What an interesting month and half it has been !!

The global financial market tumbled and went into a tailspin; the experienced "maverick" Presidential aspirant in the US elections blew his campaign after making a wrong "call" on the US economy; the "rookie" Presidential aspirant who wants to bring "CHANGE" raced across the winning line with a brutal majority on the electoral votes and the best ever finishing by a Democrat for an entire generation; Singapore hosted the "first ever F1 GP nite" race - the street circuit was spectacular advertisement for the Singapore skyline, workmanship and ability to deliver; the race itself was almost boring except for the Massa pit-stop incident; a poetic justice was delivered in the last F1 race of this season where Hamilton was crowned as the driver champion with a 1 point margin (by the same margin that he lost the title last year at the same Brazilian Sau Paulo circuit) - this race was nail biting with the race decided in the last 30 sec; in the last lap at the last turn with 800m to go; with India launching its "Chandrayaan-1" - it's first satellite to the moon; and India pulverizing the Aussie comprehensively with a 2-0 victory with a new captain M.S.Dhoni.

This brings me to the topic - "interesting month and a half" - the above was just a gist of main events across the globe which we all read, viewed, heard about. From my perspective, there were "2 leaders" who were crowned "leader" in the official sense; but they had begun their journey couple of years back - one is known to all in cricket mad nation of mine; the second one is known across the world; one from the rusty town of Ranchi in Jamshedpur; the second one from the streets of Chicago; yes we are speaking about Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Barrack Hussien Obama. 

People might wonder what is common in these two people - half the world away and in different walks of life. It is in this dichotomy lies the similarity. They have defined "leadership" in the truest style - they are very focussed on what they want to achieve; very respectful of their opponents & seniors but not deferential; they visualize their victories and organize their tactics to match their strategy and grand vision; and most importantly they remain calm and composed under all circumstances; be it a grand victory or under extreme pressure & negativity. Reams of articles have been printed about these two persons - read, watch BBC, CNN, NY Times, etc, Cricinfo.com, Indiatimes, etc. In short, they are the next generation leaders; leaders worth following, emulating and imbibing qualities. In the years to come, "Kaal-Time" will record their achievements in the annals of history; this is just the beginning.

Atleast, that is what I am setting out to do consciously - learn from the qualities of these two leaders.