குண்டுமாமா

கர்லிச்சா, டல்ப்பா துல்ய்யா?

2010-05-18T04:25:00.000-07:00

ஜப்பான்ல சிங்கம் ஒரு வழிபாட்டு சிலையா இல்ல கடவுள்ளின் காவல் தெய்வம் பாக்குறாங்க. ஆனா இந்த சிங்கம் வந்தது சீனா விலிருந்து. ஜப்பான் மொழில சிங்கம் = சிஷி. ஒரு வகைல இத LION DOG அப்பிடினும் சொல்லுறாங்க. புத்தர் சீனாவிலிருந்து கொரியா வழிய ஜப்பான் வந்த பொது இந்த சிஷி கூட்டிட்டு வந்ததா ஒரு ஐதீகம். இந்த ஊருல சிங்கம் இப்படி ஷோ கேஸ் பொம்மையாதான் வச்சிருன்காங்க.

அதே மாதிரி இந்த சிங்கம் புத்தருடைய விருப்பமான விலங்கு? ஆஹிம்சைய போதிச்சவருக்கு எதுக்கு ஹிம்சை செய்ற விளங்குனு கேக்க கூடாது. பரவலா எல்ல புத்த மதம் பின்பற்வங்க நாட்டுலயும் சிங்கம் ஒரு சின்னமா இருக்கும். ஜப்பான், சீனா, ஸ்ரீலங்கா இப்படி . ஸ்ரீலங்கா ஒரு படி மேல போய் தன்னோட அரசாங்கத்தின் சின்னமாவே அறிவிச்சிருக்காங்க.

அப்பிடி பட்ட சிங்கத்தையே, "கர்லிச்சா, டல்ப்பா துல்ய்யா?" அதாங்க சிங்கம்ன்னா, பெரிய பருப்பா? அப்பிடின்னு கேட்டு கிடுகிடுக்க வச்ச ஒரு மாவீரரோட நினைவுநாள் இன்று. இன்னும் கூட என்னால், ஏன் பலப்பேரால் அவர் இறந்துட்டாருன்னு நம்பமுடியல. பல விஷயங்கள்ல எனக்கு பிரபாகரனை பிடிக்கலைனாலும், நிகழ்வுலகத்தின் நிஜ கதாநாயகன் நினைக்கும்போது உடம்பு புல்லரிக்குது.

A Royal Salute to a great warrior of this Century

Dynamics of Society - Educate-to-Hire

2010-05-15T07:17:00.000-07:00

Dynamics of recruitment is changing over the time. Long back when my uncle wanted to join a decent company it was pretty difficult for him - reason ? he had secured only Diploma, which was often seen as a low end course. After a long struggle to stabilize his career he did engineering in AU and joined a company. Now he is holding a post of GM for the design team in his company.

My mom joined the government organization right after her PUC when she was 18 yrs. The difference between my mom's career graph and my uncles is just 10 yrs apart. A decade ago engineering bloomed as high paying career option for Indians- thanks to IT outsourcing boom. I'm very specific because, India is still doing the back office work in IT services and not yet the products. Well thats a different topic altogether- we will see it some other day!

Way back in 1999-2002, the Indian IT companies believed in linear growth, i.e, more projects = more manpower. The need of engineers suddenly surged and resulted in mushrooms of Engineering college across the country (still only a boom in major towns & cities). More demand & less supply = high price; simple economics. Companies like Infosys, Wipro and TCS started hiking the salary more than the growth of bank interest or real estate need. They proved that engineering is better investment.

But it didn't sustain for long - reason? Outsourcing always aim at reducing something. If GE is gonna pay $20 on its mainland IT services, by outsourcing they expect to do it by $15. So over the period, price gets reduced (more competition = reduced price). Companies now need to find ways to cut cost.

If you look at IT companies balance sheet, in the expenditure column Salary to Employees will be the major chunk (nearly 30~45%). After 10 years, now IT companies have realized the monster they have built all these years has come back to haunt them. They need to find alternate to engineering. By the way, what these engineers do in IT company? Simple they code. They write piece of logical steps to run something (mostly a software). What makes them highly priced? 1. Demand and 2. Technology - both are dynamic.

IT companies decided to play down their Engineering needs. They started recruiting the less used route of BSc., BCom grads. Its much easily available and IT companies doesn't need a guy who knows laplace transform or Butterfly theory (both are specialized for Communication engineering). They need someone who know simple maths and logical thinking. They started hiring these people at much cheaper salary (5K~11K) comparitively less than engineers (11K~17K). Now I call them really innovative. They cut their cost by 50% while getting the same work done.

Couple of days back, I read Blog of Krishna, who introduced me ZOHO University which hires school students (apparently claims to be between 16 ~20 yrs of age). Now India already doesn't have a sound education model which encourages or inculcates research based study. The exams just build competitiveness within the individual and does really help him to apply the education even after 3/4 years of good education.

By hiring people under 20, who are passed out of schools we are creating a society which will not have formal education which is a basic right of the individual. Though ZOHO claims to provide the best "neccessary" education, end of the day down after 5 years, even if the individual wish to take up a master's degree or something outside India, they would never be able to do that. Because formal education is must for any other university based education. Just to improve their bottomline & profits ZOHO is trying to mis use the unavailability of education to certain sections. Instead if they would tie up with some university like and provide a part time job it would be more beneficial for them.

So from Grads to Diploma to High School students, whom they are going to recruit next? Babies?

பூங்கொத்து

2009-12-11T08:21:00.000-08:00

இருபத்தி ஓராவது தடவையாக இன்று மகதீரா படம் பார்த்தேன். முன் பாதியை விட பின் பாதி குறிப்பாக கால பைரவன் - ஷேர் கான் யுத்த காட்சிகள் மிகவும் அருமை. அதுவும் கம்பீரத்தோடு கால பைரவன் சவால் விடும் கட்சிகளில் தெரியும் உணர்ச்சி ஒரு நேர்த்தியான நடிகனை அறிமுகபடுத்தி இருக்கிறது.

ஒரு வசனம் வெற்றி பெற இரண்டு விஷயங்கள் தேவை. ஒன்று, வலுவான காட்சி அமைப்பு, மற்றொன்று வசன modulation . எனகென்னமோ இன்றைய நடிகர்கள் சரியாக வசனம் பேச முயற்சிக்க வில்லையோ என்று தோன்றுகிறது. நம் தமிழ் திரை உலகில் வசனத்துக்காக வெற்றி பெற்ற படங்கள் மிக குறைவு. அதுவும் சமீபத்தில் அப்படி ஒன்று வந்ததாக நினைவிலேயே இல்லை.

இன்னும் எதனை நாளைக்கு நாம் கலைஞரின் மனோகரவையும், பராசக்தியையும் சொல்லி கொண்டு இருக்க போகிறோம்? சிவாஜி படங்களில் அவர் கொடுக்கும் வாய்ஸ் modulation ரொம்ப பிரசித்தி பெற்றது. அதற்கு பிறகு, கமல்ஹாசன், குறிப்பாக பாக்யராஜ் அவர்கள் தன்னுடைய படங்களில் வசனத்துக்கு அதிக முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்தார்கள். இன்றைய நடிகர்களை modulation கொடுத்து பேச சொன்னால் ஏய்.. ஏய்... ஏய்.. என்று கத்த மட்டுமே தெரிகின்றது

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இந்த முறை சென்னை புத்தக கண்காட்சி டிசம்பர் 30 முதல் ஜனவரி 11 வரை நடை பெற போகிறது. ஏன் இந்த திடீர் மற்றம் என்று புரிய வில்லை. முன்பு பொங்கல் விடுமுறையோடு வைத்தால் சென்னை-கு இரண்டு நாட்கள் வந்து புத்தக கண்காட்சி சென்று வர ஏதுவாக இருந்தது. இப்படி முன்பே வைத்தால், எப்படி plan பன்னுவது என்றே தெரிய வில்லை. May be I can search for some book on this in the fair ;)

There is a big list to be prepared... If you guys have any recommendations do let me know.. Will try to accommodate in my list.

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சில பாடல்கள், தனுஷு சொல்வது போல கேக்க கேக்க தான் பிடிக்குது. அந்த வகைல.. வேட்டைகரனில் இருந்து ஒரு சின்ன தாமரை பாடல் மிகவும் பிடித்து தான் போய்விட்டது.

புரிஞ்சிக்கவே மாட்டேன்கிறாங்களே !

2009-03-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

ட்ரிங் ட்ரிங் .... ட்ரிங் ட்ரிங் .... ( அம்மா ஏன் caller tune செட் பண்ண மாட்டேன்கிறாங்க )

ஹலோ..

ஹலோ.. நான் தான்ம்மா ...

தெரியுதுடா.. அதான் போன்ல நம்பர் தெரியுதே !

குசும்புதான்... என்ன போன வேலை முடிஞ்சுதா?

ஆங் ... இன்னைக்கு போய் passport ஆபீஸ்ல எல்லா வேலையும் முடிச்சிட்டு வந்துடோம். ரெண்டு நாளுல கைக்கு வந்துடும்.. அப்புறமா கிளம்பி வரோம்..

சரி அப்புறம் வேற என்ன விஷயம்...

ரெண்டு ஜாதகம் வந்துச்சு...

கட்... டொய்ன் ...டொய்ன்...

இன்னொரு சந்தர்பத்தில்...

குட்டி என்ன பன்னுது..

விரல் சூபுது.. எதாச்சும் பேசு...

(போனை குழந்தையின் காதில் வைத்தாள்) . " அம்மு குட்டி.. ஆ சொல்லு.. ஆ...ஆ...ஆமா..சொல்லு.."

டேய் என்ன உன் குரல் கேட்டு சிரிக்குது :)

சிரிகுதா? ... சரி அப்புறம்.. எப்போ வரீங்க?

திங்ககிழமை மதியம் வரோம்.. மாமா கிட்ட டிக்கெட் புக் பண்ண சொல்லியாச்சு.. passport வந்தவுடன கிளம்பி வாரோம்..

அப்புறம்?

அதான் அந்த ஜாதகம் வந்திருக்கு...

கட்... டொய்ன்.. டொய்ன்...

கத்தியாச்சு.. கட் பண்ணியாச்சு.. இன்னும் கூட புரிஞ்சிக்காம.. கல்யாணம் பண்ணிக்கோ கல்யாணம் பண்ணிகோணு டார்ச்சர் பண்ணா என்ன அர்த்தம் ? :(

பிறந்த நாள் வாழ்த்துகள்

2008-11-13T22:16:00.000-08:00

என் அக்காள் ஒரு குட்டிசாத்தானை பெத்து வைத்திருக்கிறாள். அந்த அறுந்த வாலினை மெய்பவனாக என்னை இருக்க சொல்ல.. இரண்டாவது தினமே மறுத்து ஓடிவந்துவிட்டேன் இங்கே..

ஆயிரம் கேள்விகள் ... ஒன்னாச்சும் நாம ஸ்டான்டர்ட்-க்கு இருக்குதா? எங்க இருந்துதான் கத்துக்கிறாங்களோ தெரியல. பார்த்த உடனேயே தெரியும் போலிருக்கு இவன் tubelight .

பார்த்தா அப்படி தெரியுதா?

இதுவரைக்கும் பிறந்த, இனிமே பிறக்க போகின்ற எல்லா குழந்தைகளுக்கும் Happy Birthday வாழ்த்துகள் .இன்று குழந்தைகள் தினம் !

சிறு சிறு எண்ணங்கள் ...

2008-07-31T05:52:00.000-07:00

எனக்கு ஒரு வித்தியாசமான பழக்கம். எப்போ ஆரம்பிச்சதுன்னு தெரியல , ஆனா கொஞ்ச நாளா அடிக்கடி வருது. ஒன்னும் இல்லைங்க, நீங்க சினிமா பாட்டு பார்பீங்களா? அதுல வர துணை நடிகைகள் மேல எனக்கு ஒரு கண்ணு. அய்யே ! தப்பா நீனைகாதீங்க, just ஒரு ஆர்வம். பாட்டுல main actors விட்டு இந்த துணை நடிகர்களை தான் நான் ரொம்ப நேரம் watch பண்ணுவேன்.

சில பேர் ரொம்ப நல்லா ஆடுவாங்க. இன்னும் சொல்ல போனா மத்தவங்கள விட நல்லாவே ஆடுவாங்க. For example, இந்த கத்தாழ கண்ணால பாட்டு இருக்குல அதுல வர பொண்ணு சூப்பரா ஆடும். இது மாதிரி ஒரு பெரிய லிஸ்டே வச்சிருக்கேன்.

இவங்களுக்கெல்லாம் ஏன் நிரைய chance கிடைக்க மாட்டேன்குதுனு தெரியல. Moreover, இவங்க வாழ்க்கை ரொம்ப கஷ்டமா வேற இருக்கும். திரைல முழுசவும் காட்ட மாட்டாங்க. சம்பளமும் ரொம்ப குறைச்சல். Proper recognition கிடைச்சாலே நம்ப ஆளுங்க பேர்சி மேஞ்சிடுவாங்க. இந்த மாதிரி வர பாதி பொண்ணுங்க வீட்ட விடு சினிமா ஆசைல ஓடிவந்தவங்கள தான் இருப்பாங்க. அவங்க நிலைமை நினைச்சாலே வருத்தமா இருக்கு.

