Bala Speaks!
2:25 PM me: Hello Bala!
2:26 PM balapillai: hi saurav -- be with u in a few mins
me: ok! :)
2:27 PM balapillai: back saurav -- speak
2:30 PM me: I am working for an ebook which will contain links to all important youtube videos, contacts,yahoo/google groups and other information necessary for organising and strengthening Dalit movement!
balapillai: ok -- the key is a few people
me: as you are the biggest knowledge bank amongst my contacts, i seek your guidance ;)
balapillai: Knowledge Management is about knowers
2:31 PM lots lots more than Knowledge
and in an Indian context it is lots lots more about attitude than aptitude
2:32 PM me: the ebook : D Book 'The Dalit Database' will target young undergraduates of Dalit community... the information will help them make right moves at right time!
balapillai: attitude --> brave, fast adapters etc
2:33 PM I am surprised that not a single dalit has taken the opportunity of joining me as I articulate the best Dalit argument
not a single one other than Amala
who joined me for another reason
does that say something Saurav?
2:34 PM what an opportunity to learn
what an opportunity to learn from a world class
me: In my case,its the unorganised lifestyle of mine which restricts me from devoting time to you!
balapillai: but why not others?
2:35 PM of what use is knowledge if it hits against excuses walls?
where there is little comprehension of the difference between excuses and reasons?
me: If they are not joining you, may be you need to change your approach..
balapillai: would a German say what you are saying?
agreed at prima facie levels
me: If they are not buying your products, you will have to make new marketing strategy.. right?
2:36 PM balapillai: agreed -- but wait
u see..
I would much rather join the effort of somebody who has a better "Dalit" product"
2:37 PM who has it?
u should be the one telling me
me: I have one!
balapillai: ok do u have a URL?
2:38 PM me: regarding details of my product?
no!
balapillai: there u go
I mean I take the energy and effort to organise URLs,
references
Orkut groups
phone calls
test the product with various groups
2:39 PM and it works with many groups
just not with Dalits
me: My product is in its infancy ! It will take little time to have a URL
balapillai: how can u say u have a better product if u have not tested it?
just put it in a Orkut community to start with
or an email
2:40 PM me: my status message is reply to this question of yours!
2:41 PM balapillai: doesn't help
I have a track recodr
record
in online combat
2:42 PM and I am talking about using the online world to educate and organise agitation.
together with some who bridge the online with the offline
I think u are focusing too much on the Knowledge part..
2:43 PM when we should be focusing on the "characteristics of likely early adopters in agitating with us"
I mean -- have u seen how effective a native in the jungle is without any manuals?
On how to hunt
me: :)
balapillai: how to build a house
etc
2:44 PM so
go ahead -- u do your thing
cos I have several wars to fight
and anti caste is not the superset of them
2:45 PM just happens that anticaste is a subset
and a subset I focussed on hoping to ally with Dalits
me: I strongly agree with your insight!
balapillai: I am now getting ready to shift gears
am going to work on the Sardars
me: will that help?
2:46 PM balapillai: I know the answers to you guys
but I will wait until u are truely ready to listen
when u guys are more conscious
eg I could be charging US$1000 for my consulting time
but would you grasp that?
2:47 PM and u would not be alone
me: If i ask you, what is the first thing you expect me to do .. If i say i am ready to join you with my team
what would be your reply?
balapillai: so lots of Knowledge is wasted
I would say -- be persistent.
2:48 PM Allocate a certain amount of time per week to synchronise strategy
to act on tactics
to learn
that is responsibility
in deed
2:49 PM so that word and deed are more congruent
and we work in a shared space
me: I would say, If till now you failed to tame any Dalit intellect , somewhere down the line you need little change in your approach.. Dalit intellects are afterall quite easy to be tamed
balapillai: I know they are face to face
2:50 PM me: they are agitated and determined to work for their cause
balapillai: so I know I would have have no probs in the ground
what surprised me is you not "getting it"
I mean if I am your contact with the most amount of KNowledge..
