Posted on: 10-04-07 23:34:49
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Originally posted by blabber
Actually I would like to see all the Indian Corporations celebrating major occassions in their offices world over ....
Why? Can you give me one reason why the heck? I was going to appreciate the fact that this even being done but thanks to some numbskulls, that has been subjected to some criticism too because it was not "done right". Damn. When the f!#$ was the last time a Canadian corporation sang "Oh Canada" in their premises (frrggin instrumental or not) in their premises on Canada day. How convenient for the NRIs to sit here in Canada and criticize Mr.Murthy. How goddamn convenient!
I am sorry. But what he has done for India cannot be overshadowed by some miniscule incident because some dumbass NRI likes to pass judgement on a life of selfless sacrifice for a thankless nation.
Eat this and shut the hell up before you pass judgement about Mr.Murthy:
In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award by the Government of India.
He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum Medal (in the year 2003), awarded by the Indo-French Forum, in recognition of his role in promoting Indo-French ties.
He was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year - 2003 by Ernst & Young. He was one of the two people named as Asia's Businessmen of the Year for 2003 by Fortune magazine.
In 2001, he was named by TIME / CNN as one of the twenty-five, most influential global executives, a group selected for their lasting influence in creating new industries and reshaping markets.
He was awarded the Max Schmidheiny Liberty 2001 prize ( Switzerland), in recognition of his promotion of individual responsibility and liberty.
In 1999, BusinessWeek named him one of the nine entrepreneurs of the year and he was also featured in the BusinessWeek's 'The Stars of Asia' (for three successive years - 1998, 1999 and 2000).
In 1998, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, one of the premier institutes of higher learning in India, conferred on him the Distinguished Alumnus Award, and in 1996-97, he was awarded the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.
In December 2005, Narayana Murthy was voted as the 7th most admired CEO/Chairman in the world in a global study conducted by Burson-Marsteller with the Economist Intelligence Unit [2]. The list included 14 others with distinguished names such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet.
In May 2006, Narayana Murthy has, for the fifth year running, emerged the most admired business leader of India in a study conducted by Brand-comm, a leading Brand Consulting, Advertising and PR firm. In November 2006, Time magazine featured him in its list of "Asian Heroes".
The list featured people who have had a significant impact on Asian history over the past 60 years and it included others such as Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, etc.
So tell me now. Do you still feel like bitching and whining that he played an instrumental version of our national anthem????
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Originally posted by mynameisraj
Quote:
Originally posted by blabber
Actually I would like to see all the Indian Corporations celebrating major occassions in their offices world over ....
Why? Can you give me one reason why the heck? I was going to appreciate the fact that this even being done but thanks to some numbskulls, that has been subjected to some criticism too because it was not "done right". Damn. When the f!#$ was the last time a Canadian corporation sang "Oh Canada" in their premises (frrggin instrumental or not) in their premises on Canada day. How convenient for the NRIs to sit here in Canada and criticize Mr.Murthy. How goddamn convenient!
I am sorry. But what he has done for India cannot be overshadowed by some miniscule incident because some dumbass NRI likes to pass judgement on a life of selfless sacrifice for a thankless nation.
well if infosys or Narayan murthy decided to play the national Anthem in the presence of president ....
what is wrong with it ....
What is there to be ashamed of ....
why should narayan murthy be embarrased because foreigners are working in the company and they will be offended .... it is india and playing national anthem in the presence of Indian President is nothing to be ashamed of or should not be embarrasing for anybody .....
so putting this embarrasement of narayan murthy in words in front of media does not shows him in good light ( it does not take away any positive he has done but this definitely is something not very positive action by murthy )
also what is wrong with criticism ?????
( even if it is Narayan Murthy ... he is not god )
also criticising does not take away good somebody has done ( including from Narayan Murthy )
about canadian corp. not playing O'Canada that is their choice ....
I personally have no problem canadian corp. playing it .....
