Vijit's Opinion

I was wondering whether I would be writing any more blog this year when the inspiration for writing one came from unexpected quarters. This blog post is a result of my daughter's annual function which I had attended on Thursday. Kids around 4 years of age performing on stage enacting stories from Panchtantra is a beautiful sight but expecting them to teach a thing or two about life is something that you cannot imagine. This is exactly what happened that day. The whole performance involved depicting 5 stories about imbibing 5 different values in life. One may think what is the big deal since teacher's must have trained them for it. However, I am not trying to summarize any of the stories here and values explained through them. My focus is on the story not told or enacted but the one that emerged out through the innocent little ones.  The performers as I had said earlier were  4 year old kids. Getting kids of this age perform on stage by coordinating among themselves i...

Destiny or Free will. Which of this makes you, YOU? This blog post of mine is an attempt to put across my view points based on my life experiences. During my college days and school days, I would resist any thoughts of destiny having to play any role in one’s life. I would argue with anyone who would claim that destiny had a role to play in success or failure. However, after college, when I was struggling to find a job despite giving many interviews, I realized that there is a time for everything. Even now when I reflect on my life events, I do realize that there are different phases in a person’s life. There is a phase where despite best of planning and effort, the desired result is not achieved. There is another phase in life where things fall in place without you planning for it or putting little or no effort. So, my take is that there is definitely something called destiny which plays a role in everyone’s life. So, is it that life is doomed for someone whom destiny do...

Last Saturday, I was at my in-laws place and happened to catch hold of the book “ Idli, Orchid and Will Power ” authored by Vithal Kamat . The timing could not have been better because I had lot of questions in mind about my way forward in life and this book gave me some valuable insights. Idli, Orchid and Will Power is a must read book for anyone who wishes to be an entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur especially in a country like India is not easy. Family and society in general dissuades individuals from taking risk. Risk taking ability is what an entrepreneur needs. The ability to fight and survive against all odds is what makes an entrepreneur successful.  I feel that this book has all the ingredients for a good movie. The best part is that the book is not too elaborate. I managed to finish reading the book in two sessions on the same day. The chapters are short and to the point. You would never feel bored reading any of the chapters. The struggle that...

My first blog post of July-2015 unfortunately is about a great soul who breathed his last today and left for heavenly abode. I feel greatly honoured to write about Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam who has been a source of inspiration for everyone and will continue to inspire us. It is only his body that ceased to exist, his inspirational words are eternal. Wings of Fire is the book that gave me lot of insight about him. I came to know his full name as Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. A person who started off with a humble background, transformed himself with education, became a great scientist and also became the greatest President ever. I strongly feel that he was one of the most active President ever in the history of India. As President he took so many initiatives to inspire the children of the nation. I so wished that he remained President of India forever. A nation where the politicians fail to inspire, he was like a breath of fresh air. He was positivity personified.  ...

The idea of writing this blog post came to my mind after I observed my daughter have fun in the rain. In the past also I have written about how kids can teach us things . Rains in Mumbai can cause lot of frustration. Last Friday was one such rainy day. The cooling effect that rains bring got neutralized by the annoyance caused due to train services being cancelled and long traffic jams. People heading for work got stuck mid-way and some were not even in a position to abort journey and go back home. Those who somehow managed to reach office were left wondering how they will reach home in the evening.  My story was not too different from the average Mumbaite. I decided to take a bus instead of opting for the usual train journey as I was cautioned by one of my friend that trains were not plying due to water logging in the tracks. It was a good idea after all. I managed to reach office even though I was late. News channels and social media were abuzz with news ab...