Happy Ugathi

Happy Ugathi to all Gemini TV & Udhaya TV Viewers

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Sun TV Viewer

Forwarded Mail-1

A father passing by his teenage daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was neat and tidy. Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the centre of the pillow. It was addressed "Dad". With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:-

Dear Dad,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you, but I'm leaving home. I had to elope with my new boyfriend Randy because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you. I've been finding real passion with Randy and he is so nice to me. I know when you meet him you'll like him too - even with all his piercing, tattoos, and motorcycle clothes. But it's not only the passion Dad, I'm pregnant and Randy said that he wants me to have the kid and that we can be very happy together. Even though
Randy is much older than me (anyway, 42 isn't so old these days is it?), and has no money, really these things shouldn't stand in the way of our relationship, don't you agree?

Randy has a great CD collection; he already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. It's true he has other girlfriends as well but I know he'll be faithful to me in his own way. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too.

Randy t aught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and he'll be growing it for us and we'll trade it with our friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Randy can get better; he sure deserves it!!
Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your loving daughter,
Rosie.

At the bottom of the page were the letters "PTO". Hands still trembling, her father turned the sheet, and read:

PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbour's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk centre drawer. Please sign it and call when it is safe for me to come home. I love you!

MoBlog

Moblog is a blend of the words mobile and weblog. A mobile weblog, or moblog, consists of content posted to the Internet from a mobile or portable device, such as a cellular phone or PDA. Moblogs generally involve technology which allows publishing from a mobile device.

Much of the earliest development of moblogs occurred in Japan, among the first countries in the world where camera phones (portable phones with built-in cameras) were widely commercially available.

I swear that it will take some time to moblog(atleast for me also I am not sure that Indian Mobile Service Providers has this facility)

Next Blog generation.
for more info Wiki

Doctors????

None of our people would have forgetten Tamil Movie Ramana, here is one more example.
.......but for the doctors’ wrong treatment methods. Specific instructions provided by world renowned doctors were not followed

Basic Instinct-2

There are lot more impressed other than hot scenes in Basic Instinct-1(rel:1992), Style of Sharon's triger the cigerrette, the helicopter view of carved lush green sea shore mountain road, gutts of sharon, the beutiful villa next to sea. Still those iceberg murders are coming to the eyes. Basic Instinct-2 was released couple of days before. David is the hero instead of M.Douglous. Sharon become very old, able to recognise from her TV report. So what, at any how I am going to watch the movie. How about you?

10 points to get a job

Every working will have this, this is the key area to get the job and able to negotiate. Sometimes it screw your search. do you what I am writing about? yes it is resume. I found few points through web page which is a Ctrl-C&V

1. Put your experience first. It counts for far more than your educational background. If you don't have professional experience, write about the projects that you've done on your own time. Be detailed, and be specific. And if you have no professional experience, and you haven't done any projects on your own, dammit, do some. Show a little initiative.

2. Include contact information. Put your name, your address, your phone number, your email address, your fax number, your brother's fax number, and the name of the grocery store where you shop. Give them a way to get in touch with you. You would be amazed, truly AMAZED at how many resumes I have seen over the years that did not have anything but a name. No address, no phone number, nothing.

3. About your name... Well, even though I just told you to put it on your resume, exercise some common sense if you have one of those wacky names. For example, if your name is "Dick Hare," you really ought to think about going by "Richard."

4. Don't use clip art pictures of little dancing elves on your resume. The use of pictures of flying monkeys is also generally frowned upon.

5. Don't use stupid fonts. I hate those damn "ye merrie olde england" fonts. Trust me, everyone who reviews resumes all day long hates screwy fonts.

6. Don't add things to your resume unnecessarily. For example, if you were creating a list of some sort, it would be a bad idea to add something goofy just so that you had a list of ten things instead of a list of nine. I would never do that. Really. I swear.

7. Don't put your naked picture on your resume. That is, don't do it unless you are a gorgeous, nubile adult female. And even then, you have to be careful about not misusing it. In fact, it's really difficult to gauge when this is appropriate. I'm probably the only person who knows how to tell. Therefore, the only way to really know whether or not your naked picture should be on the resume is to send it to me, and I'll, uh, let you know. Yeah, that's what I'll do. I'll, uh, review it.

