Kaleidoscopic views

2006-09-09T04:18:00.000-07:00

F.I.N.A.N.C.E.

I read an article today in the newspaper informing about the rise in sensex.I thought of expressing my views regarding the article to the editor.But as of work pressure,I was not ready to take the pain of searching the editor's id.So, I thought of opining in my blog.

Before opining, I will like to mention the origin of the words Finance and money.

The word 'money' comes from the Latin 'Moneta', the surname of the Roman goddess Juno in whose temple coins were made. As a tribute to Juno, Romans built a temple in her honour and kept their coinage here. She came to be known as the guardian of finances and her second name 'Moneta' evolved into one of mankind's most favourite words: money.

Finance derives from the Latin 'finis' and Old French word 'fin' for fine, which originally meant 'end'. The French word for finance came to mean both 'payment' and 'ending', but in the 18th century the English adapted it to mean 'the management of money'.

Without any further ado,lets get into the thick of things.

After the financial crisis of 1997 in Asia, all Asian countries including India were crippled.At that time, India needed heavy capital inflows.There came the FIIs into picture.From then onwards,FII investments in India is increasing and has become the major component of the Indian financial market.Thus, FIIs have become the major contributor in any financial activity.Indian financial market has become a puppet in the hands of FIIs.But now, India has recuperated from the financial crisis and do not need FIIs any more.It has become self sufficient.And it can be seen with ease in the share market.As can be seen from yesterday's sensex, it rose despite the heavy sellings by FIIs.This rise is attributed to domestic MFs who were the major buyer.This is a strong indication of Indian economy being fundamentally strong.Despite this, there are debates going on in India regarding full currency convertibility.With the implementation of full currency convertibility,India will lose control of the inflow/outflow of the capital from the country.This will lead to a surge in FIIs,as per India's prosperous future.And once again India will become a puppet in the hands of FIIs.

2006-09-02T05:09:00.000-07:00

SHELL........a haunting call

Shell,a US MNC,is leader in oil and gas business.Last year, they visited our campus for recruitment.The procedure of recruitment included two HR telephonic interviews followed by a face to face technical interview.As their HR HQ is in Malaysia,so telephonic interview was to be conducted from Malaysia.

As the interview process started, the mismanagement in the company started surfacing.
So one morning at about 6 am, I got a call from the Malaysia. "Hello Saurabh, are you ready for the telephonic interview ",a lady said in a charming voice.The lady, who hailed from HR Shell, did not bother to consider the time gap between the countries.Forget this, they did not even have the courtesy to intimate me about the interview.Anyways, out of curiosity I replied her in Yes and gave the interview early morning.

After a week, they stopped taking interviews.I found myself to be the lucky one who got interviewed. Many people did not even get the call and many more did not even get to know about their application status.

This piece of mismanagement is nothing if you consider one of my close friend's so-called-interview. He also got a call at 6 am in the morning.He replied in a humble manner that he is not convenient right now.Can you call after half an hour.To his chagrin, call didn't turn up.Surprisingly, after a week again he got a call. This time he was riding his cycle.So, again in a decent way,he requested them to call back in 15 mins.Much to his frustration, even that call never turned up.He was totally flustered but anyways,as the time passed by, his frustration went down and he was living happily till last week.This time, he got a mail in a very gentle manner asking him to give the date and time of the interview as per his convenience.He was very happy for the mail(as if it's first time). He asked them to call at 9 am in the morning. One
night before,he prepared for the interview and slept early in the night.Much to his disappointment, the phone rang at 6 am the next morning. In a gentle way, he reminded them that they were supposed to call at 9 am.The charming voice agreed with him and replied "OK" . And it's now one week, he is still waiting for the call. This time frustration level is at new high.

Now he is fully ready,not for the interview, but to hurl all the bad words he know as soon as he hears that charming voice.The phone bell has become a nightmare for him.

As new batch at my college is poised to sit for the campus, I hope that this time the Shell will conduct the interview in an organised way else hope to see the new blogs about the company's mismanagement.