இதே கொஞ்சம் contrast பார்த்த இதே industry ல Rich Girls அப்பிடீனு ஒரு கூட்டமும் இருக்கு. அவங்க normally காலேஜ் போய்ட்டு இருக்கிற பொண்ணுங்களா இருபாங்க. அப்பா அம்மா கொடுக்கிற காசு பத்தலனு இதுவேற தனியா. சொன்ன நம்ப மாட்டீங்க. என்னோட நண்பனோட friend ஒருத்தி (bar ல சந்திச்சனாம்) இந்த மாதிரி ஒரு படத்துல நடிச்சிருக்க (கன்னட படம், பேரு வாய்லயே நுழையல) அவங்க வீட்டுல சண்டை வந்து, பொண்ணு இப்போ வெளிய தங்கி இருக்கு. அவங்க அப்பா பெல்லாரில பெரிய ஆளாம். எப்படி இருந்த பொண்ணு இப்படி ஆகிடுச்சேன்னு வருத்ததுலையே போய் சேர்ந்துடாரம். கேக்கவே கஷ்டமா இருந்துச்சு.

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என்னோட டேமஜர் ஒரு பஞ்சாபி. அவருக்கு தமிழ்நாடில் ஏன் ஹிந்தி தெரியலன்னு கோவம். நான் கேட்டேன், பஞ்சாப்-ல வந்து நான் தமிழ் தெரியுமான்னு கேக்க இல்ல எதிர்பார்க்க தான் முடியும்மா?

இவங்க இங்க வந்து பொழைக்கிரதுக்கு நாம ஹிந்தி கத்துக்கிடனுமாம் . இது கொஞ்சம் ஓவரா தெரியல இவங்களுக்கு?

நீங்க என்ன சொல்லுறீங்க?

என்று தணியும் இந்த கொலைவெறி?

2008-07-27T11:05:00.000-07:00

இன்னுமொரு பயங்கரம். காஷ்மிரை துளைத்தது பத்தாதென்று இந்தியாவின் மற்ற பாகங்களையும் சல்லடையாக்க புறப்பட்டது போல் தெரிகின்றது.

இம்முறை இந்த கொடுமையை பக்கத்திலிருந்து உணர முடிந்தது என்னால். ஆனால் எதுவுமே செய்ய முடியாததை நினைத்தால் வெட்கமாக இருக்கிறது.
செய்தது யாராக இருப்பினும் முதல் பழி இஸ்லாம் நண்பர்கள் மீதே விழும். அதுவும் இந்த முறை பாரதிய ஜனதா ஆளும் மாநிலங்களில் நடப்பது இன்னும் அவர்கள் வாய்க்குள் அவல் இட்டது போல் ஆகிவிட்டது.
இடையினில் மாட்டிக்கொண்டு விழிப்பது இஸ்லாமிய நண்பர்களே. நேற்று வெளியே சென்ற பொழுது ஒரு இஸ்லாமிய பெரியவரை சந்தேகமாக பார்த்த விழிகள் தான் எத்துனை எத்துனை? எங்கோ ஒரு கயவன் வைத்த குண்டினால் நாட்டில் உள்ள எல்லோரையும் சந்தேகத்தோடு பார்க்க வேண்டிய நிலைமை.
எனக்குள்ளே ஒரு சந்தேகம் - இது எல்லாமே தானாகவே நடகிறதா இல்லை நம் நாட்டில் உள்ள போக்கிரிதனமான அரசியல்வாதிகளின் சில்மிஷமா? எதுவாக இருப்பினும் இது நிறுத்த படவேண்டும். தமிழ்நாடு மட்டும் அல்ல இந்தியா முழுவதுமே அமைதி பூங்காவாக மாறவேண்டும்.

Jaane Tu... ya jaane na

2008-07-25T10:46:00.000-07:00

Watched Jaane Tu.. last week.. Good. Infact really good. Story is nothing new people of Tamil & Malayalam as it was the same malayalam film remade with Prashanth & Shalini. It was the last film shalini acted and that too with lot messing around before the marriage (gossip??)

Well this time the movie in hindi has taken a comical shadow. Somehow I feel Bollywood knows the knack of remaking a film and making hit big hit.. okay decent hit atleast.

Both.. Jaane Tu and Bhool Bhulliyaa are remade very well. The good thing they don't copy just like that from the original.. they always add some comical stuff to it and change the screenplay entirely. After watching BB I thought BB was better than Chandramuki. With all Rajni on board its not great to give a hit like that, but BB wasn't carrying any major star cast (okay Akshay isn't a star atleast during that time) and still made a Box Office hit.

Well about Jaane Tu.. the entire screenplay was awesome. I feel like hugging & kissing the diro & team for making so loveable theme. Second the star cast.. Imran Khan - this guy is going to make big in Bollywood. If he is going to improve his dancing skills then he can bring down shiver to AK & SRK for sure. Genelia - the next good movie she did after Bommarillu. No wonder the silly; I-dont-care-attitude fits her well. She repeated the same thing that she did in Bommarillu and surprisingly it worked out well too.

Let it be photography or casting or sound or music (heard ARR; well couple of songs are excellent but the BGM wasn't imperisive) everyone did their job aptly.

Not only the main character even the supporting roles are defined properly. Sply the guitar gal. she was too good in her part. Nazeerudin sha.. man what a character artist. And three cheers to all the friends.

Overall I liked the movie very much. Why don't our Kollywood try something like this rather than always some kind of emotions and crying in their movies.

I started liking Hindi movies than Tamil these days..

BTW heard Kuselan will not be released in Bangalore?? Any update?

Coffee Bar

2008-07-15T11:16:00.000-07:00

Only very few albums attract me. Following is one among them..

Both the music and presentation was too good. I was actually searching this video for long time and just got my hands on it. And do you believe the lead lady in this album is Rakhi Sawant? She looks awesome in this song . Alas ! never try to see her now. She is the most horrible actress of Bollywood.

I can't understand this, even Lindsay Lohan was pretty and beautiful when she was acting movies like "Freaky Friday" and " Just my Luck" (Heard this is the movie from which Kismat Konnection was copied ;) Will watch & tell you). But if you watch her now in any shows or movies.. waack.. I feel like hitting her :O

Anyways.. I've couple of more videos to share with you all and will do added them here as & when required :)

Do post your favs...

தசாவதாரம் - என் பார்வையில்

2008-07-12T10:37:00.000-07:00

படங்களுக்கு சென்று கதை புரியாமல் வந்த கொடுமை உண்டு ஆனால் கதை கவனிக்காமல் வந்த கதை தெரியுமா உங்களுக்கு ? இரண்டு வாரங்களுக்கு முன்னால் தசாவதாரம் பார்த்த பொழுது கமலின் பத்து வேடங்கள்தான் நினைவில் நின்றன. கமலின் சிரத்தை கதை மட்டும் இல்லது திரைகதையிலும் நன்றாகவே தெரிந்தது.

பத்து பத்திரங்கள் இருந்தும் அமெரிக்க வில்லன் பிலேட்சேர் மற்றும் ரெங்கராஜ நம்பியை தவிர்த்து மற்றவர்கள் மனதில் நிற்க மறுக்கிறார்கள். கிருஷ்ணவேணி பாட்டி , ஜப்பானிய குங்பு வீரர், முசல்மான் கபிபுள்ள இவர்கள் காட்சிகளில் உள்ள காலி இடங்களை நிரப்பவே பயன்படிருகிறார்கள் . வின்சென்ட் பாத்திரத்தின் மூலம் குமரி மக்களின் யதார்த்தத்தினை பதிவு செய்திருக்கும் கமலுக்கு ஒரு தனி salute .

12- ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் தொடங்கும் படத்தில் எப்படி சிவனுக்கும் விஷ்ணுவுக்கும் சண்டை வளர்கிறதோ அந்த நூலினை அழகாக 20- ஆம் நூற்றாண்டிலும் கொண்டுவந்திருப்பது ரசிக வைத்தது. அது மட்டும் இல்லது, சின்ன சின்ன விஷயங்கள் கமல் காப்பாற் பொது வைணவ சின்னம் பொருந்திய வாகனத்தில் வருவது, ஓடி தபிக்க நினைக்கும் பொழுது சிவ முத்திரை பொருந்திய வாகனங்கள் துரத்துவது என நிரைய சுவாரசியங்களை தந்திருக்கிறார்கள்.

படம் நன்றாகவே இருந்தது. அந்த பிரம்மண்டதிருகவது ஒரு முறை போய் பாருங்கள்.

அரசியல் கட்சிகளில் சேருவது எப்படி ?

2008-05-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

தலைப்பை படித்ததும் இது என்னடா குண்டுமாமாவுக்கு வந்த சோதனை காலம்னு நினைக்காதீங்க. பேப்பர்ல அடிக்கடி தலைவர்கள் மாற்றம், சீரும் சிங்கம் சிறுத்தை புலி இலக்கிய செம்மல் அழைக்கிறார் வாருங்கள் ! அப்பிடின்னு போடுறாங்க இல்லையா அதை பார்த்துட்டு ஒரு கட்சில சேருகிறது எவ்வளவு சுலபமான விஷயம்னு தெரிந்துக்கொள்ளவேண்டி இந்த போஸ்ட்.

கூகிள் தூப்பினதிலிருந்து , தூழவி எடுத்து.

இந்தியன் நேஷனல் காங்கிரஸ் : " Network of Friends " அப்பிடிங்கற பேருல காங்கிரஸ் ஆள் சேர்கிரார்கள். முதல நீங்க வெப்சைட் (http://www.aicc.org.in) போய் உங்கள பத்தி எல்லாம் பதிவு பண்ணும். ஏற்கனவே நிரைய கோஷ்டிகள் இருக்கிரதுனாலயோ என்னவோ, இது confirmed இல்ல அப்பிடின்னு போட்டிருக்கு. AICC - அதாங்க காங்கிரஸ் காரிய கம்மிட்டீ approve பண்ணத்தான் உங்கள சேர்துபாங்க. Alternative வா நீங்க உங்க வீட்டுக்கு பகதுல இருக்கிற காங்கிரஸ் ஆபீஸ் போய் கூட சேர்ந்துக்கலாம்.

பாரதிய சண்ட (ஜனதா. It's not my mistake, Google translated in that way :D) பார்ட்டி : காங்கிரஸ் மாதிரி இல்லாம , ரொம்ப straight forward BJP. தெளிவா Rules & Regulations எழுதி வச்சிருக்காங்க. நம்ம வரி பணத்தை கொள்ளை அடிக்கிறது பத்தாதுன்னு, சேரவங்க கிட்ட இருந்து வேற அஞ்சு ரூபா வசூலிகிறாங்க.

communist பார்ட்டி(M) : ஒரு பெரிய Document தயாரிச்சு தெளிவா யார் யாரு சேரலாம் சேர கூடாதுனு போட்டுடங்க. இவங்க மத்த கட்சிகளை விட கொஞ்சம் strict சொல்லலாம். வேலைக்கு ஆள் எடுக்கிற மாதிரி reference கேக்குறாங்க.

சரி கொஞ்சம் கீழ் வருவோம், நம்ப DMK , AIADMK ரெண்டுமே இன்னும் படிகடுல தான் இருகாங்க. ஒரு விஷயமும் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியல.

எனது இந்த கட்சில சேறுவதர்க்கு என்ன தகுதியா?

என்ன பாஸ் காமெடி பண்ணுறீங்க , அதான் தெளிவா போட்டுடங்களே அஞ்சு ரூபா இருந்தா நாட்டை கொள்ளை அடிக்கலாம் sorry ... நாட்டை ஆளலாம்.
Invest just Rs.5 tomorrow you can earn in Crores of Rupees.

அரசியல இதெல்லாம் சகஜமப்பா !!!

Evil of Outsourcing

2008-05-04T23:11:00.000-07:00

Customer Experience, WOW Factor, Customer orientation ... all these are jargons used by many so-called-the-business-legends. Many Business corporations fall into the virtual word webs these consultants during the initial interaction and start following just like a nerd. To be honest, I've never seen any consultant who can aptly define or say what is a customer orientation.

Is it just about giving the right product at right time to the customer? Well I feel it is much more than that. Companies often think that once the product is sold,they have won the customer. They implement all kind of CRM products to track what he wants and when he wants. Mind there is NO such CRM software in this world that is customer centric. All the CRM softwares you name it SAP or Seibel or Clarify just mine the data of existing customer, form a pattern out of it. They DON'T interact with actual consumers to gain data. Its all the company centric or focused information. You feed in data which is comfortable or relevant to your company / product.

A couple of weeks back, I went to a famous discount store in the city. After all my purchase, during billing an executive of the store came to me and asked, "Sir, we found that you are purchasing products worth more than Rs.XYZ and we are willing to give you a ABCD Card of our store. You can avail many discounts and prizes for the rewards point accumulated in the card for every purchase. Its a lifetime free card" . Though, I normally don't entertain these kind of impulse selling, keeping in mind that I may shop at this store in FUTURE, I accepted his offer. We signed a couple of documents and stamped all the relevant photocopy for proofs. He said, "Sir within a week, you will get the card at your residence".

Three days later, I got a call from PQR Bank asking for verification. I wasn't aware that this store is associated to this bank for credit card. So I promptly denied of applied for any credit card with PQR Bank. A day later, I got another call from the same bank, asking for verification, still I couldn't remember that I've applied for any card with the bank and I denied it. There after I didn't get any calls from them.

