D3 - Dangal Demonetization and Dalal Street -"The" review

Is it about the journey or is it about being the winner. Does that mean demonetization has to yield 100% result in 50 days for judging the current govenrment's stand on it .
How is Dangal making so much money inspite of this .Aamir Khan is no economist to have foreseen it .
Everybody has a view point and so does the Dalal Street !

 Let me talk about Dangal the movie rather the economics around it !

Dangal starts where Sultan ends ... top notch acting ,screen play and storyline and a great movie experience with Geeta and Babita stealing the show inspite of Aamir in it .

Mahavir Singh Phogat  mentors his children to become top international players . Whether he is doing it by forcing his dream and ambition of wiining gold  or analyzing it as his ego is something that  critics are doing to fill  their columns might not be the right way to look at it


Here is a family who had to undergo lot of hardship and go against the norm to achieve something which was never done .Should we be complaining it as  being glorified or dramatized  in the movie . Would  a bigger audiance watched the movie if it was not a Aamir Khan movie  or without elements of fiction in it ?

At the end of the day dont blame the makers for few misses in the story from reality .They can give a social message but cannot do social service with a movie .It is a commercial cinema and be happy a Bollywood Superstar had the conviction to take the story and present it on screen.Its a commercial cinema with a message and that's it.

It does sends a message but cannot implement it .There are other institutions and government who would have to do that job.

So take your Popcorn and sit and enjoy the movie and dont miss the climax .There is something there for Corporate Leadership there. You need to give away the limelight sometimes .It is not always about you being there  even if you are Aamir Khan and doesnt he steal the show even in a climax he gives a miss or did he not !

Finally  Demonetization is a initiative that needs support not criticism irrespective of the political party one supports  .We have waited for more than 60 years as a country to develop ,so let us not count be it 50 days or 100 days .Its a bold and good initiative and will take time .

Let us not make it an intitative which no one dare takes for the upliftment of the country in future.

Finally  i am not sure if Dalal Street is smiling but Dangal team is definitely smiling and so be the rest of the country


              

The Eternal ambiguity of controlling user data - The value perspective ...Did I WhatsApp this !

Firstly thanks for the overwhelming response for the previous post .I am humbled indeed with the
mail responses I have got.I have tried to reply to most of them , pardon me if I have missed replying to anyone .

A different taste for my readers today with respect to topic - No Philosophy ,No reviews and No marketing of  business either which I any ways don't do here !This is strictly a personal blog for

"Life As It Is" readers .

So what has WhatsApp done for itself.Has it created a sense of insecurity with its users or its business as usual and people will "always" forget it after sometime.Do they don't know their data is already public !

 What WhatsApp missed here was it created insecurity by creating the ambiguity .It is one thing to be diplomatic in one way ,but when it comes to topics of privacy you need to come out clean.
So did they miss the trick?

When you make comments like sharing user  data for  "Other Purposes",its not about being politically incorrect here.

You are simply loosing the trust of the user.

User trust is more important than user data and the philosophy of the company should always focus on that .

Business is an outcome of that trust . Sustainability of business relies only on this point .


Is there a solution for this user controlled privacy ? Well, wait for my next post where I  will Go Bezirk on the same ! Maybe in some other forum...


Till then ...
                                                                                  LiFe As It Is Continues...

                                                                                                           Pavan

The Country of Billion People and the Olympic Dilemma !

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”, so says the line in Secret Garden !

I still believe its all about perspectives ! Oh a country of Billion ask many people and yet not many medals in Olympics  !So should we be winning a Billion Gold Medals?
There are reasons for everything and also for this.
India got its Independence 69 years ago to be precise (in another 2 days) and we have come a long way in all aspects .The country has been on an incremental curve especially after the Liberation of economy in 1991 in a fairy exponential way .
Exposure to most of the Olympic sports and the physical fitness preparedness is not developed and it needs its own processes and infrastructure support.

One can counter argue saying even small  African nations go ahead and win Gold medals.What facility and infrastructure they have ?There is always one Usain Bolt and we also have our own  Sania Mirza and Sania Nehwal  and not to mention the 2 legends in their own fields:  Sachin and Leander Peas .
We will definitely improve and we might not compete and even surpass China like we do in Information Technology but we have improved and the future looks brighter !

The mindset in the people of the country to look up to sports as a professional career should increase rather than making pessimistic comments about the country's talent pool.  This  could be a negative factor for  the next generation of stars.

Yes we still have Cricket as the major sport ,viz we all have grown with that.

Its like asking a North Indian you eat only rotis and south Indian you eat only rice.

Certain things need not change and certain things would change based on circumstances .

Sachin is still the "God of Cricket"and Rajini is still celebrated in an unprecedented way by the young and the old alike when his film releases .

We are a country where we celebrate our fellow countrymen's achievement as our own achievement and lets be proud of it!

There is a transition period for everything and we are slowing transitioning towards in a good fashion in many areas .

Yes, there are infrastructure issues ,corruption etc.But there are different problems every where in the world.

Its a nice fashion even for so called socialites to comment on  it ,but we should truly be proud that there is a Deepa Karmakar and an Indian among very few in the World who can do Produnova.

