Some Questions to Manmohan Singh

Q: Mr. Prime Minister, what are your aspirations for the country, and what progress do you think India has made? What are your priorities?

Manmohan Singh: The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of our republic set out for us at the time of our independence: to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease, which have afflicted millions and millions of our people. Great progress has been made. Particularly in the last 20 years, the India economy has done quite well, social indicators and development have improved, but we are not quite where we ought to be. The next 5 to 10 years are crucial for moving forward in areas to stimulate economic growth and also to ensure that this accelerated economic growth really benefits the poorest segments of our society. We need a growth rate of about 7 to 8 percent per annum, sustained over a period of the next 10 to 15 years. We need to underpin that growth by strong performance of our agriculture, strong performance of our physical and our social infrastructure. These are our key priorities.

Q: As we talk with our clients, the first question they ask about is infrastructure. Has India made enough progress?

Manmohan Singh: We have a lot of backlog in improving our infrastructure. We have made substantial progress. Work is in place to ensure that our road system is modernized. But our railway system also requires massive investments. We are working with the Japanese government to draw up a program in which the freight corridors between Mumbai1–Delhi, Mumbai–Chennai,2 and Delhi–Kolkata3 can be modernized. Our estimate is that that will cost about 25 thousand crore of rupees [$5.7 billion], and that's our high priority as far as the railway system is concerned. We need to modernize our airports in a big way. Already plans are under way to modernize and expand the airport facilities in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. We also are now in the process of modernizing our seaports. Privatization, public-private partnerships, and new initiatives have been tried.

My own estimate is that we need an investment of about $150 billion in the next seven to eight years to realize our ambition to provide our country with an infrastructure which is equal to the economic and social challenges that we face. I'm not saying that everything is in place, but I think that in the last year that our government has been in office we have set in motion the processes through innovative public-private partnerships to explore new pathways to make the infrastructure ambitions a realizable goal.

Q: You started the reform process in the early '90s, and it's had some ups and downs. One item in that agenda was privatization. I wonder where that stands in your priorities and how you see that moving forward?

Manmohan Singh: We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area. As somebody said, a politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough. So we have to make those compromises. As far as profitable public enterprises are concerned, especially those which are doing exceedingly well, we don't see that they have to be privatized. But these enterprises, if they want to raise resources for their own expansion, they are free to go to the market. The Common Minimum Program,4 which is the benchmark for us to assess where we want to go, talks about the navratnas.5 These navratnas are companies essentially in the oil sectors, the power sectors, which are doing really well and, other than going to the market to raise funds for their own expansion, our options are limited by what is stated in the Common Minimum Program.

But outside the navratnas, as I see it, the field is vastly open. For enterprises which are not navratnas, if we want to privatize, if we want to get more investment going into those things, I think all options are open. But I must confess to you that in the prevailing milieu, the thinking in our coalition is that for enterprises that are doing well under competitive conditions, we must have special justification to prove to our coalition colleagues that there is need for privatization.

Q: Are you happy with the pace of foreign direct investment? And, specifically, how do you feel about foreign direct investment in retail?

Manmohan Singh: I do believe that India needs a lot more foreign direct investment than we've got, and we should have the ambition to move in the same league many other countries in our neighborhood are moving. We may not be able to reach where the Chinese are today, but there is no reason why we should not think big about the role of foreign direct investment, particularly in the areas relating to infrastructure, where our needs for investment are very large. We need new initiatives, management skills, and I do believe that direct foreign investment can play a very important role.

With regard to retail trade, I am convinced that we can work out a package that is fair, that entry of foreign enterprises into the retail trade will not hurt our small shopkeepers but will create a lot more employment. We have to carry conviction with our political colleagues. I am confident that over a period of time we can do that. But for the time being, I have my task cut out to carry conviction with our political colleagues that this is a way to move our economy to a higher growth path—to create new employment opportunities—that this is not a strategy to hurt the small shopkeepers in our country. So I have my task cut out. In the next four or five months, I propose to engage myself in this task.

Q: The reform process must also incorporate labor reform. I wonder how you feel about that, especially since labor has to be retrained and redirected in many ways for the economy to become more productive.

Manmohan Singh: First of all, we must make a distinction. When we talk about labor reforms, we are essentially talking about 10 percent of our labor force, which is accounted for in the so-called organized sector.7 Outside this 10 percent, for the 90 percent we are a completely flexible labor market. The normal laws of the market take precedence. Even within this organized sector, the problem is most acute in the public sector. In the private sector, most people tell me that they can find ways and means of working out voluntary agreements with the trade unions, whereby necessary labor flexibility can be introduced. In the public sector, we have rigid laws, and therefore there is this problem.

New enterprises, particularly if they are foreign-backed enterprises, do ask this question. And it is a legitimate question. We cannot move straightaway to the Western or the American model of hire and fire, quite frankly. I don't see that there is today a climate of opinion which will go to that extreme. We have to look at the Southeast Asian example, and probably the Japanese. The Japanese for a long period had a different labor-management system.

So we have a problem, there is no doubt. Extreme rigidities in the labor market, inflexibility of the labor market, is not consistent in our achieving our goals in a world where demand conditions are changing so fast, technological conditions are changing so fast. But there are limitations for the time being. We don't have a broad-based consensus in our coalition for me to assert that I can move forward in a big way. But I do recognize that we should take credible action. Our colleagues who are in government in West Bengal . . . do appreciate the need for labor market flexibility. It is my task to carry conviction to our Left colleagues in Delhi. I haven't given up, and I am confident that when all things are considered I think the reform will have more broad-based support. Our coalition today represents nearly 70 percent of the Indian electorate, so we may be slow moving, but if we build a consensus, that will be far more durable than any other mechanism that I know of.

Q: That is encouraging about the West Bengal government. I understand that it is progressive on many labor issues, even though it is a Communist government.

Manmohan Singh: Even in areas of privatizations they are moving, and moving forward. Our role is to convince their national leadership that what is good for West Bengal can also be good for the rest of the country. I haven't given up hope. I have full confidence in the patriotism of our Left colleagues to believe that in the final analysis of what is good for India, they will also be on board.

Q: How will the government generate employment, particularly in light of making sure there are enough jobs for the youth coming into the workforce?

Manmohan Singh: Jobs have to be created in all sectors of our economy. Agriculture still accounts for 60 percent of our labor force, and I believe that we will need a second green revolution to increase production and productivity, and in the process, I hope, we will create more jobs. But essentially over a period of time, our salvation lies in getting people to move out of agriculture. Services today account for 50 percent of our GDP. There are lots of people who tell me that services cannot move far ahead of what's happening in manufacturing, and that worries me—this imbalance. I feel we have to do a lot more on manufacturing because, ultimately, services respond to what's happening in the production sector.

So outside agriculture, in manufacturing and services, we must create a lot more jobs. But that also means that we must ensure that our systems of general education and technical education are in line with the job requirements that a more modern manufacturing and a more modern services sector would require. We have to walk on two legs. We have to create conditions in which manufacturing and services—the economy outside agriculture—move and move fast enough. And at the same time the working force that is available must have skills which will fit the kind of jobs which will be in demand.

Q: What is the government doing to promote India as a manufacturing base, especially agribusiness and food processing, which must be important?

Manmohan Singh: Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers. Now, I've talked to a large number of producers—people from Hindustan Lever and others—and they've been telling me what India needs most is a unified food law.8 We have just now prepared the bill, and it will be introduced in parliament. The other thing to move forward on this front is that we must have electricity in our rural areas, we must have cold-storage facilities. We have, for the next four to five years, a very ambitious plan to expand . . . the availability of electricity to all of our villages. I hope that that should bring about a new revolution in the handling of agribusiness.

Q: We've seen uncontrolled urbanization in many parts of the world, which really does not improve the standard of living. What is the plan to promote truly effective, productive urbanization as, by necessity, the rural population moves toward the urban centers?

Manmohan Singh: This has to be a fairly controlled operation. The premature migration of very large numbers of people from rural areas to urban areas can give rise to a lot of strains to the urban infrastructure, which can also create problems of crime—law-and-order problems. But we have to recognize that [urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

Our urban areas need a lot more attention in terms of investment. In my Independence Day speech yesterday,9 I pointed out that already about 30 percent of India's population lives in cities. In states like Maharashtra,10 40 to 45 percent of the population is in urban areas. I expect over the next 10 to 15 years that we will move to a situation where about 50 percent of our population will be in urban areas. We need new strategies to look at urban transportation systems, urban management of solid wastes, new sewerage systems.

This itself would require Herculean efforts of investment, but I don't believe that resources will be a constraint. Our statisticians now tell me that our savings rate has shot up in the last couple of years to about 27 to 28 percent of our GDP. And also we are a country where the proportion of young people to total population is increasing. All demographers tell me that if we can find productive jobs for this young labor force, that itself should bring about a significant increase in India's savings rate in the next five to ten years. If our savings rate goes up, let us say, in the next ten years, by 5 percent of GDP, we would have generated the resources for investment in the management of this new urban infrastructure that we need in order to make a success of our attempt at modernization and growth.

Q: What is India doing to make sure that its economic success continues, by building on both the primary-education system and the higher-education system? Related to that is health. The government spends very little on health and health infrastructure.

Manmohan Singh: You are right. As a nation, we should be doing more in both health and education. But our total expenditure on health, public and private, does not compare unfavorably with other Southeast Asian countries—about 6 percent of GDP. But the mix between the public and private spending is excessively in favor of private spending. Our public expenditure on health is less than 1 percent of GDP. There are neglected areas where the public sector has a major responsibility: for primary health care, rural health care. Our ambition, which we have set out in our Common Minimum Program, is for the next four or five years to raise the public spending on health as a proportion of GDP to at least 2 percent.

