Rural Track

Dear Mr. Prime minister I am a typical mouse from Mumbai. In the local train compartment which has capacity of 100 persons, I travel with 500 more mouse. Mouse at least squeak but we don’t even do that. Today I heard your speech. In which you said ‘NO BODY WOULD BE SPARED’. I would like to remind you that fourteen years has passed since serial bomb blast in Mumbai took place. Dawood was the main conspirator. Till today he is not caught. All our bolywood actors, our builders, our Gutka king meets him but your Government can not catch him. Reason is simple; all your ministers are hand in glove with him. If any attempt is made to catch him everybody will be exposed. Your statement ‘NOBODY WOULD BE SPARED’ is nothing but a cruel joke on this unfortunate people of India.Enough is enough. As such after seeing terrorist attack carried out by about a dozen young boys I realize that if same thing continues days are not away when terrorist will attack by air, destroy our nuclear reactor and there will be one more Hiroshima. We the people are left with only one mantra. Womb to Bomb to Tomb. You promised Mumbaikar Shanghai what you have given us is Jalianwala Baug.Today only your home minister resigned. What took you so long to kick out this joker? Only reason was that he was loyal to Gandhi family. Loyalty to Gandhi family is more important than blood of innocent people, isn’t it? I am born and bought up in Mumbai for last fifty eight years. Believe me corruption in Maharashtra is worse than that in Bihar. Look at all the politician, Sharad Pawar, Chagan Bhujbal, Narayan Rane, Bal Thackray , Gopinath Munde, Raj Thackray, Vilasrao Deshmukh all are rolling in money. Vilasrao Deshmukh is one of the worst Chief minister I have seen. His only business is to increase the FSI every other day, make money and send it to Delhiso Congress can fight next election. Now the clown has found new way and will increase FSI for fisherman so they can build concrete house right on sea shore. Next time terrorist can comfortably live in those house , enjoy the beauty of sea and then attack the Mumbai at their will.Recently I had to purchase house in Mumbai. I met about two dozen builders.. Everybody wanted about 30% in black. A common person like me knows this and with all your intelligent agency & CBI you and your finance minister are not aware of it. Where all the black money goes? To the underworld isn’t it? Our politicians take help of these goondas to vacate people by force. I myself was victim of it. If you have time please come to me, I will tell you everything. If this has been land of fools, idiots then I would not have ever cared to write you this letter. Just see the tragedy, on one side we are reaching moon, people are so intelligent and on other side you politician has converted nectar into deadly poison. I am everything Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Schedule caste, OBC, Muslim OBC, Christian Schedule caste, Creamy Schedule caste only what I am not is INDIAN. You politician have raped every part of mother Indiaby your policy of divide and rule. Take example of former president Abdul Kalam. Such a intelligent person, such a fine human being. You politician didn’t even spare him. Your party along with opposition joined the hands, because politician feels they are supreme and there is no place for good person.Dear Mr Prime minister you are one of the most intelligent person, most learned person. Just wake up, be a real SARDAR. First and foremost expose all selfish politician. Ask Swiss bank to give name of all Indian account holder. Give reins of CBI to independent agency. Let them find wolf among us. There will be political upheaval but that will better than dance of death which we are witnessing every day. Just give us ambient where we can work honestly and without fear. Let there be rule of law. Everything else will be taken care of. Choice is yours Mr. Prime Minister. Do you want to be lead by one person or you want to lead the nation of 100 Crore people?

Today after the attacks we are raising fingers at the Pakistani govt for letting the training camps prevail in their country but what is India any different in this matter?
We are allowing non-immigrants stay without any check and just breeding them without any proper regulation and monitoring.
Sick and tired of such bad structure. If we find any such people we have to raise questions to the govt and ask them about why are they allowed to stay??

After a long time I am reminded of my blog to share something with the readers.
What has made me do that? The overwhelming 3 day fight at Mumbai, as the media titles it as “THE INDIA 9/11″.

Where is all this leading to? Why are people getting so barbaric? Is this the purpose of life? Is this what is representation of today’s youth?

Bharat entrepreneurs need to look at this issue to solve. Entrepreneurs are people who can actively take up problems and efficiently provide solutions to such issues. We need to create an army fund, crisis management system and an organisation to monitor the political instability in this country.

Wake up and let start a movement.

