Ba3 - En manavaanil

Summa valachu valachu

2010-01-16T20:26:00.000-08:00

Indians are accustomed to standing in queues. Be it the 4 AM queue for getting a berth in a Madurai bound train 90 days from then or be it a ticket to watch a mokkai movie given out by a larger than life movie actor. The queue for writing the scenarios for standing in queue is endless. There is one another queue that gets formed on the 'auspicious' days. The day of Vaikunta ekadasi is one such. I just couldnt resist having a darshan of Kesavan on that day. No frills attached darshan. I neither had an offering of coconuts / flowers/ kalkandu nor did I seek in return a hefty bounty in return. But lo., the queue for darshan was a longgggg winded one. Someone was exclaiming it to be short and that in a certain temple., the queue was running for 10 hours !! Gosh ! Is it that people are getting more pious, righteous, dharmic ? I think the necessity, problems, wants are increasing and that we are taking a shot cut route of bribing the God to get things done.

All said and done., it is good to have people coming to temples and spend some quality time on the temple grounds.

PS: I just couldnt resist the mention of serpentine queue formed for LKG admissions...

Ways to live

2009-08-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

There seems to be umpteen different ways to live a life to hearts' content. This just stuck me when I came out from City center after watching the AGAM band perform. The band and the performers have their life of classical rock music, enjoying it every bit. The audience and the people @ the center seem to have a life of enjoyment in attending these band concerts and roaming in the center.

Then I think of the instances that happened @ the temple the previous day. There were sanyasis totally dedicated to the service of the lord, the preachers who are fully into religious teachings. There are philosophers living their life in research. The language enthusiasts who are zealous in learning the language of Tamil, Sanskrit. The music teacher of mine [and his family right from his grand father and his forefather to the small kid] is dedicated to the carnatic music.

Come to office and I see photography enthusiasts and trekking enthusiasts who pursue their passion diligently. Technology enthusiasts are aplenty to watch. With all these when I look back I sometimes long for a longer life to live all these lives in this single birth. God !! grant me this wish !!

Kesava perumal koil - Part 1

2009-07-26T22:28:00.000-07:00

Been a longg time since I blogged. These days I started going to temples almost every week. Not with the long wishlists to be presented to the lord. Just to go have darshan of the temple mainly and the presiding deity there. One temple which Iam very much attached to is the Kesava perumal temple in West mambalam. Told that me and my cousin were playing there in the sprawling grounds when our parents had darshan of the Lord. The temple is so old that it is established by Ramanujacharya and the deities are even older than his period. The Thaayar was found near a bush and she is the one who was found by Ramanujacharya. The Kesava perumal was then made as a presiding deity by Ramanujar.

Now to the glory of the temple. The Maharaja and the Land owners who were attached to the temple gave lands to the temple and the lord is the owner of almost the area of Mambalam and the surroundings. Due to mismanagement and corruption, the Lord is now the owner of his temple lands. Have heard that some 30 years back the Ramanujar utsavam was conducted in great fervour much like that in Sriperumbudur. The people from as far as Aminjikarai came in procession to take part in the 10 day festival. Even today, the temple is being managed and right on dot @ 8PM there will be haarthi and prasadam [two handful] is being distributed to all the devotees there. Sahasranama and other slokas are being recited there from 6PM onwards.

More about this temple in future posts.

Election

2009-05-16T08:32:00.000-07:00

On the one hand, a bit disappointed on BJP losing out.. On the other hand thank goodness a clear mandate has come out !! No left phew !! I really hope this time the government is decisive and handles the external, internal affairs well. May it look after the neighbours better. May it keep the friends of India near and watch over its enemies better. Yesterday night after a long time was praying for a good day today to India. May be million other Indians wished and Bharat Matha heard us all out. One waay or the other let it be the dawn of good governance !!

Whole wide world_1

2009-05-11T23:21:00.001-07:00

Its a world full of emotions out there. And the roads are the most interesting. The other day was driving to office and happened to stop for the signal. The auto in front of me stopped and out came some 4 kids, 3 adults !!! No it was not a share auto but the normal auto !! I was reminded of the scenes from movies. The kids had some bags filled with car cleaning napkins, dusters etc and the adults had bigger bags. They are the people who sell the goods at the signal. Earlier, I used to feel and many times almost got off the bike to go and drag those children to schools. Now after seeing this, Iam not sure. Are these people really poor ? Are they forced ? Pretty sure they cannot be a family but..... It is a complex world out there.

Translation ??? anyone

2009-04-12T04:58:00.000-07:00

என்னைநன் றாக இறைவன் படைத்தனன்
தன்னைநன் றாகத் தமிழ்செய்யு மாறே.

Thirumoolar thirumandhiram verse : 81

Thirumoolar says that it is for தமிழ் செய்யுமாறே not தமிழில் செய்யுமாறே. It is not the translation that is being asked for. It is that Thirumoolar says the concept of god has to be ingrained, acquired and then it has to be expressed in the form of Tamil. A subtle difference, but in the context seems profound..

நரபலி - ரத்த ஆறு

2009-04-04T18:53:00.000-07:00

Is it happening even these days ? Yes. Whom are these being offered to ? Why the politicians and Gods. Well, look at the road side temples, mosques, Mary temples. They encroach the roads, make them narrower making the experience of the motorists harrowing! Even the statues of politicians which serve as full time open air toilet of the aviary birds add to this. Will any colony association take a stand that there will be no such nuisance installed on the roads ! Lost hope on the governments which are petty minded on vote bank politics. Till that happens, river of blood will continue to touch the feet of the gods !

Death - a slow death

2009-03-22T22:30:00.000-07:00

How can a companys' culture die ? How can it lose its reputation ? Ask Satyam or other companies. The first and foremost sign is the death or stranglement of the questions. By practice 1/3rd of the session should be for questions. Even when there arent any, the organisers should come up with hard to answer questions themselves and answer them for the audience. With this comes the transparency, courage and bond. When this dies a death of suffocation, there is no way the culture can hold good.

Irony

2009-01-25T18:07:00.000-08:00

Stalin asks baby names to be strictly in tamil. Leading by example... anyone anyone ???

Podugu - poye pochu

2009-01-18T03:49:00.000-08:00

Head and shoulders, Clinic all clear, herbal oil, daily head bath.... never did the dandruff leave my head. Seems the mud inside the head and the dirt outside the head were tightly coupled :D. It was a huge problem for past 3 years. Never did the white scalp leave completely.... So here is the recipe to take it down !! in just two days spread over a week.

Best worked solution :

Vasambu [Acorus calamus] 50 gms, Paal milagu [vellai milagu] 50 gms.Smash these two and soak them in milk overnight [atleast 6 - 8 hrs]. Apply the chutney like paste on the head thoroughly so that the mix reaches the hair roots. Be warned that the head will have an itching or burning sensation if you have too much dirt / dandruff on the head. Leave it for 20 minutes and then take a head bath. Apply shikai to clean the hair. Do NOT apply shampoos. When done twice in a week, all traces of dandruff completely vanishes.

Price : Vasambu 50 gms = 40 Rs
White melagu 50 gms = 8 Rs
Milk - half glass, shikai. Done with dandruff. Its been a month now and there has been no attack of the dandruff clones and I dont expect the dandruff empire to strike back.

Recession - go away

2009-01-15T18:12:00.000-08:00

Eve of pongal and a stroll on the usman road is bound to give a festive look. Gala all around, children beating the drums, not so childish children leaning close to each other talking, benches over which street actors dance to latest filmy songs, Jewellery shops jol vidum people, chips munching family. It was nice to watch that recession is not creating too much havoc here. Good ! So when buying the thoranam in the market, a boy got the prize catch of 10 Rs !! from me kissed it !! [and then gave back 5 rupee coin] I was like astonished to see the sparkle in his eyes, the spontaneity of his kiss to the note ! Small things to cherish :)

Why inheritence in programming ??

2009-01-13T00:39:00.001-08:00

Hoodibaba

2009-01-11T06:22:00.000-08:00

After a gap of 7 months, I sat behind the wheel of a car, steering wheel. It was a bit jittery at first and then when driving past a tea shop [in chennai traffic it means standing still :)] Oram po oram po rukumani vandi varudhu song was being played. How apt, I thought. Well then again it was a nice feeling to ride a four wheeler. Awaiting to drive one ;). People who know me, know that I drive my yamaha having a helmet on head wearing a Dhothi. It is astonishing to see the facial expressions of people seeing me zooming with the bike :) [Disclaimer : I drive fast only on a four lane road not in two laners].

