Comments on: Good Samaritans http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/ Rombo nallavan Mon, 21 May 2012 18:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14147 prabukarthik Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:50:53 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14147 ksprabhu, welcome here maapla! balar, GH laam konjam kastam dhaan... i agree..eppo maarumnu therila.. chakra, nandri hai! ksprabhu,
welcome here maapla!

balar,
GH laam konjam kastam dhaan… i agree..eppo maarumnu therila..

chakra,
nandri hai!

]]> By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14146 prabukarthik Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:49:26 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14146 sundar narayanan, interesting anology. but for a country like india you should not compare cash rich companies like IBM, Microsoft etc. probably a loss making public sector firm with thousands of employeess would be more apt :) And also regarding your take on a helping poor guy getting more media attention.. well thats' always been the case right? Namba puranathile kooda bhagwan oru yezhai veetuku poi pasi yinaale vadara madhri nadichu unavu sapidradha dhaane perumaya pesurom? and quite justifiably so if you ask me.. sundar narayanan,
interesting anology. but for a country like india you should not compare cash rich companies like IBM, Microsoft etc.
probably a loss making public sector firm with thousands of employeess would be more apt :)

And also regarding your take on a helping poor guy getting more media attention.. well thats’ always been the case right?
Namba puranathile kooda bhagwan oru yezhai veetuku poi pasi yinaale vadara
madhri nadichu unavu sapidradha dhaane perumaya pesurom?
and quite justifiably so if you ask me..

]]> By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14145 prabukarthik Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:45:43 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14145 Arun, Welcome here.Guess its a mixed bag! cipher, thanks..kandippa padikaren.. dunno when :( srinivas ramshetty, welcome here man :) Arun,

Welcome here.Guess its a mixed bag!

cipher,
thanks..kandippa padikaren.. dunno when :(

srinivas ramshetty,
welcome here man :)

]]> By: Arun http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14099 Arun Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:30:27 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-14099 Very well written! and absolutely very true! But unfortunately, my mum and I met with an accident and it was right outside the BSS hospital, mylapore, which also happens to be an 'auto stand'. A drunked auto drive hit my KH from behind and my mum was thrown over to the pavement. Severe injuries and bleeding. The 'hitman' - a drunk auto driver, and right after I got up from the road and collected my bearings there were people still standing and watching the scene.. I had to use some 'madras-pleasantries' to get a couple of people to lift her and take her inside the hospital. :) I'd just say I have been unlucky.:) Sorry for the long comment, and btw, Fantastic photograph in b/w. Did you shoot it yourself? Excellent picture! Very well written! and absolutely very true! But unfortunately, my mum and I met with an accident and it was right outside the BSS hospital, mylapore, which also happens to be an ‘auto stand’. A drunked auto drive hit my KH from behind and my mum was thrown over to the pavement. Severe injuries and bleeding. The ‘hitman’ - a drunk auto driver, and right after I got up from the road and collected my bearings there were people still standing and watching the scene.. I had to use some ‘madras-pleasantries’ to get a couple of people to lift her and take her inside the hospital. :) I’d just say I have been unlucky.:)

Sorry for the long comment, and btw, Fantastic photograph in b/w. Did you shoot it yourself? Excellent picture!

]]> By: cipher http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13850 cipher Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:36:36 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13850 One of the best articles i have come across...of late i have stopped reading articles on these topics..as i believe none give solution or result....just another article to show "iam concerned" or "iam affected"...enough of expressions....everyone's aware..i wonder any politician or an autorickshaw driver reads any of our writings.....but this title (It's the attitude, stupid!) struck me on my face to read further..throw a glance at it when u have time.....http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/mar/29china.htm @PK: no offense meant...i know its UR space....LOL...:-) One of the best articles i have come across…of late i have stopped reading articles on these topics..as i believe none give solution or result….just another article to show “iam concerned” or “iam affected”…enough of expressions….everyone’s aware..i wonder any politician or an autorickshaw driver reads any of our writings…..but this title (It’s the attitude, stupid!) struck me on my face to read further..throw a glance at it when u have time…..http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/mar/29china.htm

@PK: no offense meant…i know its UR space….LOL…:-)

]]> By: srinivas ramshetty (IIT IDC) http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13837 srinivas ramshetty (IIT IDC) Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:37:19 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13837 hi PK! Excellent articles man!!! keep posting hi PK!
Excellent articles man!!! keep posting

