The Presentation:
To know a fellow Indian, to know India, to know ourselves…
Over-populated cities (especially the 4 metros)
Displacement / Refuges in our own land.
MBA redefined/ to look at the other side/ to take the road less travelled.
Corporate culture/ becoming a dead fish when you are young/ world of pink slips.
Concept of rural management/ social entrepreneur/ social engineering/the ‘real’ people management.
The Book:
Number of pages – 143
Published on March, 2003
Translated from Marathi into English.
37 chapters
Front cover and back cover description.
Three quotable quotes on the inside front and back cover- (RS 1, 2, & 3)
What’s on the blurb?
Candid/ Authentic / Inspiring
The Making of the book (page # 9)
Anna Hazare - His Philosophy of life:
His early life – born Jan 15, 1940/education- seventh class/ flower business/ prosperity/bad company/ joined the army/aimlessness in life/suicide/1965-the bombing incident/ rebirth/retired from army/ returned to Ralegan Siddhi/model village.
Three major influences in his life –
§ Swami Vivekananda – ‘Call to the Youth for Nation Building’/ Suicide/Bachelor struggles.
§ Gandhiji – school grant & fasting/open grazing.
§ Achyutrao Patwardhan – removal of ego/ no ‘I’ or no ‘mine’ (RS 4)
Influence of Swami Vivekananda and other saints (RS 5, 6, 7)
Social work is a religious ritual in itself (RS 8)
The importance of sacrifice (RS 9)
The need to have a goal in your life (RS 10)
His message for the young generation (RS 11)
The Village:
It was – (RS 12)
It is - Starting with the re-building of the temple/ Watershed development/Restoring the green cover/Uprooting alcoholism/Milk production/Education for living/Removal of untouchability/Collective marriages/Gram Sabha/Village Birthday.
Today Anna has almost acquired the stature of a saint. He donated his land for the hostel building. He gives his pension money to the village fund. A confirmed bachelor, he lives in the village temple with a bare minimum of personal belongings. He eats simple food normally cooked for the hostel boys. This moral authority growing out of his selfless life has made him an unquestioned leader of the village.
Exercise
Creating your own ideal village
Writing a short and sensible message to Anna HazareThe Presentation:
To know a fellow Indian, to know India, to know ourselves…
Over-populated cities (especially the 4 metros)
Displacement / Refuges in our own land.
MBA redefined/ to look at the other side/ to take the road less travelled.
Corporate culture/ becoming a dead fish when you are young/ world of pink slips.
Concept of rural management/ social entrepreneur/ social engineering/the ‘real’ people management.
The Book:
Number of pages – 143
Published on March, 2003
Translated from Marathi into English.
37 chapters
Front cover and back cover description.
Three quotable quotes on the inside front and back cover- (RS 1, 2, & 3)
What’s on the blurb?
Candid/ Authentic / Inspiring
The Making of the book (page # 9)
Anna Hazare - His Philosophy of life:
His early life – born Jan 15, 1940/education- seventh class/ flower business/ prosperity/bad company/ joined the army/aimlessness in life/suicide/1965-the bombing incident/ rebirth/retired from army/ returned to Ralegan Siddhi/model village.
Three major influences in his life –
§ Swami Vivekananda – ‘Call to the Youth for Nation Building’/ Suicide/Bachelor struggles.
§ Gandhiji – school grant & fasting/open grazing.
§ Achyutrao Patwardhan – removal of ego/ no ‘I’ or no ‘mine’ (RS 4)
Influence of Swami Vivekananda and other saints (RS 5, 6, 7)
Social work is a religious ritual in itself (RS 8)
The importance of sacrifice (RS 9)
The need to have a goal in your life (RS 10)
His message for the young generation (RS 11)
The Village:
It was – (RS 12)
It is - Starting with the re-building of the temple/ Watershed development/Restoring the green cover/Uprooting alcoholism/Milk production/Education for living/Removal of untouchability/Collective marriages/Gram Sabha/Village Birthday.
Today Anna has almost acquired the stature of a saint. He donated his land for the hostel building. He gives his pension money to the village fund. A confirmed bachelor, he lives in the village temple with a bare minimum of personal belongings. He eats simple food normally cooked for the hostel boys. This moral authority growing out of his selfless life has made him an unquestioned leader of the village.
Exercise
Creating your own ideal village
Writing a short and sensible message to Anna Hazare
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