My first blog....

I want to write about something which I never felt like this before in my short span of life. I am not a person who have a disciplined way of worship. It is common with hindu families that no one will force you to worship, its all upto the individual. Like every hindu family my parents never forced me worship any god in my chilhood. but my parents used to insist the temple visit and they used visit temple or worship the god always. These days when I grow up my father started emphasizing the importance of praying and going to temple. He won’t force me but he says that I should visit temple and should have a regular worship. This time when visited my home, father checked with me whether I went to our home town temple. I didn’t, skip from my mind. Actually my home town is in the name of a goddess. That temple is in the middle of the town. Our house is just behind that temple. My parents always wanted a house which should walk able from the temple. When we bought our present ...

Today morning I have received an article in my inbox from a team manager development institute. Thanks to one of my manager for introducing this series of article. This manager is more towards theory and I would always get irritated by the way he manages because he read a lot articles and books on management. Talk about those theories without bringing those to action. He expect us to do these while he is an observer as if he is doing the right thing. Ok let me stop describing my manager and start talking about the article. Article is about what or how should we reward the employee. The author beautifully talked about occasions we gift our friends and relatives and same thing link to employee’s rewards and recognition. Author talked about the research they have done on gifting. it says that post gifting ,the goods value diminishes by a good percentage at the moment gift handover the receiver. So how can we make sure our gift has 100 % or more value...

Yesterday my wife wanted buys shoes for our daughter, first one for her. We are travelling to Dubai next week; cold climate is going on there. So my wife thought that shoes and some cold clothes are necessary for the little star. My in laws are there in Dubai, they already bought some cold cloths of the baby. So don’t have to buy that at the moment. As soon as we enter the shop I have received a call and while I was talking I could see my impatient wife staring at me for not helping her picking up shoes. Somehow I had finished that and went help. Wife had some advice from her mother and my sister in law on shoes. But both advise was different so my wife was in dilemma and of course that worried me most. Because you never know she may pick up both types of shoes. So my involvement was very much needed to choose a shoe which can satisfy my wife without influencing those advices. I had carried the baby and free up my wife to look for shoes. She brought some nice models, I wa...

Most of us think working under pressure or bad managers are not good. But I think we should work under pressure and of course under bad managers as well. I had fortune to work under so called bad managers for quite some time. Again when I say bad manager, it is subjective. But I have named bad manager only after measuring on an article I read in Times career supplement a while ago. Some of excerpts are bad managers find only negatives in their reportes, they won’t take any responsibility, they will be biased, they will be on theories and talk themselves high but team results will be in red etc... Luckily I have understood that article quickly and I become a good at identify bad managers. I thought one of my mangers is very bad and all of my team members including me started looking other opportunity. I got an opportunity in other department in the same company and I have moved there without thinking much. In this course of time I have got a lot of learning in terms ...

Today I as usual I couldn’t leave office on time. I normally travel in office cab to save petrol cost and almost every day I will miss my cab so I will be ended paying auto charge to come back home. Luckily today one of my friends called me before leaving office and he wanted to take my internet card from home and he was ready come office and takes me to my home. That was good, other thing is most of the auto drivers won’t be ready to come my place as it is little interior and those who come they will ask more money that will be more or equal to petrol cost if travel my own. But reason for travelling office cab is not only money but this will make me on time to office. Friend spends some time at home then left. After that I went for a walk with my wife and baby and we had small grocery shopping. I have noticed a soya chugs cover label on that a soya roll photo printed and I kind of liked it.   May be because my vegetarian saga for these 41 days because of spiritual reason, I have g...

During my first week of my marriage my sister in law talk about her sister. she mentioned that her sister is honest. When she gets angry we could see horn arising from her head; and she is a good singer. I was very happy but this talk created a scary feeling in my heart because of the second point. As self believer I promised myself that I will not (even now I have forgot add 'not', thats me) give chance for my wife pop her horns out. I have asked her to sing that night she was not ready, I have asked, requested, then have done both too many times. Finally she was ready to sing with a condition. I should not look at her eye, I had to turn other side. When I heard the song it was more like' ok finally I got to hear the song'; I forgot to appreciate the way she wanted. Poor me, my wife decided that she wont sing for me again. But I got to know from my aunt; sister, mother and others that she sing well. She sung for them in my absense......

Yesterday was my brothers birthday as per our hindu calender. We used to follow that; in fact I and my brother never know our actual birthdays till recent years. I have confirmed my birthday couple of years back after I referred to my astrology records. I remember my brothers birthday that we celebrated in 1995 some days before my mother passed away. during those days she was getting tired and we all including she thought that it is because of excess fat. So she herself started excerises but she used to get exhausted. She started taking rest once she came back from her work.  She is a person who never take rest; she used to make herself busy in kitchen or doing any paper work for my fathers business. But since it was sudden change no one really care even she as well. I dont remember the date; but it was end of Nov or beginning of Dec. My brothers birthday. in the evening he called his friend home for dinner. Mother told him to take them to a hotel or ca...

When I go back to my early school days I remember one thing my teachers thought me, 'human is a social animal'. I dont remember which class but this sentence was repeated in most of the class and it continued till college. and it again repeated in different terms after I started my career. there people used talk about net working, social drinking, socialising, building relation ship etc... and I have seen fake or transactional relationship as well. Actually I think if we do socialising and sharpen our ability to do this art there is no need for a management course. I am realising this by looking at my respected people. My dad is not an educated man but he is suceessful sales man and well known person in our town. He doesnt know who Philip Kotler is or his 4/5 Ps. but he know how to talk to any one the way the receipent likes or attracts. that art was acquired only by talking to people around him. I dont know whether he put any effort in his early days...

Not sure if I am going to be a continuous blogger.... not even sure that I would write a second blog. But thank god I have started typing something in this blog. Happy for it. Surprisingly I had a blog account. I had created an account in this to view one of my friends blogs. But I was not aware that with that account I could also contribute blogs. Thanks to my Sis in law. She started a blog and that motivaed me to write something like that. Actually I wanted to write something like this from long time. I used to write stories in my old books and MS office. the main intension was to improve my communication. My wife and some good friends was critics. Then the movie Julie and Julia ( not sure of the spelling) also inspired me to write blogs. As being a Team manager by profession I deligated and motivated my wife to blog. I am confident that if she start blog she can become a writer !! hope those who know her well will vouch that. Now suddenly my sis in law started blog with ...