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		<title>Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has just been a few months since the launch of Google&#8217;s Social Media Service, the widely talked about Google+ and just a few days since its launch of Brand Pages. Google has tried and tried again to plunge into the social media business to get a scope of it highly lucrative and viral reach [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">It has just been a few months since the launch of Google&#8217;s Social Media Service, the widely talked about Google+ and just a few days since its launch of Brand Pages.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google has tried and tried again to plunge into the social media business to get a scope of it highly lucrative and viral reach but has withdrawn most of its products after the much enthusiasm with which it was launched was never met. Google Wave was withdrawn from the product line and so is Buzz being turned down in a few weeks time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google does have to understand that FaceBook has already done its trial and error thing and understands the user&#8217;s needs from its age and learn from the trends set by such a successful venture, from its pros and cons, rather then build from scratch and then keep people waiting for the most needed features yet to come. The wait turning tiring and the enthusiasm fading out.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What Google simply lacks is its integrity with existing social networking media. Google+ would have rocked if it were to have feeds from twitter and facebook, from multiple accounts off-course. Better and tighter privacy options and since Google+ does not allow profile pages for Businesses and in turn has launched pages, they should have focused on allowing people to reserve their brands in the URL rather then having to ask then to remember some funky digits.</p>
<p>I recently plunged into the pages thing to get pages reserved for the organizations I am associated with and then kept wondering as to how I could add other contributors and admins to those pages on Google+. At the end of the day I realized they are still working on it. Its quite simple, can&#8217;t they learn from FaceBook that this is supposed to be a basic function for a page that represents an organization or a business entity or does Google+ seem to have a single employee, LOL.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The entire game about so many people running into, what I would call, an immature network, is the mere fact that googleplus accounts tend to get listed on google&#8217;s search engine faster then a facebook one, but what about other search engines like Bing. Let&#8217;s face it Google is still number one and synonymous when it comes to Search Engines.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It needs a lot of patience to educate people on new tools and time is scarce when it comes to the speed of the Internet, so lets wait and watch what how rapidly Google+ makes its way to into the Social Media.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As for the short URL I did manage to get an easy to remember URL for all my Google+ pages as well as my profile.</p>
<p><a title="Ekhwan Web Hosting in UAE" href="https://plus.google.com/102995884024029732549">http://gplus.to/ekhwan</a><br />
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		<title>MAF Najmcard Irony</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAF, one of the most reputable group of companies launched credit cards a few years back with staunch terms and conditions in store for applicants. The credit card is basically issued by MAF Finance and the initial card they launched was the JCB card while the Visa was added to their range later on. These [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">MAF, one of the most reputable group of companies launched credit cards a few years back with staunch terms and conditions in store for applicants. The credit card is basically issued by MAF Finance and the initial card they launched was the JCB card while the Visa was added to their range later on.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These cards were initially promoted by the MAF group hyper mart, Carrefoure by adding discounts almost every other thing available off the self there. In addition to this the NajmCard boasts upto 4% cash back in all promotional material including the website and all other printed materials. They also have &#8220;Free for life&#8221; cards with a lower cash back value which is by all means acceptable.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So far so good. The surprises are yet to come, just like most banks that astonish the consumer with finer prints rarely readable, known as, terms and conditions apply. However, these terms and conditions are rarely mentioned in promotional material which lure consumers into a trap of so called loyalty shopping at times, turning it into tied up and bound to shopping.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What a cash back means in <a title="Najm Card Terms and Conditions" href="http://www.najmcards.ae/terms.aspx" target="_blank">Najm Card</a> language is accumulation of points that can later be converted to Carrefoure Vouchers that can be redeemed to pay ones carrefoure bills.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Najm Card cash back system is not a cash back system but its a holding back customer for myself system.  Such promotional material cannot be deemed as accurate and in consumer interests, rather it is misleading to those who have to offer a blank dated and signed cheque to MAF Finance, have a large salary and other such conditions to apply for the so called Cash Back credit card.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unless you are willing to pay a good amount of fee for the Najm Card, just forget getting one with an adjustable cash back system. Except for the priority counter benefit at carrefoure nothing is so attractive about the Najmcard. The special discounts that were initially offered also do not exist any longer.</p>

