Dear Friends
Hope you all read or heardb the news "2 Indian sailors jailed in South Korea for oil spill". The ship 'Hebei Spirit' was anchored when the barage owned by "samsung" collided with the ship. SKorean court has awarded one and half year in jail to captain Jasprit Chawla and eight months to chief office Shyam Chetan.
After Mumbai attack we heard lot of great talks Now time has come to put some of them in action.To begin with
1. Boycott all Samsung products
2. Ask Amir Khan (the great activist) on his blog to stop advertising for Samsung
3. Put presure through your friends who work for samsung in India
4. If in a week the sailors are not released Boycott all Korean products
World is raising voice against Koreans as Indians we need to act.The Indian Government doesn't have balls so as a citizen please act.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
VIRAL, INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
I always thought that the best chapter in my book is the forward by Prof. P D Jose,now the viral created by my friends Alok Jha and Sudhindra Rao are giving it a close fight. Happy watching: ,http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=4oUp7q8KgFE
or else do a search on youtube.com for sandeep singh, business of freedom
or else do a search on youtube.com for sandeep singh, business of freedom
Monday, November 17, 2008
Senator John McCain or Vivekananda Speech
Following are the Remarks from Senator John McCain after loosing the USA, Presidential race to Barack Obhama:
“It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought as hard as we could.
And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.
(Undoubtedly the most impressive line in the speech)
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.”
- www.JohnMcCain.com
And Following is the quote from Vivekananda’s notes on “India’s Message to The World”:
For to this land I owe whatever I possess, physical, mental and spiritual; and if I have been successful in anything, the glory is yours, not mine. Mine alone are my weakness and failures, as they come through my inability of profiting by the mighty lessons with which this land surrounds one, even from his very birth.
- The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda , Volume IV, Eighth Reprint of Subsidized Edition, May 1999 © Advaita Ashram
The idea is not to say that any one copied the thought. The point I am trying to make here is that our own literatures has such powerful thoughts but neither are we taught nor we have inclination, time, access to explore them.
“It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought as hard as we could.
And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.
(Undoubtedly the most impressive line in the speech)
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.”
- www.JohnMcCain.com
And Following is the quote from Vivekananda’s notes on “India’s Message to The World”:
For to this land I owe whatever I possess, physical, mental and spiritual; and if I have been successful in anything, the glory is yours, not mine. Mine alone are my weakness and failures, as they come through my inability of profiting by the mighty lessons with which this land surrounds one, even from his very birth.
- The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda , Volume IV, Eighth Reprint of Subsidized Edition, May 1999 © Advaita Ashram
The idea is not to say that any one copied the thought. The point I am trying to make here is that our own literatures has such powerful thoughts but neither are we taught nor we have inclination, time, access to explore them.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
ROTARY CLUB GOREGAON FILM CITY
With the grace of god got an opprtunity to address Rotary Club of Goregn, Film City on my book. Again bunch of comitted people to social cause. Will like to thank Mr.Nelson and Ms. Haldipur for the opprtunity.
LIONS CLUB 7 Bunglows
Got an opprtunity to address the members of Lions Club, 7 Bunglows, Mumbai at Hotel Atithi near domestic airport, on my book. It was great experience. Met some wonderfull people. WIll like to thank
Mr. Satish Kalani of Tata Chemicals and Mr. Satish Kalani of Crystl Chemicals, for getting me the opprtunity.
Mr. Satish Kalani of Tata Chemicals and Mr. Satish Kalani of Crystl Chemicals, for getting me the opprtunity.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Dipawali, Terror Free Nation
Friends,
Dipawali, festivals of lights is back and so is the time for gifts. Before I proceed further I will like to pause and remember, last few months have taken away lights out of the lives of so many families.
Is it right on our part to celebrate Dipawali with gifts? Would it not be insensitive to celebrate Dipawali this time?" The heart says; no, we should not indulge in gifts at the same time the mind says, not celebrating festivals will give a message of surrender to militants.
What’s the solution? How about giving a gift which may help people find solutions to the problems? How about a book which explores how freedom fighter got us independence? How they got the country out of the tyranny of Britishers?
This Dipawali gift “Business of Freedom –an Initiative for School of Indian Management” a book which explores the managerial learning from freedom fighters. A book which had advanced paid booking of over 2000 copies before getting published.
Country needs freedom from Terrorists.
