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Sights Around Kumarapuram

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Fish Galore

Tuna at the Road Side Stall

‘m relatively new to Kumarapuram. If you ask me, if so and so is staying in that so and so lane, then I might give you a blank stare. Whenever I visit my house, you can see my scurrying in my old rusty Vespa scooter, with plastic covers hanging by the compartment.

So, what’s new in Kumarapuram? What has come, gone and what’ is remarkable here?

Here are few places which caught my attention:

1) Anna’s Fish Stall
2) Drive-in Margin Free Stall
3) Vasantham Nursery and tailoring shop
4) Ration offic
5) AJ Hall ( Simi Theatre)
6) Biverah ( One of the finest buffet in this locality)
7  Ganesh Tea Stall ( Typical tea and kadi’s served here)
8) Maldives embassy ( I see many maldivies in this place)
9) AK 47 Photo Studio ( Don’t know why it’s named of a fire arm)

Yoga Practice Facility in Every Corporate

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Yoga Meditation Room in Every Corporate Office
Today while walking in a near by park and flexing my aging body, I thought of “Art of Living”. Thought, I’ve never been to their classes, I know one thing they stress – how breathing affects your inner well-being. Well, I many be naive to put it this way, but that’s the only thing I know about this tribe.

Relax, Body and Mind with Right Breathing

Today, I was late to start my morning walk. It was around 7:45 and I finished my sweating biz by 8:45. And, while I was finishing my walk with simple relaxing walk, I looked around this deserted park. And, I thought to myself – where are the people? Well, answer is simple – most people don’t have the privilege like me to job or walk in the park by 8:45 in the morning. They have to get ready, have breakfast, and head to their office or cubicle. Before they reach, they have to nudge their way through this crazy traffic.

Imagine the bumper-to-bumper traffic or the bus ride through the heavy traffic junctions like Tin Factory or K.R Puram, or Hosur Road. Well, at this morning hour, there are thousands who are struck in these road, trying to reach office on time.

Whew! Office Desk is in Sight

Have you seen people who reach office after braving the traffic, summer heat and bus ride? Have you seen the relief on their faces? It’s definitely a BIG sigh!. And, then starts your daily work. Just imagine, if you’re working mostly for pay not for some driven motive or passion, how will you feel. The work will appear like a chore, to be pushed out from your desk to the next level and it goes on. Or think of the pending work, the unaccomplished target which your boss pushes on you, and all other stress in life.

So, my question is…how can your employer make things a bit easy on the employee?

Make every employee do Yoga or breathing exercise
This is my idea for today. It’s simple, and hopefully it will bring some kind of calmness or reduces stress faced by employees.
Start yoga sessions for employees. ( Not a very easy process, of finding time between meetings and deadline)
Make a room where employees can sit in peace. No noise, No Mobile Room
Pass a new rule that every employee should sit in the meditation room for 10 minutes, before occupying the office seat.
Teach breathing techniques and ensure that they practice it everyday in the office and home
Design the yoga room with plenty of green plants, with wood panels ( Avoid typical corporate feel inside this room)

What do you say? Will it work in a hectic corporate life? Will the management think of giving away 10 mins for this activity? How much will breathing exercise benefit employee’s

Masturbation Booths in India

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Quirky Idea or Remedy for Rising Rape in India

When you open the newspaper, not a day passes without some report of rape, molestation or rape and murder cases.And, there’s no let down of cases which are reported. One of the horrific rape in the recent past is the Nirbhaya case where she was physical abused and rape. While there was a hue and cry after the incident, things are just quite the same on the ground.

In Kerala, where another more horrific case came into the light when social media flamed with the hashtag #justiceforjisha. The incident, more wilder and more gruesome than than Nirbaya has again sparked the public to do the usual drama of protest and the like.

What the big question is this – Will this lead to any kind of relief or will it reduce the number of such rapes in India? I feel we have to think out of the box with new way to minimize such instances. Here’s my plan and it’s bit wierd.

1) Train Women how to Tactfully Overcome such Situation

  Well, it’s not a easy as it sounds. While physical dexterity and quick thinking might help you thwart a scenario, there are some ways to avoid to certain situations. For example, avoiding lonely streets, keeping a tab of the surroundings, or keeping some handy weapon such as pepper spray or sharp objects or even a smart object which can alert others or a Wifi device which works on voice command and gives alarm ( modeled on the lines of Amazon Echo or Google Home)

Suppose a team of experts join together as a team ( Physiologists to self-defense experts or Councillors) to train women on  how to slip away unhurt in such a situation. I hope this kind of training in schools or colleagues and offices will help women to be prepared in case of such an eventuality.

