Suzuki Aeiga baro Hyundai Aeiga

By Surajit Sinha, New Delhi

Its been long time since I have written my controversial column on career (read his article: Smart Study). Since then I am looking for a topic to write few lines, with no fish in my kitty. But last night suddenly this thought came into mind, so I thought of pen down it, before the enthusiasm and the concept fade away from me. Well, it’s about malthep dikarat korani, dola-doli. I was born in a village of 100 plus house with 4 malthep, but I always prefer to visit the Gouranga Aeiga’s malthep, the US Army General look-alike tough guy. Anyways that is nothing to do with this write-up. As I grow older I started understanding the politics of malthep and other things associated within a typical village.

Time went ahead and I moved to Delhi and now I am living here for more than a decade and after securing a stable job, I diverted some time thinking how to sort out this problem. But living in Delhi I can not sell my idea or experiment on finding a way to stop this division. Thanks to Rishi he has come out with this blog where at least we can talk about it. I always act as a tension diffuser. And I should tell everybody why I try to be tension diffuser. I am a thinly built person with a constant 55Kg weight ever since I am born, just joking but believe me its not increasing since I first checked my weight 10 years ago. God has given a power to every individual to find a place for him and for that one has to use either muscle power or the brain power. Since I don’t have the first one I take shelter under the second one. It will be stupid on my side if I try to be a violent person like Amir Khan in Ghajini specially when you are living among 6ft/80 Kgs Jats. Then one fine day I got this cool idea to establish a brand for myself. Thanks to Rajkumar Hirani’s Munnabhai I found my USP i.e. to practice Gandhigiri. So I started preaching non violence and now that’s my USP.

Now coming to the problem of dola-doli, malthep dikart karani, since we live in the biggest democracy of the world, we cannot escape from multiple party and freedom of expression which is the meaning of democracy. And all the civilized country of the world praises democracy of India though our politician and we try our best to exploit this beautiful form of governance. If you want to know how it is living under a single ruler or dictator you may read about North Korea, Cuba and China.

But if we practice democracy in an honest and intelligent way everyone can benefit from this. For this we need participation both from the leader and the citizens to gain maximum. Though I talked about democracy I will take an capitalistic approach to define the term democracy.

Suzuki (Maruti) came to India in late 1980′s and suddenly the dream of owing a car for many Indians started turning into reality. With in 10 years Suzuki established itself as a brand to recognize, trust and reliable across the length and breadth of the country. Gradually it has become synonyms for cars. Then in late 90′s Hyundai came to India. But how Hyundai will penetrate the market which Suzuki has established . During that time India Inc. had created huge number of jobs in various field like IT, Hospitality, Automobile and so on. That has created a large number of young brand conscious people. Hyundai tapped this section of the potential car buyer with their latest product. They are bringing car straight from Detroit and Paris motor show and fitted with latest engine and also to mention world wide launch of cars at the same time in India. Though Suzuki is the numero uno brand in India they were selling cars which are 10 years old model. With in couple of years Suzuki’s market share started dropping and Hyundai started gaining. Though Suzuki still has the largest market share, Hyundai is not far behind in term of market share and sales. So what’s now for Suzuki, they reduced production showed their employees pink slip. No, they came more bigger now with second production facility and a new R&D centre to develop India specific cars and for other potential world market. The result in 2008 we saw two world class product from India one from Hyundai i10 Kappa and Suzuki’s A-star. A-star has come from Suzuki’s India R&D centre or you can say a car Made in India by Suzuki. Though Hyundai has a R&D centre in India but I am not sure whether the kappa engine and i10 is developed in India or not. So at the end of the day we have two world class car.

Now lets get back to our good old issue of dola-doli…….. Think that it is “Chaitra’s Basanti Puja” in a village and there is two puja and the “Bamoon” is Suzuki Aeiga and Hyundai Aeiga. Two cool dude met each other in certain place. The conversation – Hey! Whats up dude, where are u going for bandara today. Man, I am confused, I don’t know both Suzuki Aeiga and Hyundai Aeiga’s bandara is delicious and awesome. I really don’t know where to go. So isn’t it a good thing for both the Aeiga. Now what if Tata Aeiga comes out with “Nano”. Is it more confusing?. Well I don’t think so. Now its more easy to decide : Shoptomi – Suzuki Aeiga, Oshtomi – Hyundai Aeiga, Nobomi – Tata Aeiga.