Now for the post Hoodibaba. Driving the vehicle in chennais' crowded area is a circus task. An amateur to the traffic if he dares to risk he better say the magic word Hoodi baba [Odi popa :D]

Kaithalam pattra vendinaan

2008-12-25T22:33:00.000-08:00

Recently I heard of a funny anecdote that happened during a marriage. Groom was being teased as he was preparing to go for kasi yatra. Poor groom, as it is he should have been nervous. At the last moment the bro / father of the bride saves the groom from the blushes and requests him for marrying the bride. The groom is happy of being helped. Well think of this. The marriage is a great occasion for everyone to enjoy themselves, in such a way that all the teasings and fun are great to watch. Sometime back I heard a different perspective of this kasi yatra one of my relatives' marriage.

The perfect dilema for todays' graduate is whether to do his MS or get into a job. The parents, wellwishers help him decide these days. The bachelor of the [not so] old days would be indulging himself in studies, the scriptures and so on. The guy is then brought in to the married life by marriage. Seeing all the activities around him, he just thinks of leaving all these and pursuing his studies further. He then starts off to kasi, the place where learned live and teach. The well wisher [read brides' relatives] put some sense into the head of the groom and bring him back.

Well in modern days of love marriage, kasi yatra looks like anachronism. Also I dont think the grooms are so inclined to studies and scriptures and leave behind the beautiful bride ;). But in actuality the proper and average groom was tested in a way for his thirst for knowledge and his passion in the small window of kasi yatra. Lets have fun :-)

Conspiracy theories

2008-12-22T08:48:00.000-08:00

Ever had an ant entering your clothes and creating problems ? Ant ulle ponaal enna aagum.. read along... Lets call this person as Ant-ulle [Nothing to do with Minister Antulay]

Scene 1: Kids are playing cricket on the streets. The batsman hits a skier and the fielder tries to get underneath it. The batsman gets out. Now at this juncture, Ant ulle pona umpire Ant-ulle says, the fielder has no reason to get underneath that ball. It could be a fielding or fielding + something. You know the batsman had enemies within his team and many question if the captain had some hand in this.. I need cbi investigation.

Scene 2: Town bus stand. The last bus to the village is entering the terminus and there is a crowd trying to get in. Obviously the seats get filled up pretty fast. Now after all the commotion, the hero enters. Till the ant enters his pants he remains normal. Ant ulle pona Ant-ulle then starts berating the passenger sitting in the bus. You have no reason to be sitting in there. I could be sitting there. I dont know whether you are sitting there because you came in first or you want to deny me the seat. I want the conductor to conduct investigation !!!

Foreign policy

2008-12-10T08:41:00.000-08:00

We had a great indian tamasha when mumbai was burning with politicians. Now, lets see what the neighbors of India did. China said it is a work of Hindu extremists because one guy was wearing red wrist band. Syria and Iran said it is work of US and Zionist work. Pakistan usual yada yada. Russia said Dont attack Pakistan. With all these we had stupid large hearted media persons bleeding for pakistan. "Dont hit back pakistan, why hit the country for a few handful".. Well if few handfuls cannot be controlled I say it is dangerous.

Every country in the world has a achiles heel. For India it is her neighbours.

Indian media and Terrorism

2008-12-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

This is a live telecast direct from streets of India. The journos are :
பர்தா dud, கொரல் வர்லியா compiled by பயல்

கொரல் வர்லியா : Iam standing in the railway station. The trains are running empty. ah wait it is going to shed.... Another train there, it is running empty seems mumbaikars are terrified and afraid of the attacks.
குருவி வெடி வெடிசாலே பயப்படற புல்ல பேசுது பாருடா

பர்தா dud : These are the live and exclusive pictures of the splintered glass of the முணியாண்டி விலாஸ். It is being taken live from the streets of the terror attack. These glasses are very sharp and they reflect. And there you can see a cycle punctured by the broken glass.
Roadla போறப்ப puncture aachuda, என்ன விட்ருங்கடா, terrorist ஆக்கிடீங்கலே !!!

கொரல் வர்லியா : Iam standing in the railway station. The trains are running full. The spirit of Mumbaikars defies terrorists.
இப்படி சொல்லி சொல்லியே உசுப்பேத்தராலே. இத முதல்ல நிறுத்தனும்.

கொரல் வர்லியா : Iam standing in the railway station. The trains are running full. The spirit of Mumbaikars defies terrorists.
office போனா தான் சோறு. நீ என் புல்லைக்கு சோறு வாங்கி தரேன்னா சொல்லு, வீட்ல இருக்கேன். வந்துட்டா அங்கேந்து. போ போ, பொழப்ப பாக்க விடு

பர்தா dud : Iam standing with குல்மான் khan, the bollywood actor [woooooo]. பயந்துட்டியா நீ பாம் வெடிசதுல ?
குல்மான் khan : பயமா நானா ? ஹாஹா.. I had gun under my pillow when sleeping.
அப்படியே சுட்டுகிட்டு போக வேண்டியது தானே.

பயல் : We are all angry, we are all helpless. We are frightened, we are angry. கோவம் வராது, ஆனா வந்துருசு. என்ன பண்ணுவேன் தெரியாது..
சும்மா கத்த மட்டும் தான் தெரியும்.

Key words :
Spirit of mumbaikars
People are angry
Candle light
politics
TRP ratings

Media education

2008-11-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

There is a line between proactive journalism and responsible journalism. Indian media is yet to learn that. In todays' terror attack in mumbai following are the stupid media comments that CNN IBN made. The media house was clearly informed that terrorists were tracking the ground happenings via 24x7 channels. Still :

1) Start of the operation against terrorists were clearly mentioned forewarning the terrorists in Oberoi hotel
2) The clear description of escaped hostages from Nariman point
3) Boasting that hostage people were telling lies about their nationality to save their skins
4) Forming a group just outside oberoi hotel with home minister [with in a grenade launch distance]
5) Informing that home minister is about to enter oberoi hotel when terrorists were still there.

This live streaming sucks utterly. These guys make sensation out of everything, even a human tragedy.. darn them

Salutations

2008-11-26T22:24:00.000-08:00

to the mumbai top cops who left for the other world yesterday. It was a great shock to lose three acclaimed officers in a short span to terrorist attacks. The decorated officers !!! It should have been a blow to the police force and their near and dear... May their souls rest in peace and protect the city they loved...

On the other hand, it is a lesson in couter terrorism : Never put all your eggs in a single basket
The terrorists seem to have learnt the lesson of : Hit hard once and dont give a second chance

கனவுகள்

2008-11-23T08:36:00.000-08:00

Its been a great experience studying the college and transitioning to company. We all faced the initial jitters when joining the company and hence after few years of a relatively good start, I thought lets go help our juniors @ colleges across. A web platform to reach out to the guys out there and also to enable the better communication was launched : www.opengyan.com

It is just a first step and breaking lots of inhibitions, myself and a good pal of mine took the step to test the waters. It is open for comments. I know you have thoughts of how to make it bigger and better. Do let me know.

If you want to contribute [Well not the money ;) ] these are the areas we are looking out for :
1) Spread the word
2) Write articles for OG
3) Guide us along the journey.

Do visit the site : www.opengyan.com and pass on the comments.

Hitting high consistently - 5

2008-11-20T02:19:00.000-08:00

One more thing to consider @ office is to follow NAM :). Get away from office politics altogether. Bootlicking, back stabbing do help to get phenomenol short term gains. But just think what happens if you change team or your manager jumps the company. One will be in deep trouble then. Negotiation, flexibility and swift thinking are needed. But that does not require one to be a bully boy nor a "yes boss". Just strike a balance most of the times and it should be fine...

Well the other point is come out of college life. Hi, "office / business talk" , bye, let these be the guiding states while talking to peers of opposite sex. It is not the college life where you just become friends upon first sight. Not anymore. It starts unwanted gossips which results in unwanted diversions. Once you build the rapport friendship builds. Just dont jump right away !! Friendship is a long journey to be begun hastily...

Ciao

Hitting high consistently - 4

2008-11-15T08:53:00.000-08:00

The first time I came in I thought crap, I need to prove a point to myself. The idea of having a role model for oneself never appealed to me. Iam unique and so is everyone. No one can equal ME and never can I equal Mr.X. But that doesnt mean I have to boast myself to the hilt. There are and will always be a better person than me around me. Humility is a characteristic one has to constantly remind oneself. Thala ganam koodadhu. It is but natural to feel proud. Pride is needed but humbleness should always be there. In front of peers and elders, be humble. But that doesnt mean you have to be in a shell always. When questioned, just blow the opposition to smithereens. I just remember two historic instances.