]]> By: sundar narayanan http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13834 sundar narayanan Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:20:37 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13834 I do not know if you are concluding that the problems are because of the population or the problem is the population itself. In every country there are good souls and bad. Do not know if their fraction in the total populace remains same. For every Gandhi there is probably a King , a Schweitzer or a Mandela and for every Koli/Pandher there are a few McVeighs/Nichols or Bin Ladens/Zawahiris! When it comes to good or kind deeds, there is a lot more visibility in developing or under developed nations. Even within the developing countries who would you notice more ? A guy who donates 10000 rupees for "anna dhan" at a temple to feed a few hundred people or the beggar outside the temple who shares this "anna dhan" with the street dog ? Somehow the latter is more photo worthy, caption worthy and noticeable. It is like a good deed made better! As for the Civil war possibilities in other countries with this type of population, I have mixed feelings on that. For lack of a better analogy, if you were to compare countries to companies, a company wiht a few 100 people can grow (in all aspects) exponentially or fizzle away real soon, depending on its core technology (natural resources), its team (people) and management (government). Once it becomes a few 1000 people company, it reaches a critical mass and at that point it becomes just another established company or in rare instances it breaks away from the crowd and grows to be a few 100000 people company. It is true that growth becomes difficult with size simply due to inertia! Microsoft, GE, IBM are classic examples of how they went beyond that point. They all complain about growing at the same pace wiht their size. But once in a while they do break the status quo and post growth numbers that are significant! That is usually when they make hard decisions.. I am sure you can avoid civil wars and grow, if you have a better management team, or you might come back and tell me that all the power stuggles within these big companies are nothing but Civil wars! At the end of the day, I am happy for the cow. It did not end up on someones dinner table! Thank god for that. I do not know if you are concluding that the problems are because of the population or the problem is the population itself.

In every country there are good souls and bad. Do not know if their fraction in the total populace remains same. For every Gandhi there is probably a King , a Schweitzer or a Mandela and for every Koli/Pandher there are a few McVeighs/Nichols or Bin Ladens/Zawahiris!

When it comes to good or kind deeds, there is a lot more visibility in developing or under developed nations. Even within the developing countries who would you notice more ? A guy who donates 10000 rupees for “anna dhan” at a temple to feed a few hundred people or the beggar outside the temple who shares this “anna dhan” with the street dog ? Somehow the latter is more photo worthy, caption worthy and noticeable. It is like a good deed made better!

As for the Civil war possibilities in other countries with this type of population, I have mixed feelings on that. For lack of a better analogy, if you were to compare countries to companies, a company wiht a few 100 people can grow (in all aspects) exponentially or fizzle away real soon, depending on its core technology (natural resources), its team (people) and management (government). Once it becomes a few 1000 people company, it reaches a critical mass and at that point it becomes just another established company or in rare instances it breaks away from the crowd and grows to be a few 100000 people company.

It is true that growth becomes difficult with size simply due to inertia! Microsoft, GE, IBM are classic examples of how they went beyond that point. They all complain about growing at the same pace wiht their size. But once in a while they do break the status quo and post growth numbers that are significant! That is usually when they make hard decisions..

I am sure you can avoid civil wars and grow, if you have a better management team, or you might come back and tell me that all the power stuggles within these big companies are nothing but Civil wars!

At the end of the day, I am happy for the cow. It did not end up on someones dinner table! Thank god for that.

]]> By: prabhu http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13708 prabhu Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:42:46 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13708 good post PK, visiting here after a long time... good post PK,
visiting here after a long time…

]]> By: balar http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13669 balar Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:06:23 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13669 Excellent post PK.. I had involved in such a emergency help but all went in vain..we couldnt save the life.. PK, have you ever been to GH's emergency ward????? Sorry to say that i hate our GH's emergency ward and the way they treat ppl... Excellent post PK..
I had involved in such a emergency help but all went in vain..we couldnt save the life..
PK, have you ever been to GH’s emergency ward?????
Sorry to say that i hate our GH’s emergency ward and the way they treat ppl…

]]> By: Chakra http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13667 Chakra Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:32:10 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2007/03/26/good-samaritans/#comment-13667 Good one PK.. Good one PK..

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