2:51 PM wouldn't it make sense for you to act on connecting me with those who can make the most use with me, before I die?
If Steven Spielberg offered his time what would you do?
2:52 PM me: I would blindly follow him!
In your case too, I am ready!
balapillai: have u talked to amala on the phone?
2:53 PM me: no!
balapillai: no probs
let's organise for that to happen
me: ok!
balapillai: we have to have voice contact
me: right!
balapillai: phone charges are nothing compared to teh value of our time
me: I am on 0039 3346140628
2:54 PM balapillai: ok -- will call u soon in the week
me: I would also like to give you some details of mine
I agree!
balapillai: go on
my phone is +61 2 9807 8545
me: Presently I am working as a Buyer in Danieli Engineering.
2:55 PM balapillai: listening
me: My work is to make business deals with Heavy Electrical Equipment suppliers of South East Asia!
balapillai: i c -- ok
me: Making deals with ABB, Siemens, Kirloskar,BHEL, etc..
2:56 PM balapillai: ok
me: just to give you an idea of my background
balapillai: i c -- ok
good
me: and I am more focussed on doing something for Dalit Media..
2:57 PM balapillai: show your persistence and folks will follow you
tell u what..
me: To come up with a rock band which will sing songs against caste and racial discrimination is presently my major objective
2:58 PM balapillai: i c -- super
are u a musician?
me: I am a lyricist!
a Photographer!
a Poet!
balapillai: ok
great
me: an ad man as well!
2:59 PM balapillai: i c
me: tell me!
guess,you were about to say something
3:00 PM balapillai: I'll have amala speak on the phone with u
and we'll take it from there
I too will call u
me: done!
balapillai: ok ttyl -- take care
3:01 PM see my scrap book
me: ok Bala!
chcking...
3:02 PM balapillai: get a feel for the kind of minds I attract, what energy and brains I might have invested to attract them, how I might take them to the next step.
Think of things like that
3:04 PM me: I am going through it.
3:05 PM one more thing..for raising money which way you prefer? Onlinetrading? referral marketing?
any other?
3:07 PM balapillai: I do it via putting large deals together
I have a merchant banking background
3:08 PM that is why I can afford to give away so much expensive otherwise billable time
me: for a novice.. what would you recommend?
balapillai: like right now I am putting together a listing on AIM
if I were u..
3:09 PM I would show your persistence to talenteds
me: I have invested in quest referral marketing... and now thinking abt sharetrading
balapillai: so if u show your persistence
go ahead try them -- u have to learn the hard way :-)
like I did
me: :)
balapillai: if u showed your persistence..
3:10 PM then your character will show
then I would recommend something that you would do because it is your passion
and together with me and my contacts and your time..
we would put a deal together
3:11 PM I have to sense how imaginative u are
3:12 PM before pessimism kicks in and you don't have enthusiasm
That which we cannot imagine we cannot create
3:13 PM me: :)
balapillai: and the worst part is Indians won't articulate the height of their imagination
you I suspect will be an exception
3:14 PM :-)
3:15 PM me: I will keep you updated with my moves and hope we will remain in touch through phonecalls as well!
balapillai: ok -- best to engage in the Quantum Inventions community
3:16 PM use it as our master hub except for the topmost of our work
the more we work openly..
the more we will be teaching potential recruits while we are working
3:17 PM one to one teaching, updating is very expensive use of time
imagine how Linux was created
me: :)
balapillai: and became the biggest competitior to the richest man on Earth
3:18 PM folks learn by swarming
like how ants learn while building ant hills
openly
without universities
without degrees
3:19 PM and the ant hills have air circulation systems
me: Bala, no doubt you are amongst best motivators!
balapillai: drainage systems
:-)
ok I have to run..
u too call Amala
me: ok! :)
balapillai: show your initiative even more :-)
me: give me his number
balapillai: take care
3:20 PM I don't have it offhand..
will msg u later with it
me: ok!!
bbye.. take care!
posted by Saurav Arya @ 3:06 AM
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