And finally, this story has equipped us with the tool to tease him,my friend.......................

Just call him at 6 am

2006-08-14T02:18:00.000-07:00

A touching story

There was a boy and a girl.The boy was introvert in nature. He could not express his emotions.He felt everything,sorrow and happiness, but could not express these feelings to others.Like this,sacrificing and suppression of feelings became his habit.He could do nothing for the nature given to him by God.He loved his parents a lot.For him, parents are second to none.On the contrary, girl was extrovert in nature.She was jolly in nature. She had the canny ability to express anything she felt like.She was very assertive that made her the centre of attraction wherever she went.One day, they met and became friends.The boy always liked her nature and always wanted to be like her Whereas the girl being smug,did not demanded anything.As the iotime passed, the bond of their friendship became stronger.The boy wanted to propose her but the domain of boy's courage was unreachable to her.With that snippet ofcourage,boy did not give his struggle.As the more time passed, the bond of their friendship became more stronger.Now, the girl was close to the boy's snippet domain.In the mean time,girl also felt the inclination towards the boy.On one day, the girl catched the signal and they welded into relationship.They both lived happily.Life became blossom for them.They both had the long term planning.They wanted to marry.The problems started raining from this moment of time.Girl's parents did not like the boy and boy's parents did not like girl.Girl, being assertive in nature, was able to take the ball from her parents' court.But for boy,it was very poignant situation. He did not want to play the match with his parents and still wanted the ball in his court.For the sake of better life,he lukewarmly decided to play the match with his parents.While playing the match, he could see the worry lines on the face of his parents that made his heart thawed.So, he acted as per the nature given to him by God.He decided to suppress his love.He decided to keep his parents happy.He came to nadir in the heck of time.Time warp was making him feel down.His mental state became ruptured.He thought that days will become normal soon but that did not happen.That nature was drowning him into the dark well.He could see the black hole on the going way.In order to avoid drowning, he tried to ramble his hands.In the wake of that and after a very long time, he is now happy with his extrovert nature.This metamorphism is always reminding him of the girl.He is worried about the metamorphism in the girl.He wants metamorphism in the girl to be from the extrovert to more extrovert, not from extrovert to introvert.

Courtesy : it's for u to guess

2006-04-30T02:30:00.000-07:00

hello5

Getting emotional engenders sleep

It is not a study or research conducted by any university. It is the practical observation among the final year students of kgp in their last days at their alma mater.

I never thought that my last few days at IIT will be so much weird. First 4 years of my stay at IIT passed like a page in my life's book(after which my all BTech friends left the place) & the fifth yr in itself has become a tome & is still writing pages.With the 15 odd days to culmiante my student life, life is crawling at worm's pace. Every morning I wake up, find nothing to do, sit on comp, do some crap, again find nothing to do, get little emotional (thinking last few days @IIT), remain emotional for some time and then go to sleep. Again wake up, think of last few days @IIT, get emotional and then again go to sleep. Whenever I get emotional, I try to discuss things with my friends but unable to find anybody as all of them r sleeping. So, this theory can be extended to my friends alias final yr dual degree students. Hence, Getting emotional engenders sleep for final yr dual degree students at IIT Kgp.

Wake up guys!!!

2005-08-23T23:04:00.000-07:00

Ignited minds

It really feels nice when dreams come true.I am talking about the dream that our President Abdul kalam has seen to make India a developed country by 2020.He is putting his all out efforts to make this dream true.
It was raining cats and dogs when i woke up early in the morning & the inclement weather was showing no signs of getting pacified.Beside me , my brother was sitting & he looked spruced as if ready to go out somewhere.The lines on his face was showing that he is saddened by the rain.He was having a class at FIITJEE . So, I took my sleazy car & decided to drop him to his institute. As I sat in the car , i didnt put up the seat belt thinking who the hell will check my seat belt in this miserable weather conditions.Anyhow, i proceeded with the wipers on.As i proceeded towards the crossing, i was amazed to see that all traffic signals were working & above that no one around was breaching the rules.At a distance, i could barely descry a traffic policeman in the white uniform enveloped by the rain coat.He was not shirking his responsibilities.As soon as I saw him , I hastened to put up my seat belt in order to eschew the hefty amount of fine.He was not shirking his responsibilities.As I crossed many traffic signals, i saw the police officers everywere.The number was inordinately higher than the normal days in order to control the traffic.I was really happy to see them working hard despite such miserable conditions.
There I realised that days are not far when our country will be reckoning in the list of the developed nations.

