tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881223947158127452024-03-28T20:29:31.706-07:00WhenI'mFreeNaba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-75282187301864278412018-12-19T00:03:00.003-08:002018-12-19T00:03:43.185-08:00What does this Java & Python trend indicates?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Take a look at this simple google trend chart of Java & Python search in 2 geography - United States & India. Interestingly Python crossed Java in US region in 2016 and it is moving up. While in India Java is still leading even though Python is significantly moving up. What could be the reason?</div>
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Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-82389400377068110102017-11-05T06:34:00.001-08:002017-11-05T06:34:28.647-08:002 Recent Books I recommend <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These 2 recent books are worth your time. In fact I recommend that you can pass these 2 to kids as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First one is <a href="http://amzn.to/2j5fTIV" style="color: #111111; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind by Noah Harari </a><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. This brilliant book on history of humankind. Author is a master storyteller and covered the entire history of humankind in one book. Undoubtedly a Must Read! Pass it to your younger ones as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My next pick is <a href="http://amzn.to/2j3x0e3">Tim O'Reilly's WTF? - What's The Future!</a> This is a different book. Author, Tim O'Reilly is a Technology Industry thought leader. This book depicts what future holds for us. Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) will change our life, society and everything around us in a dramatic way. And it will happen in no time. Stop for a moment and go back 10 years - was there a Google Map for Navigation, was there a whatspp for real time chatting, was there a face book to share photo and news? AI & ML will get into our life much faster than Whatspp, Google map. Imagine what will happen when most of the jobs today done by human will replaced by Cybrog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I briefly talk about </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006188056201">National Children's Science Congress at Kokrajhar</a>. Will write the experience of visiting Kokrajhar to attend NCSC 2017 in an another post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-65749570386030498252017-08-20T06:28:00.000-07:002017-08-20T09:17:59.656-07:00SSCSB is organizing a Bhaona (ভাওনা) in Bangalore<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaona">Bhaona</a>, titled
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Assamese folks in Bangalore are trying to setup a
cultural center in Bangalore. On rough estimates there will be over fifty
thousand Assamese people in Bangalore. Most of us are here primary
due to IT & related jobs. There is also a good flow of young minds for
higher studies. As the Assamese population is growing, community is very
actively celebrating Bihu for maybe over two decades. Durga Puja is also being
celebrated with much fun fare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">As the community is growing and many of us has found a
new home in Bangalore, there is a need felt to have a permanent culture center
in Bangalore to practice & foster Assamese culture here. With this premise,
to establish a socio cultural & spiritual center for broader Bangalore
based Assamese communities with a NAMGHAR at its core, S<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sscsbangalore/">reemanta SankardevaCultural Society Bangalore (SSCSB) </a>was formed couple of years back. While SSCSB
is working earnestly to achieve its objective, it is now organising a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaona">Bhaona </a>in
Bangalore on September 16, 2017. After being away from home for so many years most of us in Bangalore have not seen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaona">Bhaona </a>for a long time. Also, our
next generation - kids growing up away from Assam may not have ideas about
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaona">Bhaona </a>and how it is performed. It will also be an occasion for us to showcase
this special cultural form of Assam to larger society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">For details whatsapp @ 9900243645 or Facebook @
/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sscsbangalore/" target="_blank">sscsbangalore </a>or email <a href="mailto:sscsbangalore@gmail.com">sscsbangalore@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<br />Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-16554495126680706442017-07-25T21:37:00.000-07:002017-07-25T21:37:20.631-07:00RIP Prof Yash PalSir,<br />
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I had the proud privilege to work with you during 1992 - 94 as a part of Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha. It was a great learning period in my life. I will always remember the event at Palasbari, Assam & BJVJ culmination event at Vigyan Bhavan with then Prime Minister I. K. Gujral. Thank you for your guidance and trust on me. Country will <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_Pal" target="_blank">miss you sir</a>. <br />