The first one is with Thirumangai alwar. He was a saint, a poet par excellence. Humble. But there was an instance when he was questioned about his poetic skills. It just so triggered that he lined off all his titles in the song and it just ran to four lines....

The second one was with a weaver in a kingdom was taken to the court. He was charged at not having attended the village compulsory education school. There right at the court he just humbly composed a poem..

Hitting high consistently - 3

2008-11-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

There are two contradicting styles of handling things. Never to over do or to under do them. I had always tried to follow few things.

1) Say sorry in the open. It adds to the earnestness.
2) Wish someone personally and not as a group. It adds to sincerity in the wish.
3) Praise others genuinely not a fulsome praise.
4) If your team mate, dont hit him / her when [s]he is down.
5) If an adversary, dont hit him / her when [s]he is out.
6) Avoid blaming a person unnecessarily.
7) Be truthful to yourself.

My dad says : Enter an organization as a pin, become the pillar.

Hitting high consistently - 2

2008-11-14T08:47:00.000-08:00

Continuing from the earlier post..
To move up one needs to show that he is ready to take the next higher task. There has to be a balance between finishing off the current work at hand and not to over do oneself and burning ones' hand. I had many times burned my hands for overdoing. Sometimes subtle sometimes not so subtle. One just gets to learn. The point is Finish your task, Step up to next task

The other thing I learnt is that consciously or unconsciously your actions should not make the others look bad. You might be a genius, but that doesn't mean you have to look like one by making the other look dumb. It has to be a principle and consciously one has to do it. The point is : never ever make your Manager / peer look like a fool.

Hitting high consistently

2008-11-14T06:14:00.000-08:00

By grace or luck its been an astonishing and outstanding career till now. And I have been asked time and again how do you do it. Well I had not given a thought about it till now, [may be that is one reason] but then thinking back I thought I would jot down few pointers. It is because I feel it will help me moving forward. Pure selfish reasons :)

It was my first year at office and I was really disappointed at having to land in this company. Its all because I did not want to land up in an Indian IT company which at that time was second rated compared to global peers. I love India but never wanted to be second grade. Thankfully I got into a division where in there is real product working rather than just services. So thats point number 1. If you dont like something and forced to take it up, find the good spot in it.

Secondly the point that I considered myself to have landed up in a company which I considered below my expectations, made me undergo sleepless nights. It is that I wanted to prove above all to myself that I am better than the average or above average in this place. I always felt, to earn the first salary equal to my Dads' I have to put in all the efforts he had put in all these years. And if Iam not @ top 5 % then Iam doing a disservice. I said : I should never ever feel guilty of getting the payslip.

Will think more and write more on this..

Lean, Mean M$ Workhorse laid to rest

2008-11-06T00:37:00.000-08:00

Windows 3.11 -- I love that. My first exposure to computing world on a PC -XT, more than 12 years ago I would say. Loading a Word 6.0 in to that and playing games like Solitaire ;) Minesweeper in it was great fun. No Blue screen of Death [For I had a B/w monitor :P] and just a three key reboot [ctrl alt del] and it was back to its beautiful state. Lo ! those were the good old days... Now M$ has officially stopped selling 3.11 [Long after Windows 95]. So here goes the requirement spec of this OS :

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 needed at least -- 640KB of RAM, seven megabytes of hard drive space and support for a CGA, EGA and VGA graphics card. It required an 8086/8088 processor or higher, with a clock speed of up to 10MHz

Windows Vista needs : 1 GB RAM, 40 GB of Hard drive space, 128 MB of graphics memory , WDDM Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/05/microsoft_retires_windows_3_1_1/

Buh bye 3.11

அறம் பொருள் இன்பம்

2008-11-01T09:26:00.000-07:00

பொருள் ஈட்டி, அதில் இன்பத்தை அடைந்து அறம் செய்வது தானே நடைமுறையில் சாத்தியம். ஆனால், தமிழர்கள் [கவனிக்க : தமிழ் பேசுபவர்களோ, தமிழ்நாட்டில் வசிப்பவர்களோ அல்ல, தமிழ் பண்பாட்டுடன் இருப்பவர்கள்] அறம் பொருள் இன்பம் என்றே கூறுகிறார்கள். அறத்தின் பால் பட்ட பொருளையும், அறத்தின் பால் பட்ட இன்பமுமே சிறந்தது, சமுதாயத்திற்கு உகந்தது என தீர்மானித்து அதன் படியே வாழவும் செய்கிறார்கள்.

Home minister has become a tame minister ?

2008-10-30T02:08:00.000-07:00

I won’t give an opinion, I will give a decision. [Brave voice. yay !]

You are asking me to pass a judgement. Any person sitting in a responsible position should not pass judgement. [Then who has to pass the judgement ?]

We condemn the blasts. We want immediate report from state government. [Er we want immediate report as to what Home ministry is doing]

Can home minister atleast talk some sense ?

Silly Adult and improper kid

2008-10-05T10:19:00.000-07:00

A was totally unruly and was behaving way over its limits. Getting into brawls over grownups, teasing them and acting like the kutti chevuru boys gang. Well things got worse and he just happened to play the wrong card at wrong time. He just broke a silly adults' costly plaything and began his mischief. The kid was cut short to his size by the silly adult. Why silly ? Coz the adult used undue force and things could have gone completely out of hand...

Everyone should know their place and behave accordingly.

Paramasivan kazuthil irundhu paambu ketadhu, garuda sowkiyama
Yaarum irukkum idathil irundhu vittal ellam sowkiyame, Garudan sonnadhu

Friend in dee[a]d

2008-10-05T10:14:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons put forth in opposing the N-deal was that India will be starving out the islamic friend Iran since N-deal will reduce the oil and gas import from Iran. Stupidity @ first sight itself. Any nation wants to have its energy needs under its control and not dependent on foreign 'friends'. In that case both N-deal and Iran gas are one and the same. Even in first place, the 'friend' Iran had turned the heat by siding with china and our 'neighbour' pakistan and asking for re-negotiation. Blah blah all stories there... Now the clincher is Iran is criticising the N-deal. Now it is like getting a stick up ones' **s by ones own trusted 'friend'. May be its time our foreign policy changed from Non-alignment to realistic, oppurtunistic alignment. For it is the wise who survives ....

Source :
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/iran-criticises-indous-deal-says-endangers-npt/75111-2.html

JAIL

2008-09-24T06:36:00.000-07:00

If a goonda wants to kill a person, commit vandalism, rob off a bank the best place is to do in Tamil Nadu. Just be prepared to be in jail [state of the art place, better ventilated than the slums in India] for just < 5 years. The government is "kind enough" to release the goondas. Even if you plan and execute the murder of prime minister,[Nalini], the government is "kind" to consider the release.... Guess the government feels the land of dharma needs goondas.. shame

Black hole in TamilNadu

2008-09-11T06:15:00.000-07:00

The central europe experiment on the god particle had started many rumours. One such is that a black hole will get formed and gulp us down. But one thing for sure, Tamilians will not be afraid. Anja nenjan thamizhan. The frequent power cuts have already created blackness and the roads are full of holes. Having been used to black holes we will not be afraid of Black holes coming out of the experiment ;)

Chrome Vs Firefox

2008-09-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

Chrome is cool. It has borrowed heavily from firefox and not IE [thankfully]. The loading is pretty fast, interface is nice and cool bluish. The omni bar has great potential like the awesome bar. It is Firefox 3.0 in many aspects. Few points though irk me... No menu bar :) It looks a bit different. There is no page zoom... just a text zoom. [Firefox is better]. If I double click the tab space it resizes the window and doesnt add a tab. Though Iam impressed [a lottttt] with chrome, Iam still not convinced about a complete switch from Firefox 3.0 to Chrome just as yet.

Ulle veliye

2008-08-16T09:34:00.000-07:00

IMO anti nationals should be asked to leave [thrown out of] the country. Dont you agree? India and every square inch belongs to Indians and there is NO place for anti-Indians.

Those are the pics taken @ Srinagar on eve of Indian Independence day.

Indian ministry disowns its union terriroties ?

2008-08-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

The Independence day advertisements by Ministry of Health and Family affairs has "in"conveniently left out two union territories. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. How Ironic !!. Thank goodness that atleast the Ordnance factories had in mind these two places.

Makkal thollai katchi

2008-08-03T10:23:00.000-07:00

There is a program telecasted by the "sickular" makkal thollai katchi nilayam. It is a sarcastic program where in all the politicians, film personal, industrialists are made fun of. Avare dhaan ivaru is the name of that program. At the end of the serial, a contest is thrown open to the public to identify the personality. Guess the prize... Nope it is not any consumer duable, nor a cash prize, nor ornaments. 111 pieces of namam and 100 grms sindoor. Yep this is the face of the sickular secular channel.....

