"MY NAME IS NOT KHAN"

Yes, my name is not Khan.Still when I was watching this movie today evening,tears started rolling down my eyes(there was a traffic jam,lots of tears on my small cheek).No no, don't worry, Its a common thing.It usually happens with me(very emotional), two days back I started crying while watching the movie DASVIDANIA(THE BEST GOOD BYE EVER).
You all might believe movies are not reality,but we can learn a lot from movies and these movies give us a lot of confidence.Yes I agree things are exaggerated but we can do our part at least.

When a muslim never forgets to offer Namaz, why we are not that committed to our timings to offer prayers,visit holy places.

In one scene Shah rukh says- "Namaz jagah aur logon se nahi, neeyat se padhi jaati hai".
In another scene he says - "khuda ki raah mohabbat ki raah hai, dehshat aur jang ki nahi".

In the movie Kurbaan, the person who helps the terrorist to get on the plane with a bomb was an American Christian.Vivek Oberoi, a muslim helps FBI to save poeple.

In the movie New York, Neel Nitin Mukesh again a muslim helps FBI to stop John Abraham from Exploding the building.

These are all movies, but we have real life example of honorable Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. I need not explain his contribution towards India.

In the mean while my friend Akhil, who was watching the movie with me,slept away to glory and when I said, should I reduce the volume or put off the lights, he says no matter how loud it may be, I can sleep comfortably.

In yet another scene, Shah rukh went to save the African people in America in the flooded areas, whom the government has forgotten. The newly elected president being Barack Obama.

Another learning is about promise.Shah rukh's mother in the movie says -
Khan never break their promise.
Amitabh Bacchan in the movie khuda Gawah says - Pathan ka baccha, apni jaan de dega lekin apni zubaan se nahi mukrega.

So, Shah rukh fough regularly to meet the American president to say -
"My Name is Khan and I am not a terrorist".

I am not supporting or promoting Islam, neither I am with the Christians or Israilians.
But, without offending any one I disagree to the statement -
"ALL MUSLIMS ARE NOT TERRORISTS BUT ALL TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIMS".
We can't judge people by their caste,religion or region.(within India we fight - North Indian, South Indian etc.)

I am unable to express lots of things, which I felt while watching it, not only related to Islam, but to humanity and our day to day life, how we can achieve what we decide.

We need to be true to ourselves, no one else.
I am open to any kind of suggestions, discussions etc.Please write your opinions in comments or you can directly mail me - neerajm.isme10@gmail.com

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

In the era of ultrasonic speed where all of us are short of time, the best thing we rely on is Crisis Management(CM)*. So,I need not define it.What i would like to do here is share my experience in recent times and request you all to share your own experience and give comments on mine.

So, be ready to hear my experience(You all might be thinking why to read the experience of this guy, but let me warn you all, few years down the line big Magazines,Newspapers and TV channels will share with you my experience, If they are able to get an appointment to interview me).

I received a call from IPE Hyderabad regarding my teams selection in a case study of Promotion of DOVE in rural India (TARANG, Marketing event) and we had to present our approach with a 25 - 40 pages report,Power Point Presentation and compete for other 3 rounds making it a 4 rounds event.
1st round - Presentation, which was scheduled for 30 min but the judge from Microsft changed it to 15 min and we,the team which were informed the last were asked to present the first.
Again CM* on the spot,we increased the speed of delivery,my colleague Vikas and I presented in given time.(This presentation we have prepared at the venue, in just 1 hr 15 min sitting in our luxurious room while on the other hand the event was being inaugurated).

Other rounds were scheduled next day for which we had to prepare an Ad and Poster of the same.

2nd round - Negotiatte - As i haven't attended Prof. Nitin Garg's class of BATNA (which is very famous amongst all Ismeians), i was a bit less confident.Being a Sindhi,I have it in my blood or genes or DNA/CNA/BNA/ANA, whatever you call it,we are the best in this trade.
We were the only team to fianlize the deal and all other 3 teams couldn't.(Sindhi Effect).

3rd round - Quiz - It took place in the auditorium and here mismanagement came into play- someone else has designed the quiz and other one was conducting it, with a wrong answer key.The height of mismanagement was that their scorer moved out and there was nobody to take care of it.

4th round - Ad and Poster - 2 other team which were informed well in advance and were equipped with resources arrived in the campus at 9.00 am with all things completed. We guys (Me, Vikas - Team 1 n Nirmit, Puneet - Team 2 woke up at 9.30 am,went to have breakfast and then started working on the Ads).
Finally the Ads both the teams prepared, was the original once and we scored the highest in this round.Others two teams just copied videos from net, mixed and displayed.

