CASH STRAPPING OR AUSTERE DRIVE - WISDOM DAWNS ON CORPORATES TO TIGHTEN EXPENDITURE
Consequent to various developments in the economy and the slump in business the corporates have tightened their purse strings this Diwali bidding goodbye to the glamorous gifts
This accounts for almost 30% drop in this gifts sector Anotehr welcome note is any discretionary expenditure is deferred There have been lots and lots of austerity measures today's Corporate wants to put in practice, turning away the lavishness with which they were treading all these years.
IT and ITES and there majors are some of the biggest whose spends on gifts are phenomenal. With the slow down in the USA, the Chennai Corporates, nay all Corporates across the country , are busy exploring ways and means to apply brakes on its festive and other avoidable spends.
This in my opinion is a welcome departure from the usually luxurious way of spends these corporates were used to all these years The wasteful expenditure that is incurred in the name of development of business needs defintely without any doubt to be curbed to contribute to savings and consequent earnings
Wisdom dawned on the IT/ITES Corporates today who have gone to the extent of switching off unnecessary working of air conditioners, lights et al which were never been the case earlier years - this is taken up for strict compliance - thanks to the recession and slow-down of economy in the U S A and its consequent impact on us.
In fact added to the above, many of the Corporates are doing away with their annual meets, dinners and conferences, besides travel and take to communication by way of Video Conferencing in their place.
This attitude of consciousness will continue for few more months and years as the volume of business is bound to get affected specially for IT/ITES and BPO majors with uncertainty looming large on their revenues from US clients now.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
HUMAN CHAIN OR CHAIN OF HUMAN SUFFERING
It was a horrifying experience - a pandamonium - on Friday the 24th October for few of us who were subjected to lots of inconvenience. Torrential rains played havoc in the city thanks to the infrastuctural facilies we have and the foolishness of a human on a rainy day.
I am a victim myself of such an experience, as would be the case with many who dwell in the areas of Nanganallur, Alandur,Madipakkam, Ullagaram to mention a few, who have no other course than going thro one of the three subways {are they "ways" anyway] from airport road to these areas.
I have always been experiencing these subways to be full - for the past decade - at the slightest rain and commuting by any 'wheeler' becomes a nightmare besides being a big challenge. In these circumstances, dependency on the manned level crossing at Meenambakkam seems the only viable and alternative way - you can very well imagine the traffic that would be out there during these rainy days.
In fact I started from my office at Vadapalani at 6 30 pm on Friday and reached home at Ullagaram at 1045 pm - it was great commuting on the first and second gears throughout this stretch caused by water at various junctions and the traffic snarls caused by the human chain programme launched by the ruling party -they could not have selected a better day to inconvenience the voters!!
What have we achieved by this traffic snarls at all places in the city caused by the human chain programme. Well, there have been mixed feelings - some say this is totally unwarranted on a rainy day; some say the polititicans could have undertaken a fast instead ; some say it is foolish to show sympathy at our cost; some say this is not going to make any difference while the few cursed the traffic which was severly affected during that 'black Friday'.
I also wonder apart from this what are we achieving Will this human chain change the circumstances at Sri Lanka It is right that we should have sympathy to our fellow Tamilians elsewhere but not like this - having a chain and things like that. What a waste of time, energy and fuel which was wasted that day This if translated into money in value could have been pooled to help with the necessities - be it food, clothing or importantly medicines - to those affected by the attrocities commited against them at Sri Lanka.
Come on let us all sympathise with any one - more so our own brotheren - but think and see what better options we have in order to mitigate the sufferings without our suffereing here by these unnecessary and unwarranted yet foolish political stunts.
It was a horrifying experience - a pandamonium - on Friday the 24th October for few of us who were subjected to lots of inconvenience. Torrential rains played havoc in the city thanks to the infrastuctural facilies we have and the foolishness of a human on a rainy day.
