Stop Illegal Minings

The state Kerala is called as ‘God's own country’ referring to its natural beauty, picturesque locations and water resources. Also its unique geography has a crucial role in maintaining the charming climate of the state. But it is noticed that soil mining is rampant in the state where hills and wetlands are being disappeared simultaneously within a few days, along with serious pollution and destruction of roads. It also adversely impacts land, water, biodiversity resources, health and education of students. Though many of the mining agents have license for mining, that are acquired either through bribe or that are issued by the Mining and Geology Department without any scientific backups. It not only creates huge loss to the exchequer but also augments corruption and irregularities. Madav Gadgil reported that "this is being facilitated by lawlessness and social injustice: witness the very large number of illegal quarries currently operational in Kerala, estimated at 1,700 out of a total 2,700 functional quarries" ( Towards an economy of mutualism, The Hindu, December 4, 2013). We the people from the hinterlands of Kerala fear that, our rural society will face scarcity of water and related environmental impacts in the near future due to these irresponsible human induced activities.

We strongly request our Chief Minister to check and stop all kinds of mining in our state that affects people adversely, and to come up with a transparent and scientific procedure (Including increasing of the licence fee) for mining licence, to stop corruption and state sponsored environmental destruction.

Marginalized and Special People

In response to the invitation for World Youth Conference, Srilanka

I was born and brought up in a rural agrarian village where my parents are still striving to flourish our land by their consistent hard work and perseverance. I felt surprised when I saw the list of marginalized categories; here rural community/young farmers and Young people with low social and economic backgrounds belong to where most of us are in this group. When I notified with events like international youth conference, my heart fills with joy unspeakable.... because our dry childhood, adult age or even young age never offered us any such wonderful opportunities to explore this world. Almost all belong to agriculture or unskilled works. My father do agriculture related works, rubber tapping, wall painting and similar kind of unskilled or semi skilled work. Though my parents are not educated, I have deep respect and love for their optimism and confidence on me which they keep always with a hope.... we will also have a bright future.

I do stand up and speak out for social causes. I would like to call myself 'special' - because it seems uncommon - a young boy from the hinterlands of a village seeks to find solutions for many reasons. The organization I founded for the development of sustainable concepts and Students development spreads it wings for the welfare of the common men and well being of children. I realized that only knowledge can obliterate the darkness of ignorance and people should thirst for knowledge to develop themselves and the society. Here we stand for education, career development and character solution. Also the understanding of sustainability forced me to speak out for environmental conservation and socio-economic sustainability. In nut shell I am an academician cum a practitioner group - who speaks and act simultaneously for the equitable development.

Community Radio: Bridging Digital Divide and Gaining Digital Dividend

Community Radio as a tool for rural communication

Paul V Mathew

Within a short span of time, Community Radio (CR) became voice to the voiceless by connecting people, bridging the gap between government and public and equipping community to achieve various social goals. Community Radio Stations (CRS) owned and operate by the community helped in bridging the knowledge divide among people by imparting information on education, health, agriculture, environment and culture thereby contributing to their social development and personal empowerment.

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Being the second largest country in the world in terms of population with diverse culture and different languages, it is hard for the government to reach every citizen especially to the people in rural hinterlands. Though Information Technology (IT) emerged as the panacea for all the issues, still we need to go a long road to achieve our social goals. In this context, the key lies in connecting the masses and linking people with government. When the efforts for amplifying public service broadcasting got robustness, radio - the most widely available and affordable medium of communication for rural community became an active source of information that facilitates grass root level empowerment. Among these initiatives, Community Radio Stations (CRS) make huge difference by filling the knowledge gap among the community, gives voice to the voiceless and produces spectacular results in democracy, empowerment, education, livelihood and various other social indicators.       