Sensationalism - LoC

2008-08-01T18:55:00.000-07:00

Last night IBNlive showed an exclusive video. Relative of the child who died in Asaram's ashram was interviewed. With the loss of the child the person was grieving inconsolably, crying, shrieking and hurling expletives. To gain TRP points the channel zoooooomed in on the crying person and started asking questions which made the cries -- shrieks... Curse IBNLive... Why not leave common people in peace and grieve atleast. Why do you poke your nose even while grieving....

7 days a week

2008-07-29T19:39:00.000-07:00

ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை நகையைக் காணோம்
திங்கட்கிழமை திருடன் பிடிப் பட்டான்
செவ்வாய்கிழமை ஜெயிலுக்குப் போனான்
புதன்கிழமை புத்தி வந்தது
வியாழக்கிழமை விடுதலை ஆனான்
வெள்ளிக்கிழமை வீட்டுக்கு வந்தான்
சனிக்கிழமை சாப்பிட்டு படுத்தான்

--- அம்மா சொன்னது

No mandais, want only catholic maramandais

2008-07-16T06:20:00.000-07:00

What is this debate about the academic excellence being sacrificed? What is the big deal about academic excellence? St Columbus, also known to be a highly excellent institute academically, has long time ago given up the idea of excellence ..... It is because at some time it felt that it had gone away from the basic call of Jesus Christ, which is an option for the poor and the oppressed.

Those are the words of Delhi Catholic Archdiocese "Dominic" talking about a 100 % public funded institution...

I am really pissed off to see that a sectarian agenda is being pushed in the name of minority rights and the taxpayers' fund is used for these. My money for running the institution but brothers and sisters of my religion will be barred and treated as second class citizens. It happens only in India !!!!

Refer:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/minority-quota-in-colleges-a-major-mistake/68945-3-p1.html

oomai kusumbu

2008-07-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

I seriously think BBC is having a rather longgg hangover of the colonial mentality. They really should be having a portrait of India 60 years back [as they have left] and still bent on believing it to be reality and telling everyone who cares to listen.

Scavengers are invariably from the lower-caste, "untouchable" (Dalit) community. They carry the human excrement in pots on their heads.

enge da nadakkudhu idhu ? Did these guys go shit on the pots kept on their heads. Stupidity. It was there decades back. If I now say witches are burnt in England will they now accept it. English grammar has something called past tense. Guess BBC conveniently forgets it when it deals something about India.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7489296.stm

Kudos to the brave and forward moving ladies though.

Engirundho vandhaan

2008-06-24T01:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/srinagar-in-rage-against-land-transfer-to-shrine/67676-3.html

Onda vandha pidaari, oor pidariya veratithaan. I guess Islam is not the native religion of this land nor is christianity. When the forefathers of these kashmir street fighters landed on this soil did the Hindus protest saying these foreigners are changing the demography? When these seperatist hooligans drove out lakhs of kashmiri pundits did they not change the demography. Idiots. As usual appeasing politics will be played by the government. Giving land to Hindu temple is a conspiracy to change demography. Bahhhh. Being minorities, they play such a strong hand, it is frightening to imagine what will happen if these seperatists take hold of the country. I expect the government to be spineless, as usual ....

sugama sugama ?

2008-06-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

Its like being thrown a spanner in the works when out of the clear blue sky one tineee weeneee adamant virus gets past body defense mechanisms and creates a ruckus.Temperature running to 102 @ one time and coming to 98 the other, stomach aches, unease, tiredness, tastelessness... One really needs to give the digestive system some rest once a while. Seriously.. On the other hand Bread, Milk, Fruits, Boiled rice soup, idllis are perfectly edible too :D. Looking back one thing I learnt is that after oil bath, dry your hair thoroughly and if not dont venture out, even so dont eat outside, even so listen to ppl who can order you to stay put on bed @ home ;)

Dance

2008-06-09T19:24:00.000-07:00

Why did H and H combine to form H2. Why did that H and this H combine ? Why did the electron move from this H in one corner to the other H in the remote corner ? Is this H tightly coupled to the other H or can it be attached to O? H2 can it move to form H2O ? The seemingly chaotic, graceful movement... what do I call it? Dance ? Do they have a mind of their own ? Can a H dislike a O and never come to dance with it ? Is it freedom or is it a relaxed constraint? Does this happen in the universe too with stars and planets in galaxy ?

Diffident external policy

2008-06-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

First it was the case of Arunachal, then Sikkim, then olympic torch, now the No. 2 person of Indian goverment is snubbed. Pranab is not welcomed by Hu Jintao, the premier of China cancels his meeting with Pranab. But lo ! the diplomats are happy that atleast Pranab gets to talk to foreign minister and Vice president. Do we have to take it so low ?? If Wen had his earthquake relief to attend to, then Indian external affairs minister has the Bangladeshi problem, ever migrane problem of pakistanis and chinese claims over India, the Nuclear deal, Russian deals over defence to balance out, Cultural tties with africa and latin america to cater to. Pozappu illamaya anga poranga ? We have to blame these diplomats for accepting the "alternate" meetings. Pranab should have gone for sight seeing during that meeting time and snubbed the chinese back in international arena. Atleast should have given a press report rapping the chinese knuckles. Bad Bad treatment of Indian minister [whatever the reason be ..].

This is like if Bush comes to India and neither Patil welcomes him and Manmohan singh goes to Haryana for "urgent issues" and Bush gets to talk to Rahul gandhi and Sonia. What will happen then ?? Did that happen now ????

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/chinese-snub-or-treat-for-pranab-question-of-protocol/66677-3.html

Medicine plzzz

2008-05-31T10:00:00.000-07:00

Picturise Bharat Mata in the map. The crown is almost lost and her head is just barely sticking to the neck. What can she do with politicians there who feel ashamed of being called Indian. Her left hand is now suffering from cancer caused by the children of her daughter whom she had saved with her own blood. The hips are bleeding red because of naxalism on one side and ill-founded regionism on other side. Her "abhaya hastham" or right hand is stuck and paralysed because of reservation issues. Her feet resemble the feet of one of her great sons, chola king Karikaalan because of shoddiness and cultural disregard. May her soul be strong enough to overcome these diseases.. Any medicinal prescription is greatly appreciated.

No comments.....

2008-05-21T01:32:00.000-07:00

Time the witness

2008-05-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

It is not just @ physical level. Thought, mind, body to control all these to harness them for greater good and satisfaction takes reallllll determination. To regard the fairer sex with reverence even in exalted buoyed state, avoiding leery looks, humility, truthfulness, honesty, cleanliness, restraint on anger and pleasure.... damn its toughhhh. Determined to atleast achieve 50 % of these one old novice has embarked on the path... Will the path be a centimeter long or a mile long ? Time and soul be the witness...

Lifes' a teacher

2008-05-08T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ignorance is a bliss, Information is a pain
Health is wealth indeed
Men are mightier than money
Money makes decisions
A smile is just lip deep
Insomnia irritates
Life is a BOON

Ennavenru solvadhamma

2008-04-19T01:41:00.000-07:00

Having returned to singara chennai, I took the local train service. Nostalgia you see. Shock number 1: Automatic ticket vending machine with state of the art technology which equals the US VTA BART trains. Namma kodambakkam stationla !!!! A poor typical Indian LIG family was milling around it to take tickets, while there was a long queue formed by the the skeptics. With this on one side the place under the stairs at the end of the station still stinks :(. Regulated, on time train service with synchronised arrivals made me wonder, while at the same time, the sappota leftovers in the train compartment made me feel sad... Well painted train compartments, stained with pan paraaq.... Crowded AC hall of State Bank of India which was operating like a clockwork... A Mercedes, Victor and Pulsar all standing behind the stop line in a signal while a lady beggar was lying in the pavements. Road side karumbu juice vaangi Honda City carla kudikkara makkal... I sometimes feel this country can NEVER progress, while I see this country moving ahead.. Surely a divine hand is at play here....

Spineless UPA govt.

2008-04-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

Shame on you. You ashame us by allowing chinese commandos on Indian soil.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mammoth-security-but-no-spirit-for-olympic-torch-relay/63387-3.html

The Olympic torch has been a magnet for anti-China protests by Tibetan groups and China has made it very clear to the Government that it doesn't want to be embarrassed in India, a country which has the highest number of Tibetans in exile. So unarmed Chinese commandos will run along with the torch.