With regard to education, I think at the top we have an excellent superstructure. The IIMs and IITs,11 the regional engineering colleges, they have served us well. But ultimately, if the educational pyramid is not right there are limits to getting dividends. Therefore we are making, for the first time, the most determined effort to ensure that all our children—particularly children coming from disadvantaged families, particularly the girl child—in the next four or five years have the benefit of minimum primary schooling. But that will generate demand for upgrading the quality of our secondary schools. We have not given that much attention toward upgrading our secondary-school system, and that is our next step. After what we have done in the last one year, primary education is well looked after. What we have now in place is a system which will ensure that all our children who are of school-going age are in primary school. But the secondary-school system will require a major effort, and it worries me.

'We will attend to that because I believe empowering our people means empowering by investing more in their education and health'
When I look at countries like South Korea, all children who are of secondary-school-going age are in school; our children drop out even before they complete primary school. Therefore, yesterday, in my address to the nation, I laid a great deal of emphasis toward improving the quality of our education, both at the primary level and the secondary level. We will attend to that because I believe empowering our people means empowering by investing more in their education and health.

And as far as the system of higher education and research is concerned, I just appointed, under Sam Pitroda,12 a knowledge commission to look at what needs to be done, where we are, and where we ought to be. In the next one or two years, the knowledge sector will receive our attention to the extent that it deserves. I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned. We don't want to miss the chance.

Q: May I ask a somewhat difficult question? Whenever people discuss India, everyone can talk articulately about the changes that are needed. But in the end, the pace of implementation and actual results often lag behind. There isn't that kind of action bias that you would like to see in the country. Do you agree, and what are you doing to change this?

Manmohan Singh: I think you are right, but one must understand that economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum. It takes a lot of time for us to take basic decisions. And furthermore, because we are a federal set-up, there are a lot of things that the central government does, but there are many things, like getting land, getting water, getting electricity—in all these matters the state government comes in, the local authority comes in. . . . From a political-management point of view, we cannot do without being a federal system, but I do recognize that at times it gives our system the label that it is slow moving. In a world in which technology is changing at such a fast pace, where demand conditions change very fast, we need to look at a more innovative mechanism to cut down on this rigmarole of many tiers of decision-making processes.

I am thinking of identifying areas where we need big thrusts forward. For example, steel is one sector where we are thinking about investing large amounts of money. Our own domestic steelmakers are very bullish in investment in this area. We've got the [South] Koreans involved in building a steel plant of 12 million tons' capacity. Right from the beginning the center and the state governments were working together to ensure that whatever milestones are agreed upon, those milestones were tracked—how they move forward, whether the work proceeds, if there are bottlenecks, to identify those bottlenecks and ensure that those bottlenecks are resolved. For all major projects, this is what I would like to do. It is my intention to set up a mechanism which would bring about a convergence in what the state governments do and what the central government does: a group of dedicated officers to work together to ensure that our three-tiered system of government does not become a bottleneck.

Q: What message would you like to give global managers as they think about India?

Manmohan Singh: If I have any message, it is that it is our ambition to integrate our country into the evolving global economy. We accept the logic of globalization. We recognize that globalization offers us enormous opportunities in the race to leapfrog in development processes. It also obliges us to set in motion processes which would minimize its risks.

I think, overall, India is today on the move. The economic reforms that our salvation lies in—operating an open society, political system, an open economy, economic system—this has widespread support. Fifteen years ago, a Congress government launched this economic-liberalization program, integrating India into the world economy. Since then, three governments have come and gone, but the direction of economic policy has been, year after year, toward more liberalization. The pace may be slow, may not be as quick as some people would want, but the direction is unmistakable. India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.

Thanks to McKinsey

NRIs on US Top 400.

It is for the first time that three Indians have made it to the list. Shriram, an early investor in Google, is ranked 258 on the list.
Here is the Details about Him

Rank:258
Net Worth: $1.3 billion
Source: Technology, Google
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Hometown: Mountain View, CA
Education:

Schooled in Madras, India; created shop bot Junglee. Sold to Amazon in 1998. Later backed tech outfits Yodlee, 24/7 Customer, Plaxo, Zazzle.com. Bubble era taught him to adapt: "Living in a world where everything is changing constantly, you learn to change." Views self as "Sherpa" investor rather than angel because it makes him feel more like a guide than a checkbook. Early investor, board member of Google. Sold $400 million in Google stock at offering, still owns 3.4 million shares worth $960 million.

Other who surprised me is Amar Gopal Bose who is the CEO of BOSE Inc. which I believe the costliest Music systems in the Market, is known for high-end audio equipment and dedication to research.
His details
Rank: 283
Net Worth: $1.2 billion
Source: Manufacturing, Bose
Age: 76
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Hometown: Framingham, MA
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Doctorate

Fulbright scholar earned Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT, founded Bose Corp. 1964. First contracts with NASA, U.S. military, improving audio communications, but brand built on groundbreaking loudspeaker design. Introduced first factory-installed car stereo system 1982; today a major supplier for high-end automobiles (Porsche, Mercedes). Sales: $1.7 billion. Expanding product line: high-end headphones, wireless home entertainment centers, car-suspension systems
Himself by Bose

World Top 500 University

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South Indian Vs North Indian

It might be old, but worth reading it once


**WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A North Indian GIRL-FRIEND***********
1. At the time of marriage, a north Indian girl has more boyfriends than her age.
2. Before marriage, she looks almost like a bollywood heroine and after marriage you have to go around her twice to completely hug her.
3. By the time she professes her undevoted love to you, you are bankrupt because of the number of times you had to take her out to movie theatres and restaurants. And you wait longingly for her dowry.
4. The only dishes she can think of to cook is paneer butter masala, aloo sabji, aloo gobi sabji, aloo matar, aloo paneer, that after eating all those paneer and aloos you are either in the bed with chronic cholestrol or chronic gas disorder.
5. The only growth that you see later in your career is the rise in your monthly phone bill.
6. You are blinded by her love that you think that she is a blonde. Only later do you come to know that it is because of the mehandhi that she applies to cover her gray hair.
7. When you come home from office she is very busy watching "Kyonki saas bi kabi bahu thi" that you either end up eating outside or cooking yourself.
8. You are a very "ESpecial" person to her.
9. She always thought that Madras is a state and covers the whole of south india until she met you.
10. When she says she is going to "work out" she means she is going to "walk out"
11. She has greater number of relatives than the number of people you have in your home town.
12. The only two sentences in English that she knows are "Thank you" and "How are you"
13. She thinks Govinda can dance better than Michael Jackson.



******WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A South Indian GIRL-FRIEND***********
Her mother looks down at you because you didn't study in IIT or Madras /Anna University.
Her father starts or ends every conversation with " ... I say..."
She shudders if you use four letter words.
She has long hair, neatly oiled and braided (The Dubai based Oil Well Company will negotiate with her on a 25 year contract to extract coconutoil from her hair.)
She uses the word 'Super' as her only superlative.
Her name is another name for a Goddess or a flower.
Her first name is longer than your first name, middle name and surname combined (unless you are from Andhra)
When she mixes milk and rice you are never sure whether it is for the Dog or for herself.
For weddings, she sports a mini jasmine garden on her head and wears silk saris in the Madras heat without looking too uncomfortablewhile you are melting in your singlet.
She thinks Mohan Lal is the sexiest man alive.
Her favourite cricketer is Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
Her favourite food is dosa though she has tried North Indian snacks like Chats (pronounced like the slang for 'conversation')
She bursts into songs with her cousins in every movie.
She bores you by telling you which raaga each song you hear is based on.
You have to give her jewellery, though she has already got plenty of it
Her thali (Mangal Sutra) weighs more than the championship belts worn by WWF wrestlers.
She is more educated than you.
Her father thinks she is much smarter than you...

Ps: Thanks to Sri who shared this funny piece.

Nandi Hills

Nandi Hills, 65 Kms from Bangalore and 1,478 meters above sea level is Bangalore's own hill station. It was Tipu Sultan's summer retreat and Tipu's fort walls still stand as testimony to history. The rivers Pennar, Palar and Arkavati originate from these hills. A flight of 1.175 steps lead from the base of the hills to the top. A popular hill resort of the Bangaloreans. The Tipu's Drop, a 600 meter high cliff, where prisoners were hurled down the precipice is an awe-inspiring sight. Atop the hill is the Yoganandishwara temple.

After a longtime I joined with Madhu's Family for this Trip. Have to take Bellary Road. Tourism Development Authority started creating some parks, children play space. Also you can Alcohol in KSTDC Restaurant. Quite good place to spend oneday with your family. Weather is awesome, with chilled wind.

Mani Ratnam

Know about my Fav. Director: Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam is certainly the biggest director in South India today and a much-respected one all over India as well. He has revolutionized the Tamil Film Industry with technically strong films that are beautifully photographed with well picturised songs. Every frame in a Mani Ratnam film is perfectly composed and beautifully backlit even if this style involves total violation of tonal, focal and colour continuity.

Born in 1956 in Madras, he studied at Madras University and then received a management degree at the Bajaj Institute, Mumbai. He worked initially as a management consultant before getting in to films.(His father was a producer - Venus Gopal Ratnam and his brother G Venkateshwaran, a distributor turned producer, GV Films).Probably he is the only person who has become a director without ever working as an assistant director!

Like almost every person of his generation, Mani Ratnam grew up watching films. In his mid-teens, Mani Ratnam had a moment of realisation as he sat in a dark cinema theatre watching larger than life heroes and heroines cavorting, crying, laughing, leading larger than life lives. For the first time, he discovered that films were conceived and directed.

And that was all. No internship as assistant director. No searching for that elusive director who would transform his screenplay into a living breathing entity. One day, many years later from that first moment of cognition, Mani Ratnam stopped and stared and changed the course of his life. From management consultant to moviemaker.

For almost a year, Mani Ratnam and a few friends dreamed, debated and grappled with a screenplay another friend was working on. The film never got made. But Mani Ratnam had served his term as apprentice to the art of cinema.

