0620am/Sunday 3 March 2013
And I apologise for the delay in publishing this post which should have been done at 0620 am / Sunday 24 February 2013 / Mumbai.
What if one can go back in time and relive/rework things with the benefit of hindsight? What if this is possible in a limited context of “undoing things” that were not done correctly or appropriately in the first instance? Morally, ethically and philosophically, this can be a great human virtue; and not always impractical. All that is required is to acknowledge that something needs to be changed and then to go ahead and effect that change. The challenge, though, is the often-clouded reasoning on cost-versus-benefits of the change needed.
So, I have started to play an interesting game. This involves marking out some headline-grabbing news that was reported in the last 7 days and fantasize on how the same will be reported if the principal actors undid or acted differently (apologetically or otherwise) what they had done in the first place. My first game involves the Indian Finance Minister and his 2013 annual budget speech. Mr Chidambaram appends a Part C to his speech, which elaborated a green accounting aspect of each of his major announcements in his Part A and Part B announcements. Another game involves Mr Ratan Tata, Mr Narayanamoorthy and Mr K V Kamat. They have each joined India’s leading political parties (Congress, BJP and Aam Aadmi – not necessarily in that order) and are leading the battle for the 2014 general elections.
Can you imagine the probable outcomes? Interesting mind-games, these!
Signing off...
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