Friends

After long gap I was in Mumbai today to meet some of the colleagues and other business meets. The mood here in finance capital was bit down and people were just waiting for the coming budget. It is a matter of guess for we general public to sense about the budget, but the fact remains that the budget is by the politicians and can not be for the benefit of industry at their cost. Whatever the budget, it would be with a sharp eye on elections and hence I believe the goodies, would be more for the general voters and may not be much of benefit to the economy. Although our country got independence in 1947 i.e. about 65 years ago, the real economic independence happened in 1991 and hence in that sense we are less than quarter century old country with "to some extent free " economy. Even in these 21-22 years the government was never equally aggressive for development of the country due to the fact that in all these years the country is run by coalition politics and every one has to keep in mind the interest of all supporting parties particularly regional parties who are more dominating these days. Thus the political compulsions have always suppressed the growth of the country and as i mentioned, the politicians decide the fate of the country's economy along with other areas, a nation like ours need more patience to grow. Despite this fact our country has really grown very fast after we came out of the shell of socialism and decide to open up the economy in 1991.

CP

Friends,

Last week I had a chance to visit Jaipur while returning from Delhi. The travel from delhi to Jaipur by road was pathetic. Complete road was dug up to expand. It seems government agencies don't plan properly. Adding fuel to fire was the continuous rain during the journey which chilled the weather. But overall such trips give chance to meet all the near and dear ones who are quite old and struggling with their lives. I pray to god for well being of all these people who have created us and cared for us to grow. They inculcated the good habits and thoughts in mind which helped in living life quite smoothly. Whenever I meet these elderly people I notice some distance making me feel guilt of moving away from them just for the better career. I fail to understand whether it was good or bad decision to do so some 20 years ago. Was it their mistake to guide and help me for if her studies and opening my vision to move to different locations for better career.  But it is irreversible now and except repentance nothing is left. They suffer because they are left alone now and we suffer because we are helpless. Whenever, new generation boys and girls ask me guidance  for better career, moving to different locations is common feature. Parents feel happy that their kids are growing and developing but I personally feel that soon every one would feel the repercussions . 

Such things gives more pain when these elderly people pass thru health issues and we feel helplessness. Probably this is the life and sooner or later every one would feel the pinch of this. Today sitting at home  this Saturday evening such thoughts are really troubling and hence thought of. Sharing with all of you and this helps me in relaxing.

CP

Friends,

These days we are busy in interviewing candidates from various fields for our regular requirement. One of the category is young CAs who have recently passed in couple of years back. In most of the cases the candidates were not interested in job profile neither in the reputation of the firm. They we interested only in one thing and that is the Money. The package, package and package. I don't understand what kind of profession breed we are developing who want to earn first then learn. It is the pressure the new professionals carry on their head by  way of huge expenditure incurred in their education. They want to recover the cost first. In the process they don't learn any thing and end up with depression and frustration . These days the value of a person is directly linked with the the package he is getting and nothing else. This is a very dangerous sign and we need to act very fast. We should teach these young generation that learning is a long term investment and directly jumping to earning may be suicidal. There is no need together panic and better sharpen your tools by learning more and more in the initial phase of professional life. In the greed of earning more and more some coaching classes are exaggerating the success and widening the dreams of the candidates so they pay higher fee. This way they are spoiling the candidates to look for nothing but only money at any cost and in the process they fake the CV, build stories and try to prove more than their real achievements.

Similarly the parents are also these days citing packages to prove the one up man ship of their kids. They don't introduce them by their character or profession but only by the company where he is serving or the package he is drawing. If other parents cite less package of their kids, he is happy otherwise he would feel less capable. I fail to under this cultural change which is ultimately dangerous for all. If we treat the kids on the basis of their package, we would never be able to Guide them properly, rather they would not listen or care the parents . Result would be unhappy ending of life, distraction, frustration and so on.

Let us change this by properly guiding  these young highly qualified and capable new generation to people. They can be great asset for the country otherwise equally dangerous liability.

CP

Friends

Date will change after half an hour and it will be 9th Feb. this day is very important for us as this is the birthday of my daughter Nikita . She is in Bangalore pursuing law but we are always with her. We wish a very very happy birthday to her and pray to god for great life ahead. God bless her with long healthy, happy life ahead. I seems the matter of few years but in fact more than 20 years when we were waiting for Nikita to come. She came change our lives forever.

Life is full of color where every moment is different and unpredictable. We don't know what is in store in future . We do and plan every thing with best intentions but the  results would always be different . We propose and god dispose. We try to reach the desired destination but god has his own plans and no one can supersede him. Still the end result is always good. We may not understand his plans and repent that time but he would never do wrong to we people his own creation.

CP

Friends

Beginning of the year always brings lot of happiness. With in a period of 30 days i.e. 10th January to 9th Feb. we have three birthdays. First my younger daughter on 10th Jan , 27th Jan mine and on 9th Feb my elder daughter Nikita. These 30 days give immense happiness every year. This year was more special to me as I completed 50 years and entered in 51st year. There was great celebrations and get together in the presence of both daughters and Kamleshji.

