Well, I am here on the blog after almost 2 full months. A lot of has happened in these 2 months, let us see what all I could remember.
- Closed a deal for consulting with a Device company, whom I met during DIA
- Followed up with people met during CalAsia and DIA.
- Left for India on July 14th with family.
- In Nagpur until 26th July - Very busy with family, Harrier, Nagpur First and getting dental and medical tests.
+ Got dental work done for all, Blood tests done for Shubhra and self. Shubhra's Cholesterol is fairly high and Hemoglobin quite low. In my case my Sugar is pretty high both fasting and post meal. Hence we need to take care.
+ Abhay, PK's younger borther died in unexpected circumstances and police made it a case of suicide. This unfortuante incident took two full days for completing all last rites etc and also consoling PK and his family.
+ Had great progress on Nagpur First front. The press conference we held on July 24th precipitated permanency of the venture. More details on it later.
+ Also met with Harrier team and its sales team. Conducted Board meeting and other general meetings with Amit.
+ Visited VNIT twice once to meet Director Gokhale and on July 25th to address the Commencement of incoming class of 2009 and their parents.
+ Organized and had a gala time during the Silver Jubilee Reunion of Nagpur MBA Graduates of 1984. 17 Students and 2 teachers and their family attended the function at Hotel Center Point. It was fund time and also got well connected with so many people, with most after 25 years.
+ Visited Pusla Jain temple and did Puja there along with the Jains of the town. Also had a felicitation function there and I addressed the gathering including sharing my Impossible promise with them.
+ Spoke at a Jain Pathshala (Religious class) of kids and their parents on 21st. The best thing there was I connected with Kids very well and another one was that Ma was present to see all my felicitations and honor. In fact she got felicitated too, besides Shubhra.
Later I visited Delhi and Mumbai for business. Then Jabalpur for 4 days, came back to Nagpur for Rakhi - the first one after Babuji's departure and then visited Bhopal, Sagar and Khurai, before returning to the US on 12th with a day's stop at Mumbai with Arvind Iyer family. Details of this latter portion in the next post.
Now I am writing this on the third day of Paryushan (as per Digambar tradition) and today is Uttam Arjav day. That means I must follow the Simplicity (Straightforwardness) in toto.
The quote which have been with me for last one week is "When your shadow becomes longer than you, you must sense that Sunset is not far." What I have learnt with that is 'I must do more than I talk or talk about'.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Gratefulness
I have confirmed the earlier learning about BEING GRATEFUL recently. This confirmation came while dealing with my children. I see them, especially my son, these days (may be due to the teen age) that they feel angry about not getting some thing silly, while having all the important things for their life. While counselling them I realized that what is making the anger arise is the fact that they are not being grateful for what they have; instead they consider all what they have as their entitlement, which SHOULD have been there any way.
Since there is no gratefulness in mind and/or heart, not getting simplest or silliest of the things make them lose temper or get angry and do things which they will never do in their right minds. Hence while counselling this fact that we need to be grateful for every little thing we get in life, even as simple fact as that we are alive, we have food to eat, clothes to wear and a home to live in and family and friends to share our life with; all these things we take for granted, but in reality we need to be THANKFUL (Grateful) that we have all this and much much more available to us. We are so fortunate compare a lot many people in the world who do not have one or many of these simplest of the things in life.
Just writing this makes me feel good and makes me appreciate my fortune, fate, luck, fortitude or what ever else a name you give to that way of being. I feel content, satisfied and also get a sense of happiness and joy. In this state I realize that anger or unhappiness has no place to arise.
I pledge that I will always be grateful for getting this life as the highest form of living being i.e. Human Being; using which I could really perform at the highest plane of life in nature. THANKS, THANKS and MANY THANKS.
Since there is no gratefulness in mind and/or heart, not getting simplest or silliest of the things make them lose temper or get angry and do things which they will never do in their right minds. Hence while counselling this fact that we need to be grateful for every little thing we get in life, even as simple fact as that we are alive, we have food to eat, clothes to wear and a home to live in and family and friends to share our life with; all these things we take for granted, but in reality we need to be THANKFUL (Grateful) that we have all this and much much more available to us. We are so fortunate compare a lot many people in the world who do not have one or many of these simplest of the things in life.
Just writing this makes me feel good and makes me appreciate my fortune, fate, luck, fortitude or what ever else a name you give to that way of being. I feel content, satisfied and also get a sense of happiness and joy. In this state I realize that anger or unhappiness has no place to arise.