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		<title>5 Ways To Protect Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Have a Board of Advisors. Find people who have built great companies and ask them to sit on your advisory board. Meet every quarter. Show them your numbers. Share your struggles. Listen to-and act on-their advice. 2. Set Up A Peace of Mind Fund. Install a reserve fund with at least 12 months (and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>1. Have a Board of Advisors.</strong> Find people who have built great companies and ask them to sit on your advisory board. Meet every quarter. Show them your numbers. Share your struggles. Listen to-and act on-their advice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. Set Up A Peace of Mind Fund. </strong>Install a reserve fund with at least 12 months (and ideally 24 months) of operating expenses. Set it up so a portion of your monthly sales automatically goes into this account. You’ll sleep better at night knowing your business can run even if income slows down.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. Focus on People and Culture. </strong>The single best way to protect your business is to hire top talent and invest in training your people so they  amp up their performance in good as well as hard times. And work on your culture. That’s the “special sauce” that brings out the best in a team.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>4. Work On Your Business vs In It. </strong>The old Michael Gerber distinction is key here. I spoke at a YPO/EO event last week and met a young entrepreneur who’d just sold his company. I asked him for the single best move he made. “I worked on my business vs in it.” He explained his core concentration was on building systems and processes so the business ran superbly without him.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. Become Obsessed with Value Creation.</strong> This is not some pie in the sky idea. It’s a hard-hitting business growth tactic. Obsess (yes, obsess) over how you can add more value to more people and the revenues will take care of themselves.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">by Robin Sharma is the author of the #1 international bestseller <em>“<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439109125/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=ekhwan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1439109125">The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ekhwan-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1439109125&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></em>,&#8221; a book that is causing transformation in many of the best businesses in the world.</p>

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		<title>22 Ways to Become Spectacularly Inspirational</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robin Sharma, author of the #1 bestseller “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life” 1. Do important work vs. merely offering opinions. 2. Lift people up vs. tear others down. 3. Use the words of leadership vs. the language of victimhood. 4. Don’t worry [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Robin Sharma, author of the #1 bestseller “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439109125/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=ekhwan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1439109125">The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ekhwan-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1439109125&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />”</p>
<p>1. Do important work vs. merely offering opinions.</p>
<p>2. Lift people up vs. tear others down.</p>
<p>3. Use the words of leadership vs. the language of victimhood.</p>
<p>4. Don’t worry about getting the credit for getting things done.</p>
<p>5. Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.</p>
<p>6. Take your health to a level called superfit.</p>
<p>7. Commit to mastery of your craft instead of accepting mediocrity in your work.</p>
<p>8. Associate with people whose lives you want to be living.</p>
<p>9. Study for an hour a day. Double your learning and you’ll triple your success.</p>
<p>10. Run your own race. “No one can possibly achieve real and lasting success by being a conformist,” wrote billionaire J. Paul Getty</p>
<p>11. Do something small yet scary every single day.</p>
<p>12. Lead Without a Title.</p>
<p>13. Focus on people’s strengths vs. obsessing around their weaknesses.</p>
<p>14. Remember that potential unused turns into pain. So dedicate yourself to expressing your best.</p>
<p>15. Smile more.</p>
<p>16. Listen more.</p>
<p>17. Read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.</p>
<p>18. Reflect on the words of Eleanor Roosevelt who said: “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.”</p>
