I am not someone who shops a lot when it comes to clothes. But when I do, I take time checking and trying out different brands until I finalize on my choice. I never compromise on quality and comfort, and lately, to be precise from mid-2015, when I started earning myself, I became price conscious too.
The Aditya Birla Group (ABG) has carved a niche for itself in the Indian market. Established in 1857 at Pilani village of Rajasthan as a cotton trading industry, over the years the company has grown to it’s existing stature with a turnover of US $44.3 billion turnover.
Everyone has a special connection and memories attached with the first handset they used. Nokia 1100 'The Unbreakable' was mine. I also strongly recall that IDEA was the first sim card that I subscribed to. The small yellow color flat card that could connect you to anyone anywhere. It had helped me a lot in my NCC camps that I attended in my 8th - 9th grade back in school. Even in the remote village extensions, I would at minimum have a single stick to make that romantic call to the person I had a crush on. Above that I was the only one in our group to have a handset that early. All my friends would take turns to have their time on it. They had another heart waiting at another end of the signal with a yellow color flat card. Up until the Jio penetration in telecom market I had the same service provider and coincidentally even now I have jumped to Vodafone which loops back to ABG. Nevertheless, it has always been close to my heart as it was a part of me growing up and a pathway to enter the virtual internet ERA. An IDEA can change your life!
I am currently a second year MBA student, having a two and a half years of IT experience behind me after completing a bachelor in Technology. Now that may sound as quite ordinary and almost the routine chores of any middle class Indian, but behind it lies another story – The story of Sabar Welfare Trust. Since childhood, I was someone who maybe unconsciously knew what it is to empathize and what it is to sympathize. I choose the former and spreading education to all and sundry was the main objective of all of these. From doing small acts of kindness to finally able to do a huge thing- that influences so many is what drove me to make an impactful person. From college, me along with a friend of mine, used to the deep interior villages of West Bengal to teach the children for free and provide them stationary and books. Through this journey, we came in touch with a tribe called Sabar- one of the most, if not the most, underprivileged tribe of India where even today people don’t drink water from their homes or even touch their shadow. They somehow seemed to accept their fate and live with this huge hardship, living in darkness even in broad daylight. That’s where we steeped in – lighting their homes with the light of education. We built a residential school for their children where 25 of them now stay, learn and eat. The journey was not smooth – it started from only the two of us. We spread this idea to everywhere- to all the friends, relatives we knew. The cost of building the school was estimated to be 25 lacs and the yearly expense of around 10 lacs. The idea was simple- 2500 people contributing Rs.1000/- each and 1000 people contributing 1000/- each every year after the school was made. We appealed in all social media and others. People came forward in huge numbers –we built a Non-Profit Organization (Sabar Welfare Trust) and what started from two members became a group of 150-200 active members now. The school was inaugurated in 26th January 2019. The teachers are appointed from Kolkata, and they live there building them and educating them from the core in all aspects. Our goal is simple –Educate a tribe and the kids in turn will influence and make the whole tribe come out of the shade and live a better and healthy than being touted as ‘untouchables’. This story inspired a huge number of people and for many it regained their faith in humanity. The power of good work is too huge, we only hear what’s going wrong, but the amount of good people and good deed around us are enough to make our day. Through this journey, people doubted me, my intentions – even some of them called me a thief as well. But in the end of the day - People who call you mad, don’t say anything to them. Today who will throw dirt at you thinking you are mad, will come with a garland tomorrow once they realize. Today, who are sitting on a cushion for the weight of their pride will, one day, bow down to you only through love. People might call you crazy – The life of a dreamer is not easy.
Aditya Birla Group, a multinational Indian conglomerate, has touched millions of lives. Laying their foundation in cotton trading operations, this brand name has spread across over 35 countries and their products ranging from textiles, cement, telecommunication sectors to many other sectors. They as a brand are diversified in their product range and they stay true to their tagline “Taking India to the world”.
All have ambitions for the betterment of lives. In order to make our goals a reality, we have to face tough and difficult challenges. Some become difficult to overcome. To overcome challenges we need to have that "never quit" attitude in life. If we develop it, we will overcome quite a bit. Motivate our self say "YES I CAN". When we are facing serious and troubles and problems in life, stay calm and cool. Most people still avoid any challenge, because they are search of failing. Running from that challenge is failing. Learn from why we have failed and move on in positive direction. We have to find out all the ways that can overcome it and put it to full use and effort. I believe that challenges are not nearly as hard as presented most time.
It’s a cold winter morning as I roll out of my warm bed rather reluctantly, I know I have a rather long day ahead of me. I decide to start my day with some freshly brewed coffee and a quick sandwich with some extra dollops of my all-time favourite Feaster’s jam. As I let the bread toast, I decide to get dressed and end up spending a ridiculous amount of time on picking out my outfit from my favourite Allen Solly collection for work. I realize I’m running late and wonder if I’d have to miss my delicious breakfast after all. I look around for a quick fix and it was then that I spot the Freshwrapp roll on my kitchen counter. ‘Healthy breakfast isn’t a myth after all’, I tell myself. I quickly wrap up my sandwich in some Freshwrapp and rush out the door, barely stopping to slip on my Pantaloons ballerinas. As I rush out, I whip my phone out and call my driver using my Idea network.
Challenges are a part of our everyday lives. They help us in becoming stronger individuals and allow us to push ourselves and see what we are actually capable of. These challenges define us and also prepare us for a bigger and better life.
