Kejriwal's Resignation Speech In 'Raanjhana' Style

Arvind Kejriwal resigned today as CM of Delhi. He was damn frustrated for not getting adequate support for the much talked 'Lokpal' .
Let's see how could have he delivered his resignation speech if he would have tried that in 'Raanjhana' Style. :P


Bas Itni Hi  Kahani Thi Meri....

Ek Team Tha Jo Sab kuchh Badalana Chahta Tha

Aur Kuchh Log The, Jo Ab Bhi Iss
Ummid me the Ki Saayad 'Kachra' Saaf ho Jayega

Ek Aadmi Tha Jo Bhookhe Sota Tha
Ek Media thi, Jo Bikti Rahti Thi.
Ek-do Kagazi Sher the, Jo Palati Marte Rahte The

Meri IIT Ki degree thi,
Mera Achhi Jindagi Thi,
Aur Fan Group Tha , Jisne Apna Sab Kuch Haar Diya Tha Mujhpe.

Ek Hamara Career Tha,
Jo Hame Chhod Chuka Tha.

Aur Ek Hamara Seena Tha,
Jisme Abhi Bhi Aag Bachi Thi .

Ek Apna Desh Tha, Jahan Sab 'Barbaad' ho Rahe The
Honesty aur Transparency, Jahan Sab Riste Tod Rahe The.

Log The..Unke Paas Bangla Tha, Motor Tha, Paisa tha
Par....... ArMaa Nahi tha..

Mere Seene Ki Aag Yaa Toh Mujhe Jinda Kar Sakti Thi
Ya Fir Mujhe Mar Sakti Thi

Par Saala Ab Gutter mein Jaye Kaun,
Kaun Fir Se Mehnat Kare,
'Jhaadu' Lagane Ko,
'Corruption' Mitane Ko

Ek Robot PM Tha, Jiska Control Ek Aurat Ke Pass Tha
Ek Aur Robot Tha, Jiske Memory card me Sirf 'women empowerment' Tha

Ek 'Sheela' Thi, Jo Ab 'Jawan' Nahi Thi.
Par 'Dilli' Se Uski Ankahi 'Dillagi' Thi

Election Tha.... Party Thi.....Politics Thi....
Delhi Ki 'Kurshi' Bhi Thi.... Par Ajadi Nahi Thi

Mere Pass Josh Tha, Jo Thandha Pad Raha Tha
Saayad 'Jhaadu' Lagane Ka, Utna Anubhav Nahi Tha.
Gutter Ki Safai Ke Liye Maine,  'Kachro' Se hi Dosti Kar Li Thi

Ab Dilli Ki Sardi Bardast Nahi Hoti...
Agar Log Vote Dein , To Mahadev Ki Kasam Wapas Aa Jayenge...

Par Nahi.....Saala Abhi Mood Nahi Hai.
Resign Karne Me Hi Sukh Hai.
Kurshi Chhodne Me Hi Bhalai Hai.

Par Aayenge Kissi Roz, Issi gutter Mein 'jhadu' Uthane Ko,
Isi politics Mein Daud Lagane Ko,
'Janlokpaal' Ke Ishq me Fir Se Paagal Ho Jaane Ko..


Courtesy :  just changed the original dialogue .

Shantaram - 'The truth is a bully we all pretend to like.'

 Book Review                                                                                                           Rating 5/5

While I was in the middle of the book , I got a sudden thought that how could I afford to miss this book hitherto. Such a good book this is!
Shantaram is a fabulously authored by Gregory David Roberts and this took 13 long years to write this book - of course, the author was in jail and faced many obstacles including the scripts gotten torn twice there.
But what a author is , who gives up his writing due to encumbrance coming along.
The  narrator is nicked as 'Lin' in this book , who lost his daughter, got the incessant habit of drugs ,bereaved his family, got jailed, and then managed to escape the imprisonment of long 20 years. With no option in hand and with bad name and habit for drugs , he reached Bombay (India) . Lin was not that bad as he was thinking of himself  .The time filled all his old wounds but gave a few new ones in Bombay.
He got a good fraternity of Didley,Modena, Ulla, Kavita and Lettie there in Bombay while involved in drugs deal.  Love had victimized him and the girl was a German blonde - Karla. But, his fate sent him to a slum where he spent enormous period of time - initially because he didn't have money and later on because he didn't want to leave. He met there a contingent people - Prabhakar,Johnny,Qasim et al,  and cherished the 'real' life in slum . While his fate was tossing there in slum along ups and downs , he could not sneak when did he start working for Bombay Mafia don Khader khan.