I am a victim myself of such an experience, as would be the case with many who dwell in the areas of Nanganallur, Alandur,Madipakkam, Ullagaram to mention a few, who have no other course than going thro one of the three subways {are they "ways" anyway] from airport road to these areas.
I have always been experiencing these subways to be full - for the past decade - at the slightest rain and commuting by any 'wheeler' becomes a nightmare besides being a big challenge. In these circumstances, dependency on the manned level crossing at Meenambakkam seems the only viable and alternative way - you can very well imagine the traffic that would be out there during these rainy days.
In fact I started from my office at Vadapalani at 6 30 pm on Friday and reached home at Ullagaram at 1045 pm - it was great commuting on the first and second gears throughout this stretch caused by water at various junctions and the traffic snarls caused by the human chain programme launched by the ruling party -they could not have selected a better day to inconvenience the voters!!
What have we achieved by this traffic snarls at all places in the city caused by the human chain programme. Well, there have been mixed feelings - some say this is totally unwarranted on a rainy day; some say the polititicans could have undertaken a fast instead ; some say it is foolish to show sympathy at our cost; some say this is not going to make any difference while the few cursed the traffic which was severly affected during that 'black Friday'.
I also wonder apart from this what are we achieving Will this human chain change the circumstances at Sri Lanka It is right that we should have sympathy to our fellow Tamilians elsewhere but not like this - having a chain and things like that. What a waste of time, energy and fuel which was wasted that day This if translated into money in value could have been pooled to help with the necessities - be it food, clothing or importantly medicines - to those affected by the attrocities commited against them at Sri Lanka.
Come on let us all sympathise with any one - more so our own brotheren - but think and see what better options we have in order to mitigate the sufferings without our suffereing here by these unnecessary and unwarranted yet foolish political stunts.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
YOU AND ONLY YOU COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
I am proud to forward this speech.......
I am sure you will agree with every suggestion he has made......... .........
***Please read this article by giving 10 minutes from your busy life. Really good.... ***
* Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *
Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.
There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.
I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper.
It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place.
The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE?
Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph.. I asked her what her goal in life is.
She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India .
You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits..
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a
face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best.
In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the
stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5
(approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway
or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch
your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity...
In Singapore you don't say anything,
DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai .
YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.
'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.
' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand ...
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake
certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system
in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job.
Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all
responsibility.
We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least
opportunity.
This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related towomen, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England ..
When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the
Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home
by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country..
Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too..... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India needs from us.
I am proud to forward this speech.......
I am sure you will agree with every suggestion he has made......... .........
***Please read this article by giving 10 minutes from your busy life. Really good.... ***
* Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *
Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.
There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.
I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper.
It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place.
The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE?
Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph.. I asked her what her goal in life is.
She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India .
You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits..
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a
face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best.
In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the
stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5
(approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway
or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch
your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity...
In Singapore you don't say anything,
DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai .
YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.
'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.
' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand ...
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake
certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system
in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job.
Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all
responsibility.
We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least
opportunity.
This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related towomen, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England ..
When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the
Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home
by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country..
Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too..... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India needs from us.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
PRESIDENT OR A PEDESTRIAN
The Life of Iranian President Ahmedinejad
The FoxNewsTV (USA) asked the Iranian President Ahmedinejad,
'When you look into the mirror in the morning what do you say to yourself'?
He answered: I see the person in the mirror and tell him 'Remember' you are no more than a small servant, ahead of you today is the heavy responsibility, and that is to serve the Iranian nation'.
Ahmedinejad, the Iranian President who astonished many when he first reached to the office of the Presidency by donating all the high valued Iranian carpets to one of the mosques in Tehran by replacing them with the low cost ordinary carpets. He observed that there was a huge extravagant lounge for receiving and welcoming the VIPs and he ordered it to be closed and asked the protocol office to arrange for an ordinary room only with wooden chairs.
On many instances he joins the cleaning staff of the municipality for cleaning the streets in the area where his home and the Presidency are located.