Kazhudhai thenju

2008-04-11T18:57:00.000-07:00

Last day in US. If I had been a prince in India, I became a peon here :(. Cooking, grocery buying, slogging over work. hmmm the final straw it seems was reserved for the final day. We ran out of milk, curd, yogurt, vegetables !!!! Forceeeeed to eat what ever was there, had to take in dairy whitener as a poor substitute for the milk. India here I come :)

Painful judgement

2008-04-10T07:17:00.000-07:00

I still vividly remember the day. I was standing for my counselling entry for under graduate in the campus of Anna university. When my turn came in, there were vacancies in top notch colleges, but I had to settle for a different college which was not my first choice. The vacancies which I cannot avail because they were reserved for some dud-head [he / she obviously got lesser marks than me, hence I say so]. That was when reservation was 22.5 %. Now this day, it is 49.5 %. This is just reservation based on caste. Add to it the stupid policy of reserving based on religion and in some states it comes to around 80 %. WTF 80 % reserved ? Enough is enough. The love of the land and its culture is what is still holding me bound to India. With the culture slowly deteriorating I dont know when the last straw will be pulled. Alas the vibrant nation is being r**ed by the petty minded policy makers. [I just wonder the timing of this judgment, it comes right at the time the country is being forced into an early general election].

Chinese overreach

2008-04-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

Indian policy on Tibet. It is debatable when put mildly. Put I will say the government is spineless if it allows Chinese commandos to land on my country's soil to 'protect' the torch. Heck, the torch was put out in Paris twice, why did not Chinese send their commandos there.......... Its the prestige of our security forces at stake for goodness sake !!!!

http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/07torch.htm

50 Million

2008-04-04T13:21:00.001-07:00

Do you want 50 Million Zimbabwean dollars? :D Know what ? 50 Indian rupees is 20 % higher in value than those Zimbabwean dollars. Where is Zimbabwe going to? Thank god they don't have coins. Else they have to carry a sack of coins to get a loaf of bread. Check out here

ivargalum indhiyargal

2008-04-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

"unknowingly" giving off alcoholic chocos to a teetotaler girl and laffing their lungs out when she throws up in repulsion, giving off a practicality lecture of non vegetarianism to a total veggie and cajoling him to 'taste', disdain upon looking at a person of some principles ;

giving a vote to help even the opposition to have a say in the matters, cleanliness in physical and mental faculties, respecting even the juniors;

maarupatta makkal, anubavangal aaiyram.

Bachelor recipes

2008-03-30T20:19:00.000-07:00

Well here goes... After 40 days of self cooking, I hereby offer some recipes :P

Daal Fry :
Can be used along with roti, rice
Take three handfuls of dal in rice cooker.
Cut any vegetable you have and put it along with dal.
Pour one aquafina bottle of water, so that water level is atleast 1 inch above dal and vegetables.
Add salt and any masala powder for taste.
Close and leave it for 3 whistles from cooker.
Open the lid, add coriander leaves for smell :)

The above recipe will suffice for 2 ppl for 2 course meal :D

Saambar
Same as Dal fry and then continue further.
Have tamarind paste in a pan and boil 2 cups of water. Let the water boil well.
Put 3 FULL spoons of sambar powder.
Pour this on the dal fry.
Boil oil with mustard seeds and add it to the mix for additional taste

Serves 4 people

Rasam
Simplest of all !!
Boil tamarind paste in 3 cups of water.
When it is about to boil, put in a tea spoon of turmeric powder, ginger paste
Add pepper powder too
Cut the tomato into pieces.
Add 3 spoons of rasam powder.
Let the concotion boil ;)
Put in tomato into this boiling mix.
Add coriander leaves, salt for taste.

Hope this helps :D

wots cooking

2008-03-13T22:14:00.000-07:00

Well from a novice bachelors' rasam to an expert bachelor rasam the transformation had its fair share of ups and downs. The first dosa very well had the qualification to be called as kuthu barota and the second one resembled an african american in its color :) Well the fourth one was South Indian in colour the "Chocolate brown" :). Noooodles, corn flakes, cold coffee, bread, jam, curd, butter milk, froot loops, milk, popcorn, bajji saves the day. The ever savior roti with dal can never be forgotten.From lemon rice to Puliogare the best combination still remains vatha kuzhambu sutta applam. Learn cooking else learn to eat what you cook :D

Sketchy sketches

2008-03-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

Well, it all started as a curiosity. Some sketches came amazingly good while I botched many during final stages.. Why do I sketch ?

6) Keeps my mind calm
5) Its a challenge
4) Its a serene experience
3) Helps to think better
2) I love pictures....
1) I like sketching :-)

Give ur comments here

Engg support

2008-03-10T22:02:00.000-07:00

We had perhaps heard about umpteen stupid customer support calls and equal number of replies. Does the next line of support offer a better response ? Check these real life conversations and be a judge.

Engg: Can you load the xyz.jar
Cu: I dont have the jar in my machine
Engg: Oh ok, thats not a problem please run xyz.jar

Cu: Product is not working
Engg: Can you please tell me if it had worked before ?
Cu: Its not working from day 1.
Engg: Can you show me the working instance.

Cu: The fixed.jar is not running properly
Engg: No no you should not run the fixed.jar you should run the temp_engg_untested.jar
Cu: But... bah never mind

Ah the pleasure of free food

2008-03-03T15:41:00.001-08:00

One of the "perks" of working in a giant company is ... FREE FOOD. yippieeee !! Cookiess of all flavors, sandwiches, fruits, cutlets, sweet puffs. top it all with a 500 ml ice cream from Baskin Robbins with Strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, almonds and pista flavors to choose from. burp !! :D It was a nice time to meet people. The senior VPs, Directors were present and was a nice time saying hello to them and seeing people in conversation. I really like this Ice cream. Cold outside, freezing ice cream inside. Its hotttttt :-)

thaniye

2008-02-28T21:31:00.000-08:00

A typical day starts with body clock alarm ringing @ 6 AM.
Morning nature rituals and then
10 mins of morning prayer
Call home and chat with frnds till 7:30
Cook rice Make rasam
Bathhhhhh
OMG 8:30, guys still sleepin....
Guzzle down chenna / chapathi / corn flakes
Ah its jus 9 --- Pack Bag
OMG its 9:15
Walk and ride to aapice to reach by 10
Attend conf call
Work starts..... finish by lunch
Lunch time [eat alone :( ]
Its jus 3,,,,,,, Its jus 4,,,,,,,,, yay Its 5
Its jus 5:15, 5:20.. 5:30,,,,,, call cab
Reach home by 6
Check mails, try to watch movies with pop corn
yay its 7, mokkaify frnds
8:30 yay mkt opened
9 Dinner 10 doze off

Life chugs alonggggggggg

stanford

2008-02-24T08:08:00.000-08:00

Well I stepped into stanford univ for the first time [as a visitor]. The vast expanse, the hoover tower, rodin sculptures, greenery, hallways, people around all met expectations. Wait along Stanford, a visiting professor of IIT will pay you a visit in another 25 years. Be prepared to host his lecture. :-)

amberica

2008-02-24T08:03:00.000-08:00

so the guy went frm aminjikarai to amberica and wot did he like and dislike on his first week ?
Likes :
The orderliness and cleanliness
The importance to pedestrians

Dislikes:
The culture of the young americans
Weather is sort of non stop raining
all dull colors worn
The need for a car

May be as time moves on things mite change

3 ships

2008-02-02T09:42:00.000-08:00

What does it take to cripple and terrorise India ? Paki nuclear arsenal/ terrorists/ family politics/ three ship anchors ? Well if reports are to be believed, 60 % of Indian internet and thus its economy, job and major lifestyle was hampered by 3 cable cuts in mediterranean. May be planning for BCP DRP is needed more for ISP cable operators... The news that duration of cable repair could be anything between a week to 10 days is worrying...

News :

couple of dozens

2008-01-30T09:30:00.000-08:00

The engine had started chugging sometime back. The coal and steam powered engine chugged along merrily, happily, enjoying the ride, looking around the other trains and terrains but mostly keeping its eyes on the tracks. It does not know where the track leads to, but feels confident of its destiny. Now that a two dozen stations have been passed, the engine while chugging along looks back to see the path traversed. Each bogie brought back memories of a different path traversed, line - men crossed, trains overtaken, detours followed, terrains and meadows. It had been a smooth ride by any standard. The engine was well known but still leading a small train. By the time it reaches the destination the engine aspires to become a trans continental. Well Who is John Galt ?

As the engine crossed the 24th station, few made note of the small milestone. The engine thanked the quietness and its creator.