2005-06-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

Nothing else matters

Life is too small to see the whole world.
World is too small & life is too long.

My mind has always been bifuracted with these two issues.
Am i content with the group of people around me?
This question leaves me to vexation.
There are billions of souls in this world.In order to choose the best one among them is blatantly impossible .Its like searching a corner in a circular room.
So, what should we do now.Should we stop exploring the world or should we remain contented with the status quo.
Or should we assume that our other half will be quid pro quo by god in lieu of our karma.
Searching for the perfect never ends.Marriage means you have presumably reached the end of your searching.

Law says that we should not forsake our spouse.
Does it mean that we should stop searching for the perfect after marriage?
Is marriage the end of our searching?
Amazing thing is that its the government of the country deciding your destiny.

Just ponder,how much time you spent on the most important task of your life.

Another thing that shocks me is the bountiful constraints that are put on this important task. These constraints span from religion to demographics,from geographic to economic.
Getting an optimized solution after putting so many constraints is like Hobson's choice.
Getting a perfect one like this is nothing but a fluke.

Its not a maverick idea to talk about. Its the part of everyone's life. A day will definitely come in everyone's life when they will be thinking on these lines.

The nitty gritty of the blog is that your own decision is germane to the idea
and
Nothing else matters.

Saurabh Bhatia

2005-06-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

Time Management

One and the only one thing that i learnt in my 4 yrs at IIT is the time management.
I have become much more than an individual endowed with engineering skills.

I realised this in the last weekend.
As i was in the blues (read my previous blog) last friday, my guide added an extra load to me by giving me an assignment to be finished by monday.
Anyways, the weekend started with the party time.Me & my friends organised bacchanalian parties in the night & the days passed in freaking out with my close pals.These all were the compensation to my mood-off & i felt as if i'm doing all these to eclipse the blues.When you are in real blues, u come out of the local worldly affairs & think at the higher levels.At that moment , you realise that guide's assignment is just a trivial thing & my coming out of the blue is the main assignment to be solved.
I was unable to pay attention to the relevant stimuli & reduce non-essential antecedants.
Anyways weekend passed & there were only few hours left with me to submit an assignment.
There rang the bell in my mind & i started imagining my guide like a red rage to a bull.
In that fear, i started my assignment despite having sleepless night.I worked continuously for 4 hours & did the assignment.After finishing assignment, i felt very happy & was flying in the air.Within 4 hrs , my story turned from rags- to- riches.I was feeling proud of myself.
And also i noticed that i was not in blue anymore.
And i was happy to see that i was getting control over myself & my internal environment was so fresh & clean.Self management is the biggest happiness of the world.

I owe my great happiness to my institute that taught me time management which itself incorporates the self management.

Saurabh Bhatia

2005-06-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

Out of the Blue

I always long for Blue rather it be colour, movies ,band.
But this time , i'm in blue because of something that happened out of the blue.

Something in life occurs in very mercurious way.
You can never predict what a girl wants from you.

I recently experienced it. I was there with a girl for last month and i enjoyed many happening moments with her.She was very happy with me and her body gestures demanded me to devote more time for her.

A Month passed happily and my allegiance to her was running deep.
I mustered my courage to propose her.
And there came the astronomical unpredictability.
Then i realised the eternal truth of the world.
Girls in themselves are big enigma.

This out of the blue incident drived me into blues.

Saurabh Bhatia