c. Business story of rich and famous – Adi Godrej
Module 10.3
प्रसिद्ध और अमीर लोगों के व्यवसाय की कहानियाँ Business Stories of Rich and Famous |
आदि गोदरेज Adi Godrej
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Text Level
Advanced |
Mode
Interpretive
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What will students know and be able to do at the end of this lesson?
Assessing Mr. Godrej’s personality and his international success |
Text
Glossary
( shabdkosh.com is a link for an onine H-E and E-H dictionary for additional help)
प्रबंधन m | management |
ढांचा m | structure |
व्यवस्थित करना | to organize |
प्रक्रिया f | process |
उदारीकरण m | liberalization |
पुनर्गठन | reorganization |
विश्व वन्यजीव कोष m | World Wildlife Fund |
व्यावसायिक परिसर m | business complex |
कायल | firm believer, convinced |
प्रतिस्पर्धा f | मुकाबला m, प्रतिद्वंद्विता f,competition |
हामी | supporter |
बहु–आयामी व्यक्तित्व m | बहु–आयामी शख़्सियत f, multi-dimensional personality |
Structural Review
1. | प्रतिरूप | With various prefixes many new words have been generated from the basic word रूप. Examples: प्रतिरूप, स्वरूप, विरूप, प्रारूप, कुरूप, सुरूप, निरूपण. |
2. | प्रक्रिया
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With various prefixes many new words have been generated from the basic word क्रिया, Examples: प्रक्रिया, सक्रिय, निष्क्रिय. सक्रियता, निष्क्रियता. |
3. | बहु-आयामी
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This is a new coinage in Hindi to match the English word multi-dimensional. Technically according to the Sandhi rules of Sanskrit (which often apply to Hindi), the final vowel of the first word and the initial vowel of the second word should have joined to produce a form बह्वायामी. However, in the interest of simplification, Hindi has relaxed some Sandhi rules and therefore बहु-आयामी is an acceptable form. |
4. | वे अक्सर यूरोप,अमेरिका और सुदूर पूर्व तक भी जाते रहते हैं | Here the use of the verb रहना gives the sense of repetitiveness or frequency. The structure is Vता+रहना where the final part is conjugated. |
Cultural Notes
1. | परोपकारी गतिविधियां | Philanthropy has been an integral part of big businesses in India and in other countries. |
Practice Activities (all responses should be in Hindi)
1. | What is the closest paraphrase can you come up with for the following:
“sales is vanity, profit is sanity and cash is reality” |
2. | What can be a good Hindi equivalent of CEO? |
3. | How can we express the word ‘feedback’ in Hindi? If not one word let’s paraphrase it. |
4. | Do some research and present some additional information about Adi Godrej. |
5. | Make a short presentation about some popular Godrej products. |
Comprehension Questions
1. What is not true of Adi Godrej?
a. His academic training was in engineering.
b. His achievements have influenced many people.
c. His interest in sports is very exhaustive.
d. His group has supported preservation of wild life.
2. What is not true about Adi Godrej?
a. He is a strong supporter of globalization of business.
b. His Godrej Group has dealings with businesses in 50 countries.
c. He put many businesses outside the family orbit after liberalization.
d. He is a very goal-oriented business administrator.