Mani Ratnam after deciding to enter the tinsel world, had approached veterans like Bharathiraaja and Mahendran to work with them as assistant director, but was unsuccessful. He then approached Balu Mahendra, ace cameraman and director, who had just finished with his Moondram Pirai (Sadma in Hindi) and told him that he wanted to direct a Kannada film. Balu Mahendra asked him if Mani was qualified at the film institute or worked as an assistant to any directors. Mani's answer was No!. But Balu Mahendra was infected by Mani Ratnam's enthusiasm about his film and agreed to handle the camera in that film.


That film would be Pallavi Anu Pallavi in Kannada. It was later dubbed into Tamil as Priya O Priya. It had Anil Kapoor and Lakshmi in the lead roles and Ilayaraaja for music. It did not create any ripples, though one song, O Premi... in the film shot stylishly in an auditorium gives a good hint of the Mani Ratnam to come in later years.

Later he entered to Tamil industry with Pagal Nilavu(again a flop Movie). Later he has revolutionised the Tamil Film Industry with technically strong films that are beautifully photographed with well picturised songs. Every frame in a Mani Ratnam film is perfectly composed and beautifully backlit even if this style involves total violation of tonal, focal and colour continuity. Today Mani Ratnam is happy that many qualified professionals from various fields are showing interest towards making good films.

In the 1980's most of Mani Ratnam's films like; Mouna Ragam, Nayagan, Agni Nakshatiram, Anjali, Dalapathi, were produced by him. Later Mani Ratnam started to produce his own films under the name AALAYAM PRODUCTIONS (with Mr. S Sriram) and then later MADRAS TALKIES (with Mr. G Srinivasan).

Advents: PC SriRam(My Fav. Cinematographer), AR Rahman(came from ad jingle composer A S Dilip Kumar aka A R Rahman. Roja (1992) heralded this new musical whiz into the film industry. The music of Roja was a trial blazer of sorts.)

SivaSamudram & Somnathpur

This is my first family trip in India. Mr.& Mrs. Ila, my brother & sister were started exactly 1 hr late as per plan.
SivaSamudram falls, located in Mandya District, Karnataka. In Karnataka the river is divided by Sivasamudram Island and drops 320 ft (98 m), forming Cauvery Falls. On the left falls is India's first Hydroelectric plant (built 1902). 2nd biggest waterfall in India. It has Two branches called Bhara Chukki, Gagana Chukki. Sivasamudram also called as SivanaSamudram or Bluff is 120 off from Bangalore. It can be reachable in 2 different paths one is via KanakaPura and another Maddur. Better to reach by own transport, public transport are not frequent also difficult to reach from Bangalore.




About Cauvery: The Cauvery, India's second most sacred river, is sometimes called the Ganges of the South. According to Hindu legend, Vishnumaya, daughter of the god Brahma, was born on earth as the child of a mortal, Kavera Muni. In order to bring beatitude for Kavera Muni, she became a river whose water would purify all sins.

After spending 2 hrs here we went to Somnathpur which is around 45 Kms away, road is horrible, where road is in between the cultivated farms, This year VarunaBagvan has given a lot of blessings to Karnataka, so farms are looks lush green, watery everywhere. Yes, Karnataka is very rich and wealthy.We reaced Somanathpur at around 3:00 pm and realised that worth in coming in a such a crap road.

Somnathpur is situated in a tiny village on the banks of the Cauvery.
The Kesava Temple was build in AD 1268, by Somanatha Dandanayak, as illustrious General of the Hoysala king Narasimha III(1254-1291AD). This temple is a perfect example of the Hoysala style of architecture. It has three sanctums on the West, south and north to Kesava, Venugopala and Janardhana, all connected. It is an orantely carved temple of magnificent craftsmanship depiciting Vishnu, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha, Rati-Manmathan and Mahisura. The ceiling and door jambs leading to the sancrum sanctorium are exquisitely carved.lso it is mainitained well with garden and toilet, entry fee is Rs.5 foe Indians and $2 for other citizenships.

While coming back I have seen a similar kind of town of Bhavani where 2 rivers join their hands(Kooduthurai), name is Thirumakudal Narasipur. We reached with racing on Mysore road at 9:30pm. Its was a Great trip.

Vinayaga Chathurthi!

This festival is celebrated in the month of avani on chaturthi (4th) day which comes after the new moon. It is celebrated all over India. People celebrate this day in a variety of ways. For anything to go well, we pray Lord Vinayaka. He is the first to be worshipped whenever we start anything. He relieves us from all our difficulties. He solves our problems.

Lord Vinayaka has got an elephant face and human body. He is worshipped by many names like Vinayaka, Ganesha, Pillayar, Vigneshwara, Gajanana, Ganapathy, Mooshika Vahanaa, Modhaga priya etc. He rides on an animal called mooshika(a large kind of rat).

In houses we celebrate this pooja in a grand manner. We decorate the floor with kolams using rice flour. On that day we buy a new Vinayaka idol(made of clay). We also buy a decorated umbrella to place behind the idol. On a wooden plank, plantain leaf is placed and raw rice is spread over it. We place the idol on this and decorate with flowers and perform pooja.

Vinayaka likes a dish called mothagam(kozhukkattai). So different varieties of kozhukkattai are prepared and offered to the lord on this day. It is the special item on this day. On the next day, punar pooja is done. This is the pooja which acts as an ending to the festival. After this we remove the idol from its place. On the next day after punar pooja, we immerse the idol in water in the sea, well or pond.

In cities like Mumbai, Chennai etc. large Ganesha idols (a bout 6 ft) are placed in common places and pooja is performed in a very grand manner. People all around worship the lord. Prasadams (Dish offered to the lord) are distributed to the people. After the pooja is over, the idol is taken in a grand procession and immersed in the sea. (Ithu oru peria kalaatta)

For this pooja, different flowers are used. Erukkampoo(calotropis), thumbaipoo(white small flowers and arugampul( a type of grass) is very special for the lord. Different varieties of fruits are also offered.

Name my Tamil Blog

Since I have been trying to name for my Tamil Blog, I found few names however not able to finalise a name.
Friends, being a farmer's son I want to have an blog name which related to my Village
Thanks in Advance

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VayalumVaazhvum, a known TV program in DD Panchayathu(without AalaMaram) KinathuMedu, where villagers used to chat a lot YeriKarai, where villagers used to meet often Pannaiyaar,()hehe) YerumOorum(a Program from Kovai Radio) LolluGounder

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Bangalored

Bangalore may have become only the second modern city in the world to be turned into a verb – after Shanghaied, a word that broadly means to force –thanks to the outsourcing controversy.

What it means?

Bangalored adj. (said of a corporation, project, or employment) having been relocated to India; having lost business or employment due to such a relocation.

Click this link -->"Bangalored" is a verb which recently got added in the dictionary. A person is said to be bangalored if he lost his job because the work got outsourced to bangalore or any other city in India.

Lot of people in US got bangalored that it became an issue during the US presidential election. That's exactly when this word was coined. One such similar verb is "shanghaied" which means kidnapped.

Although it sounds like great, to hear that bangalore has a verb in its
name, the disappointing factor is that it has a negative meaning.

So Dont use the sentence that "I am being Bangalored"

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About Symbiosis Exams:
Study material which they provided is upto Symbiosis level, however exams are more practical oriented. Even if you fully through the book will not be sufficient to attend the exams. Then how to prepare for exams? Go through the book, do some case study on each and every chapter after then have to have practicle knowledge and lot of general knowledge.

An intersting incident happend last week. I parked my vehicle in front of my examination center(Arena, CMH Road, Indra nagar) and went for my exam, is about 1 hr. When I came back from after my exams, I found my vehicle was missing. What to do? it's a new vehicle brought 2 months back only. I was tensed, started sweating and I dont have idea to do further. Then mentally recovered to search for it. I went to nearest Traffic Police station in CMH Road and have been diverted to Indra Nagar Police station as it was a missing case. There, Inspector was really helpful questioned me what was happend. After getting my answers he cleared to me that and told me a fact. Fact was that, I parked my vehicle in NO PARKING area. So sincere traffic department has taken vehicle to their custody. Where? there is no GOOGLE to search for it. Got a news that toed vehicles will be found in Biappanahalli police station. I went to the police station and found my was there and tied with big iron chain(like manohara Sivaji). Again I found that police station is for Criminal Cases(hahhha), at the same time they told traffic police will come there to release the vehicle after getting the penalty(?!). I found few guys are also waiting to realse their vehicles, started chatting with those guys(kashtathilum comedythan). TrafficInspector came after 20 mins with some more vehicles(pity owners). And he asked to come in queue to collect the vehicles. As a first person I went to collect the vehicle, he asked for Rs.300/- and given a reciept for Rs.100/-. I shocked and started starring, but he given one more reciept for another Rs.200/-. Sincere Sigamani. Moral of this story is DONT PARK THE VEHICLE IN NO PARKING AREA.

Asphalt Godowns to an IT Company

Since Indian IT Company's architecture are started competing with best world architects, an pretty old Asphalt tobacco godown has been renovated to Beautiful IT Software Company in Bangalore.

Driving from the airport into this city that has become India's technology hub, visitors are struck by the gleam of steel-and-glass high-rise office and apartment buildings with names like Golden Enclave and Diamond District. Farther along, dozens of box-shaped, glass-encased buildings carry signboards of the biggest Western high-tech companies.

In contrast to these unabashed clones of buildings in Palo Alto or San Jose is a 37-acre campus in the heart of the city whose granite- and terra cotta-adorned buildings are set among decades-old trees and painted in vibrant Indian shades of brick red and deep green. The buildings have names from the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, while the rooms within are named after the ancient books of learning, the Vedas. Every morning the Indian flag is ceremonially hoisted on a central flagpole, an unusual practice for businesses here. At lunchtime, the chirping of birds mixes with the chatter of workers in the open spaces . Young men in jeans and polo shirts and women in colorful salwar kameez (an Indian tunic and trouser suit) linger along the stone-paved avenues.

