Easy Business

Dhirubhai ambani started his business when there was a license raj.. this license raj was framed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as a step towards having a mixed economy i.e. capitalism + govt. interference.. so if someone wanted to start his business, he had to take permission of and have license from 80% of the government authorities.. the production capacity in factories was decided by the government.. The import and export was controlled by govt. a lot… These were really hurdles in front of a businessman who had to start up and expand.. He crossed these hurdles using his own ways.. He was very courageous and had that determination to expand his business.. Now the situation has changed completely.. Today its very very easy to start a business.. And there r lot of opportunities to expand.. So everyone has a smooth and a clear way ahead.. Thank god for this.. And god please help me ahead in my business.. I leave this thing on you as you can do anything..

FOSS by Gandhiji

Foss by Gandhiji

1. Don’t Like, Make your own way instead of using arms: Means passive Resistance

Gandhiji stated that: passive resistance is one of the greatest virtues one can ever have. If we don’t like our rulers or anyone who controls us, we should just not cooperate with them. We should not cause any harm to them. Instead we ourselves must suffer if they impose any force upon us. Our ideals should remain unchanged. We must follow what our soul tells us to or what we feel is correct and a person who listens to what his soul tells never does anything that is wrong.

Similarly if i don’t like a company which does not provide us with the source code and does not allow us to redistribute, instead of cracking or doing reverse engineering to remove the lock from the software and redistribute, we must simply create our own software and make use of it and if we want redistribute. This is what passive resistance is. This way we can make our own way and follow our ideals of propagating information freely.

2. Becoming slaves using someone else’s language, machinery or technology.

The education system that India had been following since thousands of years was being changed by the British. They were imposing English upon us and the basic knowledge to be given was changed. The lower education that was being received was okay and could have been accepted. But the Indian education system was based on and had firm foundation of character and ethics. This was considered to be lower education and the other knowledge as the higher education. By employing their system, we were becoming slaves and were increasing slavery. The ideals of character and ethics were considered secondary.

Similarly the ideals that there must be free flow of information and other issues are going down by the closed source and not-free (free as in freedom) software. We are becoming slaves by using the kinds of softwares which are given by the proprietary companies and those who rise to FOSS are the rulers of themselves and are not enslaved by these big companies. They make their own way.

3. I admit you are my rulers. But it is not we who have to do as you wish, but it is you who have to do as we wish

The British were ruling upon the Indians. For their commercial benefits they were imposing such laws which were not in favour of people. These people had to follow what the British said. The British made certain rules against the general public. And thus gandhiji led the non cooperation movement and the civil disobedience movement. They had only one motto: the government must do whatever the people wish and not the opposite.

Till some 5 to 10 years ago large companies used to offer software whatever they felt was correct. Then what happened was a civil disobedience kind of movement i.e. the open source movement. After that these companies started shaking and agreed upon to the people and a new trend in these companies is seen nowadays of Crowd-sourcing( as the wired magazine states it). This word has become a buzzword in the industry nowadays.

4. Self reliance in Technology

Gandhiji wanted all the machines to be removed as there were many ill effects of machinery on the civilization. By use of machinery, the home businesses and the small scale industries were closing down. The individual production methods such as handlooms were at a threat and people were becoming unemployed. People should become self reliant in technology and not relying on large industries where machines do all the work and there is no need of workers.

We ourselves can become self reliant in technology by the free and open source software. Developers themselves can change these softwares and make use of them how they want it to be. Then we can say that we are self reliant.

5. Swaraj – First know what it is and then ask for Home Rule

“Is India really ready for Home Rule??” This question was being asked in the early 20^th century. Gandhiji explained everyone what the meaning of Swaraj is and asked them to ask everything else after that. First be clear what kind of and how we want the home rule and then demand for it. “Suppose the British leave the country, what will you do then??” This was the question asked by Gandhiji to an interviewer. He wanted to make the thought of swaraj clear in the minds of people and so make them ready for home rule.

Similarly, in the evolution of free software, the idea that free as in freedom has to be made clear before making anyone familiar to the Free and Open Source Software. Before joining the movement everyone should know what the freedom is and how it must be implemented.

