Bijay's Blog

Right Investment Currency as a medium of exchange may go well beyond its popular definition of notes and coins. The bullion and real estate are best investment avenues as per conventional perception besides casino banking products. But so far as the the literal meaning is concerned all possible mediums of exchanges are currencies. As per economics, the intrinsic value of any currency always depreciates if not invested properly. Nevertheless, right investment always protects the future. The technology itself, a high denomination currency if not invested timely, could secure legends to fall. The pioneers of the respective product segments Nokia and Kodak are already case studies in business schools. Mere reluctance to adopt right technology on time could engineer dramatic change in market dynamics. Besides, investment in research (not limited to technology) is key to sustained growth and a secured future. Time is most important form of abstract currency because "Time i...

Approximately, 60% of population across the globe pursue more than 4 thousand religious beliefs. Most of them fall under 2 main streams of religions i.e. Abrahamic and Dharmic (Indian) with nearly 95% followings. In almost all cases the religions are named either after the founder or the philosophy. Interestingly both the factors are brushed aside in case of the oldest religion with a third of world's population, the Hinduism. However, etymology considers Hinduism as a geographical term and refers to nationality of the people who lives across the river Sindhu a.k.a Indus. Though coined initially by the Persians, with difficulty to pronounce the river name correctly, assumed the cult status afterwards. The parody is, the most civilized people living at the bank Sindhu are referred as Hindus by Persians and Indus by Europeans, defying a canon of language "Proper names are never translated". Moreover, the ill-conceived notion of the nationality is now imposed o...

Give What Matters Most “You give your children enough money to do something but not enough to do nothing.” A famous line from Oscar winner 2011 Hollywood flick, "The Descendants". Based on a well-known quote from billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a 1986 Fortune magazine interview that 99% of his wealth will be donated to charity either within his life or by his death. I don’t want them to grow up spoiled. I’m not rich enough for my children to afford services for the super-rich or swanky lifestyles in Meadow Lane, the so-called “Billionaires Lane” in the Hamptons. But I also know that if I left them my fortune, they would not appreciate the value of money. The most important legacy that we can ultimately leave them is not money but the life lessons that we have imparted to them that will enable them to live their lives well. In other words as the local idiom goes, a capable heir could earn everything on his own and an incompetent spoiled one looses ...

A Faceless Name That Renounced Its Fame   Chris Nolan's Batman Trilogy, would always remain a huge source of inspiration for the whole generation, particularly for people in public service. A brilliant story of benevolence, sacrifice and renunciation, that still resonates with me. This may be regarded as little exaggeration of a fiction, but such a story of rejuvenation, intrigues us to delve deep into the underlying philosophy. Right from my childhood I always take pride of our (Indian) rich culture and value system. But a lot of time the same belief takes a beating whenever I encounter a better illustration, and compelled to think who they draw their inspiration from. In the chaos of "Survival of the Fittest", "Cut Throat Competition" is the naked truth. The value system is completely irrelevant and a misplaced theory in contemporary time. Plenty of doctrines suggest relinquishing the result of your good Karma 'deed', though very difficult in p...

Made for Each Other Feminism, a modern day syndrome in educated middle class women as one of their favorite pass time. In this competitive society fairer sex still enjoys the luxury of a lot of fairness. In an attempt to position themselves in the top of the race they in fact make some hoax cry in the name of woman rights. The issues they claim to be their own, in a way faced by all cutting across gender lines. The actual plights of socio-economic backward women goes completely unheard in the noise of all these fabricated issues.  We may debate, the nature is predominantly patriarchal, however there are few good matriarchal examples as in the honey-bees, based on the fact who calls the shots. The power centre theorem or male/female supremacy logic has its footing in the law of nature "survival of the fittest". The powerful ones have the lion's share, here power encompasses both physical and intellectual strength. Nevertheless, the very factors deciding power, ha...

Living In Together From time immemorial, a lot of theories have been planted how the human race came into existence. However, none of them is really convincing to us including stories told by wise scientists, even after centuries of research. Myths from both Abrahamic and Indian religions are rather funny, unscientific or inconclusive. To be precise the mystery of "Egg or Chicken First" is still unresolved. Well the fact is that mankind is a product of the same nature as rest of the creatures. And if we study, we could substantiate that there is a set of rule "the properties" that each of us should demonstrate. These properties are extended to even vegetation, water bodies, mountains etc with a little margin for error. In a way, the nature itself conducts how different entities should behave. For instance, animals never connive together to violate the food chain. These properties are in built into us as hard coded instincts. The aberrations in fact results in ...

Who Really Cares A red carpet welcome to a new player in the game, to change the very rules of the  game, the Politics. The game has already witnessed many legendary rise and dramatic falls with hardly any space for a new player. The grand old party is sitting cosy in the assembly for the 3rd successive term. The nationalist party could only hold its forte in the Local body (Municipal Corporation) though very convincingly. Several attempts to grab power turned to be futile with some small players particularly a casteist one spoiling the party. The national mood echos in the city walls reverberating anti incumbency ripple. The grand old lady still stands her ground, defying the popular view to unsettle her regime. Coming back to the game, the match calendar is already published, a year ahead from now. This is claimed to be a typically  interesting  match consisting of the veteran/popular teams, few dark horses, an underdog and of course few spoilers. The ...

Not Really A young IRS officer left his lucrative job in Income tax department and started an NGO for a change in the system. It's almost a decade since he actually started on this mission even being on job. Then he met an old man who too a staunch Gandhian,  a champion of many social reforms and a political crusader. They had many things in common what they called their vision for India i.e. an India free from Corruption and ruled by principles of  Swaraj. Eventually, the duo had some common ground on the issue of Lokpal Bill and agreed to start a protest against the incumbent system. Initially it looked more like a symbolic protest at Jantar Mantar by the veteran Gandhian supported by a small number of people. However, there was very sparse presence of people from across different sections of society. They were the people otherwise very anguished on the current political system. Ignorant of the ground reality, Sangha, otherwise dissatisfied with the Incumbent polit...