Inspire the voters through IT

IT is becoming necessity of the world and we cannot imagine our life without it. Those days are gone when internet is a luxury to have and now IT is life. From paying bills to wishing friend we can do almost everything through IT. Those things which are not made possible a decade back is now possible by the social media. Ever since the Facebook and other social networks introduced it brings a revolutionary change in the world. IT is now become an essential tool of business and we cannot deny its significance. Nowadays the social media apps like WECHAT are playing a crucial role in the individual’s life.

Social media apps are strong platform to carry the campaign and to inspire the mass audience. If the social media app is been used in the efficient manner then it would provide better results than social network ad campaign. The reason is simple because the social media apps are used by real users and the number of fake accounts is low as compared to social networking websites. Let’s talk about social media apps and vote awareness campaign. Election seasons are on the EC of India is willing to inspire the mass to go and vote. What if they use social media for vote awareness campaign?

The best way to initiate such campaign is to introduce some stickers in social media apps related to the voting. Intelligently created funny images of common man having proud on his face after voting can motivate the individual to caste vote. A small vote message sent over social media apps with a request to forward it to all will help the EC to reach the mass. Giving vote is a noble cause and it is a right of every voter to caste vote and to choose the right person.  Generally the voters forget to vote or have some issues with their cards and they ended up without doing voting. If the information helping them to remember the vote dates and to trouble shoot the issue is passed then they will surely go and vote.

Many people don’t have voter ID cards and they don’t know how to get them. If the message related to voter ID cards is been spread with information of procedure then people will surely apply for it. I have seen people forgetting the documents required for the voter ID card application and in those times it will be handy if the social media app is having an account managed by the EC to reply the user with query then it will help them in getting the cards. Social media apps are effective and users are prone to use it when they are on move and hence the chance of grabbing the attention of user increases.  If some accounts related to voting details and query is been made along with sticker series of common man voting is been introduced then I would bet that voting percentage will surely shoot up. Engage the users in forwarding voting jokes and help them to motivate others. A single inspired voter will turn many others to vote and percentage will shoot up. So, use this tool effectively to run the efficient voting campaign. 

Let sums up the year

Bags of 2013 are packed and wait for the train is on. This is the time to sums up what it gives and what it takes from you. From the much awaited retirement of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar to the election of the Kejriwal for C.M. this year is full of unexpected events. One cannot deny the fact that the year is not fruitful for them. For me, 2013 is the year of the professional learning. I have learned many important professional lessons of my life which will surely help me in my professional career.

I had gone through misery of being ignored to the glory of being professionally noticed. I had my bite on every emotion and as I am looking back at the year I am complacent with the years. Just like the other year ending I was supposed to prepare a resolution list which I can break in the first week of New Year but I decide not to. I am not planning to achieve in the next year and all I want is to taste the randomness of year. I want to see the advantage and disadvantage of being a clueless person holding on the opportunity presents to him.  I want to taste the agony of being a spoiled person and to enjoy the randomness in the life. I had a shot of randomness on 19 December and I want to have more such shots is next year.  I would rather be happy if life responds me with the same and helps me in creating a memorable next year.

Still two days to go for the next year and still few memories are to be made.  For those who thinks this devil’s number year is futile and expecting the luck in the next year I would only say that sums the year and realize your assumption holds true or not.  Happy New year in Advance and wish you a fresh smiling beginning of 2014. 

A day of transformation

Caught up doing nothing; that is me.  For the last few months I have been caught by many people including friends, family, strangers, and all have the same question why you are not doing anything. The intellectual answer of this is has to be the one I give “I am planning”. I know it is hard to digest these words from the mouth of the person who just forgot to take a sip of hot coffee in his hands. Well, to be honest I am actually doing nothing. I had no plans what so ever and I do not know what I will do.  I am living a life of a clueless person knowing the fact that I cannot afford to this luxury. After extending this luxury, I finally decide to end it and face the immediate hurdle i.e. what will I do.

I have two options to deal with it, either I set goals, make plans and tries to execute it or just go with the flow and take participation in the present.  After spending 10 minutes of my time, I find a new option i.e. finish the work which I am procrastinating from past 3 months.

When I make to do list of this kind of work, I was shocked to see its length.  As I made my plans hence I start doing the things, while finishing every single work I feel more confident, and relaxed. Is that the things, which makes me impatient? Well I do not think so, but at least for the time being I have no work and now I can plan what I want to do in the next week. Setting small plans is always good for your confidence but do not set useless plans.

This Christmas becomes transformational day of my life when I finally realized that to make a fresh beginning I had to end to the current state and now I am all ready to make the fresh beginning. However, I still do not what I will do but at least the thought of work is no more in my unconscious brain and hence I can set goal in better way.