Beyond commercial broadcasting services, Community Radio’s (CR) offer a third model of radio broadcasting catering to the needs of the community in a specific geographic area (normally 5 Km radius). It incorporates content relevant to a local/specific audience which is owned, operated, and managed by the community. It is a not-for profit mechanism exclusively for the overall development of a community/village to provide opportunities for community members to tell their own diverse stories, to share experiences, to discuss their issues. Here people act as the creators as well as contributors of the content. Even though the definition is slightly different, there are multitude of success stories of CRS from different parts of the world like France, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Australia where Community Radio acts as a vehicle for social development.

Key Features

As per the policy guidelines of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B), an organization desirous of operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) must be able to satisfy and adhere to the following principles:

• It should be explicitly constituted as a 'non-profit' organization and should have a proven record of at least three years of service to the local community.
• The CRS to be operated by it should be designed to serve a specific well-defined local community. 
• It should have an ownership and management structure that is reflective of the community that the CRS seeks to serve.
• Programmes for broadcast should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community.
• It must be a Legal Entity i.e. it should be registered under the registration of Societies Act or any other such act relevant to the purpose.

Local Ownership:  Community Radio is; “of the community, by the community and for the community’. Policy guidelines clearly state that “CRS are operated and own by the communities they serve” and at least 50% of content shall be generated with the participation of the local community. Most of the CRS have a Program Management Committee (PMC) to manage and monitor operations and to advice on all matters especially in content development which incorporates members from marginalized people in the community.

‘Namma Dhwani (Our Voice)’ Community Radio in Karnataka is one of the community owned CRS - a federation of Self Help Group (SHG) of women and men known as Community Managed Resource Centers (CMRCs). The parent agency Mysore Resettlement and Development (MYRADA) was set up this independent village forum CMRCs in Budikote village to ensure the ownership and active participation of the community in radio operation. CMRC and Namma Dhwani studio is managed by the local community from their own single building. 80% of the board members of Namma Dhwani are elected from the women SHGs and all the members are normally poor. They come regularly to CMRC to hold meetings, avail different services for themselves and for the community.

Educating people:  The CR policy guidelines specifically states that “emphasis should be on developmental, agricultural, health, educational, environmental, social, welfare, community development and cultural aspects of the community. In another way, CRS aims at narrowing the information gap among the members by continuous and intensive educational programs in different areas. CRS have diverse opportunities to obliterate illiteracy and ignorance of village masses through access to information and knowledge. As strategic contributor to education, development and empowerment, Community Radio provides immense opportunity for the enlightenment of marginalized sectors.

Alfaz-e-Mewat, a CR in Haryana strives to connect people through radio by offering rural communities a platform to share their indigenous knowledge and to create awareness. “Most of the villagers are involved in agriculture and allied activities. The program incorporates traditional as well as scientific information on agriculture enabling rural farming community to look ahead optimistically. As an edutainment, Alfaz-e-Mewat acts as a tool to promote education, health and sanitation thereby preserving Mewati culture and language”, says Sohrab Khan, a CR member.

Empowering Community members: Empowering people at grass root level is the prime strategy for ensuring rural development as well as tackling myriad impediments for growth in a sustainable manner. As an instrument for community empowerment, CRS make positive transformations in the lives of people. CR provides community with various platforms for personal development especially women empowerment by introducing government schemes and by inculcating new visions, thus making community aware about their rights and privileges.   

Radio Mattoli in Wayanad, Kerala, one of the most successful CRS creates legacies on community participation and people empowerment, gives a clarion call for change in that region. Even though Wayanad is a backward district in Kerala in terms of socio economic and education status and the sad plight of agrarian community, the initiatives of Mattoli radio brought radical changes in the quality of the lives of the people through regular open forum, phone-in-programmes, continuous training and capacity building sessions in association with community development organizations, and local community leadership. Radio Mattoli gives greater visibility, recognition and respect to the tribal people and their dialects. This nurturing and fostering of traditional dialects resulted in electioneering in an Adivasi (tribal) dialect for the first time in the state history during the Panchayath Raj elections in 2010.

