You must have seen villagers gathering at a certain place to discuss a burning issue, affecting the state of the village or for that matter:-Family members, sitting together to make an important decision or solve a problem.

Basically, the main purpose behind conducting a meeting is all about getting better perspective about the topic or issue by listening into various opinions coming in from concerned people to developed a holistic approach through better understanding of the emotional as well as rational aspect of different individuals to make a visionary decision which will create healthy atmosphere which will eventually result in a better team performance as ‘Group Discussion is an exercise of team building.

It’s important for everyone, ranging from students to top professionals.

Generally, the group discussions are conducted by various organizations to assess a ‘suitable Candidate’ to fulfill the demand of the organization.

It’s a method or tool of judging/assessing an individual on the basis of personality, knowledge and communicative ability to present the knowledge and leadership skills effectively.

The main characteristics which most of the companies seek in an individual are following:-

# Communication skills

# Inter-personal skills

# Leadership Skills

# Motivational skills

# Team-Building skills

# Analytical/Logical

# Different Thinking

# Initiative

# Assertiveness

# Flexibility and

# Creativity

The amount of time required to conduct GD varies from one organization to another.

But the Ideal time for intensive and successful GD is 20 minutes.

The key Aspects which make a Group Discussion are following:-

$ Verbal $ Non Verbal

$ Confirmation to norms

$ Decision – Making

$ Cooperation

Overall, it’s a wonderful activity for brain storming and improving ones oral and body language skills. And leadership improves automatically so there is nothing to fear about the now dreaded word GD if you know the dynamics and work on it for at least 20 days, you will experience dramatic changes in your personality and hence the Meaning attached to it.

If you want to experience the thrill of exploring your inner beauty and balanced view…find reasons to practice Group Discussion. You will come to know more about your real potential!

There are various methods of learning about various life skills but nothing can match the beauty of GD as it gives wider perspective from various cultural experiences.

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Growing up as a kid, in western Rajasthan, it was a dream of his to work in a corporate environment where he is dealing with foreigners. But his lack of command in the language he wanted to communicate was holding him back from achieving something big which he dreamt as a teenager. He could have easily given up the desire to become a corporate professional but it’s not his nature. He is a determined fellow who would fight till the end. It’s been the case through-out his life and he is not willing to compromise it either.

He decided to work on his English credentials by visiting tourist places around to enable the environment where he could be in touch with foreigners, basically aligning himself against the knowledgeable people. He practiced this routine vigorously for almost a year. He would go there every day, looking for English speaking people who are genuinely interested in talking various aspects of culture to foster his knowledge and strengthen his resolve towards improving his English speaking skills.
His hard work has paid off as he enjoys a fulfilling life, after becoming a guide for foreigners. Not only he is enjoying his life as a guide but also he is living his childhood dream of finding an English girl to marry and visiting the world around.

The language has done a world of good for him, Hasn’t it?

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The surroundings induced me into that meditative state of mind, as I slipped into meditation, I developed that strong urge of visiting a blind hostel and entertaining the specially abled students through my commentary on India v/s England test match.

As I was about to finish my meditation session, my phone rang and I picked up the phone to see who is calling and I found Mr. Bhairo Singh on the line, who runs an NGO in Jodhpur which is my home town. He called me to inform that they were hosting a cricket match for specially abled children to make them active, fit, and experience the feeling of competing and winning.

And he wanted me to provide on ground running commentary of the match so that the players understand the exact moment, and direct some of the blind students about their positioning in the field.

There was no way I could have said no,as I was delighted with the opportunity to entertain them.

While travelling by a train, I was contemplating how to go about because I had to make some mental adjustments to deliver the commentary in different manner so that it suits their requirements.

As I reached Sucheta niketan senior secondary school in Manaklao, which is located on the outskirts of Jodhpur city, I found some blind children practising ever so seriously. I was awestruck with the way they were practising their skills with their coaches. Later I was told by one of them about their willingness to make their parents proud of them.

The hostel was very well decorated. There were some astonishing paintings on display, exploring the inner desires of those children to compete and win. It was a theatrical experience, witnessing the surroundings and the possibility of what was to come.

As the game started, every seat in that mini stadium was taken by the parents and relatives of those children and the villagers started flocking in to the venue. It was a jam packed stadium. Some people were sitting on hostel roof tops, some of them were sitting in the big neem trees. As the evening progressed, with the floodlight on it became a carnival atmosphere at the sporting venue in manaklao.

Team A scored 156 runs in their alloted 15 overs. Madhusudan top scored with 57 off 22 balls and Ravi kishan picked up 4 wickets.

In reply, the team B started on a disastrous note as their both the openers were back in the dug-out with the score card reading 12 runs after 3 overs.

Hardyal and Raju steadied the ship, by stitching  together a much needed partnership for their team.

The target came down to 65 from 24 balls with Ravi kishan who picked up 4 wickets while bowling, at the crease, batting on 43.

His parents, who are farmer by profession, came all the way from Jaisalmer to witness their son perform, praying for their son to succeed as I painted this word picture he launched the next two balls into the stands to bring up his half century and enliven the hope of winning the game for their team as his parents were jumping and dancing with the specially abled children in happiness and joy.

They needed 3 off the final delivery with last pair on the ground. Luckily the team B had Ravi kishan on strike, batting on 95 to hit the winning runs. The bowler was stopped twice on his delivery stride because of the noise but the crowd continued to make noise. The bowler dropped it short intelligently but Ravikishan had a mighty swing at it he top edged it. It went flying over the wicket keepers head for a six. As I announced the shot in the commentary. Ravi kishan jumped in delight to celebrate his hundred and team’s win ..his parents were smiling with tears rolling down their cheeks, his colleagues were sprinting to the ground to congratulate their hero and celebrate the win. The crowd followed the suit. Ravi kishan was carried on their shoulders.

The energy and emotions on the ground were on par of India, winning the world cup at the wankhede stadium after 28 years of pain, disappointments and anguish

the presentation ceremony followed. Ravi kishan was given the man of the match award for his brilliant show with the bat, a scintillating, a match winning hundred and 4 wickets with the ball.

The big moment for me came when both the captain presented me with that thanks giving note. The feeling cannot be described in words.. it was a priceless moment in my life.

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