BPO’s: Crucifying Lifestyle, Discipline & Talents..!

They certainly came up with huge employment opportunities in India, India’s International market good-will raised just like the prices of shares at the time of Harshad Mehta’s scam, reduced gender disparity and above all, they have brought solid financial aid to our economy.

BPO’s are sprung all across the country and have brought various businesses to India. BPO Industry has certainly created a vital place for itself in the mainstream business dealings. The advent of BPO’s in Asian countries especially in India can be marked because of the easy pocket human resource which certainly brings in huge profit margins and the availability of the market.


But I think we have failed to understand the menace which has also increased to a great extent, whole lot of points strike when it comes to the pitfalls of the BPO Industry.

It is very upsetting for us that today’s youth unofficially in the age group of 18-26 are hired by the BPO’s, this is the age group, which is the backbone of any country, getting engaged in BPO’s who only value the communication skills (they are not bothered whether you are just a 10+2 pass out or some Postgraduate) and not the talent.  I think the problem is not only with the nature of the job but with the youth also, they have restricted themselves to the leisure of pick and drop facility, 24 by 7 lively environment, great incentives, exotic food courts and a couple of other options to nibble upon. I do not understand of what they produce, nothing….actually.  They just help a stupid foreigner who doesn’t even know what a Window is, what is an Icon and why did they shop a product; and simply waste their most valuable time over the phone, dealing with rude and rich guys.

I remember one such episode when one of my acquaintances was sharing how he got into the habit of smoking and I was quite astonished by the fact that, he started it when he was working with a leading BPO some time back and started feeling complex and wanted to match the standards of his colleagues who use to smoke and show off that he was not of their standards (that was probably a facade created by them).

It’s ruining them...making them unsocial, unimaginative and unconscious.

I truly believe that the country's prosperity can not be regulated while keeping all the threats like health hazards, IT crimes, accidents, undisciplined lifestyle of youth leading to mental and physical exhaustion, high risk behaviour of employees for money and many other social issues associated with BPO’s at bay.

I accept the fact that the role of BPO industry in India’s economic growth has been fantastic especially during the last few years but we also can not ignore and run away from the fact that we are actually down sizing the talent-pipeline of the country. The question remains pertinent not only for the policy makers and high authority intellectuals but also for the society.

We are slowly and gradually losing the entrepreneurial spirit and this is the right time to drive it again…! :) 

It’s just the end of a big name….Not Terrorism!

In an address to the nation, President Obama made it public that Osama Bin Laden has been killed in a "targeted operation" Nearly 10 years after the traumatic 9/11 attacks the world's most sought after terrorist leader Laden has been killed in Pakistan, but all this has led to a serious question on the intelligence of government and Pakistan’s army, are they protecting terrorists like Laden. This news has certainly opened the door for peace and harmony all across the world where corruption, fanaticism, brutality has done so much of harm. I truly believe that there is nothing to celebrate because it’s just the end of a big name in terrorism and not the terrorism. How does terrorism come into existence? Who are the actual terrorists? How to eradicate terrorism? Perhaps it is the perfect time that we find answers to these questions. Therefore, it is the responsibility of all of us to sincerely ensconce combine efforts to eradicate terrorism from the world.

The world has been facing the problem of terrorism since ages.

The number of terrorist incidents occurred due to religious terrorism are quite high while the intensity of the violence caused by terrorism of non-religious nature like poverty, ignorance, homelessness and political impotence can be given similar rating. It's very difficult to imagine a single method that could solve all these problems as each one has a unique origin.

If I talk about India then it is a bit unfortunate for us because we have been facing bad blood from our neighbor countries.  Pakistan since its creation has always harboured terrorist elements against us with an intention to destabilize our country; we face threats from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka in the South, we face trouble on the North -East side with China claiming Arunachal Pradesh, these countries have established their bases in our country from where they can carry out their obscene acts, but not everything can be done from these foreign bases  so they take advantage of the unemployed youth and others who fall easy prey to their indoctrination and create local groups. They take help from some political class and the corrupt officials who provide them fodder for their entry and exit. Whether it is the Bombay bomb blasts of 1992 or the Gujarat riots in 2002, justice takes many years to deliver. The corruption in the police forces must be minimized, there are a number of pending criminal cases against many politicians and officers; they cast their vote on important National issues which is quite alarming!  Terrorism prospers and thrives in such conditions. In a way, poverty is an incubator of terrorism and a root cause of corruption; it's not a question of who provoke but who get provoked. The poor and deprived are the targets for the rich and powerful. As long as a section of the population remains poor they can be brainwashed and made to work for a few pennies, the government needs to be tough in implementing reforms to maintain rapid economic growth and uplift the status of its downtrodden people.

