What we should project

My boss at Charlie company, asked me to share a storyline for a possible investor/Aquisition pitch. His idea was more for projecting what the company can do. I used the CV-SHV (Customer Value, Shareholder value matrix used in our ISB BMI course). He felt it was too drab and MBA Ish and very well so.

Somehow, it's a plain simple story line which you want to project. It was just one client engagement weaved into a story. You start the company with these 3 people. You get a consulting project for Digital transformation for 2 months. Slowly you exhibit value, and the project expands from 3 to 7 to 20. You add new accounts within the client. In that process you also build technical muscle. There are also those small interactions which happen which lead from one to another e.g. the B2B was shot in the dark, would have happened if were not in Mobility. Also, the way contracts are designed. Sometimes embedding one word makes a difference. But then there is also the market base assets. The client has seen you and knows you that if you are around, you are adding value. It can happen if you are invested in one client. 

Then once you have built the tech capabilities you know which the capabilities are to be productized. You productize those capabilities. But the story is all about how one leads to the other. e.g. LWP at alpha, then CDP type at Tango1 , then CDP engagement at Tango 2 with finally a CDP deployment, white labeled DMP in alpha2.

Why we were defensive ?

Indian empires throughout the ancient and medieval ages were fiercely territorial. And when I say this, I am not talking about the Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushans or the early Islamic invaders. They were not inherently Indian and were in fact aggressors on our land which was foreign to them.

To have an expansionary strategy needs to have the will power of the empire, desire of the rulers, a compelling reason which necessitates the development of an aggressive outlook. The Islamic horde came from the Central Asia which was a region of constant strife due to scarcity of resources. This compelled likes of Ghurid , Ghaznavid and later even Babar to look towards India to conquer it for its abundant resources and wealth. The later set up the Mughal empire which ruled India for about 200 years. 

But the fact remains why none of the empires which established in India like the Maurya's, Guptas and later the Mughals did not opt for an expansionary strategy like the European empires. The fact of the matter remains that they were well entrenched in Mutiple aspects. The most important aspect is the subcontinents Geography. There were sea and ocean on the three sides, Himalayas to the North to Northeast. Though there was the Khyber Pass through which the invaders descended in the Northwest. Yet it became absorbed once Mughals established their hegemony with the Baloch areas and Western Afghanistan becoming buffer areas between the Persian empire and the Mughals. This Geography forced the rulers to be less expansive in their approach. But yet, even European empires had to cover oceans to reach new shores like the Spanish Empire did to the Americas. So next comes the point that there enough resources to be satisfied with. India was already an export driven economy for a long time. There was abundance of natural resources and food as well. Also, the local empires were busy organizing their feudatories and vassals within the Indian Geographic realm to keep the supply lines and trade revenue intact. There was enough to focus on home than to look outside. Even the navies of Marathas were mostly coastal navies who were there to keep check on the pirates looting the ships in the coastal areas.

But yet there have been instances in the past when we had to adopt and expansionary shift. Cholas raided the Southeast Asian ports of hostile Sri Vijayan empire to establish and secure their supply routes to China. This was not a colonial ambition and was purely for economic reasons. It's no wonder that we had healthy trade relations with the rulers there which is pretty much visible in the cultural sphere even today. 

We could have been very well aggressive or offensive by choice, but the unique mix of factors allowed the various Indian rulers adopt a mindset which was pretty much in sync with securing and growing what was already there. Even come to think of it, Mughals who were contemporary of Ottomans in Turkey never felt the need to colonize Africa or push their Armies through Burma and Southeast Asia or adopt a Naval strategy to look for new colonies.

If Islam - Christianity has problem then so has Hindusim

Yes Hinduism does have problem. It has a problem in positioning itself. Hinduism is construct which was given represent people of this land who were of Non Abrahamic faith. Jainism , Sikhism , Buddhism were fuether classifications done in addition to Hinduism. 

So it thus became a religion in the same class as Islam and Christianity and Judaism. 

But why adhere to this construct which came from the West ( Yes Arabia is to the west of our country) . Sanatan Dharma which has become more prominent in todays time is something which Hindus today try to refer to when talking about Hinduism and its Non religious nature. If all the talks of religion and devotion can be assimilated together. then best way to look at thia will be in form of the pyramid with Sanata Dharm on top of it. 

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If there is any issue in Hindu society e.g. caste discrimantion there are n number of liberals or individuals who will go to all extent (even ignoring the facts or not applying juresprudence) to support the victim. Do we have an equivalent in the Islamic society. Zilch ? Even triple talaq was movement mostly championed by Right Wing Hindus. Is there any moderate face in Islam who is willing to campaign against Madrassa ayatem. Zilch. We can also take case of Nupur Sharma. If we accept that she apologies for whatever she said (or whatever tone she said), then why she needs to move with 24 hrs security. The moderates in Islam may say that she need not move with security and its her or states choice to provide her the secruity. If indeed there are such voices then what is the gaurantee that she will be able to raom freely when mere people who shared her post were killed mercilessly .