Master Mason - Laurie Baker !

Laurie Baker was an award winning British-born Indian architect. He was born and brought up in Britain. His initial interests on India developed when he worked as an architect with World Leprosy Mission, an organisation dedicated to the care of those suffering from Leprosy. Baker initially struggled with his work in India, because there were many hurdles awaiting him here which were never dealt in his study. Termites, the yearly monsoons, walls made of cow dungs made him awestruck and Baker discovered the capabilities and advantages in these kinda constructions.

Trivandrum became the gifted city with Baker spendin most of his life there. He did several constructions in and around the city varying from houses, churches, asylums, slum colonies, etc. Baker's architectural style was of vernacular, organic and sustainable types. Here are some of his constructions and Baker himself at work. After years of extensive architecture and social work, Baker died in April 2007 at the age of 90.

Management Lessons from Rajnikanth !!!

"MANAGEMENT" - it was a magical word a decade ago. But now its a word of the masses. Our nation is developing a great pool of Management aspirants, buddin entrepreneurs and Management Thinkers and Gurus. Also Indian management thinkers top the charts internationally. Mr. C.K. Prahlad, an Indian-born (am not sure whether he still holds an Indian passport, not a sarcasm, i really dont) was called the No. 1 Management Thinker in the world. Such is the strong hold of the management fever in India and am sure our young aspirants could use some Management policies explained to them in an easy way. So here comes our Superstar Rajnikanth giving you some awesome management tips !(sorry i cant stop using the word "management" in every line of the passage above ;)) Over to Mr Rajnikanth!!! :)

Dialogue 1: "Kanna naan yosikkama solrathilla, sollittu yosikkarathilla"

Lesson : "Planning is absolutely important and once planned, there is no need for any last minute re-confirmations !!

Dialogue 2: "Ithu eppdi irukku ?" ('16 vayathinile')

Lesson : "Getting the opinion of the subordinates is a very much required management skill."

Dialogue 3: "Naan thatti kepen, aanaa kotti kuduppen" (Dharmaththin Thalaivan)

Lesson : "The top management can demand work from the sub-ordinates and at the same time reward them with perks, incentives etc."

Dialogue 4: "Solraan, seiyyaran" (Arunachalam)

Lesson : "Two words simply mean Delegation and Implementation"

Dialogue 5: "Naan oru thadava sonna nooru thadava sonna mathiri"(Badshah)

Lesson : "This dialogue advocates for the need of proper Communication and Listening skills. It demands for the clarity and authority in what the management says and that it should never be misinterpreted."

Dialogue 6 : "Asantha adikkarathu unga policy, asaraama adikkarathu intha BABA policy"(BABA)

Lessong : "Its better to be Proactive than Reactive"

Dialogue 7: "En vazhi thani vazhi"(Padayappa)

Lesson : "Never choose a 'me too' line of business. Be unique."


There are a lot more to add.....

Simply Rajnikanth has acted a real management thinker with his puches !!! :)