A post after the issue of a veiled warning in the name of affirmative action... July 2006
Is it not amazing how the age old adage "Power corrupts..Absolute Power corrupts absolutely" holds its own against a lot of other equal or sometimes more powerful sayings like "Honesty is the best policy" or "Nothing succeeds like success".
And if one were to have a marathon competition among the three,the last two would probably fall by the wayside. The former would reach the goal with no signs of palpitations or sweat and challenge other adages for a re-run.
Want to try...use the largest arena...the playground of Indian politics.
The Congress, after the well orchestrated announcement on the Quota has taken the next step in issuing a veiled ultimatum to the world acclaimed and brilliantly managed private sector.
2 years to build in Quota based appointments or else.....
The answers for the new found confidence of the ruling party to go ahead with these announcements, is not far to seek. With the biggest oposition in a perennial state of disarray and the Left being what it always was .... fighting for its right and being left behind, the Congress has its tail up. And history tells us that a power hungry Congress is the worst epidemic that can hit a country like India. Having been in power for two years at a stretch after more than a decade of forced hibernation, it can only wreck havoc.
Do we see a similarity here with that character in Ramayan..Kumbhakaran ??
Back to the ultimatum itself..what does this mean for Corporate India ??
The likes of top notch companies like Tatas, Infosys, Wipro, Reliance....will have to set aside a percentage of their vacancies for the OBCs. Companies which have hiterto been visiting the IITs and IIMs and picking up people based on "merit and competence" need to replace it with "mediocrity and caste". The "Quota quagmire" may even need these companies to replace some of their existing performing staff to fulfil their committments.And what about theIBMs, the Intels, the Dells,the Microsofts and Oracles of the world. What would they do ??
Incidentaly, all these companies follow the policy of EEO or Equal Opportunity employment. Irrespective of caste,creed, religion or sex, if a person is best suited for a job, he /she would be given the opportunity to contribute to that role. Do these companies throw these policies out of the window to accede to the whims and fancies of a few self-centered politicians ?? Policies that have held these companies in good stead as against politicians with no integrity ??
Lot of companies have some aspect of work reserved for people. These are essentially for WWEs (Widowed Woman Entrepreneurs) , WVs (War Veterans) and disabled people. These are noble gestures that need to be emulated...not the caste based reservations
Given that the Government of the land has the "absolute power" to pass legislations that can make or break constitutions, countries or companies, it can be expected that draconian laws will be passed that will cripple the very existence of the 'bread winners' for this country.
Does this sound the death knell for Corporate India ?? What are the avenues available for them to make these corrupt & power hungry politicians see sense ??
From the actions and reactions in the past few weeks, it is becoming increasingly clear that all political parties have the same agenda. This prompts me to leave you with these questions
1) Are we destined to be consigned to history books as a "failed country" ??
2) Do we , the "Intelligent Indians" deserve this ??
3) When will the "awakening" ever happen ??
One redeeming feature of this ultimatum is the time period....2 years which is 730 days ....17520 hours.....over a million minutes......a long time indeed...
Things can change in just a few minutes...and most of those changes have been for the common benefit of mankind...
Is it not amazing how the age old adage "Power corrupts..Absolute Power corrupts absolutely" holds its own against a lot of other equal or sometimes more powerful sayings like "Honesty is the best policy" or "Nothing succeeds like success".
And if one were to have a marathon competition among the three,the last two would probably fall by the wayside. The former would reach the goal with no signs of palpitations or sweat and challenge other adages for a re-run.
Want to try...use the largest arena...the playground of Indian politics.
The Congress, after the well orchestrated announcement on the Quota has taken the next step in issuing a veiled ultimatum to the world acclaimed and brilliantly managed private sector.
2 years to build in Quota based appointments or else.....
The answers for the new found confidence of the ruling party to go ahead with these announcements, is not far to seek. With the biggest oposition in a perennial state of disarray and the Left being what it always was .... fighting for its right and being left behind, the Congress has its tail up. And history tells us that a power hungry Congress is the worst epidemic that can hit a country like India. Having been in power for two years at a stretch after more than a decade of forced hibernation, it can only wreck havoc.
Do we see a similarity here with that character in Ramayan..Kumbhakaran ??
Back to the ultimatum itself..what does this mean for Corporate India ??
The likes of top notch companies like Tatas, Infosys, Wipro, Reliance....will have to set aside a percentage of their vacancies for the OBCs. Companies which have hiterto been visiting the IITs and IIMs and picking up people based on "merit and competence" need to replace it with "mediocrity and caste". The "Quota quagmire" may even need these companies to replace some of their existing performing staff to fulfil their committments.And what about theIBMs, the Intels, the Dells,the Microsofts and Oracles of the world. What would they do ??
Incidentaly, all these companies follow the policy of EEO or Equal Opportunity employment. Irrespective of caste,creed, religion or sex, if a person is best suited for a job, he /she would be given the opportunity to contribute to that role. Do these companies throw these policies out of the window to accede to the whims and fancies of a few self-centered politicians ?? Policies that have held these companies in good stead as against politicians with no integrity ??
Lot of companies have some aspect of work reserved for people. These are essentially for WWEs (Widowed Woman Entrepreneurs) , WVs (War Veterans) and disabled people. These are noble gestures that need to be emulated...not the caste based reservations
Given that the Government of the land has the "absolute power" to pass legislations that can make or break constitutions, countries or companies, it can be expected that draconian laws will be passed that will cripple the very existence of the 'bread winners' for this country.
Does this sound the death knell for Corporate India ?? What are the avenues available for them to make these corrupt & power hungry politicians see sense ??
From the actions and reactions in the past few weeks, it is becoming increasingly clear that all political parties have the same agenda. This prompts me to leave you with these questions
1) Are we destined to be consigned to history books as a "failed country" ??
2) Do we , the "Intelligent Indians" deserve this ??
3) When will the "awakening" ever happen ??
One redeeming feature of this ultimatum is the time period....2 years which is 730 days ....17520 hours.....over a million minutes......a long time indeed...
Things can change in just a few minutes...and most of those changes have been for the common benefit of mankind...
No comments:
Post a Comment