The campus, with its distinctive architecture, is the headquarters of a four-year-old outsourcing company called ITC Infotech. With 4,000 employees and $55 million in revenues, the company's professed philosophy is not to let its workplace be an imitation of countless modern buildings. Flouting the local fashion for buildings with names like Hi-Tech Tower or Software Techcity, the company calls its campus simply the ITC Infotech Park. As its managing director, Sanjay Verma said, "This campus reflects our Indian-ness."

The tranquil expanse that blends the old and the new provides relief amid the concrete and glass structures in Bangalore, a city that the World Bank lists as among the fastest growing in the world. The country's biggest domestic outsourcing companies like Infosys Technologies and Wipro are headquartered here, as are the Indian branches of multinationals like Intel and Texas Instruments.

In the last decade, the boom in the outsourcing of services from Western countries has brought about a construction explosion in the once quiet and orderly Bangalore. Call center and software services companies have grabbed whatever high-rise buildings that have sprouted up, as if overnight, with scant regard to urban planning or design.

"Companies say, 'We need a million square feet of space,' then go to their laptops and slap aluminum and glass over the million square feet," said Bob Hoekstra, head of the software division at Philips Electronics India.

Mr. Hoekstra, who is campaigning for the local government to improve facilities like roads, traffic systems and public transport, said multinationals like Intel and SAP AG had given little thought to aesthetics. "Intel's campus looks like a parking lot with a building in the middle; SAP's resembles the Frankfurt airport," he said.

In the new buildings of Bangalore, and other outsourcing centers like nearby Chennai or Gurgaon in the suburbs of New Delhi, academics see an eagerness to conform to what is perceived here as the Western taste.

"Companies psychologically feel that their Western clients want to come here and see something that looks familiar and efficient," said Aparna Narasimhan, an architect at the Bangalore-based firm Venkataramanan Associates, which has designed buildings for Infosys and General Electric.

When ITC Infotech set out three years ago to plan its campus, it bucked such trends. Opportunely, its parent, ITC Ltd., a 100-year-old cigarette maker with interests in hotels, apparel and food products, offered its defunct tobacco manufacturing complex in central Bangalore. But one architect after another suggested the same plan: bulldoze the 36 tobacco warehouses and replace them with glass-and-steel high-rises. Mr. Verma, ITC Infotech's top executive, who first joined the parent company as a young shift engineer at this tobacco complex in 1981, found this idea repugnant. Finally, the company came to the Bangalore-based architect Krishnarao Jaisim, who agreed with Mr. Verma that the old structures and environment were worth preserving.

Mr. Jaisim, whose firm is named Jaisim Fountainhead, in reference to the Ayn Rand novel, said his work had always been defined by the book's central character, the architect Howard Roark.

"I read the book in the 1960's; it has been my moral guideline ever since," he said. The book influenced him to work on his own terms and abhor commercialism, he said.

For ITC Infotech, Mr. Jaisim said he wanted to come up with a plan that would retain the character of the old warehouses while upgrading them.

"When I started, the warehouses stank of tobacco and every road was covered with asphalt," he said.

Three years later, two dozen of the warehouses have been modified to seat hundreds of workers each, and most of the streets have been paved with local stone. The architect retained the shell of the old high-ceilinged warehouses. Besides the strikingly minimal use of glass and steel, these buildings have unusual new touches: walls made of hollow terra-cotta blocks, flat stone tables and acoustic-friendly ceilings that are fashioned out of earthen pots. The giant century-old chimney, ancient trees and even an old fire station have been left standing.

One jarring note is the unusual number of smokers on the campus. Unlike other outsourcing firms, where smoking is frowned upon, at this subsidiary of India's biggest cigarette maker the practice is not discouraged.

The distinctive marks of the company's ideas have paid off for ITC Infotech in unexpected ways.

"Many employees feel a strong sense of pride in their unique campus," said Anirvan Mukherjee, a systems analyst who joined ITC Infotech nearly three years ago.

"One of the high points of working here is the campus," said Mr. Mukherjee, adding that his workplace was the envy of all his friends.

Mr. Verma said that in Bangalore, where competition for skilled talent is intense, "Our campus is a great differentiator."

It is a refreshing change from the "clipped, almost Californian, presentation of the typical campus" said Simon P. Bentley, vice president for application development at DHL, one of ITC Infotech's customers. Mr. Bentley said it is a "beautiful oasis in the midst of the daily noise and difficulty" of life in Bangalore. It was as comfortable and efficient as his own offices in Scottsdale, Ariz., he said, but with a "more enviable" natural environment.

Aesthetic examples such as ITC Infotech are rare, said Kamal Sagar, a Bangalore architect whose firm, Total Environment, prides itself on creating structures that incorporate greenery and local building materials.

"Every company wants to outdo the other," said Mr. Sagar, citing the spaceship- and Sydney Opera House-inspired food courts at Infosys's headquarters and its plans to build origami-shaped buildings in nearby Mysore. "Companies like Infosys and Wipro have the power to shape Bangalore's skyline," he said, "and so they should."

Exam Time

Since I have PGDBA-Exam (Symbiosis) I am taking a small break for this week and will comtinue my blogging from next week onwards(Tam & Eng).

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Kannada Films

I have taken a review of Kannada Films and gathered few interesting news about this industry. I will post it in phase by phase as it has long story behind. This R&D started all beacuse of Prasad,Anil(AR) & Siddappa. Sorry to Prasad where We( Tamil CSC) used to crack jokes on Kannada Movies.

Let we start from 60's

In the 60’s and 70’s, of course the films were different and indeed look refreshing even if watched now. This is because they contain evergreen stories, thoroughly prepared screenplays, extraordinary lyrics to songs, excellent & committed performances by the artistes & technicians. Hence, one can detect very few flaws in those films.

In the 80’s, it started showing the monotony. Most of the films contained one famous formula: A hero, who initially is easy-going with few romances with his girl, continues enjoying his life. Suddenly there is a flashback which enlightens him about the story of maybe his parents attacked and tortured by the villains. In the meantime hero himself experiences bitter moments with these villains. Few songs, a rape scene, few ugly comedy scenes etc. to complete the masala. And towards the end, the villains create the ultimate trouble by kidnapping someone that hero is fondly attached with. And then, there is that lengthy climax which enhances the glory of hero over villains. Usually the film would end with a happy-note, maybe a bit of sentiment with somebody sacrificing their life.
In 90s, another trend emerged. An easy-going hero falls in love with the heroine through mere eye-contact. He conveys it to her; she hesitates initially and finally succumbs. Few hiccups due to either families, economic-communal differences or some other villains. So hero does all the heroics to come out of this. Heroine is just a glam-doll through out the film. And finally the film ends with the superlative message like, “namma preethige jaya” or sometimes, “premigalu sattharoo preethige saavilla”.

So people can’t find stories for films, can’t even make considerable alterations in screenplays or at least change the narration-style.

In the late 90s and 20th century, they got a so-called fresh concept. It was indeed fresh when it was all started by Sunil Kumar Desai in “Beladhingala Bale”. This is the concept where, the hero and heroine love unknowing each other. A telephone, letter, email or even a piano or violin would be the mediator for them. And some times they even know each other, but mistake some body else as their lover who comes in their way—maybe one among the three would be playing the game.

OK, at least here there is a fair share for both hero and heroine to perform. But how long can we tolerate this concept. To name few of the films which followed this trend are: Yaare Neenu Cheluve, Kushalave Kshemave, Heart beats, Jodi, Chora chittha chora, Ninagaagi, Kanasugaara, Excuse me, Romeo matthu Juliet, etc. etc. (Know there are far too many films other than these and most of them are remakes too).

There is something called creativity in any ART and one needs to enjoy the work of film-making. Of course, few of would argue that this is the story of any other Indian language films too. But there are other reasons too for which Kannadiga's are struggling this way.

7 ideas to Make Positive

Listed below are seven ideas that really work to help you think more positive. Life is difficult, but there are things you can do to lighten your load. See if some of these don't help.

Teach Yourself A Lesson

In counseling this technique is called reframing. You take a bad experience and try to define what it is that you can learn from this experience that will make your life better. It is a way of turning pain to gain.


Interrupt Your Negative Thoughts

Research shows that if you continue to think negatively, you will feel more negative. Interrupting those thoughts and replacing them with positive memories can be extremely helpful in creating more positive energy.


Set Realistic Goals

Positive thinkers have learned how to meet their objectives. They set standards that are neither too high nor too low. They feel a sense of accomplishments when they complete tasks on their daily "to do" list. Realistic goals must be specific and they must be achievable.


Be Good To Yourself

You need to define those things that make you feel good and as often as you can incorporate them into your life. We know that positive reinforcement works. You need to reinforce yourself with the things that you value and enjoy.


Look For The Silver Lining

While it is true that negative things do happen and that there are times, when we seem to be overwhelmed by them, it is important that positive things do, in fact happen. Take time each day to write down or think about positive things that occurred in your day. It could be as simple as looking at a beautiful cloud, or hearing a song that you really enjoy.


Be Glad It's Not Worse

This technique simply put says, while my situation may be bad, it indeed could be worse. An example would be that you break your wrist, but that's better than being paralyzed for the rest of your life from the waist down. While sometimes our situation is as bad as it gets, usually, in most of our situations, we can find things that are worse.


Fake It

Charlie Chaplin once said, "Smile though your heart is breaking." While it is important to get in touch with our feelings, being able to tell a joke, put a smile on our face, or do something that is absurdly pleasurable can help the discomfort of our lives go away.
Consider whether any of these techniques help you think more positively.

Yahoo-Audio Search

As Yahoo started competing with Google yesterday they introduced the test version of a service that lets people search more than 50 million music and other audio files on the Internet. I remember, Altavista started this feature a few years back and most of us dont know about this feature with Altavista. Google and Yahoo are in the competetion and not able to find Altavista is in this competetion. Why?

For search Audio through Yahoo http://audio.search.yahoo.com

Some chotta motta company will be loosing their product even though having good feature when some big company is using the same technology.

Was Altavista has been acquired by big companies?