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Rest in peace!<br />
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<br />Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-33230525559017097462017-04-01T02:58:00.002-07:002017-04-01T03:05:47.426-07:00This weekend - Hacking, Running & Some Reading<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span font-family:="" quot="" sans-serif="" verdana="">This weekend is interesting. Apart from being the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day">April Fool day</a>, Government of India has organised the <a href="https://innovate.mygov.in/sih2017/">largest Hackathon</a> , <span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://innovate.mygov.in/sih2017/" target="_blank">Smart India Hackathon 2017</a>, </span>with over 10000 participants in across 26 cities. The team I am mentoring is led by Akash and team n</span>ame is Adyuga. Akash & his team is studying engineering in Andhra Pradesh. They will code 36 hours nonstop to build their solution. Please encourage all participants! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmartIndiaHackathon2017?src=hash">All the best folks</a>! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apart from Hackathon, if you are in Bangalore, tomorrow morning at Cubbon Park <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alfaa.bangalore/">Assisted Living for Autistic Adults (ALFAA)</a> is organizing Stride for Autism - 10K & 5K run. Try to make it for the cause.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Changing gear, here is my reco for weekend reading - short one this time but worth reading.</span></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/05/the-end-of-code/?imm_mid=0ef44f&cmp=em-business-na-na-newsltr_econ_20170324"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Soon We Won’t Program Computers. We’ll Train Them Like Dogs</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/on-the-dark-history-of-intelligence-as-domination">History of Intelligence</a> Intelligence has always been used as fig-leaf to justify domination and destruction. No wonder we fear super-smart robots</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/no-hidden-figures/#" target="_blank">This No Hidden Figures</a>. A new film shows how essential female scientists and engineers are to India’s burgeoning space program</span></li>
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Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-79885092750949917522017-03-20T21:22:00.000-07:002017-03-20T22:33:34.291-07:00Law of Software InertiaNewton's law of inertia is equally applicable in Software. Buggy code remains buggy or good remains good until some external forces acted on it. Had multiple opportunities to act as the external force.<br />
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What is your experience?Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-90237820748255745782017-03-11T05:58:00.001-08:002017-03-11T05:58:20.555-08:00Will Technology Kill Us?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning & Robotics will change the way we live within next 10 - 15 years. It was impossible to imagine 10 - 15 years back for most of us that life will be around likes of Facebook, WhatsApp, <a href="https://twitter.com/nkdas75" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, Amonzon, Flipkart. Same way it was impossible to think that you can get a cab in your doorstep just by clicking few buttons on Ola and Uber. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Information technology & innovation is </span><br />
<a href="https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/ofo-apckiosks-20170214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for automation in immigration check in US" border="0" height="213" src="https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/ofo-apckiosks-20170214.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">changing our life faster than we can think. Technology is growing exponentially. Challenge in front of humanity is how do we cope up with such rapid pace. Or is there a need to slow down the pace of development. The way technology eliminated typewriter, PCO, yellow page, celluloid camera the same way technology is now eliminating mechanical & routine jobs. Call center jobs are being replaced by bots. Drones is replacing delivery boys. Even once crowded pass control system (immigration check) in US is now automated & human officer comes only if someone needs help. These changes are profound and have someway or other impact our life. Interestingly, this is not just happening in west - we live in a flat world. Even in country like India <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/raymond-to-replace-10000-jobs-with-robots-in-next-3-years/articleshow/54358700.cms" target="_blank">thousands of job will get eliminated soon</a>. One more example <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/security-tech/technology/forget-automation-this-new-technology-will-make-close-to-70000-jobless-in-india-by-2021/articleshow/53765860.cms" target="_blank">here</a>. Here is a detailed report from <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/where-machines-could-replace-humans-and-where-they-cant-yet?imm_mid=0ec5fe&cmp=em-business-na-na-newsltr_econ_20170120" target="_blank">McKinsey on Where machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet).