Shame on us... Thefts reported in sophisticated IT company in Mumbai

Capgemini Consulting India Ltd, part of the Capgemini Group which is ranked among top 5 global consulting firms, has recently been in news... for all wrong reasons...

First... They gave increments to ALL of its employees (excluding senior managers and above) ranging from 0% to 6%... IT'S REALLY A SHAME!

Second... Now the IFM (Internal Facilities Management) department within Capgemini Mumbai has become notorious for its indifference to the problems faced by employees...

The problems have been quite uncommon, yet persistent. Capgemini India has been expanding at a furious speed, however, IGNORING safety & comfort of its workforce.

None of the offices of Capgemini India are fire-safe! These offices are extremely congested and prone to fire at any moment. And God forbids, if there is a fire outbreak, the employees would DIE inside the office due to suffocation and choking. There are no proper fire exits and infrastructure is pathetic!!

Now there have been THEFTS reported in Mumbai offices of Capgemini. I am not joking... Find below the recent mail being circulated among the employees complaining to the IFM to improve security arrangements and to ensure that belongings of the employees are safe…

The current security arrangements are so pathetic that the IFM can't even trace who is stealing valuables from employee's desks!! They have installed video cameras, but only at entry & exits!!! What nonsense... How can someone trace who is carrying what inside their bags... they must have installed security cameras inside the office, at various locations, also!!

IT'S A SHAME, CAPGEMINI.

PLEASE PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES... TO TELL THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BELONGINGS.

From: Sharma, Mansi
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:17 PM
To: Rane, Narendra
Cc: DL IN SAP TS C; DL IN SAP TS M; DL IN SAP TS M&T Leads; DL IN SAP TS MM; DL IN SAP TS SM; DL IN TS ALL; DL IN SAP TS SC; DL IN SAP TS SCM; Dicholkar, Tulsi; Puthran, Nitin; Shaikh, Karuna; Sawant, Sushil
Subject: RE: FYI : Yet another theft

Yes Narendra I have reported already informed to IFM you can check in the mail.

My purpose of marking this mail to all is just to warn you to take extra care of your valuables.

Because our IFM can not bring it back once you have lost it.

Thanks and Regards,

Mansi Sharma Capgemini India

Direct: +91 22 6755 8790 VoIP: 7875 Mobile: +919819061559

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From: Rane, Narendra
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:05 PM
To: Sharma, Mansi
Subject: RE: FYI : Yet another theft

Mansi,

I am really very sorry to hear this. but the mail is marked to totally wrong group.

This should be marked to IFM team instead of all C and SC's in the company.

Thanks & regards

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Narendra Rane / Capgemini India / Mumbai

SAP SPOC / Sweden SBU

Direct: +91 22 6711 8597/ Cell: +91 98206 72696 / www.in.capgemini.com

Fax: +91 22 6755 7100 / VOIP +1 312 476 2744 /

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From: Sharma, Mansi
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:03 PM
To: DL IN SAP TS C; DL IN SAP TS M; DL IN SAP TS M&T Leads; DL IN SAP TS MM; DL IN SAP TS SM
Subject: FYI : Yet another theft

I would like to report another theft occurred yesterday when a set of bangles (gold) were stolen from my purse.

This is second time in three working days I am reporting about the theft. Please let me know what actions you have been taken.

Kindly understand simply reporting to the security will not help, as they can not verify the belongings of the individual.

I believe there is urgent requirement to install multiple camera's across departments/ floors and films are recorded on daily basis.

This will ensure security of employees of such a prestigious organization.

Colleagues: Please take extra care of your valuables.

Thanks and Regards,

Mansi Sharma Capgemini India

Direct: +91 22 6711 8790 VoIP: 7875 Mobile: +919819061559

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From: Dicholkar, Tulsi
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:16 PM
To: Sharma, Mansi
Subject: RE: lost my mobile case

Hi,

Thanks for bringing it to our notice. We will inform the security accordingly.