It's always bad for bad person to be a very good one and reverse it also true. His bad history, his loyality towards Khader, his obsession for Karla and his affection for slum people fueled Lin's life moving in a direction - he himself was not aware of.  The irony was that he could not give up any of them . He loved the girl - Karla, who had her own story and didn't had feelings of any sort . So, for Lin  love was just an epitome of 'act of giving' . He served Khader both in Bombay and in Afghanistan blindly to keep his word , but sometimes  'loyalty' is good for animals only and strive to emulate them give you a beast life only.
 Along with the death of Khader - the don, a new mafia mushroomed in Bombay and Lin was still concerned to keep the unfulfilled promises of Khader. Karla was numb and she left with a goodbye and Lin got to revisit the true love he had got in the slum where his best  late friend Prabhakar's mother Rukhamani Bai affectionately re-pronounced him- ' Shantaram!'

Of course - Such is life !

The story is flimsy but the wouldn't allow you to loose the grip . It's good blend of love, life and loyalty .
I liked several quotes in this book specially those of Karla.

My Valentine

I have written this on the occasion of valentine day.


They said it was our day calender-wise.
'Love does not fail today' - a popular surmise.

I too will get my love this Valentine.
Will take her movie every Sunday Six to nine.

She arrived the class's front habitwise.
I unlikely sat next to her row seatwise.

The class was hopelessly boring sensewise.
Or perhaps she was extremely intelligent & wise.

I noticed her every action chance-wise.
Sometimes letter's and sometimes the girl's size.

'Romeo meets Juliet' only was in my mind picture-wise.
She kept changing the notes, however, lecture-wise.

The class over, I rushed towards her purposewise.
Confused I, proposed hurriedly 'Wannabe my bride?'.

For the mistake , I imagined imprints on my face slipper wise.
But, she smiled and told ' you are a novice'.

Make your career and stand first feet-wise.
Don't stand like a Romeo street-wise.

' I will be yours' if you make it true meaning wise .
 Now I truly fell in her love  feeling-wise.

I, now, study a lot for a career  living wise.
Ten years later, my 'propose' to her will revise.

Regards ~ Sumit

Budding Entrepreneur? What's wrong hitherto?

The world is changing and so is the way to shake hand with entrepreneurship.  Every now and then ,the new start-ups mushroom in avalanche and they pass bye, some even remaining  unheard.
So, What are the nuts- and- bolts in the start-ups which, if not tightened properly or if overlooked for a bit longer, bring down the entire start-up?
Before I go further, I must say that ideas are not invited , they come themselves. So, If you are looking for an entrepreneurship just for the heck of it , or just because someone you know has proved his mettle in this,  and thus the game will be indifferent to you too - then you are at blunder at very first step.
The journey of entrepreneurship begins with blood bath and the tree of your start up is laden with fruits only after significant time and enormous toils.
Further, It's always easy to make a business plans (students in schools and colleges frequently make them), but those plans are very much different from the plan life makes. 

Let me try to put in black & white the common mistakes that a first time entrepreneur does quiet often and the suggested plot on each.

1. Obsession for 'new ideas'

Often the budding entrepreneurs wait for some 'new ideas' to arrive. They think that the existing tasks are monotonous ones and one need to be 'different' to be successful.

But actually, It's not that you have to dream of something that nobody has ever done. All the best ideas have been done by others. You need to the two things :
One , we need to do  better than the guy who got that idea. And, Second, you need to scale those ideas up.

2. Lacking Passion and Courage

Most of the new start-ups are tried by the people who simply 'emulate' someone they know as successful entrepreneur. The inspiration is okay but simple 'copy-cut ' ruins them to failure only. They lack passion for the thing they do.
Though it's difficult to recognize the thing aptly . But,  If you are not passionate about what you are doing, then you are in wrong place.
Also, Passion cannot come without some knowledge around it . But there is no one size that fits all. You can always hire people with expertise.
Follow your heart. (The brain can do many things, but only the heart can answer the meaningful question of life!)

Second is Courage. You have to make choices. and you have to be comfortable with the choice even if it goes wrong. Don't think unnecessarily . When you succeed , all your past and failures get wiped away.

3. Money matters
New start-ups always need sufficient money to stand on . Most budding entrepreneurs wrongly understand this money factor. They think that they need huge amount to survive in the race.

