mera gaon mera desh...aur main

Got a chance to spend my summers at JAIPUR while doing my internship , but the heat was so scorching that limited my enjoyment. I am doing lot of field work rather I am made to do a lot of field work. Don’t get amused if you find me at any retailer where you land for buying a cold drink and the hand that offers you one is mine. As my most of friends says.....about my profile here at coke, which is sales and distribution, looking after new product launch.... COKE LELO COKE LELO.....ya fir EK COKE DENA plzzzz....
There are lot many things happening which is keeping me busy, or in fact a better word would be i am trying to keep myself busy in, not only me, in fact, lot many people thinking about the new development. Few of them could be expressed but most of them would require a strong point of view and you need to think with me whether I am going on the right track or not. But this blog is just a reminiscence of the few events that took place which are in news and in day to day talks.
To start with, the most awaited IPL... which was supposed to be starting in INDIA, and I was amongst the most excited ones, being a resident of Jaipur where the IPL tournament was supposed to kick start. Then came, the drama of security(elections) which led to the entire event being shifted to SOUTH AFRICA, for which I am really confused till now, with the choice of venue. Matches played in the condition where there could be rainfall anytime, and god only knows how there could be anyplace be terror proof.
Nevertheless, i am really impressed by the new profit making idea, the STRATEGIC TIME OUT. A simple idea but really thought provoking. I don’t think anyone has really thought about how much money they are minting by this small change.
The other one, the most impressive --- the ZOO-ZOO----, the new Vodafone avatar, which overtook, the brand ambassador, the cute dog..u and me..in this beautful world. The best part was that the entire series of ads were acted by small kids, who wore wrinkle free dresses, and it is hard to guessthat they arn't animations.
Really impressive series...!!!
Next, the elections, the best thing to watch out in a democracy. But to our agony, if we look at the participation, it was just less than 58%. But again, we are unfortunate, I am just thinking about the percentage voting we elect our government which will decide our lives for next 5 years. I see a simple logic, say a party gathers 200 seats out of 540, all figures are rounded off, so it makes it to, 37% of the total seats. And if 58 % of people have voted, then mathematics says, the total number of people who decide in selection of government is 37% of 58% which is 21.5%. If somebody disagrees with me, i would surely want to know your point of view.
So 21% people decide the fate of thelargest democracy in the world. Quite amazing na...hehe..me too amused.
Forth story should undoubtedly be for recession, because i feel, it came at the right time when we, my fellow batch mates had started bundling up the ideas for their new journey after MBA. We always thought that MBA from a college of good repute means a lot, a lot either would be a summers internship from college with a handsome stipend or a company with good profile or at last a big brand name, getting all would be dream come true, which is even a reverie for best colleges of the country, hence the truth, all our fancy dreams were shattered. I ma talking about the internship and not job because we have just completed 1 year and now, at this stage internship was important not job. But the most shocking decision which amused me was students who opted for marketing instead of their liking and taste, only to get a job. I don’t know what is right at this moment, but yes, they just don’t want to lose a chance to lose a job. Heard a lot about DAY 0 at B-Schools, but it became dream to watch it happen for most of the b-schools including mine. I feel fortunate that i got an opportunity to work for a big brand COCA COLA with loads of learning’s. But i feel bad for my friends who are struggling to find topic for their projects just because they need to show it at the college because the big banks and investment firms are also not able to make a good use of a MBA student. Some selling mutual funds, some just reinventing the wheel by reading the old documents in the company and thus ending by finding out ways to make it more presentable. HATS OFF to great MBA story.
I see all things falling be it SENSEX or devaluation of Rupee, real estate prices, and the other things rising were inflation, corruption, rallies, terrorism, blasts and many more things.
I small incident happened few days back, when, just before election , we are issued voter ID cards, we have a system in which the parties and concerned people come and give the card at our home. I was amazed, those people came to my home thrice for giving my mother’s Voter ID card, which had every time some changes, like for eg. Sometimes, different address, different photo or different husband name. My mother didn’t accepted the other ones and asked for her original one which she received and asked them to destroy the other ones, but that brought the clear picture of the entire election scene and BOGUS voting that takes place here. I said before 21 % people voted but now i must say it would be much lesser. JAI HOOOOOOOO.
As against all odds, I must say there exists humanity. About 40 days back i got an opportunity to be a part of eye donation. Let me narrate the whole story. I went to my maternal uncle at a place NEEMUCH in M.P., where in i got to know from my mama, that there has been a death in a village nearby, and he wanted, being lions president somebody to accompany the doctor and one member from LIONS club, who could go and convince the family member to donate the eye of the dead person. It was 1 in night, when we started for our journey, we were there at 2 am, the entire scene was mournful and came to know that there was some sudden burst of the nerve in the brain which lead to the death, and was shocked to know that girl was just 19 years old. We convinced the males, girl’s father for the same, since normally females couldn't be approached and they were already crying and howling at that point of time. Within 5 minutes the entire room was vacated, and there were we four people in the room, doctor, compounder, me and the dead body. It was within 10 minutes that both the eyes were taken and a certificate of appreciation as token of respect was given to girl’s father. I sincerely felt honoured to be part of such noble cause, and respect the whole lot of people who give away a body part for donation in a culture where any kind of piercing and cutting of body after that is considered a bad omen. The eyes could be used within 48 hrs and should be taken out within 6 hrs of death.
After that day, I feel irrespective of all ifs and buts, there are something that INDIA has, rather we INDIANS have, so we should respect for what we are but the onus lies on us to make our country a better place to live in, so my urge would be, be it elections or a mass campaign against someone or something, be sensible, without throbbing the sentiments and the property. SO one day, we all could say with are head held high....JAI HO!!