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Entrepreneurship
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Some time back I had said in these columns how it
is better for youngsters to become entrepreneurs
than seek the most coveted jobs in the business
world and how the most successful entrepreneurs are
not MBAs. I had commented that the best run businesses
were rarely created or run by MBAs. My comments were
in the context of a mindset where everyone is trying
to acquire an MBA degree with the goal of landing the
most lucrative jobs in the industry. Unfortunately, the
best talent has been going abroad in pursuit of an MBA
degree and remaining there or joining one of the IIMs and
dreaming about campus recruitment by multinationals
offering 6 figure dream jobs.
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Graduates who have done exceptionally well in pure or
applied sciences and even winning gold medals suddenly
become passionate about a career in finance or investment
banking and forget their fundamentals to concentrate on
technical and fundamental analysis of stocks! Before this
trend set in, the same talent pool joined the Civil Services
to bury their heads in Government files or to bask in
the glory of status and undeserved adulation by favour
seekers. They often compromised to take the official line,
overruling their conscience.
Lately however I can feel a fresh breeze blowing in
youngsters’ minds. At least some of them are venturing
into paths least travelled by. Recently I came across an
eminently readable book called ‘Take Me Home’ by
Rashmi Bansal that paints the picture of a new India. Bansal
has presented ‘the inspiring stories of 20 entrepreneurs
from small-town India with big time dreams’.
One such story is that of Robosoft and its founder Rohit
Bhat in Udipi, Karnataka. Udipi is the instant recall brand
and original source of the hot and sumptuous Indian fast
foods called masala dosa, medu vada, Mysore bonda
and silky soft idli served at the most affordable cost. Even
today Udipi restaurants are extremely popular in Western
and South India and give a stiff competition to ad driven
burgers and pizzas marketed by multinational chains.
Rahul Bhat was born and brought up in Udipi. In 1988,
he joined a newly set up private college NMAMIT in
Nitte, a village near Mangalore and studied computer
science and engineering. This was when very few people
knew about computers. Machines with 8086 processers
were used. After graduation he moved to Bangalore
in search of a job. Unable to get one, he accepted his
sister’s invitation and moved to Mumbai and joined a
small company at a salary of Rs. 1200 pm and his job was
to create cheque clearing software. He was a novice, but
quickly learned it. He hated coding, but had to accept it
and also carried work home. His boss loved him and his
dedication paid off.
Bhat soon landed a job in Japan with Rocosoft to work
on the equivalent of Microsoft Word for Apple’s Mac. Ms
Word itself was at a primitive stage of development. As
a resurrected country, Japan inspired him. He picked up
new ways of thinking and work ethics. After a year his
company posted him back to India.
At age 26, after 2 years with Rocosoft in India, Bhat quit
his job. He figured out that his destiny was tied with Apple
and acquired an Apple Mac machine at a huge price and
started a one man one machine home office ad his start
up called Robosoft was
born. Osho’s commune EDITOR - LOGUE
in Pune had a large
number of Macs and Bhat created a spell check program
for them. Apple bundled his program with their OS. He
acquired the reputation as a resource for any Apple
related work. With more jobs in hand he had to expand
on a shoe string budget. He realised the potential of the
internet and decided that location was now irrelevant.
He promptly moved to Suratkal Regional Engineering
College campus as there was no internet at Udipi. His
friend Acarya who was teaching there joined him.
Bhat’s first big overseas job fetched $25000. He kept
expanding and growing 100% year on year. By 2004 he
had a staff of 150 recruited from the surrounding college
campuses. Today he has a world class 1 lakh sq ft office.
The compensation packages at Robosoft compare well
with those of Infosys. He has expanded to become a
products company with 2 brands - global Delight for
utility apps (One app had 20 million downloads) and
99Games focussed on creating games. In games, his
Wordsworth has been a big hit. Robosoft is a robust
company with an annual revenue of Rs 35crores
His advice: ‘If you are serious, you must persevere and
keep hammering. I never for one moment thought I am
going to go back (to a job in Mumbai).... I always thought
we are going to fight it out!...Lastly I never felt the need
for any business management degree. Doing business, I
learn business - so can you’.
