what Fidel did, that Saddam and Musharraf failed to do?

Saddam a leader captured power in Iraq couple of decades ago had much better resources than Fidel's Cuba or Pakistan's Musharraf had extreme control over the administration but miserably failed to deliver. Though he had liquid gold every inch underneath Iraq, he failed to use any of those resources for nation building. He acted like a true dictator as others did but he had enormous opportunities and wealth than his counterparts during his days. Fidel Castro for example had "sugarcane", a little powerful resource and little Oil with him but he did a lot of good both to improve the life's of Cuban's and his fight against America. Maybe had he not pursued his American opposition so vigourously he would have grown a lot but ultimately he would have been an "American Puppet". All Saddam could do is ruin his country for his unrealistic wishes like conquering Iran and Kuwait. He had been a true military dictator with little less thought about the welfare of country which can be achieved only by uplifting life of his people. He had a team that was much cruel and cunning with no vision and unfortunately his son's were also more like their father and uncle's. This is because they were born and brought as a dictator's son's and had enormous personal wealth and power and very poor education. They all joined hands and worked hard to poison, ruin and bring down their country to nothing less than a heap of garbage. Later America carried over the legacy of Saddam though in a different way and in the name of bringing peace to that nation. Though people of Iraq were facing famine and poor living condition under Saddam they were atleast not bombed and killed everyday.

Next comes our favo Musharraf, a military dictator again who does everything from batting with cricketer's, cinematic stunts with Bollywood stars and his infamous handshakes with Indian leaders to show himself as a peace loving dictator. But what is happening in Pakistan is different, am not talking about their Indian rivalry coz neither Musharraf nor any Pakistani leader can leave that aside and be a leader in Pakistan. I am talking about the weakened and weakaning Pakistani economy, living conditions and growing terrosrist activities within Pakistan. Musharaf today has proved that he is a flop show in everything right from improving economy to his political, judicial, religious power. one can easily understand Musharraf is clinging to his seat just because there is a group of military/isi mafia's that want him to be in power. He would have the least importance not only in the history of Pakistan but also as a dictator coz others stood out atleast in their cruelty and bad deeds.

My next person is not a dictator but a democratic leader, I am not trying to compare the dictator's with a democratically elected leader. I am talking about Mahathir who was liked and worshipped by millions. But I am trying to put forward what they had as an opportunity in front of them to change the lives of millions and how they used it. I have always been thinking of starting and running an organisation not only to improve my life and finances but to change life's of atleast few families through whatever I am doing. Mahathir did the same when he was elected Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1981. He revolutionized Malaysia during his administartion between 1981 to 2003. Today not only he is regarded as one of the most influential leaders of Asia but Malaysia is considered to be one of the very important and influential states in the Asian sub continent where giants like India and China compete. He ulifted his countries economy, education, science, technology and almost every field and touched life's of every Malaysian and brought a positive change in them. A leader who is regarded as a father of their nation and enjoys living in the hearts of millions in his country and his admirers like me post his premiership.

It makes be believe that dictatorship can never succeed and it should be uprooted but not in the American/Bush way.

Dirtiest - Indian - Billionaires

Forbes list of has four Indians in the top ten spot !!!!!wow!!!!! what an achievement? Now stop feeling proud and listen.............. Forbes lists the financial capital (Mumbai) of the country where these Billionaires trade as the top dirtiest city in the world.........what a shame? So have have bred dirty billionaires????

I am not gonna write lengthy this time coz the news says it ALL..........

Sathya Sai Baba - Not a god but not a normal human......