Let us celebrate and appreciate the moment and I am glad I could take 3 women as examples of excellence which itself shows the fact we have progressed from being a Male dominated country .

So the " Acche Din" of Indian Olympics might  not be far away and that might be the
                                                       "Tryst with Destiny"

                                                  Till then  Life As It Is continues ....
                                                                                                  
 

The Untold Story of the Crest Jewel of Ramayana and the Final War - Part 1

Preface:

             The story is an reinterpretation of the almost lost treasure created by my grand father  the scholar  (Late) G Seshadri Ayyangar Swami  and retold by my uncle  S .Srinivasan who had interpreted the same in English and who along with  his brother and my  father S.Govindan are motivation to this .
I have always been awestuck by the skillful powers of Indrajith (Ravana's son) described by Sage Valmiki and hence  the retelling of the story centre's around the way strategies evolved to eliminate him and make the preparation for the mega what i call  as blockbuster battle  between Rama and Ravana.

Characters in Chapter 1 and 2 :

Rama : King of Ayodhya

Seetha Devi : Wife of Rama

Lakshmana : Rama's Brother

Hanuman : Son of Kesari and Anajana

Ravana : King of Kingdom of Lanka

Vibhishana - Brother of Ravana

Sugreeva : King of Kishkinda Kingdom

Introduction - Preparation to the Final Battle :

War is at its peak and Lakshmana ( King Rama's brother ) is overpowering Ravan's army.
Ravana needs to unleash his main potent force and his invincible warrior son Indrajith to the
battlefield and calls for an emergency meeting 

Chapter 1:

Ravana's Strategy Room and the Invisible Battle

The war is at its peak and Ravana has to unleash his  invincible warrior and son Indrajith .
He is in his war room discussing strategy and the entire core team is discussing who is the one person
who could be the key to Rama's army.
    The analysis of key strength's of Rama's army begins and minute details are examined 

Hanuman and Vibhishana (Ravana's brother ) are considered to be key to winning the war

    Ravana says : My son Indrajith has invisible powers and is unconquerable.

  Ravana's minister says:   Hanuman because of the benedictions of Surya ,Agni and Mahadeva is also unconquerable .
  Then comes the   reply  from  another  of  Ravana's General:
           He was responsible for the death of the valiant Vali who was endowed with the undaunted power of India  
     
 There is a thunder in the sky and Ravana and his team peaks from the window to see what is happening .

Indrajith and Lakshmama are already in a battle and Indrajith has unleashed his invisible powers and Lakshmana is struggling to cope up with the same.

Vibhishana and Hanuman come towards  Lakshmana and takes him away and its late evening and battle for the day ends.

Ravana  sits down on and thinks Vibhishana must have played a trick and provoked Indrajith to the battlefield and immediately asks his minister to summon Indrajith to the War room.
          

Chapter 2:

The Game of  Shadow War and the Revolt of Lakshmana

To be continued .....

Life Entrepreneurship and Personalization - The 5 year journey

Life  As It Is  in its 5th year and finally where do i come to .Its Life again but a personalized life .
The complete ecosystem of my blogs might have had different recepies but it touches only one aspect -The Purpose of Life?

In the age of IOT and Personalziation where every small piece of info about a person is an use case and remembering history is no more required -Google does it for you.
 Do i need a change in the way my life is controlled ? Question yourself if you are living a life of a spirit !

Lets talk about the Entrepreneur phenomenon or the Stating Up wave going on currently .
 I strongly agree on the critic Entrepreneurs and Investors don’t create jobs.  Instead, they argue that jobs are created by consumers and demand for goods and services which enable entrepreneurs to create corporations, jobs and profits.

It is all about executing based on needs and this era of so called "Smart life " and the most abused term i see being used these days IOT . 
 IOT is nothing more than can u solve a problem .
Forget solving are you even  identifying the right  problem in the first place.

Entrepreneurship ,IOT ,Personalization looks like a great story to tell.But story is only sustainable when demand is created and supply part is executed .
As one of my Prof in IIM-B used to say its all about making revenues from "Other people's Money " when it comes to Business.

What about leadership in Entrepreneurship ! I think that solves crux of the problem,

An Entrepreneur who can take the "One Handed" view stand made famous by War Time US President Roosevelt could be the key.

You cannot be what i call "Preferential Leader" ,It overshadows the innovation you bring about and eventually destroys the vision and spirit of entrepreneurship.
But definitely you need a personlaized leader who has access to minute details for decision making .

So with all these should i give my take on where the economy is moving !Raghuram Rajan has already done that i suppose .

So whats the Mantra for success and Entrepreneurship...

Here is my take ...blogger take i call it

Who cares what other people think ,As they say in Silicon valley -Make the money quick .

No business is bad business .Dont have complexities issues about entering different areas.I think something which people still haven't figured about Warren Buffet is diversify everywhere .

And finally as ususal ending with some golden thoughts to ponder over 

                 "Zindagi ek safar hai suhana ,Yaha kal kya ho kisne jaana "

                                                           Kishore Da and Entrepreneurship lives on 

                                                                                            And
                                                                                                         Life As It Is
                                                                                                                                             Continues ...