So, don’t you feel there is more excitement in
creating a business? Yes, there are heart breaks,
stressed life and sacrifices. However at the end of
the day it is all worth it, if you can
achieve even a fraction of what Bhat
has achieved. Above all, it is a great
way to serve the country if you can
create jobs instead of
Jay Prakash. R (JP)
Editor & Publisher
grabbing one.
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Techies have invented a miracle of Direct Debit from
your bank account. The good news is that with
some careful planning and a positive approach,
Take downloads both on the Internet and caller
tunes. FREE screams the banner on your computer
screen and you happily download the program,
get used to it and suddenly up pops a message
“Your trial period of thirty days gets over in 2 days.
Register NOW” and a sum of ‘n’ dollars f lashes.
(Okay! I did not read the fine print, but still in my
In the supermarket, with computer checkouts, bar
coding and laser readers you may be surprised
with a bill as long as your dupatta ref lecting
multiple readings of an item, or the system may
refuse to recognize ‘Offer prices’, or f lash ‘item
not in inventory’. Finally the printout given to you
will ref lect charges and deletions adding to its
history. Bills from the cablewala can also be dicey
with charges for Espaniol and Korean channels that
you don’t even know exist!
Paying bills is not all that easy a chore.
However well planned and methodical
you may be, be sure that there
is some unpaid bill lurking in
some drawer at home!
- Padmini Natarajan
Dressing to work – Wear it Right!
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Selecting a dress everyday for office can be
quite boring, but we all know that we have
to dress professionally to office. We don’t
want to cry over an office gossip involving our
clothes now, do we?
Many organizations are strict about dress codes as
they want the employees to project a professional,
business-like image. Some may have relaxed
dress code for Fridays / Saturday’s and may allow
informal, business casual attire. Whatever the case
might be, my advice is that you play safe when it
comes to office wear.
advance and ensure that the clothes are neatly
ironed and never wrinkled.
2. Always opt for smart formal / semiformal outfits
like Pants with Shirts, Pant Suits, formal Skirts
with Shirts / blouses, Cotton Sarees, smart Salwar
Kameez. However the Salwar should be stitched to
look like a trouser. Ladies, please keep aside the
patiala’s, anarkali’s, churidar’s, tights, leggings
and salwar that is loose f lowing and narrowing
down to the ankle for casual outings with family /
friends. Never for office (these are a strict “no-no”
as they are NOT considered formal wear).
You can’t risk looking shabby at work because the
look you project determines the impression you
create. So, be well groomed always. Nobody
takes a shabbily dressed person seriously. Let’s
admit, would you?
3. To project an authoritative, credible and more
formal look, you must wear straight sharp lines that
have angular shapes and choose darker colours.
A suit is ideal as it projects a tailored look and is
considered most formal.
Let’s look at some of the do’s and don’ts that will
help you project the desired image:
To project an accessible, capable and less formal
look you could go in for lighter colours and less firm
fabrics. Unmatched suit is recommended. Curved
lines with f lexible fabrics makes you appear more
approachable.
1. Take out time to select your clothes a day in
4. Opt for subtle shades. Garish colours and
office look do not gel well at all.
5. Women should not apply heavy makeup while
going to office. In fact, the use of makeup, hair
spray and perfume should be toned down.
6. Style your hair in smart yet simple hairdos. If
you have long hair, opt for an elegant bun
7. Don’t wear too many bangles or jewellery like
long earrings and anklets to work.
8. Ladies choose between closed-toe shoes,
pumps and mid heel shoes or peep-toes. Avoid
strappy shoes.
If you are
wearing
a
skirt, stockings are a
must. Men must wear
formal shoes only,
oxfords are the best
choice.
People
Watch
9. Ladies can carry a nice rectangular or square
handbag or briefcase or a portfolio.
10. If your office permits, you could be relaxed
a little on Fridays & Saturdays. However, stick to
smart business casuals.
Round necks and other casual clothes , should not
be worn to work. Flashy athletic shoes, f lip-f lops,
slippers, and any shoe with an open toe are not
acceptable in the office.
11. Dress and skirt length should be no shorter
than knee length, or a length at which you can
sit comfortably in public. Short, tight skirts are
inappropriate for work.
12. Belts and Shoes should always be coordinated.
They just have to match. Socks should match
the colour of your trouser. Never wear white
colour socks with formal trousers. White
socks are to be only used as sportswear.
Good appearance is a part of building a
Good Impression. Clothes make a man and
therefore your clothes form an integral part of
your personality. Choose your office attire with
care. Who will take someone seriously when
they don't dress seriously?
