Kai Po Che !.... The 3 Mistakes of My Life....

 

Kai Po Che! is a Hindi film based on famous youth writer Chetan Bhagat's novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life . This is Bhagat’s third novel. The novel  narrates the story of three friends and is based in Ahmedabad . The story is about business , cricket and religion .You will enjoy reading the book if you have not set high expectation from the writer. Altogether the narrative has been very juicy and content suited the choice of youngsters.

The film title Kai Po Che is a Gujarati phrase meaning "I Have Cut" which refers to a kite competition where one of the competitors uses his kite to cut off another competitors kite and yells "Kai Po Che!".The movie was directed by Abhishek Kapoor  and Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Yadav and Amit Sadh star as the three main pratagonists while Amrita Puri plays the female lead respectively.

  Govind is the narrator and the central character of the novel, and the story revolves around the three biggest mistakes of his life and is set in the backdrop of all the major happenings in Gujarat at the turn of the millennium.  Govind Patel is an ordinary guy with whom anybody can relate .  He thinks that being a Gujarati , business is in his blood. . His best friends are Omi and Ishaan.The three friends have different motives.  Govind's goal is to be a business man and to make money; Ish is crazy about cricket and  desires to nurture Ali, a gifted batsman; Omi just wants to be with his friends.   However, nothing comes easy in a turbulent city. To realize their goals, they will have to face it all – religious politics, earthquakes, riots, unacceptable love and above all, their own mistakes...

Glittering DUBAI...................



Burj Khalifa



Dubai, is without a doubt , a destination of the 21st century..................The gateway between the East and the West...... , a fast growing trading and logistic hub.... indeed a heaven for tourists. It is one of the fastest growing cities on earth...!

 For a tourist there are plenty of things to see and do .... the aquariums, Dubai mall, Musical fountain, Burj Khalifa , Palm Jumeirah ,mono rail etc..etc..

Dubai Mall..

You can spent a day there... lots to see , eat, buy .....


Chocolate shop---Dubai Mall

Perfume shop..!

inside Dubai Mall

The Fountain




Splendid ! The shows are free ...its breath takingly beautiful




Musical Fountain

The Aquarium a wonder...indeed



The Aquarium

Mono rail

 

The short mono rail ride to Hotel Atlantis is really good.

 















Mono rail station--- Jumeirah..





The Atlantis...Palm Jumeirah



Atlantis...the date palm tree

What’s in it for you ? An autobiography by Mr Ravi Kumar Mehrotra

 

Ravi K. Mehrotra is a global leader in the shipping industry and owner of a multi-million dollar business empire, which he built entirely from scratch. His mantra for the success in life and business are simple , smart and more importantly straight from heart.

 

This is a simple but fascinating book with full of practical tips ,humour and intriguing philosophy.  In this book he narrates how a person of ethnic background breaks the barriers of disadvantages and discrimination and rise to enviable heights. Despite the college fiasco and company politics, revolution, recession and cut-throat competition, Ravi Mehrotra ,  with commitment, intelligence, skill and vigour build a global business.  

Ravi reaches out to those without mentors using his life's journey as a case study --- from cadet to chief engineer, from a small Indian town to the City of London, from employee to entrepreneur and from humble beginnings to final success.

This book is good for anyone who has great ambitions, high values for hard work and wishes to be a life time achiever. Through this book a lot could be learnt - insight in grit , leadership and risk management – by youngsters who wants make their dream come true.

Here he shares the secrets of his success-his mantras- or lessons from life in a memoir, remarkable in many ways, of an Indian who succeeded in laying a business across many countries in the world.

This is a book for every young budding tycoon with a ten-step programme for success backed by the wise words of sages of the world.

Find out What's in it for YOU? with Guru Ravi.

Indira Gandhi - The iron lady of India...

 Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1966-77 and 1980-84. She was assassinated in 1984

 Indira Priyadarshini Nehru  was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, India, to Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru. She was the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.

                                         Her collections                                                           Her pooja room

Indira Priyadarshini spent part of her childhood in Allahabad, where the Nehrus had their family residence, and part in Switzerland, where her mother Kamla convalesced from her periodic illnesses. She attended primary school in a variety of institutions in India and Europe. Though she enrolled at Somerville College, Oxford for her higher studies ,  returned to India without completing her studies.

Indira Priyadarshini Nehru  chose to marry  Mr Feroze Jehangir Gandhi , who belonged    to a Gujarati Parsi family , in 1942 and became Mrs Indira Gandhi. Feroz Gandhi  was an Indian politician and journalist . They  had two sons, Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi .

                                           Indira & Firoz Wedding 

                                               Rajiv Gandhi

In 1964, the year of her father's death, Indira Gandhi got elected to Parliament for the first time. She was Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the government of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Mrs Gandhi served as the 3^rd Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term (1980–84). She was the first woman to become prime minister in India and the 2^nd female head of government in the world .  Also , she was  the only Indian Prime Minister to have declared state of emergency in order to 'rule by decree' and the only Indian Prime Minister got imprisoned after holding that office.

 

On 31 October 1984 she was assassinated by her bodyguards , Satwant Singh and Beant Singh in the garden of her residence at 1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. The shooting occurred as she was walking past a gate guarded by them. She was to be interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television.  

                                          She got assasinated here

 

The day before her death, Mrs Indira Gandhi visited Orissa where she gave her last speech: "I am alive today, I may not be there tomorrow. I shall continue to serve till my last breath and when I die every drop of my blood will strengthen India and keep a united India alive.

                                          Sakthi Stala

 

Mrs. Gandhi was cremated on 3 November at  Shakti Sthala, near Raj Ghat , where Mahatma Gandhi is cremated.

                                      Raj Ghat

 

Iacocca – An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca with William Novak is one of my favourites !  I’m sure that this record breaking bestseller by the author of TALKING STRAIGHT, will be enjoyed by all his readers. A must read for all management students and those who are headed for a business career....  

Lee Iacocca , the son of Italian immigrants , is  an American legend.  He  is a straight – shooting , fast talking , blunt, practical  business man - the man who made his mark by giving results ! His name is the symbol of integrity, ‘guts’ and know-how. He is one of the great success stories of the decade. A genuine hero...a leader.

Beginning his career at Ford as a trainee,  he rose spectacularly through the ranks of Ford Motor Company and became its president. Iacocca successfully developed many automobiles at Ford, including the Ford Mustang. After 32 years of his employment with Ford , 8 years as President of Ford , he was fired ! Ford was his first and only employer till that date, he had never worked anywhere else. The power play which toppled him would have shattered him, but he didn’t get mad , he got even.

Iacocca was not without a job long , Ford’s loss was Chrysler’s gain . Iacocca ,as the chairman of Chrysler Corporation, was instrumental for the miraculous rebirth of Chrysler from near  bankruptcy to the most envied of the Big Three automakers of America.

His book , IACOCCA – An Autobiography , is a profile of a strong-minded corporate chief. Many people admire him for his marketing savvy and management expertise. This book is his success story, about his breath taking career. Iacocca reads like he talks – plain and straight. This book gives lots of management tips on industrial policy, labour costs, auto safety etc.