Sharing experiences over the time-1

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This time will also pass...I read a story about such advise. Good or bad, time waits for no one. People say forget the past. Its a question, should we forget which has taught us so much?

I remember past for the following reasons

1. Prices then and now

2. Scarcity then and now

3. Concept progressively vanishing

4. Good and bad experiences then and now

5. People & their performances then and now

Prices then and now...

I came to Pune in ’79 after 12th for doing further study in engineering at College of Engineering. I distinctly remember prices of following then and now.

Prices what I remember during childhood and now

# Item Earlier Now Remark

Year Price (INR) Price (INR)

1 Edible nut Oil per kg 1974 -76 4 -6 150

2 Gold per 10 gm 1975 200 30,000

3 Silver 1975 500-700 40,000

4 Vada plate – 2 pieces

Uttapa

1979 0.60

1.10

30

55

At mess in ‘79

5 Meal at mess 1980 2.70 40

6 Movie Ticket 1975-79 0.3 to 1 120-400 Motivation then

7 Flat per sq ft 1986 240 9000

8 Plot per sq ft 1992 130 3000 - 4000

9 Sweet Pill 1972 1 Paise 1

10 Marriage management 1980 8k -10k 1,000,000

11 School fee 1972 36 10,000

12 College fee 1979 180 100,000

Scarcity then and now

I have observed public in masses get anger and frustrated due to scarcity if particular item. It is a cycle which evolves. Politicians, Businessmen and entrepreneurs pick up those opportunities and supply meeting the need and life goes on smoothly.

# Item Year of scarcity till

Year since managed

1 Rice – Limited rice used to get distributed by grocery & ration shops

1970-75 Plus 1980, thanks to Indira Gandhi for green revolution

2 Landline connections & mobiles 1990 Rajeev Gandhi with Sam Pitroda revolution of telecommunication


3 School / College admission 2000 Commercialisation of schools, education, Thanks to Vasant Dada Patil, Dr.Patangrao Kadam & D.Y.Patil like personalities. Reasonable good quality of education is made available. We should have ample IIT & IIM now

4 Electricity 2013 Needs to solve

5 Communication, email, fax, internet

1997 Thanks to invention connecting two computers, enabling communication

6 TV Broadcasting 1977

1987 - 88

Limited to Metros, and just one channel as Doordarshan

Later cable broadcasting, multiple channels,

7 Medical health and hospitals 1980 Larger hospitals are built progressively inviting privatisation

8 Transport 1980 City to city travel was dependent on state transport, progressively private sectors started city to city travelling arrangements, improvement train & aeroplane reservation systems helped.

9 Retail grocery & cloth shops 2000 Super market started by private sector

10 Kerosene like fuel 1992 Post economy revolution & de-licensing, India started importing to meet the demand.

11 Vehicles – 2 wheeler , 4 - wheelers

1982-83 There used to be huge demand, booking system and on money to be paid to get a vehicle, thanks to Maruti who broke the monopoly!

12 eCommerce 2002 Its progressing and having huge potentila

13 Banking 1969

2002

Thanks to Indira Gandhi for nationalisation of the banks

Later internet banking helped to grow the sector

14 Stock market 1992 Thanks to Dr.Manmohan Singh for bring revolution in stock market operations post Harshad Mehta scam

15 Roads 1988 India started building highways since 1988 however impact was seen post year 2000, thanks to Vajpayee Govt

16 Tourism Industry 1995 Its growing but not to its potential due to various issues like infra-structure, security, mentality of cheating & exploitation, etc


Concept progressively vanishing

1 Family doctors

2 Dedicated teachers

3 Culture and heritage, respect, close relationship & friendship

4 Arranged marriages & long term commitments

5 Honesty, integrity, respect, love, affection, binding within friends & families, patience!

6 Healthy life

Good and bad experiences then and now

Positive points are educational support offered by social trusts and relatives; professionalism, tourism

attitude is changing positive, while negative points are as financial cheating and mismanagement,

diminishing social respect & harmony, value of commitment, and fairness, growing negative attitude

and denial of justice!