Dr Thomas Joseph Therakam, Station Director, Radio Mattoli shares one of his experiences. ‘It was at the time when Wayanad district was facing unabated farmers’ suicide, mainly due to crops failure and price crash. We broadcasted a radio drama to instill new hope and motivation in farmers in the midst of worries and miseries. A few days after, we received an anonymous letter says: “The very day I planned my suicide, Mattoli broadcasted that radio drama, and it is only because of Mattoli, I am alive today”. After exactly an year later a young lady named ‘Reshma’ wrote again partially revealing her identity, saying that she is now happily married and is employed as teacher in the neighboring district. She requested us to repeat that episode which helped to hold her on to life despite heavy odds. We repeated it not once, but thrice, to make sure that Reshma did not miss it”. (CR Compendium, 2011)

Preserving cultural identity: Irrespective of nations, degradation of ethnic cultures and extinction of regional dialects are an emerging issue which has to be addressed with utmost importance and CRS seem to be an ideal solution for this impending crisis. Community Radio Stations act as a medium to bring people together, maintain communal harmony, preserving culture and uphold unity among members. While mainstream media neglect and ignore the grass root level stories of marginalized in outskirts, CRS fill that void by playing a crucial role in bringing local voice to the fore. 

The Chicholi Community Radio in Madhya Pradesh situated in the midst of a tribal community lacks facilities for proper education and awareness. It was established with the aim of the preservation of culture and tradition of Gond Community which faces extinction. Chicholi CR broadcast programs to improve the education, knowledge and social awareness of the local population in their language like Gondu, Kurku which the listeners understand. Radio Bhabra, Radio Khalwa and Radio Seasiapura in Madhya Pradesh, PSG CR in Tamil Nadu, Jandhwani in Karnataka, Janvani and Radio Mattoli in Kerala and Radio Dhadakan in Uttar Pradesh broadcast programs exclusively for tribal community. 

Strengthening Democracy: As a mass medium, Community Radio emerged as a vibrant tool to strengthen democracy and governance. When the traditional broadcast spaces act as unidirectional in communication with hardly any involvement of the local community, CRS hear the unheard by offering enormous opportunities for the common man to participate, communicate and express.  The entire edifice of rural development stands in the landmark 73^rd and 74^th Constitutional Amendments in 1992 that makes bottom level community to think, decide and act for their own collective socio economic interests and to participate in democratic process more actively. The structure, formats and themes of CR are totally in line with this concept that facilitates and strengthens democracy.

Gurgaon Ki Awaz Radio in Haryana broadcasts a program ‘Participation in Democracy’ which reports directly from municipal house meetings for the listeners to learn and understand. ‘Mahiti Kirana’ - a program broadcast by Radio Active, Bangalore incorporates programmes produced by the civic on issues related to food, health, governance, education, water, employment etc. and awareness on government schemes like Public Distribution System, Right to Information (RTI), Human Rights, Bharath Nirman, Right to Food, Right to Education (RTE), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Nagara Palika Act, Jana Spundana Programme etc.

A decade of experiences with Community Radio invariably proves that CR has the potential to bring significant positive change in the social fabric of the local community by ensuring community engagement in development process and facilitates participation in democratic process and local governance. Along with community empowerment, CRS increase the accountability of people representatives paving way for food governance.

Opportunities and Challenges

Even though Community Radio movement in India is still in its infancy, we need to overcome multitude of issues which is essentials to achieve the goals envisioned by this rural communication tool.

Lack of Awareness: Despite the pivotal role played by CRS in disseminating information within the community, a large chunk of people/organizations are still unaware of the possibilities of CR. It is heartening to know that 12^th plan has brought out an option to provide financial resources to new and existing CR stations that would help to operationalize around 100 new CR stations every year. The dedicated page in Facebook - 'Community Radio India’ (www.facebook.com/communityradioindia) is a welcoming move by MI&B. But the effectiveness of the service by professional technical agencies and the advocacy with Government ministries is debatable. It is unfortunate that CRS have not been promoted as a large scale social scheme and people are not able to differentiate CR and commercial FM’s. Prof. Binod C Agarwal (Director General and Professor of Eminence, Taleem Research Foundation, Ahmadabad) says that “in 2007, MI&B announced its resolve to have 4000 Community Radios under the new enabling Community Radio policy. The advocates of Community Radio felt that the approval of Community Radio policy in November 2006 would unleash the potential of radio for achieving participatory developments goals. Today there are reported 126 CRS operated and managed by non-governmental organizations (NGO’S) and educational institutions. Due to lack of political will, the importance of CR in economic and social development has been largely ignored”. (Yojana, June 2013). It is a high time to promote Community Radio initiatives as major community development scheme and Government should utilize all the public and private platforms like television, news paper and other regional agencies to unleash its real strength (Ram Bhatt, Vice-President, CR Forum of India).