<p>19. Persist longer than the critics suggest you should.</p>
<p>20. Say “please” and “thank you”.</p>
<p>21. Love your loved ones.</p>
<p>22. Do work that matters.</p>

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		<title>Robin’s 73 Best Business and Success Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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<li>You can really Lead Without a Title.</li>
<li>Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.</li>
<li>Give away what you most wish to receive.</li>
<li>The antidote to stagnation is innovation.</li>
<li>The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need to be having.</li>
<li>Leadership is no longer about position – but passion. It’s no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.</li>
<li>The bigger the dream, the more important to the team.</li>
<li>Visionaries see the “impossible” as the inevitable.</li>
<li>All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.</li>
<li>The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you’ll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.</li>
<li>To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.</li>
<li>The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life.</li>
<li>The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.</li>
<li>The best leaders lift people up versus tear people down.</li>
<li>The most precious resource for businesspeople is not their time. It’s their energy. Manage it well.</li>
<li>The fears you run from run to you.</li>
<li>The most dangerous place is in your safety zone.</li>
<li>The more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.</li>
<li>Every moment in front of a customer is a gorgeous opportunity to live your values.</li>
<li>Be so good at what you do that no one else in the world can do what you do.</li>
<li>You’ll never go wrong in doing what is right.</li>
<li>It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.</li>
<li>Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.</li>
<li>A strong foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work.</li>
<li>Never miss a moment to encourage someone you work with.</li>
<li>Saying “I’ll try” really means “I’m not really committed.”</li>
<li>The secret of passion is purpose.</li>
<li>Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.</li>
<li>To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.</li>
<li>Go where no one’s gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.</li>
<li>Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.</li>
<li>Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.</li>
<li>To triple the growth of your organization, triple the growth of your people.</li>
<li>The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. Investing in your self-development is the best investment you will ever make.</li>
<li>Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.</li>
<li>Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.</li>
<li>Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.</li>
<li>Understand the acute difference between the cost of something and the value of something.</li>
<li>Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it’s so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.</li>
<li>The best leaders blend courage with compassion.</li>
<li>The less you are like others, the less others will like you.</li>
<li>The thoughts you think today determine the results you’ll see tomorrow.</li>
<li>Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.</li>
<li>The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.</li>
<li>Passion + production = performance.</li>
<li>The value of getting to your goals lives not in reaching the goal but what the talents/strengths/capabilities the journey reveals to you.</li>
<li>Stand for something. Or else you’ll fall for anything.</li>
<li>Say “thank you” when you’re grateful and “sorry” when you’re wrong.</li>
<li>Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.</li>
<li>Small daily – seemingly insignificant – improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.</li>
<li>Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis.</li>
<li>Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.</li>
<li>You can’t be great if you don’t feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.</li>
<li>Doing the difficult things that you’ve never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.</li>
<li>As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world.</li>
<li>Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values.</li>
<li>People do business with people who make them feel special.</li>
<li>All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.</li>
<li>Treat people well on your way up and they’ll treat you well on your way down.</li>
<li>Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.</li>
<li>The business (and person) who tries to be everything to everyone ends up being nothing to anyone.</li>
<li>One of the primary tactics for enduring winning is daily learning.</li>
<li>To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want.</li>
<li>Understand that a problem is only a problem if you choose to view it as a problem (vs. an opportunity).</li>
<li>Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.</li>
<li>The best in business spend far more time on learning than in leisure.</li>
<li>Lucky is where skill meets persistence.</li>
<li>The best Leaders Without a Title use their heads and listen to their hearts.</li>