With Passion
Sandeep Singh
www.swastiks.blogspot.com
sandeepconsultant@gmail.com
9967135000
Dipawali, festivals of lights is back and so is the time for gifts. Before I proceed further I will like to pause and remember, last few months have taken away lights out of the lives of so many families.
Is it right on our part to celebrate Dipawali with gifts? Would it not be insensitive to celebrate Dipawali this time?" The heart says; no, we should not indulge in gifts at the same time the mind says, not celebrating festivals will give a message of surrender to militants.
What’s the solution? How about giving a gift which may help people find solutions to the problems? How about a book which explores how freedom fighter got us independence? How they got the country out of the tyranny of Britishers?
This Dipawali gift “Business of Freedom –an Initiative for School of Indian Management” a book which explores the managerial learning from freedom fighters. A book which had advanced paid booking of over 2000 copies before getting published.
Country needs freedom from Terrorists.
With Passion
Sandeep Singh
www.swastiks.blogspot.com
sandeepconsultant@gmail.com
9967135000
Sardar Patel, Dr Ambedkar
I have been able to work on the thoughts of Sardar Patel, whom I had missed out in the book. Now the work is on to explore Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Hope to finish it soon and come out with the second edition of the book.
Book Stall
I have put up stalls at various places to sell my books. The experience as a salesman has been really amazing. The best was when a lady had a cursory glance on the book and gave the verdict that it is a socialist book.
Radio City Mumbai suer shot advertising
Radio City Mumbai distributed 20 books to its listeners as the gift on 15th August. They asked questions related to Freedom Movement and the individuals who answered the questions correctly where given the book “Business of Freedom” as prize. My friend Nilesh Vora of Sure Shot Advertising initiated the whole process and Mr. Prakash Mukherjee and Mr. Shawn Fernandes of Radio City, Mumbai where the people who got it done.
Kewal Handa, Pfizer, AIMA,Welingkar
Mr. Kewal Handa, MD Pfizer and President AIMA quoted from the book ‘Business of Freedom” in his talk at the concluding ceremony of 20th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention 2008 at Pri. LN Welingkar Institute of Management on 29th August’08. I will remain great full to him for the same.
Book Packing
Packing the books for courier has turned out to be extremely daunting task. Not only the courier costs have gone up drastically but envelop for the book is equally expensive. Each envelop costs Rs.3/-. We hit on an innovative idea to reduce the cost, we started packing the books with the paper which is use to cover the books of my son. It is very cheap option but equally laborious.
Complementary Book
Friends, as promised I have been sending the book to various Institutes, Corporate and Government Bodies. Collecting the address turned out to be the biggest problem. AICTE website has age old list, it does not list the address of all the management institutes. Corporate addresses are equally difficult. The CII member’s directory which I bought for Rs.1500/- ; is worse then AICTE’s. I can not explain the pathetic condition of the data.
The whole problem gets compounded when people do not even acknowledge the receipt of book. Acknowledgment is less then 0.5%.
But some of the letters that I have received is truly heart warming. I am obliged to the individuals who have taken time to reply.
The whole problem gets compounded when people do not even acknowledge the receipt of book. Acknowledgment is less then 0.5%.
But some of the letters that I have received is truly heart warming. I am obliged to the individuals who have taken time to reply.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
ALTERNATE MODEL OF DISTRIBUTION
Friends, I spoke to several distributors non are intrested in disributing the book. I guess no one is intrested in Freedom Fighters or Indian School of Managment. Let us create an alternate model of distribution. Please use this book as gift, corporate gift. Talk about the book in your office, organisations, among your frineds. Don't forget the social sites that you will be associated with. You will not only be helping a frined, creating an alternate model of distribution but also be paying homeage to Freedom fighters.
Book is priced at Rs.245/-. On web , India Plaza is distributing the book.
LET US CREATE AN ALTERNATE MODEL OF DISTRIBUTION.
Book is priced at Rs.245/-. On web , India Plaza is distributing the book.
LET US CREATE AN ALTERNATE MODEL OF DISTRIBUTION.
Mr. Ashok Soota, CMD, Mind Tree
……………….The concept itself is an unusual one – i.e. looking for management learning examples through the lives of our freedom fighters………………I am sure there are lot of actionable thoughts for someone who would take the time and trouble to spend more time on your innovative book with its innovative concept.
Mr. Ashok Soota, Chairman and Managing Director, Mind Tree Ltd.
Mr. Ashok Soota, Chairman and Managing Director, Mind Tree Ltd.
