Buddy Talks

Somewhere back in 90s a Poor farmer from Solapur was making rounds of the collector office in Solapur to resolve some of his land  related issues. The Red Tapism at its best was making him go round and round without any relief.  The poor farmer was frustrated and depressed… He was cursing his fortune and his life for the agony he was going through …all the while being watched by his 9 year old daughter.. She asked him why is he worried who is not paying his due money .. he said "the District Collector" That was the day probably when, the seed of becoming an IAS officer was sown in her mind and heart to solve problems of her father…   Rohini Bhajibhakare made a history when she walked in Salem’s Collector office in 2017 as the First Woman Collector of the district in Tamilnadu in its history of 227 years of having a collectorate  headed by 170 Male Collectors  till then…  Now the Ex Salem District Collector Rohini is one of the most efficient and well-k...

 "तू नोकरी सोडून हे सर्व करायचं म्हणतेस पण तुला जमेल का" नवऱ्याचा हा प्रश्न ऐकून मात्र ती  पेटून उठली..  जमेल का म्हणजे काय?  मी हे करूनच दाखवणार.  तिने नोकरी सोडून स्वतःचं काहीतरी करायचं  हा निर्णय घेतला तेव्हा तिचं आयुष्य सुखात लोळण घेत होते. अमेरिकेत स्वतःची उत्तम पगाराची नोकरी. नवरा अमेरिकेत सॉफ्टवेअर इंजिनियर.  नुकतीच  तिच्या पोटी  एक गोंडस मुलगी जन्माला आलेली.  एका भारतीय सर्वसाधारण स्त्रीला आणखी काय हवं असतं?  पण मधुरा ची गोष्टच निराळी होती.  सर्व सुखं हात जोडून उभी असताना तिने एक दिवस अमेरिकेत नोकरीचा राजीनामा दिला आणि झेप घेतली एका अशा विश्वात ज्याची तिला काहीच माहिती नव्हती, ज्ञान नव्हतं आणि  अनुभवही नव्हता...  फक्त एक तीव्र इच्छा होती ती म्हणजे महाराष्ट्रीयन खाद्यपदार्थांची माहिती जगभरातल्या लोकांना उपलब्ध करून  द्यायची आणि त्यासाठी एक युट्युब चॅनेल सुरू करायचा...  हो बरोबर ओळखले तुम्ही.. आजची नवदुर्गा आहे मधुराज रेसिपीची मधुरा बाचल.  2009 मध्ये जगभरात महाराष्ट्रीयन पदार्थांची रेसिपी सांगणारा...

  What do you think is the common link   between  Raj Thakarey,,Jayant Patil, Neela Satyanarayanan (first woman State Election Commissioner of Maharashtra), Asha Bhosale , Smita Talwalkar, Sucheta Bhide Chapekar , Cricketer Pravin Thipsay , Justice Hemant Gokhale , Singer Padmaja Phenani Jogalekar ,  Atul Parchure, Sukanya Kulkarni , Spruha Joshi, Amol Palekar, Priya Bapat  and Phulwa Khamkar ?  Well, it isn't really a hard  guess considering the different professional fields. Balmohan Vidya Mandir Dadar.  Yes they all are alumni of the famous BVM Dadar. And this is just a small list and there are many many other famous and highly successful personalities across various fields  in India whom BVM Dadar is proud of . One would definitely like to see the teachers of this school and the feeling of immense pride and satisfaction on their faces.. But we will talk about it some other day..  As we peep into the lives of great women personalitie...

These days having a startup idea is considered to be fortunately  good…  but the same startup idea gets thrown out of the window if it doesnt have scalability… an inherent ability to expand and  make billions of dollars in few years to make huge money if not exactly qualify as a Unicorn. Naturally  every other startup  aspires to be a Unicorn either  immediately or in atleast 10 years or so .  The real  entrepreneurs realize that Ideas breed ideas… and  quite often your first few failed businesses are just the foundation of a sustainable BIG  business idea.. Over 90 of 100 Startups shut down within 5 years and founders take up secure jobs mostly.  Even if you are deeply passionate and determined about doing business, how long would you continue to do business when one after the other venture is failing ?  You may just give up at some point since you may have certain liabilities or you just have a safer option of Job through yo...