Yesterday, when I went back to the same store I met the executive. He asked " Why did you do like this sir?". I said," What I have done?" . He said, " Our people from PQR bank have been trying for verification, but you denied for applying any card. You have signed all the papers for the same last time." . I just then understood the link. I told him, " Boss, I honestly doesn't know that its for the card I have applied with you. They haven't told me that its for ABCD Card. They were selling for PQR Bank Card. Ask them to do verification another time, I would take it up".

What's wrong or what went wrong with the situation. They were trying to sell me a product with brand name ABCD which was then associated with another brand PQR. When they have outsourced everything, the backend team knows only about PQR and not about ABCD. The customer knows only about ABCD and nothing about PQR. They lost a sale here.

The evil of outsourcing is to maintain consistency in passing the information. Communicate & Collaborate are the TWO big thing that should be taken care when the business is outsourced. Due to mis interpretation and mis communication, both ABCD Store & PQR Bank have lost a sale. The executive lost his commision. The verifiying Agency lost a transaction. The verifiying agent lost his incentive.

Is this company a customer oriented company??

Sport Leagues of India

2008-05-02T06:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm not going to discuss something just about Bhajji - Sreesanth controversies. You could find a lot about them in other Blogs or website. And being in a nation that worships Cricketers as god and cricket as a religion , I feel like better stay away and watch it.

Sports Leagues are not new to India. We already have Mohun Bagan, Mahindra United or Kingfisher East Bengal for football sport which was well established. The only drawback is less promotions and audience didn't give exposure to these clubs.

What makes ICL & IPL more interesting is not just the sport, but the money rolling into these. It seems over $2 Billion is the amount revolving in one or other form in IPL through various channels like franchising, advertisements, marketing, Bids etc., Though copied from the UK based sports leagues one should appreciate the BCCI team for setting up a successfull League like IPL.

I asked my friend, who played in couple of Ranchi Trophy matches about what does these Leagues bring in to our country. Some of the very interesting things I noticed are,

1. These helps in knowing well about other country players.
2. Suppose to create a good relation with peers of domestic & foreign players.
3. More professionalism in the sport.

interestingly,

He said this will develop maturity among the hardcore cricket fans. We all know what happened to Dhoni's house when India didn't reach semi finals in World Cup. That's because they don't have enough maturity to understand the loss. These kind of format will make them to understand what is loss and make the crowd more balanced personality.

And the drawbacks,

Lot of money rolling, so chances of more betting and gambling. More bookies, more dirty games might be played. Its very hard to neglect gambling in sport, but then I feel govt can better legalize it to some extent. Everyone know alcohol is bad for health, but no one is interested in banning it, because it makes money for country. Similar way they can make this gambling a legal business and generate money out of it.

Counter for this arguement can be - Better get back the Lottery System :D

How expectation can ruin your life

2008-04-22T21:09:00.000-07:00

Last week my friend called me up and said, "macchaa antha Uma Maheshwari kandukave maatengrada". He spoke as a frustrated guy and was in a critical position of getting mad soon.

Okay before getting further onto the topic a small intro about my friend, A well to do software guy, who fell in love every year right from his 8th std on some or other gal. Fortunately or unfortunately few gals do reciprocated the "feelings" which he properly converted to a relationship. But he never carried this relationship for long time. Either the situation makes way or he creates situation in such a way that they broke up after sometime.

Everytime he broke up he will come to me and cry and say this my last love affair and will never marry anyone. But you can see him again with some gal the very next week in some cafe coffee day or Besant Nagar beach.

Coming back to the story, this gal Uma Maheshwari, was not so close to him. They started chatting an year ago and she already had an affair with some guy which broke up after getting a good slaps from her father. Now this gal was pretty clear in her relationship with my friend. She wasn't interested in being love with him or marry him. For that matter, even or hero was not interested in marriage.

I asked him why he would be interested to have a relationship for not having a long term relationship. I asked, what is his expectation from her? He replied, "I just want her to be friend of mine". Soemthing was strange, I told him, "she is still your friend. Then why do you bother?". He said," I don't know, but I want her to be mine"

Okay, now this guy doesn't want her to marry, but should be in relation which is above friendship. After a few more conversation I understood that this guy need some psyhic treatment. The reason behind his restlessness is he never faced a failure from any of his past affairs with ladies (I make it generalized WOMEN factor). Neither his mother, nor his sister has opposed his expectations, they primarily left for his choice. The same happened for him with his previous relationships where he infact USED his galfriend for his purpose and left them as it is. Even the gals haven't opposed to this kinda activity.

I might use some strong words here, but when we analyze thoroughly, there are many people like this in our society who unknowingly become male chauvinist. This guy is in serious danger that when he get married and if his wife is of opposite nature, both their life would be in chaos.

When I tried explaining him, he nodded his head, but after few days he came to me and said "machha, I can't forget her" . It is something that he only can try changing it.

Guys be careful. Its not everytime you can dominate WOMEN.
Gals try to say NO when it is neccessary. Otherwise you will feel bad at later point of time.

Sema Vetti

2008-03-28T11:19:00.000-07:00

Last week met my buddy who recently shifted his job from a small company to a big one. The new job didn't add much value interms of salary hike or position. I was surprised to know why he then joined the big company. Is it just for the sake of Brand Name it carry? I got another surprising answer: NO

He said, " maccha, my parents are searching a bride for me past one year. The gals are expecting the groom to be in some big company. About 10-12 alliances were rejected because of this reason. There was heavy pressure from my mom & dad to switch job. Infact I didn't even bother to negotiate during my interview though I had a good chance fearing of losing the oppurtunity."

I was hearing these kinda stories (????) for quite sometime. Another friend of my mine said the Brand Conciousness is very high with brides these days. Top companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Tata Motors, Birla, Bajaj, Reliance have become household names these days. People are recognizing them next to Government Jobs. And if you are not among these then it becomes ridiculous for you to get a gal.

Any thoughts????

Fate

2008-03-06T04:17:00.000-08:00

Believing in Fate
by Hal Sirowitz

I don't have a telephone, she said,
so I can't give you a number.
I'm not a great fan of planned dates.
But if I happen to bump into you
on the street I'd be willing to go for coffee.
Let's leave it to chance.
It broughtus together once.
It could work a second time.
You could help fate along by hanging outin Chelsea.
That's where I live.
If Igave you any more information I'd be cheating.

Its the chance we expect in our future to happen. If it doesn't we tend to take it negatively. But in reality, FATE is a positive expectation or the unfulfilled desire which have greater inclination to go wrong in the life.It is all the probability of getting the random events to happen ,that happened earlier in a positive way.

Every girl's desire who goes in for an arranged marriage

2008-02-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

Got this in my mail box,

The woods were lovely dark and deep. Walking slowly beside her, in the damp mud road, was her husband whom she barely knew. He was very relaxed, happily watching a group of kids playing at a distance. Her "mehandi" was still dark and smelling fresh, reminding of the excitements and tension 2 days back. "It cant work this way mom...please stop this", she kept telling her mother till the last moment, who wouldnt listen but carry on with beautifying her. She had been crying all night and her make-up had to be patched up twice or thrice to hide her awkwardly swollen face.

It was too late now. She had to get married "NOW" to the guy...The guy whom she had seen once and talked thrice. The guy about whom she knew nothing at all but for his name and work. everything happened in a hurry and everthing was over before she could breathe again... here was she with this guy, all alone in this hill station... how can anybody send their daughter such a long distance with a stranger???

"Hey look at that....!!!" he shouted in excitement... she shrugged and looked where his finger pointed... Bright colored balloons dotted the sky.Children were jumping in joy and he seemed to be completely absorbed into it...colors are always exciting...but not now. She was not with her friends, not with her team mates, not even with her parents. This was not a3 day tour or team building trip. This was her life and she has been forced to start off with this person.

Loneliness and discomfort with this stranger was sickening...She looked at him in wonder... does he even realize that he has married me? Does he understand that he has to love me, protect me, care for me, a new girl, a stranger, all his life?

The marriage morning started like a daylight nightmare for her. The first time in life she felt she should have fallen in love and then married somebody. some man who she would have felt more comfortable with, someone whom she could call by name and introduce to friends, someone whom she could trust. But marriage morning was obviously not the time to think all these.

Her parents would never have said "no" if she had declared that she was in love. But she was not emotionally attached to anybody she met, especially guys. She was very friendly, playing, teasing, but never had second thought for any man around her. That brought the entire responsibility of looking for a groom on her parents' shoulders. Her parents had had a very bad time with this entire process. They started their groom search with unending "&"operation. The concatenation of "Horoscope matching" & "Decent family" & "Good looking" & "Good pay" & "same cast" & so on... that always gave 0 output. Now after all that 8 months hunt, they were not ready to hear her "ifs" and "buts" for this 'good guy'.

She had explained to her father. She does not feel anything for this person. He is nothing more to me than any other software professional. Like list of names she sees in the chat rooms. Distant and usual...Her father asked her to talk to him and even meet him and discuss their likes and dislikes. That meeting started like the induction programme self introduction and ended like a 3 hour seminar.She was waiting to get away from that place. "So did you talk with him?". "yes". "was he polite and decent". "yes". "Oh he got that special flavoured tri-color icecream...!!!".OK. All her family and relatives discussed...She was given the chance to "understand her life partner" and that they have understood each other "well" and she is ready for the marriage now.

All arrangements geared up and it was 24 days after her first meeting that she was getting married to her man... perfect match as everybody else described. Marriage hall was full with excited people, kids got the chance to play, ladies got the chance to wear the silk saree. The smell of rose and jasmine filled the hall. Different poses for the photographer and artificial smiles for the videos. The moment he had tied the sacred thread was unexplainable vaccum in the head. It was over. She was his wife.Accepted by the society and law. Her proud parents were relaxed. This was their duty they had been planning to fulfill since she was born. All this crowd will fade away, leaving her to explore her new world...

He pulled her hand gently to sit on the stone bench. The bench was wet and the chillness was indeed enjoyable. "So what are you thinking about?"...that was an unexpected ball. should she reply? should she be silent? She remembered the two hour presentation she had taken last month. Bold and confident, she kept answering all the queries with a broad smile. Now she remained silent. "Do you know honey... I was not for this marriage too..."Oh my God... what did i hear??? did HE tell that or did i think aloud? what does he mean? didnt he like me? was he forced into this? He must have noticed the quizzical look on my face...with a gentle smile he continued..."I wanted to look for a girl myself, buy her everything, care for her, argue with her, laugh and cry with her, then get married to her...Anything otherwise would be a drama. Traditional drama and i was not for it anytime. But my love for my work and also my stress would not give me time and mind to search that girl...When your parents talked to me 2 weeks before our marriage, about your fear of getting married, to a stranger, i could completely understand your mind. I could see myself in you and that was the moment i decided i will marry you. There was no time to prove myself to you, make you trust me, everything happened in a hurry. But there was the entire life before me, to please you, to love you, to make you trust me. This is no less than what i had dreamt, the girl i was waiting for, is you. Now tell me... will you love me???" Tears came down her cheek.

Her parents had done more than their duty. They had found her the perfect guy. Thank you Mom!!! Thank you Dad!!! His question remained unanswered yet both knew the answer....

Post dedicated to Kannama who got recently "arrange" married :D

Adorable Father

2008-02-18T20:12:00.000-08:00

ரொம்ப நாளா நம்ம முன்னாள் குடியரசு தலைவர் அப்துல் கலாம் போல hairstyle பண்ணனும்னு நினைச்சு வளர்க்க ஆரம்பிச்ச, அது காளை சிம்பு போல சிலுப்பிக்கிட்டு இருந்துச்சு. பாக்கிறவங்க எல்லாம் நான் எதோ சாமியாரா போக போற மாதிரி கேக்க ஆரம்பிச்சிடாங்க. So , இந்த வினையே வேண்டாம்னு , திருப்பதி போய் மொட்டை போட்டுவோம்னு இரண்டு வாரம் முன்னாடி நானும் என் roommate கிளம்பினோம்.

பெங்களுருலிருந்து திருப்திக்கு APSRTC மூலமாக டிக்கெட் புக் பண்ணி கிளம்பினோம். மொத்தம் 45 seat ஆனா 43 பேரு தான் வந்திருந்தாங்க. இந்த 43 பேருல ரெண்டு பேர் மட்டும் என் கவனத்தை இழுத்தாங்க. ஒருத்தர் A young father of 1 year old child. Other one, a young lady.

First the Father, a young guy, just now married and got a child came to tirupathi for some reason along with his wife and two friends and his machinan (bro-in-law). First time got to see a Father who cares his child a lot. Not even a single moment he left his child alone. Except during the feeding periods. Rest all two days, he was carrying him on his back like a Kangaroo. I was totally surprised to see that. I had seen many impatient fathers who just throw their child to wife as if its her duty to take care of him/her.

While travelling from Thirupathi to Tirumala on the link journey , the child started crying on top of his voice. Not even the mother can do soemthing as she also clueless what was wrong. The Father then took him and went on a small walk within the bus. The child stopped crying once he was carried . And after that the whole journey, the father was walking on the bus with him.

I always adore such a lovable fathers and felt how proud his child can be :)

Once again musings...

2008-01-25T07:17:00.000-08:00

First thing first...