Under his authority whenever he appoints any minister to his post he gets a signed document from him with many points particularly highlighting that he shall remain poor and that his personal and his relatives accounts will be watched and the day he leaves the ministry shall be with dignity, and therefore it is not lawful for him or his relatives to take any advantage of his office. First of all he declared himself for all the 'Big' wealth and the property he owned was a Peugeot 504 car, model 1977, an old small house inherited from his father 40-years ago in one of the poorest zones in Tehran. His accounts with a zero balance and the only money comes in to his a/c was from his salary from the university as a lecturer with an amount of US$ 250 only.
For your information the President still lives in that same house. This is all what he owns; the president of one of the world's important countries; strategically, economically, politically and with regard to its oil and defense. He even doesn't take his personal salary with the argument that all the wealth belongs to the nation and he is the safeguard over it.
One of the things that impressed the staff at the presidency is the bag the President brings with him every day, which contains his breakfast; some sandwiches or bread with olive oil and cheese prepared by his wife and eats and enjoys it with all happiness.
One of the other things he changed was his personal carrier 'the President's Aircraft' to a cargo aircraft in order to save the spending from the public treasury and he ordered that he will be flying with the ordinary airline in the economy class.. He organizes meetings every now and then with all the ministers to know their activities and efficiency and he closed down the office of the Manager of the president and any minister can enter to his office without any permission. He also stopped the welcome ceremonies like the red carpet, the photo session or any personal advertisement or respect of any kind while visiting any place in the country.
Whenever he has to stay in any of the hotels he asks them to make sure not to give him a room with any big bed because he doesn't like to sleep on beds but rather likes to sleep on the floor on a simple mattress with a blanket.
Try comparing this with the emoluments and privileges our ministers get .... plus the amount they OTHERWISE EARN.
How many of our Presidents, PMs, Ministers & politicians enjoy(?) such a life!!!
WILL OUR MINISTERIAL RETINUE LEARN FROM HIM TO MAKE THE CITIZENS TO SLEEP IN PEACE
The Life of Iranian President Ahmedinejad
The FoxNewsTV (USA) asked the Iranian President Ahmedinejad,
'When you look into the mirror in the morning what do you say to yourself'?
He answered: I see the person in the mirror and tell him 'Remember' you are no more than a small servant, ahead of you today is the heavy responsibility, and that is to serve the Iranian nation'.
Ahmedinejad, the Iranian President who astonished many when he first reached to the office of the Presidency by donating all the high valued Iranian carpets to one of the mosques in Tehran by replacing them with the low cost ordinary carpets. He observed that there was a huge extravagant lounge for receiving and welcoming the VIPs and he ordered it to be closed and asked the protocol office to arrange for an ordinary room only with wooden chairs.
On many instances he joins the cleaning staff of the municipality for cleaning the streets in the area where his home and the Presidency are located.
Under his authority whenever he appoints any minister to his post he gets a signed document from him with many points particularly highlighting that he shall remain poor and that his personal and his relatives accounts will be watched and the day he leaves the ministry shall be with dignity, and therefore it is not lawful for him or his relatives to take any advantage of his office. First of all he declared himself for all the 'Big' wealth and the property he owned was a Peugeot 504 car, model 1977, an old small house inherited from his father 40-years ago in one of the poorest zones in Tehran. His accounts with a zero balance and the only money comes in to his a/c was from his salary from the university as a lecturer with an amount of US$ 250 only.
For your information the President still lives in that same house. This is all what he owns; the president of one of the world's important countries; strategically, economically, politically and with regard to its oil and defense. He even doesn't take his personal salary with the argument that all the wealth belongs to the nation and he is the safeguard over it.
One of the things that impressed the staff at the presidency is the bag the President brings with him every day, which contains his breakfast; some sandwiches or bread with olive oil and cheese prepared by his wife and eats and enjoys it with all happiness.