It is the justice, equality, forgiveness, compassion, love and affection across races and geographical boundaries that will eradicate terrorism, by respecting each other's nation, religion and sentiments we can win over hearts of each other and can establish a society where happiness predominates agony. In order to cultivate a civilized society where freedom, peace and harmony prevail, it is imperative that justice prevails in society. Like darkness and light, hope and despair, injustice and peace are mutually exclusive and can never stand side by side, by tussles; nations can be conquered but not peace, terrorists could be killed but not terrorism.
Stop Participating & Being a Part of Terrorism..! J

Swim out of Negativity..!

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll you will start having positive results.    – Willi Nelson

You just have to pickup a newspaper to realize that the world is in atrocious state. It is easy to become negative. If I want to become negative I can find out thousands of reasons to be so and if I allow all these factors to influence me, then yes, I feel extremely negative, but do you know that the problem is not actually the world outside or the people you are with. The heaviness of the world has come about because of the accumulation of all our negative thoughts and actions and the only way we can transform and replace it is through the power of positivity.

 How can I cope with it….?

If we spend a few moments in honest reflection, we would realize that whatever is going inside us is the root of negativity.

First of all, we must try to understand the root because then only we can go a long way to make it correct. We have to be aware of all our thoughts, we must possess the power to filter and step aside all the negative thoughts, this will bring faith and confidence by the fact that we would be aware about ourselves.

Many a times the negativity of people surrounding us affects us a lot and force us to think and even react in the same direction, so we must listen to them as an individual and understand their point of view. If we can make sure that we remain our own master, their negativity will flow over and above us and would not influence us. Think of a Lotus, it is found in dirty stagnant water but it has a waxy substance on its petals which does not allow anything to touch it’s surface; the dirt just rolls off, similarly we can create that layer of protection, so that our inner stability and positivity remains unaffected by outside influences and we can avoid becoming the puppet of circumstances that others have created. We also create negativity around us when we constantly criticize others because we think whatever we are doing, understanding and thinking is all correct and the other person is wrong, one must avoid this state of ego and should learn humility and respect, recognize the value of the individual and acknowledge the goodness in them, we have to understand that they just do things in a different way because they have different taste and preferences, we cannot change them or control them; what we can do is change our attitude and responses. If we react against them, we will not be able to influence them in future because our reactions will set a barrier between us. But we must not allow the negativity to destroy our communication; If I change my attitude in a genuine way - not from diplomacy or artificial courtesy; a good level of communication will arise, and perhaps, at the right time, we can talk about things and a change can take place..

Another aspect of negativity is what one feels about him. I see my weaknesses; I see the difficulties I have; I see the debts I have accumulated and I wonder how I would get out of them. If I lose hope, things will become difficult. Coming into the awareness of this experience one must spend a few moments of introspection in silence each day, detaching ourselves from all the other things so that we can understand and value ourselves. Only in the state where I am generating my own self respect within, I can earn respect from others. This is the way I can change my own negative image about myself.

When we learn to remove negativity, we will be drawn by the beauty that positivity can bring and as slowly and gradually we develop a liking for positivity, we therefore create a greater impact on the atmosphere around us and the people we are with.

Every individual who comes into this awareness of making things positive, of learning to deal with things in a positive way, makes a great difference.

Carry the charisma of positivity with yourself..! J

World Champions..

I never even dreamt of writing so much about cricket but this is what I would call, Magic. Yes, the magic of cricket, the magic of MSD’s army. The last couple of days made me realize, what is it about cricket that it’s like a religion in our country and people are damn crazy about it.

So many things in my mind but truly, do not know what to scribble down and where to start from, I am probably in ecstasy but I feel proud to say that I do belong to the land of World Champions..

Saturday night brought so many moments to cherish, for every Indian and especially for those who were not even borned to witness the historic moment of 1983, it was only cricket and celebration here, in fact I have never witnessed this kind of euphoria in the last 15-16 years in Delhi followed by any of the Indian victories. It was not only the story of Delhi but the streets of almost every city came alive when all squares and roads were brimming with the cheering of ecstatic cricket fans waiving Indian tricolors, bursting fire crackers, blowing whistles, screaming and dancing. The glorious moment of the marvelous feat has brought an unseasonal Diwali in the country.

Live from the Wankhede stadium of Mumbai, Indian bowlers bowled quite disciplined overs besides the last five, they almost lost their plot in that spell of the batting power play well complimented by the fielders not allowing the Sri Lankan batsmen to take easy runs and boundaries. I must compliment the splendid innings of Mahela Jayawardhene which brought Sri Lankans to challenge India with a good score of 275. In response to that India loosed their couple of big wickets quite early, that was a big blow for all of us but Gambhir & Virat batted exceedingly well and soaked in all the pressure at the right time, after the dismissal of Virat, Dhoni played a much needed captain’s innings and gave the winning score a final touch by hitting a huge six, he was emotionally confused after that I guess.

What happened after that made the aura quite scenic all the players hugged each other and this was for the first time I witnessed Men in Blue were not able to hold on their emotions, emotions ran high and they broke into tears.  The youngsters of the team carried aloft on their shoulders Sachin Tendulkar and the coach Garry Kirsten during their victory lap after the triumph, it was an acknowledgement of their role towards cricket and the big dream of winning the cup. This spectacular triumph was dedicated to Sachin by everybody else in the team.

