ARTHASHASTRA - Lessons for Management Theory and Practice

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Arthashstra written by Chanakya in the 4th century before Christ, is a work whose relevance has not faded even after 24 centuries have gone by. Arthashastra is the evidence of the intellectual capital India possessed in its glorious past. We have the tradition of the past. We need the attitude for resurrecting and recreating the intellectual capital for the future.Artha shashtra not only describes management techniques and choice of leaders it also contains detailed description of production techniques and economics.

Dhammapada(Buddha's Teachings)

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Realizing that body is fragile as a pot, establishing one 's mind as firm as a fortified city, let one attack let one guard one's conquest and afford no rest to Mara.

He has reached the final goal, he is fearless, without lust, without passions. He has broken the shafts of existence. Of such an Arahant this body is his last.

Having tasted the flavour of seclusion and Nibbana's peace, woeless and stainless becomes he, drinking the taste of the Dhamma's joy.

He who judges others with due deliberation, with judgement righteous and just-such a wise one, guardian of the law, is called a righteous.

Ever well awake are the disciples of Gotama who ever day and night recollect the Dharma's virtues.

As a tree cut down sprouts forth again if its roots remain undamaged and firm, even so, while latent craving is not removed, this sorrow springs up again and again.

Best of paths is the Eightfold Path. Best of truths is the Four Noble Truths. Best of conditions is Passionlessness. Best of men is the Seeing One (the buddha). This is the only way, none other is there for the purity of vision. Do you enter upon this path, which is the bewilderment of Mara.

Even as a thorough-bred horse once touched by the whip becomes agitated and exerts himself greatly, so be strenuous and filled with religious emotion, by confidence, virtue, effort and concentration, by the investigation of the Doctrine, by being endowed with knowledge and conduct and by keeping your mind alert, will you leave this great suffering behind.

Self-conquest is, indeed, far greater than the conquest of all other folk, neither a god nor a gandhabba, nor Mara with Brahma can win back the victory of such a person who is self-subdued and ever lives in restraint.

I do not call him a brahmana merely because he is born of a womb or sprung from a brahmani. If he is full of impediments, he is merely a brahmana by name. He who is free from impediments and clinging-him do I call a brahmana.

Indeed from concentration springs wisdom, without concentration wisdom wanes. Knowing this twofold way of loss and gain, let him so conduct himself that wisdom may grow well.

Nodi jaye sagorey (the river flows to sea)

Jodi na nodi boe,
If the river didnt flow,

jome ki shagor hoe?
will the sea be formed?

Shagor jodi na thake,
If the sea wasnt there,

Badol hobe ki bhape?
Would the Clouds form in steam?

Badol jodi na phate,
If the clouds Didnt break,

Brishti ki jhorbe mathe?
Would the Rain fall on the fields?

Mati na jodi bheje,
if the soil didnt wet,

Phool phutbe ki sheje?
would the flowers bloom?

Nodi ke, ke badhibe?
Who will stop the river?

Pashan ki parebe?
can the rocks do it?

pathor chooribe jodi,
If u throw a stone,

dubibe e booke,
It will sink in its chest,

joler komolo poroshe,
The soft touch of water,

shajibe she balir shaje.
will make it into sand.

Nodi jaye sagorey

Jodi na nodi boe,
jome ki shagor hoe,?
Shagor jodi na thake,
Badol hobe ki bhape?
Badol jodi na phate,
Brishti ki jhorbe mathe,?
Mati na jodi bheje,
Phool phutbe ki sheje?
Nodi ke, ke badhibe?
Pashan ki parebe,
pathor chooribe jodi
dubibe e booke
joler komolo poroshe
shajibe she balir shaje
Tai
Jodir kotha nodi te
Digbaji khaw godi te! :-)

Modern time veda The wikipedia

True that intellectual wealth is for humanity as a whole and should be free to access and free of ownership, When I see communities like wikipedia it reminds me of the vedic times when knowledge was imparted by the word of mouth with the help of rhymes, Its not that they didn't know how to write a book but they thought that book on a shelf would be meaningless , so all the knowledge of the vedas resided in the virtual space of the scholars mind till it was passed down to the next generation.As the ancient Rishies added on to the wealth of knowledge most of them never bothered to put their names behind their research since their belief was that their revelations were the fruit of the universal consciousness which they thought as god.the scholars who were called Brahmin's(knower's of supreme truth) were not expected to accumulate material wealth, they survived on the daily donation for food and their basic needs. This ensured that their minds were free of greed and insecurity and the respect they commanded over the community fueled their enthusiasm in the pursuit of knowledge.

Same was for doctors and health care in ancient society, they could never charge for their service, but survived on the donations that the people gave as gratitude . Its really sweet how these ancient people had figured out the basic workings behind humanity. I was watching 'Sicko' tonight and realized how health care can become a joke when greed and commercial interest enters the business.

FUTURE OF ANIMATION IN INDIA

The Indian animation Industry has been fighting a few big problems in the past. Effective production pipeline, skilled workforce and infrastructure has been some of the major hurdels. The leading Companies of today have all these roughly in place. When I say roughly it means that there remains huge scope of improvement and the future of the Animation industry is in fact based on how well we can better ourselves in these. From this point onwards the Journey can only be towards bigger higher and better.

Animation as an art requires extreme discipline and organized effort. Countries like Philippines have lost out in spite of having a rich talent pool mainly because of its disorganized Freelance environment. Organizational strength is the core component of all BPO s. Improvements in the existing pipeline and the emergence of 3d animation as a lucrative business will help the animation studios take up the BPO model.

The recent popularity of 3d animation has hit the 2d traditional animation market badly. This is to gradually change. When the initial enthusiasm settles down 2d animation will reinforce itself and in future 2d as well as 3d animation will go hand in hand to entertain the toon lovers.

Animation is a work intensive business, thus to build a conducive environment for Artist we might see some of the big studios setting up their residential campus where the artists freed from their routine tensions can dedicate themselves to their work.

In the training front, till now only major studios were taking initiative to train fresh talent to cater to their huge demand for skilled workforce. With the rate of growth increasing this will be insufficient and the future will see Major animation training colleges setting up to provide a steady flow of talent to the industry.

The current animation business in India revolves around Production, Post production and VFX. This is soon to change with the incorporation of preproduction into the existing pipeline. With the increasing confidence of the International community, India is soon to be trusted with the generation of original content. Our rich cultural heritage can cater a new taste. The international ordinance till now has been feed with either Traditional Disney style animation or the Japanese anime. There has been an ongoing effort through out the world to evolve alternative styles of animation and soon India will join hands with the rest of the world to create original content. France, China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia has already gone ahead of us in this respect and India is to soon catch up

When talking of original content one cannot help but envisage a Full length Feature film from India which will awe the world in terms of story telling and international appeal. The efforts in the past in this direction have been either without vision or without conviction .The main retarding factor has been Finance. Making an animated movie costs a fortune and the returns are uncertain . India might see its studios coming together in the future to share the financial burden and to deliver a product which is truly world class. The recent success of ‘Hanuman’ in the box-office will definitely inspire a revolution in the Indigenous Animated feature industry. Creative people in the industry will have to enhance their attention to detail. A smart product in the hands of a smart salesman can definitely create history. This will by far enhance India’s identity in the International Animation business.

Like a mountaineer focusing on each foot hold is destined to reach the Peak, so shall we reach our mighty targets by giving our best for the present. Indian Animation industry is relatively young. With fresh minds teeming with ideas, great story telling ability and with loads of commitment and initiative we can definitely come out victorious. Lets do it …

Author:Anandaroop Mukherjee(2006)