Let it Drizzle ...

A Marriage Invitation

2010-05-01T03:43:00.000-07:00

Millions of hearts unite
To witness two hearts exchanging love

For love which had held our souls in captivity,
Liberates us to seek marriage

Flowers in bloom longs
To form a daisy chain
And angels come uninvited
To witness the wedlock

As you have always been like ripples
Spreading friendliness in our
Pond of life

It is with elation that we
Invite your heart to be a part of the ritual,
Nay! Not a ritual but rather a celebration of joy !!

A walk in the garden

2009-08-16T06:16:00.000-07:00

Let the old gates open for a new paradise
As I walk in the garden
Wading flamingos didn’t fail to entice
This captivating feeling is well over a trillion

The dance of painted ladies
The song of yellow-billed cuckoo
Closing my eyelids against the flurries
Drowning with a feeling which I cannot subdue

Tiny rocks against the stream
Sparkling dew drops on leaves
Stunning loveliness which I strive to redeem
A spider’s work which I try to unweave

I vanish to become one
To pass out of sight, to pass out of existence
The pulsating flora is still virgin
Feeling the Warmth of unheard silence

A walk in the garden
Where time ceases to exist
Oh! What a fortune
Crimson flowers waiting to be kissed

The garden walk
Joyous joy defying calculus
Gates close with a tick of the clock
The first moonbeam ends my garden walk

+ four-line poem with a form (ABAB)

Category : Nature , - Garden

Let it drizzle !!

2009-07-09T04:56:00.000-07:00

When the last streak of light hides
Frozen crystals get the silver lining
Withered leaves discover the mechanics of falling
With the breeze she swings, she sways, she glides

Yet another romance between earth and sky
Waiting to treat us with refreshing scent
And the cloud waits with full of love unsent
I see birds on the line flyby

Sky teaches geometry flashing multicolored arc
The pores on the leaves, the leaves on the trees
Longing to taste the sphere-shaped honeys
The scene before the drizzle and its shimmering hallmark

Let it drizzle
Let it shower with all the beauty of its touch
Trapping my heart with mesmerizing clutch
Let it drizzle, the scenic beauty, the ravishing ripple

Hey rain god can you hear me?
Please don’t rain, just drizzle
Please don’t rain, just drizzle

+ four-line poem with a form (ABBA)

Category: Nature - Rain

What Is God ??

2009-02-11T09:31:00.000-08:00

What is God ?

Well , the answer to this question has been discussed and debated, but still the argument continues .....

Out of all the answers i have searched to tackle this question , this one seems to be the most authentic and a sensible one !!! Check it out

http://oshoteachings.blogspot.com/search/label/Osho%20on%20Religion%20Dogmas

The Lighter Side of Life !!

2009-01-29T20:24:00.000-08:00

The Lighter Side of Life

This one is the most hilarious stuff I have come across in recent times. Osho in one of his discourses narrates this story which tells mankind to look at the lighter side of life!!!

A poor farmer on his death bed called his three sons and gave each one a duck with the instructions that whoever sold their duck for the most would inherit the farm.

The first son sold his duck for 10 $ and the second son sold his duck for 15 $.

The third son was carrying his duck to town when a village girl approached him and offered to make love with him if he gave her the duck. It turned out that they had such a good time together she wanted to give him back the duck if he would make love with her again and the third son agreed to this deal.

The third son was happy as he had a good time twice without losing the duck. He wandered the streets with quixotic feeling and got under the wheels of the car and was forlorn to see his duck dying. The rash driver apologized and gave him a 20 $ note to compensate the loss.

The third son went home with bruises all over the body, seeing him the farmer asked how he had got on…..

He said “I got Fucked for a Duck. I got a duck for a Fuck and 20 $ for a Fucked up Duck!!!!!!!!!

Hahahahahahahaha

Always look at the lighter side of Life and enjoy to its fullest.

- Vijay Raghav Rao

Vijay's List of 100 tracks to listen Before You die

2008-11-15T09:59:00.000-08:00

Here it goes !!

