Live by Design not by
Default: Shiv Khera
National Tele24 News
Chandigarh
The highlight of the
second day of the 6th edition of Literati was the presence of
world-renowned motivational speaker, management guru, and corporate trainer and
author, Shiv Khera, whose latest book, ‘You Can Achieve More’ has just hit the
book stores. Known for his penchant for powerful one-liners, he remarked that
thre is nothing called perfection in the world, since each one of us can always
do more and achieve more, only if we learn to live by design and not by
default, he said. In order to stand out in the world, do something outstanding,
he remarked. This book, he said, teaches you to live an extraordinary life. Sharing
his life story full of initial struggles from washing cars to selling
insurance, Shiv Khera said that in whatever he did he gave his best, but learnt
some of the best lessons of his life from his seniors, who enlightened me that
the biggest problem in achieving more was me alone and no one else. In
every organization the biggest problem is only people problem and there is a
need to change one’s attitude about work ethos and money too. He said that the
biggest difference is that of understanding whether you are making money or
earning money. Earning money in the rightful way is the only path
to success, since making money is criminal while earning money is spiritual, he
advised. He lamented the growing indulgence of Indians with superstitions and
horoscopes that not only makes them depend purely on fate instead of learning
from their mistakes and take corrective action to grow up. The session was
attended by large number of people. Gurucharan Das and Siddartha
Giggo had session about their book Earthly Desires : Kama
Diaries where Gurucharan Das said that kama has to be seen in an
optimistic way, as not a mere objectified way of looking at different postures
but a source of creation. Siddhartha Gigoo on the other hand excerpted the
essence of cross-border love in his book with struggle of displaced people of
Kashmir. Master Chef India winner Pankaj Bhadouria and runner
up Kandla Nijhowne gave their view about the whole experience
of food and cooking it as according to them cooking is sensory experience which
involves all five senses. They advised restrictive use of masalas and
spices in the food, undercooking and focusing on lively eye-pleasing
presentation when plated. The biographer of Priyanka Chopra and Shashi Kapoor
besides various other inside stories of Bollywood, Aneesh Chhabra in
conversation with News18 editor Jyoti Kamal, talked about the changes that are
pervasive in Mumbai to launch the kids of stars, whereas in earlier days it
used to be a huge struggle for the star sons to establish themselves in the
industry by sheer hardwork. The Punjabi session in the afternoon explored the
changes that have come about in the Punjabi music by celebrated lyricists and
singers of both old and the new genre. Shamsher Sandhu and Charan Likhari of
old school, with Jaani as the new-age youthful singer and Punjabi novelist
Masha Kaur, discussed with Ravee Pandher the nuances of the transformation in
Punjabi cultural presentation that has come about which is a natural
phenomenon. While old school considered the traumatic cultural upheaval
caused by the partition in 1947, the terrorism of 80s and now the unfortunate
drug addiction that has destroying the social fabric of Punjab. Jaani however
said that because of the use of common phrases and understandable words from
Hindi, coupled with growing trend in Bollywood to include Punjabi numbers in
the movies, has helped the Punjabi music and songs getting worldwide acceptance
and popularity. The subject of gender inequality, female foeticide and
not-so-much-talked-about subject of incest evinced keen interest among audience
in ‘The Balancing Act’, where celebrated journalist and author Gita Arvamudan
observed that male female ratio continues to deteriorate in the country despite
the efforts and campaign by the government to stop female foeticide. On
the other hand a research scholar Supreet Dhiman shared the trauma that many
children are facing today due to the taboo-word of incest in the family. She
remarkedt that incest has remained a taboo subject in the family but because of
her research and initiative to end incest, there is growing awareness and many
of the victims are being offered psychological help to overcome this mental
trauma, while counseling is being provided by the Trust. The panel moderated by
Saguna Jain agreed to reach out widely in the society to balance out the social
impact through timely interventions. Celebrated author and entrepreneur Vineet
Bajpai, former bureaucrat and motivational speaker and author Vivek Atray along
with advertising professional and author Anisha Motwani, discussed the need to
guide the coming generation with tips to managetheir life by learning to be
self-motivated. Rajneesh Watts and Raja Bhasin from Shimla shared the stories
of their respective cities in conversation with Manju Jaidika. Earlier in the
morning Dr Jaishree Sethi of Story Ghar from Delhi conducted
a British Council workshop on story telling. Attended by adults as well as
children Jaishree said that art of story telling helps teachers to effectively
deliver the lessons to children as well as works equally well in the corporate
sector.
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