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The Eternal Performance Review - Chapter II

Chapter II The Review and Result Ashok looked at the vast number of occupants in the room and was curious about when would his turn come. "Son..." He woke up by the call. Not sure where did come from and how did he hear that. "Yes Master.." The response also came out without his knowledge. "Master .. I thought I will be last in the queue and can get some inputs from people who went first." He smiled. "No.. son. Don’t forget that I can do real multitasking." "OK Let us start. Based on your performance, this is what we can offer you though your only option is to accept. But let me know if you need explanations" The Master continued... “You will be confined to a room. You will see darkness during day time and light at night. The darkness during day will blind you from the beautiful environment outside. The light at night will blind you from the beauty of night. Anyways you never cared for it while on earth. You will ...

The Eternal Performance Review - Chapter I

Chapter I Induction Ashok could not understand what has pierced his toes and entered his body. It was like an electric charge slowly but steadily moving from toes upward his body. He made a futile attempt to make some noise. Once the charge crossed a part of his body, it did not belong to him anymore. He was slowly losing the possession of his organs one by one. The last thing he felt was the electric charge entering his heart. He could still see the light in the room which made way to darkness soon. The electric charge came out of his head and formed into a big globe of white light. Then it got extended to a big stream of light which looked like a tunnel. He heard a voice. Welcome Ashok!! You have reached the entrance of the eternal world. I am the logistics manager, please follow me. Eternal world?? Ashok muttered.. Am I dead?? Yes my dear..For the last time in your life!! "What do you mean...the last time? You mean that I dead many times in life??" "N...

Open Communication : Let it start at home and with kids

Sounds like a project management funda. Huh?? May be some other time. Watched the second episode of SatyamevaJayathe. The show was discussing about child sexual abuse. I am not trying to rate the show or Amir Khan as an anchor. I don't wish to comment on the genuinity of the testimonials either. As most of us know, there is big surrealism attached to TV shows, irrespective of reality or non-reality shows. So I give them the discount of marketing attempts to keep the shows running. As a common Indian man, the show made me think about the some real issues and the purposeful ignorance of our society. We normally shy away and are not comfortable discussing certain topics in public. But the fact is that many people take it as an advantage and they are big invisible threats to our society. Crimes gets acceptance while talking about it is treated as vulgar. We are comfortable closing our eyes and say that it is dark. But preserve your mental numbness, when you open your eyes to f...

Is it difficult to throw it in the bin....

No .. I don’t intend to be philosophical. It was message that I read around the lake nearby  my office, where many other companies are located. And the message was about the plastic cups that are thrown on the bank of the lakes through the wired fencing it has. There was also a message that they have cleared 8000+ plastic cups from there. Of course, the lake donned a new cleaner look. The pavements looked decent with more dust bins. The more important thing in the message I noticed is that, nobody is claiming credit for it….Either organizations, or individuals. It reminded me of a narrow road that I take to office.  In a stretch of 200 metres, there are at least 3 banners which say, "Road asphalting work inaugurated by ...." some names with photographs. I believe these people are the ones we elected and pay from our pocket. They take huge bribes and put their poster at our expense. Ok coming back to the cups, these cups are thrown by educated young people who ...

Would this ever get Un'Quota'ed???

Quota is the most quoted word in Indian politics. It looks like there is no unquote for this.  It is an irony that we claim to be a secular state and we officially discriminate our citizens in terms of education, employment, and promotions etc., based on religion. All our secular political parties fight to make it bigger and bigger. Those who are not in favour give their silent approval. All political parties have one voice when it comes to vote banks. We have also seen fights by different group to be labeled as backward. This is soon becoming a menace to our society, deviating from its original intentions. Most of the people who are reaping the benefits of quota system are enjoying it for generations. Based on the current trend, they will continue to enjoy it for generations to come. This is definitely going to create a different class in Indian society. Common people without reservations do not have any hope in getting into government jobs. There are millions of people in o...

Sachin Tendulkar and India's top 2 difficult questions.

I think the top 2 difficult questions, India is facing at the moment are 1. Should Sachin retire from cricket? 2. Should we give him a Bharat ratna (the highest civilian honour in the country) award? My answer to both the are 'NO' Why should we bother about when Sachin should retire? As per BCCI policy, there is no retirement age for cricketers. Let him play as long as he wants. Let him contribute where ever he can. But, the Indian captain should be able to decide whether he fits in the playing 11. And the selectors should decide whether he is good enough to be in the team. That is the reason why we have these guys around and paying them so much for this job. The yard stick applied for all in the team should be the same, as long as ICCI amends some of the playing rules for Sachin. For eg:- Sachin cannot be given out in 90's. If Sachin scores a century, the team gets a bonus 10 runs etc.. Regarding Bharat Ratna, I would say that It can be given to Sachin if the criteria is ...