I am not someone who shops a lot when it comes to clothes. But when I do, I take time checking and trying out different brands until I finalize on my choice. I never compromise on quality and comfort, and lately, to be precise from mid-2015, when I started earning myself, I became price conscious too.
The Aditya Birla Group (ABG) has carved a niche for itself in the Indian market. Established in 1857 at Pilani village of Rajasthan as a cotton trading industry, over the years the company has grown to it’s existing stature with a turnover of US $44.3 billion turnover.
Everyone has a special connection and memories attached with the first handset they used. Nokia 1100 'The Unbreakable' was mine. I also strongly recall that IDEA was the first sim card that I subscribed to. The small yellow color flat card that could connect you to anyone anywhere. It had helped me a lot in my NCC camps that I attended in my 8th - 9th grade back in school. Even in the remote village extensions, I would at minimum have a single stick to make that romantic call to the person I had a crush on. Above that I was the only one in our group to have a handset that early. All my friends would take turns to have their time on it. They had another heart waiting at another end of the signal with a yellow color flat card. Up until the Jio penetration in telecom market I had the same service provider and coincidentally even now I have jumped to Vodafone which loops back to ABG. Nevertheless, it has always been close to my heart as it was a part of me growing up and a pathway to enter the virtual internet ERA. An IDEA can change your life!
I am currently a second year MBA student, having a two and a half years of IT experience behind me after completing a bachelor in Technology. Now that may sound as quite ordinary and almost the routine chores of any middle class Indian, but behind it lies another story – The story of Sabar Welfare Trust. Since childhood, I was someone who maybe unconsciously knew what it is to empathize and what it is to sympathize. I choose the former and spreading education to all and sundry was the main objective of all of these. From doing small acts of kindness to finally able to do a huge thing- that influences so many is what drove me to make an impactful person. From college, me along with a friend of mine, used to the deep interior villages of West Bengal to teach the children for free and provide them stationary and books. Through this journey, we came in touch with a tribe called Sabar- one of the most, if not the most, underprivileged tribe of India where even today people don’t drink water from their homes or even touch their shadow. They somehow seemed to accept their fate and live with this huge hardship, living in darkness even in broad daylight. That’s where we steeped in – lighting their homes with the light of education. We built a residential school for their children where 25 of them now stay, learn and eat. The journey was not smooth – it started from only the two of us. We spread this idea to everywhere- to all the friends, relatives we knew. The cost of building the school was estimated to be 25 lacs and the yearly expense of around 10 lacs. The idea was simple- 2500 people contributing Rs.1000/- each and 1000 people contributing 1000/- each every year after the school was made. We appealed in all social media and others. People came forward in huge numbers –we built a Non-Profit Organization (Sabar Welfare Trust) and what started from two members became a group of 150-200 active members now. The school was inaugurated in 26th January 2019. The teachers are appointed from Kolkata, and they live there building them and educating them from the core in all aspects. Our goal is simple –Educate a tribe and the kids in turn will influence and make the whole tribe come out of the shade and live a better and healthy than being touted as ‘untouchables’. This story inspired a huge number of people and for many it regained their faith in humanity. The power of good work is too huge, we only hear what’s going wrong, but the amount of good people and good deed around us are enough to make our day. Through this journey, people doubted me, my intentions – even some of them called me a thief as well. But in the end of the day - People who call you mad, don’t say anything to them. Today who will throw dirt at you thinking you are mad, will come with a garland tomorrow once they realize. Today, who are sitting on a cushion for the weight of their pride will, one day, bow down to you only through love. People might call you crazy – The life of a dreamer is not easy.
Aditya Birla Group, a multinational Indian conglomerate, has touched millions of lives. Laying their foundation in cotton trading operations, this brand name has spread across over 35 countries and their products ranging from textiles, cement, telecommunication sectors to many other sectors. They as a brand are diversified in their product range and they stay true to their tagline “Taking India to the world”.
All have ambitions for the betterment of lives. In order to make our goals a reality, we have to face tough and difficult challenges. Some become difficult to overcome. To overcome challenges we need to have that "never quit" attitude in life. If we develop it, we will overcome quite a bit. Motivate our self say "YES I CAN". When we are facing serious and troubles and problems in life, stay calm and cool. Most people still avoid any challenge, because they are search of failing. Running from that challenge is failing. Learn from why we have failed and move on in positive direction. We have to find out all the ways that can overcome it and put it to full use and effort. I believe that challenges are not nearly as hard as presented most time.
It’s a cold winter morning as I roll out of my warm bed rather reluctantly, I know I have a rather long day ahead of me. I decide to start my day with some freshly brewed coffee and a quick sandwich with some extra dollops of my all-time favourite Feaster’s jam. As I let the bread toast, I decide to get dressed and end up spending a ridiculous amount of time on picking out my outfit from my favourite Allen Solly collection for work. I realize I’m running late and wonder if I’d have to miss my delicious breakfast after all. I look around for a quick fix and it was then that I spot the Freshwrapp roll on my kitchen counter. ‘Healthy breakfast isn’t a myth after all’, I tell myself. I quickly wrap up my sandwich in some Freshwrapp and rush out the door, barely stopping to slip on my Pantaloons ballerinas. As I rush out, I whip my phone out and call my driver using my Idea network.
Challenges are a part of our everyday lives. They help us in becoming stronger individuals and allow us to push ourselves and see what we are actually capable of. These challenges define us and also prepare us for a bigger and better life.
