Sunday, October 14, 2007

not all ministers are bad

Statutory warning:
this is the the first ever post of my first ever blog.. so read on if you have some time to kill.. ;)

so here i am at the microsoft techvista 2007.. the theme is 10 years into the future.. there are top computer scientists from around the world, talking about their work and research.. now i am completely mesmerized by these people and am thinking about the technicalities if their work, the probable difficulties, their solutions.. and here comes this guy, mr. kabil sibal, union science and technology minister, starts casually, and slowly and slowly relates all that was said to the problems india is facing and how these researches can be helpful in solving them.. he also thinks up of some truly beautiful ideas that can become good research material and hands them out to the microsoft people, who are as impressed as i am.. all the time i was listening to the previous speakers and analyzing their work, he was taking it all in and relating it to the problems at hand, thats focus for you.. and remember this is a guy from non-science college background, and he looks so comfortable and confident among these great scientists.. and everyone admires him.. thats i believe the power of thinking analytically and at the same time, keeping the complete picture in your mind.. thats something not everyone is capable of and thats what makes him a really good minister.. good work mr. prime minister, you selected some great guys to work for you