Service to god

2008-01-27T10:00:00.000-08:00

I had this nagging question. I have heard many say this. "Service to god". They do the service here in this world and they yearn to continue doing the service even after their death. They want to serve the all powerful, omni potent, ever loving, ever lasting, all knowing, kind, ageless god. Waitta minute. In this todays' world I have a button to switch on the A.C when I need, will you go there to fan the god there ? With a click my lamps glow, does god expect you to hold on to lanterns there? Doesnt it look second grade service to first rate god? Something wrong somewhere.....

1st CinC of India

2008-01-23T00:36:00.001-08:00

111th Birthday of the first CinC of India. The government "forgets" the
icon, but few still remember him.
May his memories live long ...

Elemental control

2008-01-20T08:59:00.000-08:00

The puranas and mythologies of Bharat states that demons had in their control all the 5 elements of nature and that the elements were taking orders from those demons. Hard to believe. All sham thats what I felt. Bah !!!!

I just entered my room after switching on the borewell, just to pump the water up to the overhead tank. Came in and switched on the fan to have a better circulation of air. After a while, my mom gave me a steaming hot cup of coffee just off from the gas stove. The television was explaining the ozone holes that CFCs were creating. Just then it stuck me Iam a demon too much like in our mythologies. Controlling water flow, air circulation, instant - fire, controlling the atmosphere and earth. The mythologies may be stories, but stories with logic :D

deFAULT

2008-01-05T07:58:00.000-08:00

A contractor takes a contract to renovate a multi storied cine complex. Misfortune smiles and the contractor could not pay the dues for the loan he took for the contract job. Now, what is the option available to the money lender ? Ask the contractor ? court case ? Confiscate the contractor belongings? Fine. Can he confiscate and sell off the cine complex? Check here.

The temple lands belong to God. The godmen are just the contractors.

pArAdOx

2007-12-28T10:00:00.000-08:00

Paradox: Suppose I wish to cross the room. First, of course, I must cover half the distance. Then, I must cover half the remaining distance. Then, I must cover half the remaining distance. Then I must cover half the remaining distance . . . and so on forever. The consequence is that I can never get to the other side of the room.

What this actually does is to make all motion impossible, for before I can cover half the distance I must cover half of half the distance, and before I can do that I must cover half of half of half of the distance, and so on, so that in reality I can never move any distance at all, because doing so involves moving an infinite number of small intermediate distances first.

Now, since motion obviously is possible, the question arises, what is wrong with this logic? What is the "flaw in the logic?"

Source : http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/zeno_tort/
Thanks to MK

Partition

2007-12-27T08:28:00.000-08:00

Thank god, Mountbatten, Gandhi and Jinnah. Pakistan was given birth. India was partitioned in a bloody manner. With hindsight one is tempted to say it was not partition but amputation. The gangrene taken off ? Why is it that the Bharat is successful in most fronts while not an iota of peace prevails in neighboring state? With its leaders [albeit corrupt] being targeted and sent off the world, I sincerely hope there is hope for people of pakistan. May peace return to the forlorn country.

WHO AM I

2007-12-24T09:43:00.000-08:00

Well I asked this question to my ubuntu linux box and it said badhri :P guess it is fundooo. I asked the same question to my self. Blank. [Guess Iam not so very bright]. Am I this body? Made of hormones, flesh, bones, proteins ? Well seems ok. But which chemical says it needs a 2 BHK house, ladoo, jilebi to eat, a long car to drive. H2SO4, HNO3, NaOH never asked me all these during my chemistry labs. whoami ?

Payam

2007-12-24T09:37:00.000-08:00

Hair cut !!! the sound of scissor tick tick makes me go dhik dhik :D. Now leave these, the examination for medical checkup, with all the dangling wires pinned on to the body and the ECG blips makes one surely anxious. Add to this, a wire suddenly going plop and the attendant nonchalantly plugging it back on to the body. creeps !! As if all these are not enuf, a lamp shone on the eyes while inside a closed dark room in the pretext of a eye checkup. podhum da saami. Enuf of exciting experiences.

Time tu[r]ner

2007-12-20T19:47:00.000-08:00

If only I could turn the dial back !! With the power of hindsight so many mistakes can be rectified. So many forgotten things done properly !! So many birthday wishes wished on dot, so many duels avoided, so much money that could be made from the stock market :D, so many accidents avoided.

Alas ! we have to own our actions...

Kalyaana Saapadu

2007-12-05T23:23:00.001-08:00

Why is that it is always a custom that the weddings always have a sumptuous feast ? வயிராற சாப்பிட்டு மனமாற வாழ்த்தவும் is a saying. Why a meal ? Well it is based on a logic it seems. We always thank a person whole heartedly and wish him good [only] when he / she does something good for us. During marriage the newly weds require all the best wishes from people gathered. With this being the case, lets say instead of food, the guests are given jewels : then there is an obvious comparison and people are never satisfied with enough wealth, same is the case of money, land, clothes and everything.... The only possible option is to provide food : for it is based on ones' capability that one can eat. [I cannot eat 50 idlies just because the other guy took 20 idlies, but I would surely love 50 Rs if the other guy gets 20 Rs :D] Also, with the stomach filled after a long tiring day of work, the food when it goes inside brings out the wishes involuntarily. :-)

Thamizh kelvi

2007-12-03T23:17:00.001-08:00

முத்தமிழ் என்று கூறிக்கொள்ளும் தமிழ் அன்பர்களுகு ஒரு கேள்வி. இயல், இசை, நாடகம் என்பனவே முத்தமிழ் என்று கூறுகிறார்கள். கைக் குழந்தை மொழியாம் ஆங்கிலத்தில் கூட இயல் - prose இசை - poems நாடகம் - drama உண்டு. இதில் என்ன பெருமை தமிழுக்கு? ஆங்கிலத்தில் ஆயிரம் பாக்கள் என்றால் தமிழில் பத்தாயிரம் பாக்கள் என வைத்துக் கொள்ளலாம். மற்றபடி வேறு ஒன்றும் இல்லையே[யா]. முத்தமிழ் என்பது இதுவே ஆயின் அது அந்த மொழியின் தனி சிறப்பாகாது. முத்தமிழ் என்பதன் விளக்கம் யாது? தமிழுக்கு மட்டுமே உரித்தான இவை மூன்றின் தனி அம்சம் என்ன?

Kelvi - 2

2007-11-23T23:43:00.000-08:00

Come an occasion we have a standard recipe. Even Gods seem to like their favorite recipes. To give an example

Gokulashtami - cheedai
Ram navami - paanagam, neer more
Navarathri - sundal
Diwali - sweets
Pongal - pongal, karumbu
Karthigai deepam - pori urundai
Hanuman - milagu vadai
Amman - koozh
pillaiyaar - kozhukkatai

Is it that the gods ask for all these or we want to test our culinary skills and give our taste buds a workout all through the year ? :D

Psychological defeat

2007-11-20T05:16:00.001-08:00

West Indies is gonna play a match against the south africans in a Cricket match. There are two ways to approach this match. One with an awe, fear and dejected mentality with a foregone conclusion that WI is gonna lose. When WI starts playing with this mindset from the outset, it becomes difficult to even lose with grace. It becomes an outright lop sided match. Worse still if this happens in a finals, then it becomes unbearable for the cricket lovers. A team toying with another because the match had gotten over before the first ball was ever bowled. Well I played my Singles TT finals match today like WI.

Kelvi - 1

2007-11-17T21:06:00.000-08:00

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மனிதர்களை புரிந்து கொள்வதற்காக கடவுள், மனித வடிவத்தில் வருவதாக பலரும் நம்பிக்கைக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள், ஆனால் இது சரியான நம்பிக்கை இல்லை. டேப் ரிக்கார்டரை நாம் தயாரிக்க வேண்டுமென்றால், நாம் டேப் ரிக்கார்டராக வேண்டிய அவசியமில்லை. டேப் ரிக்கார்டரை தயாரித்துவிட்டு, அதை எப்படி இயக்க வேண்டும் என்ற வழிகாட்டும் நூலை மட்டும்தான் நாம் தயாரிக்க வேண்டும். இதேபோல் மனிதனைப் படைத்த இறைவன், மனிதன் எப்படி வாழ வேண்டும் என்பதற்கான வழிகாட்டும் நூலை மட்டும்தான் அனுப்ப வேண்டும், அவன் மனிதனாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்ற அவசியமில்லை. மனிதன் எப்படி வாழ வேண்டும் என்பதற்கான சிறந்த நூலை கடவுளைத் தவிர வேறு யாராலும் எழுத முடியாது. அந்த சிறந்த நூலாக - இறைவன் அனுப்பிய நூலாக xyz அமைந்துள்ளது

This point was raised by a person in front of a huge audience. Any answers ???

