I am learning that ‘beginnings’ are very important, whether of a project or a relationship. It is important to define the money required to mobilize the project, the needs and expectations in a relationship very clearly. And to not compromise on that. To not settle for less. We had asked for 4 lakh from Yashi to kickstart the project and order the images. Sanjay Gupta committed and then when the agreement was finalized, he backtracked and offered 2 lakh. We took it. That was the mistake. The fiasco that happened later was a magnified version of a man who could never keep his words.
We are minus 2.5 lakh in the bank. We also have pending salaries and bills of the last two months to the tune of 3 lakh and the lease of our office is getting over and we need to shift. I guess it cannot get any worse. So the graph should go up now. At least the ‘stink of Yashi’ is out of our office. Though the bad taste, the smell and the disappointment is still there, much like in a failed and toxic relationship.
When Sanjay Gupta refused to take our calls, we desperately tried to contact Director (Planning), Sancheti of JDA but there was no response. He also refused to take our calls. What was the harm in listening to us? So obviously he is part of the invisible team of Yashi. And as spineless a man as Sanjay Gupta. And why JDA has awarded this project to Yashi is anyones’s guess. SG has connections in the higher echeleons of power. But that is all he has. The vision, the maturity, the technology needed to execute such a project is beyond him.
I guess there is a reason why everyone in this country would prefer to be a bureaucrat rather than a technocrat. And why most technocrats prefer to go out of the country and prefer to not deal with government entities.
When you have been dishonest for so long, you cannot see honesty even if it were to stare you in the face.
We will have to figure out a way to not be on the roads and to not shut shop because of the Yashi fiasco. And to look for work in cleaner places with greater transparency and no dysfunction.
GC is special. very special. And I hope that whoever works here will also be special. We will from now one be more stringent in our choice of clients as well as team members. Is is not easy to survive in GC. But no other company could beat what we are able to teach here. And no other company could compare with the work we are able to produce here. And this is the strength with which we would like to move forward.
The dishonest, the chicken hearted, people with less knowledge and more ego (whether a client or a team member) will leave GC on their own. And we cannot be apologetic about it.
GC is a honest, transparent, intelligent company and that is how we wish to remain.
