Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Rahul Gandhi - on knowledge
"Every single day, I meet people who have tremendous understanding, deep insight and no voice. And all of us meet them. They are everywhere. But almost always they are kept outside our systems. No one can hear their voice. No matter how much they try to speak no one listens. And then I meet people holding high positions with tremendous voice but with no understanding for the issues at hand. Why does this happen? It happens because we don’t respect knowledge. We respect position. And it does not matter how much wisdom you have, if you do not have a position, you mean nothing. This is the tragedy of India.
Why is our youth angry? Why are they out on the street? They are angry because they are alienated and excluded from the political class. They watch from the sidelines as the powerful drive around in their lal battis
Why are the women suffering? Because their voice is being trampled upon by people with arbitrary power over their lives. Why are the poor confined to powerlessness and poverty? Because decisions regarding their lives and the services they need are decided by people faraway answerable to them only in theory.Until we start to respect and empower people for their knowledge and understanding, we can’t change anything in this country. All our public systems – administration,justice, education, political systems – all of them are designed to keep people with knowledge out. They are all closed systems. Their design promotes mediocrity and mediocrity dominates discussion while the voices of insight and thought are crushed by the loudness of those who possess neither understanding nor compassion. "
Rahul Gandhi - http://bit.ly/rahulgandhi
Why is our youth angry? Why are they out on the street? They are angry because they are alienated and excluded from the political class. They watch from the sidelines as the powerful drive around in their lal battis
Why are the women suffering? Because their voice is being trampled upon by people with arbitrary power over their lives. Why are the poor confined to powerlessness and poverty? Because decisions regarding their lives and the services they need are decided by people faraway answerable to them only in theory.Until we start to respect and empower people for their knowledge and understanding, we can’t change anything in this country. All our public systems – administration,justice, education, political systems – all of them are designed to keep people with knowledge out. They are all closed systems. Their design promotes mediocrity and mediocrity dominates discussion while the voices of insight and thought are crushed by the loudness of those who possess neither understanding nor compassion. "
Rahul Gandhi - http://bit.ly/rahulgandhi
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thanks for voting
Fellow Members of CCI who voted
Some of you visit our club regularly and have made your own selections as to who to vote for. Others who are members but not regular club goers and have been guided who to vote for by well wishers of our club, being members who visit our club regularly. What is important is that all of you made the time to come and vote and that is what is most important. My gratitude is to all of you who voted.
As long as organizational development takes place on a long term basis our club will continue to be a winner. As far as the constitution of the board goes, it must constantly evolve with best interests of our club at heart and an adoption of best management practices. CCI must always be for Cricket first, as best possible, but other sports too must evolve in parallel or given the momentum of the times, even outperform in their roles to contribute to sports development as the main focus of our club. It is a sports club after all.
If this happens, personally, I will always be a winner, even if it means loosing an election. I will have no regrets. Time will tell as the future unfolds.
All the very best to those elected as trustees of the members. May God bless the entire management team with strength and ability to take our club forward so as ......
“To be a premier choice for members & their families to avail of sports and recreation facilities; encouraging participation, camaraderie, sportsmanship, networking, heritage, culture and appreciation of cuisine and the sensible development of necessary facilities and services for the same, all at reasonable costs.” {Vision Statement}
yours truly,
Rajiv Bhatia
Online feedback: http://bit.ly/rdb_feedback
Some of you visit our club regularly and have made your own selections as to who to vote for. Others who are members but not regular club goers and have been guided who to vote for by well wishers of our club, being members who visit our club regularly. What is important is that all of you made the time to come and vote and that is what is most important. My gratitude is to all of you who voted.
As long as organizational development takes place on a long term basis our club will continue to be a winner. As far as the constitution of the board goes, it must constantly evolve with best interests of our club at heart and an adoption of best management practices. CCI must always be for Cricket first, as best possible, but other sports too must evolve in parallel or given the momentum of the times, even outperform in their roles to contribute to sports development as the main focus of our club. It is a sports club after all.
If this happens, personally, I will always be a winner, even if it means loosing an election. I will have no regrets. Time will tell as the future unfolds.
All the very best to those elected as trustees of the members. May God bless the entire management team with strength and ability to take our club forward so as ......
“To be a premier choice for members & their families to avail of sports and recreation facilities; encouraging participation, camaraderie, sportsmanship, networking, heritage, culture and appreciation of cuisine and the sensible development of necessary facilities and services for the same, all at reasonable costs.” {Vision Statement}
yours truly,
Rajiv Bhatia
Online feedback: http://bit.ly/rdb_feedback
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