# Bahut khoobsurat ho – Khoobsurat
# Help! I need somebody – Beatles Help
# Blue Sky – Allman Brothers
# And your bird can sing – Beatles
# Anbe ne enna - Pandian
# Wedding Qawwalli – Bombay Dreams
# O jaana – Jab pyar kisi se hota hai
# Time – Pink Floyd
# Karale Karalinte Karale – Udayananu Tharam
# Walking in the moonlight – satyam sivam sundaram
# Thamizhukkum amudhendru per – panjavarna kili
# Annie’s Song – John Denver
# Saying something stupid- Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman
# While my Guitar gently Weeps – The Beatles
# A little Night Music – Mozart
# Kasto Mazza – Parineeta
# Kya Soorat hai – Bombay Vikings
# You’re still the one – Shania Twain
# XL ki kudiyan – Bodhi Tree(XLRI Jamshedpur)
# That don’t impress me much – Shania Twain
# Sabka Katega - Bodhi Tree(XLRI Jamshedpur)
# From this moment – Shania Twain
# Symphony no 25 in g minor – Mozart
# Ghand Mein Danda - Bodhi Tree(XLRI Jamshedpur)
# Romance from Piano Concerto -20 in D Minor, K 466 – Mozart
# Don’t turn off the lights – Enrique Iglesias
# PoP! Goes my heart – Music and Lyrics
# Krishna ne Begane baaro – OS Arun
# Piya Basanthi re – Piya Basanthi
# Solitudes – Sounds of nature – Mozart
# Sakhi (Tumri) – Shakti – 5 peace band
# Piya re –Nusrat Fateh Ali khan
# Yesterday – Beatles
# Money – Pink Floyd
# Bhenchod Sutta – Bodhitree version-XLRI Jamshedpur
# Dheeme Dheeme – Zubeidaa
# Badi Nazuk Hai – Joggers Park
# Kaash Aisa – Kaash – Hariharan
# Aval Uzagha – Lesa Lesa
# Let it Rain – Eric Clapton
# Mora Saiyan – Fuzon
# Mahive teri yaad – Fakir
# Saawariya – Reprise –Saawariya
# Mitwa – Shafoat – KANK
# Zindagi maut na – Sarfarosh
# Yei Penne – Asai Aasayai
# Naan Malarodu – Jaishankar
# Let me see the Love- Colonial Cousins
# I want you out of my life – Hariharan – Leisse Lewis
# It’s gonna be alright – Colonial Cousins
# Venila Venila – Iruvar
# pal pal – Madhushree- Swadesh
# Hello Mr ethirkachi – Iruvar
# Makedhe – Hariharan-Kaash
# Naan padum sandham – Duet
# Waltz for a romance- Laagan
# O re Chori- Laagan
# Chinna Kili – Chinna Gounder
# Mozart I love you – Nothing but wind- Ilayaraja
# Soch tha hun uska dil – Babool Supriyo
# OmanakPuzha kadappurthu – Chandupottu
# Idha Maan – Karagatakaran – Ilayaraja
# Vaanam Thottu Ponna – Devar Magan
# I Feel Fine – Beatles
# Varayao Thozhi – Jeans
# Dooba Dooba - Silk Route
# Please Mr Postman – The Beatles
# Deewana hai dekho – K3G
# Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
# Ghum sum ghum sum – Ada
# Mozart for Babies (Sleepy time )
# Dil mein jaagi – Sur
# Meri Neend – Band of Boys
# Teri Meri aankhon mein – Colonial cousins
# Soona Soona – Classically Mild – Sonu nigam
# Man Mohini – Yuvvraj
# Mera ek sapna hai – Khoobsurat
# Powerless – Nelly furtado – desi version
# Mathey – Morning Raga
# Dikshitar meets Bach – Prasanna
# Poo Kodiyin – Iruvar
# Kabhi Aisa Lagta hai – Lucky Ali
# Mehendi hai racheneywaali – Zubeidaa
# Is dil mein kya hai ? – Jab pyar kisi ke hota hai
# Chal pyar Karege - Jab pyar kisi ke hota hai
# Rock On!! – Rock On
# Yu Shabnami – Saawariya
# Teri ore – Singh is King
# Lady don’t treat me – Little John
# Kumari – Anniyan
# Rayiley – 5 Star
# Sunday – 5 Star
# Pudhu mapilaaiku – Abhoorva sagotharargal
# Tu Bin bataaey – Rang de Basanthi
# Ay hairathe – Guru
# Shauk hi – Guru
# ey taara who taara – Swadesh
# Isail Thodanguthama – Hey Ram
# Ayo re sakhi – Water
Vaishanava Janatoo – Water

The Whirls & Flurries of river “Kundalika “

2008-08-19T00:15:00.000-07:00

Strictly intended for BIM Bangalore ...well others can also read it !!!!

Time Stamp: 9 August 12:00 A.M
How can I make it??? … was thinking hard …..
It was raining in Bombay ….. no wonder it was pouring hard!!!
We had planned to go to a place called “kundalika “…….

Time Stamp: 9 August 2:00 A.M
I managed to reach home and was literally dozing off on my way from Thane to Dadar…… I reached dadar ….. Ankit and Ashish were waiting for me and we had planned to hire a cab to go to pune station………..

Time Stamp: 9 August 9:30 A.M
Prasad ….enthu… as usual… the hero of our trip was carrying his heavy bag and was searching for us in pune station ……

Hugs all over!! when we met ……. And we were waiting for sandhya……..
Sandhya arranged for a cab which was waiting for us in pune station.

Time Stamp: 9 August 10:30 A.M
We ordered idli vada and were all chatting about the days which we spent in Bangalore ….. the hostel ….the college.. the good times we had ……

We urged sandhya to join us but she was left with no choice as varsha couldn’t make it . My kudos to varsha as she tried her level best to make it!!!
Have you guys seen a pack of cards falling hehehehe …… a strange game in which a hapless card when pushed makes the other cards fall apart…….. Hehehehe… you guys can understand this ….. and there is no explaining!!!

Time Stamp: 9 August 11:30 A.M
Dicky of the car was stuffed with bottles of beer and vodka and a pint specially ordered for Prasad :)
The journey …. is never too long … though it was for 4 hrs!!! We had great fun ……and the place OMG ….you cannot literally see any people around, we went through hairpin bends to reach this place

Time Stamp: 9 August 4:00 P.M
We reached the “Aqua Machan “Tent
We had gr88 fun!!!!!!!! Swimming in the river ….. Having beer!!! …yes!! We were having a time of our lives!!!!!
Food was tasty!! Spicy!!

Time Stamp: 9 August 8:00 P.M
We had dinner and were constantly fixing our gaze on babes …. Group of chicks just out of college were having their dinner right next to us.
I downed a bottle of vodka which gave me a high…. and then was blissfully swinging between awake ness and sleep ness!!!