நம்ம பொன்னரசி , சில பல காத்திருப்புகளுக்கு பிறகு கடைசியா இன்னைக்கு வேலைல சேருறாங்க அவங்களுக்கு என்னோட மனமார்ந்த பாராட்டுகள். ஒழுங்க ஆபீஸ்ல நல்ல புள்ளையா அம்மா கொடுத்த தத்து மம்மு சாப்பிடுகிட்டு, சமர்த்தா போய்ட்டு வரணும். அந்த பொண்ணு கிள்ளுனா, இந்த பையன் ஜடைய புடிச்சு இழுத்தான்னு சொல்லிக்கிட்டு அழுதுகிட்டு இருக்ககூடாது . நல்ல பொண்ணா, அழகா கொடுத்த வேலைய செஞ்சு (அதுவே பெருசு உன் கம்பெனி-ல) நல்ல பேரு எடுக்கணும். அடுத்தவாட்டி ஊருக்கு வரச்சே கிலுகிலுப்பையும், கமர்கட்டும் வாங்கியாறேன். :D

"எந்தன் வானமும் நீ தான் , எந்தன் பூமியும் நீ தான்" பாட்டு கேட்டுருக்கீங்களா? கேட்டு பாருங்க.. சும்மா சூப்பர் மெலடி. வார்த்தைங்க கூட நல்லா இருக்கு. மஹதி , ஹரிசரனும் பாடி இருக்காங்க.

BTW, yenga dabba company-la Blogger again Blocked.... So I can't blog/comment as frequently as earlier (idhuku munadi maatum ozhunga panniyanu keka kudathu :D) Rest in next post...

Nano - in my view

2008-01-19T21:44:00.000-08:00

JANUARY 9 2008 - Another incredible day in the Indian Business world when TATA GROUP unveiled its "People's Car" - TATA NANO on the Auto Expo held here at country capital Delhi. Not only to the surprise of other Indian Industry vetrans, but even the World's big Car Manufacturers' taken aback by the success and determination of TATA. No doubt that Nano has sidelined all the doubts raised by the industry expert on Pollution, Cost and comfort.

What made Ratan Tata to make this "People's Car"?

Basically, just as an Indian, you know, I would be as concerned of my-self as one of the rickshaw pullers in Calcutta running with a rickshaw behind with two people sitting back. It bothered me. My mind will start thinking: Can we put a bicycle there? The same thing bothers me when I visit a plant also. The workers are bending over when the work piece should be raised or maybe they should sit in a pit or what-ever. Because I think human fatigue is something that affects safety.

So in this particular case, you could not help but notice that there were three or four family members on a scooter, the kid standing in the front, the guy driving the scooter and the wife sitting side saddle holding a little kid. And when you're driving a car, you certainly say, Oh my god, be careful, they may slip. Add to that slippery roads and night time too. Any of these reasons can be dangerous for transport. That does not mean that the scooter should not exist because scooters are an evolution of bicycles and it is all the path of prosperity. - ET.

So essentially Tata is projecting this car for a family of four and still commuting in Bike or Scooter. Keeping this mind they had built the car for 632 CC Engine which is efficient enough to drive four adults. As they have not compromised with height, they had still reduced the length of the car to park it easily and again to mention the width has been increased by 6 cm. So no compromise in the comfort.This car is not for long journey, because it was not made with that objective, though Tata Motors claims so.

Nano has many best feature. But on my view, I would not claim it as People's Car. Reasons???

Though it says it comes for 1 Lakh, that is just the capital cost for the middle class. What about the recurring, variable cost like maintanence and petrol bills? Earlier the 2 Wheelers have to shell petrol bills monthly twice, with Nano they have to do that four times in a month. My average 2W gives 45 kmpl, while Nano can give only 15 kmpl. My variables are more than what I'm paying now. Do you think with growing fuel price, will the middle class able to sustain a car? I don’t think so.

Lookwise Nano is like "Soorpanagai" without nose. It doesn't give a damn to look & design of the car. Cars traditionally seen as Luxury item and a social status.

We have seen several business which projects as low price, low cost product manufacturer, but later some point of time, they also join the high price band soon. Air Deccan, Reliance India Mobile etc., It is just like Reliance ka Mobile released for 501 bucks and finally joined the rest of the Telecom band with regular price. Nano will also join 1.5 L or 2L before 2010 due to the impossibility of capping cost structure to 1L.

Though they had taken lot of pain to built the car small, still I couldn't easily find right infrastructure in the city to park it. Take chennai into consideration, where we have space to park. If I want to use this car in bangalore, I should take it out before 6 am and come back home after 11 pm. The city traffic is not mature enough to hold this kind of car. So to where does this car fit. - Rural India. they don't use car often and they make better sense in using it. It means ultimately its not going to be used by people whom it has been intimated.

Ratanji, we appreciate your product, but unless you are clear about what it has to do and to whom this is not going to help out. But my heartfelt congragulations to Ratan & his team for once again proving our capability to the World.

31st Chennai Book Fair

2008-01-17T09:00:00.000-08:00

சென்ற வாரம் சனிக்கிழமை சென்னையில் நடந்த புத்தக கண்காட்சிக்கு நான் அம்மா மற்றும் என் மாமா பெண்ணுடன் சென்றிருந்தேன். இன்னும் மக்களிடையே புத்தகம் படிக்கும் பழக்கம் மாறவில்லை என்பதற்கு சான்றாக கௌன்டரில் டிக்கெட் வாங்கவே பெரிய வரிசை.

வழக்கம் போல ஒவ்வொரு stall ஏறி இறங்கி பிடித்த புத்தகங்களில் தேடி எடுத்து படித்தேன். முதலில் வாங்கிய புத்தகம் தேவனின் ஸ்ரீமன் சுதர்சனம். (அல்லியான்சே பதிபகதர்) . புத்தகத்தை வாங்கி அங்கேயே படிக்க ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டேன். நடுவில் அங்கேயும் இங்கேயுமாக மக்கள் செல்ல, நான் ஒரு ஓரமாய் கால் வலிக்க நின்று பாதி புத்தகத்தை படித்து முடித்தேன். இதற்கே 45 நிமிடங்கள் ஓடிவிட்டதால், பின்னர் படித்துக்கொள்ளலாம் என்று அந்த புத்தகத்தை வாங்கி வந்தேன்.

கண்காட்சியில் ஒரு வசதி என்னவென்றால், நாம் படிக்கும் புத்தகத்தை வாங்கியே தீர வேண்டும் என்ற அவசியம் இல்லை. சில புத்தகங்களை நான் அங்கேயே படித்து முடித்துவிடும் அளவுக்கு சிறியவை, அதை வாங்கி கொண்டு போய் என்ன செய்ய? அதனால் நான் ரொம்ப selective.

கிட்டதட்ட 4 மணி நேரம் செலவிட்ட பிறகு சில புத்தகங்களை வாங்கினேன். இதோ என்னோட இந்த வருஷ collection,

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அமெரிக்காவில் கிச்சா
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Autobiography of Gandhi
சிவமயம்
ட்விஸ்ட் கதைகள்

என்ன என்னொட collections எப்படி இருக்கு? , உங்களோட collections அனுப்பி வைங்க . அடுத்த வாட்டி போகும் போது மறக்காம வாங்கி படிக்கிறேன்.

AWARD-O-PATHY

2008-01-09T06:34:00.000-08:00

எல்லாருக்கும் ஒரு பெரிய வணக்கம். நம்ப நண்பர் குட்டி பாலு, நம்ம ப்ளோக் பார்த்திட்டு ரொம்ப பிடிச்சி போய் இந்த AWARD கொடுத்திருக்காரு (யாருப்பா ! ஆது சிரிக்கிறது) .

அவருக்கு என்னோட மனமார்ந்த நன்றிகள்.

என்ன தான் மொக்கை போட்டாலும் திரும்ப திரும்ப வந்து comment ங்கிற பேர்ல சண்டை போட்டு, என்ன மேலும் மேலும் வெறியேத்தி ஊக்கு வித்த .. சாரி ஊக்குவித்த விதமா சிலர் செயல்பட்டங்க. அந்த நல்லவங்களுக்கு நான் இந்த AWARD pass பண்ணுறேன்.

அந்த இம்சை மன்னர்கள் / மன்னிகள் ,

LOGIC

Sanjayan (தல இன்னும் கல்யாண கனவுலகத்துல இருந்து வெளிய வரவே இல்ல. Dude! எப்போ நாங்க BABA is BACK அப்பிடிங்கற post பாக்க போறோம் ?)

Usha

ஜொள்ளு பாண்டி

As many of my other "IMSAI" followers have got this award already, I'm not writing their name here. Naama thaan yellathulaiyum late but namba pasanga romba strong :)

மனம்விட்டு சில வார்த்தைகள்...

2008-01-04T02:38:00.000-08:00

"டேய்! காயத்ரிக்கிட்ட பேச மாட்டேன்னு சொன்னியாமே? என்னடா சண்டை உங்களுக்குள்ள?" அம்மா கத்தினாள். " நீ சும்மா இரும்மா. இதுல தலையிடாதே. இப்பவே அடக்கி வச்சாதான் போற இடத்துல ஒழுங்க இருப்பா". அம்மாவை அடக்கினான்.

"இனிமே நான் சண்டை போட மாட்டேன்டா , என்கிட்ட பேசுடா. நீ சாரி கூட கேக்க வேண்டாம்". கெஞ்சினாள் அவள். காதில் விழாதது போலே கிளம்பி சென்றான் அவன்.

சில நாட்களுக்கு பிறகு, நண்பர்களுடன் கல்லூரி சுற்றுலாவில்,

" என்னடா எங்ககிட்டலாம் பேச நேரமே கிடைக்காதா உனக்கு? எப்பவுமே அவ பின்னாடியே சுத்துற" நண்பனிடம் கத்தினான் அவன். " டேய் சத்தமா பேசாதடா. அவ காதுல விழ போகுது" பதறியப்படியே சொன்னான் நண்பன். " கேட்டா கேக்குது. அவளுக்கு என்னமோ பயப்படுற?" மீண்டும் சீண்டினான் அவன்.

"அவனை எதுக்கு இப்போ சீண்டுற? எதுவா இருந்தாலும் என்கிட்ட நேரா கேளு?" அவனை மடக்கினாள் அவள். நண்பன் பேசாமல் நின்று கொண்டிருந்தான். " நான் உன்கிட்ட ஒண்ணும் பேச தேவை இல்ல" - அவளிடம் சொல்லிவிட்டு , " பெரிய பருப்பு மாதிரி வந்த்துட்டா" என்று முனும்முனுத்தான். கேட்டுவிட்டது அவளுக்கு. பொங்கிய கண்ணீரை மறைத்து கொண்டே பேருந்தில் சென்று அமர்ந்தாள்.

அன்று இரவு, "டேய் என்னடா நீ.அவகிட்ட போய் அந்த மாதிரியா பேசுவ? . பாவம்டா அவ. " - வருந்தினான் நண்பன். " என்னடா ரொம்ப தான் பரிஞ்சு பேசுற?" - எகத்தாளித்தான் அவன். " இத்தன நாள் நம பழகிருகோம், என்னைவிட அவ தான் பெருசா போய்ட்டால்ல இப்போ" இரக்கமில்லாமல் நட்ப்பென்னும் உரிமையை கொண்டாடினான், அதன் பெருமை தெரியாதவன்.

" டேய் அதுக்கில்லடா ." - பேச வாயேடுத்தவனை அடக்கினான். " உனக்கு நான் வேணுமா இல்ல அவ வேணுமான்னு முடிவு பண்ணிக்கோ" - கர்ஜித்து சென்றான்.

இரண்டு நாட்கள் ஓடியது. வகுப்பறையில் நண்பனும் அவளும் பேசிக்கொள்வதாக தெரியவில்லை. அவனுக்கு உள்ளுர சந்தோஷமாக இருந்தது. என்றாலும் அவர்களை பிரித்தது தப்போ என்று தோன்றியது. நண்பனின் வாடிய முகம் அவனையும் வருத்தியது.

முடிவ்வெடுதவனாய் அவளிடம் சென்றான். " உன்கிட்ட கொஞ்சம் பேசணும். class முடிஞ்சதும் wait பண்ணு." சொல்லிவிட்டு நகர்ந்தான். "டேய் என்னடா பேச போற. இன்னும் எதுவம் குட்டைய்ய குழப்பாத, please. " கெஞ்சினான் நண்பன். அவனை ஒருமுறை உற்று பார்த்துவிட்டு சென்றான் அவன்.

மாலை, அவள் வகுப்பறையில் காத்திருந்தாள். " உனக்கு அவன் எப்படின்னு எனக்கு தெரியாது, ஆனா அவன் எனக்கு more than a friend. I;m bit possesive when it comes to my friendship. இதுவரைக்கும் நான் யார்கிட்டயும் போய் மன்னிப்பு கேட்டதில்லை. ஆனா என்னால அவன் கஷட்டப்படுறதை நான் விரும்பல. நான் எதாச்சும் தப்பா பேசிருந்தா என்ன மன்னிச்சுடு." சொல்லிவிட்டு அவளின் பதிலை எதிர்பார்க்காமல் வெளியே சென்றான்.

" டேய். thanks -டா. எனக்கு நீங்க இரண்டுப் பேருமே ஒன்னு தான் " நன்றி சொல்லிகொண்டிருந்த நண்பனை புறம் தள்ளி ஏதோ உணர்ந்தவனாய் hostel- லை நோக்கி ஓடினான்.