Want to Fight for you?

We Will Fight For You!

My New Web Site

My Dear Bloggers,

I would like to inform you all the I moving all my blogs to my new web site www.ilamurugu.com by phase. I request you all who are all having my blog link as www.binarywaves.blogspot.com change it to www.ilamurugu.com. Sorry for the inconveinience.

(s)Log(o)an

Bloggers,

I would like to have an web logo for my new web(will be announced later). Please suggest me a new logo which is visible on top-->left corner on your web page.
Also a slogan (Just Build a Better You-existing one)

Shoot your comments.

Anniyan Vs Ganguly

Just for FUN,
For: Who knows about Anniyan, else continue with your valuable work
Ambi: Mr ganguly y r u shouting at the umpire, after you have been declared out ??? athu sattapadi thapu Sir.
Ganguly: Dey kudumi, naa yaar theriyuma Bengal tiger appidithan kathuvein.
Ambi: Kenya,bangaldesh kooda century adikirelae australia, Pakistan na 1 bathroom poralae yein sir?
Ganguly: naan dhaadhaa da, thevayana apo matum than aaduvein.
Ambi: Mr ganguly captains like ponting, inzy, smith ellarum century adichu team jeyika vaikara, aana neengo aadave matiringale?
Ganguly:dey kudumi,athan sachin, dravid, sehwag ellam century adikiraanungala apuram naan yethuku adikanum
Ambi: Alatchiyama pesathingo Mr ganguly, aduthava talentla fame gain pandrathu thapu!!
Ganguly:Poda kudumi, yenake advice pandriya @#%@^#$%^@$%^$%^$%^

Anniyan:DEY BAADU..........
Ganguly: yaaruga neenga gillespi maathiri hair style vachurikeenga???
Anniyan : naan avan ila da yema , yenda run adika ve maatingara,
Ganguly: Batting form appo appo vanthutu pogum, cricketla ithellam sagajam thanga.....
Anniyan : ippidi soli thapichidalaamnu paakiriya.....
Anniyan: oru matchla 5 run mattum edutha thapa?????????
Ganguly:onum thapu ilinga......
Anniyan: 5 matchla 5 run edutha thapa?????????
Ganguly:thapu maathiri thanga theriyuthu..........
Anniyan: 5 varushama 5,5 matcha 5 run edutha thapa?????????
Ganguly: periya thapu thaanga...........
Anniyan: kamunati athathanda oruoru matchalayum nee panikitu iruka
Anniyan: unakellam karuda puranampadi ballbojanam thanda, @#(&@(^#@%#$^@)^@^$#)@^$#.

Thanks to Hari for Sharing this.

Beware: Pirated Windows

India is the 2nd largest in Pirating softwares and movies in the world. 90% of home users (assembled) are having pirated softwares, not only OS all of the remianing packages available. Now, Microsoft want to apply a brake for this. For updates previously what we will do, just click on windows update and get download all the patches, Service Packs to our systems. It cannot be done from next monday.

How? What was previously a voluntary program to ensure the legitimacy of Windows installs is now mandatory. Microsoft has flipped the switch on Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0, requiring that users of Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center validate their operating systems.
Security updates will remain widely available, however, muffling criticism that a crackdown will lead to untold numbers of hacked and zombified systems.

The program works by downloading an ActiveX control for validation. Once deemed genuine, a download key is produced for future downloads. One benefit is that Windows users will no longer have to enter their 25-digit product keys for validation.

Microsoft's aim is to put a dent into the software counterfeit market, which according to the Business Software Alliance is costing vendors billions of dollars a year.

The program also rewards unwitting users of pirated Windows by offering free legit copies if they take the time to fill out a report, mail their counterfeit install CDs and provide a receipt. Those that only fill out a piracy report can score real versions of XP Home and Pro at discounted prices ($99 Home, $149 Pro).

So Bloggers make sure that you are working with Original OS.....

Job Search

Job Search

Not for me

One of my cousin who is in my house started searching job in Indian Silicon Valley. First of all he just cleared his final semester (BE-IT) and came to the market to sell himself for a better price. He usually tells about the day-day activities to me. First he tried for some call center jobs. I was in thought that Call centers are welcoming the freshers with red carpet, which is absolutely wrong. Call center are looking for science & arts graduates not engineering freshers. Reason: Engineering freshers will jump to Software companies if they get a chance.

Next Software companies, Last week I heard that 27000 people written the exam for TCS(most of them are freshers). So assume the competition among freshers. The guys who got selected campus are very lucky. Are the campus recuited are all from IT? Certainly not. They are from Elec, Elec Comm, IT, Comp Sci., Civil, Mech, Mettalrgy majors. What a guy will do if done his graduation in Civil and writing code in C++. The efforts which he put for his civil are all goes Vain. However we cannot underestimate students now. They are very sharp now, grasping the market level in final year and tuning themselves to sell to the market. Back to the point, my cousin's worry is that he cannot compete with the other major students who is having strong funda in Computers with some certifications.

So the ultimate point is that, graduation never matters to enter or stick to IT field. Get some certifications, good in communication gets the jobs for freshers ASAP.

Dont wait for the job to hit you, hit the jobs with your skills.

Advt.

Nowadays, advertising is intersting than the programmes which are all broadcasted in TV. Some advertisements are really good, some realy sucks..

The Liril Advertisement is the one which affected me directly. When I was staying in a PG those guys started calling me how Advt does, pity thing is that Advt shows how a man seducting a woman @ last vice versa also. Advt goes like this La ILA ILA ILa ....

Kwalitywalls advertisement. it crossed all the limits, it is almost like a blue film if you think @ that way, tooooooooooo much.

HDFC- Really touching the heart. Train arrives to the station and dad will try to get down from it. Son gives his hand for support. Dad (60yrs) avoids his support and he will get down. Now Dad gives the hand to his wife she also avoids that. Finally the grandson will fell and trying to standup everybody waits there to get up himself. Great idea.

Horlicks- Once upon a time Advertisements were copied from Film songs. nowadays it become vice versa. In such movies like Jithan songs are copied from Advt.

Anyway the worth of effort for Advt. are improved very much. Rajiv Menon, called as the Guru for Advt.. Also AR Rahman from Jingles only. Hatsoff to those people who improved this Industry like any thing.

Fido

My Fav. cartoon characters are Tom & Jerry and Fido Dido. First time when I have seen the advt of 7up Lehar, i got inspired Fido. Then I used to draw Fidos like cooking, driving (ithu thana time to disclose I do sketch). I got some few interesting new about Fido, I like to share with you all

Fido Dido is a cartoon character licensed to Pepsico for their 7UP brand (in the United States, 7up's country of origin, it is not a Pepsico brand, however it is, in foreign markets). The character was created by Joanna Ferrone in 1985 on a Napkin in a restaurant. He was licensed to Pepsico in the 1980s but the character was never used until the early 1990s on numerous products, particularly stationery. He was first licensed by Pepsico in the early 1980s and, after a short break, reappeared in the 2000s.

Trip

Myself, Cogito and 2 of our friends gone for Religiuos trip this sunday, anyway Cogito will be updating the trip details have a glimps of few pictures

Lord Gomateeshwara:

In Kannada shravana indicates the Jain Tirthankars and belgola means a white lake. Shravanabelgola, a Jain shrine that is a must if you are on a temple safari, is 84 km from Halebid via Hassan, 52 km from Hassan, 86 from Belur, 115 Mysore and Bangalore 155 km. This town at an altitude of 3056 ft is about l'/2 hr journey by bus from Hassan. Famed as a Jain shrine in the past, it still has people remembering its ancient heritage. In 3 BC the Indian emperor Chandragupta Maurya came from his realm to Shravanabelgola accompanied by his. Guru Bhadrabahuswami and was converted to Jainism.. In the course of time, under the patronage of the Ganga kings, Jainism spread between 4 to 10th centuries. Accord­ing to legend, the first Tirthankar or Guru of the Jains, Rishava Nath, abdicated the throne and entered a forest to do penance. His two sons, Vahuvali and Bharat clashed over power. Though Vahuvali won, he left the throne to his vanquished brother and went on banprastha or renounced the world for 1000 years. The 17.5 m high unadorned statue of Vahuvali seems to preach the tenets of renunciation and self-control. This mono­lithic stone statue built in 983 at the initiative of Chamundraya, a minister of the Ganga kings and executed by Aristonemi the sculp­tor, is the highest in the world. However, the figure of Baon Gajaji curved amidst the mountains in the Narmada valley of Madhya Pradesh, though not monolithic, is 87 ft high

Mylapore Theppa Kulam?




No, it is not. It is a tank which is in SharavaBelagola, photo was taken from the top of the hill.


Halabeedu:





Looking for a Bright Future?

Terror will not win

My Dream is to settle down in London,UK as the people and the culture inspired me to stay there for a long time.



A series of explosions has ripped across central London, killing at least 37 people and injuring many hundreds more. Again a Marid, 9/11, why????? G8 or collapse UK's Pound value, revenge as they joint with USA for War? No answers.

G8, save yourself and then try to helpout other countires.
India is shouting against Terrorism asking for help from UN to overcome Kashmir issue, I believe they will feel the pain of India atleast now and help us to kill the terror creatures in India.

Bombers! down down. Dont spoil lives and hopes.

Personal Tag

Personal Tag

It’s the personal Tag now. Cogito & Cernar have tagged me.


THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF

I look much younger than my age
Pazham
Thiruttu Muzhi(TY:Genisis)


THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU

Spam Filters in office where I am working, blocking messengers ..

Hangover after heavy bo....

After completing techinical exams, exam retires and new version comes in.



THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS

Internet connection

Music Player

Food

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW

T-Shirt

Lungi

Under....


THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW

Visit UK

Watch Wimbledon

century by Sachin

FEW THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

Open an orphan/homeage

Travel to all seven continents

Want to settle down in my Agriculture field

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION

Scotland

Italy

Panama

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE

Soorya

Akash

Arya

LAST BOOK I READ

You Can If You Can

NUMBER OF BOOKS I OWN

Around 200


4 PEOPLE I WISH TO TAG

Genesis

Kongu Raasaa

Raja

Anne

Is Married Man Earning More?