Thanks & Regards,

Tulsi Dicholkar Capgemini India Mumbai - 4

Facilities IFM DSS

'+9122 6711 8001 7+9122 6711 8000 'Voip: 2640

Plant No. 5, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Pirojshanagar, LBS Marg, Vikhroli (W), Mumbai-400 079

www.in.capgemini.com

Together. Free your energies

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From: Sharma, Mansi
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:13 PM
To: Dicholkar, Tulsi
Subject: lost my mobile case

Hi

I have lost my mobile case (leather one in pink color) from my desk MZ D107.

Last month my colleague has lost his mobile from the same cubical.

Kindly do the necessary arrangements for the camera recording and security purpose.

Thanks and Regards,

Mansi Sharma Capgemini India

Direct: +91 22 6755 8790 VoIP: 7875 Mobile: +919819061559

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Do you know how Simplicity looks in real life?

According to Indian history, a legendary person has urged the young generation to adopt Simplicity. He said "Live Simple, Think Big."

I know, this is a great theorotical statement with little practical relevance. But recently I spotted such a real-life example of Simplicity, that I am forced to change my opinion...

Check out the following picture of the Tamil Superstar RAJANIKANT...


Now, check the model of the mobile RAJANIKANT uses... He is so down-to-earth and simple, but he is THE superstar of Indian Movie industry, way above Shahrukh Khan & Amitabh Bachchan.

Now, THAT'S SIMPLICITY...

India Shining in the US - Hall of Shame!!!

On Monday, the Indian government itself consecrated the oft-circulated fiction as fact in Parliament, possibly laying itself open to a breach of privilege. By relaying to Rajya Sabha members, a host of unsubstantiated and inflated figures about Indian professionals in US, the government also made a laughing stock of itself.

The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Purandeshwari, included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees.

There is no survey that establishes these numbers, and absent a government clarification, it appears that the figures come from a shop-worn Internet chain mail that has been in circulation for many years. Attempts by this correspondent over the years to authenticate the figures have shown that it is exaggerated, and even false. Both Microsoft and NASA say they don't keep an ethnic headcount. While they acknowledge that a large number of their employees are of Indian origin, it is hardly in the 30-35 per cent range.

Some of the popular myths…

• In a 2003 interview with this correspondent, Microsoft chief Bill Gates guessed that the number of Indians in the engineering sections of the company was perhaps in the region of 20 per cent, but he thought the overall figure was not true.
• NASA workers say the number of Indians in the organization is in the region of 4-5 per cent, but the 36 per cent figure is pure fiction.
• The number of physicians of Indian-origin in the US is a little easier to estimate. The Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has 42,000 members, in addition to around 15,000 medical students and residents.
• There were an estimated 850,000 doctors in the US in 2004. So, conflating the figures, no more than ten per cent of the physicians in US maybe of Indian-origin – and that includes Indian-Americans – assuming not everyone is registered with AAPI.

These numbers in themselves are remarkable considering Indians constitute less than one per cent of the US population. But in its enthusiasm to spin the image of the successful global Indian to its advantage, the government appears to have milked a long-discredited spam - an effort seen by some readers as the work of a lazy bureaucrat and an inept minister.

"This minister (D. Purandeshwari) should be held accountable for misleading the members of parliament and the citizens of India. This just shows how illiterate and mentally defunct the current Indian govt. is," wrote Anand from Melbourne. Purandeshwari is not the first minister to use the dubious figures in a system where politicians depend heavily on their bureaucrats to furnish facts, figures, and speeches. Former home minister L.K.Advani used the same figures in a speech some years back on a visit to Washington DC.

Source: The Times of India report on Wednesday, March 12, 2008

India Shining! India Cheering!! Indeed!!!

We have cheered for our best cricket players...

We have celebrated the India Shining extravaganza...

Now check out what the players themselves celebrate & cheer!!!!!!

