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Pessimists

"A pessimist has no motor; an optimist has no brakes"

- Mc.Kenzie

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National Bird of India-THE PEACOCK
Peacock is a large and majestic bird. It has got a long and beautiful tail. Both the peacock and the hen have crest. But the crest of hen is smaller in size. The main body of the cock is mottled brown in color. Especially, the metallic green color found on the lower neck is very attractive. Though peacocks are beautiful looking birds their calls are loud and coarse.
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Culture and international Business

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Confidence

"You must first be the believer if you would be an achiever."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Death Before Prayers
At 4:30p.m., Abha (an honorific title meaning Great Leader) brought in the last meal he was ever to eat; it consisted of goat's milk, cooked vegetables, oranges, and a concoction of ginger, sour lemons, and strained butter with the juice of aloe. Sitting on the floor of his room in the rear of Birla House in New Delhi, Gandhi ate, and talked with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Deputy Prime Minister of the new government of independent India. Maniben, Patel's daughter and secretary, was also present. The conversation was important. There had been rumors of differences between Patel and Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru. This problem like so many others, had been dropped in Mahatma's lap.
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Guide to Business Modelling

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Leadership

"The art of leadership consists in getting people to do what you want done because they want to do it."

- Mc.Kenzie

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History of our calendar
Before today's Gegorian calendar was adopted, the older Julian calendar was used. It was admirably close to the actual length of the year, as it turns out, but the Julian calendar was not so perfect that it didn't slowly shift off track over the following centuries. But, hundreds of years later, monks were the only ones with any free time for scholarly pursuits -- and they were discouraged from thinking about the matter of "secular time" for any reason beyond figuring out when to observe Easter. In the Middle Ages, the study of the measure of time was first viewed as prying too deeply into God's own affairs -- and later thought of as a lowly, mechanical study, unworthy of serious contemplation.
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Data Communications and Networking

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Scientists

"A Scientist is a person who can solve problems, not just a person crammed with information."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Raja Ramanna
Raja Ramanna (1925 - September 23, 2004), was an Indian nuclear scientist and was associated with the country's first nuclear test in 1974.

Raja Ramanna obtained Ph.D. and L.R.S.M. from London. He specialised in nuclear physics, reactor physics and design, European music and philosophy.

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100 Methods for Total Quality Management

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Memory

"Nothing improves the memory more than trying to forget"

- Mc.Kenzie

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Republic Day
26th January 1950 is one of the most important days in Indian history as it was on this day the constitution of India came into force and India became a truly sovereign state. In this day India became a totally republican unit. The country finally realized the dream of Mahatma Gandhi and the numerous freedom fighters who, fought for and sacrificed their lives for the Independence of their country.
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Future

"Don't let the future scare you - it's just as shaky as you are"

- Mc.Kenzie

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Alexander Graham Bell
In 1876, at the age of 29, Alexander Graham Bell invented his telephone. In 1877, he formed the Bell Telephone Company, and in the same year married Mabel Hubbard and embarked on a yearlong honeymoon in Europe.
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The Google Story

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Leader

"It is easier to follow the leader than to lead the followers"

- Mc.Kenzie

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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF INDIA
The Indian National anthem, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950. It was first sung 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of five stanzas. The lyrics were rendered into English by Tagore himself.
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Indian Financial Markets

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Days

"Make each day count, but don't count each day"

- Mc.Kenzie

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Subhashchandra Bose
Subhashchandra Bose was the most visionary and fierce activist in the pre-independence era. Known as Netaji, he followed the path which no one even could have thought of.

An unparalleled example of the declaration of Independent Indian government with a cabinet & its own army was seen in form of the Indian National Army under the leadership of Subhash Chanda Bose. It literally had a military attack on British India & had confronted them till Imphal.
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Death

"Death is not a period but a comma in the story of life"

- Mc.Kenzie

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JAIN RITUALS
This ritual takes place after the birth of a child. Ten days of cleansing or Sutak are observed after delivery. During this period no rituals are performed. But in the temple the priest recites mantras and receives offerings on behalf of the new-born
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Education

" A good education is important. It enables you to pick out the most important things to worry about."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Swami Vivekananda
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA'S inspiring personality was well known both in India and in America during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he represented Hinduism. His vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture as well as his deep spiritual insight, fervid eloquence, brilliant conversation, broad human sympathy, colourful personality, and handsome figure made an irresistible appeal to the many types of Americans who came in contact with him. People who saw or heard Vivekananda even once still cherish his memory after a lapse of more than half a century


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Ignorance

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn to do things the right way"

- Benjamin Franklin

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a zealous Social reformer holding modern and progressive views. He was born in 1772, in a prosperous and orthodox Brahmin family at Hoogly in West Bengal.