If you too are facing similar situation then focus the thing, which you are avoiding from months.  These works can be anything like polishing your shoes, arranging your table, changing the bulb or desktop wallpaper. While making a list of this work just be honest to yourself and choose the work, which you are supposed to do but you smartly procrastinated. Let me know if it makes any difference in your life or not.  Merry Christmas for all the readers and hope you too live a transformational day.

A random Indica

Finally the winter strikes the Indore and cafeterias are experiencing the crowd. You can easily see groups of people having coffee and sharing random smiles. I too love coffee and unlike other seasonal customers, I often visit cafeteria. In most of the cases I am accompanied by one or two friends and whenever someone wants to have a word with me he asks me to have a cup of coffee.  

On 19 December I was having coffee and was in conversation with one of my friends on some random topic. Place was filled with group of friends enjoying the cold season. After ten minutes or so I saw a girl with fair complexion who was wearing specs. She was beautiful and I must say she carry herself really nice. She asks for a cup of coffee and a cigarette. I don’t know which brand she chose but I can make out she tried some light or mild type of cigarette. She was completely ignored about the fact that I was watching her taking drag and reading HT. I woke up from my seat and decide to have a cigarette. She didn’t notice it either. I came back to my place and was again busy in conversation. Finally I ask for the bill and coincidently she too asks for the same.  

After paying the bill both of us are approaching towards our vehicles and that moment I got a feeling that I need to have word with the girl. Before she reaches her vehicle I called her. My friend was perplexed by my action. She turned towards me and a brief conversation started –

Me - Mam, can I buy a cigarette for you?

Girl – Why, what’s the necessity?

Me – Because you are the only girl whom I saw smoking on the public place in Indore.

She smiled and said

Girl – no thanks,

Me – Ok mam, Good night

Girl – Good night

Conversation ended! I know it’s not an interesting conversation and many of you will find plenty of faults in it but I said what I was thinking. Literally I never saw a girl in Indore smoking on public place. My friend was witnessing all this stuff and now he wants the explanation of my action.

I know what I did was not a heroic or interesting thing but yes it’s a bit weird. I don’t even ask her name or any other information. All I saw is that she has a white color TATA INDICA which she drove away from me.  I did not know what she thinks about this incident but my aim was to have a random conversation with random person so that random nature of life will stay and I won’t be trapped in the routine. May be she will read this blog post though percentage of it is less than 1 percent but still luck has the chance to strike. Moreover, from that day to now whenever my friend and I saw a white color Indica we remind this incident and smile and that’s sufficient for me. Keep the randomness quotient in your life so that you can have a never die sweet hope on luck. 

Life with a Lenovo tab

In this world, life is becoming dependent on technology. I still recall those days when buying a cell phone was luxury and now living without it is misery. Moreover, with products like Lenovo yoga tablet, it is really difficult to imaging future life without tablets. I never own a tablet but I do love to own one. If I got the chance to have a tablet then I think my routine life will be completely changed.

My morning would start from checking the late night whats app messages followed by checking the current headlines.  Then I would do go for regular jogging in which my favorite soul music is been played on the tablet and if get some morning raw scenes then I would surely capture them. Music will last till I get ready to go to the work.

After reaching the office, I would check my to-do list which I made on the tablet last night and then start working. From giving presentations on tablets to clients and to share the ppts which I stored in the tablet I would be able to increase my work speed. In lunch time, I can afford to have a look at the current headlines and stock rates and if the stocks are trading above then my purchasing rate I can sell them off. After coming from the home music session again will start as it’s the time for me to take evening bath. After spending some time with my family on the dinner table, I can check my Facebook profile on my tab and also post some tweets.  Few replies to the whats app messages and little conversation with my friends, it’s the time to read some quality writings.

Reading on the Lenovo tab will be a lot easier as I don’t have to hold bulky books or to keep the lights on. While reading I would make my tomorrow to-do’s and just before I decide to sleep, a video Skype call from my friend will prevent me from sleeping. After exchanging some laughs I finally close my eyes. I will be half asleep when I will realize that the tab is not charged but then I reminded that the tab is Lenovo yoga tab and hence I can afford to sleep. Life would be good when I have Lenovo tablet and that time I can proudly say that I own Lenovo ideapad + Lenovo tablet and this is the reason why I suggest everyone to like - https://www.facebook.com/LenovoIndia.

A banal Sunday for brilliant Monday

Finally a Sunday! I always think that what happens if there is no Sunday in the week and got scared by the thought that I had to see the professional relations one more day.  No matter I am doing anything significant or not I always cherish Sunday. Though mostly I messed my Sunday by doing some preparation for Monday but still I love my Sunday. I have seen people making plans of Monday on Sunday and they spoil the day.

