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Lessons from LAGAAN WORKSHOP IN MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE MOVIE 2004 CONDUCTED BY ASHIMA DESHMUKH (LECTURER IN EDUCATION) [email protected]

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Lessons from LAGAAN

WORKSHOP IN MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE MOVIE

2004CONDUCTED BY

ASHIMA DESHMUKH(LECTURER IN EDUCATION)[email protected]

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The presentation is about• The story that is also ours’• Tha characters as in our lives• The plot that also affects us• The lessons of management• The larger values which inspire us• Larger context of the story• Contemporary relation to the story• Globalization and the story

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THE REAL THEME • SCARCITY OF WATER

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EFFECTS OF THE SCARCITY OF WATER

• POOR CROPS• ECONOMIC BACKWARDNESS• EXPLOITATION• SLAVERY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE

POWERFUL• LOSS OF SELF ESTEEM• BREAK IN UNITY• DISPLACEMENT

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THE PLOT OF STORY• WOVEN AROUND PROBLEMS THAT

AFFECT COMMON MAN SO OFTEN• DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

GOVERNANCE AND THE MASSES• BATTLE AT LOGGER HEADS• ONE’S IGNORANCE IS OTHER

PERSON’S POWER• GLOBALISATION OF KNOWLEDGE

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Initial part of theMOVIE

• THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE INTRUDER & COMMON MAN’S MIND SET

• BHUVAN TRIES TO SAVE THE HELPLESS ANIMALS

• MORAL –HUNT ONLY WHEN REQUIRED, NOT FOR PLEASURE (indicates the nature of Bhuvan)

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Conviction of the common man as a natural leader

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Synopsis as written in media:: Queen Victoria's India. The year is 1893. Champaner... a small farming village in Central India. On the outskirts of the village stands a British cantonment, commanded by Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne)- an arrogant and capricious man who wields the power of life and death over the villages under his jurisdiction. LAGAAN - a story of a battle without bloodshed. Fought by a group of unlikely heroes led by Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), an enigmatic young farmer with courage born of conviction - and a dream in his heart. Helped by Elizabeth (Rachel Shelley), an English rose who came to India and lost her heart, and Bhuvan's pillar of strength, Gauri (Gracy Singh), the young and perky village girl who dreams only of a home with the man she loves. A story of extraordinary circumstances thrust upon ordinary people.

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In reality is “Lagaan” only telling a story of the colonial period?

Do you see something beyond the plot?

What is the hidden message for us in the era of open economy and globalisation?

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LAGAAN AS A TEACHERLagaan teaches • To face globalization in the stride• survival strategies• Management as a science• That economy of your country is equally

affected by other countries• Of course! that sports have been the

starting point of many historic events as in Mahabharata, the game of chess

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Lets plunge intothe management aspects

• The needs emerge from the environment and the political governance of people ( Environment paradigm)

• The problem is converted into a challenge • The initiative is taken by the natural leader • The acceptance of challenge is taken in

adverse conditions• Bhuvan becomes accountable for the stand

taken

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During the movie-the plan for the game

• Learn about the game of cricket by observation• Find out the right players • Choose the right player for right work

o Arm twister as the spinnero Swift bird catcher as the fielder & the spinnner

because of his arm twisting, the dependable as wicket keeper

• MORAL -No square pegs in the round holes

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the strategy for motivation in Bhuvan's case

Get the people to be motivated to accept challenge • Start the membership( inner ring) even with one• The conviction and integrity gives others confidence – IT

IS INFECTIOUS• Recognition of which options are better helps people to

join the gang• Most people are followers• very few are leaders• Pool in the key and influential people – like brands• Stock taking of one’s own strengths and weakness• personal audit gives inner strength

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Focused on the target• Fight pressures from out siders and be

focused on the interest that is at stake ( the LAGAAN - tax)

• Tax can be foregone for the following three years if the match can be won!

• Bhuvan sees only the positive aspect of the challenge and is never seen mentioning the otherwise

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MOVIE FOCUSSES ON…• The larger interest – universal values

stand above trivial and short term interest (cybernetics)

• Learn quickly the game that others play and play in their same way

• Find out the weakness of your opponent- the ego which is blind & irrational

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Conflicts the movie presents• The villain represents conflict of interest • The villain makes himself useful to the British

officer to fight the common enemy• The traitor always plays the role of broker & is

without any values• The leader must be aware of the traitor- do not

undermine your enemies• The path to materialize the challenge is a difficult

one and full of obstacles

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The broker of the movie• Forms of brokerages should be

understood in the global context• Has no identity• Are scavengers – inherent nature• Looses his self respect• May be parasite pretends to be symbiotic• Should be quickly identified

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Benefits of accepting challenges• The challenge brings & binds the people

together• Increases their self esteem• MAKES the impossible into possible• People take charge of their own lives and

become participatory in their governance

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DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THE KING OR YOUR RULERS CAN MANAGE YOUR’S AND COUNTRY’S WELFARE?

