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Few days back, whilefacilitating a conference, Iheard a Chinese delegateappreciate the calibre ofIndians to debate. Back inoffice, I am still pondering thefiner positives of debatingendlessly. The latest being:Opening FDI in retail –economic opportunity or apolitical threat.The real challenge is ‘whendoes the paralysis by analysisstop and action begins?’A new era is round the cornerfor ABC to act decisively,positively and differently,keeping the larger nationalfabric intact.

Some one said, “Thoughtflows in terms of stories –stories about events, storiesabout people, and storiesabout intentions andachievements. The bestteachers are the beststorytellers. We learn in theform of stories.”Consultants too are storycreators and tellers. They usetheir past success stories as athreshold and help clientselevate their performanceand value. Academia is thepreparatory ground andBusiness the trueKurukshetra. The ABCblending drives together…

The festival season is over,the spirit of festivitiesremain…corporates seem tohave made their moolahamidst chants of sectoralslowing down, governmentin-decisiveness, rising prices,pending telecom policy…andabove all, the arrival of the 7billionth kid ushering in thenervous joy of impendingdemographic dividends orexplosive scarcities. TheChallenges before Academia,Business and Consulting keepincreasing…

Losing an inspiring icon is tough.A walk on his talk is tougher.Words to express are notenough, the man was made ofdifferent stuff.Dedicating the 61st issue ofABCeMag to Steve Jobs. Heknew how to delimit excellence.

Remember the proverb,“Slow and steady wins therace.” Old stuff.We follow the new idiom“the fastest and the steadiestremains ahead…”Every fortnight, 60 timesover, always on or beforetime, ABCeMag for you.Do we need to proveanything?Time for a bit of bragging ;-).Pardon the tone. Join thecelebrations. You are right inthe middle, play along…Alag Tewar, Alag Flavourcontinues…

The euphoria ofPOWER OF ONE doesnot stop at stating theobvious.More powerful thanthe powerful idea isthe powerfulexecution. In thisissue, Mr. SharuRangnekar puts acrosshis views on theactions beyond thehype and hyperactivities.As members of ABC,we not only face thechallenge but we are apart of the solutiontoo.

The world witnessedthe power of ONE inIndia.Single minded efforts,ethical standards,simple words,simplistic pursuit yetbeyond compare zealand non-compromisingexecution can layfoundation for thechange in future.Lessons for ABC –Academia, Businessand Consulting.Never before!

“Long years ago we made a tryst withdestiny, and now the time comes whenwe will redeem our pledge, not whollyor in full measure, but verysubstantially. At the stroke of themidnight hour, when the world sleeps,India will awake to life and freedom. Amoment comes, which comes but rarelyin history, when we step out from theold to the new, when an age ends andwhen the soul of a nation, longsuppressed, finds utterance…. We endtoday a period of ill fortune, and Indiadiscovers herself again.”

What do you do whenyour events startbecoming star-performers?You dedicate an entireissue to that.Keeping our modestyaside, we are doingexactly that. Just once.The curve of learning,keeps turning…readalong…

One more attack on India!One more attack on our pride,self-respect, peaceful day to dayexistence…One more opportunity for us, thepen-pushers and key boardtapping professionals, to talk anddebate about where India isheading towards.One more chance to forget aboutwhat keeps happening untilthere is one more blast thatrevives the usual pass time.One more…how many more dowe want?We have had enough of theflavours of terrorism. Time nowto show our own tewar…Once for all.