Tuesday, March 31, 2009

what is bad about Sanjay Dutta?

Todays newspaper featured a news article that Sanjay's ( Mr. Sanjay Dutt ) cavalcade was pelted by students when he visited Lukhnow University. It also quoted that Prof was given show cause notice about why he invited Sanjay since politicians are banned in the Universities. My question is, why so? Are educated people less political or because they are politically more correct? Aren't University people voting every election?
Extreme political inclination ( In bad meaning) of highly educated people can be explained by examples.
For instance, my company's ( TCS's) ( i am editing it today 3rd April 2009) decision to cut the variable pay last year was to be announced by HR Head on company portal. On portal Homepage, news-headline came with HR heads SMILING photograph alongside it. I did saw it but thought nothing bad or objectionable about it. But when i visited companywide Q&A platform ( Anothrer portal called JustAsk where employee asks question and all other associates answer in real time) I happened to read somebody asking about noticing change in Photograph from SMILING to SERIOUS gesture. I immediately browsed back the news on portal and true to the question photograph was changed with current photo showing serious visage of same person.
Later I tried to access that question to read how associates have reacted and i could not find it on JustAsk.

What I infer from all this is that Mr. A*** M******* ( HR Head) wanted to show that he is emphathised with associates in bad times and in times of good news he posted smiling photographs gulping all credit ( This happened later when variable allownce was announced).

Coming to Politics however, we unnecessarily crib about overt posters of political leaders raised in city with pure intentions. Having said that we crib, I would like to point out that political leaders' B'day posters too are not acceptable if they are hiding RTO signs and directions meant for common people.

All this hiding game of HR when everybody knew of corporate decision owing to current industrial scenario. This all got refurbished in my memory when these mercenaries had to pronounce one more change and make it formal - the decision to extend working hrs from 8 to 9 each day starting April'09 and I saw that serious photo again. I still have a question, What about ppl who already work for more than 10 hrs?

nways, this is still going on and will go forever but we can hope some day Politicians will enter Universities without any descrimination. Jai Ho!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

GudiPadwa



What a gr8 tradition and enthusiasm! While i was on my way to Office i saw in the valley that all the houses were sporting Gudis from early morning, including huts of Nomadic people along the highway. It was very pleasant and serene to see new clothes, shining steel vessels atop a hight stick and trying to pronounce something serene, something rich.