An urge is buried in my heart,
that rankles me, vie with me...
O world! Such is the pain..
Please! Die with me..
She went away, far away..
I had always have her be..
But one wish does a Love have..
To shame the love in her eye..
But clever she never looked at me..
My insulted eye..Cry with me.
This sharp memory would crush me..
with pikes and pricks of old love..
Like a jilted belle, it hovers in head..
no place to hide but by being dead..
A world full of shrewd Love..
ought not to sully the Loves..
Sob! Sob! and lie with me...
Thou lovely traitor-ed...
Smile! Die with me.
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Monday 7 May 2012
"Some vivid pre-cognitive predictions about Indian IT that went wrong."
The recent figures of BPO segment's revenues at 15 billion U.S dollars seems to have shaken up the rhetoric of certain masters in the similar business. Just an year ago, there were many who had been predicting that Indian IT would suffer a lot and BPO segment would face a bolt from the changing attitude of cash provider--the 'honorable' West.
To be fair, there were many signs about the possible plummeting of the ITES and BPO sector. The reasons being the increasing prices to maintain and manage operations in India, availability of alternate options in the form of Pakistan, China, Bangladesh and of course Philippines and Vietnam. There were talks about discussions factoring in the rising rupee which was making India less attractive. For example: if an Indian manager was to be paid Rs. 30k (750 US dollars) the companies could pay the same amount of Pakistani Rs. 30k (350 US dollars approx)--and I hope you got the drift. Also, the fall was substantiated by certain companies actually taking their call centers off India because of price for operations.
I believe that there are several possible reasons of the busting of all those predictions. One that is obvious is the more companies who had been out-sourcing their operations which could have led to increase of revenues.( The BPO segment revenues had been about U.S dollars 14 billion in 2010-2011.) There has been a flux of new names who had chosen India to outsource their service work. This can also be understood form the basic demand-supply analysis as was clear from the notion of ITES companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro who had consistently hired new students fresh from college. Had there been no demand for new recruits, the companies would have reflected in their HR reports.
Then the important factor is Indian companies realizing the importance of competitive advantage over other budding nations in IT department. The Indian IT companies have added new features in their offerings bettering their cost attributes and also building upon marketing their services to the First World in a brilliant way. Nandan Nilekani has always stressed that we also need to market our offerings and that merely sitting like geek-ducks won't serve the future growth curves. Efficiencies on all levels and at all scales possible has been the grappling point for Indian ITES and they have done tremendously well.
This--because the IT soothsayers too have a job of a kind--would make the fellows who like to predict to do so in a way as to factor in these two crucial things. Anyways, Indian entrepreneurs and managers who are hands-on on IT tasks all the time are quite sanguine that the growth would continue if the global economic trend continues in the bad shape. (Joke in IT sections is for those who had move out and are to begin again with raised wages and other fixed costs.)
I would certainly say that the companies who are outsourcing are not to find the talent similar in scope and scale as in India anywhere else. Government, knowing that the biggest absorber of new graduates is IT sector have openly showed eagerness to dole out special incentives to such companies even in SEZs, free import of goods and services, excise CST and tax exemptions. It would be a shame, though, for the government to adopt this monolithic approach and not work for making other sectors--esp the farming, manufacturing, textiles--alluring for new investments.
To be fair, there were many signs about the possible plummeting of the ITES and BPO sector. The reasons being the increasing prices to maintain and manage operations in India, availability of alternate options in the form of Pakistan, China, Bangladesh and of course Philippines and Vietnam. There were talks about discussions factoring in the rising rupee which was making India less attractive. For example: if an Indian manager was to be paid Rs. 30k (750 US dollars) the companies could pay the same amount of Pakistani Rs. 30k (350 US dollars approx)--and I hope you got the drift. Also, the fall was substantiated by certain companies actually taking their call centers off India because of price for operations.
I believe that there are several possible reasons of the busting of all those predictions. One that is obvious is the more companies who had been out-sourcing their operations which could have led to increase of revenues.( The BPO segment revenues had been about U.S dollars 14 billion in 2010-2011.) There has been a flux of new names who had chosen India to outsource their service work. This can also be understood form the basic demand-supply analysis as was clear from the notion of ITES companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro who had consistently hired new students fresh from college. Had there been no demand for new recruits, the companies would have reflected in their HR reports.
Then the important factor is Indian companies realizing the importance of competitive advantage over other budding nations in IT department. The Indian IT companies have added new features in their offerings bettering their cost attributes and also building upon marketing their services to the First World in a brilliant way. Nandan Nilekani has always stressed that we also need to market our offerings and that merely sitting like geek-ducks won't serve the future growth curves. Efficiencies on all levels and at all scales possible has been the grappling point for Indian ITES and they have done tremendously well.
This--because the IT soothsayers too have a job of a kind--would make the fellows who like to predict to do so in a way as to factor in these two crucial things. Anyways, Indian entrepreneurs and managers who are hands-on on IT tasks all the time are quite sanguine that the growth would continue if the global economic trend continues in the bad shape. (Joke in IT sections is for those who had move out and are to begin again with raised wages and other fixed costs.)
I would certainly say that the companies who are outsourcing are not to find the talent similar in scope and scale as in India anywhere else. Government, knowing that the biggest absorber of new graduates is IT sector have openly showed eagerness to dole out special incentives to such companies even in SEZs, free import of goods and services, excise CST and tax exemptions. It would be a shame, though, for the government to adopt this monolithic approach and not work for making other sectors--esp the farming, manufacturing, textiles--alluring for new investments.