" Hello! சாரி அக்கா ! "பேச முடியாமல் அழுதான் அவன். "டேய் ஏன்டா அழற ஒண்ணும் இல்லடா ராஜா. விடு நீ தான சண்டை போட்ட. அழாதே. நீ பேசியதே எனக்கு ரொம்ப சந்தோஷமா இருக்கு." போனில் சமாதானம் சொன்னாள் அவன் அக்கா.

My New Year Resolutions - A Tag

2007-12-30T06:19:00.000-08:00

Resolution எடுக்கிறத விட்டு பல வருஷம் ஆச்சு. ஆனாலும் நம்ப குட்டி பாலுவும் ஷாலினியும் கேட்டுக்கிட்டதுனால இந்த போஸ்ட். So dedicating this post to them :) . Moreover this my FIRST TAG in Blogging, so even I was curious to right something :D

போன வருஷம் ஒண்ணும் பெருசா resolution எடுக்காததுனால comparison பண்ணுறது கொஞ்சம் கஷ்டமான காரியம். But சில விஷயங்கள் நடந்துச்சுனா மனசுக்கு நல்ல இருக்கும்னு தோணுச்சு. அவை,

ஓரளவுக்கு நல்ல salary . அதுக்கேத்த மாதிரியான வாழ்க்கைனு ஆசைபட்டதுக்கு மேலையே கிடைச்சது.
எங்க திரும்பி pre-sales பண்ண விடுட்டுவங்களோனு பயந்த மாதிரி இல்லாம , SCM team- ல join பண்ணினது another wish that got fulfilled.
போன வருஷ இறுதில நடந்த சில கசப்பான சம்பவங்களால சில நண்பர்களை இழந்தது, இந்த வருஷ இறுதிக்குள்ளே அவங்களை மீண்டும் friend ஆக்கியது Another big thing of 2007 year wish.

Okay. இப்போ நினைச்சது நடக்காம போன சில ,

தொப்பை குறைக்கணும்னு gym join பண்ணி two days- ல சோம்பேரித்தனத்தால வாபஸ் வந்தது.
Share மார்க்கெட் was always a fantasy to me. எத்தனையோ முறை ட்ரை பண்ணியும் அதுல முழுகி முத்தெடுக்க முடியல. So a successful failure of this year :)
Japanese language கத்துக்கணும்னு ஆசைப்பட்டு course join , பாதியிலேயே discontinue பண்ணியது. Again curse my laziness.

இந்த வருஷத்துக்கான என்னோட resolution / ஆசை,

Make atleast 10 new friends
என்னதான் பெருசா செலவு செஞ்சாலும், atleast மாசம் ஆயிரம் ரூபாய்யாவது SIP- ல போட்டு mutual fund- ல காலெடுத்து வைக்கிறது.
4-5 Kgs ஆவது இந்த வருஷம் குறைகிறது. கஷ்டமான வேலைதான் but will definetly try my best.
Professional- ல இந்த வருஷத்துல I need to prove my skills. அதுக்கு ஒரு Whitepaper- ஒ இல்ல Black paper- ஒ எழுதணும்.

Hope all are realistic and achievable.

Anyone can take up this tag and write about their NYR. Please give me the link, I will definetly read and comment :)

Looking Back...

2007-12-25T19:59:00.000-08:00

First thing first; என் அருமை கிறிஸ்துவ நண்பர்களுக்கு என்னோட இனிய மனமார்ந்த Christmas நல்வாழ்த்துகள் .

ரொம்ப நாலா எந்த போஸ்டும் போடலியேனு நம்பள மறந்திட கூடாதுனு இந்த post போடுகிறேன். இப்போ நாம என்ன பண்ணலாம் , Top movies, songs இதெல்லாம் , SUN, VIJAY, RAJ-nu குத்தகைக்கு எடுத்திடாங்க. என்ன பண்ணலாம் யோசிச்ச போது இந்த 2007 -ல பெருசா நம்ம செஞ்சி கிழிச்சது என்னனு ஒரு அலசு அளசலாம்னு தோணுச்சு . இதோ உங்களுக்காக , 2007 ஒரு பார்வை.

இந்த வருஷத்தோட highlight, second innings of my career life. B-School முடிச்சு 3 months வெட்டியா OB அடிச்சதுக்கு பிறகு , got my Joining Date. எப்படியோ பிள்ளையருக்கு உடைச்ச தேங்காய் வீணாப்போகாம எனக்கு பிடிச்ச Dept-லேயே என்னை போட்டாங்க. அது வரைக்கும் சந்தோஷம் .

எத்தனையோ தடவ நான் அம்மாவுக்கு surprise கொடுத்திருந்தாலும் , இந்த varusha தீபாவளி was really a great surprise for her. I still remember her experssion on face when I gifted the saree to her. அதுக்கு விலையே இல்லீங்க.

வாழ்க்கைல நாம miss பண்ணுறது எவ்வளவோ இருந்தாலும் , college days என்னைக்குமே ஒரு புது அனுபவம் தான். Fortunately I had an oppurtunity to enjoy once again. மொத்த college staffs & juniors எங்களுக்கு கொடுத்த வரவேற்பு , I just can't express in words. My B-School gave entirely different perspective of learning from what I saw in Engineering.

இந்த வருஷத்தோட total failure was when my sister came to bangalore. அவள் சொல்லும் போது எல்லாம் நம்பாம எங்க வீட்டு குட்டிச்சாத்தான் will take care for 3 days in பெங்களூர் சவால் விட்டு மாட்டிக்கிட்டது . பசங்க குறும்பு பண்ணுறது சகஜம் , ஆனா குறும்பே பையனா பொறந்த என்ன பண்ணுறது ? முடியலடா சாமி!

எங்க வீட்டுக்கு பக்கத்துல இருக்கிற park-ல உர்காந்துகிட்டு என்னோட friend-க்கு ஓடி போய் கல்யாணம் பண்றதுக்கு பெருசா idea போட்டு கொடுத்தது . Atlast அந்த பொண்ணு வீட்ல சொன்ன மாப்பிள்ளையை கட்டிகிட்டு US போய்ட்டா , நம்ம பையன் கொஞ்ச நாள் தாடி வச்சிட்டு , இப்போ அடுத்த figure set பண்ண கிளம்பிடான் . Idea கொடுத்த நான் தான் இப்போ இந்த மாதிரி மொக்க post போட்டுகிட்டு இருக்கேன்.

இந்த வருஷத்தோட இன்னொரு highlight, visible blog எழுத ஆரம்பிச்சது. Gmail id கிடைச்ச சமயத்துல எனக்கு நானே நிரைய invitation அனுப்பி create பண்ணின user id வச்சி நிரைய blog open பண்ணிருக்கேன், but GUNDUMAMA-வுக்கு இருக்கிற மவுசு வேற எந்த id-கும் இல்ல. Thanks to sriprasad, then my classmate now my collegue for choosing a good nick name for me :) எனக்கே சொல்லுறதுக்கு கொஞ்சம் கூச்சமாதான் இருக்கு , but to say in short GUNDUMAMA RETURNS :D

ஒரு விஷயத்த தொடங்கிறதுக்கு அதை பத்தி முழுசா தெரியனும்னு அவசியம் இல்லை, you should be bold enough to try it out - அப்பிடினு சொல்லி , மொத்த server-யும் என்கிட்ட கொடுத்து, you can bring up the system easily-னு encourage பண்ணின என்னோட boss துணிச்சல். கொஞ்சம் miss ஆகிருந்தாலும் 40K total loss. But என் மேல வச்ச நம்பிக்கைய காப்பாத்தி கொடுத்ததை நினைச்சு நான் சந்தோஷபடுகிறேன்

ரொம்ப மாசமா சாட்டிங்களில், mailலயுமே பேசிக்கிட்டு இருந்த friends கூட phone பண்ணி பேசுற அளவுக்கு upgrade ஆனது. Waiting for 2008 to create a platform to meet. Are you hearing my dear?? ;)

இப்படி எவ்வளவோ எழுதலாம் , ஆனா நீங்க இப்பவே களைச்சிப் போய்டீங்கனு தெரியுது So stop பண்ணிக்குவோம்.

திரும்பி பார்த்தால் இந்த வருஷம் எனக்கு ஒரு happiest year-னு தான் சொல்லணும் . But எதாச்சும் சாதிச்சனானு கேட்டா nothing-nu மனசு சொல்லுது . ஒண்ணு நிச்சியம் , இந்த வருஷம் நான் அதிகமா கோபப்படலை , நிரைய பக்குவப்பட்டிருக்கேன் . Created நிரைய new friends. எல்லோருக்கும் என்னால நல்லது செய்யமுடியாது , but அவங்களுக்காக நான் வேண்டிக்கலாம்நீங்களும் உங்க மனச open பண்ணி வைங்க. Just ஒரு smile , it make a sweet morning. எத்தன பேரு உங்க office security கிட்ட good morning சொல்லி இருக்கீங்க? எத்தன பேரு உங்களுக்காக lift-a நிறுத்தி வச்சவருக்கு நன்றி சொல்லிருகீங்க? Just try. ஒரு Thanks, ஒரு good morning நீங்க குறைஞ்சிட மாட்டீங்க . இதுதான் இந்த வருஷத்துக்கான தத்துவம்.

May this 2008 brings peace and prosperity to this world. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year !

மனதோடு தான் நான் பேசுவேன்...

2007-12-13T17:07:00.000-08:00

பழைய ஆனந்த விகடனை புரட்டியபோது கிடைத்தது. கொஞ்ச நேரம் எதுவும் யோசிக்க முடியாமல் புத்தகத்தையே வெறித்து பார்த்தேன் - சட்டேன்று தொலைபேசி அடித்தது.

" நல்லா இருக்கியாடா?" பேசியது என் அக்கா. நம்ப முடியவில்லை என்னால்.

Some sort of ESP??? ;)

హ్యాపీ డేస్

2007-12-10T05:13:00.000-08:00

Happened to see a Telugu movie called "Happy Days". A movie by Kammula who directed my favourite movie Godavari and Anand. Simply to put across, he kept up my expectation very well.

The story is all about the college days of 6 friends. I should say director had succeeded in brining all the aspects of 4 year college days in the 3 hour movie. Well, I'm not going to write any review about the movie. You can catch them up here.

What I like in all his movies are, he doesn't show his heorine as the barbie doll coming for two songs and strips off their so called cloths. All the characters will be positive. One scene to say, the hero (some new face, but did a lot good work in the film) tells the heorine at the nasacent stage of friendship, he feels like kissing her. heronie's father hears this up and got upset & was discussing with his wife about the friendship his daughter holding up. The heroine goes up to her father and say, I know this is very difficult to understand, but I think I can handle it very well without harming anyone.

Apparently, they fall in love with each other, which everyone expects. I like the Tyson aka Arjun character who fell in love with the senior gal in the college and managed to get her. Though the director keeps a pause in their relation , he also taken care it doesn't send a wrong message to the audience. Infact it reminds me about one of my College Senior, about whom I was crazy for about 3 years and finally one day caught hold to speak to her. Guess what she asked me?..

"Err..do you study in my Department?"......

Infact she was my first crush I openly admitted to my HOD at one point of time :D . To the higher side, I wrote her name as my Dream Girl on a Souvenir released by our Department. Lucky me, I wasn't barred out the college as she had completed and left by the time.

And about the movie, If you haven't watched any recent college oriented movies after "April Mathathil" then go and watch it. Though story wise it doesn't make any difference, the screenplay and direction stands apart.

I'm eagerly waiting for Kalloori to release in my city. Heard its too good on the same lines. And guess what heroine of both the movies are same . Tammana - I think she started getting good projects ahead.

My Wish

2007-12-04T02:28:00.000-08:00

Pendant une longue période, j'ai eu le désir d'écrire un essai, récit ou au moins un paragraphe dans d'autres langauage dehors de l'anglais et le tamoul. Malheureusement, même si j'avais déjà lu deux fois en français (une fois dans ma +1 et +2 et la seconde fois un cours en spl MBA), il reste encore un grand défi pour moi à lire et à écrire en langue française. Venir à la pointe. Ce message est juste pour vous montrer que j'ai enfin réalisé mon destin. Grâce à mon Guru avec lequel vous lisez ce texte;)

புரியாதவங்க இங்க போய் படிச்சிக்கோங்க!

Blog Posts that I liked

2007-11-30T02:16:00.000-08:00

There are blogs that usually I visit. There are websites which I hamp on every now and then. But there are only very few posts that I enjoyed to my heart when I was reading them. They are here for you also to enjoy, if you haven't happen to read them before :)

http://kathaiezuthukiren.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_13.html - By Yosippavar. I just can't relate this as a sci-fi story, but its of more to say on life.

Know about China here - http://onemanbandwidth.com/wordpress/2007/07/23/cinderella-teaching-in-the-greatest-monkey-show-on-earth/

Do you wear mookuthi?? Well read this then - http://sambharmafia.blogspot.com/2007/02/so-much-fuss-over-mookuthi.html

You a s/w engr?? read some penathals - http://penathal.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.html

Post you can learn to draw faces :) - http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000715.php

http://lateralplane.blogspot.com/2007/10/being-woman.html - Post by Logic {I wonder why he is not consistent in writing post :( }

http://heartnmindfights.blogspot.com/2007/07/moi-machi.html - feelings post by By raz

http://keladikanmani.blogspot.com/2007/06/yaar-thavaru.html - By kannama

http://princessofgold.blogspot.com/2006/10/thavani-valayal-marudhani.html - My all time fav by PK :)

http://kavitha04.blogspot.com/2006/11/blind.html - Post made me to think on the other side of the life. Thanks Kavitha :)

http://themottaiboss.blogspot.com/2006/03/dosa-laws-mom-was-out-of-town-for-week.html - yet another humurous post by Kaats

http://ammanchi.blogspot.com/2006/06/applying-thoughts.html - I love this post as it relates to my day to day job. May be we both are Applying Thoughts ;)

If you have any, please do share the links in your comments. I love them to read :)

ஒரு Changeக்கு !

