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 is having all these dresses of body, Dehabhav agar, are all coverings of Soul is the basic belief. If you remove the coverings with certain efforts then you can experience the original bliss. According to Christian belief a man is thrown out from the heaven for original sin. His existence begins with this Sin. These are two opposing fundamental viewpoints.

The ideas of Morality, ideas of social values and the religious beliefs are obstacles in the way of Materialism. These basic values as Values are not mentioned in the books on Management. But the Social thinkers assume all those basic values as fundamental when they write about Management. Indian philosophy is based on the concept of Dharma. You will not be in a position to think of Indian Management without this base of Dharma which has a great resonance in the minds of our people. We have to build our Management practices on the basis of it.

First part or Purva Rang of this Naradeeya Kirtan is over here. Subsequent chapters are that of Uttar Rang.

Adhyay 11

Following the theoretical discussions in the Ten Adhyayas of first part, or Purvarang, I am proceeding with some examples of personal experiments that I made in the course of my managerial life on the basis of these theories. These experiments will be narrated in the remaining Eight chapters or Adhyayas of this book. I think it is necessary to include some details of my personal background in order to provide a proper context for these experiments. In any scientific experiment the external facts are necessary to note. If someone wants to understand or replicate the approach which I am advocating, these external narrations become helpful or even crucial. They may appear autobiographical and unnecessary. I however do not think so.

I started working as a Company Secretary in a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in 1964. At the beginning of my career the period was of Industrial growth and employment opportunities were plentiful in India. Everywhere there was an atmosphere of enthusiasm and foundational work of industrial India was being undertaken. Talk of Socialism was in the air, and there was enthusiasm for a centralised Planning Commission or ‘GossPlan’ on the lines of Soviet Union. During those days I read original Communist Manifesto. Fortunately I also had read Animal Farm and 1984 as text books during my college days.

That I had to stand on my own was very clear to me since beginning. I never thought that society or someone else owes me my living. I knew I was dependent on society, and society owes me nothing. Society does not need me. I have to search for work and no one will bring

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