One of the other things he changed was his personal carrier 'the President's Aircraft' to a cargo aircraft in order to save the spending from the public treasury and he ordered that he will be flying with the ordinary airline in the economy class.. He organizes meetings every now and then with all the ministers to know their activities and efficiency and he closed down the office of the Manager of the president and any minister can enter to his office without any permission. He also stopped the welcome ceremonies like the red carpet, the photo session or any personal advertisement or respect of any kind while visiting any place in the country.
Whenever he has to stay in any of the hotels he asks them to make sure not to give him a room with any big bed because he doesn't like to sleep on beds but rather likes to sleep on the floor on a simple mattress with a blanket.
Try comparing this with the emoluments and privileges our ministers get .... plus the amount they OTHERWISE EARN.
How many of our Presidents, PMs, Ministers & politicians enjoy(?) such a life!!!
WILL OUR MINISTERIAL RETINUE LEARN FROM HIM TO MAKE THE CITIZENS TO SLEEP IN PEACE
Saturday, October 11, 2008
JAPAN - MONKEYS AS WAITERS - BREWING COMPETITION IN RESTAURANT
Yes in one of the restaurants in Japan they have engaged a pair of monkeys to serve their customers Kayabukiya the local joint north of Tokyo has this distinguished employment They are known as Yat-chan the elder one and Fuku-chan the younger one reports Telegraph
Their work usually begins with first shift They work very smart and quick to hand out hot towels to customers to help them clean their hands before ordering their needs
WHAT ARE THEY PAID - PEANUTS
If they are successful will they be a competition to the mankind who serve the restaurants
BEWARE - PULL YOUR SOCKS NOW TO COMPETE WITH MONKEYS! CHEERS
POWER CUT AND TAMIL NADU -WHERE ARE WE HEADING TO
As all of us read in newspapers and watch in the media it seems an alarming situation we need to confront in the months to come
The problem which has occured now was because of mere lack of planning by the politicians and bureaucrats of the State The city is better off than the suburbs and villages which take the maximum brunt because of this clamp - practically half of the day is 'black-out' for them
Does the Government intend doing some thing - a Million Dollar question The only grace in the current situation is at least the current power-to-be takes industry and people into confidence to say that they do not have resources and that they are helpless than a sudden clamping catching people unawares - though this raises lots of eye brows and creates immense problems to the stratum of children in particular and the public in general
Look at the past -
there were few individual houses with a fairly larger family living undivided - may be the total number of people at any given point of time in the family was 2+6 They were all in a single house and the resources - be it water or electricity - were sufficient
Look at the day we are in -
no subscription to undivided family concept all separated and have their own family to live and to take care - nothing wrong, what had happened in the milee - single houses split into multiple houses each requiring power as well as water i.e at the place of an individual house you see multi apartments and each has their own requirement
Are we geared for this type of development or does the Government realise all these to give permission for multi complexes all the places blissfully ignoring the requirements of power and water resources
The current scene they say will ease out in 4-6 months time but if does not then the situation will be very dangerous and unimaginable for all of us - with no industry prefer to coming to our State ;current industries closing down ;unemployment problems leading to migration of intellectual youth from the State ; no infrastructure development of the State - with a very high impact on huiman habitation and standard of living leading to possibly a thriving business for thieves and goondas!!!