2007-11-29T19:15:00.000-08:00

தொடர்ந்து ஒரே லவ் story-ya படிச்சதுனாலயோ என்னவோ ரொம்ப திகட்டிடுச்சு :(

இங்க போய் ஸ்ரீதேவி எழுதிய மர்டர் மிஸ்டரி படிச்சுபாருங்க. நம்ப பொன்னியின் செல்வன் கதைக்கு சூப்பரா ட்விஸ்ட் கொடுத்திருப்பாங்க!

அட!

2007-11-28T03:09:00.001-08:00

Jab we met

2007-11-27T01:59:00.000-08:00

Quite cool movie. After a long time I found full of energy flowing in the movie. The characters were alive and blushing their true sense throughout the movie.

Story : Frusted-young-business man(Shaid Kapoor) ditched by his GF, found himself in pool of maze in the business, suddenly leaves the empire built by his papa overnite and goes out like a nomad in search of peace. Meets Kareena Kapoor on train, who is happy go lucky kinda gal travels from Mumbai to Punjab.

They miss the train at one point and as you guess travel together to Punjab. She takes him to her home and found that family is merrying around to fix her marriage with some guy in their family, which she doesn't like and obviously as you expect both SK & KK flew away.

For godsake you think they both are in love that's not true. KK was in love with some monkey in Kulumanali and they start their journey again to meet him. Meanwhile SK was very much attracted and got impressed by KK and start falling in love. After reaching kulu, SK leaves her and goes back to Mumbai to continue his business and gets succeeded.

On the otherhand family of KK is searching for her and didn't hear anything from her for 9 months. They blame SK for ruining their family. As every hero, SK takes the responsibility of reuniting the family with KK starts his journey again to find her. After a long search he found that she got ditched by her boy friend (that monkey) and they express their love to each other. brings her back to home and lived happily after that.

Script: Story was pathetic with lot of potholes and logic less script. Normal story, but I should honestly accept SK & KK had done their part vey well. For the first time I have seen KK acting with cloths around ;)

Normally in such travel scripts directors will show off their talent in hunting locations abroad and make a fix to producers. This guy (Imtiaz Ali) has done a decent job using locations in India itself. Another worse travel movie I had seen is "Puthukotaillirunthu Saravanan". Nammba aalungala adichikave mudiyathu. They scrwed the whole movie.

Certain shots & scenes like KK introducing SK to her sister has the guy whom she has planned to marry to her (sis). The scene in 3rd grade hotel and the following police raid.

Music: Commendable work by Music Director Pritam. All the songs were rocking.

Actors: Kareena was too good. Though I don't like her, she did a really good job in the movie. Shaid was equally cool and script fits aptly for his body language and age. Both together make a good pair. Offlate heard both have separated and not dating is that so ?? ;)

P.S.: For those who don't know Hindi - Jab means When . Kathailam solliyachu poi parthuttu vanthu naan sonnen thaan parthen, kadi aagiduchu-nu yaarachum comment potta kola vizhum.

P.S. for P.S. : This is one is not for you PK :)

Dollar is UP so the Shoppers :)

2007-11-26T19:10:00.000-08:00

Wife: “How much space do we have in the car? Can we squeeze this microwave in?”

Husband: “No, it’s pretty crammed in there.”

Wife: “What about on your lap?”

Husband: “I’m carrying the refrigerator on my lap, remember?”

Wife: “What about on the roof?”

Husband: “No, we’d need to have a roof rack for that. We can’t just put a microwave on the roof. It might fall off. It’s unsafe.”

Wife: “Okay, what if we put the refrigerator on your seat and put the microwave on top of it?”

Husband: “Where will I sit?”

Wife: “Uh … what about on the roof?”

Source: Nshima

காதோடு தான் நான் பேசுவேன்...

2007-11-20T03:09:00.000-08:00

" முதல் மழை என்னை நனைத்ததே" " அக்கம் பக்கம் யாருமில்லா" " மேகம் மேகம் என் காலில் மிதக்கிறதே" இப்படியான எந்தவித பாட்டும் இல்லாமல் சாதாரணமாக "ட்ரிங் ட்ரிங்" என்றே அவளது தொலைபேசி ஒலித்தது.

அதுவும் நன்றாகவே இருந்தது.

"ஹலோ யார் பேசுறது? " அவள் தான். குரல் தேனாக என்னுள் இறங்கியது.

" எப்படி இருக்கிற பிசாசே" .

"ஹே! குண்டுமாமா. எப்படி இருக்கிற?. வேற நம்பர் வருது? கேடி நம்பர் மாத்திட்டியா? "

" yup . இது என்னோட புது நம்பர். நோட் பண்ணிக்கோ." " Then எப்படி இருக்க? என்ன பண்ணுற? . எப்போ Joining Date எதாச்சும் தெரிஞ்சுதா?"

" இல்லபா. மாத்தி மாத்தி சொல்லுராங்க. யாருக்கும் கரெக்டா தெரியல. May be in November. "

" Oh! good. Then what doing now?"

" சும்மா தான் இருக்கேன். ஹே என்னால நம்பவே முடியல. உங்களோட voice ரொம்ப familiar-a இருக்கு. " - ஆச்சர்யாபட்டாள்

" நிஜமாவா. Even I feel the same. சரி அப்பா அம்மா எல்லாரும் எப்படி இருக்காங்க? "

"எல்லாரும் ரொம்ப fine . அம்மா எப்படி இருக்காங்க? மருமகன் என்ன சொல்லுறான்? "

" All are fine here. How are you feeling now?"

" You still remember that. Thanks. கொஞ்சம் வலி இருக்குது but okay. டாக்டர் கிட்ட திரும்ப போகணும்." - சிரித்தாள்.

மெல்ல நானும் சிரித்தேன். நீண்ட நாட்களுக்கு முன்பு பேசிய நண்பனிடம் மீண்டும் பேசியதை போன்ற உணர்வு.

அவள் பேசினாள். நான் கேட்டேன் கேட்டு கொண்டே இருந்தேன்.

சுமார் 42 நிமிடங்கள் கடந்தன. நிறைய பேச நினைத்தேன் ஆனால் பேச ஒன்றுமே இல்லாதது போன்ற ஒரு உணர்வு. But I felt contented after speaking to her.

Have you come across something like this ever? I had a couple of times earlier, once with my closest friend and other time with my mom. But both the time I was speaking less and listening more. Same happened this time too :)

சைட் சைக்காலஜி

2007-11-15T22:42:00.000-08:00

ஒரு அட்டகாசமான பதிவு
இங்க போய் படிங்க .....
சைட் அடிப்பது எப்படின்னு ஒரு புத்தகமே எழுதலாம் .

வெள்ளைப் பொய்கள்

2007-11-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

வாங்கிய புடவையை அம்மாவிடம் கொடுத்து ஆசிர்வாதம் வாங்கினேன்.

" புடவை நல்ல இருக்குடா !. ரொம்ப விலையோ? "

உண்மையான விலை சொன்னால் அம்மா நிச்சயம் கோபிப்பாள் .

"இல்லம்மா 7000 ரூபா சொன்னான். Discount போட்டு 6500 க்கு கொடுத்தான்", நன்றாக பொய் சொன்னேன்.

"6500 ரூபாவா?. எனக்கெதுகுடா இவ்ளோ விலைல?. மாமா பாரு மாமிக்கு 3000 ருபாய்ல தான் வாங்கிவந்து கொடுத்தான். நல்ல பெரிய ஜரிகை வச்ச புடவைதான். ஆனாலும் விலை ரொம்ப ஜாஸ்தி." அம்மா பொய்யாக கோபித்தாள்.

" சரி சரி யாராச்சும் கேட்டாங்க 3500 ரூபானு சொல்லு. இல்லனா எல்லாரும் மலைப்பா பார்ப்பாங்க. என்ன புரியுதா? " சிரித்துக்கொண்டே மையமாக தலையாட்டினேன் .

மதியம் தீபாவளி பட்சணம் கொடுப்பதற்காக பாட்டி வந்தாள். " இங்க பாரு உன் பேரன் தீபாவளி வாங்கி கொடுத்த gift . எப்படி இருக்கு? " அம்மா பெருமையாக காட்டினாள். " அப்பிடியா? பரவாயில்லையே. நல்ல தான் எடுத்திருகான். எவ்ளோவாம்? " நான் சொல்ல வாயேடுக்கும் முன், அம்மா சொன்னாள், " 6000 ரூபாவாம்". பாட்டி சிரித்துக்கொண்டே, " அப்படியா ! புள்ள நல்ல சம்பாரிக்க ஆரம்பிச்சிடான்." அம்மாவுடனே, " சரி நீ இதை பொய் உன் மருமக கிட்ட சொல்லாதே. அப்புறம் அவ எதாச்சும் நினைச்சிக்க போறா. கேட்டா உன்கிட்ட விலை ஏதும் சொல்லலுனு சொல்லு." பாட்டியும் மையமாக தலையசைதாள்.

சயந்திரமாக வீட்டுக்கு அம்மாவின் friends வந்தார்கள். " என்ன நல்ல கொண்டாடியச்சா? இதுதான் நீ எடுத்த புது புடவையா? நல்ல இருக்கே? எவ்வளவு?" நான் அம்மாவின் பதிலை கேட்க ஆர்வமனேன். " இது பைய்யன் வாங்கிவந்தது. 7500 ரூபாயாம் ." என்னை நான்றாக குழப்பினாள் .

இரவு மாத வீட்டு வாடகை கொடுக்க வந்த குடுத்தினகாரரிடம் , " எப்படி இருந்துச்சு இந்த தீபாவளி ? உங்க பையனோட தலதீபாவளி இல்ல? " என்று கேட்டாள் என் அம்மா.

" ஏதோ போச்சுங்க. அவன் அங்க கிளம்பி போய்ட்டான். நாங்க ரெண்டு பேரு தானே. எதோ பொழுது போகுது. இது தான் உங்க தீபாவளி புடவையா?" என்று அவர்கள் கேட்க.

அம்மா காத்திருந்தவர் போல, " ஆமா தம்பி ( நான தான் :)) வாங்கி வந்தது. 9000 ரூபா " என்று கூறி என்னைப பார்த்தாள்.

நான் மீண்டும் மைய்யாமாக சிரித்தேன், பாகெட்டில் இருந்த பில் தொகையினை நினைத்துக்கொண்டே.

P.S.: This is my first post in Tamil. Thanks to Shyam for sharing the Google Transileration link.

Safety Tip: Don’t burn crackers in crowded places,Don’t dare to examine un-burst cracker, Avoid long loose clothes, as they are fast in catching fire

2007-11-07T05:05:00.000-08:00

இனிய தீபாவளி நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்

Infectious Conjunctivitis - Awareness

2007-10-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

Sharing a mail from my Company Care Desk for the benefit of Bloggers :)

Infectious Conjunctivitis - Awareness

Various parts of the country are experiencing an outbreak of infectious conjunctivitis and there are reports that some of those infected are suffering some "corneal involvement". This minor damage to the outer layer of the eye can occur with the more serious types of conjunctivitis, but the condition usually heals over a few days, especially with antibiotic treatment. Medical treatment may be required.

The three main causes of epidemic conjunctivitis are adenovirus, coxsackievirus, and enterovirus, although some local doctors are speculating that, because of the severity, a new strain of virus may be responsible for this outbreak.

The Condition
"Common" conjunctivitis, or "pink eye", is inflammation of the conjunctiva (the lining of the eyelids). The condition can be caused by infection with viruses or bacteria. Other, non-infectious causes include irritants or allergies.

Viral conjunctivitis occurs frequently and is self-limiting - which means it disappears on its own without treatment. Symptoms are usually mild. Eyes become red or pink, itchy and watery. There may be a discharge and vision may be blurry. Some infected people become more sensitive to light. Conjunctivitis is sometimes associated with a cold or sore throat.

The virus is spread from person to person. You can get the virus directly from another person, or by touching an object that has been contaminated by the virus (including your hands) to your eyes. The disease can also spread through contaminated water, such as in swimming pools. No particular treatment is required. Symptoms disappear in about four days to a week. Cold compresses to the eyes can be used to relieve discomfort.

To prevent the disease from spreading, practice good hygiene habits:

· Avoid close contact with anyone who is infected.

· Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently.

· Refrain from touching or rubbing your eyes.

· Don’t share personal hygiene / grooming items such as wash cloths or eye make-up.

· Children who are infected should be kept out of school or day care until they have recovered.

· Seek medical attention if symptoms are more than mild, or are persistent.

Corneal Involvement symptoms are as follows. Seek Medical help if you have them:

· Your eyes are very red and/or swollen

· You have a feeling of "sand" in your eyes

· You cannot tolerate light.

Why Global Warming is a hoax?