</a> While some of these appear syfy, these are reality. And, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">it is not just limiting to automation. The progress in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">machine learning (ability of computer systems to lean without being programmed for that) </a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">& </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">artificial intelligence (AI)</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> is unparallel. From Self Driven Car (</span><a href="https://waymo.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">popularly known as google car</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">) to automatically ordering grocery based on based on what is there in your refrigerator and your previous order history is not far away. We are unknowingly living in a world that we never dreamt of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So, is there anything that we need to do or be worried about. At this point we probably don't know. There are significant pitfalls of automation and these advancement. Read this Atlantic article by American author Nicholas Carr on putting our knowledge in the hands of machine - <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/the-great-forgetting/309516/" target="_blank">"All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines"</a>. But for sure we need to figure out a symbiotic relationship with these advancement. Futurologist <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/technology/ray-kurzweil-predictions/?imm_mid=0ee4eb&cmp=em-business-na-na-newsltr_econ_20170310" target="_blank">Ra</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/technology/ray-kurzweil-predictions/?imm_mid=0ee4eb&cmp=em-business-na-na-newsltr_econ_20170310" target="_blank">y Kurzweil thinks Humans will be hybrids by 2030</a>.That means our brains will be able to connect directly to the cloud, where there will be thousands of computers, and those computers will augment our existing intelligence. Are we heading for a Human Operating System?Entrepreneur and innovator Elon Musk Says <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/02/13/elon-musk-human-artificial-intelligence/?imm_mid=0ee4eb&cmp=em-business-na-na-newsltr_econ_20170310" target="_blank">Humans Need to Merge With Machines to Remain Relevant</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lets get prepared. I leave you with one more good weekend read - </span><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/dont-replace-people-augment-them?imm_mid=0ee4eb&cmp=em-business-na-na-newsltr_econ_20170310" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.005em;" target="_blank">Don’t replace people. Augment them.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me know if you like it?</span>Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-49677418897731056862014-09-23T01:15:00.000-07:002014-09-23T01:15:17.071-07:00Why I Hope to Die at 75 by Ezekiel J. Emanuel<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">"Seventy-five.
That’s how long I want to live: 75 years. This preference drives my daughters
crazy. It drives my brothers crazy. My loving friends think I am crazy. They
think that I can’t mean what I say; that I haven’t thought clearly about this,
because there is so much in the world to see and do. To convince me of my
errors, they enumerate the myriad people I know who are over 75 and doing quite
well. They are certain that as I get closer to 75, I will push the desired age
back to 80, then 85, maybe even 90.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I am sure
of my position. Doubtless, death is a loss. It deprives us of experiences and
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us of all the things we value.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">This is how
the The Atlantic article “Why I Hope to Die at 75” by Ezekiel J. Emanuel<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goes. Ezekiel J. Emanuel an American Clinical
Bioethics and Head of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
at the University of Pennsylvania. Interesting and thought provoking article. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I mailed
this to several friends and colleagues. Few of them responded – </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I
agree on the philosophy. This is my philosophy too. I need to share this with
my wife. She will be able to relate some of my statements (at home) to
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Thank you Das Babu. Nice timing. This topic had come to my mind and
I was more thinking of 70 rather than 75. My father's side, most people died at
74-76. My Mom's side people have lived longer but with a painful life (with all
kinds of ailments). Also last few years of all folks in my father's side were
painful so I thought if I could demand early boarding at 70, I will spare my
children the pain. This topic came because of a nice article I read in NY Times
on question of saving for children. If I assume that I live for another ...
