Two projects for the semester evaluation 10 marks each Project to be submitted by 20 Feb PRO !

"T1 #$isten to the talk on the below mentioned %R$ http&''www(youtube(com'watch)v*+kw,hOo-.,/ #0ote down 20 sentences from the whole talk( #Translate to French online( #%nderline 20 verbs from this passa1e and make short sentences( 20 marks( PRO !"T 2 22 Read the followin1 passa1e and 3nowled1e /ana1ement 4n the 5reat !pics of 4ndia6 Ramayan and /ahabharata6 war ends not with celebration of victory but with transmission of knowled1e( 4n the Ramayan6 Ravan lies mortally wounded on the battlefield6 when Ram turns to his brother $akshman6 and says6 78hile Ravan was a brute6 he was also a 1reat scholar( 5o to him .uickly and re.uest him to share whatever knowled1e he can(9 The obedient $akshman rushes to Ravan:s side and whispers in his ears6 7;emon 3in16 all your life you have taken not 1iven( 0ow the noble Ram 1ives you an opportunity to mend your ways( <hare your vast wisdom( ;o not let it die with you( For that you will be blessed(9 Ravan responds by simply turnin1 away( =n an1ry $akshman 1oes back to Ram and says& 7>e is as arro1ant as he always was6 too proud to share anythin1(9 Ram looks at his brother and asks him softly6 78here did you stand while askin1 him for knowled1e)9 70e-t to his head so that 4 hear what he had to say clearly(9 Ram smiles6 places his bow on the 1round and walks to where Ravan lies( $akshman watches in astonishment as his brother kneels at Ravan:s feet( 8ith palms joined6 with e-treme humility6 Ram says6 7$ord of $anka6 you abducted my wife6 a terrible crime for which 4 have been forced to punish you( 0ow6 you are no more my enemy( 4 see you now as you are known across the world6 as the wise son of Rishi ?ishrava( 4 bow to you and re.uest you to share your wisdom with me( Please do that for if you die without doin1 so6 all your wisdom will be lost forever to the world(9 To $akshman:s surprise6 Ravan opens

his eyes and raises his arms to salute Ram6 74f only 4 had more time as your teacher than as your enemy( <tandin1 at my feet as a student should6 you are a worthy recipient of my knowled1e( 4 have very little time so 4 cannot share much but let me tell you one important lesson 4 have learnt in my life( 7 Thin1s that are bad for you seduce you easily@ you run towards them impatiently( Aut thin1s that are 1ood for you6 fail to attract you( Bou shun them creatively6 findin1 e-cuses to justify your procrastination( That is why 4 was impatient to abduct <ita but procrastinated in meetin1 you( This is the wisdom of my life6 dear Ram( /y last words 4 1ive to you(9 8ith these words6 Ravana dies(9 There:s similar knowled1e transmission after the /ahabharat war 1ets over( The 3auravas are all dead( =s the victorious Pandavas are about to assume control of >astinapur6 $ord 3rishna advises them to talk to Ahisma Pitamaha6 their 1rand uncle6 who lies mortally6 wounded on the battlefield( =s a result of a devine blessin16 death would elude him for some more time( 7/ake him talk until his last breath( =sk him .uestions( >e has a lot to tell69 says 3rishna( <ure enou1h6 when prompted6 the dyin1 Ahisma spends hours discussin1 various topics& history6 1eo1raphy6 politics6 economics6 mana1ement6 war6 ethics6 morality6 astronomy6 metaphysics and spirituality( Ahisma:s discourse is detailed in the <hanti Parva Cdiscussions on Peace2 and =nushasan Parva Cdiscussions on ;iscipline2 that makes up a .uarter of the /ahabharata( =fter listenin1 to their 1rand uncle6 the Pandavas have a better understandin1 of the world6 and this makes them better rulers( Ram asked Ravan for his wisdom before his death( The Pandavas listened to a len1thy discourse from Ahisma as he lay dyin1 on the battlefield( 4n the conte-t of commercial or1anisations6 this is 3nowled1e /ana1ement( Aoth these stories draw attention to the value of knowled1e( 4n triumph6 it is easy to claim material possessions of the defeated6 but it is not easy to claim their knowled1e( 3nowled1e does not outlive death( 4t is lost for ever with the death of the knowled1eable( D !very day6 people leave or1anisations6 takin1 their knowled1e with them E knowled1e which they ac.uired because they were part of the or1anisation( They take with them knowled1e of clients6 markets6 business processes6 tricks of trade6 etc( These may not be confidential information or patented information6 but it is information that 1ives an or1anisation its cuttin1 ed1e( Over the past decade6 a whole new business process known as 3nowled1e /ana1ement has evolved that seeks to harness6 store6 transmit this knowled1e( !very "!O a1rees that it is a valuable business process6 that investment in it is critical( Policies have been made6 people have been hired and systems have been deployed( %nfortunately6 for all the initial enthusiasm6 implementation has been lackin1( D

D Often because they are like <ahadeva6 the youn1est Pandava( 4n the /ahabharata6 he is described as an e-pert in many predictive sciences such as astrolo1y6 palmistry and face readin1( Aut he is also cursed in a manner that if he ever 1ave information voluntarily6 his head will split and he would die instantaneously( That is why he is silent throu1hout the epic( >e knows every fortune and misfortune that his family will 1o throu1h6 but he can never use his knowled1e to forewarn them( 8hen ;harmaraj Budhishtira finally learns of his brother:s prowess he is furious& 78hy did you not tell me all that you knew)9 =ll he 1ets in response is <ahadeva:s silence( /ost employees in an or1anisation are <ahadevas Cby choice2( They are dumb when it comes to sharin1 knowled1e( 3nowled1e /ana1ement is leadership driven( Only a Ram can do it6 not a $askhman ( >e must first believe in it( 8e must respect the fact that everyone in the or1anisation6 even those who we do not particularly like6 are repositories of 1reat wisdom E not only knowled1e of thin1s that work but also knowled1e of thin1s that do not work( 8e must make conscious efforts to capture as much of it as possible( Take a step back( "heck if you are creatively shunnin1 this rather tedious matter of 3nowled1e /ana1ement( 4f you are6 then remember that Ramayan and /ahabharata were written at a time when civiliFation had just set in6 probably si- or seven thousand years a1o and even then our saints and sa1es knew what will take 4ndia forward& 3nowled1e /ana1ement( 4t will be a pity if we do not take advanta1e of lessons imparted by these immortal epics( The advanced western world makes full use of these lessons6 unfortunately we still donGt( 8e consider Ramayana and /ahabharata as reli1ious books6 which alone they are 0OT( Find out 20 sentences from the above translate them in French online then find out 20 verbs in them /ake your own short sentences from these twenty verbs 20 marks 0ota Aene The 2H 20 marks will be included in the 4nternal and !-ternal =ssessment( /orality& Ae humble with those who can teach you somethin1@ it will cost you nothin1 but will certainly fetch you rupees( 0ever even in a joke ever de1rade anyone( 0o not behave like $a-man but like Rama( Remember Rama and 3rishna are not persons but ;!/O0<TR=T4O0< to en cash fulfillin1 attitudes( Ai1 /oney is earned only thru knowled1e comin1 from interaction with other people not onlineI