kinshuk sunilit aint no, dessert if therez no caek

I have been working in that role and function now for almost 18 months, yet it will be a very difficult job for me to define it. Why am I attempting to define it? Well, all my friends (the Non-geeks) keep asking me – what the hell is your job profile. Guys! Read this carefully and read it Very carefully – I am going to sincerely pour out my heart for you all here – yes I am awesome!

When understanding something, I have always found it useful to begin with the language. The Word “Community Manager” literally means someone who manages the community. So, what is a community? A Community is a ‘social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage’

For a company, a community is the pool of its customers, partners, suppliers, users, and can include Similar stakeholders (government, society, really!). What is important is that these entities are brought together to co-habitat a specific region. The members also depend on the strategic objectives and direction the company wants to move.

So a community manager is someone who manages this community for a company. Savvy?

What that means is that a community manager is an interface between the company and the community. It is the community manager that gets all the conversations done. He uses the social media tools and platforms to pitch the company’s perspective to the community and brings back ideas and feedbacks from the community to the company. He represents the company in the community and the community in the company. He is the one who balances the community’s welfare with the strategic objectives of the company.

In the present day world, where technology is being abstracted within daily life at a very fast pace resulting in almost instantaneous conversations; a community manager can make all the difference between a successful company and a not so successful company (lets avoid all negative speak). He would be the one creating opportunities, brands, and customer loyalty.

In my (not the very) next post, I will talk about some specific activities almost every community manager undertakes.

Take that huh!

07. KANDISA
Indian Ocean 
(Kandisa)

Kandisa Aalaha, Kandisa Esana
Holy God, Holy Strength

Aalam, Aalam, Aalam
Truly, Truly, Truly

Aamen, Aamen, Aamen
So be it, So be it, So be it

Sliha mar Yosef, Almadbaha Kudisaha
Our father, Joseph, at your Holy Altar, Humbly I Submit

Angene Dhanusa, Nyahave Dukharana
May that be forever in Memory, Heart and Mind

Kandisa Aalaha, Kandisa Esana
Holy God, Holy Strength

Kandisa la mayo sa, Ezraha ma ‘layn
Holy immortal, please have mercy on me

source:
translation http://wapedia.mobi/en/Kandisa
music http://www.last.fm/music/Indian+Ocean/Kandisa/Kandisa
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An aremaic prayer sung wholesomely by the Indian Rock/Fusion group ‘Indian Ocean’. Spiritually fulfilling, this prayer has a calming effect on me and everyone who has listened to it (in my knowledge). Perhaps I will review this song someday. Its been long since I last blogged.

I am not sure the lyrics/translation is completely correct.

The first thing to do is to call back home and tell them I am hale and hearty in Bangalore. I do so. Next, I walk out of the airport. There is a line of EasyCabs and I take one. I need to go to the Indian Institute of Science. Which Indian Institute of Science? There are many in Bangalore! Thankfully, I had read the ICCBN guidelines for reaching the venue. See, I don’t know much about Bangalore. The place is called Indian Institute of Science and is also known as Tata Institute. Its near Yeshwanthpur. Oh That One! The taxi speeds away.

The journey was kinda comfortable. The driver is Prasanna, who is a friendly guy. He is a local, lives with his family, earns a salary of 8K as an EasyCabs driver, has no girlfriend and loves to hang out with friends.

By the way, Hills are called Betta in Kannada compared to Malaya in Tamil. You say Solpe Solpe Kannada Paratha for ‘I understand a little Kannada’ as opposed to Kunjum Kunjum Tamil Terio for the same about Tamil. The scripts are very different and yet the languages are claimed to be very similar having originated from the Dravidian family. For one: the word to show respect or to refer to as an elder brother in both languages is Anna.

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I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don’t know where it goes
But it’s home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I’m the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone

My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
‘Til then I walk alone

I’m walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone

Read between the lines
What’s fucked up and everything’s alright
Check my vital signs
To know I’m still alive and I walk alone

I walk alone

My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
‘Til then I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I’m the only one and I walk a…

My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
‘Til then I walk alone…

Many of my friends are leaving Delhi to move to their Jobs… so just taken example and done some inspirational creative writing :P (Don’t tell me how crappy it is, if you don’t have any good to say .. muhahahaha.. fear me, i am evil :P)

You only sit quietly,
you maintain the posture,
you are afraid,
any change will betray you,
betray what’s in your heart.
You look up,
you meet the gaze,
but it’s straight in the gut,
you look away.
You try to speak,
but you know she doesn’t want to hear it,
and there is a lump,
and the word’s wont come out.

And it’s so hard to find words to say
‘I will wait’
when you can’t say
‘Don’t Go’
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