Who is earning more?

Married men earn more than bachelors so long as their wives stay at home doing the housework, according to a report Wednesday from Britain's Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER).

Academics Elena Bardasi and Mark Taylor found that a married man whose wife does not go out to work but is primarily responsible for the cooking and cleaning earns about 3 percent more than comparably employed single men.

But that wage premium disappears if wives go out to work themselves or don't do most of the housework.

"It has been fairly well documented that married men earn more than single men," Taylor, a labor economist, told Reuters.

"However, our research established the wage premium is related to the wife doing the chores," said the academic who teaches at the University of Essex in eastern England.

He said analysis suggests there could be two explanations for the results:

A marriage might allow a husband and wife to focus their activities on tasks to which they are most suited. Traditionally, this would result in the man concentrating on paid work enabling him to increase productivity and in consequence his wages.

Taylor said another explanation could be that marriage may increase the amount of time a man has to hone work-related skills which could trigger higher wages.

Taylor and Bardasi analyzed the hourly wages of 3,500 men who have been interviewed annually since 1991 as part of the British Household Panel Survey.

"We looked at all types of jobs from unskilled up to managers and professionals," Taylor said.
Detailed Report

Another Moon for Us.

Believe it or not? Today i got a mail, which made me surprise, sharing the mail to you.

The Red Planet (MARS) is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. By August 27, Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.
At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.

Sania at Wimbledon

Sania Mirza Vs Kuznetsova, the first Indian girl to play in Center court of Wimbledon, so the expectation also, high. Sania started amazingly breaking first game from Kuznetsova. I thought she will beat Kuznetsova in 2 sets itself if she plays like the same. After 4 th game.. Kuznetsova started playing differently placing in the balls near to Net. She lost first game 4-6. However, she won the 2nd set with high pressure tie-break 7-6. In Final set she lost her hope and Kuznetsova started playing coming forward and playing some short shots where Sania is poor in it. She lost the match but won most of the souls in Wimbledon. She is only 18, she will improve her game and get back with little technical knowledge will make her good place in Tennis.

Better luck next time, Sania.

KPMG offers apology over illegal tax

KPMG LLP, one of the Big Four accounting firms, apologized yesterday for helping to set up illegal tax shelters, a move that could help it avoid a criminal indictment like the one that destroyed Arthur Andersen three years ago.
Apart from KPMG, federal authorities are also investigating Ernst & Young. An Ernst & Young spokesman declined to comment on the status of the probe.


You too KPMG!

Here is the report

A Race to the Top

For those who don’t know, who Thomas Friedman is - He is a Multiple Pulitzer award (Journalism equivalent of Nobel) winning New York Times Columnist on Current affairs, often quoted by the likes of President Clinton and others. He has been speaking passionately of Indian engineers and the country ever since visiting this India after 9/11. He is currently in Bangalore (for the nth time) and has this column in yesterday's New York times.
A Race to the Top
Voters in "old Europe" - France, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy - seem to be saying to their leaders: stop the world, we want to get off; while voters in India have been telling their leaders: stop the world and build us a stepstool, we want to get on. I feel sorry for Western European blue collar workers. A world of benefits they have known for 50 years is coming apart, and their governments don't seem to have a strategy for coping.

One reason French voters turned down the E.U. constitution was rampant fears of "Polish plumbers." Rumors that low-cost immigrant plumbers from Poland were taking over the French plumbing trade became a rallying symbol for anti-E.U. constitution forces. A few weeks ago Franz Müntefering, chairman of Germany's Social Democratic Party, compared private equity firms - which buy up failing businesses, downsize them and then sell them - to a "swarm of locusts."

The fact that a top German politician has resorted to attacking capitalism to win votes tells you just how explosive the next decade in Western Europe could be, as some of these aging, inflexible economies - which have grown used to six-week vacations and unemployment insurance that is almost as good as having a job - become more intimately integrated with Eastern Europe, India and China in a flattening world.

To appreciate just how explosive, come to Bangalore, India, the outsourcing capital of the world. The dirty little secret is that India is taking work from Europe or America not simply because of low wages. It is also because Indians are ready to work harder and can do anything from answering your phone to designing your next airplane or car. They are not racing us to the bottom. They are racing us to the top.

Indeed, there is a huge famine breaking out all over India today, an incredible hunger. But it is not for food. It is a hunger for opportunity that has been pent up like volcanic lava under four decades of socialism, and it's now just bursting out with India's young generation.

"India is the oldest civilization, the largest democracy and the youngest population - almost 70 percent is below age 35 and almost 50 percent is 25 and under," said Shekhar Gupta, editor of The Indian Express. Next to India, Western Europe looks like an assisted-living facility with Turkish nurses.

Sure, a huge portion of India still lives in wretched slums or villages, but more and more of the young cohort are grasping for something better. A grass-roots movement is now spreading, demanding that English be taught in state schools - where 85 percent of children go - beginning in first grade, not fourth grade. "What's new is where this movement is coming from," said the Indian commentator Krishna Prasad. "It's coming from the farmers and the Dalits, the lowest groups in society." Even the poor have been to the cities enough to know that English is now the key to a tech-sector job, and they want their kids to have those opportunities.

The Indian state of West Bengal has the oldest elected Communist government left in the world today. Some global technology firms recently were looking at outsourcing there, but told the Communists they could not do so because of the possibility of worker strikes that might disrupt the business processes of the companies they work for. No problem. The Communist government declared information technology work an "essential service," making it illegal for those workers to strike. Have a nice day.

"This is not about wages at all - the whole wage differential thing is going to reduce very quickly," said Rajesh Rao, who heads the innovative Indian game company, Dhruva. It is about people who have been starving "finally seeing the ability to realize their dreams." Both Infosys and Wipro, India's leading technology firms, received more than one million applications last year for a little more than 10,000 job openings.

Yes, this is a bad time for France and friends to lose their appetite for hard work - just when India, China and Poland are rediscovering theirs.

Apple with Intel

Most of the Animations are being done in Mac - Apple platforms, most of the films were made in Mac only.

But as per the latest news Apple will discontinue using microprocessor chips made by IBM in favor of Intel chips. Though Mac is costlier than Intel processor, due to the perfection and rendering speed of Mac all animators are relies on Mac/Apple chip. This is too early to say about the performance Mac with Apple. However we know the performance about Intel(AMD is better for Animation).

So Animators welcome to our board with same slow processing and Debugs as we are getting in Intel Chips.

Pics Update

Mama and Mami in Pugai Mandalam



Panchakacham's

Palghat Mami & Coimbatore Mama(A/C Minor)

External changes, working in various companies, living in different geographical location, does these make a difference in wavelength or in friendship? NO, Never...

Hari's marriage is one of the examples to prove this. When lot of vehicles holding DMK's flag for their meet (MANAADU) at Coimbatore (Sivakumar Kamal venu Gopal's Native), I also joined in that traffic to move my vehicle slowly to CBE. Surprisingly Prasad was the first guy to reach the place exactly which never happened before. Good thing is that he was not sleeping, Aravinth came with loaded F75 (Nikon), and myself with hopes (what else I can have). We reached the place after a lot of trekking (diverted traffic to a narrow road) with my car to reach the mahal. Coimbatore Mama & Palghat Mami was ready to receive us (hehehhe). One special thing about Hari’s marriage Reception is that the Orchestra and Dance. I never saw a Groom dancing in his marriage may it is new to Coimbatore (Hari dances well;)), also I able to understand "Seena thaana"(Vasool raja) song is so effective when everybody started dancing.

Amazing to see Priya in Madisar (Palghat mami), its great experience, and unforgettable moment. As TamilCSC policy we have been to Marutha Malai as a short picnic and we back to our survival :(
We were thinking about(miss) our full team :(

Ps: Pics will be published ASAP.

Jithan

(If you have any urgent work do it first, else continue)

Tamil Version of Memories of Invisible man, but Title says that Story: RamGopalVarma (Copy and Copy)

Usual story, already people has decided that it is a logical less movie, and then they would have done some more graphics (budget problem). A Usual triangle love story.

A usual & useless young man (Ramesh) fell in love with his neighborhood (Pooja). But pooja loves some other guy. Ramesh has been critized by all of the people; somehow he gets a Supernatural power (invisible to all). In between this, for star value they are introducing Sarath.. Ramesh trying to make understand his feelings, for that he is robbing a bank, making traffic jam, blasting some busses and car(too mucha theriyala). Finally she understands his love @ that time he is being killed by police.
Onne onu thevala- Coimbatore song
Punch- Jithan- Dubukku(a fav. dialogue in this movie)
ILA' Box Office - 23/100

Sachein

Mahendran, a great director who made slow and soft movies in older days. My Expectation was very high when I heard that his son directed after some Masala movies from Vijay. But this movies is not like Gilli or Thirupachi. Vijay moved to next level in his acting. Yes, it is a soft. romance and a full comedy movie. I believe he made it very perfect.

In this time have consider about Bipasa Basu debute in tamil movie. Sorry guys, dont expect more about Bip, nothing special, to be honest Bipasa did n't do well. Jenilia, again a great a performace, supported Vijay in this movie, dance for Vaseegara songs is ultimate(sexy though). vadivelu, cracking few jokes, as Vijay has taken his role (comedian) his role doesnt shine. About music, ultimate is the theme music (heard more than 100 times and my car streo player will cry when I play this music again). Good with some contraversy.

Ore pugaipa, softuku ithu thevaiya illaya?

Punch: Its a draw match but Vijay scored a century.

ILA's Box office score- 41/100

Three Best Practises of Leading Organizations

What are the leaders doing?


Listening, responding and collaborating with external groups: customers, partners and even competitors.