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BHUVAN WAS THE DELIVERER• He did all that was required to

face the challenges• Planning• Organizing• Leading• Staffing• Directing/ Controlling/

Training • Coordinating• Executing• Evaluating• Setting bench marks• Getting the desired results

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEADER

• Emotionally sound• Good life and empathy for living things• Secular • Respects diversity• Delegates work – shows faith on others• Is forgiving – gives another chance to the traitor• Binds people – characterized by conviction• TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAILURES• DOES NOT BLAME OTHERS

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Leadership in Lagaan• Path which carved in adverse conditions• Exists only due to conviction • Has vision and dreams• Bhuvan asks his mother as what answer

would he give if not to accept the challenge

• Support of the mother to Bhuvan

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GOOD HOMES CREATE LEADERS

• Social change breeds from within the problem and is never external to the problem

• A searching mind always is progressive, finds ways & means to attack the problem by resourcefulness

• Leadership is inconspicuous and emerges only in crisis

• Sensitivity of the person makes one a concerned person

• All intellectuals who are karma yogis are leaders in their own way

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The story of lagaan • Has set a precedent for the rulers who do not

seek welfare of others• The globalisation of economy has lessons to be

learnt from it (even the remotely situated man is affected by other countries’ economies)

• Natural resources are the assets of one’s country – keep the power of negotiation with the owner ( the country)

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The story of lagaan

• Breaks the barriers of languages , cultures and practices

• Brings home the fact that WATER AS A RESOURCE WILL RULE

THE ECONOMIES OF THE FUTURE WORLD

• Make rules & follow rules that can sustain life on EARTH

• Conserve nature to continue life

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LAGAAN AND MANAGEMENT• Uses contingency approach • Follows environment paradigm• Is systemic in execution of plan• Puts human welfare above nations and

their interest• Reveals the power of game in strategic

battle- similar to Mahabharata

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LAGAAN• IS EMPOWERING

• Take charge of your life• Entrepreneurship can thrive only

if power of negotiation and conflict mediation is understood in the long run

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Implications

• All battles are first won in minds of people• Good governance demands participation• Role identity & identify with the challenge• Identify with the problem• Cohesiveness• Excellent coordination amongst people• Spirit in place of work/life• Vision of the consequences• Belief & science are not separated- SCIENTIFIC

TEMPER • Nature cannot be overpowered

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Media reviews about LAGAANA prodigious Dalit spin bowler, Palwankar Baloo, was one of the first superstars of Indian cricket, joining Hindu upper caste players on the field as early as the late 19th century.

In Lagaan the game of cricket in its pure, classic, test match form is nothing less than "a critique and defiance of modernity in a world moving toward post-modernity."

you needn't go in expecting a savage historical expose of colonial atrocities.

Every member of his village home team, a multi-ethnic "bomber crew" that includes a Muslim, a Sikh, and even a Dalit, gets the time and the space he needs to register as a vivid individual. – the tradition of true Indian Society

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• The residents of the tiny, dusty, drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-earth hothead named Bhuvan (Khan), recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne), the commander of the local British cantonment, and proceed to master the game in just a few short months. At stake is the crushing lagaan, or land levy, the tithe from their annual crop that the villagers are obliged to hand over every year. (The tax will be canceled if the locals win, tripled if they lose.)

ANALOGY WITH THE ASTERIX AND THE VILLAGE OF GAULS

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The Delhi-based cultural critic Ashis Nandy's paradoxical thesis.

• The film is an irresistible underdog fantasy with gratifying post-colonial implications. The ordinary rural villagers in Lagaan manage to internalize the spirit of this archetypal colonial import so deeply that, even when armed with hand-carved bats and pads made from bundles of sticks, they are able to hold their own against the sport's ostensible standard bearers, toughing it out right down to the final wicket. "To become cricket," Nandy suggests, "a game must leave open the possibility of the meek inheriting the earth."

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/3102/lagaan.htm

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WHAT ECOLOGY HAS TO DO WITH THE MOVIE?

• The Industrial Revolution of the 16th century in Europe changed the way natural resources were used. Knowing how to transform resources from one form to another and its easy transportation to distant places helped the process of colonisation. Political victory over India (beginning 1757 with the Battle of Plassey) gave British absolute hold over the social and ecological fabric of the Indian society.

(Extracted from This Fissured land, An Ecological History of India by Gadgil and Guha, published by Oxford University Press)

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• Large quantities of natural resources were taken away by the colonialists to keep the engines of the European industrial revolution moving.

• Forest, land and water previously controlled and used by local village communities became property of landlords and the colonial state.

• ForestIndian teak facilitated the maritime expansion of the British empire. Ships built in the dockyards of Surat and Malabar coast were sent to England. From 1853 onwards, large tracts of forest were cut to provide sleepers for railways.

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ENVIRONMENT PARADIGM• Water

The British in their desire to rule, administer and exploit, destroyed the traditional water management systems built by the rural communities of India over centuries.

www.gobartimes.org/sept2001/gtimes_cov3.htm

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Summary of the lessons learnt• Fight situations , make no compromise,

face head on but view the problem as a challenge

• Fight larger problems collectively• Collective efforts bind people• Globalization does not breed humanism

but is founded on mutualism

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• Steps of management• Conviction and proactive participation can

change situations into a favourable one• Ignore negativism and be positive• Do not undermine your enemies• Look at problems objectively• Find out your assets useful in mutualism

Summary of the lessons learntcontd …

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• Human resource development • Scientific temper along with strong beliefs,

conviction and vision• Conservation of nature• One cannot overpower nature• Beware of the broker and traitor• Do not be cynical• Love for one’s country without chauvinism• Sports are important for nations as in past,

present and so also in future.

Summary of the lessons learntcontd…

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Learning is funIf the strategy to teach the subject is learner

centered

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