Time Stamp: 10 August 8:30 A.M

We were ready to experience one of the most captivating adventures and the quest for adventure is unending ….simply gr8888

White water rafting at kundalika!!!!

Pumping river!! Inflatable raft!!! Aqua Fun!!

Time Stamp: 10 August 9:00 A.M

We had to travel a distance of 10km on the water and the duration is approximately 2 hrs
The training session went on for 30 min!!

Water jackets ….. Helmets ….. Paddles were given to us to start our journey

Time Stamp: 10 August 9:30 A.M

We were six in the raft and it was raining heavily …. now get your mind tuned to enjoy this Hollywood movie!!

we were the first one to start with 10 other rafts following us …..

15 minutes passed by and we were given instructions to row our raft across the stream to get to a safe place …coz the stream was rapid and we had our raft tied to a tree… the rain was pouring hard !!

Time Stamp: 10 August 10:30 A.M

Our raft was still tied to the tree and then there was hush phush…. Yes.. one of the rafts toppled upside down and two of the girls were seeking for help and they caught hold of a tree and were yelling for help … and our raft went passing by as our goal was to engineer the raft along the current ….we couldn’t help them….. the tide was high !!

Paisa Vasool!!! …coz our rafting session which was supposed to be for a duration of 2 hrs was extended to 6 six hours!!!

There were funny moments in these 6 hours!!!

A girl accidentally caught hold of ankit when he was pissing lol!!
I was having a great time flirting with a girl who had fallen off the raft and was flirtatiously listening to the gal as she was seriously describing the incident…..he he he!!

Time Stamp: 10 August 3:30 P.M

Prasad had his tickets booked to Hyderabad and we were on the way to reach pune station as Prasad had to catch the train @ 7

Roads were blocked as the water overflowed down the roads and then Prasad finally had to miss the train… we reached pune station @ 8 and Prasad booked his tickets to Hyderabad and the journey was via bus @9

Time Stamp: 10 August 9:30 P.M

We started our journey from pune to Mumbai and guess what???? the car tyre got punctured and then we had to fix it and the gong went 12 @ night!!

Time Stamp: 11 August 2:30 A.M

We reached home!!!!!!

Time Stamp: These time stamps were all priceless!!!!!

Dikshitar meets Bach …..

2008-08-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

What happens when baroque european classical style meets the kirtanas and the ragamalikas ..hmmm … you may call it fusion !!! ….let’s think of a better word “evolution” ……hmmmm…. “Fruition” is the right word to describe this sweet little instrumental number.

And for those people who would say “ Dikshitar …. Oooo .. sounds anonymous “ .. … a little gyan about him ….

Muthuswami Dikshithar is a prolific composer. His compositions consist mainly of kirtanas . Besides, there are five ragamalikas, a pada varna and a daru. Dikshitar's compositions are mostly in Sanskrit. A few of them are what are known as Manipravala compositions. The most outstanding feature of his compositions is their rich ragabhava. If a composition is hummed, leaving out the sahitya, it can easily be mistaken for a ragalapana. His kirtanas can be described as ragalapana dressed in sahitya and artistically accommodated in the framework of tala.

And about bach…..

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.

So kinda got the gyan.. and now back to the sweet little instrumental number ….
You guys should get your ears tuned into this awesome blend of european classical with Indian classical …aaaah ….truly amazing …and guitar… the eternal musical instrument beautifully describes the blend!!

My experience listening to this instrumental number ….

No words …………………. You would fell like being driven to a world where there is only bliss!!!!

Featured artist: Guitar: Prasanna

Seize it!!!

http://music-today.com/inside1.phtml?series_id=106&genere_id=2&prod_id=317

The ring dance

2008-07-01T06:43:00.000-07:00

Yes... Ring dance where people clasp their hands together and dance to a particular tune, they go round and round and I was there enjoying this beautiful feeling.

Dance has many forms, but ring dance is something special!!! It gives you joy which is joyous joy, joy which is doubled, immense joy, ring dance let’s you dance and also let’s you watch others dancing!! That is why I discovered this word called “joyous joy”. I was there in a state of joyous joy forgetting everything, so as to mention that when you dance you forget everything!!! And when you join hands with others you get the true meaning behind shared happiness .In a ring dance you simply convey the meaning of bliss to others in the circle and share it by clasping hands together!! People involved in the dance are cut away from time, continuity of time is killed and we get into a sweet phase of few minutes which is cut from time, both past and future.

Ring dance – Joyous joy, a feeling which urges you to invent a suitable word to describe the beauty of it!!

Reverberating thoughts about human nature…

2008-04-19T04:25:00.000-07:00

“Human” &” relations “– These two words when joined together give rise to many other words born out of it, The first one being “ Love “ and the second one being “friendship” and this again takes many forms and the list is endless………..

Man does many crazy things with these words; he differentiates each word which is born out of human relations, he gives them a name and calls it love and then he frames a word called friendship and quickly draws a line between them and then he applies rules, rules which should be strictly followed to maintain the identity of the word

“Imbroglio” is the word which just smiles at me when I try to dig human relations with my mind, yes it’s true!!!! , human relations are complex!!!!

Love should always be unconditional to maintain its purest form or else it is nothing at all!!!

What does unconditional love mean?? It’s very simple , just enjoying the company without expecting anything in return , just like a dog which enjoys our company without expecting anything in return , it never commands us ,it never tries to read our mind , it never gives advice , all it wants is our company and it enjoys it !!