8. Proofread, poofread, poofread. Be sure to catch and correct all spelling errors, grammatical weaknesses, unusual punctuation, and inconsistent capitalization. Proofread it numerous times. And yes, I know that "proofread" is misspelled twice in this paragraph. It's a joke. I'm a funny little bastard.

9. Don't use those accent mark thingies. Sure, I know that the word "resume" is supposed to have one of those little marks over the final "e," but that is a pain in the ass, and not only do I not want to put it there myself, I kinda resent the fact that anyone else would put it there.

10. Don't say that you are looking for "an easy job which won't require bathing."
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Import Apple to India

"This cannot be true, can it? Apple wouldn't be this stupid"
"What? I spent $300+ for Apple CareT and they do this?"
"I know it is about saving money, but BAD MOVE Apple! Let's hope you do a better job in picking personnel than the other companies I've deal with"
"Awesome! No I can talk to " John in India who just got done watching Seinfield episodes to learn how to be more American"
These are all the comments found in Newspaper and blogs when Apple decides to outsource their support to India. Steve is also planned to Visit India-bangalore in this mid of the month. So guys be ready whoever having iPod will get support in Indian-Ameroco Accent later you talk with them in Hindi. I have a Compaq Laptop and faced a problem in Hard disk. So I called 1-800-,... toll free number. I know at any cost the call will be landed in India, (I worked in backbone team for a Compaq-HP Call center couple of years before). The guy started with opening script that "Thank you for calling Compaq, a part of HP. My Name is Jerome, how may I assist you" with Americo-Indian Accent. I started talking in Tamil that I know about it is landed in a Chennai based call center. First he resists and annoyed when I started in Tamil. Later he started speaking in Tamil. So they pretend to be American guy as there is need for it. It might happen for Apple also.

Weekend

It was a amazing weekend, done nothing other than watching TV and reading news paper. Few news are really surprising. One is that an IIM-B guy has a got a offer from Barclays Capital, Uk and offered a record breaking salary of $1,93,000 pa. Prior to this offer the highest paid was $1,84,000/-. Being an economic country guy It is a wonder for me and no wonder all IIMians will get abroad offer at one fine day.

Other was the great performance by South African Cricketers. When Australia scored 434-4, I just changed the channel and started watching movies and songs. it happend to go back to the channel when got bored with Songs and movies. Started jumping after looking at the score. they chased the huge runs ever before and snatched the Series. At the same time, on friday 4th match was also good and Aussies put lot of efforts to rule the series. SA deserves this victory and remains the World Cup Semi-final match who lost the match in only one Simple run. Though Anil Kumble's hit the Headlines, it was made nothing special as Murali at 600+ and my favourite Shane on 649. All the Best kumble chase the count, it is not a big deal for you. Look at the huge score ever made in Cricket ODI and chased to victory.

College Days

Remembering my Class mates, after few years.
My eyes were filled with tears,
Everyone now is busy a lot,
No One escaped destiny's plot.

Project reviews to campus interviews,
Nicknames to last bench games,
Cultural rehearsaks to love proposals,
Shot tern crashes/crushes to class room blushes.

Everything is fresh in our mind,
Wish life could Just rewind,
Let's laugh, play and rejoice,
Once again become college guys.

Chatting and laughing, we all were elation(some tears and bleedy too),
Till the painfull moment of separation,
When it was time to part,
We returned with a heavy heart.

Today life is full of commitments,
And too many worries,
But those cherished moments,
Will live forever in our Memories.