# Brief experience Year Remark W R

1 Professor of mathematics asking to join his tuition without fee

1979 Such passionate & dedicated teachers would be difficult to find

10 10

2 Support for education by social trusts and relatives

1979-83

Have I supported anyone for education or survival or support?

10 10

3 Theft of brief-case and snatching of a gold chain

1988 Is a part & parcel of life, would we have a day when everyone is rich and want to live with self respect without any kind of theft what so ever!

4 -5

4 Secretary of society cheated in-spite of giving crossed cheque

2013 This was a shocking & height of dishonesty

6 -6

5 Friend was paid more money by mistake and he accounted it against donation given by him

2013 Heard stories of people asking donation back!

9 -9

6 Cheating by promoters offering private placement

1992 No justice till today. Do we get justice?

7 -8

7 Denial of medical insurance though case was genuine

1999 Filed a case & lost! Do we get justice?

9 -6

8 Passion and dedication of supervisor teaching basics of professional life

1983-91

Do we have such supervisors? 10 8

9 Snatching esop back and offered at prevailing price as service charges, blame of the theft of design document

2006 Do you come across such mentality? Trust and long term relationship were at stake! Thinking and talking face is so different!

10 -7

10 Not controlling out-going emails if it is on your behalf

2006 It could be blunder and can change your life!

6 -7


11 Pulling plug of financial support in partnership

2006 Would you believe closest of the friendship?

10 -7

12 Losing hard earned money in speculation

1992-2012

Would you speculate ever? 8 -7

13 Losing money by portfolio managers

2006-13

Would you appoint a portfolio manager ever?

9 -6

14 Not earning and social work at free

2013 Is it recommended? Would you command a respect from family members and social community?

10 10

15 Someone would commit you donation or work to be executed and would not turn back

2013 New lessons to learn...how many more?

8 -6

16 Extraordinary support by family members and supervisor at odd time

2006-13

Are you lucky to have such family and friends?

7 8

17 Not filling the fuel of the ordered quantity

2013 Had to threaten for the action, this is frequent unfortunately

7 -7

18 Not conserving hard earned money with ignorance, emotional attitude

1992 7 -8

19 Tour at North India and south India

2011-13

Amazing experience, no cheating, no much bargaining, attitude is positive

10 10

20 Relative not caring for a mother 2013 This attitude is rising in society 10 -10

21 Non availability of family & even known doctors during emergency

2013 Sunday or afternoon of any day or late hours, doctors are not available

9 -9

22 Monks collecting money & not utilising it for educational or health causes

2013 8 -5

W – weightage of importance , R – Rating

People, their performances ...now and then

I remember personalities of past and observing few of those now. Have they performed or pretended to perform or in fact have few of these people cheated the masses?

# Person Performance

1 Morarji Desai during 1977-79

Could not bind Janata party together, stubborn as well greedy!

2 V.P. Singh Cheated the nation trying to implement Mandal commission report for vote bank politics

Mistake respecting him a lot, wrong judgement of mine like others. He ditched to Hon. Rajeev Gandhi

3 Atal Bihari Vajpayee National highway, progress on atomic energy,

Could not stop corruption of party members

4 Narayana Murthy A true role model of honesty, trust, transparency, passion,


determination!

5 Sudha Murthy True role model of compassion, simplicity

6 Rajeev Gandhi Visionary, responsible for bringing revolution in telecom and computers

Have been ditched by friends and colleagues

7 Dr.Manmohan Singh Great economist, polite, grounded, responsible for economic & stock market, banking reforms & revolution since 1992, deep believer of democracy, extraordinary honesty, integrity & loyalty

8 Indira Gandhi Determined leader, affirmative, assertive, responsible for nationalisation of banks, green revolution, winning war against Pak, a blot of emergency!

9 Aasaram Bapu Mostly proved to be cheating people, no character base

10 Sis. Shivani Extra ordinary peaceful mind, happy life, promoting & changing lives of millions

11 Narendra Modi Assertive, aggressive, leader , blot of Gujarat riot

12 Bureaucracy Earlier received acknowledgement and reply, now a days no reply to single letter of suggestion or complaint!

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