Take Charge

Her cries just pierced my heart like a thorn, “I am a total zero a good for nothing “she said sobbing uncontrollably. I did not have anything to say for this. What answer can I give? In today’s world when the Indian women are educated, smart with a career of their own, we still find these women as helpless as there village counterparts. I am talking here about women especially who have children and are either housewives or working. Her sorrows & troubles multiply if it includes children with special needs. If a child is born handicapped then it is the women who get the blame for it. Be it her parents, husband or in-laws. She is made to feel that it was due to some fault in her part that the child developed such thing. These may include physical as well as mental or genetic ailments like developmental delay, dyslexia etc. The women here is victimised with the husband & in laws completely washing their hands off in the development of the child. This has brought me to write about this topic being myself a mother of a child with special needs. For no fault of hers & the flat refusal of her husband to see the truth that day in day out she is blamed for everything that goes wrong with the child. On top of this all the advertisements, media promote the women as super moms. Nowhere in these ads do you find a dad playing key role in the growth of children. The woman who does not keep her house spick & span, not able to juggle between the needs of in-laws, husband, kids is treated as not a good mother, women, wife. She is deliberately made to feel guilty with ample contributions from others around. How to strike a balance without losing one’s head in this maddening self glorifying world?
We have to make tough choices and work hard. In an endeavour let’s not forget that being mother of that child, whatever is done will always be a step towards the betterment of the child, no matter what others do or say. Involve yourself in some productive work so as to garner strength, self-esteem and energy.

Never lose trust in God. Just think of building yourself with whatever you have. The situations of life are not as easy as they appear, things can be grim & totally grey but one can always find the silver lining in the cloud. Miracles just don’t happen in life, as is projected. Life is never a smooth ride among the clouds; it’s only in fairy tales such miracles happen. To be the all suffering self depreciating women is only for the daily soaps. So take stride & take charge. Life is a roller coaster ride but to have a real fun one has to plunge to take that ride even though you get knots in our stomach.
Simmi Vasu Head, Content Development, Resdtech

Election 2009

The smell of elections is in the air. Both newspapers and TV are inundated with extravagant promises from our politicians, and accusations and counter-accusations are flying over which party is the most corrupt, who is the most unconcerned about India, terrorism on our land, who the most callous about poverty.

This time we have seen commercials like jaagore, making people aware about the voting, it's importance, it's process but till now we have not devised any method to ensure the quality of candidates.Can we force political parties to shift to a higher standards in the quality and qualifications of their candidates?......

Selection is not mere voting...It's making that candidate even file nomination. It should not be at the hands of politicians to nominate the candidate..Till then India is not going to grow.
Now the question is .. Our 800 million people enough to trigger a change in our standards?

If the answer is yes .... Then something good will happen to India.
If the answer is no.......Then .....we may not see India Shining.. Incredible India..

Climate Change

Climate disaster greet us every morning-winters are getting milder, summers are getting warmer. But these are mere symptoms of the greater problem to come—severe climate disruption from overall global warming. To prevent climate change from leading to worldwide catastrophe, both developed and developing nations must take steps to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The current levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide stand at 387 parts per million (ppm),the highest levels in 650,000 years.World carbon dioxide emissions stood at almost 45 billions of tons in 2007. Under this scenario, world carbon dioxide emissions are forecast to rise significantly by 2050.

The world is combusting fossil fuel—coal, oil, and natural gas—at an unsustainable rate. At the same time, we are tearing down the natural world, which absorbs and stores carbon. Unless we undertake strong remedial measures in the very near future, greenhouse gases will continue to rise at a rate that puts the world at serious risk.

Steps to encourage energy-saving initiatives should have been taken 30 years ago.Population growth is overwhelming the earth and shows no signs of stabilizing at a sustainable level. The world population is forecast to add 75 million each year, growing to 11 billion to 12 billion. As the population increases, so too will energy demand, satisfied largely by burning fossil fuels.

Let's think together for tomorrow.....

Enron-Style Fraud Creates an Opportunity

Thanks to an Enron-style fraud at Satyam Computers, stocks in India have never been as cheap as they are today.

The chairman of Satyam, a huge software company, gave himself up, saying he'd been "cooking the books" for years. He'd overstated profits and overstated the cash balance... at this point by billion of rupees.

When he gave himself up, shares of the company fell some 78% in a day. Other major Indian stocks fell by double-digit percentages. Investors are worried about which company is next.

