HAPPY LOHRI

Category: Wishes

Whats the difference between a Functional Lead and a Core Team Lead?

First the basics:

Functional Lead is someone who is responsible for a particular function within the organization.

Core Team Lead is someone who takes the output from a Functional Team as the input and gives the organization a product that makes mooooney :)

The best analogy I can find that matches the role of a Functional Lead and a Core Team is that of a parent vs the married life. Let us see the main roles to be performed by:

Functional Lead:

He is like a parent figure to the Functional Team.

• Train the individuals to enable them to meet the demands of the world
• Spoon feed them when they are young
• Teach them how to walk
• Mature enough to deal with youngsters and mature people alike
• Reduce his intervention in the life of an individual to the bare minimum once the individual has grown up and learn to walk BUT
  
• Be there when the individual needs him
• Plan the future of the team
  

Core Team Lead:

• Get a trained individual who knows how to live life in this world
• Tell them what needs to be eaten, how they eat is none of his / her business
• Walk along with them and teach them how to run
  
• Mature enough to deal with other mature people
• What the individual does daily is a matter of great concern to him!
• Be there when the individual needs him (something common between a Functional Lead and a Core Team Lead)
• Use his current talents to the best possible extent

The only difference between Core Teams and marriages is that Core Teams can keep on changing for individuals but marriages can't :)

Category: Official

Just to confirm how much my thoughts wander over a period of 2 days :)

Good news: They do not wander much (except for a few percentages, I am still a HULK)

Your results:
You are Hulk

Hulk 75% Superman 70% Robin 65% Spider-Man 60% Supergirl 60% The Flash 60% Batman 40% Wonder Woman 35% Green Lantern 30% Iron Man 30% Catwoman 15%

You are a wanderer with amazing strength.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

Category: Personality

Your results:
You are Hulk

Hulk 65% The Flash 65% Robin 60% Spider-Man 50% Superman 45% Wonder Woman 40% Iron Man 40% Supergirl 40% Batman 35% Green Lantern 25% Catwoman 20%

You are a wanderer with amazing strength.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

My first attempt at the family tree on my Moms Side. I promise to come up with a much cleaner version, till then try and decode how much information you can from this one :)

Conexant Invitation to the new year bash

Hello All,

Let’s WELCOME NEW YEAR with a “BANG”

For that RecCom is back with more FUN…..Long awaited New Year Party is around the corner….

Well, the party is a FAMILY Party….

You all are cordially invited with your families to the New Year Party on 14^th January…at Radisson Hotel, Noida.

Party begins at 7:00 p.m. It’s a Saturday….

Party Must:

a) Everyone should bring their business cards along… (Reason LEFT as a SURPRISE….but do not forget one…else you’ll miss the SURPRISE)

b) Everyone should wear sunglasses and scarf while coming to the party….(DRESS CODE)

Important part:

There will be a FANATASTIC DJ to swing your mood…

So, please send your song requests by tomorrow morning (Friday 06 Jan’2006) at the following mail address (only) [Mail-id deleted here :)]

On the spot Prizes………………..

So, be prepared to ROCK ‘n’ ROLL…with good FOOD, MUSIC and of course DRINKS ;-)

P.S. 1) No Transport shall be provided…so NO mails for that….

2) Family includes spouse and Kids….so NO mails for that either….

Thanks and Regards,

RecCom

Category: Official

Why do we have nicknames?

• To show affection, people keep our nicknames. For ex. I am called Chote at home.
  
• Because our original name is just not good enough. For ex. Neals actual name in Neal-N-Nikki was Gurneal or something
  
• Because our original name is just not small enough to be pronounced 100 times a day. For ex. I have no option than to have a nickname if my name is Sadashiva Umraparkar
• When our persona resembles someone or something, we get a nickname. For ex. A person who wears specks is called Chaukha because he has 4 eyes.
  
• To show hate, people keep our nicknames.
  
• To talk about somebody when they are present without them knowing that they are the topic of discussion. For ex. Common, we all do that, you do not need examples for this :)
• To talk about somebody when you are afraid to take their name in public. For ex. Every office has its own Krur Singh whose real name is never spelt out in public :)
• When some thing is associated with our life, it might result in a nickname. For ex. A friend of mine had his class role number as L-10 and the creative people started calling him laltein.

Joke of the day

Two friends are talking

Friend 1: Yaar mein soch raha hun ki tractor khareedon yaan bhains
Friend 2: Arey isme kya sochna hai. Tractor khareed. Bhains par sawaari karta kya acha lagega.
Friend 1: Haan, woh to theek hai, par kya tractor ka doodh nikalta theek lagoonga

Angrezi mein anuvad (Translation in English)

Friend 1: I am thinking on whether I should buy a tractor or a buffalo
Friend 2: What is there to think about! Buy a tractor. You would not look good travelling on a buffalo.
Friend 3: Yes, that is right, but would it look nice milking a tractor.

Another One

A man gets down at a railway station in Haryana. He approaches a Jat standing at the Railway Station and asks him: "Bhai Sahab, ek choti si takleef de sakta hun"

Jat bhai (in a very husky tone): Deke dikha

Category: Humour

Leadership session at Radisson, Noida on December 26, 2005

The session was attended by around 30 people. Following is the definition of a good leader according to them:

• People can follow willfully
• Enables more leaders
• Can mobilize people to confirm to a common objective
• Takes initiative
• Acts as a coach and guide
• Takes right decisions at the right time
• Creates an environment conducive for highest productivity
• Aligns individual and team goals
• Motivates the team
• Gets the team buy-in
• Understands the need of the team members
• Does not let stress trickle down to the team
• Respects and acknowldes individual contribution
  
• Resolves conflicts at the right time and in a timely fashion
  
• Takes charge
• Works in a team
• Bridges gap between organization goals and implementation
• Guides the whole team towards the final goal
• Shapes teams success and takes ownership of failure
• Leads by action
• Does not need to prove that he is a leader
• Can define the future of the team

Category: Philosophy, Official

A Poetic Interlude to "What makes change so difficult?"

