The Art Of Scientology

Scientology: Scio (Latin) know, logos (Greek) the word or outward form by which the inward thought is expressed and made known. Thus, Scientology means knowing about knowing.

The Scientology religion is about the individual man or woman. Its goal is to bring an individual to a sufficient understanding of himself and his life and free him to make improvements where he finds them necessary and in the ways he sees fit.

Scientology is a workable system. Evidence may be seen in the lives of millions of Scientologists and the positive effect they create. People improve their lives through Scientology principles. As Scientologists in all walks of life will attest, they have enjoyed greatest success in their relationships, family life, jobs and professions.

What skill has the most to do with success in life?

It’s your ability to communicate. Not just talk, but really communicate. There are definite aspects to truly skilled communication and to a great extent these determine how successful your marriage will be.

You can learn them on the Success Through Communication Course. This is a practical, hands on course where you learn the basics of communication with your spouse, or anyone. Gain the ability to:

• Resolve upsets.
• Make yourself understood.
• Initiate conversations.
• Steer a conversation in the direction you want.
• Keep a discussion on point. End a dialogue smoothly.
• Keep a discussion from going “dead”.

Kapur’s MDA Walk-a-Thon

It was a fine-looking, murky and drizzly Sunday morning at Stoney Creek Park where all family and friends assembled for the MDA Walk-A-Thon. We had our registrations, fruits and a taste of all sorts of discussions ranging from Troy schools - future of U.S. automotive industry – the insurgence of Toyotas - marathons and so on.

Amidst this, drives-in the energetic, vigorous and vivacious boy with a placid smile of innocence, virtuousness and purity. I have been in contact with this boy (Rohit) and his parents (Ravi and Minti) since the last seven years and seen them nurture the eternal path of this MD syndrome. Besides the trauma Kapur family has been going thru due to this MD of there son, one distinctive attribute which stands-out in this family is the commitment, pledge, passion and the optimism they have shown in the last few years.

Kapurs have been very diligently supporting the Muscular Dystrophy Administration (MDA), a voluntary health agency — a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans.

MDA combats neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and community services, and far-reaching professional and public health education.

For the benefit of everyone who are new to this, please read on Muscular Dystrophy and support this cause.

Last but not the least, GO Kapurs!!! HE is there with you.

I Shall Stand Straight!

When I grow old, my hair shall be white and flowing
Enchanted with my past, anticipate my future is glowing…

I shall stand straight and walk with elegance,
Graced with Age I have liked this life’s fragrance

I shall stand straight with an honest & upright face,
Never cloaked & concealed my age and aged with grace

I shall stand straight and walk with modishness and ease,
For I have learned much, understood much, and yet I know that I know nothing.

In GOD We Trust...

Prayers and Worship; Churches and Temples; Reverence and Devotion; Respect and Admiration; Awe and Appreciation; Fidelity and Affection;

These are nice words to talk about and absolutely pleasant to mention in a blog! Well, I have been pondering over these terms for quite sometime and planning to pen down a few lines – I’m sure some of the readers might or might not agree with my thoughts...appreciate your comments!!!

First and foremost, we all do believe that there is GOD or some superpower which is motivating our lives; giving us strength and making us strive for better things in life! We also know that these ‘super powers’ were human beings at some point of time and it is WE who have given them the stature of GOD…why? ‘Coz we believe in there thoughts, viewpoint, values and the same helps all of us in moving forward specially in times of stress and distress. Every culture has had its gods. The ancient agrarian cultures had their fertility gods; the Greeks and Romans had their pantheon; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have their one god of all. At all times and in all places people have thought that there is more to life than the material world around us.