Now, on a price-to-earnings basis, India is as cheap as it's ever been in the 20 years. It's trading at about nine times this year's earnings.

There could be more frauds. WorldCom followed Enron. But this is a heck of an opportunity... The last time Indian stocks were close to this cheap (mid-2003), they rose roughly 700% in US dollar terms until they peaked at the end of 2007.

Most investors are scared. The foreign investors who hadn't fled already have surely left by now. Hardly any major international brokerage firms have a "buy" recommendation on India. We see it as an opportunity – there's nobody left to sell.

India doesn't have a credit bubble, a real estate bubble, or a debt problem. And India has a domestic market, so it doesn't rely on exports nearly as much as China does.

At some point, the big brokerage firms will recommend India. Each recommendation will mean new buyers. Foreign investors will return.

We prefer to buy when everyone who wants to sell has sold. We prefer to buy when everyone is bearish. The biggest gains in investing come when things go from bad to less bad. And India is on the brink of that now.

What's the best way to play it? Use the scandal as a cheap entry point. There may be another one or two scandals... or not. But this is too cheap to pass up.

We think one can enter this trade without much downside risk.
Good investing,

Resdtech Team.

Peace

I can still hear the deafening boom, the complete silence after that, somewhere
a mother wailing, she had just sent her son to the grocery shop. Running around the heaps of legs, torsos, hands, she like a scavenger sifted through the pile.
What she got left her numb no cries, no words, a total calmness, as if death itself has enveloped the earth. A fleeting image of a child she saw through those hazy eyes, the first day after hours of labour she held her son. It looked all this pain was worth the effort after all she was lost in an ecstasy. Then she followed his each milestone her heart swelling with pride as he grew up. No hardships were too big for her as one look at him would make her forget it all. But today what had she to live for. Where are those little fingers which she kissed when they hurt? Where are those little feet which scampered around her? Oh where, Oh where, is he my son she wailed? With heart rending cry & a mad frenzy she again sifted through the heap. What are you doing I asked? Sorting & separating the Hindu limbs from the Muslims she answered, for isn’t that what they want to save the one from the other. But look here at all the blood, how do I separate his from all these.

Contributed by Simmi Vasu, Head-Content Development, Resdtech

Purani Jeans aur Guitar

Remember the time even a rose would make us smile, a romantic song would bring tears in our eyes. When that one look in our lover’s eyes would fill us with unknowing warmth, where has all those days gone? Those days seems to have vanished, so much so that we have started doubting it’s existence, when today even a child’s cry on the street doesn’t move our eyelid. Another rat in this rat race we have forgotten even to look back on all those days when a face in the crowd would make our heart flutter, and to smile just like that.

What did we gain after losing all these, the baggage we are carrying these days is a lot of wealth no doubt, status & acknowledgment by or peers, a lot of envy & loads of unrest not to talk about the amount of ill health we carry. Never feeling complete we all are seeking god knows what?

So let’s get back, along with whatever you are doing today after all we need to earn our bread & butter, the next time when you walk down the road : - leave aside office, children, spouse everything let your heart take you back to your college days , your teenage. Feel the wind against your face, sing a song to yourself, let your feet skip on the road lightly, become childish for those few minutes. And you’ll find a whole new you. I smile at total strangers in the mall at times, I sing along when I walk, some days I just feel simply happy looking at the sun & the world around. I dance like mad after putting some deafening music. Believe me it doesn’t look silly it just takes me out of all this humdrum to my own world and brings back a whole new me. Try to look as good as possible, if you have a chance join a gym the exercise would keep you fit & your slim looks would boost up your confidence.

So! What’s stopping you discover a whole new you, yes go out the world is waiting!!!!!!

