Rubaru!

These are troubled times. The stock market is yet to stabilize with all the beating it took the last year. Business assignments are tough to find, existing clients have not yet opened out their intention on further assignments & newer opportunities have become increasingly challenging to spot. The rains are playing truant. Its almost the end of June, and in a -raining at the drop of the hat- city like Bangalore, this month we have hardly had 4 days of rain. Yes, so all around there’s been an air of desperation.

To such a morning we all woke up to the newspapers screaming of the appointment of Mr. Nilekani by the Govt to head the Unique Identification Programme. Its such a heartening news to hear, not because we heard of this project (this project was due atleast 5 years ago); but to the fact that our PM has shown yet again seriousness on governmental issues. We all are most used to new schemes being announced, new commissions being drawn, new plans being laid out. However with Mr. Nilekani,  accepting this role, convinces us the masses that he will do whatever it takes to get the project doing. I am sure Mr. Nilekani would not have decided stepping out of Infosys unless he would have put forth his conditions of engagement. How many of the many such other projects can we be sure of being managed this way? It is quite wishful thinking the Government now decides to engage more of such people to lead our developmental framework. We all know how badly we need some serious revamping of our judicial system.

This move comes in after we saw the successful intervention in riddling Satyam of its trouble atleast partially, and it bolsters our hope of developmental governance, it looks like we have an able leader who is finding his way out to be accountable to the people who have given him the mandate.

With June 25, 2009 coming to an end, a chapter got closed, with the news of MJ’s death. Located far away from our  world, during the heavily regulated times of information / music & video’s being available to us; he had represented the liberal times to come. Reflecting on those earlier times I am startled and stunned how we as a nation accepted then to have a single channel being beamed across our TV’s in 85’s and 90’s by the maai-baap Doordarshan and the babus there deciding on the content we were to watch. Never ever do I remember having seen a performance being aired of his. And he was considered one of the best entertainers in business then. His music was path breaking then and is so relevant even today.

With his music, his dance, and the gaiety in his entertaining performances MJ symbolised the arrival of a new generation which then grew up from Color TV’s to HDTV’s, DVD’s and then YouTube. Troubled in his life for reasons best known to him, curtains came down on legendary entertainer, and the undisputed king of pop.

So, how many times have we seen this happening, and it happens yet again. Pakistan came from nowhere into the finals, they have had some ordinary performances till the one with SA. Yet again! with SA, the usual brilliance that is exhibited all the time is offset just when it matters. Yonus Khan, not among the most expressive and flamboyant captains, showed some serious stuff that he is made off, I am betting now on a surprise the final could throw up.

One among the largest of all kinds of political party seems to be in doldrums. Many years back when we were much younger, I remember our parents talk much about the quality of leaders, all that the party was representative of; most of them were thought to be well (educated, behaved, mannered, spoken, understood, accepted, represented, ground rooted, hard working,  people-conscious),  and all that stood for wellness along with a clean image. This feature stood out when all that was reported was of corruption in and around the other large party that had governed us for so long … !

It seemed for some time.. yes.. we had found an alternative, and perhaps this competition among them to represent us would lead to a better governed system. Alas… power corrupts  and one can see that it has been no different, whether it has been a few states where they got to represent or when they clobbered a workable coalition, they were no different…. all that greedy, self -centered, nepotists, attention seeking and ready to do anything for power seekers had trespassed into this so called think thank, and got the better of them…!

Come on guys, dont you see we have a better alternative than what you all stood for at one point…or that it seems we have someone there who is willing to make the difference felt, and he has had his point proven right… I guess its time to get the act together…or let the doldrums….wash you all away!… we are watching..!

I had discontinued posting on this site once I started using our corporate blog site at www.greyflex.com. Thereafter each time I thought to comment on anything, I wouldn’t be sure if it was appropriate to put them on the corporate website which is visited by clients and users.

And so, I have returned to write here on all that creeps into me all the time… watch out!