Pics from the Listing Ceremony of Paradeep Phosphates Ltd (PPL) on 27 May 2022 at BSE

 

Pic above : Gong Ceremony at PPL Listing 

Pic above : Gong Ceremony at PPL Listing 

Pic above : With the BSE Bull

Ye Moh Moh Ke Dhaage On My Flute

Here's an attempt to play and record a short video on the very beautiful music composition 'Ye Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' sung by singerPapon. Enjoy and drop in your comments!

The lyrics and the notations played are embedded in the video itself.

Coorg : The Scotland of India

A brand new car- Hyundai NIOS Grand i10 Automatic , a brand new chilly place called the Scotland of India and two wanderers. The video portrays a journey where we unplanned the plan and set out freely as birds on an expedition together. 

This was KK's first car in life, a proud feeling for him. And our first long expedition from Bangalore to Coorg on this car. Hyundai NIOS came out brilliantly with an average mileage of 18km/l and a very smooth drive. You would find KK kissing his Hyundai NIOS many a times for the amazing performance!

Wishes and love to all viewers from two birds - KK and Suzi. Thanks for watching! Drop in your comments.

PS Credits for the tracks embedded in the video to follow soon :) 

My Heart Will Go On - A confluence of flute and guitar

The Beginning Alaap is Random and Impromptu. 

A confluence of flute and guitar to bring alive the beautiful rendition of Celine Dion. 

'My Heart Will Go On' <3 p="">

#Covid Days #Jam #Extempore

Yaman Recital on Flute

Picked up this bandish in Raag Yaman - Piya ki Nazariya Zadu Bhari on Flute this evening. 

#Covid Days #Bengaluru

Leadership, Trust and Managing Failures

There was a person tasked with the responsibility of launching a simple rocket ! He was given everything - abundant money, best of man-power - with the sole mission of successfully launching it in 6 years into a certain orbit. This was the beginning of the 70s. Thousands of people started working. They burnt the midnight oils and finally in 6 years they were ready with the rocket. 

An island was chosen for the launch. And after all the drills, at morning 7 AM, they launched it. Minutes before the launch, the computers threw an error. Our protagonist, who was the mission director, had the luxury of experts by his side. The experts quickly calculated and told the director that the error can be by-passed. 

The director, TRUSTING his team, bypassed the computer error and instructed to manually launch the 4 stage rocket. The first stage worked absolutely beautiful. Everyone watching live, including the global press, the citizens, was delighted. Such a proud moment for the Director and his team. 

But then in the 2nd stage, the rocket flirted with its course choosing to come back and fall into the ocean. It was a BIG FAILURE. 6 long years, money, man-power, hopes, aspirations, pride - all went down the drain instantaneously. 

A press-conference, with media from across the globe, had to follow. The failure was re-sounding. At that moment, the Director’s Boss came forward and decided to take the press conference himself and he declared “Ladies and Gentlemen, we have tried sincerely but have failed. We would try again and succeed the next time”. 

In an year from the failure, a second launch was attempted. This was after all an unprecedented success. The whole nation was jubilant, so was the protagonist - the mission director. The director and his team were waiting for this moment of joy. A press conference had to follow. This time the Director’s Boss came forward and told the Director “You go and take the press conference.”

This story epitomises leadership, trust, managing failures. When things went south, the leader came forward and took the onus of failure on his shoulders. When things were successful, the leader gave the credit of success to his team and himself took a backstep. 

Can you name the mission director and his boss? 

Do you have an interesting story to share ? 

Susnato

Sept 29th, 2019

Sangam (IIM Kozhikode's Annual Meet) 2019 at Chennai India

A rendezvous with the IIM K Family. Chennai 13th April 2019.