(assuming 70 as goal post), and my investment performance slows down... I
should be living behind at least 4 times my current net worth. My question next
is what will my kids do with that kind of wealth? I have given them both a good
education and both have started earning more than I earned in their age. If
they continue to take my advice on investment, they themselves would be doing
fairly well. So what should I do with my money is the dilemma … "(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My friend pointed me the 2<sup>nd</sup>
article below</i>)</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> If you are
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">1. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/?curator=MediaREDEF&utm_content=buffer7728c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank">Why I Hope to Die at 75 byEzekiel J. Emanuel </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">2. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/your-money/estate-planning/parents-the-children-will-be-fine-spend-their-inheritance-now.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Parents, the Children Will BeFine. Spend Their Inheritance Now.</a></span></div>
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During our vacation, even though we were (<i>three of us - my son is not yet a digital native w.r.t WhatsApp and Facebook</i>) in WhatsApp, we blackout Facebook. Once we got back home my wife uploaded the vacation pictures in Facebook. And magic begins. "Like" messages started flowing like a Seine river. Some of them with comments. Happiness I observed was much more than the actual trip! Momentarily for a day she was little upset because one of her friend didn't press that precious like button. The moment that like came in the joy was stupendous.<br />
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I am still figuring out what magic "like" has. But if you are active in Facebook and your friends post picture don't wait just hammer that "like" button. Your hammering gives enormous joy & happiness to your friend (<i>and money to Facebook</i>).<br />
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Keep liking because <u>WE ALL LOVE IT</u>!<br />
<br />Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-16612706198718599312014-05-19T02:56:00.000-07:002014-05-19T02:56:50.383-07:00That's Why I love You<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what I wrote to Arup da (<i>da
: elder brother in Assamese</i>)
this morning. Arup da (Dr Arup Misra) is one of them who have influenced
me in my life so far. I am compiling the list of people who have influenced me in
someway or other in my journey so far. I am indebted to them - will publish
this list some day.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you write or have written computer programs then you probably
know what is syntax and semantic error. All most all IDE (<i>integrated
development environment – an editor where
one writes software code</i>), helps with syntax error – it highlights wrong
syntax. Syntax error is like spelling mistake. Computer program can’t have
syntax error – computer doesn't understand wrongly spelled words or statement.
Likewise, most of the text editors, like Microsoft Word, highlights wrongly
spelt word (e.g. : <u><span style="color: red;">wrongle</span></u>). Similarly,
like IDE, text editor also doesn’t understand semantic errors. E.g. the following <a href="https://www.python.org/" target="_blank">Python </a>program is perfectly
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Consolas;">print</span><span style="font-family: Consolas;"> (a*b)</span><span style="font-family: Consolas;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it should have been (a + b) instead of (a * b). Similarly, if you write <u>she is a naughtily boy
</u>in Microsoft Word it doesn't complain. Or if you write <u>I was in the book
lunch program this morning</u> it doesn't complain. Today we are so dependent on the editors or IDEs that we ignore such nuances</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. (</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">I do make such mistake even when I'm careful -:(</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> ) </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, how do we handle this problem? First option is to have an editor
which can understand semantics or context. Lot going on in this space but
nothing very concrete is available that I’m aware off. Second option, you need
Arup da to point out such errors. Very meticulous in what he does. He has
helped me multiple times in pointing out semantic errors. Arup da has also
helped & guided me in several other things – those are for some other time.
So, I wrote to him today “<b>that's why I love you</b>.”</span></div>
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Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-58510825205935770652014-04-18T23:06:00.000-07:002014-04-18T23:06:23.065-07:00Living Happily After Retirement<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. TS Anand Sagar runs our Bangalore office cafeterias. A retired banker and is probably over 70. Few days back, he passed me this note, not sure why -:). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you are retirement eligible or not this is a good read. Someday, I will retire ...</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Speech by P.P.Ramachandran</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(After serving in the Reserve Bank of India for forty long years, retired at the age of 60)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am thankful to the Chembur Senior Citizens’ Association for offering me a chance to be with all of you this evening. I regret that I shall begin with a funeral reference. Since death is but part of Life I shall recount this charming story. In a tiny village in Kerala, a devout Christian breathed his last and the local priest being out of station, a priest from an adjoining village was called upon to deliver the funeral oration.