Chicken and Hen!

Today I find myself in a bit different mood after having completed "Count your chickens before they hatch(CYBTH)" yesterday and reading through the pdf version of Aesop's Fables today.
Believe me there was much I could relate in the two! And some things went to the contrary as one of the fables explicitly said don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Now to CYBTH:
Arindam Chaudhuri, the renowned management guru uses all the principles that he has learnt in management to give a text much easier to read comprehend and relate to our daily life. At times you can smell that the author's mind is hit by some or the other management principle that he uses to keep the reader engrossed. Though he has not put any extra effort to this effect, his understanding of Indian psyche is commendable wherein he chips after every five six pages, full-page posters with a few words scribbled on it giving the impression a graffiti and thus taking due chunk of attention. In fact in the whole book chaudhari has nothing apart from citing some inspirational and motivational stories of successful people and at times instances from his own professional and personal life. Other stuff about communication and effectiveness simply reminds what all of us mostly know yet forget at times. Still the book has a good point made in terms of dealing with the problems with an India-centric view and recommending solution on similar lines(which the author likes to call the Theory 'i' Management). I agree with his point that in solving any problem related to a country it is instrumental to first know about the culture prevailing therein. I also agree with his comparative analyses made in context of US-Japan-USSR/China and the culture prevailing there. He goes on to point that why each of the above things do not work in India and also mentions complacency as our biggest enemy.

The most realistic part of the book seemed to be his comments on the judiciary. He goes ahead to blame the judicial system prevalent in the country as dysfunct and responsible for the state of affairs and the mushrooming corruption. Although his suggestions in this aspect are radical but he has rightly justified the need of radical changes lest we end up with delayed, denied justice.

Reading towards the end I was forced to remember his lecture that I had herd in our technical festival at IIT kharagpur wherein he had pointed many facts from ramayana and mahabarata in an effort to compare Sri Ram and Sri Krishna. He points to the Bhagvad Gita as THE complete management guide and Lord krishna as the best manager the world has ever seen.

Altogether I don't think that he has portrayed by any means his skill of writing but yes his skill of story-telling comes to the forefront in the whole account. He stands abusing the judiciary and the media yet the initial and rear pages find space for the media's seemingly never-ending appreciation for the book and the author.
In short the book is good, but you need to decide on the right time and right phase of life when you really need such things.
Strong points : Precise Concise Eye-catching Easy to comprehend and thus can be easily completed in one two or at most five readings by an average reader.
Weak point : I believe at points the author tries to give a mix of many things which seemingly do not display a good amount of integrity, in other words some chapters are just not seemingly in the flow.