Rising from the ashes ... Again !!!!!

Am jus referring to Ganguly here....

When Sourav Ganguly was left out of the Rest of India squad for the recent Irani Trophy tie against Ranji champions Delhi, a few cricketing experts started predicting the end of the road for ‘The Prince of Kolkata’. But, as is his wont, Ganguly proved his detractors wrong yet again when the new selection committee headed by K Srikkanth named him in the Indian squad for the first two Test matches against Australia – at Bangalore from October 9-13 and at Mohali from October 17-21.

Many of Ganguly’s supporters felt that the former India captain was made the fall guy for the team’s Test series loss in Sri Lanka, when in fact the rest of India’s Fab four – Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman – failed to do much with the bat either. But, this was just another instance when Ganguly had the right to feel aggrieved.

Ganguly was one of India’s most successful batsmen in 2007 – the year in which he made another of his comebacks to the team and scored 1,106 Test runs at an average of 61.44 and 1,240 runs in one-day internationals at 44.28. Ganguly was the second highest run-getter in Test cricket and the fifth highest run-scorer in ODIs last year. Though Ganguly is no longer a part of India’s ODI team, he still has a bit to offer to the Test side, and will be looking to prove a point to his critics in the first two Test matches against Australia.

Ganguly has made a habit of making his detractors eat their words, and he has achieved this not only because of his cricketing talent, but also thanks to his mental strength and character. He is a very proud and self-confident individual, and these traits have stood him in good stead when faced with tough situations.

Ganguly’s inclusion in the team for the Tests against Australia led to speculation that this was done to give him a honourable exit from Team India and he would be the first of India’s senior cricketers to take up BCCI’s so-called “VRS” offer. This was a most preposterous suggestion, and has been dismissed as such by India’s Test captain Anil Kumble. And, Ganguly himself has rubbished reports of such a suggestion. It is ironic though that Ganguly, who is India’s most successful captain ever, is now made to feel unwanted.

But, when it’s time to get down to business, one can be assured that Ganguly will not only be looking to prove a point to the critics, but he would also want to prove to himself that he still has a lot to offer and deserves to play international cricket....

In Indian Cricket "Source" is the ruler and king !!!!

It was a day like any other day in Indian cricket. The media squeaked, croaked, screamed and did everything possible to be the first with the news.

It was a day when the Indian team for the Australian series was also to be selected. The ubiquitous source, that trusted friend of ours, who never lets down those in need, was being quoted in great detail on why Sourav Ganguly will not be dropped from the team.

The reports said that there has been a quid pro quo, and Ganguly will be picked on the condition that he retires after the series is over.

Reporter after reporter on almost every TV channel spoke with that "know-all" look that suggests that the person must have been an eyewitness to this 'deal'.

Some better professionals even made you feel that they may have played an important role in striking the 'deal'. Not just Ganguly, all the seniors will now get a decent "burial", we were told.

They just have to choose the time and place. For many, if this deal story was true, it meant humiliation of the seniors, though everyone agrees that there has to be a gradual phase-out. This series may not be the right time to execute that plan but it has to be done, sooner or later.

But to follow a VRS is not the right way to go about it, as it does give the impression of a favour being done to the players. That is why most of us reacted in indignation.

Ganguly must have been feeling the most aggrieved, wondering why he should always be the first to be targeted. His has been a story right from the day he made his debut, of a man whom no one ever wants but can't do without.

By the evening, this "deal" theory was being spoken of in muted tones with Ganguly dismissing it with uncharacteristic indignation in front of the cameras.

Finally, it was left to Anil Kumble to tell the world that they had heard nothing of it. His was a voice of reasoned sanity. "Put us under scrutiny but do it respectfully" he was forced to say.

The Indian Board, whose lack of transparent ways, has made this "Source" acquire monstrous dimensions, was in action the next day again, being quoted everywhere, this time to deny the story.

The truth? Well for that you would have to read IS Bindra. He wrote almost a tome in praise of the administrators who have given a new "direction to world cricket".

From Sharad Pawar to Lalit Modi, we were told how great they are.
They sure must be, but unless a 'source' tells us that, it can't be true.

A day full f xperience !!!!

Things started when v, around seven f our frens, met in a marriage reception of co-fren’s bro dis Sunday. We were actually discussing how v try and kill time (indirectly abt our vettiness) and discussing abt our DOJ’s.Suddenly struck wit an idea of joinin any BPO r Call Centre, until we get our DOJ…

So plans were made to get into a BPO.Now d search for an actually gud BPO began. I got a reference thru ma coz who’s been wit a popular BPO for almost 6 years. And v,5 f us, planned to attend the interview process on Tuesday…

V wr asked 2 b der by 11.30.Once v reached d place, with the help f ma coz v got into d reception and submitted our resumes wit some reference person’s name headin each f our resumes…

It all began at dat stroke.V wr waitin 4 d so-called Online registration alone 4 almost an hour. Aft registerin ourselves thru online, v wr given an application no. and again wr asked to wait…

Dis time v r given seats to at least prevent our legs from aching. Aft another 30 min, v wr all called in. A lady, who’s postin says HR, but appears to b a lower rank candidate wit her communication gav us a topic lik “Speak on ur fav fruit” and asked each f us to hav our say…I don how she evaluated us based on 3-4 sentences v spoke…

She categorized us into Voice and Non Voice.2 f us wr into Voice and 3 wr into Non voice. (It’s ridiculous to segregate ppl based on d topic which almost 80% ll hav d same thought).V preferred to hav Voice kinda CS 4 all f us. Then on, v wr asked to meet another HR...