FM's New Proposal

Here are the highlights of the tax proposals:
* No changes in the rates of personal income tax, which will remain as they are currently.
* No change in corporate income tax rate.
* No new taxes on income.
* One by six scheme for filing of income tax returns has been abolished.
* Services tax net to be increased which include ATM operations, maintenance and management, share transfers, registration, international air travel excluding economy class, sponsorship other sports events, auctioneers, ship management and travel on cruise.
* 25 per cent across the board increase in securities transaction tax.
Cooperative lending banks and rural development banks to be exempted from taxes under Section 80(B).
* Fixed deposits in scheduled commercial banks with at least five year maturity will get tax exemption for savings under section 80C of Income Tax Act. The Rs 10,000 exemption limit for investment in pension funds under Section 80CCC has been removed but these investments would be brought under Sec.80C subject to a ceiling of Rs 1 lakh.
* Donations to only religious institutions will be exempted from tax.
* Minimum alternative tax on corporates increased from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent.
* More transactions to come under PAN.
* Constituency allowances of MLAs to be treated as
* Constituency allowances of MPs for income tax purposes.
* Banking cash transaction tax introduced last year will continue.
* Minimum alternative tax on corporates increased from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent.

Google Page Creator

Google has launched a new product - Google Page Creator, a free, easy, browser-based tool for creating attractive web pages.

Google maintains that Google Page Creator has been designed with ease-of-use in mind. Its interface enables users to edit and create pages just as they appear online, without knowledge of HTML or other computer programming languages. Combined with a simple one-step publishing process, users can create attractive, functional web pages in minutes - hosted by Google for free.

Google Page Creator is a web-based tool - that means no download is necessary. Users need only visit http//pages.google.com, and sign in using their Gmail account to begin creating and publishing their own web pages.

Google Page Creator will be available on Google Labs, but the search giant has decided to limit the number of page sign-ups in order to provide users with an optimal publishing experience. The company holds that due to extraordinary demand, it recently reached that limit so they've temporarily paused additional sign-ups.

Users may check the Google Page Creator website regularly for updates or submit their email address to a wait list, and Google will contact them when they have the capacity to support additional users.

One Night @ the Call Center

Before giving a review on this book let you know how I read Chetan Bagath's 1st boot FIVE POINT SOME ONE. I bought this book couple of books before and read on January 06. I started reading 5.someone, before my train started. I was very serious for some time and started laughing loudly, most of the people in the place where looking strangely, though I cant avoid my laugh. It put me into all feelings, at the end tears about to roll my eyes. So I liked that book and my journey. I completed 5.Someone in one journey and closed it before reaching my home.

So the hype to 2 heavy as I seen the book in the roadside shop with Junker. I preferred Junker to buy 5.Someone and I bought One Night @ the Call Center. As I urged to read the book at the same night to feel as it is. The nearly 300 page book is extremely racy and also engaging. It is all the more interesting because the novel is centered on the contemporary world of India’s new generation. Book started well with Chetan's style. After the introduction, story started felt like in a call center (I worked in Call center for 11 months in hectic shifts, so I know the pain)

I was keen on knowing what Chetan will say in this book about an only one night and what will be interested in one night. Again very few characters in this story, will some simulation and feelings. Delhi’s (esp.: gurgaon) culture is away from Indian culture; this book opened the all pages of Call Center Culture in Delhi (Welcome to Western Culture, where is very fast adopted). Having 2 or more girl friends (vice versa for girls) loosing verginity.hhaaaaa we are in India?

The novel starts with the meeting of Chetan Bhagat and a young lady in a train and she tells him the story of a night at the call center in Delhi on the condition that it would be his next book. The story is viewed through Shyam, a call center agent and a tame team leader and it revolves on him, his colleagues Varun, Esha, Radhika, his girl friend Priyanka and an aged Military Uncle. Book is good, at the same time I am not convinced in few areas. Chetan you would not have accepted with Swirly Curly.

You know what is one line where Chetan got stuck
"God given a call to us in that night"

FAB

The first-ever Fab (factory fabrication model) City, once set up, will act as a catalyst that would propel India onto the global chip manufacture map. In November, SemIndia announced the setting up of India's first-ever fab, an assembly-test-mark-pack (ATMP) plant that would offer services to manufacturers of integrated circuits.

Announcing this on Thursday at the two-day Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) business conference here, Union IT minister Dayanidhi Maran said SemIndia, an NRI consortium working with the Indian government, has zeroed in on Hyderabad.

"Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were solid contenders but AP won SemIndia over," Maran said. Asked why Karnataka lost out despite it being a forerunner, Maran threw up his hands, laughing: "Don't ask me. Ask the SemIndia people; they had the final say."