Mr. Abhijit Phadnis
It's a scholarly yet lucid presentation of the thought process of our selfless freedom fighters who were busy with the 'business of freedom' of our beloved country and how we find an echo of similar thinking in a different setting, the corporate world. The author, in the absence of any assured monetary support for the book or for his family, has shown a ramarkable tenacity & commitment to make this book a reality. By creating a path-breaking distribution format, he has shown how, in the days of declining readership, the 'aam admi' is willing to support a book project which is in the interest of our nation."
Mr. Abhijit Phadnis, Research Scholar
Mr. Abhijit Phadnis, Research Scholar
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Report On book Launch
Report of Book Launch
The book ‘Business of Freedom – An Initiative for School of Indian Management’ was dedicated to the society at a simple but emotional function held at Keshavrao Ghaisas Auditorium of Dahanukar College, Vile Parle East, Mumbai on Saturday 19th April 2008.
The book is written by Shri Sandeep Singh, former Vice President (Sales & Marketing) at Sahara News and published by him in association with Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai.
Shri K. Narasimhan, MD Committ Technologies a close friend and class fellow of Shri Sandeep Singh conducted the proceedings of the evening very efficiently.
The programme commenced with offering bouquets to the guests on stage followed by lighting of the lamp and vedic prayer by Shri Ramesh Subramaniam of Seva International..
Dr Satish Modh, Dy. General Manager Air India and President of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra welcomed the guests. He felt that when 99% of all the management books available today are wholly based on western thought and philosophy BoF was a much needed book from Indian examples and history. He recalled the several lectures of Shri Sandeep Singh that he had arranged on the book and informed the audience that he was thrilled by the instant enthusiasm the subject kindled in young students.
Shri Ratan Sharda, Senior IT Consultant and General Secretary of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra informed that he had a very pleasant experience in editing the book. He mentioned that despite his busy schedule he accepted to edit the book due to the inspirational character of Shri Sandeep Singh who had resigned his lucrative job to work for a noble cause and author the book.
In his emotionally charged speech Shri Sandeep Singh thanked everyone who played a minute role though, in helping to publish his dream book. He said that the collection of Rs 100/- from known and unknown individuals was an unforgettable and unimaginable experience. He said he realized that the new generation had little or no knowledge about our freedom fighters. The ignorance is more so when it comes to their managerial qualities. Therefore he decided to compare the thoughts of freedom fighters with the thoughts of management gurus. “My intention is not to say that one copied the idea from the other, but to explore the 'science' and the 'art' of management. Science will remain universal, but art has to be contextual “he added.
“I am also not suggesting that there is nothing to learn from the West. All I am saying is that there is lot to learn from our freedom fighters and thought leaders of the 19th and the 20th centuries, leave aside our scriptures “he emphasized.
“After going through the works from the year 1800 to 1950 (management as a concept also started along with industrial development during the same time), I concluded that India, to a great extent, missed out on the Industrial Revolution because most of the available talent in India put all its energy into the Independence movement, sacrificing all else in the process “he remarked.
He added “In short, the talent of that period opted for the 'business of freedom' rather than for the 'business of profit “.
Explaining the choice of word business in the context of freedom struggle he explained “The word 'business' has recently acquired a negative connotation. This was not always the case. In ancient India doing business came with social responsibility. It is only now that modern business has started exploring Corporate Social Responsibility”.
He however stressed that there was no profit motive behind the book; the idea was to share a thought. He expressed the hope that within one year he would like to take the message of the book to 1, 00,000 people. He specially thanked Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra for joining him in publishing the book.
Speaking on the occasion after launching the book, Shri Deepak Ghaisas, Vice-Chairman and Director, i-Flex Solutions said that he was thrilled to know that a book could be sold before being written and 800 people could commit to buy 3000 copies. He congratulated Shri Sandeep Singh for taking a very difficult, rare and bold decision of resigning his job to write a book for the benefit of the society and not for personal profit.
“From ancient times Bharat has contributed immensely to many fields but since documentation and copyright were not done, as a principle, nothing is known to the world about these wonderful achievements” he said. Shri Deepak Ghaisas felt that many more books giving the Indian perspective of management were necessary and thanked Shri Sandeep Singh for his worthy initiative.
Shri Ghaisas explained that contribution and commitment though appearing to be similar are distinctly different. Commitment is more powerful than contribution. He felt that Shri Sandeep Singh has not just contributed but rendered his commitment to society.
