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A dream come true for a Great Person

28 th of April 2009 was a very momentous day indeed for many of us - but for one person, it was a dream which had turned out to be a reality due to sheer his hard wok and dedication and having contributed to the society till date with not expecting anything in return, despite the physical age and health condition. I am talking about the Dream of Dr Bala Balachandran to have a world class facility for his child - The Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chennai. it is OK for a man to show his emotions was what we all felt when he became emotional when he started talking about his inspiration coming from his mother and her love for him and how though she is just 4 th grade, has enabled and instilled him a great value and thirst for great things. I am really proud to be part of Uncle Bala , our affectionate, energetic, young old man's great vision. Just to quote from some of the Newspapers - Chennai’s five year old leading business school, Great Lakes institute of ma...

Arrest of Indian bank ex Chairman

Yesterday evening I saw the news item of the ex chairman Mr Gopalakrishnan of Indian bank being awarded a sentence of 14 years for his misuse of official position to sanction a loan to a party and causing a loss of 8.41 crores losses to the bank. At one hand I was pained to see this as I have seen him in a personal capacity as a simple person -who has been forced to sell his ancestral property and go to live in a small rented house after all the hell broke loose for him - it was a riches to rags kind of story. while on the other hand, here is a instance of the justice system (I dont know the case details and I am not commenting on the right or wrong of it please) where somebody has been punished for causing loss to his employer. My question is - the accountability on the part of a employee is really great - but what about the politicians - how many crores of the Indian rupees is lost everyday by these peoples' mismanagement. When will these people be made accountable for it. ...