2) Build Masturbation booth in each Panchayat, towns and cites ( Relieve & let go of the tension)

In many cases, I feel this could help man to mellow down his fiery feelings. Sometimes, the bottled up sexual feeling can burst the normal logical thinking pipes. Man will be just thinking from his groin and he will later repent his action. So, why not a private masturbation room where a person can relieve his bony thoughts. We can make it better by giving these relieved men a glass of butter milk to regain and refresh. Howaboutit?

As a matter of fact, such a place should be constructed alongside of a public urinal or bathroom facility. But, not a dirty public too but one which is clean, neat and dry. As a prop, there can be few erotic men’s magazine or hot erotic posters from Debanoir to get charged. It could be something like a room where men do to get their semen tested. The dark room with a cosy couch to sit, few tissues, even a condom to finish the act.

Btw, if our corporation is out of funds to construct a booth, they can approach Playboy or get sponsor from condom company like Hindustan Latex, etc. I got this idea from the masturbation booth in New York. Well, that’s NY and not India, would be the typical answer. But, here we’re not looking for a typical solution.

 3) Inflatable Sex Dolls for Military personal

Just imagine the rough life of a military jawan who is far from home, not able to get his normal dosage of sex. And there were many instances where military jawans and officers who has abducted women from the outpost area. If it’s happy-happy it’s fine, but when it’s not a consensual act, then there are other problems. I somehow feel that these solider should be given an inflatable doll along with their ration, supplies, booze and ammunition. Well, this is something to think about? And, I wonder if any army around us is doing this or allowing servicemen to have fun with such sex toys.

Female Intervention

Well, this is an idea that just popped in my mind. To make things fast and pleasurable inside the booth, a phone line could be placed where they can talk to a female in a call centre who will talk and make the man relieve. It will be a 7 minute talk and it will be charged. Oh, again it’s going to be downright unthinkable in India, but let’s think of it, if it helps the cause. Will such a public stuff cause a stampede, just like what we see in front of liquor retail outlets in Kerala? Again, it’s a small price to pay to avoid a bad patch.

What do you think? Will this work in India? In what other way can you reduce the instances of rape in our country? Think and let me know!!

BTW: Here’s a link with the details of masturbation laws in different countries. What about it India?

Employee Cross Over Training

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Babudom ( Files & white take in sarkar Office)
Source: http://www.syzygy.org.uk/

I don’t know if the heading mentioned is right. Hopefully, you’ll get the message I wanted to share here.

This idea is about giving an opportunity for people to be in other shoes.

So, here it goes.

Recently a friend from Trivandrum called me to say that he is coming to Bangalore to attend a wedding. He asked me to do hotel booking, asked me few hot spots which he can visit in B’lore. During the conversation he asked me if we get booze in shops. He asked if it was government run retail outlets as in Kerala. I said heck NO.

Well, he is working in a senior role in a government office. And as a typical sarkari babu, who is a king in his little big world. Yes, he is a big name in the department, where he takes lot of key decision in his department.

Corporate office Tour – Eyeopener for Sarkari Babus

I feel most sarkar clerks and offices are just like tadpoles  in that deep well, without venturing to see how other states or countries are running their affairs. All they know, is their big role, and only the realms of that state.

Just like his there are scores of govt babus who run across the corridors of power as if they are the sole pillars of democracy or that particular institution. What they do not know is how other organization run much faster and efficient.

So, I was thinking if we give these fellas a guided tour to a private company. Yes, let them be in a place for a day or two and see things like:

  • Working on a digital node ( Paper less office)
  • Flow of daily tasks – How new rules evolve?
  • Attend a typical corporate office conference
  • Join for some games and fun in the office ( gym or sports)
  • Find out the bottlenecks of the operations
  • See power women who call the shots

Well, the idea is just to give an exposure to people working in traditional set-up offices to see how IT offices run. Well, it could happen vice-versa too. Means, corporate offices will be asked to sit in the chair of clerk and she how the work happens there, how the rules makes each task go slow like a snail mail.

Take home
I feel both sides has to learn from each other’s work environment. Apart from these two, there is one new setup – the startup shops. These are chaps who run from coffee houses, meet in some random coffee or beer joints, yet have serious discussion on their plan, future, etc. It’s a all-need breed of work space. We will discuss it later, when I have things to talk about them.