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Ladies and Gentlemen”, began the venerable pastor with the dead body in a coffin before him, “Here lies dead before me a rare human being of this village with outstanding qualities. He was a gentleman, a scholar, sweet of tongue, gentle of temper and very catholic in outlook. He was generous to a fault and ever smiling”.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>The widow of the deceased stood up at the end of the Hall and screamed, “O! God! They are burying the wrong man”. A similar doubt can reasonably arise in my wife’s mind about the qualities of my head and heart eloquently praised by the previous speaker. Now, I will revert to the subject allotted to me, “Living Happily After Retirement”.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Retirement is a problem peculiar to our generation. In the times of our fathers and grandfathers, retirement was not much of a problem.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are three reasons for this.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First, Life Expectancy. Fifty years ago, the life expectancy at the age of retirement fixed at 55, was 60.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>A study of Government records revealed that very few people enjoyed pension for more than five years at that time.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Most people died before sixty and consequently spending five years after retirement did not pose any major problem. Today Life Expectancy at retirement at 58 or 60, is 75 years which means half of your working life is still left after retirement. To give you an example two Senior Officers of RBI died at 93 years—35 years after retirement.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The second reason is the change in the family structure. Half a century ago most people were in a joint family. The day you laid down office, you still had a large family around you. Surely, in a large family there was always something you could do that was meaningful and made you feel you were contributing to the family. Today the family has become nuclear—husband, wife, children. By the time one retires, the children have gone away. In good old times, daughters used to get married and promptly go away. Nowadays sons get married and shift on and for First Night itself!<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>What is left is the old couple—You for Me and Me for you. This is not particularly easy to accept and adjust to after retirement.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The third reason is the problem of “Roots.” In halcyon days, people used to have a “native place” and an “ancestral home”.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>They looked forward to going there and settling down after retirement. Today except for Leave Fare Concession purposes, there is nothing left in terms of native place.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>People often are confused as to where to settle.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These three problems make retirement planning a crucial item. If you have planned for retirement you can anticipate and tackle these problems. People are not accustomed to the idea of staying by themselves. If one asks an audience of prospective retirees and their wives “How many of you expect to stay after retirement with your children, hardly one hand goes up. If some husband raises his hand, his wife immediately slaps it down saying, “I’ll be damned if I am going to stay with my daughter-in-law!”<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>So it is a tough problem to think about old people staying—just the two of them. This makes planning all the more significant.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The most difficult problem that we face after retirement is the psychological one. When an executive retires, he is at the peak of his career—his status, prestige and financial acumen.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>The moment he lays down office, all these desert him. He discovers that “Everything becomes Less and Less”.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>The first thing he notices is the way his status and prestige are affected. Even at home, the retired person is no longer the important person. If he demands of his wife an early breakfast, she will promptly admonish him, “You are retired now. So take it easy. Let those employed go first !”. He is no longer “Numero Uno”. A friend of mine who was a Senior Executive in RBI was getting 500 Greeting Cards and Diaries for the New Year. After one year of retirement it dwindled to fifty and this year he got ten. Greeting cards and diaries are surely an indicator of the respect you are held in.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The most immediate problem on retirement is time-arrangement. We all have twenty four hours at our disposal, whether we like it or not. When you are a Senior Executive you work for ten, twelve or even fifteen hours and you feel “Suppose I had two hours more how nice it would be!. Life would be easier.” After retirement we have twenty four hours and nothing to do! is one thing . Result – misery and this one he likes to spread! No man wants to be miserable alone. He will make as many people miserable as he can. A man who has nothing to do will harass people around him. Turning on head the Benthamite principle of maximization of welfare—maximisation of ill-fare!.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are two solutions to this problem. One is to continue to do the same work one was doing at the time of retirement. The first option is very convenient but where is such an opportunity for the majority? There is the temptation to wangle out an extension but this does lead to compromising principles which many succumb to regrettably.