I was just listening to a beautiful song "hum tere pyar mein sara alam kho baithe" composed by Shankar Jaikishen.
Lata's voice exudes so much love that gives me goose pimples. God bestows only a few privileged ones with a voice as sweet as hers.
Long live melody!
Thursday 19 August 2004
Sunday 15 August 2004
Importance of a vision.
If one were to track the entire histories of all the successful enterprises, one would probably witness a single underlying theme among all of them - a vision. A vision toward which all the actions, policies, plans, ideas are directed. A vision that dictates everything that the enterprise thinks or does.
Why is a vision important? It is difficult for a human being to be motivated toward his/her work if he/she does not have a definite goal to reach. It is difficult to perform actions if their purpose, or more importantly, the goal is not defined. Actions without goal, without purpose, without vision, often end up creating chaos and more confusion in the minds of men. The enterprises duly realise this and often set up long-term, if not permanent, vision which guides their functioning and also acts as a guiding tool for the employees of the enterprise to base their actions on.
If vision is such an important integral part of an enterprise, it is indeed surprising that none of the governments of India, after Jawahar Lal Nehru's has bothered to come up with a vision for India's growth!
Most people agree that the development rate was the highest during Pandit Nehru's term and we have struggled to keep pace with it ever since. Even the non-Congress government that came to power have been unable to define a vision for India.
The vision could be something as simple as "Make India a developed Nation" to "Making India the most suitable place to live". Unfortunately, it has not happened.
However, in the recent past, the President, Dr. Abdul Kalam has often reiterated the need to have a vision for India. His vision is "Make India a developed Nation by 2020AD". It is very evident that all his thoughts and actions are guided by this thought and he pursues his vision with passion. It is also sad that successive governments haven't bothered to appreciate his vision, let alone make it part of their national agendas.
On this 57th Independence Day today, we must set for ourselves a common vision, a common goal, a common idea toward which we must all work relentlessly. It is only when the efforts of one billion people are directed toward one goal, that significant breakthroughs can be achieved and realization of goals will become reality.
Why is a vision important? It is difficult for a human being to be motivated toward his/her work if he/she does not have a definite goal to reach. It is difficult to perform actions if their purpose, or more importantly, the goal is not defined. Actions without goal, without purpose, without vision, often end up creating chaos and more confusion in the minds of men. The enterprises duly realise this and often set up long-term, if not permanent, vision which guides their functioning and also acts as a guiding tool for the employees of the enterprise to base their actions on.
If vision is such an important integral part of an enterprise, it is indeed surprising that none of the governments of India, after Jawahar Lal Nehru's has bothered to come up with a vision for India's growth!
Most people agree that the development rate was the highest during Pandit Nehru's term and we have struggled to keep pace with it ever since. Even the non-Congress government that came to power have been unable to define a vision for India.
The vision could be something as simple as "Make India a developed Nation" to "Making India the most suitable place to live". Unfortunately, it has not happened.
However, in the recent past, the President, Dr. Abdul Kalam has often reiterated the need to have a vision for India. His vision is "Make India a developed Nation by 2020AD". It is very evident that all his thoughts and actions are guided by this thought and he pursues his vision with passion. It is also sad that successive governments haven't bothered to appreciate his vision, let alone make it part of their national agendas.
On this 57th Independence Day today, we must set for ourselves a common vision, a common goal, a common idea toward which we must all work relentlessly. It is only when the efforts of one billion people are directed toward one goal, that significant breakthroughs can be achieved and realization of goals will become reality.
Happy Independence Day!
May India achieve more glory and greatness in future. May we all contribute to it in some way or the other.
Vande Mataram.
Jai Hind.
Vande Mataram.
Jai Hind.
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