I have a strong believe that this team of MSD is a great combination of experienced players and young blood with loads of fire and enthusiasm, another thing that I liked most about this team is that they have great respect for each other, they appreciate each other’s contribution and have a great understanding among themselves.

Celebration has just started and it will go on and on...

I wish them good luck for their future endeavors.. J

Bleed Blue..

Sachin is ready to break the boundaries

Kohli pledging to fight for his place

Zaheer talking with the ball

Yuvi dominating in the field

& Gambhir taking every ball head on..

 The Indian cricket team is bleeding blue for the biggest event of Cricket.

The lush green lively stadium of Mohali is all set for the show down of a high voltage semi final match between India and Pakistan, all roads are leading to Chandigarh and it is going to be only, cricket here, everything else has taken a back seat. Newspapers, infotainment channels, magazines, FM, social networking sites are all flooded with the every minute updates of the big match. All the tickets were sold in a day for the match but the die-hard fans are still trying hard to fetch a seat for themselves, I believe if they would be given a chance to stand and watch the game at PCA, they would be ready to that also, that kind of passion Indians have for cricket.

With an excellent track record of 100% against Pakistan we strongly believe that history would repeat itself all over again with power packed performances and the jam packed stands of PCA. The countdown has begun and not only the Indian cricket team but the whole country is ready for the big shot match against Pakistan.

I salute the spirit and passion of all the cricket fans and wish good luck to the Indian Cricket Team for the semis.

Chak de fatte and keep bleeding blue..! :) 

Journey to Excellence...

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 here is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and  that's your own self"     -Aldous Huxley.

There are various things we set out to achieve our destination in life.  Excellence is a never ending process which means constant improvement in one’s performance and therefore we must understand that we need to make the journey supreme and not destination. When we try to perfect the process of performance and don’t think about the results we don’t allow the pressure of the results to clog our performance. While moving ahead on the way to excellence one also need to keep a constant check of the way they are opting for; we have to be aware of the fact whether the way leads us to the right direction or not. Most of the time in life we loose because we do not strive as good as we can, one must try to give every moment their 100%, every means, every moment of your life be it profession, relationships, health or any thing…… and then you yourself would be able to see the difference between Good and Great. While talking about giving our best I also can not ignore the fact that many a times even if we give our best we don’t get the expected results, but the difference in this fall down would be…… You would pat your own back and would say “You did well buddy, but let’s try harder next time and bounce back in the game”.

When we loose we seek excuses, I lost because I didn’t prepare well and bulk of other excuses, always remember excellence never seeks excuses and that’s why I love something in the statement of Ralph Marston: "Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude.”……   and that is ‘attitude’. . Everyone should posses “let me try and see what will happen, attitude”.

Every great example makes an incalculable influence on us, they work more forcibly on the mind than percepts therefore we must seek people who are better than us. Many a times once we reach at certain level, we start feeling insecure and surround our self with people who are lesser than us and the moment we do that, we stop growing, so for that selfish reason, one must look for people who are better than them, in fact those who are excellent in their field, at the same time we must not create a barrier around us for all those who are lesser than us, every person in this world is a ‘Feldspar’, we must try to learn good aspects from them and filter out their negative aspects or the things which are not relevant for us.

I would like to put some light on criticism also; a lot of people don’t like it whether it is about them or their work. I don’t really understand why.., in fact one must be thankful to them that they are there to critically analyze your work. I always find myself lucky that people are there in my life to criticize me, otherwise I would have been living in rarified bubbles, remember you would find many, in fact 99% people who would talk about your positives or good things, but very few who would criticize your work or would be there to stop you from moving towards the ditch of wrong direction.

We must keep a track of how fast others are moving ahead in their life, but never try to imitate them while competing so that we get time to learn from our mistakes and many small things that others usually do not take care of and then raise your standards. I am not saying all these things because I don’t want to compete but because I look at things in a different way; I believe in adding value to who ever I work with. I try to make others feel as comfortable as possible because if they would be comfortable they would perform their best and only then they will want to work with me, if they would feel insecure because they are scared that I would scream at them then neither they nor I will perform well.

Another very important thing is your desire and passion to work and rise in life; if you really want to be successful you must be willing to do things that would make you successful, come out of your safety zones and bring the spirit of facing the challenges in your life, so every time it has to be You Vs. Challenge and believe you me, that would make things very exciting for you. Your performance is the only way via which you can tell others how good you are, besides doing a lot of pep talking about yourself. I have seen people criticizing Sachin Tendulkar for his bad performances through out his career by the time, but I have never seen Sachin replying them via his diplomatic statements but via his improved performances everytime.

We usually forget we need to maximize what we are doing right now besides wasting our time in thinking about what people say, about the past and future.

Grow as a human being than just in your own profession, help those who really need it and keep faith in God.

Just believe that you can do wonders and you surely can..!

Good Luck & Keep Smiling..! J