Contributed by Simmi Vasu, Head-Content Development,Resdtech

The story from the heart: The Debt

The clouds gathered there was thunder & lighting and the sky was overcast. It looked as if the sky was getting ready to repay the earth. What was it that her aunt had said? Yes, “Akhilesh has hanged himself”. So, that was how it had ended, thought Vidya, a smile on her lips. Infact she wanted to laugh, laugh aloud to her heart’s content. But then suddenly she asked why did he hang himself – “he was suspicious that his wife who was pregnant was not carrying his child”. Now, she could not control herself at all she laughed, laughed as if she would die, tears streaming down and amidst those tears she saw that small girl with two pigtails.
That day after coming back from school she met Akhilesh for the first time her mom had introduced him as her relative from there village. Just like the scores of others in there hometown he had come to this city seeking a job. She wished him & went to her room.
At first everything was all right but then she found her uncle was more interested in her than finding a new job. Each day when she came back from school he would be there waiting with a sly smile. How she hated that smile & used to feel like wiping that face from earth. “Vidu look what I have for you here”, and he would show her what her little eyes could never comprehend at that time. The days of torture followed, her parents quite oblivious to whatever was happening, too wrapped up in there own process of living. Like all parents they were too busy in the process of providing that they overlooked the actual need.She didn’t know whom to tell or what to do. Too scared even to recall the details when she was alone she could never muster the courage to tell this to her parents. One day he just went as he had come. Years passed but her world was never the same; never again did she know innocence that was lost somewhere forever. The dirt she felt everywhere was intolerable. She would wash even the glass again & again before drinking water from it even if someone had just touched it. One could never be sure.
After all these years today she did not stop her tears and let them flow. She had wanted to do this for a long time. A strange peace descended on her, outside it was raining insistently the sky had cleared its debt.

contributed by Simmi Vasu, Head-Content Development,Resdtech

Water Filtration using RO

Two biggest problems with the reverse osmosis filter that companies don’t want you to know:
1. The reverse osmosis filter removes all of the good, healthy minerals like calcium and magnesium along with the things you don’t want in your water. Many reports and books stress the opinion that long-term consumption of demineralized water can in fact be dangerous. Two negative things happen when you drink water that has been stripped of its natural minerals. Firstly, demineralized water becomes acidic. Any time we consume an acidic substance, our bodies will pull minerals from our teeth and bones to produce bicarbonate in order to neutralize the acid. Second, it has been proven that when body fluids become more acid than alkaline the production of free radicals increases, causing an increase in the risk of cancer!
2. For every gallon of filtered water produced, 3-4 gallons of water is wasted. If you are paying for water your will definitely notice a jump in your water bill.
Therefore, before you spend a lot of money on a reverse osmosis water filter, consider the risks to your health. Look at your other alternatives and compare all the home water purifier technology available today for effectiveness, safety and value.

Empowering women: Self-confident and Effective Leaders

Women start careers in business and other professions with the same level of intelligence, education, and commitment as men. All women with the brains, the desire, and the perseverance to lead should be encouraged to fulfill their potential and leave their mark. Through our effort to empower women we learn what drives and sustains successful female leaders. We want to help younger women navigate the paths to leadership and, at the same time, to learn how we can get the best out of this talented group. Today the women is a well of physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual strength that drives personal achievement and, in turn, inspires others to follow. Even with their double burden situation—motherhood and management which drains energy in a particularly challenging way and their tendency to experience emotional ups and downs more often and more intensely than most men do....still their achievement and tendency to thrive is excellent.
They infuse energy in the surrounding. Lets work together to empower women and make them effective leaders.

Strategic Leadership

Your success as a leader isn't just about being a great businessperson. You've got to be a great person, performing well in all domains of your life i.e. your work, your home, your society, and your private self. Strategic Leadership is a task for how to perform well as a leader not by trading off one domain for another, but by finding mutual value among all. You can achieve work life balance by:
1. Act with authenticity by clarifying what's important
2. Act with integrity
3. Act with creativity by experimenting to find new solutions
These are proven principles to produce stronger business results, find clearer purpose in what you do, feel more connected to the people who matter most, and generate sustainable change. Through Strategic Leadership you can win in all domains of life.

Healthy Work Culture

Weather you are CEO or professional or consultant, the mind-body connection exists. The better you feel, more impact you will have on your business or profession. You don't have to run a marathon, staying active and healthy helps you increase energy levels and make better business or career decisions.When employee knows you care about their well-being, morale and productivity shoots up.

Here are 7 ways to encourage healthy workforce
1.Incorporate exercise into your daily activities. Take the stairs instead of elevator, walk over to talk to your employee rather then emailing.
2. Do isometric exercises or stretch at your desk.
3. Take 10-minute walk everyday.
4. Get a good night sleep. It helps you keep things in perspective and think rationally.
5. Eat a balanced diet. Deficiency in B-complex leads to depression and irritability. When in stress we lose vitamin C and E.
6. Stay organized and Prioritize. Living in chaotic, cluttered environment can increase stress levels.
7. Do not procrastinate.Tackle tough issues. They are not going to go away so deal with them and take weight off your shoulders