2007-10-21T23:30:00.000-07:00

Global Warming -

the word made rags to rich;
the word that dumped wealth for many people;
the word ditched 6L people by taking off their job;
and yeah! the word that recognized Al Gore as a Nobel Laurrette.

I'm not going to say what is Global Warming and why it is on the news for all these days. You can read a lot of article on that by Googling. I'm here to say, why Global Warming is a Hoax.

There are several reasons for the so called Scietists to claim on GW and one of the important factor is the "human activities". Since they can't prove that other man made stuffs (which are still hazardous to human health in many ways) are causing problem for GW, they landed to something is theoritical and generic in nature.

Why do we say Humans are not responsible for the cause of GW? Check out this website which tabulates all the reasons for GW to be a Hoax. Some of them here for your convinience.

If the Earth was laboring under an accelerated greenhouse effect caused by human produced CO2, the troposphere (the layer of the earth's atmosphere roughly 10-15km above us) should heat up faster than the surface of the planet, but data collected from satellites and weather balloons doesn't support this fundamental presumption.

The human contribution to carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is minimal in comparison to other natural means, including volcanic emmission and CO2 produced by animals, bacteria, decaying vegetation and the ocean. The human "carbon footprint" is vastly outweighed by all of these factors.

It is a pure cheap play of politicians and business tycoons across the globe to back this "Nothing Worth" movement. A desire on the part of climate science researchers to attract financial support. A desire on the part of conservative political leaders including Margaret Thatcher,[19][21] and Helmut Kohl [22] to promote nuclear power while attracting the political support of Green groups.

These would infact lit up fire for more Nuclear Deals (which when something goes wrong will put several lifes in stake) than improving the environmental conditions of the Planet.

Check out the following link on The Great Global Warming Swindle, which will give much more clear picture on this topic.

This is just another fear created by Americans like the Y2K, which is ultimately nothing. Finally 2000 busted the Dot Com companies leading to huge financial crisis around the world. Similar way they are boosting Global Warming, which is a useless analysis that would cause huge loss to the mankind that it is expected by the GW itself.

By Y2K - India got a new avenue for growth, but by GW they are thrashing the growth of African countries which are still under developed (and could be a potential threat to US Industrialization). Americans never do things which are not beneficial for them. And GW is one which would save their *** and help them to build their wealth by suppressing other countries growth. Today it is AFRICA; Tomorrow it might be ASIA?

P.S.: I'm not against Environmental Protection. But I can't go around for something is fake & hoax. If each individual is disciplined by the way he lives, there is no need to panic on anything in this world. GW is a fear created by a group of people for their benefit- better don't fall the trap.

P.S.: This post is NOT against anyone. But against the GW. Its to support the Conspiracy Theory on Global Warming. I'm laying only the facts on this post. Let the readers be the judge. Don't be a cheer leader for something that doesn't exist.

Happy Dussehra

2007-10-19T06:33:00.001-07:00

Wishing you all a Happy Dussehra!!

Which side of the Brain are you using?

2007-10-18T21:56:00.000-07:00

Almost in every blog this pretty gal appeared. It won't look good if I neglect this little gal in my post :) Experts says she test the way you think. If you are Right Brain oriented she revolves clockwise, else vice-versa.

Now, I always see her rotating clockwise no matter how hard I try to focus on her legs and make her go the other way.

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of
the brain and vice versa.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic

detail oriented

facts rule

words and language

present and past

math and science

can comprehend

knowing

acknowledges

order/pattern perception

knows object name

reality based

forms strategies

practical

safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling

"big picture" oriented

imagination rules

symbols and images

present and future

philosophy & religion

can "get it" (i.e. meaning)

believes

appreciates

spatial perception

knows object function

fantasy based

presents possibilities

impetuous

risk taking
So which side of the Brain are you using today??

environment. . .

2007-10-16T20:10:00.000-07:00

Click on the image for better clarity. Got this today in my mail box from my friend. Thought of sharing :)

Book Worm

2007-10-12T05:28:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks back, I went to Landmark in Forum Mall to buy a book to present to my niece. I was searching for some good story books that would suit her age (7). Looking at the huge store with thousands of books, I went nostalgic about my childhood book reading.

When I was studying in my 4 std, I was introduced to "Chacha Choudry" comic, that was the first book, I've read apart from my school books. My mom used to lend it from her office collegues, which heavily helped me to while out my times during holidays.

Later we subscribed to Ambulimama which also went long for a year. Gokulum, which we started subcribing at the age of 11 changed my life from Comical to something realistic. Articles & How-to-do stuff in Gokulum where my favourites. During my 10th Summer holidays, I got registered myself to the local library, which upgraded my reading habit from Children Books to Thrillers & Novels. Those where times I used to LIVE at Libraries. I start from my home at 9:30 after my mom leaves to office and will be back at 1pm for lunch and again start at 3 pm and will be there till 7pm. Novels of N C Mohandas, Rajesh Kumar, Pattukottai Prabhakar , Sujatha etc where my life in those periods.

During my 11 std holidays I started buying books from Chennai Book Fair. The Book fair showed the Dangerous man in me. I bought books for Rs.5000 and completed all (nearly 30) books within 3 months of time. Book fair introduced me to various other authors and poets. Only to Desi :)

During my college days, I had little access to books apart from study related. To improve my English Knowledge, one of my friend suggested to read English Novels of Sheldon. Somehow, I never liked the way SS wrote his books. May due to the fact that I need to carry Oxford Dictionary throughout the completion of novel :D

My favourite in English Authors was James Hadley Chase. Again thrillers and nothing more than that. After joining my first Job, I had liberty to spend on books again, which poped up the terror of buying books for Rs.3K at Book fair.

During my Higher Studies, I used to read all kind of books in my College Library. I had a reputation of borrowing all the books at least once from my library and the effective user of the same :) Though I never claimed to read everything.

Now back to start, finally I chose to buy a TinTin Comic book, which was priced almost 10 % of my monthly salary :) Books are getting costly now-a-days !

Public Sunts at its Heights !!!

2007-10-06T10:47:00.000-07:00

Today had a chance to see one of the ugliest Public Stunts showcased by a TV channel & Actor. You guessed it right, I'm talking about Jodi No.1 Season 2 telecasted in Vijay TV on which Simbhu is one of the Jury.

Earlier a couple of episode ago there were some ruff & tuff telecasted about the performance of Krithika's Mother on the Judgement. Just because to add some spicy to their show they started telecasting these non-sense. Bloddy this is just a TV Show & Game. You don't have to show anything that happens behind the screens. In case you need, still have a space called Bloopers. Why do you play with the emotions of people out there? The same thing was already taken note from PK's blog post on Airtel Super Singer Junior.

This time it is with someone , who is known to the industry well about his performance and acting. I'm talking about Babloo. Damn, if you don't like the way he danced you can comment on that. But why you are bothered if he is angry on you or not?

Its good to know that you appreciate when people do things well. But who gave you the permission to disgrace when someone did it wrong? Well, if you think that with a few drops from your eyes would settle things well then I'm sorry dude. Its not this way.

I seriously don't understand why the co-participants haven't tried stopping Babloo when he walked out of the stage, while they ran behind Simbhu? Is it because he is a Actor at Silver Screen?? Why this partiality is there?

There are many unanswered questions revolving around. Ultimately its the TV's TRP ratings which would have gone at its peak, due to the promos it had floated around during the past week.

"Live in Bangalore with Rajni Sir-uuu"

2007-09-12T02:41:00.000-07:00

Have you heard these lines somewhere?? Well these are from Radio One Bangalore. Very similar ones for Chennaites would be Mokka Macchan of Radio Mirchi. Though I'm not a regular radio listener, my travel time pass is always Radio One or Radio City. One reason they play many Hindi songs, second they know other ways of entertaining the people.

Take this Radio ONE ka "Live in Bangalore with Rajni Sir", a teaser kind of short program comes for max of a minute where someone mimic as Rajni got caught in some kind of trouble and how he solved it in his style. I wonder how else they can exploit his style & mannerism. Rather than touching upon the usual things, they tried to make it simple & funny.

Similar one is Chamrajpet Charles. The style and the way of presentation was really good. They come up with some really stupid & peppy idea and start mimic it in a comical way.

Radio City on the other hand gives cool & nice songs without sometime even breaks. They have good concepts on which their RJs work and the output is also commendable. Radio Mirchi, though they are in Bangalore for quite long time, I couldn't find much competitive to others. Not even to the Chennai Radio Mirchi. Rather S FM (our Suryan FM), Fever 104 etc., are doing good job in this space.

If you happens to be in bangalore, just hear a few of them . You'll love it!

Break @ Mysore

2007-09-07T15:10:00.000-07:00

Last weekend went to Mysore to meet my friend Arun. He was barging me every weekend to come to mysore.. Eventhough I was not in a mood to go, due to his continous efforts :) I started on the later half of saturday.

It was't much difficult to catch a Mysore bus from KGBS as services are categorised very well. These buggers drive a A/C Airavath bus to Mysore (3 hrs journey) at a cost of Rs.180. Quite surprising but we had a heavy rush to it. I found a govt company's understanding of customer surprising. Either ways, I'm not so wealthy or generous to shell out 200 bucks for 3 hr journey, so took Rajahamsa for Rs.120 ( except A/C & Water bottle everything was pretty much okay)

The bus stopped near a place called Madur. This place was very famous for its Vada (Madur Vada). I use to have 2 vadas for Rs.5, four years back during my Project Work @ Tumkur. Now the rates are changed to one vada for Rs.5 . But not bad the taste remains the same. Bought a few vadas for my friend too (Tamilar panpadu, should not go empty handed)

Reached Mysore at 6pm. And went to his home straight. The next day planned to go Chamundi hills early morning so that we can have a nice sun rise experience at Hill. But as usual we lazy buggers got up at 8am. Rushed by taking bath and went straight up the hill in 30 mins by his bike.

Mannn! riding a bike on those roads was really good. Unlike other hills, Chamudi has a relatively (or no) hair pin bends making you very comfortable for travel. Moreover the roads are wide enough for two bus to travel at a time in opposite direction.

Went first to the temple and found to be very crowded. Cursed our luck took a spl darshan ticket for Rs.20 each and wet inside the temple. The architecture of temple was excellent. I concentrated much on Devi outside rather than one inside the temple ;)

Then came down and went to Infosys campus where my friend works... Neat & Nice campus. To be honest I haven't seen any campus of that much huge area in the recent past. Right from Football court to Cricket practise net to Salon shop to Departmental store everything was built up inside and they are very well maintained too. But for a strength of 12K people that campus seems to be tooo big. Anyways looking at the growth of Infy over the past 2 years, they justify the need & neccesity to have such campus.

Then after Lunch at campus ( Pathetic Chicken Biriyani :( ), we came back to room as there was no other place to roam around or not interested to being a dry area on sunday afternoon ( Should ask NRM to stop those bloody shows in their multiplex on sunday afternoon)

Evening we went to Palace. It was another awesome place with full of lights on them. Palace was really glittering making the whole surrounding a paradise. Alas it lasted only for 1 hours as the palace was closed at 8pm. Came back to room and slept early as I've planned to catch the bus next day morning.

Somehow got the bus for Bangalore. Being Monday morning , people where racig to their office. Surprisingly my company gave a off for Janmashtami :)

Marriage Hiccups

2007-09-03T10:40:00.000-07:00

First thing first...

Congrats to my friend Sanju Baba for his "new" marriage life. Wishing him a long & prosperous married life.

After a long time, thought of writing something very serious in this blog. Don't know whether its apt for me to discuss here, but if someone can give me a few idea how to solve the problem, I would be greatfull to them.

I have a friend, who was in love with a gal for about 4 years. Both belonged to different caste and you don't need any other reason to tear them apart. That gal was very crazy on him , but doesn't want to go against her father. So as usual(unlike our tamil cinema) in regular family, she tied knot with someone else, who damn know about her past love.

Problem is she couldn't forget this idiot and she wants him to take her somewhere from her husband. Though he is equally mad, somehow GYAN from friends like me and others hold him till now from taking any stupid steps.

Finally one fine day ( exactly 67 days of marriage) husband came to know about the affair and started thinking in a way usual husband would do. No one can blame the hubby as he have to keep up his family reputation. He is in a dillemma whether to keep her with him, inspite of knowing that she is not faithfull to him and have a fear she would fled away with my friend anytime.

What should we do in this case. I'm quite confused with the gal & my friend. Though their love is pure, we ca admit them after marriage. Its better to be away from the gal and help the guy to lead a peaceful life.

Puppy Love

2007-08-11T21:24:00.000-07:00

Last two weeks were hell for me, when my company announced that it blocks BLOGGER website as its becoming more of a social chat kind of things. I strongly believe these people might have seen the comments section of PK or RAZ whose blog looks more like a online chat module than a blog.

Don't know whether I'm doing justice to myself, becuase I feel the contribution to blogs getting low day by day. External & Internal (don't read it as LAZY) forces pull me two steps down, if I climb one step :(

Have made a request to my IT team , not to block the blogspot.com website atleast as my noons are awake only because of them. Let see whether we get some response :)

Another good movie last friday night in STAR Movies, "Little MANHATTAN". Narrates a life of small boy who falls in love with a gal a year or two more than him. How he tries to attract her, how things goes wrong and how he retains / regains the love again. Watching all these bullshit love subjects of adults, this young puppy love story fascinated me a lot. If you have time just get a DVD or watch your TV column in newpaper to find out retelecast of the movie.

Gals....
More Gals... & more Gals.....