<li>The things that are hardest to do are often the things that are the best to do.</li>
<li>Every single person in the world could be a genius at something, if they practiced it daily for at least ten years (as confirmed by the research of Anders Ericsson and others).</li>
<li>Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.</li>
<li>Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.</li>
<li>The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong><em>Note: </em></strong>Robin Sharma is the author of the #1 international bestseller <em>“<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439109125/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=ekhwan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1439109125">The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ekhwan-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1439109125&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></em>,&#8221; a book that is causing transformation in many of the best businesses in the world.</p>

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		<title>The 50 New Rules of Work</title>
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		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Robin Sharma The global economy is in a state of acute disruption. Competition has never been more fierce. Consumers have never been so well-informed and loudly demanding. And what worked yesterday just might be obsolete today. But this time is also a great time, for the astonishing few who are ready to show leadership. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Robin Sharma</p>
<p>The global economy is in a state of acute disruption. Competition has never been more fierce. Consumers have never been so well-informed and loudly demanding. And what worked yesterday just might be obsolete today.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But this time is also a great time, for the astonishing few who are ready to show leadership. Leaders are at their absolute best during messy cycles versus during the easy ones. And messy cycles bring with them gorgeous opportunities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As I sit quietly on this airplane at 40,000 feet, away from the rallying cries of a wired world filled with endless interruptions, I’ve distilled what I’ve been sharing in my presentations to clients across the planet over the past months, from Kuwait and Dubai to Paris, London and Dusseldorf.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here are 50 powerful rules to amp up your game so this business cycle is one of your best business cycles yet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The 50 New Rules of Work</strong></p>
<ol style="text-align: justify;">
<li>You are not just paid to work. You are paid to be uncomfortable – and to pursue projects that scare you.</li>
<li>Take care of your relationships and the money will take care of itself.</li>
<li>Lead you first. You can’t help others reach for their highest potential until you’re in the process of reaching for yours.</li>
<li>To double your income, triple your rate of learning.</li>
<li>While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.</li>
<li>Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.</li>
<li>Surround yourself with people courageous enough to speak truthfully about what’s best for your organization and the customers you serve.</li>
<li>Don’t fall in love with your press releases.</li>
<li>Every moment in front of a customer is a moment of truth (to either show you live by the values you profess – or you don’t).</li>
<li>Copying what your competition is doing just leads to being second best.</li>
<li>Become obsessed with the user experience such that every touchpoint of doing business with you leaves people speechless. No, breathless.</li>
<li>If you’re in business, you’re in show business. The moment you get to work, you’re on stage. Give us the performance of your life.</li>
<li>Be a Master of Your Craft. And practice + practice + practice.</li>
<li>Get fit like Madonna.</li>
<li>Read magazines you don’t usually read. Talk to people who you don’t usually speak to. Go to places you don’t commonly visit. Disrupt your thinking so it stays fresh + hungry + brilliant.</li>
<li>Remember that what makes a great business – in part – are the seemingly insignificant details. Obsess over them.</li>
<li>Good enough just isn’t good enough.</li>
<li>Brilliant things happen when you go the extra mile for every single customer.</li>
<li>An addiction to distraction is the death of creative production. Enough said.</li>
<li>If you’re not failing regularly, you’re definitely not making much progress.</li>
<li>Lift your teammates up versus tear your teammates down. Anyone can be a critic. What takes guts is to see the best in people.</li>
<li>Remember that a critic is a dreamer gone scared.</li>
<li>Leadership’s no longer about position. Now, it’s about passion. And having an impact through the genius-level work that you do.</li>
<li>The bigger the dream, the more important the team.</li>
<li>If you’re not thinking for yourself, you’re following – not leading.</li>
<li>Work hard. But build an exceptional family life. What’s the point of reaching the mountaintop but getting there alone.</li>
<li>The job of the leader is to develop more leaders.</li>
<li>The antidote to deep change is daily learning. Investing in your professional and personal development is the smartest investment you can make. Period.</li>
<li>Smile. It makes a difference.</li>
<li>Say “please” and “thank you”. It makes a difference.</li>