PLEASE COMMENT... :)

Hillarious Letters from Gujratis to Leicester Council, UK

These are extracts from actual letters sent to Leicester Council and Housing Associations, U.K., written by Gujaratis:

1. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.
2. I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.
3. And their 18-year-old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.
4. I wish to report that the tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was that bad wind the other night that blew them off.
5. I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is coming away from the wall.
6. Will you please send someone to mend the garden path, my wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant.
7. I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen. 50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbling plaster and the rest are plain filthy.
8. The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.
9. Will you please send a man to look at my water? It is a funny color and not fit to drink.
10. Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
11. I want to complain about the farmer across the road, every morning at 6:00 am his cock wakes me up and its now getting too much for me.
12. The man next door has a large erection in the garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.
13. Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two small children and would like a third so please send someone round to do something about it.
14. I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man I have on top of me every night.
15. Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.

India - now the Richest Country - can buy 7 developing nations (literally!!)

Do you know that India is now the richest country in the world!























It's due to Mr. G Vaidyaraj, who donated all his wealth, about which he actually did not know.

He is a descendent of Raja Krishnadev Raya from Mysore district. For the last 300 years or so, three stones were worshipped in his house. But nobody tried to see what it was, except this person, who is a lawyer by profession.

One day, when there was nobody in his house, he took the stone out to see what it was that they worship. Due to the dust deposited on it, from many many years, it looked only like a simple stone. But when he touched it, some portion of the stone was cleansed.And he saw a bright ray of light.He saw something which attracted his attention. And he was amazed when he cleaned all of them.

The whole room was filled with light. He discovered they were diamonds of about 4600 carats each. He informed the Government of India and the news is censored for its security.

It's now deposited in Swiss Bank.

The cost of single diamond exceeds the GDP of USA + UK. India can virtually buy 7 developing nations. Even World Bank does not have enough money to buy it.

One diamond costs thrice the debt of World Bank over India. One such diamond can buy 10 Bill Gates to you. And the World Bank has proposed the Indian Govt. that it can pay India in Installment if it wishes to do so.

India's GDP is 34.25 billion dollars. Bill Gates property is 95 billion dollars approximate so that is the way 'nature changes'. Our Prime Minister has refused to sell it. He said it will be sold or mortgaged for credit when we need it. Otherwise right now we have no problems. You can go through Times of India with a small column on it a week ago. Star TV presented a 115 min documentary on it about 15 days ago. The Hindu with its half page article in it. After that it was censored as classified.

Another good news is that in the Desert of Thar a deposit of Oil and Natural gas have been found. This stores what Kuwait has in its stomach.India can go with this ONGC energy reserve with another 30 years. And moreover it can export it to other counties. It's incredible!! But true.

An Indian boy in his 12th standard has disproved Einstein's 'Theory of Relativity'. Shocked? Read on...

Sudarshan Reddy has theoretically proven the existence of a sub-atomic particle, which can travel at speed greater than that of light, thereby challenging one of the fundamental postulates of the 'Theory of Relativity'. In his recent research paper submitted to the Institute of Advanced Physics (IAP) at Trieste (Italy), Sudarshan has proved the existence of a class of sub-atomic particles called leptons', which can travel faster than light. The international physics community is shocked by this discovery.Dr.Massimo Martelli, President of the IAP has this to say about the paper submitted by Sudarshan. 'After long, careful and critical analysis, I can confidently say that Sudarshan's re search papers show tremendous leap in our understanding of physics. His investigation mounts up on 'leptons'. His work builds substantially on the work of Einstein and others in the field of relativity.'When physicists from Princeton University tried to measure Sudarshan's IQ with an IQ-meter (at the American Embassy in Delhi), the meter broke down. Sudarshan, incidentally, is the brother of Madhu Reddy, the Indian whiz kid who developed an operating system superior to Microsoft Windows.

We should be very proud of them.

Note: I am not sure about the authenticity of this information. Please check with the Govt. of India before disclosing any part of this information for public consumption. I am not responsible if this has caused any mental agony to anyone.