In order to enjoy Sunday to max people plans a tight schedules for the day and ended up by wasting lot of energy. Lack of sleep and rest made the Monday difficult for many and they find it difficult to work. If you too are one of those persons then you are need of some banal Sundays. Avoid work as much as you can and once you are doing it then you are full charged for the Monday. You can make evening plans if you find it difficult to stay at home on holidays or you can invite someone at your place. It will help you in saving the energy and you can start Monday with fresh positive energy.

Though these things are easy to say but I know it is really hard to implement as brain is in the mood to enjoy the most and your restrictive actions upsets the brain. I don’t know what to do for enjoying Sunday by spending minimum energy and maximum fun but I  know one thing for sure that is without spending a banal unplanned day I won’t be able to fully charged for the working day. One way of doing it is doing the things which you enjoy the most and requires the low level of energy. I have made my list which is as follows –

·         Book reading

·         Playing guitar

·         Rearranging shelf

·         Inviting friends to my home

·         Visiting friends home in the eve

·         Watching a movie

·         Taking an afternoon nap

·         Going out with my family to meet some relatives

·         Buying books

·         Creating new weekly plans

·         Washing vehicles

These are some on my preferred to-do and I try that at least three or four activity is been included in my Sunday. As all activity requires low energy and hence I can spend time in making strong interpersonal relations and I can prepare better for Monday. You can include your own favorite activity but you have to remember the fact that you must not planned action packed Sundays back to back. Just give yourself a breather and enjoy the holiday.  So make your own energy saving list and prepare for Sunday in a better way. Do write to me what options you make and what are your own thoughts regarding to it. Waiting for your reply !

Path in between problems

It’s all about a perfect positive start….

Well what is perfect positive start?

If you are in a conversation and has replied in above manner then you just set yourself for some philosophical+ scientific + observational + experiential speech. Whenever you sound negative or screwed up you will always have plenty of people to make you feel that you are a fool and hence you are thinking in that manner. Few may motivate you but most of people will tries to irk you with your own situation. Moreover, if you try to avoid them or shift their focus on the other things they will come even harder at you. At last you have to act like you are the happiest man in this world and you don’t even care what is happening around you. Unfortunately, I am on the hearing side and I am fed up of acting like a happiest man in this world.

Whenever I try to avoid the problem or to solve it, I find myself in complete mess. I don’t know why but god is sending me problems in package. Sometimes I think that god is having buy one get 2 offer going on for me. After reading so many motivating stories and books I finally realized that none of it was working. Not because their approach is not practical but because my mindset is playing the role of the hurdle. Every time I try to change my mind set I find my life completely in the ruined state.

After doing every single thing to motivate myself I finally realize that the only way to motivate myself is to stop motivating me. I am doing exactly what is opposite to motivation. Well it increases the agony but at least there is nothing bad left for thinking. My mind is actually out of the negative thoughts which are a sign of relief but still the right track is far away but at least I know that I am ready to make a move on. I suggest all of you that if you thinking that you are miserable than just pay attention to that for a while and soon you will be realized that you are not good enough to become the most miserable individual. I hope no one finds need of trying it but if someone is in desolation just share this post with him, maybe he find a way out. 

Is really Modi factor worked?

All the political corners are praising Narendra Modi as he helps BJP in managing a win all four state elections. Though the results are still to be declared but from the reaction of congress it is clear that they accept defeat. Is really the Modi factor work? well for obvious reason yes it worked. But if you closely observe then you will find out the Modi is just acting as a medium for the person who are thoroughly disappointed by the congress government and wants the change.

Talking about Madhya Pradesh, Modi factor is completely ignored as the standing CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has greater impact on the voters. People want to see him as CM again and hence they are voting. Now moving towards the Chattisgarh there also standing CM Raman singh is having good hold over the voters and congress is lagging the leadership. So, rather than Modi it’s the standing CM and incapable congress leaders who are making it easy for BJP. These are BJP owned states and now lets discuss about the congress owned states Rajasthan and Delhi.

Rajasthan wants to see Ashok Gehlot as a CM but their cabinet ministers are not that good. Ashok Gehlot did not anything significantly wrong but hasn’t done significant right and hence people are now looking for the change. Now the high profile Delhi elections where the standing Congress CM Sheela Dixit is expected to lose in this election. She served three complete terms as a CM and now she may be ruled out by the people. Inability of congress government in the center, increasing rape cases and strong anti-congress movement led by social activist damages Sheela dixit badly. People are fed up of congress and just need a good option to replace them. Modi is doing exactly the same thing. He always points the negative aspects of the congress while he never give any indication regarding his own development plans. Gujrat is blessed by foreign funds and the economics of state is completely different from the country’s economy. Is he having any strong plans? If so, then why don’t he gave an indication of that plan?  There are still many of the questions to be raised but the bottom line of this discussion is that BJP gained advantage because congress weakens its position not because Modi ameliorate the BJP. I would love to see Shivraj singh again as a CM and also eager to see Modi plans. Let’s hope they build the better India and fulfill the expectation of common man.