Again a lady, dis time indirectly instead f makin us wait, asked us to hav our lunch n return. Again another hour passed, the clock struck 3, v checked in.Dis time I was clld in first.

Luck d HR was a guy. He questioned me so many things like y do u wanna get into BPOs, wt r ur hobbies n all such usual questions dat evry BPO/IT asks ppl...(I jus guess dat all des companies ll havin a blue print f wt quest shld b askd to a candidate seekin an offr).Then ma othr frens went in…

The Clock struck 4.30.Ma coz gav a review as v 2, who got selected 4 Voice, wr into FSG process in dat voice category and d othr 3 wr put into Nonvoice f smeothr process.

Of d 3, 1 f ma fren got frustrated n left d place insistin dat he needs Voice based n xpressn dat he s given his best in d 1-1 HR…

Now wit 4 f us left…d 2 who got Nonvoice dint lik d offr gvn to dem eithr...Dey thou8 f leavin...But v both insisted dem to stay, sayin dat v r gonna b in d job 4 max of 3 months...den dos 2 wr given sme topic each n wr askd to write 15 lines on dem…

V both wr asked to go to anthr branch f d ofis, almost 25kms frm der.v wr askd to report at dat place by 8pm.The clock showed 1ly 5...V decided to wait up der n leave around 6.30…

Aft a small chit-chat v 4 had, 2 f us left to d ofis dat v wr askd to report to…d othr lost all hopes and stayed der 1ly upon our request…

V strtd a bit early dan planned time and reached d main ofis at 7... Wow wt an environ der...Gr8 buildin, xcellent infra...God 4 a moment I thou8 me in Heaven... (But l8r realized dat Appearance Deceives)...V actually waitd der til 9.30 and observed how EMP atten to calls. It was a bit interstin at d strt but as time tickled I got boredom and strtd ma usual mess’ng in ma mob...

I jus thou8 dat it was quite an odd time 2 hav an interview. Well may b, dat cud b d company s norms...Ma fren got fed up and insisted on leavin…But I persisted him to jus hold on 4 anthr 10min r so… (D reason bein dat v needed an access card to get out f d place...v r in a kinda f jail, locked inside)...Exactly aft 15 min d guy came and clld us…

Even who’s supposed to b HR Manager, asked us d same kinda quest wt r Ur hobbies n y u chose BPO n all such blah blahs...

Dis time I got annoyed n told d HR directly dat v hav b’n waitin 4 almost 2 hrs 4 him n v hav b’n replying 2 same kinda quest frm mrg...Atlast aft cmpltn all dos Nonsense v strtd to our homes. Guess wt was time…it was almost 10.30

I jus said ma fren wen it s takin so much time 2 cmplte an intrvw process to get an offr evn wen v hav a refernce,jus imagine d plight of poor ones who don hav reference…

The HR asked us to come for an apti round d next day, which was supposed to be just eyewash...

Othr 2 frens who wr giving their last round got rejected cuz one of dem got so pissed off that he spoke arrogantly to the HR. So I and other guy too dropped the idea of joining as we had lost the interest. V jus rejected d offr…

N came to a conclusion dat v wud better stay at home idle til our DOJ dan to get annoyed by d happenings in and around BPOs…

Infosys Firing - An interesting observation

There has been a buzz in the IT industry about the firings in the top Indian IT Companies. I had an interesting observation to share with you.

Try the following search term in google.

tcs firing
wipro firing
satyam firing
infosys firing

You would get the following screenshots

As you can see from the last snapshot by searching Infosys firing in google, you can see a red circle in the snapshot, here google says Did you mean “Infosys Hiring”. ( From Google Help page - Google’s spell checking software automatically checks whether your query uses the most common spelling of a given word. If it thinks you’re likely to generate better results with an alternative spelling, it will ask “Did you mean: (more common spelling)?”. Click the suggested spelling to launch a Google search for that).

It has got very significant meaning that Infosys has never been a hire and fire company, and it is a great achievement for a company and it is not a true news that infy firing

Well infy is not in mood to fire;

And going completely against the tide is Infosys, which is actually planning to hire 25,000 people this year and is also contemplating recruiting about 1,000 more in China over the next two to three years..

The reason is coz Infy has bought three new companies at UK each for 4 million pound...

Proud to b an Infoscian !!!!

Lets hope that the current situation of firing employees in top companies goes away fast..