AMARTYA SEN UNLIMITED

Meeting an internationally reverred a personality that too a Nobeal laureate is something that one may cherish for long but happens rarely. Economist Amartya Sen is one such personality whom I had keenly watched and longed to meet.

It was on 9th February 2007 that I got the opportunity to talk to him in an one to one encounter and later watched him delivering his key note address at the Nasscom Corporate Social Responsibility conclave in Mumbai's Grand Hyatt hotel.

Laced with humour and many anecdotes, Amartya held forth on the topic of marginalisation of social concerns by all governments particularly in the Third world and cautioned the resourceful corporates on their neglect of social responsibility in enagaging those at the bottom of the pyramid.

Sen's roaring conviction despite his stooping gait was in stark contrast to the straight jacketed Kiran Karnik, chairman of the software companies association Nasscom, who, sorry to say, pales into insignificance compared to the predecessor late Dewang Mehta who died at the early age of 39, five years ago.

Nasscom needs more activism and overhaul at the top. It should present a convincing face to the underserved with a better leadership. Grey beard and pedantic speech needs to be substituted by the collective panache of other software brains who are really passionate on a transforming India. This was the unmistakable undertone of Sen's address, which meant-stay off PR and networking but do a good job, seriously and genuinely.

From

G. Kalyan Kumar
New Delhi

New Year Resolution

I launched my blog with great thrill-in last April. I pondered on topics. Unique observations haunted me, prodding to translate them into stirring lines. Nevertheless, I became sloppy after a while and lost my interest in blogging.

But my New year resolution in 2007 is to activate writing and strive for bigger canvas in creative writing. An inner voice is insisting that abandoning writing amounts to beastiality and self torture. So I am bouncing back, to do justice to my inner call.

This is a reaffirmation to myself that I will stay put in the track of writing. Not that the New Year has changed the world totally and I need to be pro-active. Many a figure who strode like a collasus are falling.

Saddam is put to death....brave Osam is still hiding.
Taliban is resurfacing..China is smashing satellites with new missiles... Indian companies are out on a shopping spree to purchase foreign comapnies to show their confidence in manufacturing skills. Will India throw up more steel Mittals? (tata & corus)

Pakistan is promising democracy through Musharaff. North Korea and Iran are assembling nuclear bombs to bargain with hefty neighbours.

On the whole, there is a repackaging with one trouble spot throwing up another.

Let me watch more to react with my thoughts....

Hope is to see you often with a fresh blog.

Till then, bye

From

G. Kalyan Kumar