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Originally posted by mynameisraj
Eat this and shut the hell up before you pass judgement about Mr.Murthy:
In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award by the Government of India.
He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum Medal (in the year 2003), awarded by the Indo-French Forum, in recognition of his role in promoting Indo-French ties.
He was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year - 2003 by Ernst & Young. He was one of the two people named as Asia's Businessmen of the Year for 2003 by Fortune magazine.
In 2001, he was named by TIME / CNN as one of the twenty-five, most influential global executives, a group selected for their lasting influence in creating new industries and reshaping markets.
He was awarded the Max Schmidheiny Liberty 2001 prize ( Switzerland), in recognition of his promotion of individual responsibility and liberty.
In 1999, BusinessWeek named him one of the nine entrepreneurs of the year and he was also featured in the BusinessWeek's 'The Stars of Asia' (for three successive years - 1998, 1999 and 2000).
In 1998, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, one of the premier institutes of higher learning in India, conferred on him the Distinguished Alumnus Award, and in 1996-97, he was awarded the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.
In December 2005, Narayana Murthy was voted as the 7th most admired CEO/Chairman in the world in a global study conducted by Burson-Marsteller with the Economist Intelligence Unit [2]. The list included 14 others with distinguished names such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet.
In May 2006, Narayana Murthy has, for the fifth year running, emerged the most admired business leader of India in a study conducted by Brand-comm, a leading Brand Consulting, Advertising and PR firm. In November 2006, Time magazine featured him in its list of "Asian Heroes".
The list featured people who have had a significant impact on Asian history over the past 60 years and it included others such as Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, etc.
So tell me now. Do you still feel like bitching and whining that he played an instrumental version of our national anthem????
I dont know whom you are asking this question but I never thought which version he played of national anthem .....
I have a problem with his embarrasment because of foreigners getting offended by national anthem ( and he put it in the media too )
why should he be offended of playing national anthem .....
that is something I dont understand
Now his own state MLAs demand action against Murthy! >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/MLAs_demand_action_against_Murthy/articleshow/1894472.cms
BANGALORE: Refusing to accept Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy's apology for his remarks on the national anthem, members of the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday demanded that the government should initiate action against him.
The apology tendered by Murthy on Tuesday in response to criticism of his remark that the instrumental version of the national anthem was played in the Infosys campus in Mysore on Sunday to avoid embarrassment to foreigners proved that disrespect was shown to the anthem, Vatal Nagaraj (Vatal Paksha) said in the Assembly.
He demanded the government spell out the action it would initiate against Murthy.
G V Sriramareddy, CPI(M) accused the former chairman of the software major of showing disrespect to the nation while H D Basavaraj (BJP) opined that Murthy's apology should not be accepted and legal action should be initiated against him.
H D Venkatesh (JD-S) urged the government not to cooperate with Infosys in future and not to give it land or other facilities.
Home Minister M P Prakash then intervened and said he had sought a report from police on the April 8 incident in which Murthy stoutly defended the playing of the instrumental version of the anthem at a function attended by President A P J Abdul Kalam.
After legislators of both Houses called for action against him, Murthy on Tuesday apologised for his remarks, saying, "If the media statement has hurt anybody's sentiments, I deeply apologise."
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After legislators of both Houses called for action against him, Murthy on Tuesday apologised for his remarks, saying, "If the media statement has hurt anybody's sentiments, I deeply apologise."
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This is taking it too far .....
but I guess this is what politicians are paid to do ( or this is what they think ) .... 
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Originally posted by blabber
also what is wrong with criticism ?????
( even if it is Narayan Murthy ... he is not god )
also criticising does not take away good somebody has done ( including from Narayan Murthy )
about canadian corp. not playing O'Canada that is their choice ....
I personally have no problem canadian corp. playing it .....
Fair enough. You make sense and I agree with you. But DIO said this incident changed his opinion about NRN. That I found to be extremely fickle.