Kollywoodin killu keerai

2007-11-17T20:57:00.001-08:00

´சார் பிட் இப்போ போடுவீங்களா ? இல்லை பாடம் முடிஞ்சதும் போடுவீங்களா? ' என்று சந்தேகம் கேட்கிறார். ஆசிரியரோ தலையில் அடித்துக்கொண்டு, ' உங்களை திருத்தவே முடியாதுடா' என்கிறார் . அதற்கு சந்தானம், 'ஆனானப்பட்ட சிவபெருமானே பிட்டுக்கு மண் சுமந்தார். நாங்க பிட்டைப் பத்திப் பேசக் கூடாதா? ' என்று படுகேவலமான ஒரு வசனத்தைப் பேசுகிறார். இதைக்கேட்டு வெறுத்துப் போன ஆசிரியர் 'டேய் அது அந்த பிட் இல்லைடா ' என்று சொல்ல, அதற்கு 'ஓ ... பரீட்சையில எல்லாம் அடிப் பாங்களே அந்த பிட்டா? ' என்பதாகச் சொல்வதோடு அந்தக் காட்சி முடிகிறது. பிட்டு படம் என்றாலே ஆபாசப் படம் என்னும் நிலையில்...

This is an excerpt from the Vijay starrer ATM. This is not a one off in Tamil Cinema. All contemporary actors delve in this sort of gimmicks. Vijay has done this before in his ghilli song sequence derogating the hindu deities. Kamal on his part in PKS imitates Shiva by posing as the pasupathi chewing bubble gum. Portraying temple thiruvizha as a perfect timing for lovers to elope, terrorists to plant bombs, fights inside temple, pujaris to be teased and portraying gods to be the pot bellied lazy bum have become a norm.

Films are not making deities famous, they are drawing mileage from the lords. I suggest that the financiers do puja for Moo devi instead of Lakshmi on their inaugural day and make phun of it. Sickk,,,,, I can suggest that the comedian suggests the hero to ride a horse and land on the moon for muhammad had gone to heaven by riding the buraq. But I wont suggest it. I respect others' religious feelings unlike the creative minds @ kollywood. I may also suggest something along the Davinci code to be taken in movies. But I wont stoop down. But if the trend continues it is bound to cause embarrassment to the film industry. Take note... Better dont meddle with religion in partisan manner...

RACKS venaam PAARU

2007-11-17T02:31:00.000-08:00

Is it a trend or wot ? Ladies on par with gents... eating out late, riding the bike with 'friends', wearing modern dresses have become an accepted though frowned upon norm in the so called urban indian cities. The trend is taken to an extreme by those who have just stepped in to the booming indian industries. 16 years of innocence and the girl suddenly turns a modern gal when stepping into college, and the metamorphosis takes another step when stepping out of the college. Free from the educational pressure in the first instance, the second being the economic freedom.

But does that allow them to eat, sip and dine with their friends on the same plate & glass in a workplace. Does that entitle them a freedom to pinch, giggle, slap their friends in public ? Most of all does that mean they can be careless about the way they attire. yuck ! you may be beautiful or exotic but we [I for sure] dont want all these done in front of public eye. Even guys are modest and are conscious nowadays. Grow up kidoos.

PS: The title is relevant to the post. I dont want to explain it explicitly.

Means mean a lot

2007-11-05T19:02:00.000-08:00

We are so much drawn to the ideal utopian, the goal is so much more enchanting, so much more alluring, so much bigger in our mental horizon, that we lose sight of the details altogether. Analyse failures critically, and in ninety-nine per cent of cases we shall find that it was because we did not pay attention to the means. Proper attention to the identifying, strengthening and finishing of the means is what we need. With the means all right, the end must come.

We forget that it is the cause that produces the effect; the effect cannot come by itself; and unless the causes are exact and proper the effect will not be produced. Once the ideal is chosen and the means determined, we may almost let go the ideal, because we are sure it will be there, when the means are perfected. When the cause is there, there is no more difficulty about the effect, the effect is bound to come. If we take care of the cause, the effect will take care of itself. The realization of the ideal is the effect. The means are the cause: attention to the means, therefore, is the great secret of life.

-- Modified version of Vivekananda speech. This rang a bell about something that I heard long time back..

Kannagi

2007-11-04T09:57:00.000-08:00

karppirkku arasi kannagi. The widely popular, revered, worshipped, awe-inspiring demi-goddess statured lady. She gets all the fame, name, power because she is the symbol of karpu. er waitta min. No one in the ´story´ misbehaved, kannagi-teased [eve-tease] her. No one even dared to do even try that. If karpu means to stay true to husband in literal ´physical´ sense as told these days then we have karuppukkarasigal thousands of them. Whats so special about Kannagi? What litmus test did she pass to be elevated to such a high pedestal ?

Bold uncertainty ....

2007-10-31T00:46:00.001-07:00

Before the palace sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asks to gain entry into the palace. But the gatekeeper says that he cannot grant him entry at the moment. The man thinks about it and then asks if he will be allowed to come in later on. "It is
possible," says the gatekeeper, "but not now." At the moment the gate to the palace stands open, as always, and the gatekeeper walks to the side, so the man bends over in order to see through the gate into the inside and the princess.

When the gatekeeper notices that, he laughs and says: "If it tempts you so much, try it in spite of my prohibition. But take note: I am powerful. And I am only the most lowly gatekeeper. But from room to room stand gatekeepers, each more powerful than the other. I can't even endure even one glimpse of the third." The man from the country has not expected such difficulties: the palace should always be accessible for everyone, he thinks, but as he now looks more closely at the gatekeeper in his fur coat, at his large pointed nose and his long, thin, black Tartar's beard, he decides that it would be better to wait until he gets permission to go inside. The gatekeeper gives him a stool and allows him to sit down at the side in front of the gate.

There he sits for days and years. He makes many attempts to be let in, and he wears the gatekeeper out with his requests. The gatekeeper often interrogates him briefly, questioning him about his homeland and many other things, but they are indifferent questions, the kind great men put, and at the end he always tells him once more that he cannot let him inside yet. The man, who has equipped himself with many things for his journey, spends everything, no matter how valuable, to win over the gatekeeper. The latter takes it all but, as he does so, says, "I am taking this only so that you do not think you have failed to do anything."

During the many years the man observes the gatekeeper almost continuously. He forgets the other gatekeepers, and this one seems to him the only obstacle for entry into the palace. He curses the unlucky circumstance, in the first years thoughtlessly and out loud, later, as he grows old, he still mumbles to himself. He becomes childish and, since in the long years studying the gatekeeper he has come to know the fleas in his fur collar, he even asks the fleas to help him persuade the gatekeeper. Finally his eyesight grows weak, and he does not know whether things are really darker around him or whether his eyes are merely deceiving him.

But he recognizes now in the darkness an illumination which breaks inextinguishably out of the gateway to the palace. Now he no longer has much time to live. Before his death he gathers in his head all his experiences of the entire time up into one question which he has not yet put to the gatekeeper. He waves to him, since he can no longer lift up his stiffening body. The gatekeeper has to bend way down to him, for the great difference has changed things to the disadvantage of the man.

"What do you still want to know, then?" asks the gatekeeper. "You are insatiable." "Everyone seeks the princess," says the man, "so how is that in these many years no one except me has requested entry?" The gatekeeper sees that the man is already dying and, in order to reach his
diminishing sense of hearing, he shouts at him, "Here no one else can gain entry, since this entrance was assigned only to you. You should have gone in to seek the hand. I'm going now to close it."

math thought

2007-10-31T00:32:00.000-07:00

Omega, Omega-like, and Computably Enumerable
Random Real Numbers all may be a single class.

Should I be concerned? Is this the sign
of a fatal fault line in the logic of our world?

You shouldn't worry, I'm told,
about such things, but how to be indifferent
if you don't understand?

Standing here, we do not sense
any tectonic rearrangement beneath our feet.

Despite such reassurance I feel increasing un-ease.
Randomness is rising around my knees.

Remember how we felt when we learned
that one infinity could contain another?
Somewhere between the unreachable
and the invisible I had hoped for an answer.

Cry or fry ?

2007-10-26T07:59:00.000-07:00

Do I cry or do I divert my anger towards the parents / guardians instilling this uncorrupted hatred in the pure hearts.......