The more you try to probe love or friendship, the more you test it; you actually take a chunk away from it!!!

“Enjoying the company “sounds easier, more easier as there are no complex calculations or rules applied to it, just like mathematics without algebra!!!

Expectations and demand just gets subdued, it becomes quite when we start enjoying the company. Love is crazy or else it is nothing at all!!! , Love can just happen once, all this hypothesis cannot be proved right!! As man breaks these rules which he has framed and he makes it more complicated and he toils with it. Just don’t think that you have broken the rule by falling in love for the second time, it can just happen and it is quite natural as there are no rules, just enjoy the company and it will give you happiness!!!

The Butterfly Effect

Courtesy: Thoughts and reflections inspired from a novel.

a thousand times over ...

2007-12-25T05:30:00.000-08:00

It was a lazy morning in bombay .... 8:09 CST ..it was lazy coz it was a saturday .... with hardly anyone around in the 1st class , i was there flipping pages of a novel ..... " The kite runner " the name made me wade through the pages... and it was indeed an interesting one !!!

It was rather an emotional story filled with twist and turns and the story takes us to kABUL ,pakistan and US of A ....... It just brought back my nostalgic childhood days .... It talks about hassan and amir playing their life out in kabul ..... it has Romance tooo ...

The author describes everthin..... simply everthin and he takes us to all these places which he describes in this novel ....some sort of a virtual reality ........

The theme about the story is nothing but friendship ..... Friendship between Amir and Hassan .... it's a story about how caste plays a dirty drama which changes the life of Amir and Hassan and how it pokes a hole in a web called friendship ... an emotional drama ... a tale which captivates the reader and wins his heart a thousand times over !!!!!

Grab a copy now and start xpereensing !!!

The Butterfly Effect

" Five Peace Band "

2007-12-22T02:16:00.000-08:00

Words will always remain incomplete, when i try to explain the magic that music can create !!!

Jazz-Vienna(2004) a concert performed by 5 Peace band was just simply amazing ,!!!! You guyz can check that out in Youtube !!

It kicks off with " Caruna by 5 Peace Band " ,which starts with shankar mahadevan(Vocalist) giving it a classical touch and it blends with John Mclaughlin's guitar .....and shankar adds his dulcet voice and renders swaras which i felt was magical !!!!!

Zakir plays drums and tabla at the same time and really plays it to perfection !!!!!
conversations between selva ganesh vinayagam ( Ghatam ) and zakir with thaalas is simply mind blowing ..........

Then comes " Manopa by Zakir " which starts with zakir playing his tabla and vinayakam adding Mirdhangam to it and it follows with John releaving the real beauty of " jazz Fusion Guitar " he remains the hero of Manopa ......

Then comes my favorite .......the hindustani stuff , its "Sakhi by zakir hussain " , it starts with shankar with his dulcet voice " Sakhi chunaari bheegey jaaye " ohhhhh my i was just lost ......trying to regain the normal ' me '.....rather ... i just cannot simply explain the feeling and one of my first line in this blog holds true !!!!

It ends with Giras sudha ...a pure karnatik song where U shrinivas ( Mandolin) wins my heart with ease and style ...........With my heart as a colouring book he just colours it with fascinating visual perceptual property ...........

A must watch video !!!!!

Signed

Butterfly Effect

The Saga Continues..................

2007-08-07T23:42:00.000-07:00

Hi folks

“Brand Equity “…. Building brand in people’s mind is a difficult job; SBI Mutual Funds has done it again with respect to rewards as the Saga continues …Guess what …..????

In a Study done by Nielsen's Brand Equity Index this year SBI Mutual Fund leads Nielsen's Brand Equity Index followed by Reliance Mutual Fund as the runner up has grown leaps and bounds with respect to attracting customers and growing their investor base and reliance is on an “ Aggressive Strategy” which is also similar in case of ICICI

Mutual Fund Industry is certainly surging ahead ….. and with increasing number of brands , the challenge here is to make sure that the customer remembers a specific brand with lot of brands to choose from……

Sustaining a strong media presence is a prerequisite for any mutual fund ….so for SBIMF it leverages on its Parent Brand “SBI” and this gives SBIMF a strategic advantage and if Innovation is mixed in this combination it would a great treat to the investors investing in SBIMF

You all know as told by Management Gurus, “Marketing “and “Innovation” are the only two words which brings Revenue to a company and rest are all costs!!!!!!

“The Butterfly Effect”

Vijay Raghav

Going the Gartner's way !!!!!!!

2007-07-06T23:33:00.000-07:00

A jist... rather a detailed analysis on how IT companies effectively manage intangibles is required in this “services “driven market. “Intangibles “are many but some of them should be given due importance.

On a serious note 6 companies were taken and were categorized as “Global Leaders “, “Indian Challengers “and “Nichers”. Global Leaders were IBM and Accenture and Indian Challengers were TCS, Wipro and Satyam. The aloof nicher was Cap Gemini.

Innovation seems to be the next big thing, but there are some forces which drive innovation … Talent Management, Branding, and Knowledge Management are the Intangible assets which make the word “Innovation” look brighter and bolder.

So let’s wade through some pages which shows how these intangible assets are handled and all the intangible items which cannot be measured are measured and given a new form

So I went the Gartner’s way to show how IT companies effectively manage intangibles in a Matrix form ….. Have a look ….