Taco Bell sought out the feedback of about 10,200 participants to choose from various categories of fixings to create a hot selling burrito. To the shock of the dieticians at Taco Bell, instead of a low calorie item, most respondents wanted an ‘indulgent’ burrito and they were willing to pay extra for it.

Innovating your way to success

At Apple, Steve Jobs believes “Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we’ve been thinking about a problem. Its ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea.”

Empowering your employees

IBM has allocated upto $5000 annually for each front line manager, no questions asked, to spend on responding to extraordinary situations that will enable them to generate business, develop client relationships or respond to any employee’s emergency need. With 22,000 front line managers, Sam Palmisano calls it their “$100 million bet on trust”.

Mumbai Express

Nowadays Hindi movie stories are mostly like marrying or .... others lover(s) and wife. One thing we have to appreciate Kamal that he used thatconcept in this movie however the same also there in this movie. Express starts very fast with good jokes(hats off to Pasupathi, he proved that he came from Koothu Pattarai as a comedian), Kamal is the only guy who can take risk in characteriastion. Express slows down due to screenpaly and finally it didnt reach the goal with poor script.
Better luck next time Kamal. Ithu poya Dr. Iyaa vum, Thirumavalavanum sandai pottanga, ada pongayya.

ILA's Box office gives 33/100 for this movie.
(PS: Chandra Mukhi-45/100)

Ctrl C& Ctrl V

Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs clearly knows that too. He didn't miss a beat when a shareholder asked him if he had any thoughts on Longhorn, the next version of Windows.

"They are shamelessly copying us," he said during Thursday's annual meeting.

Most telling, Jobs said is that Tiger, the next version of Mac OS X, will go on sale later this month, while Longhorn is still more than a year away.

"They can't even copy fast," he said.

Some of Apple's advances can be protected by patents, he said, but not all.

"Innovation is the only way to win," he said. "You just have to stay ahead of people."

There has been a fair amount of finger-pointing of late, with Windows chief Jim Allchin recently suggesting it was Apple doing the copying.

As everybody knows that Windows bocome popular when they changed the design as X-Windows. If Copy Paste is not there most of the software engineer will be loosing their jobs, MS does the same :))

21st CENTURY LIFELESSNESS..!!

Guys If you have any important work do it and come back for this blog

Our communication - Wireless
Our business - Cashless
Our telephone - Cordless
Our cooking - Fireless
Our youth - Jobless
Our religion - Creedless
Our food - Fatless
Our faith - Godless
Our labor - Effortless
Our conduct - Worthless
Our relation - Loveless
Our attitude - Careless
Our feelings - Heartless
Our politics - Shameless
Our education - Valueless
Our Follies - Countless
Our arguments - Baseless
Our commitment - Aimless
Our life - Meaningless
Our bosses - hopeless
Our Salary - Veryless

Finally,
Our existence - Useless????

CM

ChandraMukhi
I am not a great fan of Rajni, however I am crazy about watching his movie(I have seen Arunachalam in the first show). I was waiting for CM for a long time and listened all the songs n number of times. The first which I played in my CAR Mp3 player was CM songs only. About the Movie, Rajni opened the innings as usual style(no cigrettes this time, only GUM). To be very frank first half is meant for Rajni fans(only magic, no logic). In second after Jyothika started batting only innings get intersting. Second half, I cant believe that Rajni kept his image away and acted towards the story, there is secret of this movie. Story I know everybody would have seen the movie or knew the story.



Tamil Cinema stars, are aware that all the chu chu will not work, only the story and script will does the success. I apreciate Rajni for his guts in this movie, as he not bothered about his image.

As a public my comment about this movie is

"IT IS A GOOD MOVIE, BUT NOT A RAJNI MOVIE"

Dont comment as REPEAT

It was the first day of school and a new student named Suzuki, the son of a Japanese businessman, entered the fourth grade.

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history: Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death?' She saw a sea of blank faces,except for Suzuki, who had his hand up. "Patrick Henry, 1775."

He said. "Very good!" Who said 'Government of the People, by the People,for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?" Again, no response except from Suzuki. "Abraham Lincoln, 1863", said Suzuki.

The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed. Suzuki,who is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do.

She heard a loud whisper: "F**k the Japs" "Who said that?" she demanded. Suzuki put his hand up. "Lee Iacocca, 1982" At that point, a student in
the back said,

"I'm gonna puke" The teacher glares and asks "All right! Now, who said that?"

Again, Suzuki says, "George Bush [Sr.] to the Japanese Prime Minister,
1991" Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!" Suzuki jumps out of his chair waving his hand! and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit. If you say
anything else, I'll kill you." Suzuki frantically yells at the top of his voice, "[California Congressman]Gary Condit to Chandra Levy 2001." (The teacher fainted.)

And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said,
"Oh shit, we're f**ked!" and Suzuki said, "Americans,... in Iraq, 2004

Blogging?

Dog no job, stand no time (Karunas style). I dunno what is happening around me? Client visit, project dead line, house Hunt(as mouse hunt, chumma yedhugai monaikaga), purchasing for the house amenities,.. ooops lot of ...

Why I am describing all these, dont have time to blogging hehe :(. Even I dont know when India lost the last match, I heard the news on monday only(thank god I have n't seen that match).

Have to Watch Thalaivar's movie(theater is nearby though, I am not able to get tickets:( ). will try for this weekend.

Women World Cup

India Vs Australia, IWCC World cup Final
Pity on these girls, most of them knows that there is final match and due to lack of sponsors I am not able to watch this match in any of the channels.
Male'ism :(
Karen Rolton became only the second player to make a century in a Women's World Cup final as Australia outclassed India by 98 runs to win the trophy. Rolton hit 11 fours in her 107 not out off 138 balls at Centurion Park. She put on 139 for the fourth wicket with Indian-born Lisa Sthalekar, who was caught and bowled in the final over of Australia's innings for 55.
Four run outs wrecked India's hopes and Cathryn Fitzpatrick picked up two late wickets as they were all out for 117.

My favourite is Anju Jain, Mithali also done a good job in this serious.

Muzzaffarbad-Bus

Bus is the cheap and best for Indians, I got a story regarding this bus journey though there is lot of controversy
A few months ago Fatima Begum was in bed with heart problems and hypertension.

But a piece of news on television helped get the 75-year-old widow in Indian Kashmir back on her feet.

The hunched, toothless woman was overjoyed to discover that a bus service was planned to connect Indian Kashmir with the Pakistani side for the first time in more than half a century and possibly reunite her with a daughter whom she last saw 24 years ago.

"The atmosphere has changed. I thought it would not be possible to see Hafiza again ... I can't express my joy," Begum said. "I will also see my son-in-law and grandchildren for the first time."

Although Hafiza and her family were to travel by the first bus due to be launched on Thursday, a last minute hitch forced them to postpone their trip until the second bus in two weeks time.

"While Hafiza got a travel permit for the first bus her daughter was listed for the second bus," said Bilal Ahmed, Begum's government employee son. "We are a bit disappointed but we are still happy that she will come two weeks later."

The desire of Begum's divided family to meet, like thousands of others in the disputed Himalayan region, has repeatedly been thwarted by tensions between India and Pakistan.

The rivals fought over Kashmir soon after gaining freedom from British colonial rule in 1947 and the conflict ended up splitting the scenic mountainous state across a ceasefire line.

Another war, regular sabre-rattling, a bloody insurgency and decades of entrenched diplomatic positions ensued.

But an agreement this year to launch the historic cross-border bus service, has been the most tangible gain yet of a slow peace process between the two countries.

The Begum family's narrow house in a dusty alley in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian Kashmir, was getting a new coat of paint before Hafiza's arrival.

Shawls, gold chains and rings have been bought as presents for the travellers from across the frontier, a traditional Kashmiri feast has been planned and dozens of relatives have been invited.

The occasion is extra special as Begum's daughter's marriage -- to a government employee in Pakistani Kashmir -- was performed with only two brothers of the bride in attendance.

"The last time she was here, we had not even imagined that we would have to wait for 24 years to see her again," said Mohammad Amin, Hafiza's carpenter brother, smiling as he showed fading photographs of his sister's wedding.

"After the bus was announced she called and congratulated us saying she is going to be on the first bus. Inshallah (god willing), she will be here," he said.

Islamic guerrillas fighting Indian rule in Kashmir have threatened to sabotage the bus service and kill passengers saying it served New Delhi's aims to hold on to Kashmir.

But Amin was unruffled.

"Death is a certainty in life and we are not scared," he said. "This is the first step to foster friendship between the two sides and India and Pakistan should take more steps like this as people on both sides are involved."

Brother Bilal Ahmed had more immediate concerns about his sister's visit.

"She can't stay for more than a month and I am so afraid that we won't get enough time with her or show her around places here."

Google-Video

Google Inc. plans to put out a call for personal video clips as it moves to further expand the reach of its Web search business, company co-founder Larry Page said on Monday.

"We're going to start taking video submissions from people," Page said at the annual cable industry convention in San Francisco. Google in January rolled out the test version of its video search service that allows users to find content in television programs from such providers as Fox News, the NBA and PBS.

The service, called Google Video, allows users to see still images from the video clips and associated closed-captioning. Google has search relationships with numerous content and broadband providers and hopes to extend those into new areas. For example, cable company Comcast Corp. uses Google search on its site and also creates its own content.

Already Yahoo is working on Radio and MS working on TV programs. Mm, no need of watching TV also in future. I beleive Altavista done it in a long back..

Pioneer DEH 4650 MP

Pioneer, originally uploaded by ilamurugusp.

One of best models(reasonable price also)in India. it costs 6.7k in India and can able to get it for 6.3k from middle-east. Plays mp3/wma/fm. pre designed equilasers, shuffle play, repeat play are also available like in Winamp.

Always a great experience to have it. I felt the same when I fixed it to my Car(Alto) last saturday after 10 months of buying it. Planned to go for a Long trip next week to enjoy the music

Linux lags Windows in new security

A report released today indicates Windows Server 2003 may actually be more secure than its most popular Linux competitor when it comes to vulnerabilities and the time it takes to patch them. But well before the paper's official release, members of the IT security community have questioned the comparison, with some slamming the researchers' methodology and others the Microsoft connection -- the software giant funded the research behind the favorable findings.