Needhi

2007-10-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

Be helpful to the dear ones
merciful to the servants
cunning with the bad ones
true hearted to the good ones
lawful to the king
honest with the learned
courageous to the foes
patient with parents and teacher
strong hearted with the ladies

topic 18 Needhi sadhakam
-- by Barthruhari
[translated crudely]

Ice Finn

2007-10-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

Well it was the cold finn who won. Dispelling qualms about a McLaren product in Reds, as a successor albeit of different type, Reds still rule. The Mclarens just let the opportunities slip by and helped the prancing pony to lead. Hope the next year is as entertaining and not so filled with scandal as this year.

IT Majors whats happening

2007-10-16T10:25:00.000-07:00

Its been close to 2 years since I wrote this post. Similar post again :-)

Yahoo : Yahoo conducted the hackers contest in India for first time...

M$ : Non stop chatter by Ballmer. Alleging to file litigation suits against open source community, competitors and all those who are not partners. The surface computing catches eye and so does the 3d visualisation with photo previews.

SUN : Well took the world by storm by giving out Solaris 10 to communtiy. S/w as service..... ZFS, Zones it doesnt stop to amaze me.

Red Hat : Taking Oracle, M$, other upcoming Distros and still surviving.......

Google : Rumors galore about gphone. Really these people are not going to stop without globes' information in their pockets.

Indian IT : As usual the blue eyed baby of Indian service sector. Just that the profit % increase reduced.

Apple : Ipod, Iphone. The green litigation, abrupt price reduction of iphone, tie up with ATT. A mixed reaction from its users

Cisco : Acquiring and gobbling as usual. Telepresence the magic.....

Juniper : A turnaround story

Did I miss anything major? Drop a comment.

The bull soars

2007-10-10T09:37:00.000-07:00

The symbol of fighting, stretching oneself to the hilt, onwards and upwards. The symbol implies the above as like red implies caution. Funny, I remember that the magic stone with bull symbol indicates strength in jackie chan cartoons :D. Before you frown about this ´mokkai´ nope it is not about the career growth of mine, nor is it about the economic growth of India, nor its stock indices, ahem not even about the prices. Its about my blog. Hurray the count hits 300!! its life time high [till the next post] Thanks to the readers [whoever they are]

Thamiza thamiza

2007-10-06T07:04:00.000-07:00

Ravana is a tamil. Sangam veithu valartha thamizh mannil pirandha thamizhan. Ram killed the thamizhan. I will oppose all that is Ram. -- A thamizh politician.

Ettappan thamizhan. Anniyargalai ethirtha thamizh naatil pirandhavan. Avarai throgi aakiyadhu suzhchi. Do please support him.

high heels

2007-10-06T06:17:00.000-07:00

Place : A posh eatery. The place I like for the timeliness and promptness. The place is oft visited by whos who of small screen and others. Now, its a timepass to be able to see them in real as against the reel. Seeing their attire, seshtais, I guess their reel life is far better than their real one. Ever crossed the cooum bridge without holding the breath? well, when each one walks past you it is a distinctly different fragrance that crosses you making you hold the breath. The highest heels, well `manicured` hair [aaradi kundhal ille arai adi kundhal] makes you turn your head in disgust. Well few good looking damsels too visit the place :P

A dinner bill of 10$ makes them apply makeup for equal amount I guess. thevaiya ?

Kalam Dhoni

2007-09-24T22:06:00.000-07:00

Abdul Kalam wanted India to be a super power in 2020. And Mahendra singh Dhoni took it literally ;). India wins the Twenty twenty cricket world championshiop.

Kalam Solraan Dhoni Seiyaraan

jainism & Buddhism

2007-09-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

Thamizh naadu. Jainism and Buddhism [samanar & baudhar] came to spread their religion in tamil nadu. Interestingly Jainism got atleast a foothold as when compared to buddhism. Analysing their approach we find that the jains [samanar] took pains to learn the rich thamizh language and went on to create works in thamizh. This helped them to reach the masses more as compared to the buddhists. Their dharma related works still rank among the best compiled.

Now, there is a viewpoint that the jainism and buddhism did not flourish since the kings had killed them by kazhuvetram. According to me it is sheer non sense. If the kings had been so strict to restrict other religions we should have seen the pastors and maulvis too being killed. History did not mention this. Now, after the discussions and vaadhangal, the jains took the defeat in their viewpoint and avargale kazuverinaargal. No one had to force them, they repented for their theological viewpoints as applicable in this land as mistakes. The recorded similarity is that, the knowledgeable Amarasimhan had gone to burn his lifetime manuscripts [thousands] after being defeated by Adi sankara.

My case stands rested.

Keezvalakkam

2007-09-23T19:41:00.000-07:00

It was just another weekend, and I happen to visit one of our family friends. The grand old person in the family happen to say indha kaalathu pasangalukku keezvalakkam theryardhe illa, eppavum ada po thatha calculator irukku sollraanga. hmpfff. I just asked er what is this keezvalakkam. He then proceeded to explain the word.

2 * 2 = 4
3 * 3 = 9
4 * 2 = 8

idhellam melvaalakkam [mel vaai ilakkam] meaning multiplication tables of whole numbers. the fractional multiplication tables [multiplication of fractions less than 1] is keezvalakkam. great. So eg plzzz

mukkaal mukkaal araiyemaakani
er : it means 3/4 * 3/4 = half one maakani and one maakani in tamil is equal to 1/16 that efectively means :
3/4 * 3/4 = 1/2 + 1/16 = 9/16
sooper. namakku calculator thaan nu nenachen, but it amazes me that our fore fathers had gone to have this level of mathematics in their lives.

poli ticks

2007-09-12T21:59:00.001-07:00

Indian politics is a barely functioning anarchy. People stoop lower by the day. It has hit such bottom levels that the central government declared a revered incarnation of the god of this land a myth and phony. Does it matter? Its for those hindooos and those hard core fanatics to rant few may say [I was one of them]. But we draw a line somewhere and for me it just crossed by the government calling my lord phony and myth.

Will Italian government declare jesus phony and myth,
Will Saudi call allah a phony myth ?

The land of Rama calls Ram a myth. It will not take long to trample other religious feelings. United we stand, Abettors fall.

Update: A political stunt by the reel PM and the spineless party workers now claim that their 'leader' has saved Lord Ram. Sick utterly Sick...

Pillai yaar

2007-09-10T06:44:00.001-07:00

It is an old pillaiyar temple located @ a posh chennai locality. Its just another ordinary day and oh! I just forgot, it was a weekend, a cricket match played by India, Indian hockey match, F1 qualifiers, a nice movie telecasted in a channel. May be the devotees just gave the lord a vacation. Well nonetheless, yours truly was there idling sitting alone mulling over thoughts near one of those fav. old temple pillars. It so happened that I was astonished to see a 'courteous' auto wallah helping to organize the vehicles on the road and asking the trickle of devotees to leave the sandals in an organized manner outside temple gates. Improving eh !. Then I thought oh well I came to see pillaiyar and think about him. Well thoughts went about the trunk he had, the huge ears, the broken tusk, the reason that should have gone in to personify pillaiyar as he is now. Some thoughts stuck while some got struck. Back to reality..... Pillaiyar was there in the sanctom, but neither the priest nor a devotee was seen in front of him. Flash : Is it that the lord is there and devotees are missing ? or the lord is missing the devotees.

Yours truly just got up and went home after prostrating....

Reason

2007-09-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

கல் தோன்றி மண் தோன்றா காலத்தே வாளோடு -
முன் தோன்றிய மூத்தக்குடி தமிழ் குடி.

Even before the age of sand formation from rocks,
The tamils were there with the sword.

Its nice to hear this. But a jmall question. If the age is such that the sand has not formed from the rocks, how did the trees grow? If the trees have not yet grown, how did the tamils get logs? If there is no logs how did they lit the fire? If they have not lit the fire, how did they cast the iron to sword? Even more basic is the question : If the trees have not formed, how did he eat? If he was carnivorous what did those carnivorous eat? Konfuzed.

Rakhi a look back

2007-08-31T06:53:00.001-07:00

<---- Holy symbol

Biggest ---->

<---- First set

Full set ---->

Avittam

2007-08-28T03:21:00.000-07:00

A special day for all those paarpanargaL. [Check the meaning of that word, DK school loyalists]. A nice welcome time to reflect and reaffirm the beliefs of the year gone-by and the year ahead. Its also time for the printing press maakans to rake in 5 bucks for giving out a 2 page bit notice filled with typing mistakes on eve of Avani avittam. :( .A good day for the sisters to rake in the moolah from their 'poor' unsuspecting brothers :P. Happy Rakhi to the brothers and their sisters....