मेरा भारत महान

मेरा भारत महान 

विश्व के लिए शांति का दूत

राम राज्य का सबूत 

स्वतन्त्रता की पहचान
 

अब भी क्या यही परिचय है बाकी 

या मात्र बाकी हैं बातें किताबी 

कहाँ लुप्त हो गया वो भारत हमारा 

जिस पर फक्र करता था तिरंगा प्यारा

आदर्श भारत की नींव 

क्या इतनी पीछे गयी है छूट 

या जननी जन्मभूमि को 

कृतघ्नता का उपहार है यह गर्वस्वरूप

जिन वीरों ने मात्रभूमि पर 

सर्वस्व का बलिदान दिया 

हमने श्रद्धांजलि के नाम पर 

उन्हें देशभक्तों का नाम दिया

शाबाश! मेरे देशवासियों 

देशभक्तों के लहू को नीर समझ भुलाया है 

ठीक स्वतंत्रता के बाद देश का 

बंटवारा कर कलंक लगाया है
 

हमारे देश की प्रगति ने 

क्या यही रंग दिखाया है 

बापू को तमंचा इंदिरा को मशीनगन 

और राजीव को बम का शिकार बनाया है

मैं यह नहीं कहती 

हम मात्रभूमि को चाहते नहीं 

गुणगान से क्या होता है 

यदि काम कभी आते नहीं

अब भी समय है जाग जाओ 

निर्जीव आत्मा को फिर उठाओ 

लहु में जीवन की रवानी लाओ 

गुणगान सहित कुछ कर दिखाओ 

कुछ कर दिखाओ, कुछ कर दिखाओ!!

 

Poetry by:Shruti Saraswat 

PGDMC- II Year 

Things to consider before you start your internship

In just about every company an intern is going to have to "pay his or her dues." You will undoubtedly be given some grunt work to do, such as doing research, making phone calls and photocopies, compiling database but the key is to complete all your work assignments with enthusiasm and professionalism. Most internship are great experiences, so have some fun while you're working and learning—just make sure you don't overdo the fun. Below are some pointers that may help you in successful completion of your internship

Set Goals- Before you start the internship set realistic and attainable goals that you want to accomplish. It may be deciding your area of specialization and work or learning new skills, or building your network. Whatever your goals, you will feel a greater sense of accomplishment once you achieve them.

Get Exposure- Some of the best internships rotate you among departments and supervisors, but if yours doesn't, don't let that stop you from tackling new tasks, meeting people outside your department, and attending company social events if you have the opportunity. The more you are exposed to new ideas and new people, the more you'll learn.

Ask Questions- There is really no such thing as a dumb question, so ask before doing. While most employers expect to get a certain level of work from you, you are not expected to know everything. Seek advice and raise questions whenever you encounter something that is not familiar to you.

Take Initiative- Employers love employees who are proactive and who think "outside the box" in finding solutions. But remember there is a fine line between taking initiative and being perceived as a "know-it-all," and for interns especially, it is best to err on the side of caution. Just make sure you work with your supervisor so you don't overstep your authority.

Find a Mentor- A mentor is someone at a higher level in the organization that looks out for you and makes sure you are learning what you need to know and accomplishing what you need to do. Your supervisor could be your mentor, but it could also be another person within the organization who can be a good sounding board for you to discuss ideas, ask questions, etc.

 Built Network- One of the key tools of job-hunting is utilizing your network to find your next career step, whether another internship or a job upon graduation (and beyond). Build professional relationships with your supervisor and other managers in the organization. These people are a good source for getting other job-hunting advice and tips from their years of experience

 Leave with Accomplishments -One of your goals with any internship should be leaving it with some tangible results - both for your resume and your career portfolio (if you use one). Maybe you developed a brochure, computerized an inventory system, organized an event or a conference, met with clients, tracked industry trends, etc. Keeping an internship journal will help you in remembering all your on the job accomplishments.

Even if you have a bad experience on the job, never burn your bridges because you never know when it could come back and hurt you. Always leave an organization on good terms.

Keep it Real to get the feel

They say “Don’t judge a book by its cover” and I am on an eternal mission to find out who this elusive “they” were and ensure that these “they” get a standing ovation. When this mission is accomplished, my second mission would be to ensure that all my teachers, professors and few elite members of my family get to read and understand this quote! Well this second mission of mine goes way back in time which is filled with sarcastic comments, punishments and consistent reprimands for my rebellious dressing sense. And it is not like I didn’t protest; I was like Gandhiji who fought against the British rule with a loin cloth against the khaki tyranny. But then I had very little success in this fight because unlike the “Father of the Nation” who had the support of the whole nation, I lacked support from my own father!!!
The above paragraph proves my non affability towards the conventional mediums of dressing, much popularly tagged as formals. But my line of studies demanded such attire and I could be rebellious for just a certain period. I mean, being rebellious is cool, but a red one fit cap on my formals doesn’t say rebellious as much as it says lack of dressing sense! So I began the hunt, the hunt to find that line of work that lets you be and then I landed on a goldmine called creative communication. Popularly tagged as the media line, it offers a perfect dress code for people like me, which in short means that they have no dress code! From casuals to the Indiana Jones attire, everything is passed of as normal without those life changing stares and glares. And for someone like me for whom what I wear reflects what I feel, it’s a boon granted by the lords above.
Now due to my incessant rambling, the few people reading this blog shouldn’t misinterpret the agenda of this article. The idea is not to convey that since the creative communication field has a liberal dress code it’s an ultimate choice for anyone or everyone. The agenda is to convey that creativity can be derived more successfully by allowing a certain amount of freedom helping to unleash the creative minds. After all many bosses in the creative communication line believe that the right mood and the right feel will provide the right content. But again this fact shouldn’t be misconstrued as a feeling that the right attire gives the right thoughts. I mean, camouflage shorts don’t enhance your thinking power they just enhance your ability to beat the heat and give you one less point to worry about. In short, no amount of cool, rebellious or hip dressing sense can provide you with creative thoughts. Also even in this field with all its freedom and liberty, some unsaid guidelines are to be followed. While meeting clients or people whom you are interacting for the first time a decent dress code is in demand. This means that cargo shorts and “Che Guevara” t-shirts might not tell the client about your free and liberal state of mind but will most probably tell them that you are not the right person to talk to and you shall get skipped.
Now speaking about myself, I have always loved the liberty of having a dressing sense which says “I don’t care”. There are enough pros and cons of it with which I have made my peace, but that might not hold true for everyone. The belief is that if your college or work allows you to wear what you like then please wear what you like and not what others would like. At the end of the day what holds true is the fact that “Keep it real to get the feel”…

