BOBKANNAN BLOGS

On a holiday to Pattaya in Thailand on a deep sea dive I ventured to catch fish. Touching the ground I struggled to stand as waves from many directions hit me hard and the oxygen mask too getting loosened needing attention. Ultimately sea water entered my mouth and I rushed out forgetting the fishing. Politician in power is similarly placed with pulls from many directions jostling and support systems not helping in time yet there is a compulsion to achieve goal of development with no option to back out. A police head can be strict, uncompromising, stern and even authoritarian and demand obedience. People would appreciate it as they are at home with a dominating personality as policeman.   A politician needs to compromise, negotiate, cooperate, consult, bargain, hold parleys and ultimately establish his authority thro widely acceptable decision. Even a dominating politician dominates after the above process. If people are honest, (ha ha ha !!!!!)   a police Head h...

Perspective is a bundle of viewpoints with choice of angles for individuals. Prudence, maturity and good judgment are the ingredients of discretion. In decision making involving discretion there is always a battle with perspective. A decision is viewed as bad, prejudiced, favor or disfavor  based on perspective on which it is seen. Here below is a classic case of a decision viewed as blatant favoritism but having another perspective.                                 Again Ram escaped a transfer from Bombay and people who were transferred far away were fuming. Complaints flowed to the Officers' Union on partiality, favoritism, nepotism and what not and even some of the top executives received appeals to intervene and render justice. It is a perennial issue for the bank, having more branches in rural/vill...