदित करते हुये कहते हैं

कविता का आनंद उठाएं और पसंद आने पे
आईला कह के तहाके लगाये !!!!

पड़ोस की सुन्दर लड़की की बालकोनी पे नज़रे गड़ाने का,
उसके भाई को ......"कुत्ता है साला" .....बुलाने का",
अपनी bike में सिर्फ 10 रुपए का तेल डालने का,
और तेल ख़तम होने पे bike झुका झुका के भगाने का .......
मज़ा ही कुछ और है,


यारो,..... स्कूल के मास्टर से... कोअचिंग पढ़, ज्यादा नंबर पाने का,
और दोस्तों को ........नंबर बड़ी मेहनत से कमाए है... यह बताने का,
अपने register के आखिर पन्ने पे........ हज्ज़रो बार अपना नाम चडाने का,
और एक ही register को हर subject की कापी बनाने का.........
मज़ा ही कुछ और है,


क्लास की सबसे सुंदर कन्या को अपने पास बेह्थाने का,
उसके.......... घटिया चुटकुलों पे........... जोर जोर से टहाके लगाने का,
और उसे ........... अपने दोस्तों की .......गन्दी नजरो...... से बचाने का ...
.मज़ा ही कुछ और है

दोस्तों इसी तरह
Police को ..............मामू बुलाने का,
घर वालो ko ..मामू.............. बनाने का
भीगी बारिश में........... भुट्टा खाने का,
समोसे में ...................एक्स्ट्रा चटनी डलवाने का....
होमेवोर्क को क्लास में निपटाने का
और इंग्लिश मीडियम school में......मास्टर जी बुलाने का........
.मज़ा ही कुछ और है

मुझे यह बताने का.......... की आपने
आईला कित्ने बार कहा, अगर नहीं,
तो
मुझे ...चल ..माई ला.. कहने का ..क्या मज़ा कुछ और नहीं है ???

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Skooli Ladke (boys from school days) Part 1


Ola, Dhaniya Mirchi is back, with some freshly cooked stuff but the ingridients are back from school days. We all have been to ISKOOL (school), but for us, it is not important to go to Iskool or Uskool (another school), but what important is to study in one school with good friends of society. As a child who is not naughty? some more some less, but in general, boys are naughtier than girls. May be girls save their naughtiness till they turn "Sweet 16".


I thought of collecting back some memories of how my school life was along with my friends, what we did, where we had fun and so on.......

Feeling of going to school for small children was, is and always will be a big pain. At the tender age of 4-5 years, when they cannot even pronounce their name properly, they are forced to mug up ABCD, 123 etc ( chalo yeh toh bhala ho Tezaab film ke 1234.......12 13 gaane ka, jisse bache ginte jaldi sikh jate hain nahi toh bechare kitne bacho ki naniya roj marti hain). For children life only starts at home in the evening with POGO TV and ends at cartoon network. For Parents, programs of pogo have almost become such a big negotiating tool, that they kinda blackmail their children. Poor kids (of them who are obidient) have to do all homework, drink milk to see their favorite programs on TV. 

But some kids like me always have a very aggressive poilicy of "no negotiation" - they (children) clearly warn parents by saying "let me - watch my favorite program and eat choclates or else I will shout and cry. Ultimatelely resulting to compromise from parents side as they know, if these kids will cry, the neigbours will start appreciating and respecting their work and offices. (and some of them "young couples" will start discussing the pros and cons of having a baby).

Anyways, kids doesnt know any sort of pressure - be it of life, or be it natural pressure (thats why there mother keeps on changing nappies). They are like water or freeling flowing iodized Namak (salt).

As they grow further, they tend to accept the fact that going to school will not be avoidable anymore, as by now all their excuses to stay back home have expired. Thats when they take the bold step to take on 1 on 1 with "Teachers" and create fun in school. Exams and Funeral always sounded similar to me same as progress report and post mortem report.  I realised I was now in class 7th.
To be cont....