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>I have seen Senior Officers accepting jobs as liaison officers and standing outside the cabin of their subordinates and seek favours from them. But how long-lasting is the solution. Extension merely postpones the problem. It crops up again quite swiftly. The second option is to do something different, i.e., option to get another job. An executive can get another job provided he is willing to sacrifice self-respect. Generally jobs are given by the previous employer’s suppliers. Cases are legion where army, navy, air force officers are caught for espionage in such employment. In commercial organizations Officers are employed to get orders and collect bills speedily from their erstwhile Employers. So you will agree that this is no solution.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All of you are aware that the Bard of Avon-- William Shakespeare wrote of the “Seven Stages of Man”.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Modern psychologists have abridged it to four and these are thus.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before finding a girl—Spiderman</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After engagement------Superman</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10 years after marriage-Watchman</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">20 years after marriage - Doberman</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After this lighter side I revert to post-retired life. The retired official is likely to fall into four dysfunctional time options.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first is “Withdrawal”. Many retired people, the day they retire from Office withdraw from Life and within a few months they just pass away. <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>When you ask a Doctor he will tell you I can give a Medical term but this is case of “simple lack of will to live”.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The second time management option is “ritual”. A person can create a ritual for himself. He gets up at a specific time, does different activities at a specific time and this invariably results in misery for others if that specific time frame is not adhered to. While he has in essence nothing to do, he is trying to make his activities meaningful. This leads to a meaningless ritual.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The third option is Pastime. Many people get together and embark on a combined ritual which is called pastime. This too does not add to the meaningfulness of life.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The last option turns out to be even mischievous. <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>It is playing games— not physical ones like badminton, tennis but psychological ones where you try to manipulate people, get into their problems, complicate them and generally enlarge the tension around you. Many a respectable person indulges in this and creates problems where none existed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The alternative to these are Functional options. The first is become a Consultant. Lurking inside every executive is a Consultant. But for this considerable expertise is required. All are not Consultants.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The second option is to start your own Business or industry. But this calls for entrepreneurial qualities which an executive may lack. Many are the cases where lakhs of rupees have turned into thousands!.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The third option is to involve oneself in professional activities. For this one must build up one’s position even before retirement. Many cliques operate to prevent outsiders from encroachment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The fourth is to get into spiritual activities. While nobody is required between you and God, nowadays, we find more and more godmen, swamijis, pseudo Gurus some even US returned. There is a temptation to follow some Swamiji or even become one yourself. This is a very slippery slope. Beware –there are more hoaxes in the religious field than anywhere else!.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The last and most meaningful option is to cultivate a Hobby. Use your creative abilities and do something that you enjoy doing. You should start this even while in service.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We live in three Boxes. First is the Box of Learning, which starts from birth and goes on till 20 plus. Second is the Box of Work which commences at 20 plus and goes on up to 58 or 60—the age of retirement. Third is the Box of Leisure. When we are in the Box of Work what is significant is Status, Prestige, Power—all these we aspire for and it is what we get from Life. The more we get ---the happier we are. The day we retire we move into Box 3—the one of Leisure.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If we have to enjoy this we have to change our psychological position and appreciate creativity, autonomy and integrity. When you were a small child of two or three did status or prestige or money mean anything? <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>What you wanted was autonomy, creativity. A child is always creative. It enjoys creativity. One example. When visitors come you ask your child, “Sing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'”. <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>She will not sing. You shout at her. You tell your visitors proudly she is three only and knows Twelve Nursery songs. The moment the guests are gone and your servant comes for cleaning, your daughter will sing to her all the twelve songs. The child has its own values!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By the time we enter the Box of Work values change. We are taught not to respect our autonomy but fall in line—conformity is the rule.<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>If the son plays the violin his Mother will come and tell him, “Playing the Violin now?. Study now. Math’s is very scoring. If you get centum admission to IIT is easy. Life is competitive, dear son.” When we enter the Box of Leisure values change. Your psychological position has to be changed. New values of creativity, integrity and autonomy emerge. Hobbies are an excellent way of getting Leisure Value. Everybody must identify his hobby that he can enjoy. Not bother about Power, Prestige and Status. An individual can live in one box only or interchange or combine the boxes. You can have learning, work and leisure together. One can even take up a hobby that is financially productive. As time passes one learns.