I pledge that I will always be grateful for getting this life as the highest form of living being i.e. Human Being; using which I could really perform at the highest plane of life in nature. THANKS, THANKS and MANY THANKS.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
True Indian Secularism
I have just come back a week ago from hectic travels to San Francisco, Atlanta, New York and Orlando. Since this also meant many meetings, conferences etc. it took toll on me and my time, hence the delay in composing myself and writing this blog.
But the great thing about travel is its enormously rich experience due to abundance of contact with humanity. One of the things which made me really think hard during this time was the nature of Indian secularism. This was brought about by two incidents.
First happened during BIO show on 19th and 20th May. We had kept Ganesha statues made of Sandal wood in our booth for giving away as gifts to prospects. One Indian lady came to our booth, her first name was a very typical Christian name, but Family name was Indian. She requested if she could have the statue of Ganesha and said she wanted it as 'He will bring me good luck and removes obstacles for me'. Those are Hindu beliefs. So I thought she might have changed her Indian (Hindu) name to a Christian name for the ease of Americans, as some Indians and most Chinese do. But on inquiry to my utter surprise she declared that she was a Christian from Goa and married to a Parsi, meaning neither the family she was born in to nor married in to, believed in Lord Ganesha, yet growing up in India, she certainly wanted that statue.
Interestingly the story with her did not end on that day. Second day she came and this time just grabbed another statue from the booth, saying that her yesterday one was taken away by a friend and she certainly needs one. First the audacity of her action made me a bit angry, as we had only 2 statues left and were keeping them for real good prospects for whom it was meant, But looking at her devotion, we could not refuse and just laughed at her 'grabbing'.
Second incident took place in Orlando Florida during ASCO meet. We visited a Luxury items shop, which was selling expensive watches, diamonds, jewellery, high value porcelain etc. We again saw a beautiful Ganesha Statue of high value porcelain made by Spanish company Lladro displayed prominently in the middle of the shop. So I intelligently assumed that shop was owned by an Indian of Hindu faith. But later in our interaction we found out that it was owned by a Muslim that too of Pakistani origin (Well his parents were from India and he was also born in India, but moved to Pak when he was a baby and was a Pakistani national). Again that was not the end of the story, the real discussion took place on another day, when we visited him for some thing else and interacted further. He told us that the staue of Ganesha is priced for only $1550, but he will not sell it even though he has received the offers as high as $16,000 for the same. He said "I will never sell this statue as I believe in Ganesha as so many people (around 800 Million Hindus) of the world believe in Him, obviously He must be a great benefactor". This muslim gentleman also said that he respects all beliefs as they all come from human experience.
After mulling over a lot on both these incidents, I realized that there connection with India and growing up in Indian millieu had made these believers in monotheism (which inherently preaches monopoly over the concept of God) were truly secular in Indian sense, which means 'Equal Respect to all Faiths'.
Jai Ho, India and its Great Heritage!!! May all people start believing in such Secularism.
But the great thing about travel is its enormously rich experience due to abundance of contact with humanity. One of the things which made me really think hard during this time was the nature of Indian secularism. This was brought about by two incidents.
First happened during BIO show on 19th and 20th May. We had kept Ganesha statues made of Sandal wood in our booth for giving away as gifts to prospects. One Indian lady came to our booth, her first name was a very typical Christian name, but Family name was Indian. She requested if she could have the statue of Ganesha and said she wanted it as 'He will bring me good luck and removes obstacles for me'. Those are Hindu beliefs. So I thought she might have changed her Indian (Hindu) name to a Christian name for the ease of Americans, as some Indians and most Chinese do. But on inquiry to my utter surprise she declared that she was a Christian from Goa and married to a Parsi, meaning neither the family she was born in to nor married in to, believed in Lord Ganesha, yet growing up in India, she certainly wanted that statue.
Interestingly the story with her did not end on that day. Second day she came and this time just grabbed another statue from the booth, saying that her yesterday one was taken away by a friend and she certainly needs one. First the audacity of her action made me a bit angry, as we had only 2 statues left and were keeping them for real good prospects for whom it was meant, But looking at her devotion, we could not refuse and just laughed at her 'grabbing'.
Second incident took place in Orlando Florida during ASCO meet. We visited a Luxury items shop, which was selling expensive watches, diamonds, jewellery, high value porcelain etc. We again saw a beautiful Ganesha Statue of high value porcelain made by Spanish company Lladro displayed prominently in the middle of the shop. So I intelligently assumed that shop was owned by an Indian of Hindu faith. But later in our interaction we found out that it was owned by a Muslim that too of Pakistani origin (Well his parents were from India and he was also born in India, but moved to Pak when he was a baby and was a Pakistani national). Again that was not the end of the story, the real discussion took place on another day, when we visited him for some thing else and interacted further. He told us that the staue of Ganesha is priced for only $1550, but he will not sell it even though he has received the offers as high as $16,000 for the same. He said "I will never sell this statue as I believe in Ganesha as so many people (around 800 Million Hindus) of the world believe in Him, obviously He must be a great benefactor". This muslim gentleman also said that he respects all beliefs as they all come from human experience.