The final Result -
A team from ICFAI Hyderabad won 1st prize and our friend Nirmit n Puneet got 2nd prize.We stood 3 rd,very close to 2nd rankers score.
To view the photos of IPE visit the link - photo dikhao.

The thing was that we prepared everything at the end.It was not that we were not serious but we kept on brain stroming and spent alot time on that rather than the execution part, which could have made our efforts more brighter.

Another experience was with two of my friends Prasan and Satya. Here we were well informed about the deadline of the event Directors Cut - a Video Ad competition in SIOM Nasik(Symbiosis). We had to prepare a video, advertising any unbranded product and mail it by 11.00 pm on 22 Jan 10.Due to the pressure to of presentations and assignments we were not getting time to work on it.But we got the concept 2 days in advance.Then we were looking for good quality camera and software to prepare the video.Leaving the high priority things,we were madly looking for software's, even we found few on the net but none of them helped.Prasan bought a camera 8 mega pixel, 10 x zoom but battery discharged and charger not working.It was 6 pm and were left with only 5 hours when we purchased the charger.

Then we again moved out in the market for looking for the most important object - our product i.e a Zip.I tried to bargain with a tailor and the kind of attitude and behavior he showed,I would surely think twice while bargaining for the next time, you guys be better careful while bargaining to these small people, not all but few of them can insult you very badly.

Then we started working on videos, downloading from the Baap or Dada of videos YOU TUBE.
Then as the rule we all need to feature in the video,we three characters unshaved, not even properly combed our hairs and stood in front of the camera to become celebrities to endorse our own brand - ZAPPERS ZIP.
But the problem which persisted was to cut the software.But why to worry when Bhayankar Oh! sorry Shubhanker is on the 4 th floor.No matter how arrogant,rude he may be for others, for his friends who do not come to him only for help,he is a very good guy(Hindi wala guy bhi chalega bus ye guy gali bahut deti hai).
He was suffering from fever, yet at my one call he came all the way from 4th floor to 1st floor (Without lift which we don't have in our Hostel).He did all the technical part and some additional from his side to make the video better.
Finally the video was prepared and mailed as an enrty for the competition at 11.42 pm (Hum hindustani,, Hum hindustani,, parampara kaise tod dein. Jab teacher assignment mail karne ka time deten hain 8.00 pm, uske baad to mail shuru hote hain aur chalte hain 4.oo am tak.. to ye to external event hai,).

Learning - We find great pleasure in calling ourselves "CRISIS MANAGERS" but if we start well in advance,we could deliver better result for sure.

Finally I would like to conclude my experience here not because you all must be bored, i am sure u are finding it very interesting but its 2.40 am and my roomy Deepak is taking Long long Snores and as tomorrow is Saturday -my favorite breakfast is served - SAMOSA. So, i really don't want to miss them, i got to go Bye Bye........................Fir milenge Likhte Likhte.

LEADING THE WAY

We always talk about the 1st movers advantage.We talk about the rewards and recognition individuals get, who take initiatives.Also huge benefits that companies get by implementing new concepts and ideas.

The other side of the fence is always green.

What about the obstacles on the way.We are least concerned about the hurdles they need to jump upon or rather remove permanently.In both the cases they make it easier for the follower - 

1- In case they jump upon, the follower knows what should be the ideal height and timing for the perfect jump to cross the hurdle. (apply projective motion)

2 - In case they remove the hurdle, its just a cake walk for the followers.

So, we can think that being a follower or being a part of the mob is much safer job, but there is no free lunch (not even lunch or dinner).There is always a trade off.Higher the risk, higher the return and vice-a-versa.

Though its a tough task, but once you succeed, you have a zeal to build such a road that people are bound to follow(Even its not the safest one). Its difficult to be always correct, but if you have the confidence that you have given your full effort, let me remind you its time of percentile not percentage.You would be scored 100 and others would be assessed or evaluated in accordance to your performance. Also at times people would surpass you, and others would question about your preparation and performance. Take it as a challenge.It will give you the energy to work harder and deliver far from your own expectation.

In due course of time you may feel yourself far ahead, lonely and facing tough times, but its a part and parcel of life.You need to take it with a packet or even a sac of salt.(A pinch of salt wont do.Prefer Tata Salt, Desh ka namak).Take few sacs of sugar, make a syrup of salt, sugar and water.Have it in one go, which will rejuvenate you and you again start sprinting like USAIN BOLT(naam to suna hi hoga).

Its just that in life you rely on different shoulder.So,render your shoulder to even those who haven't helped you and you don't expect anything from them in future, because people would have helped you irrespective of whether they have received anything from you or not.  