IS SOME ONE HEARING ALL THESE FOR REMEDY - GOD SAVE ALL OF US AND THE YOUTH OF THE STATE IN PARTICULAR FROM SUCH AVOIDABLE PROBLEMS
As all of us read in newspapers and watch in the media it seems an alarming situation we need to confront in the months to come
The problem which has occured now was because of mere lack of planning by the politicians and bureaucrats of the State The city is better off than the suburbs and villages which take the maximum brunt because of this clamp - practically half of the day is 'black-out' for them
Does the Government intend doing some thing - a Million Dollar question The only grace in the current situation is at least the current power-to-be takes industry and people into confidence to say that they do not have resources and that they are helpless than a sudden clamping catching people unawares - though this raises lots of eye brows and creates immense problems to the stratum of children in particular and the public in general
Look at the past -
there were few individual houses with a fairly larger family living undivided - may be the total number of people at any given point of time in the family was 2+6 They were all in a single house and the resources - be it water or electricity - were sufficient
Look at the day we are in -
no subscription to undivided family concept all separated and have their own family to live and to take care - nothing wrong, what had happened in the milee - single houses split into multiple houses each requiring power as well as water i.e at the place of an individual house you see multi apartments and each has their own requirement
Are we geared for this type of development or does the Government realise all these to give permission for multi complexes all the places blissfully ignoring the requirements of power and water resources
The current scene they say will ease out in 4-6 months time but if does not then the situation will be very dangerous and unimaginable for all of us - with no industry prefer to coming to our State ;current industries closing down ;unemployment problems leading to migration of intellectual youth from the State ; no infrastructure development of the State - with a very high impact on huiman habitation and standard of living leading to possibly a thriving business for thieves and goondas!!!
IS SOME ONE HEARING ALL THESE FOR REMEDY - GOD SAVE ALL OF US AND THE YOUTH OF THE STATE IN PARTICULAR FROM SUCH AVOIDABLE PROBLEMS
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
TRIBUTE TO SOURAV GANGULI
Some felt he couldn't play the bouncer, others swore that he was God on the off-side; some laughed at his lack of athleticism, others took immense pride in his ability to galvanise a side. Sourav Ganguly's ability to polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket. Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India's most successful Test captain - forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals - and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time.
SPORTS COUNCIL salutes one of Indian Cricket’s greatest sons and wishes him all the best in all his endeavors.
Interesting facts about Sourav Ganguly
v Sourav Ganguly family is among the five richest families in Kolkata.
v Sourav Ganguly was a typical Cancerian, Sourav was very mischievous as a child. He was petrified of dogs as a kid!
v When Sourav was young, his parents thought to make him an engineer or a doctor!
v Sourav is a natural right hander and does everything, except bat with his right hand. Sourav learned to play with his left hand from his elder brother, Snehasish, from whom he learned to play cricket.
v Sourav was first selected in the Bengal Ranji team, at the expense of his brother, Snehashish.
v His home in Behala, Kolkata has 48 rooms and his family owns 32 cars (wow, that's a lot)!
v There is an apartment complex in Kolkata, India which is named after Sourav. It is called the ‘Sourav Housing Complex.
v Sourav’s first love was not cricket. In fact, it was football and he admits, that even today, he’d rather watch football than cricket on TV. Sourav wanted to be a football player, but he took up cricket because his elder brother was a cricketer.
v Sourav maintains a diary in Bengali. Also he is very religious person and prays before every match.
v Following Tendulkar's footsteps, Sourav opened a three-storey restaurant, Sourav's - The Food Pavilion in Calcutta's posh Park Street inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar in 2004.
v Sourav is is very fond of Alu Posto and Chingri Macher Malaikari, both typically Bengali dishes.
v India have never lost a Test match in which Sourav scored a century.
v After playing in two or three ODIs, Sourav was dropped from the Indian side, because of his “arrogant attitude".
History of man of match and man of the series won by Sourav Ganguly
v Sourav Ganguly was 31 times awarded man of the match in ODI match cricket.
v Sourav Ganguly was 4 times awarded man of the match in test match cricket.
v Sourav Ganguly was 7 times awarded man of the series in ODI cricket and was 2 times awarded man of the series in test match cricket.
Major achievement of Sourav Ganguly in ODI cricket matches
v Second fastest player to reach 11,000 ODI runs
v Holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.
v Held the record, shared with Sourav Ganguly, for the highest first wicket partnership for India in a ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.
v Was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.
v Sixth on the all time list with 31 man of the match awards.
v He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.
v India's most successful ODI captain.
v First Indian to score a ODI century against Australia in Australia.
v Second fastest after Viv Richards to reach 6,000 ODI Runs in 147 Innings and Sachin Tendulkar to 10,000 in 263 Innings
Major achievement of Sourav Ganguly in Test cricket matches
v Scored a century on Test debut and one of 3 batsman who made tons in their 1st two Test innings and his 131 still remains the highest by any batsman on his debut at Lord’s.