Shri Deepak Ghaisas confessed that he was very greatly impressed by the Chapter 10 on Gandhi in the book. He said it surprised him to realize that Mahatma Gandhi was extremely good in marketing his ideas than many others of his time.
Shri Deepak Ghaisas expressed the hope that by the hard work of the likes of Shri Sandeep Singh we will see an Indian System being followed the world over as we had seen the American System and Japanese System in the past. He felt we need to do it before China.
The programme concluded after a soulful rendering of vande mataram by Shri Satyaprakash Misra and Shri Narasimhan delivering the vote of thanks.
The book ‘Business of Freedom – An Initiative for School of Indian Management’ was dedicated to the society at a simple but emotional function held at Keshavrao Ghaisas Auditorium of Dahanukar College, Vile Parle East, Mumbai on Saturday 19th April 2008.
The book is written by Shri Sandeep Singh, former Vice President (Sales & Marketing) at Sahara News and published by him in association with Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai.
Shri K. Narasimhan, MD Committ Technologies a close friend and class fellow of Shri Sandeep Singh conducted the proceedings of the evening very efficiently.
The programme commenced with offering bouquets to the guests on stage followed by lighting of the lamp and vedic prayer by Shri Ramesh Subramaniam of Seva International..
Dr Satish Modh, Dy. General Manager Air India and President of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra welcomed the guests. He felt that when 99% of all the management books available today are wholly based on western thought and philosophy BoF was a much needed book from Indian examples and history. He recalled the several lectures of Shri Sandeep Singh that he had arranged on the book and informed the audience that he was thrilled by the instant enthusiasm the subject kindled in young students.
Shri Ratan Sharda, Senior IT Consultant and General Secretary of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra informed that he had a very pleasant experience in editing the book. He mentioned that despite his busy schedule he accepted to edit the book due to the inspirational character of Shri Sandeep Singh who had resigned his lucrative job to work for a noble cause and author the book.
In his emotionally charged speech Shri Sandeep Singh thanked everyone who played a minute role though, in helping to publish his dream book. He said that the collection of Rs 100/- from known and unknown individuals was an unforgettable and unimaginable experience. He said he realized that the new generation had little or no knowledge about our freedom fighters. The ignorance is more so when it comes to their managerial qualities. Therefore he decided to compare the thoughts of freedom fighters with the thoughts of management gurus. “My intention is not to say that one copied the idea from the other, but to explore the 'science' and the 'art' of management. Science will remain universal, but art has to be contextual “he added.
“I am also not suggesting that there is nothing to learn from the West. All I am saying is that there is lot to learn from our freedom fighters and thought leaders of the 19th and the 20th centuries, leave aside our scriptures “he emphasized.
“After going through the works from the year 1800 to 1950 (management as a concept also started along with industrial development during the same time), I concluded that India, to a great extent, missed out on the Industrial Revolution because most of the available talent in India put all its energy into the Independence movement, sacrificing all else in the process “he remarked.
He added “In short, the talent of that period opted for the 'business of freedom' rather than for the 'business of profit “.
Explaining the choice of word business in the context of freedom struggle he explained “The word 'business' has recently acquired a negative connotation. This was not always the case. In ancient India doing business came with social responsibility. It is only now that modern business has started exploring Corporate Social Responsibility”.
He however stressed that there was no profit motive behind the book; the idea was to share a thought. He expressed the hope that within one year he would like to take the message of the book to 1, 00,000 people. He specially thanked Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra for joining him in publishing the book.
Speaking on the occasion after launching the book, Shri Deepak Ghaisas, Vice-Chairman and Director, i-Flex Solutions said that he was thrilled to know that a book could be sold before being written and 800 people could commit to buy 3000 copies. He congratulated Shri Sandeep Singh for taking a very difficult, rare and bold decision of resigning his job to write a book for the benefit of the society and not for personal profit.
“From ancient times Bharat has contributed immensely to many fields but since documentation and copyright were not done, as a principle, nothing is known to the world about these wonderful achievements” he said. Shri Deepak Ghaisas felt that many more books giving the Indian perspective of management were necessary and thanked Shri Sandeep Singh for his worthy initiative.
Shri Ghaisas explained that contribution and commitment though appearing to be similar are distinctly different. Commitment is more powerful than contribution. He felt that Shri Sandeep Singh has not just contributed but rendered his commitment to society.
Shri Deepak Ghaisas confessed that he was very greatly impressed by the Chapter 10 on Gandhi in the book. He said it surprised him to realize that Mahatma Gandhi was extremely good in marketing his ideas than many others of his time.