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The real problem of retirement is that people refuse to face the problem. The mantra is “Let us cross the bridge when we come to it.” This is not correct. Since we live in three Boxes we must prepare ourselves for crossing from one to the other. Structuring our time is the prime requirement. In the beginning you are contributing to Value. Think of Transfer Value. After retirement you can think of Leisure Value. Develop good hobbies which incorporate your creativity, autonomy and integrity. I have taken to Letter writing. (Rajaji , Kalam and H R F Keating.)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You will lead a happy life. Retirement is not adding “Years to your Life but adding Life to your Years”. Retirement is not a calamity but an opportunity. I shall advert to some basic qualities one must cultivate. There are two ways to look at every situation in life. Is the Cup half empty or is the cup half full. One man was not worried about his becoming bald. He declared “I have less hair to comb!”<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Another man in identical situation moaned, “I have more face to wash!”<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Always remember that you are loved, even when it does not seem like it. Believe in yourself and your values. Don’t sell out when things go wrong. Don’t let anything get you down. Always bounce back. Set goals for your future and never settle for anything less.</span></span></span></div>
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Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-71547942924788798552014-03-30T22:34:00.001-07:002014-03-30T22:34:36.471-07:00Love Increases With Value<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love increases with value (<i>read money</i>). Do you agree? This old adage was proven again recently, at least to me. After <span style="background-color: white; color: #2d2b2c; line-height: 23.09375px;">Jan Koum's $19b I started using WhatsApp and found that this is really a very cool app. In fact WhatsApp was with me for long but I hardly used it. 19b made the trick.</span></span><br />
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Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-60233478290560002342014-01-21T05:22:00.000-08:002014-01-21T05:22:24.382-08:00One more accolade for GandhiDhruba (Jyoti Phukan), popularly known as Gandhi, got <a href="http://www.gima.co.in/2014_film_nominees.php" target="_blank">GiMA (Global Indian Music Award) </a> 2014 in best Music Arranger and Programmer category for <a href="https://soundcloud.com/latestbollywoodsongs/badtameez-dil-full-audio-song" target="_blank">Badtameez Dil</a>.<br />
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<br />Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-71955467938008886392013-10-06T21:28:00.000-07:002013-10-06T21:30:19.644-07:00Developmental Conflicts in North East India<ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Prof Hazarika was in Bangalore to deliver a talk on </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) at Azim Premji University. In conjunction with this, ABC forum organized this discussion on Developmental Conflicts in NE Region with focus on Assam. </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">While the short discussion didn't yield anything concrete per se (which was not intended also) but fact that 80 odd people, not just Assamese, joined the session indicates that there is deep concerns for the region and its current state of affairs. Events like this sensitize people, allows them to express their concerns, think and put forward their thoughts on what can be done, and thereby create a greater social awareness which is fundamental to any social development. Organizations like ABC and associated people can play meaningful catalysts role on such social transformation journey in their circle of influence, however small it may be. Think tanks like </span><a href="http://www.c-nes.org/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;" target="_blank">C-NES</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> can provide a bigger platform at National level to deliberate and come up with specific recommendations/ actions plan on what social & political organization and academia should do to come out of the current state of affairs. </span><br />
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Kerala Government owned enterprise, K<a href="http://kmscl.kerala.gov.in/index.php" target="_blank">erala Medical Services Corporation Ltd in short "KMSCL</a>", sells life saving drugs at substantially lower cost - in some cases one sixth of the market price making the treatment for the killer diseases significantly affordable. <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/the-role-model-kerala-government-sells-life-saving-drugs-at-cheaper-prices/articleshow/19420040.cms" target="_blank">Read on the complete story at The Economics Time ...</a><br />
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<br />Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-65513015094227691332013-04-05T23:20:00.001-07:002013-04-05T23:20:58.708-07:00Can you hear me? Mobile is 40 years old now.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Undoubtedly one of the biggest innovation of our time is Mobile Phone. Today, over 5 billion people uses mobile phone to communicate with each other. <a href="http://qz.com/70309/the-first-mobile-phone-call-was-made-40-years-ago-today/" target="_blank">Do you know that first mobile call was made in 40 years back - April 1973.</a> <br />
<br />Naba Kr Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083184404162378118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988122394715812745.post-33333075589039870022013-04-02T22:56:00.000-07:002013-04-02T22:57:36.956-07:00Any Idea Why Digital Format Costs More Than Print?I failed to figure out why Kindle edition cost more than the printed edition.<br />
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