Licensing Procedure:  

The present procedure to get CR license is cumbersome and bureaucratic which needs clearance from or goes through the inter ministerial committee of MI&B, Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (MoICT), Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), Ministry of Defence (MoD), Airport Authority of India (AAI) - Ministry of Space, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Law along with Grant of Permission Agreement (GoPA), Wireless Operating License (WOL), SACFA clearance, and frequency allocation by Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing (WPC). It is reported that till date MI&B has received around 1200 CR applications, among these 545 have been rejected. Out of 655, 428 have just passed the initial stage, 91 have reached the final stage and now ready to broadcast. As ‘communications’ is solely manage by centre as per the constitutions (Union List) and many of the applicants from grass root level lack technical and administrative know-how, there should be a more convenient mechanism to cut short the lengthy licensing process. CR policy in regional languages, more roles for states in CR promotion, single window clearance, applications tracking system and training/technical support for applicants are vital to uplift CR from a subdued stage.  

Sustainability: While looking back and moving ahead, answer to the question of sustainability of CR raised by almost all operators remains elusive. Lack of financial as well as human resources with the NGO’s is the major impediment for the growth of CR. Also organizations need to meet the capital cost for setting up studio and related components along with the cost for human resource. It is a challenging task for the grass root level organizations to find fund for the sustenance amidst limited resources.  In the wake of the decision of the WPC to increase the spectrum and royalty fee from Rs 19,700 to Rs 91,700 per annum, many of the potential applicants are in an impasse and a decision to waive spectrum fee at least for fresh applicants may be a welcome move to the CR movement.

Many of the countries have sorted out this issue to an extent by setting up Community Radio Funds (especially by commercial FM’s) to support CR stations (CR Compendium 2013). A policy level decision to access resources from the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of business enterprises and to make it as tax free donation can create a win-win situation. This move will help CRS to explore opportunities of advertisements as per the CR policy stipulations.    Nevertheless, CRS can avail support from DAVP (Department of Advertisement and Visual Publicity) empanelment through advertising government’s schemes and programs in the radio. Estimates show that the total business given to CR station by DAVP so far is Rs 52, 46,946 (up to 2012 December). Additionally, different ministries and national as well as international agencies are funding for community development programs of CRS.   Beyond these, all the CRS shall work out a social enterprise business model which should generate sufficient resource for the sustenance of radio. For a long term solution, more debate on how CR can discover the rural market as a medium for idea generation, resource mobilization, training, marketing of products and services and community empowerment is vital.

Training and Capacity Building: Issues in content development and lack of technical know-how on maintenance and repair of equipments are the issues bothering CRS in India. The online content sharing platform - www.edda.in  enables the CRS to source programs available in their languages. But more coordinated effort is required to facilitate the participation of CRS to strengthen this content sharing initiative. There is an urgent need to build the capacity of CR personnel at all levels –community reporters, technical staff, programme producers and station managers which are vital to achieve social sustainability. In order to ensure technical sustainability of CRS, aspects like training on technical know-how, site selection criteria, insurance facilities, quality concerns, and research on cost effective equipments need to be done.

Regulations: It is observed that there is no effective mechanism to monitor the activities of CRS. Rather than self regulation, there should be regulating agency to control the operation of CRS and to ensure that the operations are in compliance with the CR guidelines. Even though the MI&B looks forward to reach community becoming the owner of the Community Radio station (CRS), the dominance of owning institutions and the menace of ‘NGOisation’ practice remain as a hurdle to attain the complete community ownership.   Similarly, Ministry should chalk out a plan to overcome the reluctance to issue license to border states considering certain security concerns, by strengthening the surveillance systems and monitoring mechanisms. 