Divinity is not in the way we are born but with the way we live....................I have always been critical about a man/woman being worshipped/portrayed as god. Though, I admire few men like Jaggi Vasudev, Sri Sri Ravishankar and Sathya Sai Baba recently joined the list. My admiration for the first two is for the art they teach and philanthropy of the later. In the recent years, I have been monitoring the activities done by Sathya Sai Baba and his organisation closely. Every project is a milestone and touch lifes of millions not only touches it gives life for millions. I saw an ad which says that Sai hospitals have completed 20000 heart operations. Last year (2007) they have done 720 and some 135 surgeries so far in 2008 and their target is 900 surgeries all this is FREE OF COST. We live in a country where we cannot call it medical service anymore and its become a business. It has improved for sure by all means including the cost of medication so for the poor and needy good medical aid has become almost impossible. But there is this organisation (Sai Hospitals run by Sathya Sai Trust) that gives best medical care absolutely free of cost. Its not only the hospitals and medical care, He has helped in irrigation projects in a country where agriculture is a major profession and water is scarce. All this did not make me think Sathya Sai Baba is GOD and I do not worship him still. I do not think he is born divine but his good deeds turned him divine. I heard some saying doctors are messengers of god coz they save life and a person who has given/saved life of 20000 ailing men/women/children is certainly above a normal human being.

A True Comandante en Jefe - Fidel

Yes, He was a true Commander in Chief of a national army and ruled his people for nearly 50 years. He overthrew Batisa and there after fought 9 US Presidents and 638 CIA attempts to kill him. Fidel Castro is a name that will live in history for many reasons notably for his Anti American activities. His life so far is a long war and he was a true warrior in every sense of it. I love him for his courage and his conviction. He was a dictator of a different kind though he lived in Idi Amin, Hitler, Polpot, Saddam era. Though he was not as gruesome as his counterparts are but he had been critical to some extent to his opponents well how can a dictator sustain if he is so democratic. I do not subscribe to the idea of dictatorship and I strongly believe that democracy is the only system that is human friendly. I liked Fidel's quality of celebrating his co-warrior and he did not down play his friend Che Guevera's contribution like most others do but it is really worrying that he has passed his mantle (Cuba) to his brother Raul Castro which sounds dynastic though Raul has fought for Cuban freedom/development hand in hand with Fidel.

Though Fidel is out of power in Cuba, he would continue to influence his country towards development and against America until and after his life on earth. He will be looked as a Comandante en Jefe/a warrior/saviour of Cuba forever in history. Good Luck on your retirement Fidel. Good Luck Cuba with your new leader.

T"(W)hack"rey's in the Rat Race........

Can politics go any nastier than this? I am sure it will if we keep tolerating to the whacky comments made by these Whackrey's from Mumbai which is dangerous to our national integrity. They play this divisive politics to gain political mileage, this is another way of terrorism thats breeding in this country. But the Junior's new MM slogan is a failed formula tried and tested by his the senior uncle as early as 70's, senior eventually moved to religious politics coz he did not gain enough mileage with the that slogan. Is Marati's all that bad? Does these guys represent them or reflect them? No they do not. A true Marati will not encourage or subscribe to this kinda division atleast the one's who came and believe to be Shivaji's decents. I say this coz Shivaji united the struggle against the Mughal's and brought hope in a lot of people and he was a force that made heads turn to him from all over the world. These so called Shivaji Sainik's are just people looking to fool people and rob this country of its pride and integrity. If this cleansing politics has not worked in the 70's, I dont know what makes these polikillers think it will work in a fast paced and changing culture/environment. This junior who uses BMW's and Mercedes fails to understand that the world is changing/changed a lot. If a person can go to USA get work and a citizenship and vote for a leader there, why not a person go and work in a different place in his country. I dont know how far this is going to help the new comer in establishing himself into politics but am for sure he is going to fade away sooner than expected. Afterall, his political birthplace and its leader who was worshipped few years ago is struggling hard to show them/himself as a force in state politics. I think we should have them read Tamil Nadu's political history where we made CM's who belonged or born in our neighbouring states and one of our greatest star is a Marata by birth and we always have felt proud and celebrated him and did not debate what he did to Bangalore or Maharashtra than TamilNadu. This is like asking a kid are you father's kid or mother's? if you ask this in a literal sense it is nonsense. It is our mother India and this is a family where Marata's, Tamil's, Keralite's are our brothers and sisters. "Get matured kid" probably you have to give away your rich GOGGLE's for better vision.