Bhopal Gas Tragedy

A small town with picturesque settings…a land of joy, a land of beauty & a land full of happy lives. Then one day tragedy strikes, a disaster where thousands perish, the beauty & the lives all disappear into the abyss of greed, deceit and power!!! A tragedy forever embedded in the sands of time as the disastrous Bhopal Gas Tragedy that not only took the lives of thousands but also took the belief of thousands from the Indian judicial system for good. How I wish this was a script of a Bollywood blockbuster, but to my grief and that of the entire nation’s this isn’t. At least if it would have been a movie script, after all the carnage and the loss we would have got a fitting retribution when the evil meets its disastrous and deserving end.
Our entire lives we learn, teach or preach the importance of responsibility but it is bizarre that the while so many people lost their lives due to negligence by a few, we are unable to bring to justice those few who were responsible. In a country boasting to be the largest democracy of the world and a government proudly tagged as “for the people, of the people and by the people”, the people are neglected by choice or by chance. What occurred in Bhopal on the fatefull December night of 1984 is merely a prelude to what the city has faced till date. If after 16 years after the incident, our comfortable living rooms do not comfort us while we follow the trial of justice for the Bhopal victims on news channels, imagine the life of a survivor who didn’t even have the chance to see it coming but has endured it till date to know that his torture and misery has been negotiated for a paltry reimbursement.
The idea is not to raise fingers or take sides because in a nation where innumerable factions thriving on controversies we would become an inconsequential addition to the bandwagon. In case of what happened in Bhopal, the who’s, the why’s and the how’s are quite evident to us but they have been for the last 16 years being immaculately shielded by the if’s and the but’s. By nature, past history and by experience the powers deciding the fates of those who suffered have understood that they are dealing with a mass of people who will shout, protest and will soon compromise with the rest. The truth is that, we are tied down by our personal quests to find time to fight such battles and tend to leave it saying life moves on.
As said, life does move on and the Bhopal of today is the best example of  that saying. A city struck with a disaster of biblical proportions has slowly but steadily gotten back into its groove and made itself noticed to the entire nation. From scenic landscapes to formidable infrastructure, Bhopal has carved itself a spot in the India’s books of culture tradition and innovation. The city boasts not only about being a platform for traditional arts and culture but also about the numerous prestigious educational institutes it sports. This justifies its will to grow but does it justify its will to let go?
No true Indian how occupied or busy he is, can ever let go of what happened in Bhopal in the winters of 1984 and all that the city and its people demand, is closure. My grandmother always said that “an innocent person’s curse has to be feared the most” and for once I hope she is right, because where the justice has failed, lets hope that the curses prevail!!!

Keep up with the time, or be left behind !!

It has been drilled in our heads from the very start of our academic journey that “man is a social animal” and by the word “man” we mean human beings in general. One of the main attributes of being social is our ability to communicate with others of our kind for personal and commercial purposes. Peeking back into time, it has to be accepted that communication has existed since the advent of mankind, from the stone ages, even if the then popular communication technique was to make garbled noises and throw a pebble at the other individual to grab his/her attention. Since the concept of trade also existed back then maybe in form of barter system, communication must have played a pivotal role in making the transfer. Hence the question, with such a long history of communication do we assume that in today’s age most of us are experts at it?
We won’t require a super computer to deduce the answer for this question which is a quite clean and clear “no”. As the ages moved in their classification of stone, bronze, ice to the refrigerator age, the techniques of communication have also evolved. Though the evolution of these techniques haven’t changed the basic philosophy of “getting the message across”, they definitely have innovated the means of doing so. The best part of the whole process is that, the techniques invented for our advancement, if not studied properly can spell our inevitable doom. Hence in the age of technology and business, communication has been given its own standing for better living and profitable business. The business of communication with the inside and outside pubic whether creative or corporate has to be necessarily learnt and mastered to some extent as a social and commercial needs.
This explains the advent of communication institutions that pride in training, honing and developing communication skills of their candidates. In addition to these, they also try to get their students familiar with the various communication techniques and its development bridging the gap of the basics and the innovations of the field. Institutions also focus on bringing out the creative and competitive best from its students to enhance their skills and their ability to face the corporate world with confidence. For a candidate to enroll & successfully complete a communication course it is necessary for them to understand that these institutions do their best to update, innovate and educate but the zest of learning and wanting to excel in the communication technique cannot be duplicated or created.
It is said that “man is a social animal” but the society has grown leaps and bounds since this saying was created and with every new leap the art of communication becomes more unique and fascinating than before. Today’s world works on the philosophy, ‘keep up with the time, or be left behind’ and it is an aspiring communication candidate’s choice to either be with the time and adapt to communicate or stick with the basics and be left behind.