v Scored a century in each of his first two Tests
v Ganguly was only the 3rd batsman in the world to score a century on debut at Lord's.
v Most successful captain of Indian cricket team so far. Led India to a record 21 Test wins
v Captained India in a record 49 Test matches
Some felt he couldn't play the bouncer, others swore that he was God on the off-side; some laughed at his lack of athleticism, others took immense pride in his ability to galvanise a side. Sourav Ganguly's ability to polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket. Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India's most successful Test captain - forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals - and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time.
SPORTS COUNCIL salutes one of Indian Cricket’s greatest sons and wishes him all the best in all his endeavors.
Interesting facts about Sourav Ganguly
v Sourav Ganguly family is among the five richest families in Kolkata.
v Sourav Ganguly was a typical Cancerian, Sourav was very mischievous as a child. He was petrified of dogs as a kid!
v When Sourav was young, his parents thought to make him an engineer or a doctor!
v Sourav is a natural right hander and does everything, except bat with his right hand. Sourav learned to play with his left hand from his elder brother, Snehasish, from whom he learned to play cricket.
v Sourav was first selected in the Bengal Ranji team, at the expense of his brother, Snehashish.
v His home in Behala, Kolkata has 48 rooms and his family owns 32 cars (wow, that's a lot)!
v There is an apartment complex in Kolkata, India which is named after Sourav. It is called the ‘Sourav Housing Complex.
v Sourav’s first love was not cricket. In fact, it was football and he admits, that even today, he’d rather watch football than cricket on TV. Sourav wanted to be a football player, but he took up cricket because his elder brother was a cricketer.
v Sourav maintains a diary in Bengali. Also he is very religious person and prays before every match.
v Following Tendulkar's footsteps, Sourav opened a three-storey restaurant, Sourav's - The Food Pavilion in Calcutta's posh Park Street inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar in 2004.
v Sourav is is very fond of Alu Posto and Chingri Macher Malaikari, both typically Bengali dishes.
v India have never lost a Test match in which Sourav scored a century.
v After playing in two or three ODIs, Sourav was dropped from the Indian side, because of his “arrogant attitude".
History of man of match and man of the series won by Sourav Ganguly
v Sourav Ganguly was 31 times awarded man of the match in ODI match cricket.
v Sourav Ganguly was 4 times awarded man of the match in test match cricket.
v Sourav Ganguly was 7 times awarded man of the series in ODI cricket and was 2 times awarded man of the series in test match cricket.
Major achievement of Sourav Ganguly in ODI cricket matches
v Second fastest player to reach 11,000 ODI runs
v Holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.
v Held the record, shared with Sourav Ganguly, for the highest first wicket partnership for India in a ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.
v Was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.
v Sixth on the all time list with 31 man of the match awards.
v He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.
v India's most successful ODI captain.
v First Indian to score a ODI century against Australia in Australia.
v Second fastest after Viv Richards to reach 6,000 ODI Runs in 147 Innings and Sachin Tendulkar to 10,000 in 263 Innings
Major achievement of Sourav Ganguly in Test cricket matches
v Scored a century on Test debut and one of 3 batsman who made tons in their 1st two Test innings and his 131 still remains the highest by any batsman on his debut at Lord’s.
v Scored a century in each of his first two Tests
v Ganguly was only the 3rd batsman in the world to score a century on debut at Lord's.
v Most successful captain of Indian cricket team so far. Led India to a record 21 Test wins
v Captained India in a record 49 Test matches
SHARE MARKET A BOON OR A BANE
You should have seen and read the recent news that an Indian kills family of five and self at Los Angeles
This uncandid action was the least expected of Karthik Rajaram a B Tech from IIT Madras and an MBA from UCLA - a well educated person taking to this extreme in killing self and family Has he any right to do such a thing on self and his family it was his sheer imprudence perhaps in investing his entire wealth in stock market - which always swings up and down - which led him to this unfortunate end.