More seriously, he said Karnataka's response was "too slow" and Tamil Nadu's "lukewarm". "Andhra Pradesh moved faster, provided 1,200-acre land, water, subsidised electricity, and lined up investors who would bring in $1 billion in equity to set up the facility."

Chipmaker AMD is an active participant in the venture and this fab would augment its regional assembly and test requirements.Interestingly, Intel is also in talks with India on a similar project.

It is a welcome News to Gowda's Family Ruling style. Similar JJ style of loosing project to TN.

Race on 10K

I remember in my earlier earning time, I was having a ambition to get my salary in 5 digits, After 9/11, I thought of going back to my farm and do agriculture and start milk bizness with altered Willys Jeep. Some how my previous company managed to retain me and releaved when I got a good opening. Similar kind of scenario for India Stock market today.


When Sachin and Shewag opened for India first ODI with Pakis, the Sensex has hit an all time high of 10,031 with a gain of 52 points. It is a tragedy that none of the public knows about this and they were sunk in TV for match. Anyway Monday was not good for Indian cricket fans rather Investers in India.


While I hear experts showing apprehension about another stock market scam, the finance minister and Sebi keep assuring us of fair play. Time will only tell if it's for real or this 10K mark is just an illusion. What is more alarming is the speed at which sensex is scaling newer heights. The way things are moving, I guess soon the sensex will cross 20K barrier.

Kama Sutra

It is not a Porn related blog, it is a Virus which is going to affect your Computer tommorrow(Feb-3-06)

Details: Sex sells and the new internet worm (Nyxem-E) nick-named the "Kama Sutra worm" because it spreads under the guise of pornographic content, has leap-frogged lesser viruses reaching top-spot on world virus charts.

Nyxem-E aka Kama Sutra is a mass-mailing worm which attempts to disable security-related and file-sharing software and destroys files of certain types. When run on a Windows PC, the worm copies itself to shared network locations, and sends itself to e-mail addresses found on the target computer. Nyxem-E, according to F-Secure, is programmed to disable anti-virus and firewall software, and delete certain files including Office documents, on the third day of every month.

The Kama Sutra worm arrives as an e-mail attachment, with different subject lines including "School girl fantasies gone bad," "The Best Videoclip Ever," "A Great Video," "give me a kiss," "Fwd: Photo," "Fw: Sexy," "You Must View This Videoclip!" "Miss Lebanon 2006," etc. The text differs; it may include references to the Kama Sutra - the ancient Sanskrit book on sex and related matters.

Who is He?

He was short. He was sharp. He was the brightest boy in his class. His seniors would ask him to solve their difficulties in Science. He could have go unnoticed in the crowd, but once you asked him a question related to Physics or Maths, there was a spark in his eyes. He could grasp theories of Science faster than the speed of light.

He came from a poor but educated family. His father was a high-school teacher and an avid reader of english literature. He, like all the boys in the class was trying to get admission into some engineering college. The brighter ones wanted to study in he Indian Institutes of Technology, or the IIT's. There was an entrance test for IIT.This boy, along with his friends applied to appear for the test. They did not have any special books or coaching. All these IIT aspirants would sit below the shade of a stone mantap close to Chamundi hills in the sleepy town of Mysore. He was a guide for others. While the others struggled to solve problems in the question paper, he would smile shyly and solve them in no time. He sat below a tree and dreamt of studying at IIT.He was then only sixteen years old.

D-Day came.He came to Bangalore, stayed with some relatives and appeared for the entrance test. He did very well but would only say "OK" when asked. It was the opposite when it came to food...."OK" implied bad, "good" implied ok, and "very good" implied good!! His principle was never to hurt anyone.

The IIT entrance resutls came. He had passed with flying colors and the hightest rank. He was thrilled! He went to his father who was reading a newspaper.

"Anna, I have passed the exam"

"Well done, My Boy".

"I want to join IIT".

His father stopped reading the paper. He lifted his head, Looked at the boy and said with a heavy voice "You know our financial position, and I cannot afford your expenses at IIT. You can stay in Mysore and learn as much as you want".His father was sad that he had to tell the bitter truth, but it could not be helped.