<li>Shift from doing mindless toil to doing valuable work.</li>
<li>Remember that a job is only just a job if all you see it as is a job.</li>
<li>Don’t do your best work for the applause it generates but for the personal pride it delivers.</li>
<li>The only standard worth reaching for is BIW (Best in World).</li>
<li>In the new world of business, everyone works in Human Resources.</li>
<li>In the new world of business, everyone’s part of the leadership team.</li>
<li>Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.</li>
<li>You become your excuses.</li>
<li>You’ll get your game-changing ideas away from the office versus in the middle of work. Make time for solitude. Creativity needs the space to present itself.</li>
<li>The people who gossip about others when they are not around are the people who will gossip about you when you’re not around.</li>
<li>It could take you 30 years to build a great reputation and 30 seconds of bad judgment to lose it.</li>
<li>The client is always watching.</li>
<li>The way you do one thing defines the way you’ll do everything. Every act matters.</li>
<li>To be radically optimistic isn’t soft. It’s hard. Crankiness is easy.</li>
<li>People want to be inspired to pursue a vision. It’s your job to give it to them.</li>
<li>Every visionary was initially called crazy.</li>
<li>The purpose of work is to help people. The other rewards are inevitable by-products of this singular focus.</li>
<li>Remember that the things that get scheduled are the things that get done.</li>
<li>Keep promises and be impeccable with your word. People buy more than just your products and services. They invest in your credibility.</li>
<li>Lead Without a Title.</li>
</ol>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I encourage you to share + discuss + debate these with your team and throughout your organization. Within a quick period of time, you’ll see some fantastic results.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Note: </em></strong>Robin Sharma is the author of the #1 international bestseller <em>“<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439109125/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=ekhwan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1439109125">The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ekhwan-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1439109125&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></em>,&#8221; a book that is causing transformation in many of the best businesses in the world.</p>

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		<title>India is blessed with such abundance of talents but they lack opportunities and support.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why India Works &#8211; written by internationally acclaimed film director Shekhar Kapoor A greater ‘hole in the wall’ you cannot imagine. A small fading sign on the top saying “Cellphoon reapars” barely visible through the street vendors crowding the Juhu Market in Mumbai. On my way to buy a new Blackberry, my innate sense of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Why India Works &#8211; written by internationally acclaimed film director Shekhar Kapoor</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A greater ‘hole in the wall’ you cannot imagine. A small fading sign on the top saying “Cellphoon reapars” barely visible through the street vendors crowding the Juhu Market in Mumbai. On my way to buy a new Blackberry, my innate sense of adventure made me stop my car and investigate. A shop not more than 6 feet by 6 feet. Grimy and uncleaned.<br />
‘Can you fix a Blackberry ?”<br />
‘Of course, show me”<br />
”How old are you” ‘Sixteen’<br />
Bullshit. He was no more than 10. Not handing my precious blackberry to a 10 year old in unwashed and torn T shirt and pyjamas! At least if I buy a new one, they would extract the data for me. Something I have been meaning to do for a year now.<br />
‘What’s wrong with it?”<br />
‘Well, the roller track ball does not respond. It’s kind of stuck and I cannot operate it”<br />
He grabs it from my hand and looks at it<br />
“You should wash your hands. Many customers have same problem. Roller ball get greasy and dirty, then no working’<br />
Look who was telling me to wash my hands. He probably has not bathed for 10 days, I leaned out to snatch my useless blackberry back..<br />
” You come back in one hour and I fix it’.<br />
I am not leaving all my precious data in this unwashed kid’s hands for an hour. No way.<br />
“Who will fix it?”<br />
‘Big brother’<br />
‘How big is ‘big brother?’<br />
‘big …. Umm ..thirty’<br />
Then suddenly big brother walks in. 30 ??? He is no more than 19.<br />
‘What problem?’ He says grabbing the phone from my greasy hand into his greasier hand. Obviously not trained in etiquette by an upmarket retail store manager.<br />
‘Normal blackberry problem. I replace with original part now. You must wash your hand before you use this’. What is this about me washing my hands suddenly??<br />
19 year old big brother rummages through a dubious drawer full of junk and fishes out a spare roller ball packed in cheap cellophane wrapper. Original part? I doubt it.  But by now I am in the lap of the real India and there is no escape as he fishes out a couple of screwdrivers and sets about opening my Blackberry.<br />
“How long will this take?”<br />
”Six minutes”<br />