"The fact that Security Innovations [which produced the paper] retained 'editorial control' doesn't help; if Microsoft is paying the bills, there can be all sorts of nonverbal pressure behind the scenes. It isn't like it was 'co-funded' by both Microsoft and Red Hat," said Michael D. "Mick" Bauer, senior editor of Linux Journal and director of value-subtracted services for Wiremonkeys.org.

Money does Matters?

Yahoo Blogs!

Competing with Yahoo is not so easy, even Google came with 1 gb storage in Gmail, yahoo enhanced the storage space and retained their users 90%. Yahoo messenger, geocities, yahoo photos are the big base for Yahoo. Yahoo acquired Geocities for personal web pages for their users, now Yahoo have acquired the Flickr photo sharing service website and its parent company, Ludicorp Research & Development. Though Bloggers using Flickr for their photo blogs, yahoo keeps it in their mind and have acquired it.

Yahoo! are expected to use the technology in their upcoming blog service to enable users to share photography and build communities. So guys get ready for name registration.

" Gods come down to earth"

Adding to Cogito, The title very well suits to TamilNadu. An interesting Slogan from a TV about a VJ
"Wildest VJ ever hit on TV"
Only Flesh, No Talk- Coming Soon

Acquistion

It is the time that Indian companies acquiring companies in USA, Aus..

Bangalore-based software and BPO services firm MphasiS is acquiring US-based IT healthcare company Eldorado Computing for $16.5mn, in an all-cash deal. Eldorado offers IT solutions to the healthcare and insurance sector.

It means Indian IT's are investing a lot to get rid in the race. MMhh, earning in $'s to pay in Rs thro $'s. Great Idea!

Corruption No.4

India is among the fourth most corrupt countries in Asia but graft in China poses the biggest global threat because of the country's growing economic influence, a consulting firm said on Tuesday in a study.

Other countries which came in at the bottom of the annual graft rankings by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd included Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.

Singapore was the least corrupt, followed by Japan and Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, the firm said.

The report said Indonesia was Asia's most corrupt nation, ranking 9.25 on a scale from zero to 10. "The issue of corruption could make or break Indonesia," the report said

The firm said that the Philippines which ranked No. 2 on the graft list with a score of 8.9 needed to beef up its anti-corruption forces. There's a backlog of 2,000 cases in the country's anti-graft court, the report said.

Vietnam was No. 3 on the list because corruption is rampant in powerful state-controlled companies and government ministries, the report said.

India was fourth on the list, partly because the country's "suffocating bureaucracy" created plenty of opportunities for payoffs to cut through red tape, the report claimed.

Bangalooroo

Green City???
This name might be true before 4 years, not now. Due to fast growth in IT market, bangalore has polluted with CO2. Trees are loosing their life, remaining trees are all wearing Dust dress. God, B.lore is being polluted by 2 & 4 wheelers. Roads are all changing their roles to one-way, no entry. I don’t know how city traffic police is controlling this heavy traffic.

Traffic is the biggest head-ache for people nowadays. Even Govt is thinking to change the School timings from 11 am to 7 pm. Culture? Hheheh night shift culture obviously, pubs are all floating in week ends with girls and boys. Money flow is really grown like anything in these 2 years. Anyway IT people are all loading their pockets easily. Consultants are God to Employees and Employers.

TN-Anti-Corruption

There is no difference in DMK and ADMK in corruption, they know how to do and how to come out of the problems if they face it. Everybody knows the Bribe cases against CM’s (as Sathyaraj said in MahaNadigan. the first job when CM sworn to arrest the previous CM).

As per an analysis, RTO, Collectorate, Thasildar office is the topper in Bribes. When I came back from UK, I planned to register my vehicle. I have not registered for 7 months so that I want to check with the broker to reduce my penalty for 7 months. After then I discussed with one of my friend for the procedure to do, came to know it is very simple however I have to dedicate 2 or 3 days for this.

My action starts on Tuesday to get an acknowledgement from Salem RTO for some paperwork. Surprisingly I have got the paper with out bribing there. In second day I went to Thiruchengode RTO to register my car. I gone with my car and spoke to RTO directly (NRI-nnu sonna mathipae thanipa), so that the process went faster as usual. He asked me to submit my papers and calculated the exact fine. He given quote that I how much I have to pay. I usually don’t bargain or bribe. So I have accepted and paid the money (got back 50p as a balance). As we have other work on that day I asked RTO to get my number ASAP. He asked me to wait for 2 hours, which was not possible, us to stay there. I told RTO that we are leaving would come back next day. He said okay and he asked to collect the paper after 1 week (my RC book, tax bill.etc). Around 6 pm I got a call from RTO and got my number. I amazed, surprised.... no words to say.

I know Amma is doing a great job in Anti-corruption; it may happen in somewhere else not directly to the Public. Though a great fan of DMK I happened to appreciate the way they have behaved and worked. After then I called RTO for thanking him and came to know that bribing was reduced in RTO office, as Anti-bribe raid 3 RTO-office(they got 1 crore in Trichy Office in oneday)

I hope TN is doing great also ADMK government, will reach No1 asap.

Mookil Ongi oru Kuthu

Kelviyum Nanae, badhilum Nanae.
Hindi Padikalaiyo Hindi

Oscar-Again Disappointing for India

Results has been announced for 77th Oscar Annual Awards

This time i had a confident that My favorite actor Jhonny Depp will not get the awards as Ray has the wave, however I was expecting Ashwin's Little Terrorist will get award in short film category, better luck next time Ashwin. WASP overtaken Little Terrorst. Happy to hear that frequently Indian films are also getting to Nominees now, still we have improve a lot to get the awards. If we stop producing movies like Sukran, Dreams etc, then We will knock Oscar doors in all categories.

Results are Below
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jamie Foxx
RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Morgan Freeman
MILLION DOLLAR BABY

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Hilary Swank
MILLION DOLLAR BABY

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett
THE AVIATOR

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES
Brad Bird

ART DIRECTION
THE AVIATOR
Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)

BEST PICTURE
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE AVIATOR
Robert Richardson

COSTUME DESIGN
THE AVIATOR
Sandy Powell

DIRECTING
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clint Eastwood

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston

FILM EDITING
THE AVIATOR
Thelma Schoonmaker

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE SEA INSIDE
Spain
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

HONORARY AWARD
Roger Mayer

HONORARY AWARD
Sidney Lumet

MAKEUP
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso

MUSIC (SCORE)
FINDING NEVERLAND
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

MUSIC (SONG)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
"Al Otro Lado Del Río"
Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
SIDEWAYS
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
RYAN
Chris Landreth

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WASP
Andrea Arnold

SOUND EDITING
THE INCREDIBLES
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom

SOUND MIXING
RAY
Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa

VISUAL EFFECTS
SPIDER-MAN 2
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

Kannadigas

When I entered Bangalore I found people talks several languages like tamil, kannada, hindi, telegu. However as most of the tamilians are living here Tamil may be the widely talking lanugage. At that time I felt that Kannada speaking people is very less and it is fadding in its way. After that I found most of the kannadigas knows minimum 3 languages(Kannada, Tamil, Hindi), this is becoz I believe the way they were brought up.

Yesterday there was a meeting in my team and all of them spoken in 4 languages(with out any problem). My Team Lead started the meeting in the Offcial language Englsh, continued and explaining tasks in Hindi, english, kannada and tamil too. I was able to understand any of these languages, with out any hassle(Learnt Kannada when I was staying with Kannadigas in UK).

I feel now Kannadigas knows more than Kannda also, which doesnt mean that Kannada is fadding and will die. Political Guys in Tamilnadu please dont go for any anti languages strike for your political popularity. Language is only the mediate to people for make understand their feelings to others. Kannadigas knows more languages as they meet different language talkng people day-by-day.

However Bangalore has lot of changes in the past 2 years, will be in the next blog that How bangalore is getting worser by people ....

Racism

It is nothing bad when we we Do Ctrl C & Ctrl V for the great post, Thanks for Cernar for posting such a great Mail. I have faced such issues in my life also.


Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg
and London. White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a
black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess.
"Madam, what is the matter," the hostess asked. "You obviously do not
see it then?" she responded. "You placed me next to a black man. I do
not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me
an alternative seat." "Be calm please," the hostess replied. "Almost
all the places on this flight are taken. I will go to see if another
place is available." The Hostess went away and then came back a few
minutes later. "Madam, Just as I thought, there are no other
available seats in the economy class. I spoke to the captain and he
informed me that there is also a seat in the business class. All the
same, we still have one place in the first class." Before the woman
could say anything, the hostess continued: "It is not Usual for our
company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first
class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it
would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so
disgusting." She turned to the black guy, and said, "Therefore, Sir,
if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits
you in first class." At that moment, the other passengers who were
shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded

Meeting in 4 Languages

When I entered Bangalore I found people talks several languages like tamil, kannada, hindi, telegu. However as most of the tamilians are living here Tamil may be the widelt talking lanugage, At that time I felt that Kannada speaking people is very less and it is fadding in its way. After that I found most of the kannadigas knows minimum 3 languages(Kannada, Tamil, Hindi), this is becoz I believe the way they were brought up.

Yesterday there was a meeting my team and all of them spoken in 4 languages(with out any problem). I will let you what I have faced ....

Back to Work

Lot of Back's huh.. If somebody ripping you from Back then you can able to write lot of blogs starting with BACK. Anyway God gives hope to come out of the problems.

Back to Form

Returned back to India, Tiruppur and struggle on Tiruppur roads, A great get together after 10 years, sudden changes in my life. Lot more to share, wait for another 2 days.

Thanks for the Anonymous for remembering the same what I said before(Cernar ???). Meantime I dont have a PC to update Blog that is the reason for not updating Blog, nothing else.