Suzuki will never ask Hyundai or Tata to pack up their bags neither they will listen to it. In fact if Suzuki ask other to do that, people might find a weakness in Suzuki’s behavior. So it has to be an intelligent game specially for the “Aeiga”s to survive, and gaining the best out of it. For that “Aeiga”s have to play a larger than life game and for the “bandara khoura” its an win-win situation. I think that’s a healthy competition and Aeiga’s should find it exciting and challenging. And if “Aeiga”s fight amongst themselves nobody will gain.

Finally, it is not an appropriate story to compare the issue of dola-doli. But as a preacher of non-violence I thought of this funny way to sort out the problems, which most of you might not agree.

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Smart Study

By Surajit Sinha, New Delhi

All about studying

• Since all the competitive exams are based on multiple choice question patterns, I would suggest you to study in a CBSE curriculum especially if you are in north east.
• If you want to make it in IIT/Engineering start preparing from class VIII.
• If you want to make a career as a academician or a research/scientist then only enroll for a Bachelor of Science course. Otherwise wipe out these courses from your mind.
• For engineering aspirants it is best to enroll yourself to a coaching institute, which not only refine your skill but also give a boost to your confidence.
• if you are not good enough in studies, do not hesitate to join ITI (industrial training institute), believe me this will catch you a fortune in terms of your academic capability. Girls can opt for various vocational training courses offered by local vocational colleges.
• The latest in thing in studying is nano-technology, bio-technology, these two fields holds the future of industry and survival of humans.

Scholarships

• There are several government scholarships available national as well as international. The information can be found in the embassy website of that particular country and the advertisement comes in leading newspapers of the country. Otherwise there are various foreign universities which offer scholarships, search the net regularly to update yourself.

Career Planning

• to find out your skills like communication ability, inter personal skills etc. If no, then start improving them.
• While in school and college involve yourself more in extra curricular activities like theatre, public speaking, visiting NGO’s etc. These make your resume dynamic and catch the attention of today’s HR specialists.
• The recent influx of big multinational automobile company and energy companies has created a huge potential in the engineering sector. These doesn’t mean only graduate level engineering candidates can make big in to it. Diploma holders have lots of opportunity especially in the automobile, refinery industry.
• Those who want to make a career in hospitality industry should carry themselves very well. Because looks and attitude is very important in these field.
• CBSE is giving more emphasis on extra curricular activities to ease the children from the burden of studying. So in many schools there are dedicated department like, music, sports. So if you are good singer, musician then goes for it. In big cities you will get lots of part time jobs in these fields.

Finally all of you must be wondering why there is no mention of call centre job, in this regard I would like to say “Do not choose call center job as a career”, take it just as a starter if you need to otherwise avoid it. Again KPO can be better option, which demands lots of intellectuality.

Mobile crazy

By Surajit Sinha, New Delhi

Last year I went to my hometown, New Bhakatpur, to visit my parents. And I was amazed by the new bug called mobile. It was really interesting coz the way we dreamed of a mobile handset when it came to Delhi, I was exactly seeing the same desperation and desire for a handset though I was not so much impressed with this gadget.

The young guns have taken the digital way to impress the opposite sex. They are so busy with the mobile, discussing its features, ring tones, games and endless features. Suddenly they made me feel if you don’t have a latest mobile then you are not worth living in this planet. They literally laughed at my mobile coz it was a basic Nokia phone. They even called me “Kanzoos“.

I am very worried about the extra burden on the parents who has very limited source of income. It is become a minimum requirement for these superstars to have a motor bike and a high end mobile. The alarming thing is that they are ready to do anything to have a handset. You call it emotional blackmail, siphoning money from the tuition fee the avenues are endless. Those helpless parents actually could have materialized this opportunity to shape up their life (at least a graduation). But I didn’t see a single example of parents who has taken this route.

To spice up the story I want to tell you an instance that literally happened in front of me. I was coming on my way home from a friends place. There this guy was waiting for his object of desire, as she approaches he literally took up his phone and started talking left and right. I wasn’t aware of this but the poor fellow himself is telling his friend “hey man, here she is I should speak on my mobile now”. I felt so bad for him but at the same time he made me laugh through out the day.