This I have to see. After spending the whole morning trying to find a Blackberry service centre and getting vague answers about sending the phone in for an assessment that might take a week, I settle down next to his grubby cramped work space. At least I am going to be able to watch all my stored data vanish into virtual space. People crowd around to see what’s happening. I am not breathing easy anyway. I tell myself this is an adventure and literally have to stop myself grabbing my precious Blackberry back and making a quick escape. But in exactly six minutes this kid handed my Blackberry back. He had changed the part and cleaned and serviced the whole phone. Taken it apart, and put it together. As I turned the phone on there was a horrific 2 minutes where the phone would not come on. I looked at him with such hostility that he stepped back.<br />
‘you have more than thousand phone numbers ?”<br />
‘yes’.<br />
‘backed up?’<br />
‘no’<br />
‘Must back up. I do it for you. Never open phone before backing up’<br />
‘You tell me that now?’<br />
But then the phone came on and my data was still there. Everyone watching laughed and clapped. This was becoming a show. A six minute show. I asked him how much.<br />
‘500 rupees’ He ventured uncertainly. People around watched in glee expecting a negotiation.<br />
That’s $10 dollars as against the Rs 30,000 ($ 600) I was about to spend on a new Blackberry or a couple of weeks without my phone. I looked suitably shocked at his ‘high price’ but calmly paid him. Much to the disappointment of the expectant crowd<br />
‘do you have an I-Phone ? Even the new ‘4D one ?<br />
‘no, why”<br />
‘I break the code for you and load any ‘app’ or film you want. I give you 10 film on your memory stick on this one, and change every week for small fee’<br />
I went home having discovered the true entrepreneurship that lies at what we call the ‘bottom of the pyramid’. Some may call it piracy, which of course it is, but what can you say about two uneducated and untrained brothers aged 10 and 19 that set up a ‘hole in the wall’ shop and can fix any technology that the greatest technologists in the world can throw at them. I smiled at the future of our country. If only we could learn to harness this potential.<br />
‘Please wash your hands before use’ were his last words to me. Now I am feeling seriously unclean.</p>

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		<title>Thrust to the Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost two years since the start of the recession and the slump in the market all over the world. Trade around the world diminishing to minimal while prices of necessities rising sharply. The recent turmoil and political upheaval in the MENA region has caused more concerns over the recovery of the economy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">It has been almost two years since the start of the recession and the slump in the market all over the world. Trade around the world diminishing to minimal while prices of necessities rising sharply. The recent turmoil and political upheaval in the MENA region has caused more concerns over the recovery of the economy on a macro level. Though analysts might see a growth in the market looking at the indexes of trade houses but it does not really expose the reality and the ground level scenario where most of the people are not even aware of what a stock exchange is.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Oil prices have hiked to record highs in the history of mankind and as the MENA region, especially countries like Libya still having political constrains it cannot be predicted to what, highest peak the oil price  finally reach. That said, most of our economical situation are now relying on oil as an energy source, the fossil fuel has caught human kind into a tight glitch.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">During these though times it is the government&#8217;s role to ease and promote small scale industries and small businesses rather then trying to bail out giants on the costs of the near to getting unemployed common citizens. It would be more wiser for any government to ease the process of setting up small businesses and helping it reduce over heads in terms of fees and certification processes and so on, let the business create further employment opportunities and wider get more market share. It would be more wiser for the authorities to back businesses that grow and develop on non-borrowed capital rather then depend on banks and financial institutions for liquidity. Such borrowing would not only rise overheads and add to costs of commodities but add uncertainty in the stagnant market.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are times when businesses can afford perfection and there are times when costs need be considered for the growth of an economy from a macro level.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How unwise would it be for authorities to simply issue fines and levy illogical fees and charges to fulfill their extravagant needs and expenses. If businesses are hit by fee hypes in accomplishing the legal aspects of running it, they will either pass-on the costs to the end user or cut down on operations by simply shifting to more preferable places. The most annoying of any additional overhead that a business could bare is the implementation of hidden charges which are levied every now and then. If the authorities do not consider setting up proper measures to its own act of ignorance, it would result in hurting the economy of the country at the end of the day.</p>

