[Reader-list] On my view of Nandan Nilekani

[A.K. Malik]

Hi Bipin,
           I think if Taha is appointed in some position in the UID project, the resistance may go down?????????????????????

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Sat, 5/29/10, Bipin Trivedi <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:

> From: Bipin Trivedi <aliens at dataone.in>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] On my view of Nandan Nilekani
> To: "'Taha Mehmood'" <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>
> Cc: "sarai-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010, 11:00 AM
> Dear Taha,
> 
> Comparison of greed for run/wicket with wealth itself is
> irrelevant. Since,
> Sachin/Warne after achieving at this stage, if you will
> stop paying money
> then also they will keep their greed intact to complete 100
> test centuries
> or 400 wickets. So, greed for run/wicket is to reach
> highest non-breakable
> threshold level for their mental satisfaction irrespective
> of getting money
> for that or not.
> 
> So, according to you let the Nilkeni leave this project of
> UID and in that
> case, do you believe that this project will not go ahead?
> No, it will go
> ahead then also with some other alternative.  What
> will be your stand in
> that case?
> 
> Thanks
> Bipin
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taha Mehmood [mailto:2tahamehmood at googlemail.com]
> 
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:09 PM
> To: bipin; rahul_capri at yahoo.com
> Cc: Sarai Reader-list
> Subject: On my view of Nandan Nilekani
> 
> Dear Bipin and Rahul,
> 
> Thank you for your mails.
> 
> I think if he really feels for the underprivileged then if
> not for
> anyone else but for the sake of underprivileged people of
> India Nandan
> Nilekani must leave UID. Why, because he seems to have only
> a vague
> idea of what he is doing.
> 
> Please allow me to revisit  craftsman argument once
> more.
> 
> You see, it is the nature of a batsman to make more runs
> just like it
> is the nature of a bowler to restrict a batsman from making
> runs. Now
> we have in cricket batsmen and bowlers and all rounders.
> But then
> there are some people who epitomize excellence. People like
> Warne,
> people like Tendulkar. A craftsman hones his skill by
> persistently
> doing one thing and perfecting it. Which comes after
> spending hours
> and hours on that thing alone. Tendulkar expresses himself
> the best
> through his bat. Warne through his ball. It is in the
> nature of
> Tendulkar to make runs, he can bowl too but not with as
> much finesse
> as he can bat. It is in the nature of Warne to bowl, he can
> bat too
> but with not as much excellence as he can bowl.
> 
> Nandan Nilekani's craft lie in creating wealth and
> harvesting it for
> gain. Private profit is his game. That is his nature. That
> is how he
> has been expressing his self for the past thirty years.
> Return on
> Investment. Gross profit. Turnover. These are words which
> were his for
> the last thirty years. These words have helped him convert
> 1200 rupees
> a month to more than a Billion dollars. He is one of our
> best and
> shining examples of what free market liberal democratic
> India has to
> offer to the world. He is an instinctive creator of wealth,
> wouldn't
> it be against his nature to distribute wealth? Wouldn't it
> be like
> expecting Tendulkar to take four hundred wickets?
> 
> I think Mr. Nandan Nilekani must be persuaded to leave UID
> as soon as
> possible. It would not only be good for him but also good
> the country.
> 
> Warm regards
> 
> Taha
> 
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