Why Charu?

The news came out yesterday that Charu Sharma was sacked by the Bangalore Franchisee from the CEO post of the Royal Challenger team. I am not sure whose decision it was to make him the CEO? Had it been Vijay Mallya then going by his records (tastes) Mandira Bedi should have been put ahead of Charu. So you see, sacking Charu is not a mistake but a correction.

Rumours are there that Katrina Kaif has to shoulder the extra responsibility for the time being as Mandira Bedi is busy with her anchoring commitments. Meanwhile the franchisee is also thinking about tying the compensation of cheer leaders to the number of boundaries hit and wickets taken by the Bangalore team. It's largely being felt that they are being paid for nothing till now. Well, the cheer girls have been spotted in one of the famous temple last day praying for the team. In these dire circumstances thankfully Bangalore has someone to pray for them because the fans are better off wasting money on Royal Challenge rather than wasting time and money on Royal Challengers. At-least it saves the time.

Updates...

One reason for my prolonged absence from blogging scene was the lack of internet access at my home and the scorching summer heat killed the will to walk to the nearest cyber cafe. To top it off, I got a bad form of corn in my foot where the corn caps proved to be useless (they are useless anyway). So I got operated on 8th of April and it was so bad that even after one month there is a hint of limping in my walk.

My Job - I am joining as Associate Consultant in the Enterprise Solution (ES) unit of Infosys at Hyderabad on 12th May. There will be a 2 months training program after which I will be relocated to my base location. (A lot of traveling indeed) I don't know whether Infy allows me to blog about my life at Infosys but hopefully I will try to keep the flame alive.

Have a lot of posts due and I am dying to write one on my experience with the Indian Railways. Will pen down it soon.

Thanks readers..

A big thank you to all of you who have responded to my earlier post on the plight of the migrant workers in Maharashtra. Thanks for the comments and mails. The issue is growing out of proportion and even the Maharashtra government is not doing anything because this "son of the soil" is such a sensitive topic that nobody dares to speak against it. The saddening thing is that Maharashtra is not new to this kind of hate politics. The senior Thakrey started all this in 70s against the South Indians and now the junior Thakrey who is the self proclaimed successor of the Thakrey legacy is targeting north Indians now.

Anyways the good thing is that even after the extended hate campaign of 70s South Indians still continue to flourish in Maharashtra so the same thing will happen this time. Another good thing is that the government in Bihar and Bengal are rising to the challenge. Traveling across Bihar I witnessed some change. Though it still has a long way to go but these baby steps will definitely add together to become the giant leap. I saw roads being repaired, new roads being built, Bhojpuri film industry flourishing (well this thing really has a long way to go before they get wider group of audience, they are still very vulgar) and education sector being liberalized. Fitting it all together, there will be increased job creation and opportunities for the students of Bihar (among the most talented in India) to study in their home state. A rough estimate shows that the state looses around 8000 crores every year that the Bihari students spends outside. Add this with the fees revenue going out to substandard educational institutes in states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi and you see what kind of opportunity is there.

Well, the hate campaign is likely to continue till the elections and if the Thakrey looses it then it might escalate also with addition of some more states. The will to fight is lacking in the government and they have to pay the price in one form or another. No wonder big corporates might come into picture sooner or later.