Mutual Fund of Year 2007

2007-03-17T23:07:00.000-07:00

SBIMF sweeps crisil - CNBC Mutual fund award , gets the coveted title of " Mutual Fund of the Year " 2007

click this link to know more..

http://www.moneycontrol.com/mccode/news/article/news_article.php?autono=267358

Butterfly Effect

Vijay raghav

Lot about a lot of things !!!!!

2007-03-15T22:30:00.000-07:00

Just waana share some thoughts abt the book "The Mckinsey way" - ...For those who haven't heard "Mckinsey "... This goes for you ..Mckinsey is a strategic consulting firm..They provide solutions to Business Problems

What Makes them sucessful ??????? .....

>> They get associates with analytical bent of Mind ( Creams of Best B schools all over the world)
>> Fresh associates who join Mckinsey start everything based on Facts>> They initially start as generalist and later they come to know a lot about lot of things>> Facts are " Business activities " ...Real life Business Happenings....
>> They collect as much Facts as Possible and structure them to get close to the solution( for an given assignment or a business problem)>> They work on MECE - "Mutually exclusive collectively exhaustive"
>> Everthin in Mckinsey goes with " TLA" three letter acronym>> anythin which they do ..should be a MESE ....( spelt as Mee see)
When you give solutions each solution should be Mutually exclusive ( Not Look alike or a duplicate of it) ...ie each solution should be different and it should solve on single problem....for example Option 1 should be Mutually exclusive to Option 2

>> They do not advertise themselves..... they wait for the call( Companies to call them for help....)
>> They "sell " without selling
>> They have good interviewing skills
>> They always start their problem solving case with an initial Hypothesis ( Different solutions to the problem) and they prove or disprove it

So Learn wht the Best Guns in Business Do and Imitate .......

Butterfly Effect

"World of Extremes"

2007-02-25T22:08:00.000-08:00

Retailing is the Buzz word now ...so lets get some Bees to Buzz Over .......

Retailing is all about creating " awesome customer experience " ...Now to do that keep these Points in mind

>> Retailers should concentrate on Customer Centric Store experience
>> Shopping process should be easy to Understand and customer information should be appropriately used..
>> The organization should be Dynamic , They retail stores should align with customer expectations , Innovate new concepts and offerings
>> Retail organisation should be Flexible , People Should be Trained to Creat awe cus exp...coz Customers are well informed nowerdays than the retail staffs
>> IT infra structure and Information @ various Cus points should be integrated to improve cus experience!!!

Get More Buzz

http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/imc/pdf/g510-4027-the-customer-centric-store.pdf

Butterfly Effect

"Fundas" On "Funds"

2007-02-23T22:07:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys thought of givin u some gyan on Mutual fun :) Hope it's a nice read !!!!

Mutual Funds are appropriate investment Opportunity for Small Investors.

Mutual Funds act as an Financial Intermediary as they provide knowledge and professional expertise on successful Investing.

The Reason Why we need Mutual funds is because Financial markets are becoming Sophisticated.

USA - Birthplace of Mutual Funds.

Mutual Fund Industry has already overtaken Banking Industry with more money under Mutual fund management.

Mutual Funds is still a new concept in india. and we should understand it's working as it is different from the way the Bank works.

Investors Understood that the key for successful investment in capital Markets is by having an diversified Portfolio so that it would reduce risk.

Unit Trust of India was acting as an Financial Intermediate until 1987..and after that government allowed other sponsors to chip in.

Primary Markets - Markets in which new securities are issued , Secondary Markets- Markets for Outstading Securities.

In Primary Capital Market Mutual Funds act as an intermediatery between Corporate and the publicIn Secondary Capital Market they act as Investors they have good knowlegde and they contribute to Corporate Governance.

Mutual Funds impart Liquidity in the financial system.

Mutual funds collect money from investors and then they create a pool of money and then they invest the collected pool of money with an stated objective, if the stated Objective is Growth Fund then investment would be in Preference shares , equity shares, But if the Stated Objective is Income Fund then the investment would be in Bonds and Debentures

The investor is called as an Unit Holder because Mutual Fund issues Units. In India Mutual Funds are Percieved as Trust and in USA it is percieved as an Investment Company,

If you buy a stock of an Company You get the ownership of the company, Like wise if you are a Unit Holder You become an Owner of the Fund's asset.

You can Buy the Shares of the company only when the company Issues Shares, and you can sell the shares back to the company only when the company goes for " Share Buybacks" otherwise Buying and sellin of shares can take place between investors through "Stock exchange" if the shares are Listed.

Open End Mutual Fund in which we can buy units from the Fund and also can sell units from the fund continuously

Mutual Funds give units ... so NAV ( Net asset value) can be defined as the ratio of Total asset owned by the mutual fund to the number of units issue by them , that precisely gives the value of an unit . and the value of an Unit( NAV) may appreciate depanding upon the market value of Fund's Asset.

Sorry Guys think it's too much of it lol !!!!

BuTterfly Effect

Looking back in time....

2007-02-13T02:21:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys one interesting update abt Astronomy rather ...got a lil deviated these days lol !!!

when u look at sun ur looking back in time coz it takes 8min for te light to reach earth ..and wen astronomers look @ moon ..Guess wat they are lookin back in time for 2 sec ..coz light from moon takes 2 sec to reach earth ... and wen u look @ starts ...ooops then we are lookin back in time millions of years ago

Learning :...hmmm nothin much ...Always look forward in time hehehe :)

ButterFly EffEct

The Differentiator !!!!!!

