How to deal with this world?!?

July 2016,
Office Pantry.

I walked in to the Pantry. Got my water bottle filled. The pantry was vacant. So I thought of spending some time there. The TV was tuned to Starsports1HD. The best part of these Corporate TVs is they normally are tuned to either a sports channel or to a news channel.

The channel was streaming repeat telecast of some Kabaddi match. One of my colleagues walked into the Pantry. He came to me, normally he starts the conversation with stupid questions.

He (looking at TV): What is Rio2016?

I was amazed. Wondering how come someone is unaware of such a big sporting event.

Me: Olympics boss. Starting from next month.

He: Then what is difference between Olympics and Rio Olympics?

He was now testing my patience.

Me (in frustration) : This year's Olympics is being held in Rio. It's a city in Brazil.

He (scratching his head) : Oh! I thought Rio Olympics is an animated Olympic kind of event featuring Angry Birds. You know when you start playing angry birds, it starts screen displaying Rio.

I banged my head with my water bottle and left the Pantry.

Har ek friend Zaroori hota hai....

Hi friends.


This story is about by friend-classmate in Karwar. Though I am not in touch with him now, I would not pull out his name here. especially after Sakshi Gupta incident.

He was a movie lover. Even during school days, he used to watch 2 movies every week at the cinemas. He was too good at physics and mathematics. unlike others, he would never mug up things. There was one bad thing about him. He used to speak things without thinking about it.
"Dimag mein aaya, Bol diya." types.

This happened 9 years back when I was doing my 2nd PU  (12th Standard) in Karwar.

After attending the first class at 8am, we had a session break for 10 mins. I just came out of our class and was walking along the corridor.

I heard someone calling out my name.
Friend: Vishal... Vishal....
Me: Um? Ya what happened?
Friend: I wanted a help.
Me: Ya tell me... what help do you want?
Friend: I need some money. I thought you will be having. So I came to you.
Me: Ya tell me. How much do you want?
I put my hand into my shirt pocket. It was those days when we were not having wallets. At the max we used to have 100 bucks.
Friend: I need 5 lakh rupees.
I was SHOCKED!!!! Then I smiled.
Me: Ha ha... Early morning joke?
Friend: I am serious. I need money.
I knew about him and his craziness.
Me: From where should I give you so much money. See I have only 100 rupees note in my pocket. By the way why do you need such a huge amount.
Friend: Nothing much, I want to spend the entire money. Should spend money in life.
I couldn't understand whether I had to bang my head or had to break his head.
Me: You do one thing, Go to nearby State Bank, Take a loan, Spend the money.
Friend: I would have done that. But the problem is, If I take a loan, I should pay back right.!!!! 



Which means, If he borrows from friends, He shouldn't pay it back.

I just banged my head and walked into the classroom.




Dear friend,
Wherever you are, hope you are spending your money.

Karmayogi R. S. Naik. Baduku Baraha...

Hi friends...

August 3, 2014, Sunday, We released biography of my grandfather Late Sri R.S.NAIK (Ex MP).
The biography has been written and edited by my father Shri Vikram P Naik.

The book includes translated versions of speeches made by my grandfather in the parliament during his tenure.

The intention of scripting this biography is to show people how a common man, a labour leader, can become a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament.

Kindly let me know if anybody is interested in reading the book.

Why PoP Ganesha idols?

This is not a tarle story.

Posting this in public interest.

How magnificiently we celebrate Ganesha festival! We bring home Ganesha idols, worship, and then do the visarjan.
Some bring some small clay Ganesha Idols and some bring big one . Usually Sarvajanik Ganapathis are the big ones. These idols' size vary from 4-15 feet.

Ever wondered, what happens to these idols after their immersion or the Visarjan?

They melt right?

I too had the same thought.

We are wrong friends. Only the small clay idols melt. The bigger one are made of Plaster-Of-Paris (PoP). The same material which is used to dress up a bone fracture. This PoP doesn't dissolve in water, They are brittle. They only break.

Now, think what might be the condition of the PoP idols which were immersed in tanks, ponds, lakes etc..


I was passing by the Sanky tank. I thought of spending some time there.
Some people were cleaning the Idol immersion tank there.
I was very unfortunate to see the condition there.
This is what I saw.

These are PoP idols with broken head, broken hands, legs, fingers. 7-10 men struggling to get it out of the tank.

What next? They'll take this and dump it somewhere else.

Why??

Why such big statues? Why PoP idols? Why are we hurting our own sentiments?

Feels sorry to post this. But I had to post to create an awareness. 

Let us stop using PoP idols. Let's save the environment. And above all, Let's respect our God.

Oh Rupee!!! (click on the pic)

Highest Batting Averages.

1. Don Bradman

2. Chetheshwar Pujara

3. Indian Rupees.

LIfe at MPBIM

This is how I spent my two years of MBA at MP Birla Institute of Management, Bangalore. 

Thanks for the sweet memories friends..

EXXON VALDEZ

A video made by me for Business ethics presentation.