When I look back to the life in last 10 years, 15 years or more , a collage of life full of events, actions, happiness, sorrow comes in front of eyes. During last 15 years, my city Ahmedabad has given me wonderful shelter and great life. In 1998, I was in deep trouble and serious struggle of life was going on. Infact at this time I had just recovered from an accident. Kids were only of 5-6 years old, totally unaware of the circumstances we were passing through. They were happy and fully contended with whatever I could provide them and luxury was that I was always at home. No office , a small room at residence was my office and they could access me any time. Probably they did not miss me that time. Time passed and today they are studying in different cities, Pune and Bangalore ,  leaving both of us in Ahmedabad. We may have achieved some thing in professional career but time has re located all of us . This is the life and it happens always. Probably my patents also think the same way because they too are alone in Jaipur . It seems in time to come, this westernised culture would always keep the people each other separate.

Anyways, past is past and always full of bitter and sweet memories. Let us look into the next 10 years. With god's grace, kids would grow to women from girls, professionals from students and may be handling their own families full of their children and in laws. Other side may be we entering into sixties. In profession  running a big organisation or may be into many more activities . Every thing is wrapped in future known to nobody except God.

CP

Friends,

Last 5 days were full of action, surprise, thrill and happiness . On the eve of my birthday i.e. on 26th Jan, the was grand party hosted by Shashi. This was the occasion of my completing 50 years and entering into 51st year of life. The party was total surprise where the guests were totally unexpected and the venue, date and scale every thing. Surprise began on 24th itself when Nikita came late night to join the celebration. I had no idea of her plan till she was in front of me. Next day every thing was mysterious. Early morning on 26th Romil was in front of me, later Hitisha gave surprise and suddenly at about 3 pm, Kamlesh came straight from Belgium, till that time I was in impression that some thing is being organised on 27th. The evening was the biggest surprise of my life when the kids forced me to go for dinner in a hotel and there it was. All my nears and dears, school friends, old colleagues and many other friends were their to celebrate this. The evening was full of happiness, surprise, get together and many more. I am very grateful to Shashi , kids, friends who put in lot of efforts in organising this . Above all I am very thankful to all the guests who came and blessed me and understanding the surprise content of the occasion.

I would try to paste some pics of the occasion soon.

The life is journey and full of sweet and bitter memories. Every day is special and contains all tastes of life. Last 50 years of my life are like any other person's life. As a member of middle class family that lived in joint family system was always full of challenges, togetherness, happiness and scarcity. This made me bit tough too it that helped in settling in new location in different environment. When I had to leave  Mumbai about 19 years back, I was cursing my luck that my health came in way of bright career but today I feel hat God is kind enough and he has his plans for every body. He would never do wrong to us, his way of shaping our life is different and quite long term. Almost two decades in Ahmedabad have shaped my life well and I pray to god that coming years would be full of happiness and satisfaction.

CP

Friends

Today me in Indore after long time. The short visit to this city. The connectivity with between Ahmedabad and Indore is bit inconvenient. Morning flights and late evening flight is the only way to commute by air. It takes about 18 hours to visit this city. Travelling plays major role in professional development and day to day activities. It also indicates the level of working in any profession. 

As mentioned in my earlier post, the education has played vital role in dislocation of a human being. In last 20 years, our country has changed drastically in this sense and it has resulted into heavy reshuffle of people from one place to other place. The village population has reduced from 80% to 60% approx. resulting into the massive urbanisation. The other side of this is the emotional detachment of people from their ancestor places, relatives and culture. In return they may have earned lot of money , power and respect but lost sleep, peace of mind and happiness. Despite lot of support by the government to contain the urbanisation, the result is negligible. In my view, the mass dislocation of people is not good for the society. I believe the world over, dislocation in last 50 years has been highest since civilisation of last 5000  years. The impact may be severe in time to come when any city or country would lose its basic ethnicity and new culture would emerge which will also decide many other factors. Already the culture of our country has deshaped in last 20 years particularly the marriage institution has been badly hit. The old age issues are already haunting the people adversely. In near future, the respect , affection and regard would get adversely affected. In coming time people will fear of old age not because of old age illness but because of loneliness and no support of their children. It is evident with hundreds of old age home cropping up in cities taking care of left out parents. when you visit such places, it is very emotional and one can see his future place. Science has successfully removed the old age health problems to a great extent but in turn we have been gifted by much more serious issues of loneliness and left out treatment. But are not we responsible for this alongwith the children and parents? We want our kids to succeed at any cost and when they go away we blame them. To protect our culture, help ageing parents and live peaceful life, should there not be some limitation of distance or at least time. We should educate our coming generations about this otherwise soon serious issues may crop out.  

CP