My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

Most of you would have read about the bomb blast in 2 Indian cities on subsequent days - previous day at Bangalore and the next day at Ahmedabad. Of all the images that were displayed, only one stuck to my mind. It was the picture of a fruit vendor couple lying dead in front of their fruit cart. What have these people to do with anything that the terrorists give out as a reason for doing this heinous act. It is such innocent people who are affected and for all others life goes on for ever. Why this cowardly act. Which religion or God asks or gives you a sanction to kill innocents. Or rather what do you achieve by killing people like these. don't you know what kind of a shattered life you leave behind for such victims family. Now these family members can start retaliating. and if so where is the end. Why, Why Why... Then. Can somebody give me the answers. I want the people who planted the bomb to go and see the victims family and understand what they have let loose. Wi...

The eagle has the longest life-span of it’s' species. It can live up to 70 years But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision. In its' 40's Its' long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey Which serves as food. Its' long and sharp beak becomes bent. Its' old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its' chest and make it difficult to fly Then, the eagle is left with only two options: Die or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days. If it exercises the 2nd Option, this is what it should undergo The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its' nest There the eagle knocks its' beak against a rock until it comes off. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its' talons When its' new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its' old-aged feathers And after five months, the eagle takes its' fa...

After a week long business trip, was trying to catch up with a lot of things at the same time on Sunday. To alleviate the pressure, here and there went to the drawing room to watch the TV. Something was interesting, most of the time was channel surfing. I was mainly watching the news channel in the morning and what a day it was. Truly, I have great regards for Dr Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi as a lady who having been thrust into a difficult role, has been able to keep her place with finesse. But trying to win the Trust vote on Tuesday, the kind of deliberations each of these political parties are doing, my God - isn't it Bribery of some sort. We talk of corruption and the penalties, but we see no action. and when openly a elected Federal government is doing this, how dirty it is. My God, if the Nuclear deal is good for the country or bad for the country, let every party deliberate on it and vote for or against on its own. Why should a party bargain for some...

Our Association and STPI Chennai have come together to Organize a unique two days workshop on “ Catalyzing Growth ", on 25th & 26th July-08, at STPI New facility centre , Taramani, Chennai-113. The program is aimed at the CEO and Directors of the Organization only. Though a high value program, both our Association and STPI have worked towards have a subsidized cost of this workshop. STPI and ITSME Association are excited to kick-off this unique program customized to the leadership needs of ITSME segment. There are going to be session on the following : Leveraging your business Models New Growth Strategies and Collaboration Branding and Growth Pricing and Marketing - The Entrepreneurial Way Business Innovation for Growth Trend Next You would agree with me that the above are the major areas where we, as head of our organizations, would love to have some mentoring and also discussions on what the other companies' best practices are. I,for one, wouldn't like to ...

During our last networking dinner all the EC members were presenting 8 Key Mandates on which each one of the EC members will be working towards their are of responsibility. Some of the members volunteered to be part of the Mandate Execution team. To refresh I am listing below the 8 key mandates 1. Collective voice representing SMEs in IT Policy making. 2. Sharing Best Practices. 3. Human Resources augmentation among SMEs. 4. Technology/Industry training - Focus Groups. 5. Facilitating foreign delegations both Inbound and outbound, exhibitions thereby providing an effective platform for networking. 6. Potential joint Business Development platform – gaining access to geographies. 7. Improved Economies of Scale - leveraging on the collective size of the association for better bargains on purchases of products and services. 8. Show case Lab. We are pleased to announce that each of these Mandates are being handled by the EC members ind...

A movie title which will raise strong passions - whether it is negative or positive depends on which side you are in. Though it is titled as a comedy - it has a lot more emotions into it. the topic itself itself evokes strong emotions, if you have just lost your job. This movie is taken from the perspective of a American Call center Sales Person, who suddenly finds that his entire team is let go. To retain his job, he has to travel all the way to India and train those very people who have taken away his and his friends job. On this serious note, this story begins. But then it becomes how Todd (who is always called as Toad) played by John Hamilton comes over to India as a American who sees things only in a American way and later understands the locals and gets the best from the people. As a Indian, who has made her living as a outsourcing company from India, for me this movie was a must see. While I could appreciate the emotions behind the whole exercise when the outsourcing happens, th...

One of things that always remain unanswered within me is about the public accountability in our country. We see so many repairs being done to the newly laid road making it once again a rough and tough ride. Who is responsible for bringing it back to a good shape. I see the debris lying around uncleared or even the stones and sand being dumped on the corners of the road. These gets all over the place because the vehicles are forced to ride over them. Isn't a public wastage of the material. How will they account for it. Same is the case with the encroachments. Everyday we pass by some of the places and slowly see the encroachments being done on the roadside. What starts as a small time vendor selling either a tender coconut or a small tea shop, then gathers momentum as days goes by. From one small make shift dispensing utility, slowly a row of pucca shops gets built eating into the public spaces. Then one day the Corporation wakes up and brings a bull dozer and razes...