Its Jan 1,2009…

A new year,a new day,a new beginning…

But before this new start let me first thank all those who made my 2008 so special…. 
My thanks to all my friends who made every moment worth living…

Special thanks to HCL and in particular Sandhaya mam for giving me an opportunity to work for HCL… frankly speaking that was the biggest day of my life…

Thank thanks to my teachers, HOD sir and Medury sir because of whom i am what i am today.. yes An Engineer and above all with a respectable CGPA of 6.2… It was really unbelievable when i saw 8.9 SGPA in my 8th sem examination…  

But this year was not all about these happy and successful moments but actually a very tragic or should i say the worst year of my life and in particular the date 11th August the day my Grandfather Sh. Lekh Raj gera passed away… If it would have been a natural death then i wont have written all this It was a shocking Accident… 
I remember My grandfather once said “the day I’ll die take my funeral with a band” and it was he only who made me so mature about this stage of life… and i always agreed to him about this that its a part of life everyone has to die some time or other but God not like this, he was so healthy so active and he brought happiness to so many with his yoga lessons…

I still believe he’s still with me and because of him only i got placed and this CGPA…

“Daadu miss you lots….”

Moving ahead the last quarter of 2008 brought some very tough times for the entire world in the form of recession and everyone can still feel its impact… 
But even in this tough time again thank to HCL for starting with our Japanese language training{as a part of their Japanese business program for which i was selected} on time.. Although its an unpaid training but i am happy i won’t have to sit at home and wait for my joining!!!

More than that The terror Attack on Mumbai rather i should say on India gave big blow to the entire foundation of this country and made major impact on the heart and soul of every Indian…

I salute all the brave men who gave their lives to protect my fellow Indians… and personally i feel its not the time to sit back and show our Mumbaikar or Indian spirit that yes even after an attack we are back to our work and daily life, i feel its time to fight back not just with the external terrorist but with the terrorists inside our country and inside the system yes i mean the politicians who made this a war of words and played with our sentiments… Its time to ACT!!!

2008 came to an end with me being with my best buddies @ midnight for the first time and with a drink and an awesome dinner…. 

And in the end I’ll thank my parents for being there always and for always supporting my over expensive lifestyle… 

2009

I hope this year will bring some change to the global economic situation and i wish our politicians learn some leason from the death of so many innocents and will rise above this dirty politics… 

I hope this year i start earning and can fulfill all my grandfather’s wishes and also can help my parents.. 

Looking forward to a great 2009 

and also

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR….

May the year ahead brings peace prosperity health and happiness in everyone’s life… 

Sayonara friends OOPS… hum hain rahi pyar ke fir milenge chulte chulte!!

A few days ago i posted an article by my future boss Vineet Nayar { CEO – HCL Technologies Ltd} where he showed the silver lining of this recession phase and now when every country is working on the bailout packages and there’s a bit of stability in the economy here’s another great post by him about the Lessons from the meltdown >

· Courage to walk away: The very first learning that emerged from what is now being termed as a financial Armageddon was the need for courage: The courage to carve your own path and walk away from the herd. We in India were born with this lesson as we gained independence with ‘non-violence’ in an era of World Wars. In the US financial world, we saw Warren Buffet display the courage to walk away. Back in 2002, when companies began toying with exotic derivative instruments, Warren Buffet termed derivatives ‘financial weapons of mass destruction.’ Few listened to him then but today he stands out as the voice of sanity.

· Save it for a rainy day: The second lesson is the forgotten power of savings. The ‘savings mentality’ has always been a hallmark of the Asian culture. India, for one, has always had a high rate of savings – a phenomenon that is getting eroded with a new culture of consumerism sweeping across our cities today. Interestingly, America, which is home to 5% of the world’s population, accounted for 30% of global production and 37% of global consumption during boom times! On an individual level in the recent crisis, the ninja loans reflect this mentality, but collectively it made the entire country vulnerable to risk. And there were those who saw the warning signals.

In 2005, when the times were good, economists Paul Volcker and Clyde Prestowitz, pointed out that America was vulnerable due to all the leveraging, and predicted that a financial crisis could soon hit its shores. This has come true and – be it at a macro level or a micro level – it highlights a forgotten lesson on the power of savings and that that we should leverage only to the extent we can afford to service our debt. Its time for a “back to basics” approach, old fashioned as it may seen. Save and plough back in good times, and not fritter liquid assets away.

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I am sure all of you are quite aware of the present global economic recession and have tasted it in some way or the other…
Trust me even a student like me can also feel the heat…
But this article by Vineet Nayar - Chief Executive Officer of HCL Technologies Ltd. shows the silver lining of this bad phase…

We can all see dark clouds gathering ahead. The western world is in the throes of a recession, there’s a financial crisis that has got its foot stuck in the door, regulators are battling solutions behind not-so-closed doors. Meanwhile people are losing jobs, capital is drying up, and just about everything has hit the fan.   While that appears to be a picture far removed from us, no country is an island today and India is no exception. The Indian economy has started to feel the beginnings of the pain, and by the looks of it, we need to be prepared for the tremors. 

So, what do we do when turbulent times begin to creep in through the back door?   I’d like to share a real life narrative here that shows us the power of conviction and persistence when you hit a bad patch.  At the time of the dotcom bust, e-commerce suddenly seemed like a bad word and investors were becoming increasingly disenchanted with the virtual world. Jeff Bezos, who began amazon.com from the garage of his home in 1994, was undeterred. Having gone live in 1995 and reached the one million customer mark by 1997, he was sailing along when the dot-bust hit the internet. In 2000 amazon.com was forced to lay off 150 workers. The next year, it posted a loss of $1.4 billion. Many companies folded up, others changed tracks but Jeff Bezos believed in the power of the internet and did not buckle. He continued to expand the services provided on amazon.com. In fact, he stayed steadfast on the path of lowering costs even as profits dwindled simply because he believed that was the right way to go in the long run.  

I read about him warding questions on how he was taxing the patience of his investors and shareholders with conviction that he was doing the right thing even though it may not be evident then. In turn, to reflect his own personal commitment, he passed up any pay raise or bonus for several years in a row.  The rest is history. Amazon today is a case study in e-commerce success having achieved over $ 500 million in profits by 2004, nudging its way into the S&P 500.  

So, the question is that when bad times strike, should we take the punch or should we, like Jeff Bezos did, stick to our belief and fight back? 

Well, fight back we must. To begin with, we must stare at the situation square in the eye, assess the impending change, and then reinvent ourselves to fit the new picture.

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On a personal note friends always remember “Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do!!!”  and guys due to this recession time every company is in filtering mode they are filtering out its employes and only the good one’s will survive and for all of you its just a matter of time and market will bounce back and these company’s will get in hiring mode soon then it’ll be a golden chance as they’ll hire more to compensate for those who were filtered…

Don’t worry, Be happy… 

P.S:- Thanks to HCL i have a job in my hand I hope i’ll get my joining soon…