A sign of insecurity and lack of understanding the meaning of life While we all are with the family at this trying times, it is felt that we should condemn the actions of Rajaram which show how a miserable money possessed coward he was
I am not cursing any one investing in stock market - please do not get me wrong - I too have gone into this - but the point I would like to make here is that do we invest all our fortune on this legal yet highly volatile and speculative market Will it not be prudent to invest that kind of money which even in the unlikely event of a crisis, is sustainable by each of us ?
There are lots of guys amongst ourselves who are totally mesmerised by this speculation. I strongly believe that each one of us should take leaf out of Rajaram's book not be totally money obsessed and to see life in other perspectives. Please hence keep at the back of your mind cases like Kartik Rajaram to avoid such money-obssessed situations Invest intelligentely and prudently to derive dividends and returns to have a peaceful life ahead.
Prudent investment can also make you reap high returns on your investments like the famous Warren Buffet who made everything out of this market!
Are you with me and sail the same page I am in!!!!
CHEERS
You should have seen and read the recent news that an Indian kills family of five and self at Los Angeles
This uncandid action was the least expected of Karthik Rajaram a B Tech from IIT Madras and an MBA from UCLA - a well educated person taking to this extreme in killing self and family Has he any right to do such a thing on self and his family it was his sheer imprudence perhaps in investing his entire wealth in stock market - which always swings up and down - which led him to this unfortunate end.
A sign of insecurity and lack of understanding the meaning of life While we all are with the family at this trying times, it is felt that we should condemn the actions of Rajaram which show how a miserable money possessed coward he was
I am not cursing any one investing in stock market - please do not get me wrong - I too have gone into this - but the point I would like to make here is that do we invest all our fortune on this legal yet highly volatile and speculative market Will it not be prudent to invest that kind of money which even in the unlikely event of a crisis, is sustainable by each of us ?
There are lots of guys amongst ourselves who are totally mesmerised by this speculation. I strongly believe that each one of us should take leaf out of Rajaram's book not be totally money obsessed and to see life in other perspectives. Please hence keep at the back of your mind cases like Kartik Rajaram to avoid such money-obssessed situations Invest intelligentely and prudently to derive dividends and returns to have a peaceful life ahead.
Prudent investment can also make you reap high returns on your investments like the famous Warren Buffet who made everything out of this market!
Are you with me and sail the same page I am in!!!!
CHEERS
Saturday, October 4, 2008
MGR THE EVER GREEN HERO
CAN YOU BEAT IT MGR SHADOW AT THE BED ROOM OF ONE OF THE ACTORS WHO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HIM
TO THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND TAMIL THIS WAS CONSIDERED A MIRACLE AT THE ACTOR KUNDU KALYAN'S HOUSE
TO THE ACTOR'S PLESANT SURPRISE WHEN HE SWITCHED ON THE LIGHTS OF HIS BED ROOM ONE EVENING FOUND THE SHADOW OF OUR BELOVED M G R - LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH - APPEARING ON THE FLOOR CAUSED BY THE BED SHEET ON THE BED.
HE WAS SO THRILLED HE HE CALLED HIS NEIGHBOURS TO WATCH THIS MIRACLE TO DERIVE THE SAME PLEASURE HE DID ON SEEING HIS SUPER HERO FEW OF THEM CAUGHT THIS WONDERFUL IMAGE ON THEIR CELL PHONES FOR PRESERVING IT AS A TREASURE OF THEIR EVER GREEN AND EVER LOVABLE HERO
WHO SAID MGR IS NO MORE HERE YOU ARE THROW YOUR FALLACY OUT FOR HE DWELLS IN THE HEARTS OF LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE AND VISITS THRO A SHADOW THE HOUSES WHO WORSHIP HIM STILL AS THEIR GOD
LONG LIVE THE LEGEND CALLED M G R
COBBLER WITH COUPLETS
Have you been down Whites Road If yes you would have been subjected to a unique experience as I was If not, not to worry you can try it out anytime you feel like In fact there was a news item too in The Hindu on this
Cobbler and his strings of couplets
Yes too true to realise a Cobbler just outside Karur Vysya Bank on Whites Road not only indulges in stitching and mending shoes but also to pen a few couplets from the திருக்குறள் [Thirukural]- a famous two liner which caters to all walks of life - displayed both in தமிழ் [Tamil] and English.