Asha Daniel
Director and Chief Image Consultant
Imago Image Consulting
email : [email protected]
[email protected]
Periodically bills have to be settled by a certain
date including taxes, premiums, maintenance etc.
involved with urban living. Before online payments,
the telephone bill could be paid in the post office. It
can lead to all kinds of problems. Once I was guilty
of not having signed the cheque which the PO also
ignored and on the last due date I had a phone call
from the phone company informing me off this fact.
A rushed visit to the main office and payment of
cash made me think I had beaten the system. Two
months later I got a phone call again from the billing
department of the organization threatening that my
cheque bounced! His records did not show that I
had paid cash.
As far as the bank goes their philosophy is to catch
the customer unawares and the more ignorant you
are, the more you will be called an enlightened
customer. Banks always extend a helping hand
with free offers for paying monthly outgoings.
Once you have risen to their bait, you will realise
soon enough that without your banker’s help,
you cannot do anything. Initially all they need is
a minimum balance of Rs 10,000 to be eligible
for free services. Soon the minimum prescribed
balance will rise and the service too will become
chargeable, (informed to you in your monthly
statement with a small print notice). Finally you
will wake up to the fact that the bank’s own bill for
service charges is far more than the bill they are
paying on your behalf!
lexicon, FREE is
no charge!!).
I call someone’s
mobile and a
soulful
tune
plays a ring
tones.
This
is
abruptly
stopped
and
a treacly voice
blasts forth, “If
you like this
ringtone it is
yours for Rs 15”. And then in a breathless rush
comes the rider “Monthly charges apply” meaning
when you download the tune you pay a particular
sum and as long as your cell phone answers with
this soulful tune an extra charge for its use will be
added to your cell phone bill every month.
Email
All of us are still recovering from the exercise called
‘pay your taxes’. We have all had to face battles
with our records, statements, bills, receipts etc and
list every possible income and expenditure—that
is if we are the types to do so! One of the facts of
life and a major concern is that there is always a
bill to pay.
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Learnt one of the earliest lessons in life
through the nursery rhyme ‘Miss Polly
had a dolly who was ill, ill, ill’. The final
sentence warns you about the Doctor who says ‘I
will be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill’.
(The reiteration prepares you for the realities of life
you see!). This was augmented by an associated
fact that a bird can peck you with its bill as well.
you'll have a bounce in your step--instead of in
your checking account. Paying bills on-line is
mostly safe but there is some cause for alarm.
The tech-savvy consumer can navigate safely and
manage bill settling with this method. However,
there are real-time fears for the common man about
privacy violations, identity theft, spyware records
of keystroke (including passwords) and a lurking
fear that you may inadvertently transfer your funds
to unknown id’s by pressing the wrong toggle
on-line. The taxman bogey and unsuspecting
terrorist links put the fear of on-line banking firmly
in our minds.
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has chosen the script, which doesn’t demand
huge acting performance from the leading
actor. His expressions in the second half were
quite better than the first half.
Nikki Garani – She makes debut in Tamil
Cinema & has wonderful opportunity to
perform throughout the movie. She looks
glamorous and has acted well.
Karunas & Bala Saravanan combo makes sure
that audiences are engaged with good oneliners. They are the two pillars of the movie.
Mottai Rajendran – He gets huge applause for
his intro scene. Unfortunately, he appears in
the movie for just 5 minutes & it was a laugh
riot.
Darling – Movie joined the Pongal Race
as one of the biggies got postponed
due to technical issues. It is the official
remake of Prema Katha Chitram. It was one of
the most successful movies in Telugu Cinema
in 2013. Telugu movie was done on a shoestring budget & the first day collections were
much more than the budget. Movie was also
remade in Kannada as Chandralekha in 2014 &
it was successful too. Hence, G.V. Prakash has
chosen a wonderful script to make his debut
in Tamil Cinema. Horror Comedy Movies have
been the favourite genre in Tamil Cinema as of
now and hence there is good expectations for
this movie. Let us see whether this movie will
satisfy the Common Man in this review.
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Story – 4 people (G.V. Prakash, Karunas,
Bala Saravanan, Nikki Garani) decides to
commit suicide in a beach resort, but they
find themselves haunted by a ghost. What
happens next forms the crux of the story.