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Laughter

"Take time to laugh - it is the music of the soul"

- Mc.Kenzie

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Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was born on January 19, 1798, on the first of Pluviose in the Sixth Year of the Republic, in the southern French city of Montpellier. His father, a fervent Catholic and discreet Royalist, was a petty government official, an earnest, methodical, and straightlaced man, devoted to his work, his religion, and his family, whose only pastime was to cultivate his garden. The older Comte despised the Revolution and decried the persecution of Catholicism it had brought in its wake but never forgot that he was in the service of the government, no matter how quickly its form and composition changed in these turbulent times. He was, above all, a man attached to order.
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Freakonomics

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Optimists

"The Optimist says his glass is half full; the pessimist says his glass is half empty"

- Mc.Kenzie

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Archimedes, Mathematician / Engineer
One of the great scientists of antiquity, Archimedes is known for his mathematical work, his theories of mechanics and his clever use of machines in the defense of Syracuse against the Romans. It is believed he studied under followers of Euclid in Alexandria, Egypt before returning to his native Syracuse, then an independent Greek city-state.


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Language

"we're using sign language more and more. We sign for just about everything we buy."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children.


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From Knowledge Management to Strategic Competence

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Lies

"The truth may hurt but a lie is agony."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Knowledge Process Outsourcing
Five years ago setting up a BPO company was an achievable dream. There were icons to follow. Former GE Capital staffer Raman Roy successfully ran Spectranet. Sanjay Agarwal, another entrepreneur who started life as a DCM management trainee, was making waves with Daksh. Today, though, it would take a brave soul to begin such a venture.
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Secrets of Software Success

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Salesmen

"The object of a salesman is not to make sales, but to make customers."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Dr. Naresh Malhotra
Dr. Naresh K. Malhotra is Regents' Professor (Highest Academic Rank in the University System of Georgia), College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America continuously since 51st Edition 1997, and in Who’s Who in the World since 2000. He received the prestigious Academy of Marketing Science CUTCO/Vector Distinguished Marketing Educator Award in 2005

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Marketing Research

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Excuse

"The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Rakesh Sharma

Rakesh Sharma (born January 13, 1949 in Patiala, Punjab, India) was the first Indian in space.

He was a squadron leader in the Indian Air Force and embarked on the mission in 1984. The manned space program of the Indian Space Research Organisation has depended entirely upon Russia, and the first Indian cosmonaut became the 138th man into space. He spent eight days in space aboard Salyut 7. Launched along with two other Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz T-11 on 02 April 1984, was then-Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, a 35 year old Indian Air Force pilot. During the flight, Squadron Leader Sharma conducted multi-spectral photography of northern India in anticipation of the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Himalayas. In a famous incident, he was asked by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi how India looked from the space and he replied, Saare Jahan Se Achcha, (translates to better than all the world) which happens to be the first line of a famous poem by Muhammad Iqbal.

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Genesis of Superbrands India

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Listening

"Take a tip from nature - your ears aren't made to shut, but your mouth is!."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

This illustrious patriot-saint of modern India was born in Calcutta on 12 January, 1863. He was named Narendra. His father, Viswanath Datta, was a brilliant lawyer. He was highly respected for his intelligence and culture. His mother, Devi Bhuvaneshwari, was a devout woman with a great ability for training her children. As a boy, Narendra was very naughty and self-willed, and often had to be placed under a water tap to curb his mischief. Nevertheless, he was very generous, loving and devoted, with a strange attraction for wandering Sadhus. He enjoyed doing worship of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna with his mother.

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Doubt

"Many People believe their doubts and doubt their beliefs."