"Going down the way of little 'unities' "
One of my little repines has been to hate the guy who once said "unity is strength." Not because it never turned out to be true but because there wasn't a thing he said which he should have, about the context behind that. So, we have--were we to talk only about India-- this mired purlieu where we have several little 'unities' that is destructuring India in worst possible way possible. The little unties of Dalits, Brahmins, Schedules Tribes, Ramghadias, Mazhabis and the list is as long as the cantankerous guts might allow.
These are still unties because they are untied--by faith, or by down-troddenness, lack of opportunities, discrimination etc etc. They have got a cause to unite and be a voice. It is often said that a voice can only be as strong as the cause it might be talking about. No doubt, we had the largest single united voice for the cause of Independence. In fact, it is a shame for us that what was the expected beginning for a new era of blooming generations was actually considered a terminal moment for the repressive, colonial past. So exalted we felt because of an achievement of large scale that we never realized, first-the importance of factors that led to that cause namely our courage, commitment and resolution working for the assimilation of a untied front against British; second, we didn't realize how important it was to stay united and continue with our work towards a prosperous India and not failing to do so by choosing instead to break down UNITY into several insignificant fooled version of little and pathetic unities and that VOICE was hewn and mangled at the chopping board of our wretched bias, prejudice and self-importance to be rendered as pieces of little 'voices.'
These voices are mere cries and whinnies now. They can't be substantiated on anything and would very soon fail to have even a convincing push-point on anything. We have been witnessing such things as these voices still get more and more narrow, with no mentors and sincere leadership. Individuals are expected to give shape to societies so that it can be a tool to build communities and administration forces to run the country. Sadly but, we have seen a terrible collapse of society into individualism in its worst form in which it ridicules itself by weltering in self-importance, arbitrariness, sham self-interest, frindlilessness, pettiness, and me-mine-myown wretchedness. And aah! the dire need to compare ourselves--sometimes with modernistic trends of west, soemtimes going back into medieval times of Guptas, Budhas--and never in the showcase of attempt to be ourselves, Indians who can take pride in collegiality and sharing and camaraderie and sympathy for each other.
These are still unties because they are untied--by faith, or by down-troddenness, lack of opportunities, discrimination etc etc. They have got a cause to unite and be a voice. It is often said that a voice can only be as strong as the cause it might be talking about. No doubt, we had the largest single united voice for the cause of Independence. In fact, it is a shame for us that what was the expected beginning for a new era of blooming generations was actually considered a terminal moment for the repressive, colonial past. So exalted we felt because of an achievement of large scale that we never realized, first-the importance of factors that led to that cause namely our courage, commitment and resolution working for the assimilation of a untied front against British; second, we didn't realize how important it was to stay united and continue with our work towards a prosperous India and not failing to do so by choosing instead to break down UNITY into several insignificant fooled version of little and pathetic unities and that VOICE was hewn and mangled at the chopping board of our wretched bias, prejudice and self-importance to be rendered as pieces of little 'voices.'
These voices are mere cries and whinnies now. They can't be substantiated on anything and would very soon fail to have even a convincing push-point on anything. We have been witnessing such things as these voices still get more and more narrow, with no mentors and sincere leadership. Individuals are expected to give shape to societies so that it can be a tool to build communities and administration forces to run the country. Sadly but, we have seen a terrible collapse of society into individualism in its worst form in which it ridicules itself by weltering in self-importance, arbitrariness, sham self-interest, frindlilessness, pettiness, and me-mine-myown wretchedness. And aah! the dire need to compare ourselves--sometimes with modernistic trends of west, soemtimes going back into medieval times of Guptas, Budhas--and never in the showcase of attempt to be ourselves, Indians who can take pride in collegiality and sharing and camaraderie and sympathy for each other.
Saturday 5 May 2012
" .... "
"Kuch lamhe zindagi ke ...
kisi benaam kavita jaise hote hai.
na to naam le pate hai koi..
na kabhi yaadon se ja pate hai...."
" Ik chota sa hi to safar hai zindagi..
kat jayegi...kat jayegi...
mitti se mast hai teri hasti mauji..
mit jayegi...mit jayegi.."
" sahare ki aas par ik farmaan hai..
sun lena, yad rakhna..
ke mushkil me koi akela nhi hota..
besahare ko besahare ka sahara...
kisi bhi sahare se kam nhi hota.."
" aj dhool c lagi hai ankhon par..
raah hai jo muh dekh rha mera..
chalna mujhe hai par nazar saaf nhi..
rasta na ho ye akhri safar mera.."
" khair chalna hai to chalna hai..
raston se bhi kyi rishte hote hai..
pag-dandi ik bhi na ho par kuch raste..
kisi benaam kavita jaise hote hai..
na manzil ko taraste hai..
na kabhi 'naam' ko rote hai.."
kisi benaam kavita jaise hote hai.
na to naam le pate hai koi..
na kabhi yaadon se ja pate hai...."
" Ik chota sa hi to safar hai zindagi..
kat jayegi...kat jayegi...
mitti se mast hai teri hasti mauji..
mit jayegi...mit jayegi.."
" sahare ki aas par ik farmaan hai..
sun lena, yad rakhna..
ke mushkil me koi akela nhi hota..
besahare ko besahare ka sahara...
kisi bhi sahare se kam nhi hota.."
" aj dhool c lagi hai ankhon par..
raah hai jo muh dekh rha mera..
chalna mujhe hai par nazar saaf nhi..
rasta na ho ye akhri safar mera.."
" khair chalna hai to chalna hai..
raston se bhi kyi rishte hote hai..
pag-dandi ik bhi na ho par kuch raste..
kisi benaam kavita jaise hote hai..
na manzil ko taraste hai..
na kabhi 'naam' ko rote hai.."
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