2007-02-07T02:44:00.000-08:00

Hi folks ....

Guys have u come across the Hoardings of Barclays !!!!!

There is a marketing learning factor ....... They are Positioning themselves as " We are the First to Introduce ATM's "( Strategy for an unique differenciation) .....This is a strategy which was followed by Coke to differenciate themselves ..coz they were Cola innovators !!!

Learning : As u all Know ..People go for the real one ...not the Imitation of the Real one !!!!

"ButterFLY eFFECT "

Vijay raghav

What it takes to be gr88

2007-01-08T21:29:00.000-08:00

Hai folks read this article a nice one !!!! ...Says nobody in this world is gifted to achieve anything .....Hardwork makes everythin Possible

Learning : http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391794/index.htm

Butterfly effect

Complex life of simple things !!!!!!

2006-12-19T22:10:00.000-08:00

Hay guys … Thought of giving you some insights about a book called “How would you move mount Fuji? … By William poundstone. The title of the book seems to be a crazy question …. That’s wat I initially thought…But this crazy question had an answer which calculates the number of people needed, trucks needed to move mount Fuji, and the time taken ….( which seems to be 3000 years) ……

This Book talks about Microsoft Interview puzzles ….Questions which makes the Grey matter turn Red …he he … J

Most simple questions asked in the interview process have answer’s which are complicated….and the vice versa holds true

Why are Manhole covers round rather than square? ..This question was frequently asked in Microsoft and they became so popular!!!! ….Due to its growing popularity Microsoft stopped asking this question ….

Some possible answers
1) Its easier to dig a round hole than a square one
2) Person call roll a round cover rather than carrying a square one over short distances
3) Square cover can fall into its hole ….You can hold a square cover near - vertical and can be titled so that it falls easily into its hole.
Other questions include… why Coke cans are concave at the bottom?

Some possible answers
1) It minimizes the amount of metal used
2) The metal on the bottom is so thin that, were it flat, it would prone to deformation and concave shapes are stronger( It gives strengthening effect) …..Why not convex????????? ……….. coz they cannot stack them !!!!!!

Learning : It’s a learning for everyone …… Start using your grey matter !!!!!

"The Butterfly Effect "

vijay raghav

Failed to "levi"rage !!!!!!!!!!

2006-12-14T09:28:00.000-08:00

hai guys!!!!!!!!

just caught up wid an interesting stuff , hope its a nice read ...........

In 1853 , Levi strauss opened a dry goods store in San francisco. Miners had a problem .....They were pissed off coz the pants which they wore didn't even last for a single day ........strauss made a pair of pants out of canvas, these rugged pants later became an instant hit !!!! and made a fashion statement in US ...........( it happ in late 1950) ......hmm the passage of time brought many competitors ( VF corp - Lee, Wrangler, Rustler) ..... ... In 1990 the world had turned upside down for the people who invented the jeans. ......What went wrong ?

They didnt establish their leadership position !!!!!!! levi's took the status of leadership granted and they never exploited it ....... Leadership is the most powerful way to differenciate a brand !!!!..Levi's should have clearly differenciated themselves from the other players in the market .....Coz they invented jeans ...............Compare it with the cola strategy ......

Coco-Cola were Cola innovators........... and they exploited their leadership position by just three words The real thing..... and they had a edge over pepsi because people always want the orginal , the first , and the inventor

Levi's should have done somethin like this to differenciate themselves......

Orginal Levi's
Everthing else is a copy ( courtesy : Jack trout , lay your hands on the book : big brands ...big trouble...)

Learning : Customers go for real one!!!!!!!..... not an imitation of the real one!!!!!!!!!!

The Butterfly effect

vijay raghav

" Temp" ting Future...............

2006-12-11T04:53:00.000-08:00

Its HR again ….Workload fluctuations drive us to get a “Temp employee”

In today’s challenging world, firms should be “flexible” enough to achieve goals. A good flexible organization in the future would have a mixture of “Perm” and “Temp” employees. Dealing with an economic context “Temp” staffing helps us in achieving the cardinal objectives of the firm such as “Growth” “Profitability ““Stability “.

The current trend is that corporates are looking out for Temp specialist for their core activities and it is being actively done in IT companies.” Temp” staffs have started doing both Core and non-core jobs. India is a fertile land for IT companies to emerge and grow so in the future “Temp staff would be a buzz word in all corporates and handling them effectively is an important strategy

Learning : This is just a slice of it …..to have a big bite click on :

http://a.vijayragav.googlepages.com/%22temp%22tingfuture

"The Butterfly Effect"

Vijay raghav

Popping Popcorns !!!!!

2006-12-09T10:59:00.000-08:00

Although they ran a small business, they were Breakthrough Innovators!!!! …
Cretors is the world’s oldest and largest manufacturer of machines for popping and flavoring popcorn!!!!!!!! (95% of market share)

The company has been in Business since 1885, and today they are the market leaders in this Niche segment of “popping and flavoring popcorns”. They invented the business of popping corn. They entered the market early and now they have the advantage of “Early innovators” …

They export their machines to Latin America, Europe ….and their final destination is Movie theatres!!!! The company is currently run by Charlie cretors…..So this proves that any size business can succeed in world market!!!!!!!!!

Learning: Size doesn’t matter!!!!!!!!!!!