As a preface to the arguments, it is worth noting an argument that the claim that God exists is made more plausible by the fact of wide-spread religious belief. This argument is called the “argument from desire”. It begins with the observation that our natural instincts generally serve us well; every creature is born with an instinct for food because food sustains us, and each of us longs for meaningful relationships because community and friendship allow us to flourish. Generally speaking, if we have an innate desire for a thing then that thing both exists and is good for us. The natural instinct to look to the transcendent, therefore, which is made evident by the fact remarked upon above that every culture of every time has had some form of religion, suggests that there might well be something transcendent out there to be found. This instinct, according to the argument from desire, hints at the existence of God.

Now the question is how and where and in what way should we worship? All of us have our own ways to worship to thank GOD or ask for something from HIM. We have also learned over the years that ‘GOD helps those who help others’. Then,

· Could we feed the populace who require food, rather than feeding the ones who consume food everyday?

· Could we have a quiet time (pondering over our past, planning the future & thanking our achievements) with HIM, rather than religiously saying prayers every day?

· Could we take care of our precious moments sometimes (which I believe are defined and derived by HIM) instead of saying prayers at the cost of such moments?

· Could we be polite, courteous, respectful and reverent after our prayers, since this is what we are looking for from the fraction of the time spent with HIM?

Forget BPO, It’s Time for KPO!!!

While sipping my second glass of wine with my buddy (Sourin), we got affianced into our discussions of opportunities in India, the Infosys’s, Wipro’s, IBM’s and got into the gamut of Business Process Outsourcing. While going thru these thoughts, Sourin mentioned about K.P.O and since then I have been reading and pondering over this new and upcoming business opportunity.

I have compiled some data and articles on it and would like to share with my blog-readers. Here you go…

The acronym BPO is passé. It's time to move up the value chain for the Indian BPO industry to KPO, a niche, high-value knowledge process outsourcing business. Globally, the KPO pie is estimated to touch $25 billion by 2010. By that time, India would command a 60% market share, with an employee requirement of over 3,00,000 said recent study conducted by Evalueserve.

The KPO landscape is getting increasingly visible in the country with players like WNS, Evalueserve, Thomson Financials, GE Analyticals, Bear Sterns, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Reuters expected to play a dominant role. In addition to this, over a dozen existing BPO firms are gradually migrating into value niches.

Typical users of KPO services are market research agencies, consulting firms, investment banks, financial institutions, legal firms, telecom, engineering/design, automotive companies and corporate planning departments of large enterprises. Foreign small and medium enterprises are also looking at KPO services to cater to their high-value project-specific activities.

"Global companies are looking at ways and means to create intellectual properties for their clients across verticals like healthcare, pharma and life sciences, chemicals, engineering, business and commercial information, research and database services," said Narayanan Ramaswamy director of KPMG.

How is KPO different from BPO?

BPO is entirely rules-based while KPO is purely judgment-based where human discretion plays a dominant role. KPO includes an entire gamut of services like intellectual property, legal and medical researches, R&D, pharma, biotechnology-related researches and process outsourcing, data mining, analytical services like equity research, market research, content and journalistic outsourcing, data cleansing, data validation, data analysis, formation of libraries, indexing, cataloging, creation and updating of databases and directories, to list a few. Services under KPO are still emerging.

"Indians are good at brain works, analytical, logical and arithmetical skills. The growing Indian diaspora has been creating an impression among international community that Indians are good at intellect-driven skills," said Chandu Nair, president, Scope e-Knowledge Centre, a Chennai-based KPO firm.

However, winning KPO deals is not an easy proposition. "It demands intrinsic domain knowledge, a good amount of trust, impeccable track record, long-standing client relationships, deep research skills, strong management capabilities and sound technical know-how," said S. Ramakrishnan, CEO of Marketics, a Bangalore-based KPO firm.

F.R.I.E.N.D.

Fun, earnestness, assurance is all about friends,
Reap the benefits, payback and feel the fragrance.

Immense pleasure, bliss & contentment they render,
Except the relationship which is fairly fond & tender.

Nurture this with utmost heed, concern & care,
Do remember that this breed is extremely rare.

"Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief."
-Joseph Addison