In fact , What you need at the start-up stage is some seed funding.You just want enough money to prove your idea. For finance a start-ups , more than VCs, an entrepreneur needs an angel.  That can come from friends, family.  VCs should ideally come in once you know what you want.

4. Lack of relationships.
Many new entrepreneurs have a precocious thought that it is the intellect or ability ALONE that can make them successful .
But, the battles on the ground can be fought and won in ground only . RELATIONSHIPS matters a lot Intellect and ability are important in life. But relationships are even more important.
Don't lose the grip of contacts you have already and look for more contacts from wheresoever . It may appears that you don't need many people in short span of time, but you need them at the times all of sudden.

5. Complex and Comfort zones
Many people hesitate to work with someone who is better than them. The one of the reason may be the inferiority complex, while the other can be ego-clash .
Come out of this 'Cocoon ' world and self defined boundaries. You can define boundary walls for your start-up only , but in open competition you are no one. So why hesitations?
It's all about people - hire the best folks in the business. Don't hesitate to hire people better than yourself in the specific area.
Colleagues who challenge and make you feel uncomfortable are your best friends  and the ' yes men' are your worst enemies!

6. Partnership Problem

In start-ups the partnership with equals is more harmful than useful . You are not marrying but running a business.
Never have equal partners. You start off as equals , but then one does more, one does less , one is the public face, the other is not , and then slowly the whole thing disintegrates.
Also, there shouldn't be too many partners. Two or four partners is okay, but ideally not more than four.

7. Timing
Sometimes everything remain fine , but the start-up collapse. You have some idea, angels to invest, good contacts everything, but all the ideas are not fit for all the times. One need to understand this.

Let's say you have such an idea or insight. But it does not work right now, perhaps it is ahead of its time. Keep it, at the back of your mind.
As the environment changes, as the technology changes, you might be able to 'join the dots'  to connect different pieces of the puzzle and bring your concept to life.

8. Fear of Stealing the Ideas
Ideas are never stolen . Don't worry for this and disseminate it to many people before you execute. Anyways, If someone will try to copy your idea , he will simply commit suicide as he would not have same amount of information and passion as you have.
All I insist that,whenever you have a good idea, write a note , circulate it , show it to people, get their thoughts and reactions.


9. Thinking too much
Budding entrepreneurs think too much and act considerably little. Though thoughts are required as there are many things at the stack while you go for the start-up. But , just thinking will ruin you with so many doubts.
As I already told in the beginning that your business plan is not necessary same to the plan the life makes. So, you can't do many things just by thoughts.

 Don't just think about it , don't just wish for it , jump into it and do it, if you are really serious.
 Once you get into it, go all out, never look at quitting as an option.
 Remember that if the start-up fails, it is your idea that failed, not you.


10.  Lack of Fun

People think that more they will work , more successful will be their start-up.
Start-ups require sweating to some extent but, fun with the work is quiet important . One can't proceed with same pace all the time without turning 'monotonous' .

If you don't laugh enough, your business model is probably wrong. If you think you will enjoy after being successful, I am putting this to you ( I read somewhere)

Don't defer your joy at a beach today , for some imagined future weekend in Acapulco - by the time that happens your diabetes may not let you enjoy the pina colas.

11. Fear of Failure

Many and in particular young entrepreneurs are to much afraid of failure . Sometimes they add their work with their ' reputations' and are worried. Sometimes they think of repayment in case they fail.

But, Start-ups cannot be successful in the background of failures.

There is no such thing as a failed entrepreneur. You are failed entrepreneur only when you quit. Until then you are simply not successful YET.

  

Note : I published this article on Quora too. 

  Courtesy : Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish & Connect the Dots by Rashmi Bansal.

Hakuna Matata

 The boy was in love . The girl dropped him. He thinks he doesn't care anymore. But, 'hope' is the disease he in infected to.  

 I could be the part of a herd.
But I am not that nerd.
I enamoured each move of thou.
I was smitten badly for you, I vow.

Now,I think I know enough of hate.
Complacency is fussy, my fraudulent fate.

Need neither an explanation , nor a turd.
It's suffice to die from a broken heart.
I could be the part of a herd.
But I am not that nerd.

Love never ebbs - you were malafide.
Nothing is bequested, once the relation died.

Ensure your safe diaspora, I know Thee can.
Though I don't give a much damn.

I'll keep awaiting you back in 'our' roost.
' Hakuna Matata' dudine,  I constantly brood. 

 
Disclaimer : Hakuna matata is a Swahili phrase which means ' don't worry, be happy' I heard recently.  so, tried employing it.