Waana know more about Cretors…You are just a click away - http://www.cretors.com/

" The Butterfly Effect"

vijay raghav

Going Places...............

2006-12-07T22:44:00.000-08:00

Hai guys ….Topic: International Business……

You want your product to go places….Then you will have to understand the various distribution strategies which should be followed , Lets make it simple ..There are two ways to Distribute:
1) Manufacture Product in the same country… deliver it to customers with the help of wholesalers and retailers
2) Manufacture Product in a different country...go places with the help of an import agent who can deliver it to wholesalers and retailers of other countries

Factors affecting distribution strategy

1) Retail Concentration: Generally in developed countries, the retailers are concentrated (We have only few players who share a huge chunk of market share) and the reason is obvious …Car owners in US are more and they have the “purchasing power”….so they go places from their usual domestic shop . But in developing countries the retail structure is fragmented (we have many small retail players in India and China ...No one has a huge chunk of market share )
2) Channel length: Fragmented retail structure leads to extension of channel length …the reason is obvious… as we need wholesalers to sell the products to retailers due to many retailers (Fragmented) in the market place. Sales force cannot be used to sell product to retailers because it tends to be very expensive!!! ..So they go via wholesalers….
3) Channel attribute: In countries like Japan, wholesalers and retailers will not sell competitors product …so launching a new product is very difficult because for the simple reason that they don’t entertain foreign products!!

Learning: when you want to go places… if it is a developing country, go for a lengthy channel...As product has to go through wholesaler, retailer and then the end customer…as distributing products through salesman is expensive!!!
And if you operate in developed countries...You don’t need wholesalers and the channel length is small as they are concentrated!!

The Butterfly Effect

Vijay raghav.

Getting into the Nerves......

2006-12-03T22:33:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys ....The topic is “innovation".................

Welcome to a world of Open innovation!!!!! …………
Boston consulting Group came out with 'top 10' innovative companies adjudged for the year 2006......While going through the list of 10 innovative companies, I found an entrant which my eyes could not believe... But my brain would surely do ...Yup its Starbucks coffee (9th position)

Can a coffee shop be innovative?? …. They were indeed innovative for the simple reason of “Getting into the customers head” The chairman of Starbucks perceives the 8000 store chain as a “third place “to hang out besides home and work!!!!

The wireless network (Wi-fi) was a new initiative adopted by the Seattle –based company …. What’s the big deal? Would be your next question …. The revenue which they get out of this service is pretty tricky…. People using the service stay nine times longer than the usual five minutes ….And they follow this simple strategy ...” the more they stay...The more they buy from us”

Check what Anne Saunders, Starbucks' senior vice-president of marketing has to say “If we'd only thought of ourselves as a coffee company, we wouldn't have done this?

They are also planning to launch “Music coffeehouses” featuring dozens of listening stations…… where people can make their custom CD of their choice from millions of song available ….

“Disciplined innovation “makes them stand out ….they also give prepaid cards and customers have the facility to pre-order and pre-pay for beverages via phone or even on the star bucks website.

Learning: So what’s the big deal about “Innovation?” …..? With Starbucks the word “innovation” is placed next to “effortlessness, Hope it’s a good read!!!!!

http://www.starbucks.com/

“The butterfly effect”

Vijay raghav

My experiment with the " Future".......

2006-12-01T13:50:00.000-08:00

The Global competitiveness report 2006 saw India racing well ahead of the other “BRIC Nations”. India was well ahead (43rd Rank) when compared with the rankings of the other BRIC nations namely Brazil Russia and China. India scored 4.44 overall in the index in which the top ranking Switzerland got 5.81 in the study covering 125 nations. About 90 variables are organized into nine pillars with each pillar representing an area considered as an important determinant of competitiveness.

The Pillars of strength for India took various forms such as Business sophistication market efficiency and Innovation. The foundation of the pillar was strong but it was shaken a little bit to form “cracks” like corruption and to fill in these cracks we need cement in form of “Privatization”. Government controlled spheres are filled with corruption and structural hierarchy of the government makes it more worse. India starts debating towards the concept of “privatization” and as you know the debate never ends.

A voice rises from the government sector against privatization and it speaks rather shouts to tell that private firms thrive hard to do “Profit maximization” well my immediate reaction would be to speak rather shout back about corporate governance and Corporate Social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is no more into HR department to put it in simpler terms “it is right at the top” By teaching corporate governance and corporate social responsibility the view point changes from “profit maximization to “maximizing the wealth of the current shareholders” and this in turn helps government in developing the economy and eradicating poverty as private organization chip in to help government sectors in areas like Business friendliness where India lacks and it also helps the pillar of Institution to remain stable and strong.
Pillars like Innovation and Business sophistication can be taken care by HR function where Workshops for creativity can be made compulsory and the concept of “Individualism” can be spread between employees to think independently. Creative thinking in workplace should be instantly rewarded so that the Economy of India can be groomed to convert potential into feasibility.

Population explosion can be controlled in a different way as government instead of shouting at public to follow “One child concept” it can give loan sanctions and subsidiaries to families of farmers who follow the rule of “one child concept” and by this other families can be encouraged and campaigns can be done by carrying projectors to rural villages to explain the effects of population explosion
“Knowledge Management “and concept of sharing knowledge can be helpful to India. By Introducing KM in appraisals employees would be motivated to do knowledge sharing. Mediocre pillars in India such as “Higher education and training can be developed by breaking the rules of old traditional system exercising autonomy and introducing E- learning in schools. Critical Pillars like Infrastructure, macro economy and health and primary education is directly influenced by poverty and unemployment which should be solved by joint combination of government working with private sector by inculcating corporate social responsibility in mind of people.