G.V. Prakash - impresses as usual as Music
Director yet again. There are 4 songs in the
first half, which runs for just 60 minutes.
Hence, it looked like a musical movie, rather
than horror comedy one in the first half.
Cinematographer Krishnan Vasant – 80% of
the movie happens only in the beach resort
and he makes sure that audience doesn’t feel
it much.
Director Sam Anton - makes a decent debut
in Tamil Cinema. He has taken his own time to
define the characterization of the artists with
good comedy one-liners. Once it is done, he
makes sure that audiences are engaged with
the ghost & the 4 characters. He has to be
appreciated for using the current trending
memes (Ennama ippadi panringalama, sema
tune ayittaen, etc) at perfect locations in the
movie. Movie ends with a message oriented
climax, but it looks little forced.
Overall, Darling will not HAUNT
G.V. Prakash – Though his first movie was YOU, but will make you LAUGH
‘’PENCIL’’ along with Sridivya, ‘’Darling’’ got in parts.
completed earlier & had been
Sathish Kumar
released as his first movie. He
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A delegation from Ministry
of Health, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia is planning to arrive India to conduct interview for
the recruitment of Allopathy Consultant / Specialist Doctors in all
Specialities and General Practitioners at Chennai, Bangaluru, and
New Delhi from 1.2.2015 to 11.2.2015.
P.R. No. 044
PRESS RELEASE
The Entrepreneurship Development
Institute (EDI) is launching a major
programme
for
entrepreneurship
awareness in 112 colleges in the State
in partnership with the Tamil Nadu Skill
Development Corporation. The programme
is to be implemented by the ICT Academy
of Tamil Nadu and will be conducted in 62
Government Arts and Science Colleges and in
50 Engineering Colleges in the State.
The programme will commence from 27th
January,2015 and will be conducted in 3 phases.
In Phase I, half day
En t repreneurshi p
A w a r e n e s s
programmes will be
conducted in each
of the 112 colleges,
for a total of about
20,000 to 30,000
students. Phase II
will be conducted
for a group of 20
students per college,
who will be identified on the basis of an online
assessment test, which will assess their interest
and aptitude in entrepreneurship. During this
phase, a 5 days entrepreneurship development
programme will be conducted, during which
students will be encouraged to come up with
saleable business ideas, and develop business
plans. During this phase, the students will be
provided guidance and mentorship by experts
and also will have an opportunity to interact
with Bankers, funding agencies etc. At the end
of Phase II, two students per college will be
selected on the basis of the best innovative
project ideas. The final phase III will be
conducted for about 224 students in Chennai,
where students will be given opportunity
to interact with potential investors and other
entrepreneurs.
P.R. No. 046
The 3 phase programme is the first such
programme being undertaken by the EDI.
Based on the outcome of this year’s initiative,
similar programmes will be undertaken to cover
larger number of colleges in the State in future.
For more details please contact 044-225022667/22505886/Mobile:
08220634389 and also refer our website: www.omcmanpower.com.
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Consultant/Specialist Doctors below the age of 55 years and General
Practitioners below the age of 40 years with 2 years experience are
eligible.
The selected Doctors will be provided with attractive salary, free
food, accommodation and air ticket along with family visa.
Interested Doctors may send their detailed resume by email to
[email protected] immediately.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
OVERSEAS MANPOWER CORPORATION LTD
CHENNAI
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Patra ni Machi
INGREDIENTS :
Pomfret– 1/2 kg
Chutney :
Coconut (freshly grated) – 1/2 nos
Cumin seeds
– 1 tsp
Garlic – 7 cloves
Fresh Coriander leaves – 1/2 bunch
Fresh mint leaves – 1 bunch
Lemon Juice – 2 tsp
Salt– to taste
Wrapping :
Banana leaves – 4 nos
METHOD:
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Grind all the Chutney ingredients together.
Marinate Fish fillets in chutney for 3 hours. Wrap each fillet in Banana
leaves.
Tie with string so that the wrapping does not come off.
Steam the fish.
Steaming: Put little water in a pot or pressure cooker and bring it to boil.
Place the Fish on a steaming stand for 15 minutes approx.
This is a famous Parsi preparation also called Chutney Wali Machli.
Variation: Or you can Deep fry the Fish wrapped in the Banana leaf
instead of steaming.
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