Summer of 2016 in Bangalore

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Natural Coolant

The unprecedented heat wave and drought in different parts of India is affecting the life of Bangaloreans. The new safety rules in Bangalore has made it compulsory for driver and pillion rider to wear those fiberglass helmets. For people travelling by bike for a long distance in the scorching has to bear the blunt of the sun’s merciless light.

There are only few lucky ones who travels either by their air cooled car, or by air conditioned Volvo buses. Except these mortals, the unfortunate lot has no other options but to traverse in the burning sun.

So, what’s the best way to keep internal system cool? What are the natural remedies, protection available?

1) Drink lots of water
2) Take tender coconut water or palm tree seeds
3) Have lime juice or sherbet juice
4) Avoid taking bikes, unless you don’t have a choice
5) Piggy ride in your colleague’s a/c car
6) Join for swimming classes 9

Resurrection of Kingfisher Brand

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Kingfisher Brand

Where have the Good Times!

It’s the lent time. Many Christians and pseudo ones are fasting – abstaining from booze, meat, etc as a remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus, son of David.

And in few days time, the Christians around the world will break the fast on Easter Day – the day Christ rose from the dead. Easter is marked as a time of revival, hope and day for a new beginning.

In the spirit of this Easter, I wish for a new beginning, a revival or resurrection of one of India’s flamboyant brand Kingfisher Airlines.

Well, is it my daydream!

I was thinking today if there was some way to raise the millions of dollars which Kingfisher owes to the banks and to the lenders. What if Indians do a crowd-sourcing magic.

Oh, just think of such a scenario. A major and the first of the kind in the world to raise so much an amount though Kick-starter project. Will it work. What if Mr Vijay Mallya reads this post and think about it. Most probably, he will brush it down an unpractical joke.

But, I want Kingfisher to fly Indian skies. Yes, the red crew members, the superior service, etc. Also, the glamour quotient of the brand.

Can we raise so much amount through such a project. What if I contribute Rs 100 and like that millions of Indians across the world do a some kind of contribution. In case someone thinks of such a project how many hundreds will be required to fill the void. Of-course, there are many who will contribute more than hundred, say 5K or 10 K, etc.

Why I don’t like any brand or business to down its shutters?

  • B’cos their loss is our loss too
  • People loosse job when a company goes into red
  • A company is troubled watters raises the anxiety of its staff
  • Many a dreams are squashed or culled
  • Money is lost – for the investors, government and society

Mallya – Jokes Apart

 Btw, I’m fed up of the jokes which fly in Whatsapp group. Well, I’m also a part of the cheap joke stuff and I too have forwarded many such ones to my peers. But, jokes apart, how can we make those red birds fry again?

Well, in any business environment, we know that there are many which perish, and some who flourish. Well, Kingfisher is not the first airline which has gone burst. There are many in the history books. Also thinking of this, is there a book on the collection of various bankruptcy filed by airline companies. The reason, aftermath, etc and the lessons learned.

Book on How Arline Companies when Down Under – Lessons Learned!

Probably there are, but in the latest edition they can add the story of Kingfisher.

Your’s in Spirit!

When Tinder Meets Idea Sharing

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Not a Tinder Match but an Idea Hock-up App

I couldn’t think of another headline, so came with this nonsense line. Forgive me about it…

This post is about a mobile application idea, which can help to connect the foreigners or natives with brains.

This is an idea sharing app and it’s something like a Tinder match. So, here’s the plan I got.

1) Imagine a foreigner lands in India

2) He or she could be here for vocation or avocation, just searching for peace of mind or nirvana, so was  Elizabeth Gilbert and many before her.

3) Now, this person could be an expert in any field ( Medical, Architecture, Origami, Fitness, Games, Fishing, Sushi, Fire Works ( not bomb making ),  Philanthropy, Video Editing, Porn artist, marketing speaker, Make up man, Hair Dresser, Art designer, graphic designer, Yoga Teacher, Math’s tutor, Stock Marketer, Balloonist, Frisbee expert, Vegetable carving specialist, App developer, Chef, Grammar expert, life coach, etc)

4) In most cases, these people come for a holiday or stay in a place or visit or explore cities in India and leave the country. Yes, they do it without sharing their talent or skills. In many cases, they would be happy to share their skills or talk about them to likeminded people or even make extra bucks trading their skill for cash. In the current situation, it’s quite impossible to know if there’s such a person around. We never know, because it’s not possible to track or find or research on such a visitor. .

