Comments on: Sadda Vicky http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/ Taking the Tire out of Satire Wed, 16 May 2012 04:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: best penis pills http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/comment-page-1/#comment-86511 best penis pills Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:22:13 +0000 http://amreekandesi.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/#comment-86511 I like the template that you use. what name you use these templates? if allowed to know where I can get the template as your blog and whether I should change a little, such as colors, images and layout. thanks I like the template that you use. what name you use these templates? if allowed to know where I can get the template as your blog and whether I should change a little, such as colors, images and layout. thanks

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]]> By: Akshay http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Akshay Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:49:53 +0000 http://amreekandesi.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/#comment-6531 It's high time we stopped harping the achievements of every tom,dick and harry with a remotely Indian sounding name just to feel good about ourselves. There are a number of heroes here in India whom we can look upto. But the thing is we don't respect ourselves. And a person who doesn't respect himself/herself can never respect others. And no one respects such persons :| Here is one. He, IMHO, is a true hero. One whom we can really claim as one of our own, and not the Indra Nooyis, Vikram Pandits, Ajay Bhatts, Sunita Williams, Kalpana Chawlas, Arun Sarins, Mohini Bharadwajs,Arun Majumdars,bla bla bla, whose only relation to India is their name. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveIndia" rel="nofollow">Venkat Krishnan</a> It’s high time we stopped harping the achievements of every tom,dick and harry with a remotely Indian sounding name just to feel good about ourselves.

There are a number of heroes here in India whom we can look upto. But the thing is we don’t respect ourselves. And a person who doesn’t respect himself/herself can never respect others. And no one respects such persons :|

Here is one. He, IMHO, is a true hero. One whom we can really claim as one of our own, and not the Indra Nooyis, Vikram Pandits, Ajay Bhatts, Sunita Williams, Kalpana Chawlas, Arun Sarins, Mohini Bharadwajs,Arun Majumdars,bla bla bla, whose only relation to India is their name.
Venkat Krishnan

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]]> By: amreekandesi http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/comment-page-1/#comment-223 amreekandesi Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:52:01 +0000 http://amreekandesi.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/#comment-223 Thanks for pointing out the 'masters' error <b>Shefaly</b>. Post duely corrected. I would generalize your comment further - most people succeed in today's global economy not because of their origin, but because of their talent. And this is something that needs to be appreciated. Race is still important to some people, but apparently not enough to stop deserving people from getting their due. <b>Prerna</b> - Indeed there are so many instances where India goes overboard claiming their own once some Indian (descent) person achieves something. Not all of them consider themselves Indian though, and we dont(shouldnt?) care about them. Thanks for pointing out the ‘masters’ error Shefaly. Post duely corrected.

I would generalize your comment further – most people succeed in today’s global economy not because of their origin, but because of their talent. And this is something that needs to be appreciated. Race is still important to some people, but apparently not enough to stop deserving people from getting their due.

Prerna – Indeed there are so many instances where India goes overboard claiming their own once some Indian (descent) person achieves something. Not all of them consider themselves Indian though, and we dont(shouldnt?) care about them.

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]]> By: pr3rna http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/comment-page-1/#comment-221 pr3rna Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:43:14 +0000 http://amreekandesi.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/#comment-221 Shefaly, when I said cute I meant the expression 'Sadda Vicky'cute.When I say more Indian, I mean more Indian than 'Bobby Jindal' and not Salman Rushdie.I specially mentioned schooling and not University while talking about Vikram Pundit.I should have put a smiley when I wrote 'his father is a bigger celebrity'. Nobody understands my jokes it seems :( About Rushdie I admit I am not particularly fond of Rushdie.I found his language offensive at some places in 'Satanic Verses'I mentioned 'Sunita Williams'- she hadn't even visited India and her aunties and uncles were all celebrities because of her achievement.Vikram Pundit doesn't fall under this category.Amartya Sen left Indian shores long back but still holds an Indian passport,Laxmi Mittal is an Indian by the same logic. I don't know which era you are talking about when you say'//Indian families stop discussing a child who marries outside his/ her caste and goes away because he/ she would not like his/ her family to berate his/ her spouse constantly, pretending he/ she is dead//.In the cities things are changing fast.A few cases in the villages of Haryana, UP and Bihar do not prove that India hasn't moved forward. Shefaly, when I said cute I meant the expression ‘Sadda Vicky’cute.When I say more Indian, I mean more Indian than ‘Bobby Jindal’ and not Salman Rushdie.I specially mentioned schooling and not University while talking about Vikram Pundit.I should have put a smiley when I wrote ‘his father is a bigger celebrity’. Nobody understands my jokes it seems :(
About Rushdie I admit I am not particularly fond of Rushdie.I found his language offensive at some places in ‘Satanic Verses’I mentioned ‘Sunita Williams’- she hadn’t even visited India and her aunties and uncles were all celebrities because of her achievement.Vikram Pundit doesn’t fall under this category.Amartya Sen left Indian shores long back but still holds an Indian passport,Laxmi Mittal is an Indian by the same logic.
I don’t know which era you are talking about when you say’//Indian families stop discussing a child who marries outside his/ her caste and goes away because he/ she would not like his/ her family to berate his/ her spouse constantly, pretending he/ she is dead//.In the cities things are changing fast.A few cases in the villages of Haryana, UP and Bihar do not prove that India hasn’t moved forward.