The teenager was dissappointed. He was so near to fulfilling his fondest dream , yet so far.His heart sank in sorrow.

He did not reply. He never shared his unhappines with anyone. He was an introvert by nature. His heart was bleeding but he did not get angry with anyone.

The day came, his classmates were leaving for Madras(today called Chennai).They were leaving from Mysore to Chennai. They had shared good years at school and he went to wish them good luck for their future. At the station his friends were already there. They were excited and discussing their new hostels, new courses etc. So he stood there silently. One of his friends noticed and said "You should have made it"

He did not reply. He just wished them. He stood there even after he could no longer see the train or the waving hands. It was June 1962 in Mysore city. Yet he stood there motionless.

He said to himself, without anger or jealously, "All students from the IIT's study well and do big things in life. But it is not the institution, ultimately it is you and you alone who can change your life by hard work".

Who is HE?????

Not for Sale

What stops Infosys or TCS from bidding for CSC and ACS, asks a columnist in an article in an Indian newspaper, as the two North American vendors are now on sale?

So far, Indians have not relied too much on inorganic growth path. Of late, however, most of them have started acquiring companies onshore, though on a smaller scale.

With private equity firms pitching in to tie up, is it finally time for Indian companies to go big time?

Not for Sale

Affiliated Computer Services has issued an official statement that it is not selling out. It says that "recent unsolicited discussions with a group of private-equity investors regarding a possible sale of the company have ended."

The company says it has been considering alternatives to enhance shareholder value, but has ruled out a sale of the company.

Unlucky 13

There are few reasons why 13 in Unlucky, however there is no relation between this blog and title

Here are some 13 interesting facts about Bangalore....

1.Bangalore has the impeccable record of highest growth within a span of 20 years.
2.Bangalore has highest number of pubs in Asia.
3.Bangalore has highest number of cigarette smokers in India.
4.Bangalore has the highest numbe! r of software companies in India - 350,followed by Chennai - 320, Hyderabad -180, Pune - 97. Hence called the silicon valley of India.
5.Bangalore is the only city in the world to have commercial and defence airport operating from the same strip.
6.Bangalore has highest number of public sectors and government organizations in India.
7.Bangalore university has highest number of students going abroad for higher studies taking the first place from IIT-Kanpur.
8.Bangalore has only 20% of local population (i.e.Kannadigas. Hence a true cosmopolitan with around 50% Tamilians, 15% Telugites, 8%, Keralites, 7% others.
9.Bangalore has the highest density of traffic in India.
11.Bangalore is rated the cleanest city in India.
12.Bangalore has produced the maximum international sportsmen in India for all sports ahead of even Mumbai & Delhi.
13.Bangalore has produced the maximum number of scientists considered for Nobel Prize nominations.

Bundle of Joy

I am glad to inform you that I have been blessed with a baby Boy on the 12th of Jan '06. It was a normal delivery and kid weighs 2.95. Both Mother and Kid are fine.

Times Now & TV18

I remember those days when I was in Delhi; TOI contains lot of HOT news in the newspaper itself with a paper with local news (eg: Delhi Times), which was more interesting than the Main Paper. Junker & Cogito have mentioned about this paper already.

India Times (Times of India) has started their own Channel in India with the help of Reuters named as TIMES NOW. Announcement says that this channel is going to be a News Channel. Slogan of this Channel is FEEL THE NEWS. We already felt the news in Paper and enjoyed cracking jokes on it. Anyway, we welcome the Idea of TOI for getting the help of Reuters to Compete with CNN.

IBN Live is apparently a news channel from TV18 and CNN. Rajdeep Sardesai, The Big Fight guy left NDTV and leading this channel. From their site, IBN seems to be a pro-blog channel as they are calling for Citizen Journalists and an exclusive blog microsite from the journalists.

Nice to know, the TV media is going the blog way for GLOBAL News and let our people will come out of watching tearful Serials and bull shit movies/songs.

Welcome TOI & TV18 to the biggest Way and let join hands for Congratulate them.