an eye-opener...

hi friends..just read a mail from my friend at iima in a news group..found it interesting and thought cud share with you guys too....

the debate on economics, culture, politics and society is always a very
heated one... and i intend to fuel it further because it is
necessary... as
always, i apologise for any of you taking offence to my statements...
but
before i proceed let me take the discussion from the point of view of
the
"other side"...

1. without ethics economic growth is manipulation and oppression...
agreed... but who defines "ethics"??? ethics are subjective and are a
set of rules which would not suit all people or cultures... on the other hand
moral values are universally accepted... please refer to the document in the
following link to make things clearer...
http://home.flash.net/~bob001/basics.htm
we are talking about moral values and not ethics here...

2.  in a truthful society, everyone accepts that only SOME people are
not practical enough to realise that economics drives the activities of the
masses, not ideals...

3. capitalism is NOT centralised economy, but socialism/communism is...
as a simple proof, just answer to yourself whether china or russia allow
democracy being communist countries... russia allowed democracy and the
communist economy collapsed... china can still run because there is
centralisation in communism...  capitalism is essentially decentralisation
and socialism is essentially centralisation... we are generally misguided by
the fact that large corporations mean centralisation... it means more
power away from government in case of capitalism... we need clarity of
concepts before we voice our opinions...

4. growth of economy should follow right means... i agree perfectly...
but capitalism with labour care and no labour unions or socialism with
labour exploitation avoidance unions??? i prefer the first...

5. industries should help humanity in the long run... perfectly
acceptable to me...

6. technology ALWAYS USES science never abuses it... the choice is of
man, not of technology... in fact, phones help me talk to my mother every
week...do we think of phones as bad because people have phone sex??? the fault
is of man, not the phone... the fault is of improper imbibing of culture
and not of something external called technology... who is responsible??? is
it  science because it allows misuse or the parents of my friends who could
not teach their children moral values??? it is always easy to abuse
external objects that cant speak for themselves rather than accepting our own
faults... i can go into psychology details to explain this, but i dont
think such an obvious thing needs such a comprehensive explanation...
coming to the bigger questions gopal you were trying to deal with...

a) IMF was formed along with World Bank at the Bretton woods conference
with a motive to make third world economies dependent on the developed
ones... it is modern imperialism... just like we had british colonialism for
resource capturing 50 years back... anyone who has studied modern economics and
history can easily confirm this... we dont need nobel laureates to tell  us
such obvious stuff... we probably need nobel laureates to say such things so
that the so called "ordinary insensible people" can be shown this as proof...

b) i am highly doubtful that labour intensive methods remove poverty...
please give me one example of a country which has successfully removed
poverty by labour intensive methods... all countries that dont have poverty
use capital intensive technology... they simply outsource work to save
costs... and by doing so they help so many unemployed people in India
to get good salary jobs... technology helps people to put more emphasis on
studies and do higher level work so that no human has to be a labourer...

c) pepsi and coke have never affected the sale of fruits... if they
have, please show me evidence... they have increased sales of fruit juices
helping fruit farmers to earn stably incomes... in fact, coke was developed as
a brain tonic... even if it is junk food, no morals stop me from having
it...
i have freedom of choice...
and one more thing... isnt eating vegatarian food also killing life???
why not just eat food which fall from trees... why grow crops just to kill
them??? is it simply because they cant speak we dont need to respect
their right to life??? we dont ask such questions because they make us
uncomfortable... please realise that lines here are hazy... we do
things which we feel are right for reasons we believe in... we cant force our
reasons and sense on others...

d) local solutions should be there for local problems... a point very
well taken...

here in my institute there are professors who talk with nobel laureates
in economics, just like professors in cmu... they can prove that
corruption has proved beneficial for the economy... we have people from IITs talking
about the futility of technology... there is more advancement in war torn
nations than peace loving ones... these are facts... see, we cant choose what
our future generations will do... we can only leave examples to learn from
by doing things which we think are correct... if they disagree, we are
already dead...

WWW... What..Why..When..mantra for success..

All of us have right to dream..it's known that man is most creative in his dreams..We also have goals set for us..now,whenever i come across this word "goal"..i become tensed..i never had one!! is that a crime?? there is a clear distinction between a goal and a dream..and i' ve mastered in the art of the later one..
i remember dreaming of being a police officer somewhere in my childhood..a good series of telugu movies on police power,police anguish and police action have strengthened my dream..i told everyone that i would be a great police officer someday and people appreciated me for that..all this when i was probably in my fifth standard...
As time passed by,i was exposed to many more models coming up into my life..i was very fascinated by a few actors like chiranjeevi,Amitabh and kamal hasan (Sharukh and hrithik weren't big at that time..)so i thought i could start-off as a child artist and later on rule the silver screen.I had missed out an offer given by one of my uncle's closest friends,it was very close though..:- ..
And i think it was during my 9th standard i've finally decided to become a cricketer(choose cricket as my careeer..)..there were days when i used to wake up daily in the mornings and cycle all the way to the grounds at 5:30 am.I couldn't make it to the district team and the zonal level is a out of reach zone...well i have got my reasons for my failure..after a cycle ride of 3 kms from my home,i was made to go through the fitness routine..and i was exhausted even before i could complete my fitness routine..:( My board exams came to the rescue and the whole dream of becoming a cricket star eluded away....
Then there was dream of becoming the financial minister(still alive..),IAS officer and a scientist too...(a nobel would fulfill my desire..)....Change is the only constant thing happening... and every change is being welcomed with newer hopes and aspirations..:)..
The whole philosophy behind this goes like this.. Life is a big compromise.We dream of many things knowing that many of them are not really feasible to be accomplished in the real world..But still dreams give a lot of satisfaction and sometimes lay the foundation for setting huge goals in life..
i feel one can become successful in his life only if he has answers to the WWW.. What..Why..When...what to acheive,why to acheive,and by when to acheive..making WWW,the success mantra for life..

PS: my real/latest dream is not revealed...;)

destiny..

It's a well known fact that indians are very good beginners..but then the take-offs doesn't take place very soon after that..i'm no less a typical indian and i'm proud to be so.
well coming to my routine wrk..it's been a wonderful stay for me here at sun(atleast for the first month..;))..no work..all day net access and full stipend! so that's more than what i expected to have here..Life has become a roller coaster ride since i've come here...

My CAT prep is completely gone to the gutters..nice were the days when i haven't still fixed upon takin this year's cat..but after i finally decided i'm gonna take it this time..nothin's goin fine..Initially thought i was brilliant enough to crack the cat with min prep..now i really doubt if i can do that after hell lot of prep...The moment i open my material..i feel like the whole of the world is trying to disturb me....it's very difficult to do something which u have completely lost the habit of...thanks to my 4 year stint at bits which had given me lot of strength and courage...strength to face the difficulties without fear and courage to accept the consequences...:) whichever way things have turned up,those were the best days..feel a little psenti these days...but something deep inside prompts me not to go back to that place..atleast as a final sem student and wait till the D-Day comes and some "multi-shulti-software company" picks you up for a fat job(loads of wrk..) with a meagre salary.You are offered a wonderful seat,a desktop(probably 19 inch flat LCD screen)..unlimited coffee,drinks and petty amenities and allowances.All these when your contribution to the company fetches them some integer multiples of your compensation....better not go deep into this matter,coz i'm doin this at present and am destined to this till that "wonderful idea" strucks me....and then ....i shall live happily ever after.