5) So, the IDEA is this. Create a mobile App where people can log-in and add the key skills, qualification ( if any) in the field of work, samples, recommendation and proof. Also, they should display what they are looking for. Are they looking to share their skills for money or trade for a goodie or they are willing to share it for taking care of their accommodation in the city, etc.

6) Next stage is bit tricky. The person who signs-up should have multiple options: He can either hide his status, or again he has more options. ( Share his skills to a group ( e.g for 2 hrs), Meet someone who has the same skills, Casual meet-up for a coffee or beer, Exchange his skills to underprivileged or people who can benefit, or, share his skills for money. )

7) Next, there are the people who seek these talent. They can also put up their msg or request based on demand. If two match, there is a WOW moment.

Now, imagine how India can benefit from thousands of talents landing in our country each day. Will the connection bring a fusion of ideas, sharing, wealth, etc.

I was thinking of many tourists landing in Kerala and leaving without adding  any value to the people. Probably, they would have like to speak at a meeting, share the latest in AI or the IoT, or whatever they are good at. Imagine the benefit both sides has.

Acid test this Mobile Application

Do you think such a cross exchange of work or skill happen in a society where people are not ready to open and also there are few risks involved with meeting of strangers, etc. Will this mobile app has a human verification aspect so that each person is vetted and verified.

Are you the One Who…

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1) Will keep the plastic sheet on the seat of the new car and run for more than six months

2) Will honk without a real purpose or reason

3) Will keep bothering other people with your minor worries.

4) Is extremely enthusiastic about the performance of your kid who is class I

5) Doesn’t have any conscious to leave waste by the road side or spit on the road.

6) Will dig nose in the public, regardless of who’s watching

7) has little regard for people living in your locality

So, are you the one…

1) Who goes out of the way to help a fallen biker

2) Who stands by and helps relatives when they have financial difficulties

3) Help strangers without expecting any return

4) Spend money or voluntary clean the neighborhood.

5) Who takes the first step to say hello to your neighbours or visits the house with a portion of meal or sweets

Spout Biz Idea in Bangalore

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Kadala Chundal ( Source: http://www.sharmispassions.com/)

I don’t know if I had shared this spout idea before. Anyways, I’m doing it again as I see an unique value proposition about in a place stacked with fitness freaks and Lycra babes.

Don’t get me know, it’s about a healthy business proposition.

So, here it goes!

Sometime back a colleague got a small Tupperware box full of steamed kadala ( Green Gram, Cherupayaru. Red Gram, Thuvara parippu). He shared his snack with all of us and I eagerly went for second helping. The taste of it was just fantastic and I kept asking him for more. Later, he used to bring different varieties of such snacks which was prepared by his mom.

Here’s a recipe to make kadala sundal at your home

After having it for a couple of days, I asked if he could sell this item to public. I even told that selling to early morning park goes or evening strollers would be a fine idea. But, as usual, this idea is just an idea without any action or momentum.

So, what’s next level.

I thought it could be a good idea if we can sell spouts of different kinds in a small shop. Will this idea click? Will there be audience to buy spouts, especially those who love to go healthy. I even figured out that a shop next to any of the fitness centers would ideally attract health freaks.

Also, the packaging of these spouts should in Rs 10 packs. This should be served in organic plates or boxes. I don’t think that would be difficult as there are many plates and small bows made of palm leaf, etc.

So, what do you think? Will it work. Probably, a small road side tea vendor can start if his shop is near to any of the swanky health clubs. Well, there are few in Indira Nagar side, and one near Figurine Fitness.

Given a chance I’ll speak to the owner and see if he will buy this idea. Only problem right now, is that I have to learn Kannada. Ok, I’m planning to do so at the earliest. 

Opportunity Knocks Only Once…

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Knock Knock

I remember a wit from Punch magazine..

Knock, Knock, Knock
Who’s there
Opportunity..
No, opportunity knocks only once…

Why did I have to share this on this post. B’cos, I was thinking of the lost chances, lost date, slow start, delay to start living healhtyhealth issues due to lack of exercise, etc.
The question is did I learn from all the slow start? I don’t think so. Even now, I keep waiting, warming, pacing before I do wake up to the opportunity.

Will I ever Learn?

Probably, next project or after that or now!. The problem with me, like many others is that we feel time in infinite, and we get ino the old habit. In a recent article I read, it says that more than 40% of daily task is a matter of habit. If that’s the case, getting into the right high is one that we should take care.Another problem is that we don’t keep  a deadline. Seth Godin say – Keep a deadline before you start a project.

Cheers!