Community Radio has a significant impact in the lives of people and plays a vital role in updating, educating, persuading and entertaining citizens in all walks of life. It has made revolutionary developments in the sector of communication and becoming the pulse of community. Albeit, we need to go a long way to achieve sustainability in certain aspects, we have multitude of success stories to say. Despite uncertainties, we move with optimism – one day people will own their radio completely.

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References

1. Abiding Voices – A Study of Sustainability Aspects of Community Radio in India by CEMCA-UNICEF, 2012
2. Community Radio Awareness Background Material (2012-13), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B), Government of India
3. Community Radio- Celebrating a Decade of People’s Voice, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B), Government of India, Compendium – 2013 by      One World Foundation India
4. Compendium 2011 and 2012, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B), by Commonwealth Educational Media Centre forAsia (CEMCA), New Delhi
5. Public Service Broadcasting, Yojana Special Edition, July 2013

Copy right : Paul V Mathew and Manu Melwin Joy (2013), JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, MACFAST
(Paul V Mathew and Manu Mewin Joy, Research Scholars, School of Management Studies (SMS), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). Email: paulvmathew.hr@gmail.com, and manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

Read more at http://yojana.gov.in/cms/%28S%28a2idwk55peroiv45qxvv2cnj%29%29/pdf/Yojana%5CEnglish%5C2013/Yojana%20July%202013.pdf

India needs Solutions.

Three interesting and important questions I eager to find solutions.

1. “Sanitation and public hygiene are awful, especially in the north: half of all Indians still defecate in the open,resulting in many deaths from diarrhea and encephalitis.” ("Beyond Bootstraps" The Economist, June 2013)
2.  “Only 7% of rural villages in India have a bank branch, meaning that many people store their cash at home, where it is easy and tempting to spend.” ("How can cows be good savings vehicles?" The Economist, October 2013)
3. “...counterfeit prescription drugs have become an exploding industry, with an estimated market worth $75 billion a year worldwide…. An estimated 80% of counterfeit drugs come from overseas, and most of them are manufactured in India and China.” ("Cracking Down on Counterfeit Drugs" NOVA next, August 2013)

 Please propose a creative solution to one of the social challenges listed above. In your proposal, please address the following questions:

1. Identify the problem. Explain the problem’s scope and relevance
2. Identify a solution : Craft a thoughtful, implementable solution that would address the problem as
you see it.
3. Critique your solution : Present the biggest hurdles to your solution and how you would address
those hurdles.

Please air your views hereunder...................

Let's stand up and speak out for a noble cause. Our Nation, Our India

A Must Read for Teachers

Payal Chanania

Teaching is an extremely rewarding profession, but stressful as well,

emotionally and physically. A classroom is definitely a high-pressured environment, what with naughty, adamant students talking loudly, leaving their seats and refusing to obey. Constant class disruptions and tantrums coupled with a stubborn lack of motivation to learn can drive the most composed of teachers up the wall.

It gets difficult for teachers to keep their cool amidst the incessant stress, worries and frustration. Some yell, others punish – but there is no end to the students’ behavioural problems. In fact, emotional responses only further aggravate the situation as students defiantly challenge the imposed authority. Teachers may even lose control leading to further deterioration of the classroom ambience.

Tough as it may sound, educators have a moral responsibility to control their temper when interacting with students. Angry outbursts seem normal, but can inflict irreparable damage on the young minds and souls. Unbridled rage can intimidate and even terrify the students, scarring them for life. Ms. Amritha V, Faculty in Soft Skills, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kerala explains, “Many students have nightmares of the bitter experiences with a teacher. Many times, it is with regard to the punishment or admonition that students got for no fault of theirs. This haunts the students’ minds.” Even Prof. Raja Sreenivasan, Head Corporate Relations Centre, Park Global School of Business Excellence, Chennai warns, “If a teacher loses temper and takes punitive action, the whole life of the student will be spoiled.” On the other hand, mental fortitude can help nurture and grow balanced students.