Shri Deepak Ghaisas expressed the hope that by the hard work of the likes of Shri Sandeep Singh we will see an Indian System being followed the world over as we had seen the American System and Japanese System in the past. He felt we need to do it before China.
The programme concluded after a soulful rendering of vande mataram by Shri Satyaprakash Misra and Shri Narasimhan delivering the vote of thanks.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
book would not have taken the shape of book without Mr. Ratan Sharda
Mr. Ratan Sharda
Ratan Sharda is Chief Consultant with an Indian IT company, Eastern Software Systems Pvt. Ltd that specializes in ERP solutions. He is a postgraduate in Economics and a Diploma holder in Textile processing; and has vast experience in textiles, publishing and Information Technology. He is founder general secretary of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra (Centre for International Studies) and active in many social organizations. Editing and publishing are his passion and take up much of his spare time. He works in English as well as Hindi. He has ten books to his credit so far, of which three have come out in last three months itself.
Monday, March 24, 2008
‘The Hindustan Times’ dated 29th January’08 carried a story on the book in the Business Page, All India Edition. Following is the link for your perusal. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=daba3ed3-e44c-4328-a67c-c25bd7149945
Rediff.com carried the news on the book on 5th march’06. Following is the link for the same.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/mar/05inter1.htm
Rediff.com carried the news on the book on 5th march’06. Following is the link for the same.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/mar/05inter1.htm
This is regarding the book “Business of Freedom” on management which I am writing.
There was a thought in my mind from a long time, as to why India missed out on Industrial Revolution, especially when India is a part of Information revolution and India was a part of Agriculture Revolution.
After going through the works from 1800 to 1950, I concluded that India missed out to a great extent on Industrial revolution because majority of the talent went into Independence movement. Some of the best slogans/ punch lines written almost a century back still ignite passion among we Indians e.g. Vande Mataram, Inquilab Zindabad, Swaraj is My Birth Right, Give Me Blood, I Will Give You Freedom etc. Some of the best organized events till date are; Dandi March, Bomb Explosion by Bhagat Singh in Assembly without killing anyone etc.
In short, the talent of the period opted for “Business of Freedom” rather than “Business of Profit”.
In the book, I am comparing thought’s of Freedom Fighters with the thoughts of Management Guru’s. The idea is to explore both “science” and “art” part of management.
I plan to print 7000 copies; the breakup of the same will be as follows:
1. 5000 copies to contributors of Rs.100/-
2.1500 copies to the director of the 1500 AICTE recognized management institutes.
3. 100 copies to 100 top management institutes world wide
4. 100 copies for media review
5. 300 copies to the top 300 CEO’s of the country, (I will be attempting to send it to 1000 CEO’s, if money permits)
I am also the printer of the book, and I am collecting Rs.100/- from 5000 people and generating Rs.5 lakhs only. All the contributors get acknowledgment in the book as well as a copy of the book.
Please get back to me for any further clarification.
There was a thought in my mind from a long time, as to why India missed out on Industrial Revolution, especially when India is a part of Information revolution and India was a part of Agriculture Revolution.
After going through the works from 1800 to 1950, I concluded that India missed out to a great extent on Industrial revolution because majority of the talent went into Independence movement. Some of the best slogans/ punch lines written almost a century back still ignite passion among we Indians e.g. Vande Mataram, Inquilab Zindabad, Swaraj is My Birth Right, Give Me Blood, I Will Give You Freedom etc. Some of the best organized events till date are; Dandi March, Bomb Explosion by Bhagat Singh in Assembly without killing anyone etc.
In short, the talent of the period opted for “Business of Freedom” rather than “Business of Profit”.
In the book, I am comparing thought’s of Freedom Fighters with the thoughts of Management Guru’s. The idea is to explore both “science” and “art” part of management.
I plan to print 7000 copies; the breakup of the same will be as follows:
1. 5000 copies to contributors of Rs.100/-
2.1500 copies to the director of the 1500 AICTE recognized management institutes.
3. 100 copies to 100 top management institutes world wide
4. 100 copies for media review
5. 300 copies to the top 300 CEO’s of the country, (I will be attempting to send it to 1000 CEO’s, if money permits)
I am also the printer of the book, and I am collecting Rs.100/- from 5000 people and generating Rs.5 lakhs only. All the contributors get acknowledgment in the book as well as a copy of the book.
Please get back to me for any further clarification.
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