His name is Nandakumar- an illiterate [VIII standard]. He writes these couplets himself from திருக்குறள் [Thirukural] on a plank which rests on the junction box with another on the iron grills of the fence and yet another leans at an angle among his belongings on which these couplets.
He has been writing these on a scheduled frequency since the year 1974 and has completed writing all the 1330 couplets eight times till date. He said that there were many on lookers who take a note of this and applauds him on his efforts There were many who have taken pictures on their mobile phones for propagation of this unique effort of a Cobbler. He also claims that he has attained proficiency to write his own lines on philosophy and life.
His passion for this unique hobby makes him allot a small budget in spite of a very meagre earning of Rs 120 a day to carry on with this unique hobby - a stupendous and appreciable habit given his earnings
Are we ready to take a leaf from this cobbler's book???
WHY ON EARTH SMOKERS TARGETTED WHILE DRUNKARDS WANDER SCOTT FREE
Was it prudent to ban smoking when drinking is freely allowed
If turn the newspapers you would daily, without any exception, observe that maximum number of deaths is caused by liquor than passive smoking - but who cares about this
We hear there has been deaths caused by adulterated drinks like arrack etc and the toll this claims is on a higher side than the cigarettes moreover cigarettes may affect an individual - bad alright - but drinks affect families and make them stray on the roads these were the ones whom we see daily lying - the so called நாட்டின் குடிமகன் - on the road
Consuming liquor they drive vehicles into the platforms and on pedestrians who either walk on the road or sleep on them We have a case to the point where one of our friends who was left at a hotel by a colleague of his for lunch shockingly heard in less than an hour that the man who went for lunch was no more Unfortunately, he while on his return - ofcourse walking on the street - was hit by a speeding Pulsar - both the driver and the pillion were totally drunk- and laid his life on the spot WAS THIS HIS MISTAKE TO HAVE WALKED ON THE ROAD???? Are these guys penalised for taking away innocent life if he is influential you know what would happen !
Is the Goverment blind to these types of accidents caused by drunkards insted take on the smokers the effect on the society is not proportionte to drunken drive or they do not want to touch one of the highest revenue churning channel.
HAIL DRUNKARDS DETEST SMOKERS
Was it prudent to ban smoking when drinking is freely allowed
If turn the newspapers you would daily, without any exception, observe that maximum number of deaths is caused by liquor than passive smoking - but who cares about this
We hear there has been deaths caused by adulterated drinks like arrack etc and the toll this claims is on a higher side than the cigarettes moreover cigarettes may affect an individual - bad alright - but drinks affect families and make them stray on the roads these were the ones whom we see daily lying - the so called நாட்டின் குடிமகன் - on the road
Consuming liquor they drive vehicles into the platforms and on pedestrians who either walk on the road or sleep on them We have a case to the point where one of our friends who was left at a hotel by a colleague of his for lunch shockingly heard in less than an hour that the man who went for lunch was no more Unfortunately, he while on his return - ofcourse walking on the street - was hit by a speeding Pulsar - both the driver and the pillion were totally drunk- and laid his life on the spot WAS THIS HIS MISTAKE TO HAVE WALKED ON THE ROAD???? Are these guys penalised for taking away innocent life if he is influential you know what would happen !
Is the Goverment blind to these types of accidents caused by drunkards insted take on the smokers the effect on the society is not proportionte to drunken drive or they do not want to touch one of the highest revenue churning channel.
HAIL DRUNKARDS DETEST SMOKERS
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