- Mc.Kenzie

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BAKRI - ID

The feast of sacrifice, Idul-Adha, in India pronounced Idul Azha and popularly known as Baqri Id, is celebrated on the tenth day of the month Dhu'l Hijja. It is the sacrifice made by the pilgrims and performed as part of the ceremonies of the great pilgrimage. While the pilgrims are making their sacrifices at Mina, the ceremony is observed simultaneously by Muslims everywhere. It is prescribed in the Quran.

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Excuses

"Never give an excuse that you would not be willing to accept."

- Mc.Kenzie

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FIRST MODERN CIRCUS:January 9, 1768


On this day, Englishman Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.

Trick riders, acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other familiar components of the circus have existed throughout recorded history, but it was not until the late 18th century that the modern spectacle of the circus was born. Astley, a former cavalry sergeant major, found that if he galloped in a tight circle, centrifugal force allowed him to perform seemingly impossible feats on a horse's back. He drew up a ring and on January 9, 1768, invited the public to see him wave his sword in the air while he rode with one foot on the saddle and one on the horse's head.

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Difficulties

"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better - not bitter."

- Mc.Kenzie

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History of Photography

"Photography" is derived from the Greek words photos ("light") and graphein ("to draw") The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839. It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material.

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Autobiographies

"An Autobiography is a book that reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory."

- E.C Mckenzie

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Vijay Govindarajan, Ph.D.

Dr. Vijay Govindarajan is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School and founding director of Tuck's Center for Global Leadership. He is also the faculty co-director for Global Leadership 2020, Tuck's executive education program that focuses on global management and is taught on three continents.

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Damodaran on Valuation

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ECONOMISTS

"An economist usually has a plan to do something with somebody else's money."

- E.C Mckenzie

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Hirohito

Hirohito (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989), the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigned from 1926 to 1989. Since his death he has been known as Emperor Shōwa in Japan, although he is widely referred to as Hirohito, or Emperor Hirohito, outside of Japan. His reign was the longest of all those of Japanese emperors, and oversaw the greatest changes to Japanese society

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TIME

"What is time, then?As the future, it is possibility;as the past, it is the bond of fidelity;as the present, it is decision."

- Karl Jaspers

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KAPIL DEV

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, better known as Kapil was born on January 6, 1959, in Chandigarh, India. He is one of the greatest all-rounders ever seen in the game of cricket. He led the Indian cricket team to its only World Cup victory in 1983. In addition, he held the record for the most Test match wickets, between 1994 and 1999.


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SCHOOLS

"School days can be the happiest days of your life - If your kids are old enough to attend."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Human Events

HUMAN EVENTS asked a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders to help us compile a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Each panelist nominated a number of titles and then voted on a ballot including all books nominated. A title received a score of 10 points for being listed No. 1 by one of our panelists, 9 points for being listed No. 2, etc. Appropriately, The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, earned the highest aggregate score and the No. 1 listing

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FAILURE

"Many people are not failures.They just started at the bottom and liked it there."

- Mc.Kenzie

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RD BURMAN

It was R.D. Burman who really brought the groove into Hindi Film Music, ushering in the era of electronic rock and providing Hindi film Music with a whole new 'happening' sound. His hip and energetic youthful compositions proved extremely popular from the late 1960s till the early to mid-1980s providing much of the music that defines the reputation of singers Asha Bhosle (whom he married) and Kishore Kumar.

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KNOWLEDGE

"Zeal without knowledge is like heat without light."

- Mc.Kenzie

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B M Srikantaiah

B M Srikanthaiah or B M Shri (1881-1946) was one of the most influential authors, writers and translators of Kannada literature.

He was born in Sampige village, Mandya District Nagamangala taluk. He studied at Srirangapatanam and Mysore, before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from a Bangalore College and a Master of Arts degree in Madras. He joined Maharaja College in Mysore as a Lecturer. After completing 25 years of service at there he moved to Central College in Bangalore, later Vidyaranya College under the K. E. Board in Dharwad. He was also an honorary professor at the Kannada Department of the University of Mysore when it was founded in 1927.


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Arthur Hailey: Hotel

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GIVING

"Don't give till it hurts - give till it feels good."

- Mc.Kenzie

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Bharat Ratna Award Initiation Day

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order." Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna carry no special title nor any other honorifics, but they do have a place in the order of precedence. Bharat Ratna roughly translates as 'Gem of India'.

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