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13 May 2010 00:00 IST

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God-Who Dat?

So why did god create duality, me and the the non-me Whats his game With the
blues in my ear Above the aircraft engine sound

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The Red Label wasn't so bad Air India provides green chillies My patterns for
my tongue are set The brie and plums in New Orleans as a dish was sweet and I
didn't Classify it as dinner

The Buddha smile takes over The corner of my lips I sense And the tears roll
down as I listen to khwaja mere khwaja

So god-who dat Where he at The whole split into opposites The silence is
split By the beats Offbeat or downbeat

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The me and not me How much do I stretch the rubber band Illusions it all
Choose-zero or it all-infinity All the same

2010 Reflections

I don't want to get out of the blanket,
cuddling pleasure with family. It's cold but sunny outside. Paranjap is
excited with the car game on the iPhone. My mind swims through the year gone
by and felt like sharing some of the slices. The economic mood was grim for
most of the year. We used it to slim down as an organization-removing
process and people fat and declared war on waste. We brought in a better
consciousness of control systems and we matured in selecting businesses. Our
finance and accounts created many best practices.

We also matured in
marketplace development-in organizing events, in understanding customer
needs and selecting solutions which made a difference (Google and
Adrenalin). The relationship with Gartner helped in course correction. I
have a deep sense of satisfaction with the speed at which Team Labs built
and turned around solutions. We had a huge acceleration in process
development.

For the first time in our 20 years of business, the revenue fell.
Infrastructure solutions did a remarkable job-improved productivity, slimmed
down by one third and built better solutions. We have been able to build our
information management business into a reasonably world-class outfit. We
need to nurture business applications. Our infrastructure support business
went through a roller coaster ride and is being completely re-invented with
the addition of application support.

I am happy with our focus on people development-I learned how to keep my
heart in check-thank you Gurukul. We are really the sum of our habits-both
good and bad. I have been able to continue some good ones this year, which
include regular exercise, eating carefully but haven't meditated enough. As
an organization we picked up good habits of daily planning and execution and
learned about sharing with others.

Our ability to switch habits and overcome our programming is really the
only expression of our freedom. I was happy with many Gurukul participants
who have given up smoking. I am proud of the BMT team setting new standards
and generating wealth for all. I am happy that we were able to contribute to
projects for the differently privileged and create systems of giving for
many worthy causes (Friendicoes, Sarthak, Palna, schools). I have not been
able to create an extra employment for another 1,000 people and that remains
a goal for the next year.

This was also a year when I travelled a lot-on leisure with family to
Spain, Japan, USA and Pushkar. I indulged in finally getting myself a Tumi
bag. I am feeling confident as we start the new year. Lets keep our focus on
our core human values of love and respect. Let us seek these values out and
get out of toxic relationships. I am confident of our ability to create
opportunities for growth and to inspire excellence all around.

The saxophone is essentially a hollow instrument which produces melody
when wind flows through it. I am sure in the new year the universal energy
will continue to flow through us and we will resonate. Together.

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Where do you rock Or roll The Buddha smiles and slows down the beat
Mindfulness

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