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		<title>The problem with the world is that there are too many damned foreigners in it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin TUS, the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community is celebrating his 100th birthday this year. Personally being a strong follower and a passionate lover of all his instructions, I believe that &#8220;loyalty to a country to dwell in is a part of faith&#8221;. Loyalty in simple terms is to respect its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin TUS, the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community is celebrating his 100th birthday this year. Personally being a strong follower and a passionate lover of all his instructions, I believe that &#8220;loyalty to a country to dwell in is a part of faith&#8221;. Loyalty in simple terms is to respect its laws, culture, tradition and economic values.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Have lived in the UAE for many years, right from schooling to adulthood and even being married here makes the country my home away from my birthplace which I haven&#8217;t even known for a tenth of my age. Indians in this country have really played a role in the socio-economic development of the nation and we do really feel to be proud of the fact. During childhood, I used to have Emarati friends and go to their homes, play Attari and stuff even. I remember my father&#8217;s sponsor and a friend rather, would insist him to visit often when we used to greet him on Eid. He was an old gentleman and we used to know of him as a distant relative and an uncle as kids rather then an Emarati who was our sponsor. Another Emarati uncle I remember from those days was a neighbor who used to help us with water during the hot summer days when it was scarcity. Those days were so peaceful and calm. We used to walk home from school 3 Kms away, play cricket and football but today at the same age my kids would never think of putting a foot out of the home due to the heavy traffic.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I remember seeing the then Ruler of Ajman, a simple and elderly figure sit in public and meet everyone with a friendly gesture. Today is an altogether different story, though having met the now Ruler several times during Eid and other occasions the protocol is different. He is down to Earth and have seen him drive his own car once as he waved from his Merc on a Red Signal stopping on our side.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We have always believed that this country has given us a different view of life, a different dimension to it and a life of prosperity and happiness.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Today as the country marches towards Emiratization in the private sector, I believe that best way to create a better workforce out of the countries youth is, not only to give them opportunities and security of job but also train them for dignity of labor. Uplift them to mingle freely within the corporate culture while not being foreigners in their own land. A skilled, learned, trained and hardworking employee is a corporation&#8217;s asset and such human resource are valuable for the entire nation as well as the community. I think the country should encourage the youth to work and have pride in doing so, as well as provide encourage the institutes that want to play a role in this endeavor. Together with all the love that the people here have for this land and nation, everyone can put their piece of brick as we grow.</p>

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		<title>Chocolates &#8211; A passion for some</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juzar Noorani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is much to chocolates then just silencing kids with those sweet lip licking brown things. Really it takes a lot of understanding to know a chocolate lover&#8217;s passion and it took me ages to know the various chocolates out there with their mouth watering tastes and brain tinkering  feeling to have it melt on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">There is much to chocolates then just silencing kids with those sweet lip licking brown things. Really it takes a lot of understanding to know a chocolate lover&#8217;s passion and it took me ages to know the various chocolates out there with their mouth watering tastes and brain tinkering  feeling to have it melt on the tongue.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To me a chocolate is simply something that is pure and has no add-ons like nuts and biscuits. Its just not the type of chocolate that would give you a heavenly feeling. Mint to some chocolate lovers might be refreshing but its just another add-on bars the real taste of chocolate.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Writing this post was just a matter of bringing out the joy that a friends wife is in the business and she loves to cook those yummies. God knows if she was inspired by his skin complexion, but when it comes to chocolates its totally acceptable. Even finding out for a giggle that a friend can be called a chocolaty, for not only being himself, but also for being a real chocolate lover. <img src='http://hikmah.ekhwan.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For all those chocolate lovers out there, here is the detail to the home made chocolate maker:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Choco Point,<br />
Home Made Chocolates</p>
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