dont preach..learn from practioners!

Borrowers aren't complaining about MFIs' high rates. It's the self-appointed benefactors of the poor that are. Vijay Mahajan, BASIX

myth of single digit interest rate in Microfinance

http://www.microfinancefocus.com/news/2009/12/09/myth-of-single-digit-interest-rate-in-microfinance-vijay-mahajan-keynote/

The past must be a springboard, not a sofa

- Harold Macmillan

drawing inspiration on the 102nd birthday of this legendary poet sri hariwanshrai bachan

जीवन में एक सितारा था
माना वह बेहद प्यारा था
वह डूब गया तो डूब गया
अंबर के आंगन को देखो
कितने इसके तारे टूटे
कितने इसके प्यारे छूटे
जो छूट गए फ़िर कहाँ मिले
पर बोलो टूटे तारों पर
कब अंबर शोक मनाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

the rest can be found on the following link

http://timir.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/जो-बीत-गई-सो-बात-गई-jo-beet-gayi-so-baat-gayi/

united India

to have dissolved 554 states by integrating them into the pattern of the Republic; to have brought order out of the nightmare of the chaos whence we started, and to have democratized the administration in all the erstwhile states, should steel us to the attainment of equal success in other spheres.

- V.P. Menon

boredddddddddddddd

Social work..making a difference. duh!!

today

i woke up at 10:30 for a meeting with vendor at 12 noon, i reached the destination on time. he is not there. i call him up...no response. there is agreement to be sent to mumbai tomorrow early morning. our consulting partner will courier it - they cant guarantee delivery of courier on time at 4:30 pm. our ever ready friend at partner's cant travel 10 min to courier it. i travel an hour one side to send the courier.

in every step there is grand wastage of time. why is there no optimization in this sector. why people are so busy feeding their ego and patting themselves on the back that they don't realize the amount of inefficiency there exists. they don't keep their time.

it is frustrating. i know i need to develop patience...dont know how?

oh society!

Oh Society! 10-03-08

I have nothing to prove, to nobody
I live my life, my way
My true companion on my way, my thoughts
I cherish them, feel them, express them!

I know you have no need for me
But I too have no need for your rules
Try and chain me, you will loose
I am free, today more than ever before!

Life to me is full of choices
Constrains I define, my passions I define
My sleep, my duty, my activities I decide
Unfettered by failure, more humbled by success!

Far ahead I know what I see
I am bold, I understand available paths
I am ready to move on, leave things behind
And reach out my hand for the stars to be mine!
And reach out my hand for the stars to be mine!

Federed..

The champion of all 4 grandslams, winner of 14 titles in just 6 years of his career...

thats an unbeatable record! a true genius of the game. it felt great to see him kiss the roland garros trophy...

he is a true master of his passion... hats of to this champion of champions!

maine ek phool se bola, teri mehek meri zindgi ko khusboo deti hai
wo sahem gaya, aur apni pankhudiyon ko band kar liya
main do pal thehra aur phir aage chala gaya...

escapist

I wish to create a melody
A hum that lightens my heart
A wave that settles my mind
And let me be in the present.

I am lost between my present and what I want
I spare too much time never getting to the point
I am becoming intolerant of myself and too tolerant of others
Never truly happy and never accepting my sadness
I am becoming an escapist, from self

I am holding back myself
I wish to tear my existence to shreds and move on!

i am bored! i wish for change... i see it coming, inshallah it happens soon.

trying new things...
what is it about humans that make them always wish to do things not done before..
is it the thrill of the unknown or just a manipulation of the mind to fit socially or expectattion of an experience not attended before.
why we get bored so easily with what we do; is it just that the things we are doing is not fit for us or there is an inner urge to explore more or is it just the evolution that can happen only by attempting unchartered territory.
often we believe that we need to do something else, but when we meet people having experiences we haven't yet had but desire, we dont see them feeling the way we expect to feel when we would be doing that thing.
i sound confused but i know this is the clearest i can be about my current state of mind.
i want to do a lot of things... acceptatble and unacceptable. in the world of my mind, i have solution to everything. but action is seldom there and condition can be held responsible; but i cant deny lethargy on my part. i see lot of energy wasted in me every moment but hardly any steps i have taken to invest it rightly.

what i experience i know is not unique to me. but i find it difficult to always live with it. i cant always expect God to show me the way and help me out... i dont want to just forget it all and go to sleep.

Innovation

Faraday was delivering a lecture on his new discovery 'Electricity'. At the end of it a lady approaches him and asks "I see what you present but of what use is this discovery?"

He repied "But ma'am, of what use is a new born child?"

What an insight! Like a new born child, a new idea has potential to change the world.