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]]> By: Shefaly http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Shefaly Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:00:56 +0000 http://amreekandesi.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/#comment-220 AD: "Born in India, came to the US for his masters..." Actually you will find he has a Bachelor's, Master's and a doctorate all from Columbia University. I do not know what your scale of 'real Indian' is but I recall an earlier post on Prerna's blog criticising why every Indian's achievement abroad is celebrated in India. http://pr3rna.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/a-taste-for-potatoes/ One of the persons in the list that did not make the grade was Salman Rushdie, whose credentials of 'Indianness' are no greater or smaller than Mr Pundit's. So how come Pundit finds favour with Prerna and Rushdie does not? Ageism? Or just that Rushdie is not "cute"? Or something else? Most people of Indian origin, who are succeeding in global business, are succeeding not because they are Indian but because they have transcended ethnicity and nationality imposed limitations, barriers and cultural practices, and have demonstrated extraordinary talent that cannot be overlooked. It also takes a lot of political readiness in their work environments which is now at its peak. Many of my b-school classmates from IIM Ahmedabad made MDs in firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Booz Allen and McKinsey both in India and abroad. In fact most of them managed this within the first 7-8 years of their professional life. However only a few I know are running businesses that have billion pound bottom lines (read that again - it is a seriously big sum to have as bottom line) - and that is what matters to businesses. Profits! And on that, Mr Pundit is yet to face his toughest challenge ever. I wonder if he fails, if people will disown him or stop discussing him, a bit like Indian families stop discussing a child who marries outside his/ her caste and goes away because he/ she would not like his/ her family to berate his/ her spouse constantly, pretending he/ she is dead. AD: “Born in India, came to the US for his masters…”

Actually you will find he has a Bachelor’s, Master’s and a doctorate all from Columbia University. I do not know what your scale of ‘real Indian’ is but I recall an earlier post on Prerna’s blog criticising why every Indian’s achievement abroad is celebrated in India.

http://pr3rna.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/a-taste-for-potatoes/

One of the persons in the list that did not make the grade was Salman Rushdie, whose credentials of ‘Indianness’ are no greater or smaller than Mr Pundit’s. So how come Pundit finds favour with Prerna and Rushdie does not? Ageism? Or just that Rushdie is not “cute”? Or something else?

Most people of Indian origin, who are succeeding in global business, are succeeding not because they are Indian but because they have transcended ethnicity and nationality imposed limitations, barriers and cultural practices, and have demonstrated extraordinary talent that cannot be overlooked. It also takes a lot of political readiness in their work environments which is now at its peak.

Many of my b-school classmates from IIM Ahmedabad made MDs in firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Booz Allen and McKinsey both in India and abroad. In fact most of them managed this within the first 7-8 years of their professional life.

However only a few I know are running businesses that have billion pound bottom lines (read that again – it is a seriously big sum to have as bottom line) – and that is what matters to businesses. Profits! And on that, Mr Pundit is yet to face his toughest challenge ever.

I wonder if he fails, if people will disown him or stop discussing him, a bit like Indian families stop discussing a child who marries outside his/ her caste and goes away because he/ she would not like his/ her family to berate his/ her spouse constantly, pretending he/ she is dead.

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]]> By: pr3rna http://amreekandesi.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/comment-page-1/#comment-222 pr3rna Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:09:42 +0000 http://amreekandesi.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sadda-vicky/#comment-222 'Sadda Vicky' is so cute!!!He is a celebrity no doubt but here in India his father is a bigger celebrity.You can see him on all the channels.After 'Indira Nooyi' now 'Vikram Pundit'.He is much more of an Indian than Bobby.He was born in India and did his schooling in India.His parents are in India.I don't know how true it is but news reports in Pakistani papers said that 'Shaukat Aziz' the ex Pakistani prime minister was a contender for this post.Defeating him is an achievement in itself. ‘Sadda Vicky’ is so cute!!!He is a celebrity no doubt but here in India his father is a bigger celebrity.You can see him on all the channels.After ‘Indira Nooyi’ now ‘Vikram Pundit’.He is much more of an Indian than Bobby.He was born in India and did his schooling in India.His parents are in India.I don’t know how true it is but news reports in Pakistani papers said that ‘Shaukat Aziz’ the ex Pakistani prime minister was a contender for this post.Defeating him is an achievement in itself.

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