Race between Politicking and Politics!!!

The Democratic Presidential Race results have started emerging and this very moment Hillary has won 9 states while Obama has won 13 states. The delegate votes scenario is - Obama secured a total of 646 delegates votes in which pledged are 540 and superdelegates are 106. Hillary's delegate votes are 531 pledged and 193 superdelegates. While Obama leads in the number of states he has won he trails in the race for delegates with a total of 646 and Hillary leads with a total of 724. Very interesting fact here is the pledged votes secured by both the contenders. Obama leads in that while Hillary trails but Superdelegates she leads. This shows that the "Clinton" brand name has worked for Hillary and even in America an influential person can succeed over people's choice. To explain this, I have to give a little insight about what is pledged and superdelegates.

Pledged: "Voters select delegates in primaries and caucuses throughout the country (States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the United States Virgin Islands). Pledged delegates reflect the preferences of the voters, but are not actually legally bound to vote for the candidate they are pledged for."

Superdelegates - "Superdelegates are delegates to a presidential nominating convention in the united states who are not bound by the decisions of party primaries or caucuses. Superdelegates are elected officeholders and party officials. They are sometimes referred to as "unpledged delegates," but some unpledged delegates are not superdelegates."

The notable point here is "Superdelegates were first appointed in the 1970s, after control of the nomination process in the Democratic Party effectively moved out of the hands of party officials into the primary and caucus process. The aim was to grant some say in the process to people who had been playing roles in the party before the election year."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

The bold-couloured words says it all..........the beurocracy in the party has voted for Hillary and it is because of the Clinton tag behind her and it is obtained through influence over a first time senator who is supported by the primaries and caucuses which is the cadre level in the party and has direct contact with people. In way he is liked and majority Democratic workers are behind him and they believe he is the politician they want as their leader but the "Clinton's" politicking prevetns people choice. Lets wait and watch what win's politicking? or politics?

Cooking & Business Management

I started cooking lunch every day for the past one week. It is not only that I wanted to learn cooking but also I wanted to know what it is like being in kitchen. I have picked up in a very short time. I saw an amazing connection between cooking and management principles like time management, material management, presentation and marketing. Here they are in detail.

Time Management:
Success in cooking is not only the taste but the time that you finish cooking. It makes no sense to have food missing the right time to have it. In business quality matters a lot but timely delivery is the most critical matter. Afterall it makes no sense to submit a quality RFP after the submission deadline. The other day I was making some dal gravy, beet poriyal and rasam. I know dal has to be cooked well before it is fried so I steamed in the cooker for almost ten minutes and then I kept rice for cooking. In the meanwhile I started making other stuffs. After a while I remember my mother use to keep rice & dal at the same time and cook. A simple time management technique. Aint it?

Material Management:
There is never a perfect kitchen which has all the materials and so is a business that has all the resources in hand before starting any activity. It starts with assessment of the materials including resources required for the task to be completed in both kitchen and business. A good assessment and getting prepared with the materials/resources well in advance will not only help to carry on the task seemlessly it will also compliment your time management efforts. For Ex: Get ready with the onions and all the other stuff and keep it lined up while the dal is getting cooked. I think you would have alredy related this in business terms.

Presentation and Marketing:
In the initial days I banked a lot on my presentation and marketing skills to make my pathetic dishes look/sound like they are delicious, to my wife. Sometimes it worked when I garnished simple boiled egg which is cut and spread neatly. I remember my mother rolling the chappathi with the masala inside than having them seperate and presented it in my lunch box in such a way that I would eat everything without missing one.

I believe a good cook should have better management skills and Vice Versa. After this experience I changed my thought on home makers whom I believed knew nothing about management and understood the way they manage the whole house multi tasking between various activities.