There are innumerable stories, expression, and craze behind every single piece of handset. But out of all these I was impressed by a “Bamuni” not by her looks, but the professionalism she showed. And I found her a genuine user who has given a true respect to the mobile. It was Durga Puja and she was on the helm of a monstrous Bandara. Suddenly I heard a phone ring and to my surprise it was ‘Bamuni’s phone. She was talking to the other fellow on a different site where she has taken the contract for another “Bandara”. I want to clear you guys I am surprised not because the “Bamuni” had the phone but by the fact that I never thought of a “Bamuni’s” new avatar.

I hope next time when I go home I wish to see more genuine mobile users.

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The Road Taken

We all choose a road with the hope that it will perhaps change the course of our life. And after travelling through the road, when we sit and try to measure the distance. Everything starts appearing rosy, the pain disappears in the mist of time. Read…

By Surajit Sinha, New Delhi

Having gone through this beautiful Bishnupriya Manipuri blog, I thought of writing a few lines of my experience in my life starting from the village I born but the story is more of my life here in Delhi.

I was born in a remote village of Karimganj district close to Bangladesh called Chamtilla. I believe after 60 years of the independence the 2 km of the approaching road to my grandfather’s village is still crying to get a cover of “Pakkar Shorok”. When I was three years old my family moved to Silchar in the year 1980 as my father got posted in Silchar. Our parents got admitted us in a Bengali medium primary school, despite relentless cry to study in an English medium school. The time went on and on one fine day I found myself in class 12 science without any clue what to do? I was not a bad student, but there is a say that human being use only 5 per cent of their brain potential so I added myself in that 5 per cent. I must say I didn’t try anything out of the box to go for a so called our parents dream of becoming doctor and engineer.

By that time my brother has already got a job in Guwahati and I was forced to go to Guwahati, coz I was unknowingly falling into a web of mysterious self destructive activities. Thank God, I rescued myself, of course, my parents’ decision was right. Then I completed my graduation from Gauhati University with an average not to be shy score. In the third year of my degree the ghost of Delhi was already maneuvering all around me and soon engulfed my body and soul. At first, it was hard to convince my father. But with my repeated plea, he agreed, only if my brother gets a job. Not enough, he will finance me for one year, and not beyond it. As luck would have it, my brother got a job in a good company.

Finally, on a cold night of January 18, 1998, my friend and I left for Delhi (the train was on January 19 in the early morning; we felt better staying in the station a good choice than troubling relatives of my friend in the early hours of the day). We reached Delhi on January 20, at around 11.00 a.m and got into an auto rickshaw to East Delhi, Laxmi Nagar, where we had already arranged for a room through a common friend.

Since I had studied so much about Delhi I wasn’t finding alien to this place. It seems I had been to Delhi earlier and I felt like I know each and everything about Delhi. I joined a basic computer course with my father promised allowance of Rs. 3000 out of which 1200 was the computer fees and rest was spent on house rent and fooding. Now imagine how life was for me?

I got a job in the month of December that saves me from my father’s deadline of financing (that is the 10th month of allowance) but my father kept the promise of financing me for 12 month so I had a buffer stock of Rs 6000. I was able to take care of my ends by the salary I used to get. Though I was not living lavishly but I could afford to see two movies in Shakuntalam, ITO.

During the course I had shared my room with three to four people. Coz the person with whom I came to Delhi got a job after six months of our staying together. Then in 1999 one of my best friend joined me, and I felt good that now I will stay with him for sometime. Since both of us had the same dream of doing something, though he had a better plan compared to mine. I was still the same person with no career goal, coz I couldn’t visualize myself.

I was always smitten by the branded things, so buying a snicker was my ultimate passion during those days. So I bought an Adidas snicker for Rs.3000 with the Rs.6000 buffer stock I had. And I still remember the shoe; it is one of the best things I bought in my life. I still have the picture of that shoe in my mind. I was very possessive about the shoe. Here I would like to mention that she (the shoe) left me on 2002.

As everything came late in my life some teenage ecstasy poured in my life but it didn’t last for long may be it came late or maybe it was not meant for me. But whatever happens in life it happen for good. I suppose you all agree.

I got married in the year 2006 and life has changed ever since. Now I am doing a job which has a good career promise. And I give equal credit to my lovely wife for the change in my life and she deserves it. Though I don’t have a Porsche but managed a four wheeler all of my own and living a somewhat comfortable life compare to the pigeon-hole without a cooler where I used to stay.

I am not blowing my trumpet of achievement, but just felt like sharing with all of you. But I promise I will make my offspring let know everything from “nennam” to nanotechnology and beyond. And since its natural that every parent wants their children to be better then them, so I am not an exception.

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