The jist of the story

Chapter I

You will never get yourself out of the hole till you agree that you are stuck in a hole.

Chapter II

You might pretend that you are not stuck in a hole. It does not make a difference, the only person getting hurt is you :)

Chapter III

Once you realize that you are stuck in a hole and you agree to it, then you will definitely get out of it. You have completed the difficult part.

Chapter IV

Once you learn the process of understanding when you are going to get stuck into a hole, you will know the trick on how to avoid it. You are experienced now :)

Chapter V

Over the time, you will know that this road will be full of holes, so you will never enter that. You are old now :)

Category: Philosophy

A Poetic Interlude to "What makes change so difficult?"

5 short chapters

Chapter I

I walk, down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in
I am lost.... I am helpless
It isn't my fault
It takes forever to find a way out

Chapter II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again
I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter III

I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.'
I still fall in.... it's a habit, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter V

I walk down another street.

Problematic behavior persists for a variety of reasons. Important in those reasons are the stories or explanations we offer ourselves about what we do:

• I AM HELPLESS (Main kuch nahin kar sakta)
  
• IT ISN'T MY FAULT (Meri to koi galti nahin hai)
  
• I PRETEND.... (Mujhe nahin pata)

Category: Philosophy

Objectives of people in life

A man was hurt in an accident. His car (A Rolls Royce) was damaged. The man started to cry that his Rolls Royce had been damaged. People told him that he should thank god that he had only lost his hand and escaped death. The mans reaction on this : "Oh God, my Rolex."

December

10th

Neal-N-Nikki (Waves, Noida)

It was a chitrahaar.



11th

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Shakuntalam)

I am still wondering what hit me.


18th

BluffMaster (Odeon, CP)

Big B in the making. The end was good, would watch the movie once again just for the music.


Category: Entertainment

Movies my parents have seen in the theatre over the years



Roti, Kapda aur Makaan


Kabhi Kabhi

Coolie


Movies with no names (names which have been lost over the time :))

One in Nigar - a theatre in Ambala

One in Nishaat - a theatre in Ambala

Sounds funny, but thats my mimimum target number every quarter

Category: Entertainment

Trivia from the morning FM show

RJ: Amrita, you look so fit. What do you have in the morning?
Amrita: Breakfast

Hmmmm, madame, I thought we all had lunch in the morning ;)

Category: Humour

A bit of history

The Genius, His Bat and The Records

An article published on sulekha long time back ( Mar 22 2003 )

Ping Pong Tournament in Conexant

Won

Excerpts from the E-Mail that was sent as a build-up to the Ping Pong tournament finale (talking about third eye opinions)

Singles Category: Pramod Narayana vs Vaibhav Madan (18:00)

About Pramod : Looks deceive!!!...and he is the perfect example of why. Hidden behind that ever-smiling face & boyish persona is the giant killer who has conquered the likes of Rahul Setia, Jasmeet Chaddha & above all the man who was expected to stroll away with the winners cheque...Chirag Gupta. The critics consider him to be the most complete player on the Conexant Ping Pong scene. With due respect to his opponent he is the favourite to finish at the top of the podium.

What to watch out for : The killer backhand & forehand smash loaded with top spin.

About Vaibhav : They say that he was the king of the Ping Pong jungle during the company's Ficon & Globespan days. Form is temporary but class is permanent.... he has proved this by shaking of that rust and storming his way into the Finals. He has not played in ages, yet he has conquered the likes of Mayur Singh & Saikat Sanyal with surgical precision. If Ping Pong was only about mental strength then he would have been the undisputed champion. No one has been able to catch a glimpse of emotion on his face whenever he has played. Will he finally give in to the pressure?

What to watch out for : The impeccable manner in which he exploits his opponents weaknesses and of course!...the searing backhand smash.

Category: Official, Sports

Someone has lost something. Did you find it?

This was the topic the second time I won an Uncle Chips watch and lots of Uncle Chips in the show "Bole mere lips, I love uncle chips" For the first topic, go to Are you happy or are you married?

Here are the excerpts of the answer which I gave that got me a watch and lots of Uncle Chips :)

Ello Mita,

Bole Mere Lips, I love Uncle Chips

Found something, Are something No No Everything. The day Bill came in contact with Monika, his B lost and it was I who found it. So now Bill has become Mr. ill. Ever wondered why politicians love masses so much. No, I will tell you. I found the m of masses. So now it has become TiTi. You guessed it right. Ever wondered why I called “Ello Mita” to address you. Yes, because I have found the H and S there. Ever wondered what would happen if I found the C of chips. No, then its time you watch your hips. So Mita, if you want your S (prolonged a bit to sound like as_), then contact me at:

Vaibhav Madan
Delhi Institute of Technology,
PappanKalan,
Delhi

Category: Creativity

Yeh desh hai veer jawano ka
albelo ka mastano ka
is desh ka yaroon, is desh ka yaroon kya kehna