Anger can sway the good judgment of teachers too. As Prof. AKN Prasad, Head - Executive Education, Welingkar Institute of Management points out, “When you lose your temper, you will lose focus, clarity of thought and your ability to deliver a planned lecture. In order to ensure your delivery is at its best, it is imperative you maintain your cool under the most adverse conditions.”

Moreover, teachers serve as role models to young, developing minds and are ethically bound to set a good example - no matter what the provocation. If teachers give in to anger and lash out at students, not only will they lose trust and credibility but will never be able to help students develop self-control. As Prof. Prasad continues, “Students will lose their faith in you and will not trust you to manage tough situations. Once you lose your trust with students, anything you do or say will have no effect.” Even Ms. Amritha cautions, “Students knowingly or unknowingly inherit the qualities from their teacher. Students, if hurt, would quit studying the subject taught by the teacher with whom they have issues.”

Yet, the simmering psychological travails can disillusion the most dedicated of teachers, leading to burnout. Research indicates that the psychological labour involved in emotional regulation can sometimes lead to burnout, especially for people in service professions.

Keeping emotions in check

As a teacher, you need to learn to regulate your own emotions as well as those of your students. Operating with restraint is not easy, but will definitely help you to be more effective in class. Prof. A. Gandhi, Director and Head -Training, Placement and Corporate Relations, Saveetha Management School opines, “For teachers, besides high IQ, there has to be significantly high degree of EQ to maintain the rhythm and fulfil the actual objective of teaching. A successful teacher has to know how to control inner feelings”

Here are a few tips for the same:

Patience is the biggest virtue for a teacher. When faced with a stressful situation, take a deep breath and count till ten. Ensure that your face is composed and does not reflect the anger inside. You can use humour to defuse tense situations or try keeping the problematic students apart as much as possible. If needed, step out of the class for a few minutes to calm the rattled nerves. If you do lose your cool, apologise once you have settled down.

Well-managed and balanced classrooms with a positive atmosphere always create less stress. Set clear, logical expectations for students and enforce them with a calm head. Discuss problems before they escalate and channel the energy of students to solving them in a positive way. As Ms. Amritha advises, “In case students are not taking the class seriously, have a dialogue with them. Rather than being angry with them, try to find the root cause for the issues and resolve them from the starting point. In case some student misbehaves or creates trouble, have a one to one talk with that particular student.” Prof. Sreenivasan counsels, “Have a sense of empathy when some student is in an aggressive mood. Instead of responding to his aggressive postures, try to understand why he is behaving like that.”

It is imperative that you don’t take the misbehaviour and lack of motivation personally. Prof. Sreenivasan advises, “Do not take any provoking behaviour of the student personally and seriously. Study the psychology of students to understand their problems. Study and practice spiritual teachings - this will bring you emotional balance and control naturally without any efforts.” Remember that students usually revolt against figures of authority and misbehave no matter what; you are not at fault or to be blamed. Prof. Prasad declares, “Teachers need to understand that students have a high energy quotient and will be waiting to vent out their frustration for any reason on a teacher.” Ms. Amritha also highlights, “The golden rule for a teacher goes like this, ‘Let the tantrums thrown by students pass through you, don’t hold them within your heart, after all it is the duty of the teacher, to guide the students from the darkness of ignorance to the radiance of knowledge’.”

When you need an outlet, vent with other teachers, friends or family. Exercise, yoga or meditation coupled with relaxed personal time will also help keep the stress and frustration at bay. Prof. Gandhi advises, “Teachers should spend time to do some exercise to lead our thoughts and mind towards a state of equilibrium.”

Above all, enjoy your work and take pride in making positive contributions to the young lives. That is all you need to remain cool and thrive!

Finally, as Ms Amritha exhorts, “Teaching is more than a job. Teaching profession is an opportunity to contribute to the upbringing of a responsible and disciplined society. This demands patience. Teachers have the immense responsibility of moulding a child’s character!”

