That evening my father came from the court, by his old bicycle which he got in dowry may be 25 years ago. He is a short man who grew old in his 40s. Years of working in a courthouse as a clerk, listening to the heinous cases of rapes and murder every day as a part of his job and finally the incessant struggle to run a house with a meagre income, made him dull and tired.
When introduced, in early August, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 received rave reviews. Pre-orders poured in and its stock price spiraled northwards!
How does it feel to be entrapped in a time bubble and live someone else's life? To sit in a cubicle in a posh building, trying hard to create an IT program and remembering that it has been a long time since you wrote a poem. How does it feel to wear that tag around your neck which has become your identity now, an identity which you did not want; That card opens a door for you in office. But you wonder, is this the door that you wanted to walk into? You walk along with your colleagues at 5 PM for tea and cigarette downstairs and discuss how hard the life has been and how overburdened you are. Suddenly you get a call from your boss, you stamp out the cigarette with your boot and rush to the stairs, thinking of an excuse, why you took 20 minutes long tea break today. You wanted to pursue arts but it does not pay. Writers are accused of obscenity for showing their prominent ribs popping out of their empty stomach. Poets are loathed for their inability to feed their children. Dramatists are just ignored conveniently, as long as they don't come up with a drum in a posh colony.
Friends, India is changing.
“Your social circle determines your net worth.” - Robin Sharma
Did you know that Marico buys 1 out of every 25 coconuts produced in India? Before joining Marico as a fieldwork intern, I certainly didn’t. While stories about the distribution network of Marico are well known, I figure the stories about their supply chain must be legendary. In my previous article, I tried to understand the values that Marico stands for. As I tried to understand how the sourcing works, I also realized that it exemplifies one of the core values of Marico – transparency and openness.
Many articles have been written about the merits and demerits of Jugaad. The best-known definition is that it is an innovative fix or a simple workaround. Its closest English equivalent is a ‘hack’ but unfortunately, a hack has evolved into something of an intellectual art form, so it misconstrues the true meaning of Jugaad. Others have said that it is an acceptable form of frugal engineering.
That evening my father came from the court, by his old bicycle which he got in dowry may be 25 years ago. He is a short man who grew old in his 40s. Years of working in a courthouse as a clerk, listening to the heinous cases of rapes and murder every day as a part of his job and finally the incessant struggle to run a house with a meagre income, made him dull and tired.
When introduced, in early August, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 received rave reviews. Pre-orders poured in and its stock price spiraled northwards!
How does it feel to be entrapped in a time bubble and live someone else's life? To sit in a cubicle in a posh building, trying hard to create an IT program and remembering that it has been a long time since you wrote a poem. How does it feel to wear that tag around your neck which has become your identity now, an identity which you did not want; That card opens a door for you in office. But you wonder, is this the door that you wanted to walk into? You walk along with your colleagues at 5 PM for tea and cigarette downstairs and discuss how hard the life has been and how overburdened you are. Suddenly you get a call from your boss, you stamp out the cigarette with your boot and rush to the stairs, thinking of an excuse, why you took 20 minutes long tea break today. You wanted to pursue arts but it does not pay. Writers are accused of obscenity for showing their prominent ribs popping out of their empty stomach. Poets are loathed for their inability to feed their children. Dramatists are just ignored conveniently, as long as they don't come up with a drum in a posh colony.
Friends, India is changing.
“Your social circle determines your net worth.” - Robin Sharma
Did you know that Marico buys 1 out of every 25 coconuts produced in India? Before joining Marico as a fieldwork intern, I certainly didn’t. While stories about the distribution network of Marico are well known, I figure the stories about their supply chain must be legendary. In my previous article, I tried to understand the values that Marico stands for. As I tried to understand how the sourcing works, I also realized that it exemplifies one of the core values of Marico – transparency and openness.
Many articles have been written about the merits and demerits of Jugaad. The best-known definition is that it is an innovative fix or a simple workaround. Its closest English equivalent is a ‘hack’ but unfortunately, a hack has evolved into something of an intellectual art form, so it misconstrues the true meaning of Jugaad. Others have said that it is an acceptable form of frugal engineering.
