The Analyst: Delhi Among Top 10 Cities Which Tourists Hate

The Analyst: Delhi Among Top 10 Cities Which Tourists Hate: Recently CNNGo published a list of cities which tourists love to hate, and not to my surprise Delhi made it eighth in the list. Reasons fo...

Delhi Among Top 10 Cities Which Tourists Hate

Recently CNNGo published a list of cities which tourists love to hate, and not to my surprise Delhi made it eighth in the list. Reasons for it you can find in today's, 09 Sept'12, Times Of India. The newspaper interviewed many foreigners and one thing everyone said that Delhi is full of cheaters. As soon as you will enter the city, people will start trying to make fool out of you in one or other way. The best role is played by the autowalas. Forget about the foreigners, Delhi autowalas will not spare their own countrymen. None of them is ready to go by meter. And if you insist on going by meter they will move ahead. They are not even afraid of police (reasons you may know better). Every wall is a public toilet. People shamelessly starts urinating on the busiest places as well. You will not find dustbins for kilometres and if there is one no one is bothered to throw the garbage in it. Many a times people ask me that as you have stayed in Mumbai as well for long time, which city do you think is better? Without giving  another thought my answer would be Mumbai. Mumbaikars are very humble and helpful people. They are very professional in their approach. They are busy in their own life and do not pay much attention in your life until unless required. Here in Delhi, people are more interested in your life then of their own. Too much of showbiz is the main feature of Delhiites. People here are not sad by their own sorrows but because of the happiness of others. And the biggest problem is that everyone knows one or other big personality here, hence law and order is not for them. Every third car would bear a plate of being a president or vice-president of bla bla party. Roadside food of Delhi is the worst. I would suggest not to eat, specially the non-veg food, on roadside. You ask anyone the address of some place, and even if that person has no clue about the place, he will tell you the address. Delhiites are too good in exaggerating things, and I really mean that. I am here since one and half here and I am not in love with this city at all.

No city is good or bad, its the resident of that place who make it good or bad. The attitude of people over here is very arrogant and I think that is the main reason I am not in love with this city.

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD SALES PERSON

Are you afraid of the sales job??????????? Remember one thing, wherever you are, you are selling something or other..either product or service. So what does it take to be a good sales person? According to my experience, selling is all about relationship building. It all depends how good you are in relationship building. If you think you are impatient or cannot control your temper, I would request you never go for a sales job. Here you have to deal with several person of different behaviour. You have to dealt with everyone accordingly. At no point of time you can be harsh or rude. You have to be extrovert in nature. But remember, don't lie to increase sales. By lying you may increase sales once but you will lose your customer and his faith on you forever for the next time. Here are some tips to be a successful sales person (according to my experience), first of all be very polite to your customer. Always be truthful in such a manner that it should not affect your sales. You should have intense knowledge about your product. Never do fake promises to your customer. Let him speak and clarify his doubts. If you don't know anything, ask your seniors instead of giving wrong information. Try to establish friendly relationship with customer by talking about the things of his interest. 

Sales job is very tough, but it is the most rewarding too. So, if you think you have that special ability to convince people, it is the right job for you.  

JOSEPH KONY - MOST WANTED WAR CRIMINAL

Do you know who is Joseph Kony?? I came to know about this man through you tube. I saw a video about this person uploaded by an NGO called Invisible Children. So what is special about this person? I just want to inform people through my blog about the heinous crimes of this criminal. Joseph Rao Kony heads Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan guerilla group. The LRA group operates in Uganda, the democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan. LRA fights against the government and is responsible for various war crimes. Kony is accused of kidnapping small girls and boys from villages in Central Africa and killing their parents and relatives. He converts girl child into sex slaves and boys into war soldiers. He is accused of abducting around 66,000 children since 1986 (sources - wikipedia and www.invisiblechildren.com)

Invisible Children  a group started in 2005 is engaged in attracting the attention of world leaders towards this person, so that the world can unite to help the people of Uganda and Central Africa. They recently did many activities around the world to convince the powerful personalities of the world to act against Kony and to restore peace and prosperity in LRA affected areas. KONY 2012 is a 30 minute video posted by film maker Jason Russel for invisible children group to draw attention of US officials towards this issue. For more information about Kony and how you can contribute towards this initiative for bringing a bright future for the children of Uganda and other affected communities, please visit KONY2012.com and invisiblechildren.com.

Basics of an Interview

Your appearance matters a lot in an interview. So next time when you are getting ready for an interview make sure that you know the basics of it. First and the most important factor is, how you look? You have to sell yourself to the employer, and hence make sure that you look perfect. Would you like to buy anything which has got filthy packaging? 

Males should wear proper formal, that is, trouser, shirt, tie (if possible) or formal suit and formal shoes. Though in India, ethnic wear comes under formal wear, but I would like to suggest to wear western formal for an interview. Even if you are wearing ethnic dress (slawar-kameez or sari), make sure it is simple and sober.

Sit straight in front of the interviewer and don't do excessive hands movement. It shows  nervousness and tension. Be polite while answering. Remember, the person sitting on the other side of the interview table knows a lot more than you. So don't think he/she is a fool,and whatever you will say he will accept it. If you don't know any answer, be brave to accept it, instead of giving vague answers and making fool of yourself.

Read your resume thoroughly and be prepared to get questioned on the content of your resume. The worst impression on the interviewer is that you yourself don't know what is there on your resume.

Do a thorough research about the company before going for the interview. It shows that you have done your homework well and that you are really keen for the job.

Last but not the least, have a good knowledge about your subject and be confident.

Blemishing Indian Cinema-Housefull 2

Once I had read an article in Times of India which said that in USA even a porn movie script gets edited at least thrice before going on floor. And here in Bollywood, it seems like they first make the movie and then try to make a script out of it.

On one side we have film makers like Rajkumar Hirani, Amol Gupte, etc. who took Indian cinema to new heights with the classics like Munna Bhai series, 3idiots, Stanley ka  Dabba and so and on the other side we have movies like Houseful 2 which makes us feel sad about the future of Bollywood. It is really out of my understanding that when you can spend crores of rupees on star cast, location, songs, etc., why can't you spend few hundred rupees on a good script.

In the first ten minutes of the movie you will feel like running out of the theatre. First the non sense script and then the super non sense acting. This movie is a live example of real abuse of money. Boring comedy, unnecessarily inserted double meaning dialogues and meaningless songs are few of the characteristics of this movie. So, if you are planning to watch a movie to spend few good hours to refresh you mind, please don't watch this one. It will put a hole in your pocket and in your brain. Rediff movies review termed it as "shamefully bad".

IPL 5 opening ceremony- a flop show????

After creating much hype for the season five of Indian Premier League, the opening ceremony came out to be a cold affair. Some said that even the film fair awards were better than this. Though the ceremony was filled with stars like Katy Perry, Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor and so, the formal seating arrangement stole the charisma from the event. The ceremony failed to live up to the high expectations it had created with its long list of star performers. Is this the start of another lacklustre IPL season????? IPL 4 had a very poor TRP rating of below four, 3.84 to be precise, which was far less than IPL 3 which had the TRP rating of 5.36. Too much of everything is bad and I think same is happening with IPL. And if, this time as well it will fetch below average rating, the future of IPL would be in danger. 54 days of non stop cricket, present pathetic form of Indian cricket team, controversies with IPL, etc. are the few factors which is making this event loosing its charm among the viewers. IPL 5 will decide the fate of this event for the future. So, lets wait and watch another IPL saga.