Ofcourse I'm not going to talk anything about them, but my room mate have a wild feeling that no gal is looking at him or his 'lady' LUCK is not wearing her contact lens properly. Sometime it happens that I too feel the same for him. Though he had a characteristics of Gajini Mohammed and tried atleast 10 to 12 gals still now from his engineering, unfortunately he couldn't convert even one He feels he is useless... What do I say?? People have strange things to worry about.

Eight Below

2007-07-28T22:12:00.000-07:00

Another busy weeks.... invaruiably didn't do anything productive, but sometime it happens you end up with doing such things. Anyway, I'm not going to discuss anything here and waste another couple of hours here, boring me & you.

Last weekend, I was in chennai. My train reached the station at 5:55 am sharp unlike it used to be late by atleast 30 mins. My train companion was botheriong now & then right from 4 am about the chennai station, believe she is new to the city and was here for some program on NDTV ( I thought journalist have some sense of gathering knowledge about the places where they visit.. this was enitrely opposite or may be I'm the poor fellow appointed to give those details to here)

First , I thought of taking Auto from the prepaid stand, but after seeing the amount (Rs.102) decided to try out my old friend Pallavan :D. I never boarded the bus from Railway station, infact haven't used the bus for long time in chennai after 2003 March ( I bought my bike in March 2003).

It was around 6:45 am when I got my bus k18, which is supposedly to be the very frequest bus in the city connecting my locality & railway station. I was frustated by the waiting time {Ops Mgmt-naa ;) } and asked the neighbour sitting beside me. He shared a few thoughts on changing needs of people and few buses converted into hitech bus flying with colours ( I have seen only 3 colours Orange, Yello & blue, is there anything else too ?? ). The old man gave me good idea whats going on in Chennai. He was surprised to see a software engineer boarding bus in chennai ( Is that anything uncommon in chennai????).

Finally, I reached my place at 7:50 am. Though it was time consuming, I enjoyed the ride in bus a lot. It was totally different than what I experienced in bangalore or nasik.

P.S. : The title is a picture name, I saw last friday in Star Movies. Really beautiful movie teaching us about obidience, discipline and team spirit. Though actors are meare dogs, they speak more on management style. Leaving apart the crap portion of the hero, the dogs have done a splendid work in the movie. Have a chance to see the movie, watch it... its worth watching two times even.

Taxing the $uper RICH

2007-07-13T04:35:00.000-07:00

Inspired from my Godfather Scott Adams Blog - Dilbert Blog on How to tax the Super Rich, trying my best what all we can do to the Indian $uper Rich.

As Rajni says in his Sivaji movie, "Richer gets rich; poorer gets poor". There are many riches, uncountably grown in the recent past. Correspondingly the Super Rich which were few a couple of decades ago were increased well in number.
Ambani, Sunil Bharati Mittal, Narayanamurthy, Azim Premji etc.etc. who owns at least Rs.100 Cr in their pockets, squeezes their CA just to get out of the Taxation Net. The normal 33% taxation doesn't help the government to tax out our guys and benefit the needy ones. Lets have a 'deal' as said by Scott Adams in his blog.

What could be the rights given to them which would not affect them invariably with the normal society? Here are few from me,

* Super riches can be given the double voting rights. In any case they won't come down in the hot sun and vote during election, so giving a double voting right will not affect the society or the candidate.

* Super Riches can get special VIP pass during the National festival and given a seat near President or PM. By any chance its going to be the Prez who will hoist the flag. So giving a seat near by that will not make any big implication, rather we can allow them to bid for the seat.

* We can allow the Super Riches to drive car at the speed of 200 KMPH after 10pm. As they keep their schedules of flight after 9pm, this would benefit them a lot.After 10 there won't be any big commutation by the regulars on road, so no disturbance to the citizens.

* We can allow all the Super Rich to build their houses in one particular area and make sure there will be uninterrupted facilities for them. Anyways now they are paying lot of bribe to the local persons to get the essential needs, why don't we make it legal, at least the government gets some money in its kitty.

* This is most important privilege - Given an option to have more than 1 legal wife. As they are Super Rich, they will be able to maintain two three houses. By this they can satisfy their existing "KEEP" and legalize all their dealings with them. In fact by this process, you demolish the "BENOMY" trade usually happens with this keep and get lot of black money into the market again. Disclaimer:- Government will not responsible for any characteristic & emotional mishaps happening because of this privilege. Its the sole responsibility of the Super Rich to maintain all the wives equally or proportionately.

I believe, have added a lot to this list. Though I'm not up to the creativity what Scott had about the Super Rich ( neither even to the extent of his comments), trust have gave some insight on what I'm trying to say here. You have some more ideas in your mind, please pen them down as comment, will compile and send it across the P.Chidambaram.

Gobi Lollipop

2007-07-12T19:36:00.000-07:00

Quite interesting to know that, I have started blogging again ( that too weekly twice or thrice). Suddenly, I have many things to share, but not sure whether everything would be appropriate to pen down here.

Yesterday, there was team lunch. Good part of your office being nearby MG Road is you have lot of place to hangout. My boss use to say for every 10 steps you keep in MG Raod, you will come across 2 eating hangouts. I tried counting and am sure he also did that, becuase it was precises.

One of the onsite co-ordinator for our project came to India to get married, so there was a party arrnaged (Mind, its the 3 party in this month and hope to have more in a row). We went to a hotel called EMGEE, decent place, nice food and resonable rates. If anyone happens to take your food in MG Road, Bangalore try this restaurant inside HOTEL SHELTON.

I'm getting into the team now. As usual the topic is about Cricket or Calcutta. If they ( the team) are saturated with either of these, then the topic will be about Balki or Vijaykanth. Even my Practicse Lead who is from Pune was very much aware and intersted in discussing about Balki & VK. I believe, if VK does some movies in Hindi, soon he can progress in the National Politics.

Three Cheers to VK!

One good thing about having lunch with your boss is you don't have to pay anything :D & you will also get the freedom to chose & eat whatever you wish to. Finally the menu,

1. Roti-3
2. Paneer Masala Thikka
3. Aloo Kadai Dum
4. Chinese Noodles
5. Fried Papad
6. Tomato Soup
&
7. Gobi Lollipop

Negotiation Skill

2007-07-11T20:29:00.001-07:00

Whenever we talk of salary increases and pay negotiations, nine out of ten people suffer palpitations. Remember, being shy, scared, whiny and my job speaks for itself never works. Raise your hand to be heard or learn the tactics to get your word in. Negotiation is an acquired skill.

I thought I wanted a career, turns I just wanted a paycheck
This is what most negotiations turn into, if we are not prepared beforehand and are not clear minded about our reasons for seeking the new job change.

Let the employers initiate the salary negotiations
Joy, a marketing executive was doing well in a small company. His salary was tied to the commissions he got on the business he brought in. He was out in the field and learnt a lot. The problems was there was no clear hierarchy in the job. His boss was doing the same, he saw no avenues for growth. Hence, he applied in an upcoming aviation company for the post of assistant marketing manager. When it came to salary negotiations he let it slip that his previous company paid him a commission on business brought in.

The employers outright rejected the idea and quoted a salary which was marginally higher than what he was getting, Joy accepted without buying any time to think through the offer.

Never accept outright
According to human resource managers there is a general band of salary that the prospective employers have in mind and they quote the lower end of that band.

You do not want to show your eagerness to settle for whatever salary being offered, they expect you to ask for more. Do so, but do not outprice yourself. According to a former human resource executive and a consultant, Neeta Navin, the employers always keep a 10 percent margin for negotiations.

And in case you do not get the salary you expect but the company is excellent with good prospects go for it, she advices. Most companies bring you at par within three months if you perform well.

Skill set and experience
Back your demands with your job achievements and skill sets. You cannot just ask for more because you are moving jobs, it is because you think you are suitable and deserve the hike.

Joy erred on the side of caution, the company was new, he had an excellent track record and brought tremendous goodwill and skill sets. He never calculated his worth right

Compensation package
Negotiations are not just about a salary hike. One can negotiate a good compensation package including healthcare benefits, stock options, profit sharing, quarterly salary review instead of yearly, a signing bonus, education allowances, relocating allowance, a company car, travel costs, the list is endless.

sutta idam : PayCheck

Do You Know ?

2007-07-10T22:38:00.001-07:00

Do You Know that

Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99
(Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred)

Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
(Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand)

Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999
(Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion)

And

Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in the spellings of entire English Counting

P.S.: above post was a Forwarded Mail from my friend :)

Rickshaw - mama

2007-07-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

Have you ever travelled in a rickshaw? Those who were born after 1989, this would be a weird word. Almost this rickshaw has become extinct in today's world.

This post is about a small time travel from my school to house when I was studying 7 std. It was a sunday evening, I was returning from my Scouts Camp. My mom asked me to hire a rickshaw and come home on my own. That was my first trip travelling alone. I was bit nervous. I haven't travelled alone anywhere, not even to the neighbourhood shops or houses. I use to play inside our house compound. My mom always asked me to go out & play, but I was afraid.

Everyone left from the school, either with their parents or friends. Unfortunately, I don't have any friends, who passes by my home or near to the area. It was 6:30pm in the evening and I still remember the yellow coloured rickshaw standing outside my school. The rickshaw man was heavily built, with big moustache and a scar near his neck. Being a small, city based boy, like everyone, I was also obssesed by the filmy villans which portraited him very well.

For a moment, I stood outside and school gate and asked my school gaurd to help me out in finding a rickshaw for me. The old man was very kind, he came with me to the rickshawman and asked him whether he can take me to my home which is some 3 km from my school. The rickshaw man accepted and asked for Rs.12 . I opened my bag to check whether I had that much money. I took three Rs 100, five Rs. 50, two Rs.10 and one Rs.5 note. The rickshawman giggled saying, you are rich boy and laughed. Again my inner villanic feeling started daunting me. I felt, this guy is going to steal my money on the way. I said, I don't want rickshaw and I'll go on my own. The gaurd insisted that I won't get anyother rickshaw and I have to walk till my house as it is a sunday evening.

This is even worse. I boarded the rickshaw. The rickshaw man got the address from me and asked me what standard I was studying, what is my name etc.etc. I was not comfortable. I answered everything in one word and kept quiet. In the middle, he turned in another way than the straight route. I was puzzled why he is going in the wrong route. I asked him. He said, this is short cut and we will reach soon. I was again afraid and demanded him to go in the straight route. Becuase I know this short cut would be a abandoned route where you will not be heard by anyone, even in case of any emergency.

The rickshaw man turned back and said, this my rickshaw and I'll decide which way I should go. If you are not willing, you can get down immediately. I don't have choice , becuase finding another rickshaw is difficult. I agreed and after 10 minutes, he stopped near a house and said, "wait here for sometime, I'll be back". I got backed up with all my fear. I nodded my head. After he his head disappeared in the building, I jumped off the rickshaw and ran. I know I'm somewhere near my house, but not sure, where I'm and in which direction I'm heading to. I was running for about 10 mins on the road. Very few people where there on the roads ( Again I cursed the SUNDAY).

After a moment, I saw my uncle walking on the roads. I went near him. He was surprised and took me to my home. I told everything to my mom and she started laughing at me. I was getting angry on her. Later she gave me a good coffee and I came outside the balcony to have it. To my shock, I saw the rickshaw man standing outside some two house from my gate and looking here and there. I ran back to my mom and told her, " see that guy has come here itself, he is going to kidnap me". And I started crying. She came outside and went to that rickshaw man. He handed over something to her and he left.

Mom came back to me and asked where is my bag? I just then remembered, I left my bag in the rickshaw itself. My mom gave the bag to me and said," the rickshawala gave this bag to you. He was supposedly, going to his house to say his children, he will be late for the day, by then you have jumped out and came home."

I felt very embracing. I wanted to say sorry to the rickshawman for thinking wrongly aboiut him, but he wasn't there. I haven't seen him after that even near his house. I'm still searching for him, hope to find soon.

Rajni Vs. Sivaji

2007-07-05T02:03:00.000-07:00

Rajni...

Sivaji...

Who is the REAL BOSS?

From 6 year old to 90 year right from kanaka in ambasamuthiraam till Jack Scheweeps in Amsterdam everyone were murmuring these 3 words for past one month. No doubt Sivaji has created a clean sweeps of every other film released during the period, making a clear blockbuster of the year.

But it also leaves lot of speculation for next movie of Rajni, Shankar & AVM too. With a expensive budget of Rs. 60 Cr. the movie is estimated to make Rs.125 Cr. before its 100th day, if everything goes well.

Now the question is the sucess of this movie is because of Rajni or the intelligent marketing done by Sivaji team? Take a look at the picture below.

This is graph of key word Rajni used across the planet on various blogs. Now trying the same for key word Sivaji,

Sivaji - key word has taken a clear and outstanding performance in the last 180 days across many blogs. May be due to Sivaji reviews floating around the blog world in the past 30 days. But equal and even in some places Rajni keyword also received high acclaimnation as its his movie. To take a better look on this lets have a comparison of both Sivaji & Rajni.

A 30 day keyword comparison shows us that Sivaji has much better publicity in blog world than Rajni.

Still you don't believe, then take a close comparison for past 6 months - the period during which release of Sivaji was hedged and only Rajni name was prevailing all over the net.

What does this depict to us? Sivaji was Super Duper hit because its Rajni movie or becuase of excellent marketing done by the AVM team? I leave the answers to readers.