Courtesy: ExpressIndia.com

Steering clear of the beaten track, a graduate from IIM, Ahmedabad, once chose to sell vegetables on the streets of Patna to fulfil his career dream.
Meet 27-year-old Kaushalendra, son of a college demonstrator in the nondescript block town of Ekangarsarai in Nalanda district. “I have a dream to build Bihar into the vegetable hub of the country. I want vegetables grown in Bihar on dining tables everywhere — from Srinagar to Salem and from Shillong to Surat,” says Kaushalendra.
Perhaps the most highly educated green grocer India has ever produced, the young man from Nalanda has founded a farmers’ cooperative, Samriddhi, which sells vegetables in ice-cooled pushcarts.
The private-public partnership venture, launched about a couple of months ago with assistance from Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) with just one pushcart, has now placed an order for 50 more carts, thanks to a collateral-free loan of Rs 50 lakh from Punjab National Bank.
Nearly 300 farmers have associated themselves with Samriddhi. ATMA, a government undertaking, is training these farmers in matters relating to high-yield seeds and crop protection.
“Our aim is to propagate organic farming and use our expertise in marketing to reach the markets not only in India but also abroad so that the farmers of Bihar fetch good return for their produce. In five years, we target to penetrate the vegetable markets in the US, Europe and Japan,” Kaushalendra says.
The ice-cooled pushcart vegetables are a hit with customers in parts of southern Patna. “The vegetables taste garden fresh, are priced reasonably and, to add to that, they are weighed accurately with electronic weighing machines… we are just delighted to have it at a time when we have to make do with shoestring budget thanks to record inflation,” says Bharti, a housewife in Kankarbagh area.
Moreover, the pushcart vendor gives the buyers a cash-memo which no other vegetable seller does, as further authentication of the quality and quantity of the vegetables.
“I am not only selling vegetables, but also the name of the farmer and the village where it has been grown. The farmer should not remain an unsung hero any more,” he says pointing at the tag on the vegetables which has the mention of the name of the farmer and his village.
“One day,” he said with a twinkle in his eyes, “we will be able to build Bihar into a brand… the largest selling brand in horticulture.”
Asked about the initial reaction of his family to the idea of their highly qualified son foregoing a lucrative career in the corporate world and opting for an uncertain future, Kaushalendra said, “They were shocked but were later reconciled… now they seem happy that I am trying to do something that would benefit hundreds and thousands of farmers of Bihar.”
Asked to comment on the job offers he had, the self-effacing IIM graduate said, “I did not opt for the placement process. So, in that sense, I had none. I saw the farmers of my vegetable-growing village eke out a living by the sweat of their brow and then watch with abject resignation the fruits of their toil rot during the floods. I always dreamt of doing something for them and I am just chasing that dream,” Kaushalendra says.

Courtesy: The Economic Times

This article speaks about the ability of an entrepreneur as leader.
Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th US President and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II, described leadership as ‘the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it’.

For an entrepreneur who has a startup the most difficult challenge is to retain employees. If they are true leaders, they will successful is inspiring their employees with their vision.
Here are a few extracts from the article posted on Economic Times.

Leadership is a blend of several qualities; it’s a role that demands multi-tasking. That’s exactly what a successful entrepreneur does.

If entrepreneurship is about utilising a market opportunity to create a business, leadership is about building the right team and getting it involved in achieving the business goals.

A good leader is able to take his team along with him; it is not so much about people management as it is about understanding people and inspiring them. Organisational structures are necessary to facilitate smooth operations. But they are good enough only as long as they work as enablers and not become impediments. Good leaders understand this and also recognise the importance of providing a healthy work environment where employees can express their views and ideas irrespective of their position in the organisational structure. Good leaders are good listeners who pay attention to what their employees say.

Startups are not all about success but also counts in failure.
Here are few stories about a few startups who started passionately but had to close down their ventures midway.
Seraja
Seraja was an event startup promoted by Rajesh Jain and Ramesh Jain which was called off due to “lack of focus” as the founders say. To know more
Jhoom.in
It was a social network site launched in 2006 and catered to Bollywood and Indian Music fans. They had to shut down because they couldnt gain much traction from the India netizens. To know more

I do not want to write detailed notes of unsuccessful startups as this blog is to inspire entrepreneurs and not scare them out. Any way every failure is a learning lesson to success.
Hence, only the reason for such close down has been mentioned.