After mulling over a lot on both these incidents, I realized that there connection with India and growing up in Indian millieu had made these believers in monotheism (which inherently preaches monopoly over the concept of God) were truly secular in Indian sense, which means 'Equal Respect to all Faiths'.
Jai Ho, India and its Great Heritage!!! May all people start believing in such Secularism.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
forgiveness and equanimity to handle self doubt and bad things happening to you
I am just not on my own today. Some thing has happened and I have doubted the truthfulness of it. When I tried to look for some evidence, I found them to be corroborating my doubt rather than the narrative told to me. This has made me really sad and has created a real unease in me. I am unable to sleep and do any thing else other than wallowing in self pity and worthlessness.
Although I have counselled many on such matters, as recently as 5 days ago, but when a doubting situation has arisen for me, I am unable to handle it. Is this my insecurity? Is it my doubting nature? Is it my giving disempowering meaning to what happens in life? What ever it is I am in real pain and unable to bear the thought of what I am making the incidents mean.
I am going to live from an empowering context and face the reality in the eye. I will further investigate and if all evidence are in the same directions then I must confront and ask the reality with the person. Living in a doubt will not be helpful to any one and living with that I will myself behave in strange manners and as a result create troubles for every one. So I must face it and then live in an empowering context. I should be worrying and sad myself, only if I have done some thing wrong. If others are doing wrong then it is their issue and not mine. They are the ones who will face consequences and not me. What ever is happening to me is caused by me i.e. is the result of my karmas.
I must stand for full belief in self and the theory of karma. And so even if my doubt is true then it is my karmas which are coming to fruition to provide me pain, others are just being catalyst in me having the pain. And I must be happy that bad karma are getting completed and now what I would do with the situation will create my future. So I must be equanimous with what ever is happening to me. Equanimity and forgiveness will bring peace to me for ever.
Although I have counselled many on such matters, as recently as 5 days ago, but when a doubting situation has arisen for me, I am unable to handle it. Is this my insecurity? Is it my doubting nature? Is it my giving disempowering meaning to what happens in life? What ever it is I am in real pain and unable to bear the thought of what I am making the incidents mean.
I am going to live from an empowering context and face the reality in the eye. I will further investigate and if all evidence are in the same directions then I must confront and ask the reality with the person. Living in a doubt will not be helpful to any one and living with that I will myself behave in strange manners and as a result create troubles for every one. So I must face it and then live in an empowering context. I should be worrying and sad myself, only if I have done some thing wrong. If others are doing wrong then it is their issue and not mine. They are the ones who will face consequences and not me. What ever is happening to me is caused by me i.e. is the result of my karmas.
I must stand for full belief in self and the theory of karma. And so even if my doubt is true then it is my karmas which are coming to fruition to provide me pain, others are just being catalyst in me having the pain. And I must be happy that bad karma are getting completed and now what I would do with the situation will create my future. So I must be equanimous with what ever is happening to me. Equanimity and forgiveness will bring peace to me for ever.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
मैं और मेरी सोच
आज की ब्लॉग तो मैं हिन्दी में लिख रहा हूँ क्योंकि इस में मुझे बहुत आनंद आ रहा है। जीवन में शायद पहली बार अपनी बात इन्टरनेट पर अपनी भाषा व्यक्त कर पाने कि खुशी है।
मुझे निम्नलिखित चीज़ों पर बहुत गर्व है और हमेशा इनके उत्थान में प्रयासरत रहता हूँ और लगा रहूँगा।
मैं स्वयं, मेरा परिवार, मेरा धर्म - जैन धर्म, मेरी अपनाई भाषा - हिन्दी, मेरा शहर - नागपुर, मेरा पैत्रिक राज्य - मध्य प्रदेश, मेरा अपना देश - भारत, मेरा निवासी देश - अमेरिका, मेरा जगत और उसमे बसने वाले सभी जीव।
अगर आप पाएंगे कि मैंने हर एक के आगे मेरा लगाया है तो उसका कारण यह है कि मेरी समझ में जब तक हम किसी भी वस्तु को अपना नहीं समझते हम उसके प्रति अपनत्व नहीं रख सकते। और जिस वस्तु के प्रति हम अपनत्व रखते हैं केवल उसी की प्रगति में हम सतत प्रयासशील रह सकते हैं।
