JHARKHAND BULL-WHERE ARE YOU LOST?

I dare to show a red flag to a Jharkhand Bull.
As all of us know, Cricket is a religion in India and the players are treated as almost gods and the younger generation simply accepts them as their role models too. Normally these cricket players have a nick name or pet name. These names sometims come from their action in the cricket field or sometimes from their original name itself. Few of the names are- Jumbo, Jammy, Jimmy, Colonel, Sunny, Dada, Bhajji, Veeru, etc. But I prefer to give the name 'Bull' to our great Mahi and I think it's fit to call him as The Jharkhand Bull, the place where he hails from. The reason why I call him a bull is because of the fighting instinct which normally a bull has and its capacity to throw down the enemy using its horn with an impeccable energy and skill which also exists in this great Mahi.
Our great Mahi is always recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007 , and the Border Gavaskar Trophy, 2008 in which they beat Australia 2–0. Dhoni also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins inSri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also led team India to number one position in ICC rankings in test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the year award in 2008 and 2009 , the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009.
With all these awards and rewards, we had expected something extra from him for the world cup 2011. But as the events are going on, this Jharkhand bull has disappointed us not only with his performance but also by his poor captaincy. The match between West Indies and India is going on now as I write this blog and India may end up in a victory in the absence of some classic batsmen in the team of West Indies. 
The leadership qualities that he had exhibited all these days is getting evaporated day by day. Theory of four 'I', now I shall narrate here which is applicable to a good captain. 

• The basic killer Instinct.
• Influencing the team members through his actions.
• Creating an Impact within the team members and also in the public.
• Immediate and right decision at the time of crisis.

and I feel sorry that during all the six matches of group B, played under his leadership, all the 4 'I's were absent. . Even in the press statement also our captain blames all others and all the departments of cricket like fielding, bowling, batting, etc. But never takes up the responsibility of the defeat directly. This sometimes makes me to comment that our Bengal Tiger was better than the Jharkhand Bull. 


Mr. Mahi, entire nation is backing you. The millions and millions of Indians, cricket fans are looking at you with a profound hope of lifting the World Cup by you. Oh my dear BULL, happened is happened, you are already in quarter finals. Get your aggreviation back and accumulate your skills and strengths and scratch the ground in the bullish way with your legs and be ready for fighting and lift your head up with the spirit. Be a nightmare to your opponent. All my best wishes are with you.

PERFORMANCE AFTER A PERISH!!!!

When I saw the disturbing pictures aired by various channels on Tsunami and its devastating effects, it took me about 30 years back, the then CEO of my organisation was telling that the mantra that we should adopt in our professional life is 'Perform or Perish'. He was motivating all the employees to perform and to humble all the targets posed before us and also indirectly hinting that the non-performance will result into a perish. And he also told, "once you perish, it is twice tough to make a comeback". But the way Japan reacted and responded made me to call the same CEO and tell, "Sir, there is a Performance even after a Perish".

Let us look at the disaster that created havoc in Japan. Few of the details are-

• Perish- Tokyo Stock Exchange directly experienced the worst fall to 5% during trade on the days of quake which is expected to swallow the loss of hundreds of trillions in Japan. The Nikkei-225 index fell below the level of 10,000.
• Performance- The Bank of Japan  pumped $76 billion in the financial system to soothe money markets shaken by Japan's biggest ever earthquake, a devastating tsunami and a nuclear emergency.And thus, safeguarde the interest of stakeholders, shareholders and the economy of the nation. 
• Perish- Nuclear Plants have automatically shutdown, power supply went off, backup system of power supply collapsed, coolant system failed and world feared a nuclear meltdown.
• Performance- Within seconds after the earthquake started, the control rods were inserted into the reactors and the chain reaction was stopped. Sea water was pumped into the reactors through copters and other methods. Nuclear Disaster minimized, not only minimized but also made negligible.Nearly 210,000 people were evacuated by the Japanese authorities from the vicinity of the reactor. The media which was repeatedly highlighting this disaster gone spellbound.
• Perish-  380,000 people became shelter less and many of them lost their kith and kins and were in the state of shock.
• Performance- Immediately 2050 evacuation centres are established and those lakhs of people were accomodated. The best part was the medias were highlighting the shortage of medicine and water and the inmates of the evacuation centre expressed satisfaction and appreciated the efforts of the govt. 

The above is an illustrative list and not an exhaustive list. 
I always remember the theory of 4 F's. Fear leads to Failure and then to upcome the Failure, you have to Fight and as a last resort if you are unable, then you have Fly away from the Failure. And the Japanese are the last in this world to do the last F. 


They are fearless and they are the born fighters(Hiroshima is an example and now it is Fukushima). Let us learn from Japanese.


Failure comes in everybody's life and also results in loss mentally, physically, financially and it may lead you to the edge of Perish. With the awesome strength which you possess, you can perform even after a perish. Three cheers to the Japanese.