Learning : The words like “Knowledge management”, “Privatization” “Corporate Governance” and Corporate social responsibility “E- learning “ comes to my mind which would be “Power words” that would drive the future of India and would strongly support all pillars of competitiveness.

The Butterfly Effect

vijay raghav

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" Out " of the ordinary

2006-11-29T10:59:00.000-08:00

hai guys... ...It's HR........the buzz in HR is " CSR" - corporate social responsibility.......and it is turning out to be pretty important and if You guys think..... CSR funda belongs to Human Resource Department ...hmm.... precisely not!!!! it is right at top in every aspect !!!!!

Corporates today look at CSR as a service offering that supports "business strategy " and they directly add value to the nation . corporate social responsibility can be taught in a big way .......and we can encourage corporate sectors to chip in and help government in building infrastructure facilities( in which india needs to improve)............ Encourage corporate sector by conducting several seminars on CSR and then making them understand that they should be socially responsible ...... help government with the "funding" to improve infrastructure facilities and this would also help government to focus on new projects. CSR should be made as a part of corporate strategy right at the top

Learining: CSR never belongs to HR anymore.... and it is critical beacuse it makes the firm socially responsible and this would help the government in improving infrastructure facilities.... as private firms would shift their focus from "profit maximisation " to wealth maximisation of its shareholders .... Help India to be " globally competitive "

'The Butterfly Effect '

vijay raghav

Having a " Long Neck " to Stand tall !!!!!!

2006-11-20T18:23:00.000-08:00

hai Guys ..... Marketing Again !!!!! ....Well Kotler in his recent visit to india made a statement saying that ..Marketing through internet is the next big thing !!!! and those who dont follow this would miss the strategic edge !!!!!

When it's all about internet ....Its all about your website ....... Yes .. You should have a long neck to stand tall .... Its all about the small and important things that the customers look in your website....and finally they get frustrated when they are caught in a merry go round... kind of experience in ur website ......

Every commercial website should have a long neck ...so you can deliver maximum value with scarce resources ... Get the " Customer Care words " ..For example if u have a tourism website...Ask people the tasks they most wanted to complete on a tourism website ... Tasks like vacation planning , accomodation etc.... And then get the top ten care words ...and then design your website...so that customers can navigate easily and get what they want in a less time !!!!!
So Jus have a long neck to stand tall !!!!

Learning : Dont make the customer wait ... Getting the "Customer Care words helps the customer to easily navigate your website ...You can make more sales ...Better delivery..makes the customer fell that you are in his side....so go get the customer care words which the customers look for ...and then design your website...Companies should learn this from starbucks !!!!

The Butterfly Effect

vijay raghav

A cynical look through the window !!!!!

2006-11-16T04:05:00.000-08:00

hai guys ....this time the gyan would be on ...HR .... think ...we all know about Nohari window......what ????? ...guys should that "N" be replaced with a "J" there ...guys ...the spelling certainly not Misspelled ..........

A nohari window is an inversion of johari window and it is a collection of negative personality traits..................as johari speaks abt positive stuff....nohari speakes about negative things ...and even the quadrant being similar to those of johari window ..but the personality traits being negatively projected ............... so that weakness can be identified ...You can also tell your friends to rate you through Nohari window....... and it is also called Personality Flaw Map !!!!!!!

Learning : Nohari window helps you to find your negative traits ..You can work upon them and make it positive !!!!!! ...and you could even get to know what your freinds think about you ...
kewl ... Click on this Link below ...to have a look at the dark side indeed !!!!!!!!!!!! work upon your negative traits ....and make it positive ....guys........
http://kevan.org/nohari

The Butterfly Effect
vijay raghav

Branding in a "SENSE"cible Way

2006-11-15T09:01:00.000-08:00

"Branding" as You guys think is just not Building Logos and trying to create some emotions around it. If you think this would be the successful strategy to get your brandwagon moving ....hmm ...then you are wrong .....

Today Branding is done in a Sensible way ...The word sensible means a lot .... yup branding through "Senses " !!!!!!!!!!! Listen to what lindstrom ( MG- marketing guru) has to say about branding through senses " “What companies should do is develop a philosophy so smart, they don’t need a logo. All the signals are so coherent and in line with the brand, that even without a logo, I know who’s behind it "

" Companies that go in for rebranding exercises, tweaking logos and corporate colours are wasting their money,"

The above statements adds meaning when you look at some of the instances
Senses such as "touch " " smell " " sound " play an important role in brand building
Branding through Sound - Nokia does not have a brand symbol but it spreads it's identity through sound ....yup its nothing but the ' Nokia tone ' which rings all over the world ...and it became popular without any expenses

McDonald’s, for instance, is as easily identified by its mascot’s red hair and shoes, and stores with a white and yellow pattern as it is by the golden arches.

Apple Ipod is another good example of branding through senses ...there is no logo on the i-pod Yet it’s instantly recognisable due to the shape, navigation and tactile sensation.

Learning : Branding through "senses " is a "sense"ible way and companies who go about " tweaking logos " and "corporate colours" by wasting millions of money are indeed Lacking common" sense" hehehehehhe

"The Butterfly Effect "
vijay raghav