YOUR RESPECT IN YOUR OWN HANDS

The most valuable thing which is also most vulnerable thing, and it would be wrong to call it a material thing but an asset is Self Respect.To earn respect is difficult, but to maintain that respect is like tracing the path of Fish in water.
The most easy way to loose respect is to speak very frequently without giving second thought.And the easiest way to earn respect is to remain calm and composed and speak only when required.You might think this is wrong in today's context.Yes, In some cases like a classroom, group discussion etc. you need to be interactive and grab the opportunity, but in personal, professional and social life people who speak less are valued the most.
We often find people around us talking like a chatter box, joking, making fun of others and we often try to resemble these people as they are considered as the COOL GUYS.Introspect yourself and find out, are you the same kind of person.
Never give another person a chance to hurt you, distress you or make you feel ashamed.
Abstain from people who give blunt remarks, sarcastic comments as those people will always make your moral down and even can spoil your mood if you are an emotional and sentimental person.

THE GOLDEN THUMB RULE IS IS BE PROMPT AND PRECISE IN YOUR WORDS AND DO NOT COPY OTHERS. (BE YOURSELF)
IF YOU ARE A LOQUACIOUS KIND OF PERSON, HAVE THE COURAGE TO FACE ANY KIND OF COMMENTS AND ALWAYS LEARN A LESSON FROM IT.

ANSWER YOURSELF

We need to answer ourselves about our activities.We can give manipulated answers or even we can skip answering the questions of our parents, friends, colleague, or even our spouse but its a mandate to answer our mirror image.
We do many activities which we think, we should not but we tend to have an immediate excuse -

• Others are doing it, why shouldn't I.
• If I wont do it, others will do it.

If we successfully restrict our self of doing activities which we think are not correct, our mirror image will be smiling towards us with confidence.
In the other case we wont be ready to visualize the image, as we our self know, the image would be melting, structure less and vague.
Most of the time we say, who is going to ask others a question.To those people who fill their plates in excess of what they can have, simply because if the stock gets over they wont get a second chance to refill the plate, often wasting more than what they consumed and rendering others on starvation.

We should always try to do things for which we could face our self.If we start from small things such as throwing wastes only in dustbin, serving limited in our plates (any number of times), following rules (even if others break it), try avoiding for asking a glass of water unless its urgent etc, we could see our image growing pleasant in an exponential fashion.

3 P's OF ATTITUDE

The word attitude itself is of immense importance in every bodies life. Now 3 P's are attached to it. What are these 3 P's ? Purchase Price Parity or Public Private Partnership. NO it stands for Positive, Professional and Perfect.

Positive Attitude - In real means, nothing is negative.Positive is all Pervasive.So our attitude towards everything should be positive.We all know the importance of positivity, but few of us take the advantage.If we show positive attitude in a situation, the resultant is such that it enables us to abide to positivity.Things start working in our favour, sooner or later and we feel happy and rejoiced.

Professional Attitude - Its not only an essence for those working in an organization.Its a must for everyone to claim a right on what we aspire for. We achieve it or not depends on various factors but our most important contribution is a professional approach towards our goal. Professionalism internally contains Punctuality(These days JIT is often used, just is Ok but In time is a must ) and Priority (Priorities the Current Objectives, Take decision and follow it without giving a second thought ).

Perfect Attitude - This is an area where we have two types of people:

1. These people perform single or few task at a time, but the execution is near to perfect.

2. These people perform many task together, with an average level of performance. (Jack of All, Master Of None)  

Today Multitasking with Perfect Execution is required. And as the adage goes " Nobody is Perfect"  so, we need to become nobody.

PROMISES MADE ARE PRECIOUS,BE SURE AND THEN ASSURE

We often assure our friends to go for a hangout, help in a project/assignment, help in studies, share our special skill sets, and lots more.Its very easy to give an commitment and equally difficult to stick to words.Most of the time we find some other work to be done at the same time, ultimately we priorities. The worst part is that unintentionally we end up in not just breaking their hearts but Crushing it in grinder (playing soft Diplomacy - I am extremely sorry dear/its always next time etc). Feel about the other person mental anxiety which you have turned in to depression(both physical and mental). The poor chap is abstained from something he/she was relishing in advance having confident in your words. Put yourself not in their shoes, but in their soul. I am sure if you are able to do so, one of the two outcomes will definitely happen -

1. Amount of seriousness involved in a commitment will grow in geometric progression.
2. Each one of us would make any number of adjustments to stick to our words.

This is because we will understand the feeling other person would have, if we do not adhere to our words. We just say, sorry friend i am busy, i have some other important work and many more.(There are two types of excuses - The hackneyed once called as Local Bahana. Others are the exclusive ones called as Imported Bahan.)

Each one of us would have been on both sides of the court. Play this game as a single player (i.e commit yourself a treat on fulfillment of task and after achieving that task, say its not a big one/next task is awaiting etc. - its very likely that you loose the spirit of performance).

Hitting a Smash would be difficult for you.