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Very sadly, for Australia, the Party is over..!

For Australia the T20 World Cup is over…!

Motivation is the act of being provided with a reason to act a certain way.

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919);
26th U.S. President

My letter published today by the daily “The News”.

They don’t need any education?

Friday, March 28, 2014
From Print Edition

The people of Sindh highly appreciated it when – almost a year back – the Sindh Assembly passed legislation that provided free and compulsory education and school uniforms to a fixed percentage of children from the lower-income strata, living near private schools in Sindh. However, to date, not a single poor child was allowed this facility of free education for poor children living in the vicinity of private schools.

Was this a pre-election gimmick? In India, all private schools – as per law – are already providing free education and free school uniforms to poor children who live nearby; this they do equal to 20 percent of the enrolled students. But here in Pakistan, who cares for the education of the poor kids, when not a soul moved on the death of the hundreds of poor children from measles, other diseases, hunger and drought?

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore

Boost Employee Engagement (and Make Customers Happy)

Companies with energized, motivated employees make an extra effort to create a superior experience for customers, who in turn reward the company with intense loyalty and contributions to its profit growth. This begins with leaders creating a culture that caters to happier, more engaged employees. First, give daily supervisors, not HR, the responsibility of stirring employee enthusiasm, energy, and creativity. Second, do regular “pulse checks” by conducting short, anonymous online surveys to truly understand team dynamics and see what can be improved. Finally, open up the dialogue between supervisor and front-line employee. Tap into the knowledge of your call center representatives, sales specialists, field technicians, etc., who know which aspects of the business most annoy or delight your customers – and let them know you’re really listening.

Adapted by HBR from “The Four Secrets to Employee Engagement” by Rob Markey.

MS Dhoni and 4 other Indian cricketers are paid employees of India Cements owned by N Srinivasan

NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Harish Salve on Thursday accused MS Dhoni, captain of both the Indian cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings IPL team, of lying about the role of Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of N Srinivasan, to the Supreme Court-appointed committee probing allegations of betting and spot-fixing in IPL.

Appearing for Cricket Association of Bihar, Salve told a bench of Justices A K Patnaik and FMI Kalifulla that Dhoni, who is also a vice-president in India Cements (which owns CSK), had — along with Srinivasan — told the Mudgal probe committee that Meiyappan “had nothing to do with the cricketing affairs of CSK and was a mere cricket enthusiast supporting CSK”.

In its report, the probe panel stated, “Though the de-jure ownership (of CSK) vests with India Cements, the committee finds that Meiyappan was in fact acting as a team official if not the de-facto owner of CSK”. It added that he had access to sensitive information, including team strategy. The panel had found him guilty of betting but had said further probe was necessary to establish whether there was truth in the spot-fixing allegations against him and others.

Salve drew from the panel’s critical comments relating to Meiyappan to slam Dhoni’s conduct. He said, “MS Dhoni is a vice-president of India Cements and captain of CSK. Look at his statement! You are also the captain of Indian cricket team and you are making a wrong statement supporting Srinivasan’s stand before the inquiry panel that Meiyappan was a mere cricket enthusiast.

“Captain of Indian team is found guilty of corrupt conduct. He and Srinivasan were found making false statements before the apex court committee. This shows both Dhoni and Srinivasan indulged in a cover-up operation. That by itself is a corrupt conduct. For this, the CSK franchise should be terminated. But BCCI lets them off the hook with a mere reprimand. That is because Srinivasan comes to BCCI wearing a different hat, that of the board president.

“This shows the malady runs deep. The conflict of interest runs deep. L Sivaramakrishnan, R Ashwin, M Vijay and Ravindra Jadeja are all employees of India Cements. And here is Meiyappan having access to crucial team information and putting huge bets through punter Vindoo Dara Singh.”

Salve said Srinivasan’s seamless transition between India Cements chairperson and BCCI president must be taken to be at the core of the maladies haunting IPL and requested the court to hand over further investigation to an outside agency as BCCI could no longer be trusted with the probe.

“To unravel the entire facts behind the scandal, the probe needs to be handed over to CBI which must interrogate Meiyappan in custody. Only then will everything come out,” he said, adding India Cements was “directly responsible for Meiyappan’s conduct as it sought accreditation for him as official of CSK”.

Salve said Srinivasan wears one hat and tells the SC panel that Meiyappan was a mere cricket enthusiast and then replaces the India Cements hat with the BCCI one to let off CSK with a reprimand. This made the court remark that “Srinivasan is a multi-faceted personality, an all-rounder”.

When Salve said the truth had an uncanny habit of popping out, the bench said, “We all believe in ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (truth alone prevails). Truth may be suppressed for sometime, but ultimately it comes out and prevails.”

ICC…keep looking the other way, in the corruption, betting, match fixing and spot fixing scandals in the IPL..!

Now the Indian Supreme Court and ICC’s anti corruption unit must dig deep to check whether or not the ECB and CA chiefs had any business links with N Srinivasan, MD and Owner of India cements ?

Perjury by MS Dhoni (VP India Cements) captain of Indian cricket and the CSK teams…!

A news item of NDTV…

IPL scandal: Mahendra Singh Dhoni lied to inquiry panel, petitioner tells Supreme Court

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name came up in the Supreme Court on Thursday during a hearing on the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing scandal.

Counsel for the petitioner (Aditya Verma of Cricket Association of Bihar), Harish Salve, alleged that Dhoni is “guilty of corrupt conduct.” He accused the India skipper of making a false statement before an inquiry committee appointed by the Supreme Court. The BCCI’s lawyers did not respond in court. They also refused NDTV’s request for a comment. (Also read: Supreme wants Gavaskar to be BCCI president)

Salve argued that Dhoni had told the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee that BCCI president N Srinivasan’s son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, was a “mere enthusiast” when in fact, he was an official of the Chennai Super Kings IPL team. (Read: Gavaskar ready for any challenge)

Dhoni has led the Chennai Super Kings or CSK in all six seasons of the IPL; the team is owned by Mr Srinivasan’s company, India Cements. Meiyappan has been accused of betting and sharing team information and was indicted by the Justice Mudgal committee in its report submitted to the Supreme Court on February 10. (Suggested read: People have lost faith in IPL, says Lalit Modi)

Dhoni is also employed by India Cements as a vice-president. Srinivasan is the Managing Director of India Cements, which also owns CSK. Dhoni thus faces charges of “conflict of interest.” (Srinivasan will step aside, BCCI’s offer to Supreme Court)

The Supreme Court proposed on Thursday that CSK and Rajasthan Royals should not play the seventh season of the IPL beginning in the United Arab Emirates on April 16, since there is an investigation on. It has also suggested that no employee of India Cements must be on the board of the BCCI. Sundar Raman, the man who runs the IPL, is also employed by India Cements.

In Dhaka on Thursday, Dhoni skipped a pre-match press conference ahead of India’s ICC World Twenty20 match with Bangladesh on Friday. The BCCI also cancelled an IPL launch press conference in Abu Dhabi. (Related: ‘Ganguly best person to become BCCI president’)

“People are attracted to you by what they see in you; they remain attracted to you by what you see in yourself.”

— Mark Amend

Kindness is to act friendly, generous and considerate to others.