Payal Chanania

faqs@cnkonline.com

September 5, 2012, The Hindu

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-opportunities/article3860318.ece

A nice Story of the day

Story.........

There was a farmer who had a horse and a goat…..
One day, the horse became ill. So he called the veterinarian, who said:

"Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days.
I'll come back on the 3rd day and if he's not better, we're going to have to put him down.

Nearby, the goat listened closely to their conversation.

The next day, they gave the horse the medicine and left.

The goat approached the horse and said: “Be strong, my friend.
Get up or else they're going to put you to sleep!”

On the second day, they again gave the horse the medicine and left.

The goat came back and said: "Come on buddy, get up or else you're going to die!
Come on, I'll help you get up. Let's go! One, two, three..."

On the third day, they came to give the horse the medicine and the vet said:
"Unfortunately, we're going to have to put him down tomorrow. Otherwise,
the virus might spread and infect the other horses".

After they left, the goat approached the horse and said: "Listen pal, it's now or never!
Get up, come on! Have courage! Come on! Get up! Get up! That's it, slowly! Great!
Come on, one, two, three... Good, good. Now faster, come on...... Fantastic! Run, run more!
Yes! Yay! Yes! You did it, you're a champion...!!!"

All of a sudden, the owner came back, saw the horse running in the field and began shouting:
It's a miracle! My horse is cured. We must have a grand party. Let's kill the goat!!!!

The Lesson: Nobody truly knows which employee actually deserves the merit of success, or who's actually contributing the necessary support to make things happen.

Remember:
LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT RECOGNITION IS A SKILL!!!!

If anyone ever tells you that your work is unprofessional, remember:

AMATEURS BUILT THE ARK [which saved all the species]
and
PROFESSIONALS BUILT THE TITANIC [all died tragically]

A PhD Joke

Before joining PhD:

·  I want to win the Nobel Prize.

·  I want to win the Turing Award.

First year of PhD:d

·  I want to finish PhD in two years.

·  I want to publish papers only in top tier conferences.

·  I want to make ground-breaking research.

·  I want to win the best PhD Thesis award.

Second year of PhD:

·  I want to finish PhD in 5 years.

·  I want a problem.

·  Shall I change my advisor?

Third year of PhD:

·  I want a paper; I don't care which conference.

·  Shall I change my topic?

·  I want to be known as Dr bhOndOO...

Fourth year of PhD:

·  I want to finish PhD!

·  My industry-friends have two children by now. When will I get married?

Fifth year of PhD:

·  Why did I come here?

·  Why did I choose this advisor?

·  Why did I choose this topic?

Sixth year of PhD:

·  Someone give me a degree!

·  I want to leave this place — for ever.

·  Let me leave.

Seventh year of PhD:

·  People call me uncle.

·  She waited and finally married someone else.I don't want any degree. I just want to live peacefully

10 reasons why I chose Research as a career:-

(1)   I hate sleeping.

(2)   I have already enjoyed my life in childhood.

(3)   I cannot live without tension.

(4)   I wanted to have a disturbed family life.

(5)   I believed in Gita “Karm karo, fal ki icha mat karo”.

(6)   I wanted to take revenge on myself.

(7)   I want to miss my LOVE.

(8)   I wanted social boycott.

(9)   I wanted to break up with my friends.

(10) I love to work on Sundays and Holidays.

Moods in the lab: !

 

Guide is not here               Guide is calling  


In a Seminar         literature Survey      Tea break

Before noon on weekend   Ready for getting off work       &nbs p;       Tomorrow is a holiday

Got next target from Guide   Tough target Find impossible to meet guide's requirement staying back for 2hrs because the guide is still in the lab         for a whole nightstaying back on weekends  'Sorry-I-Don't-Know' what is happening        Made mistakes in work   Little achievement         Frustrating things happens   Academic section doesn't give the sti-pend:      Being advised extension for one more year

 CHEERS!!

Best Regards

Rishikesh Padmanabhan
Mobile: +91 959 004 6326