आज पहली बार हिन्दी में ब्लॉग लिखने का बढ़ा ही आनंद आया, पर आदत नहीं होने से कुछ थक गया हूँ। तो बस आज इतना ही।
मुझे निम्नलिखित चीज़ों पर बहुत गर्व है और हमेशा इनके उत्थान में प्रयासरत रहता हूँ और लगा रहूँगा।
मैं स्वयं, मेरा परिवार, मेरा धर्म - जैन धर्म, मेरी अपनाई भाषा - हिन्दी, मेरा शहर - नागपुर, मेरा पैत्रिक राज्य - मध्य प्रदेश, मेरा अपना देश - भारत, मेरा निवासी देश - अमेरिका, मेरा जगत और उसमे बसने वाले सभी जीव।
अगर आप पाएंगे कि मैंने हर एक के आगे मेरा लगाया है तो उसका कारण यह है कि मेरी समझ में जब तक हम किसी भी वस्तु को अपना नहीं समझते हम उसके प्रति अपनत्व नहीं रख सकते। और जिस वस्तु के प्रति हम अपनत्व रखते हैं केवल उसी की प्रगति में हम सतत प्रयासशील रह सकते हैं।
आज पहली बार हिन्दी में ब्लॉग लिखने का बढ़ा ही आनंद आया, पर आदत नहीं होने से कुछ थक गया हूँ। तो बस आज इतना ही।
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Is it BAD or is it GOOD?
First of all, I must apologize for breaking my own resolution of writing the blog every single week. I recommitt myself to do so.
Well, today I got confronted by the day, as I kept hearing the 'bad' news one after the other almost entire day. Or so I thought. Towards the end I realized that the person who was saying these are the 'bad' news, is me. And if I can (or want to) 'see' them as 'good' news and say whatever happened today has been 'good', then I can. In fact while talking to my wife I realized this and then I turned around and starting 'seeing' them as good and they all turned out to be 'good' from another perspective. I also discussed this with my co-worker and we agreed that whatever happens to us, we are the ones who say it is good or bad, so why not say good to every thing whatever happens to us. That way, we keep feeling good and are empowered to work towards the solution, rather than focussing on the situation as the problem.
I also realized that this fact or concept been told to me or I have known for decades and even I myself coached many people about it, but to really implement in my own life, it really takes internalizing it like the incidents of today. So I resolve that whatever happens, I will always believe that it has happened for good. The key is in having the perspective from which it looks good.
जो होता है अच्छे के लिए ही होता है। शक्ति हमारी नजर में है कि हम उसे अच्छा देखें या बुरा। जय हो। । ।
Well, today I got confronted by the day, as I kept hearing the 'bad' news one after the other almost entire day. Or so I thought. Towards the end I realized that the person who was saying these are the 'bad' news, is me. And if I can (or want to) 'see' them as 'good' news and say whatever happened today has been 'good', then I can. In fact while talking to my wife I realized this and then I turned around and starting 'seeing' them as good and they all turned out to be 'good' from another perspective. I also discussed this with my co-worker and we agreed that whatever happens to us, we are the ones who say it is good or bad, so why not say good to every thing whatever happens to us. That way, we keep feeling good and are empowered to work towards the solution, rather than focussing on the situation as the problem.
I also realized that this fact or concept been told to me or I have known for decades and even I myself coached many people about it, but to really implement in my own life, it really takes internalizing it like the incidents of today. So I resolve that whatever happens, I will always believe that it has happened for good. The key is in having the perspective from which it looks good.
जो होता है अच्छे के लिए ही होता है। शक्ति हमारी नजर में है कि हम उसे अच्छा देखें या बुरा। जय हो। । ।
Thursday, April 2, 2009
The three laws of perfomance
I have been reading a book called - 'The Three Laws of Performance - Rewriting the future of your organization and your life' by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan. It is a phenomenal book, which has put a lasting impression on me. I have been transforming my life and my company Aagami, Inc. using these laws.
Here are the laws in short:
1. How people perform correlates to how situations occur to them.
2. How a situation occurs arises in language
3. Future-based language transforms how situations occur to people.
For more information please click on to http://www.threelawsofperformance.com/.
I hope it will be as useful and valuable to the reader of this blog as it has been to me.
Here are the laws in short:
1. How people perform correlates to how situations occur to them.
2. How a situation occurs arises in language
3. Future-based language transforms how situations occur to people.
For more information please click on to http://www.threelawsofperformance.com/.
I hope it will be as useful and valuable to the reader of this blog as it has been to me.
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