I remember studying history back in my good old school days! I loved history! It always taught me something from great leaders good or bad! I loved reading about the great Mughals, the khilji’s, the lodhi’s, Tuglag’s the kingdoms of Southern India like the Vijayanagara, the Bahaman and so on.

However nothing thrills me more to read about Julies Caesar, Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan! WOW! What awesome leaders they were! They did leave a trail of blood, but that is not what impress me. It is their strategy, approach and attitude that they had when faced with difficulties that impress me!

When Julies Caesar was in today’s England for a war, he was faced with a dilemma. His soldiers were disappointed and were not willing to fight as they felt very insecure by just looking at the Anglo- Saxons. They wanted to go back to Rome, feel safe at home and that looked nice to them. But this is what Julies Caesar did. He Burnt the entire fleet of Roman ships. When he did it, his soldiers knew that the only way back home is by winning the Anglo Saxons. And that is exactly what they did.

Quite often in our life, we feel very lethargic, tired and worn out! The easiest stuff that we could possibly do is to call it quits and hang our boots. That’s Easy! But that is not what we are called to be. We are called to fight on, and to hang on. To take challenges head on and be able to face challenges eye ball to eye ball, square in the face and say: No matter what it is, I can face this a little more, I can endure a little more pain. I will be standing at the end of the battle to see my victory, I will persevere and endure through pain to enjoy and experience the fruit of my labor!

Winning is worth it! Fight till the end!

Blesson Abraham

I and Rajesh were witnesses to the first Leadership march that began at Mahatma Gandhi Park a fortnight back. Subsequently, the organisers have had another successful weekend march at Jayanagar drawing people from all walks of life. The next march is slated in Indiranagar this March 2nd.
I caught up with Sangeeth Varghese, founder, Leadcap and asked him the rationale behind the marches, something that’s slowly but surely catching the attention of Bengalureans.
Here he is with his passionate answer.

Ravi Kumar
bangalore.metblogs.com

For now, everything seems to be hunky-dory in Bangalore. Our incomes are growing, our businesses are flourishing. Yet, we are missing out an important point. Just beneath our city’s cosmetic good looks we are entrenched in a quagmire of problems. Our roads are infested, our traffic snarls, our systems are breaking down. We are seeped in problems all around. Our city will tank in, if something is not done with the deepest sense of urgency.

It’s time we stood up!

We are currently like ostriches – burying our heads deep inside this quagmire pretending that everything is going to be all right some day. At the same time we also do not spare any chance of criticizing the system – but always sitting inside the comfort of our cars and offices. We blame our politicians, our bureaucrats and even the other citizens. It is always ‘them’ who are to be blamed. Never ‘us’. It is time we realised that pretending that the problems are not there would not wish them away. And excusing ourselves from the state of the city, again would not improve anything.

It’s time we stood up!

We have received so much from this city – our well-being, our present, our future. We owe everything to this city. And now it is time to give back. Let us all stop making excuses that it is not up to us, but is up to them. Because ultimately it is up to us. Because ultimately this city is our home. Because ultimately we are all itching to get involved. Waiting to stand up and contribute.

It’s time we stood up!

It is time for us to come out of our cosy homes, cocoons and comfort zones to tackle and solve our city’s problems. It is time for us to nudge each other to remind that it is not up to ‘them’, but up to us. It is up to us to build our Bangalore. Because we are Bangalore, and Bangalore is us.

On the 10th February, Sunday, you could either watch a movie in the cosiness of your home, shop at the comfort of a mall or you could stand up and lead. If you even care the least for Bangalore, then come out and join this symbolic and historic march along with us. Declaring that it is our city and we would build it together.

Join the march on February 10th, 9.30am. Assembly at the Gandhi statue near MG road Cricket stadium. Route: Kasturba road, Vittal Mallya Road, Residency Road and Richmond Road. Walk would culminate at the Richmond town ground, where experts will engage and inspire us on how we can build Bangalore as a city of our dreams.