The Freedom Struggle

Once when sir in his last class said that "the message of free and open source movement is being conveyed wrongly. This was because of the trend that has started of giving opensource softwares for free. This is not what we wanted when the revolution started." Suddenly one thing that struck my mind was that of our INDIA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE. I started comparing freedom movement with Free and opensource movement and Mahatma Gandhi with Richard Stallman. As Bapu led the freedom struggle, Stallman also is leading this revolution.

The only point that i felt sharing with you is that a revolution might be carried out with full enthusiasm and that need for a healthy change, but there is some not-positive effect or a side effect which is seen after the revolution has started. In the India's freedom struggle, Gandhiji wanted A FREE INDIA but he also wanted a UNITED INDIA. But everywhere riots were taking place. He didn't care for himself and started his fast so that it stops. They were stopped, but the fire inside people belonging to different religions was still there, which ultimately resulted into partition and Gandhiji was helpless. This is not what he wanted. He wanted a "free and united India".

Similarly in the Free and Opensource revolution, this trend of giving software for free started and now many people think that "free" means "0 price". We have to make people understand that "free" means "FREEDOM". In this revolution Richard Stallman wants to make everyone understand the four freedoms. And he wants everyone to implement this. There are attempts made to clear the idea of free software to people. But unlike India's freedom struggle revolution, this revolution is still going on. Its not ended yet. There is still a hope of making everything according to what Stallman or The Free Society wants.

I think the share market is the sexiest thing ever made in business.. At start i hav to make a good reputation of the company, get good very very good profits in the company.. then jump into public issue.. I wil hav to make this in people's mind that mine is the best company to invest into which will give the best profit returns. Getting investors for my company increases my confidence. I am now having people's money in my hand. I will have to get the best out of what they have invested. For that i am paying my full attention to business. I am generating amazing returns. People are very much happy with my business and more and more people want to buy my shares. The share prices are going higher and higher. They have reached their peak. Its the highest ever stock prices in the country. This is making me richest person on Earth. I am enjoying each moment. But i have to increase my company's worth to 100 billion dollars. This is my aim and i am achieving this aim till 45years of my age. My life is set.. Awesome.. Thank god, mom and dad.

Ppl who do advertisement/marketing of anything are weak. Their product should run by itself.

Also if its not someone's product or if any personal interest is not there in that product even if they advertise(convince others to use that product) coz they hav friendship or affection with the one whose product that is, they are not able to do it properly. Its a very selfish kind of thing.. I can advertise that product if i am the manufacturer. Now its on me that it should run and be successful. I must provide them what they want and without advertisement they will use it. Its jus giving what they want. I can do business just by providing the best quality that will be accepted. Its on me. If i am producing textiles product, they will buy it if they like it. My salesmen will be kind of addons to the whole process. They are just the interfaces through which the customers can access my services or product.I am the king of the market. I rule the whole process, everything related to that. That is called leadership. Yes i am the winner.

Commitment/Resolution/dedication

Today while i was in gym i was thinking about the people who are dedicated to gym-ming. Then i recalled my previous experiences and came to a conclusion. A person who makes commitment only to himself is able to do that thing.. It should not be from outside, but the dedication should be from the inside. for eg. If i have decided not to do a thing xyz, i should be determined from inside that i will not do that thing xyz, rather than opening my mouth and speaking it aloud in front of everyone. I should be sincere to myself and this is the best way to fulfill a resolution..

I saw everyone writing blogs on all topics possible. I found this topic interesting and is being presented as you can see below:

God cannot be everywhere, Thats why he created Mother

Those nine months of pain, Those holding hands while we learn to walk, Those sweet songs and stories while sleeping in her lap, Those counseling advices when v feel disappointed, No one can ever forget these in their life.

I have the best mom in this world. My mother guided me in all phases of life. She became a teacher, a counselor and a nurse from time to time. I always wonder where she gets this energy from? Saying thanks is not enough. She became a friend to me and also a path builder in my life. She was present whenever i needed. This was only because of her love for me. It was her love which made her become a teacher, counselor and a friend.

How much does a mother loves her children? This question is very difficult to answer. Even a mother cannot answer this. She makes you think that you are someone special. Nobody can take place of a mother.

In the end i would say

I love you mom!