Generalised note on different set of people types I worked with.
Well what can I say of the reverse culture shock....
to begin with, let me tell a note of few contrasting work cultures -
USA = value for time and money, family first principle. There is always fear of the fear of pink slip, so you are not as good as you think, until you have the job next day!
UK = value for money, time and family. Get paid for 8 hours, working for 10 hours.
UAE = value for good food, nice clothes etc., work, family and money. Work for 4 days and get paid for 6 days with special yearly vacations, but low salaries.
India = value for money (=time! suck them more!), family last... Job security is getting diluted as good as US, with pittance as salary. (personal experience, with inflation adjustments)
Noteworthy in the above is USA and India, to compare with my own experiences.
First in India, (I will not tell the company names for the sake of confidentiality of their nuances)
Stickler for times - Sundararaman, my senior was very keen on punctuality etc. One day I was late by 5 minutes to work, and he was rampant with his huge body, with strict time measures and work ethics. I said sorry and continued my work on supporting few lakhs worth software order (3 persons effort). The office timing was 9 AM to 5.30 PM, with 30 minutes break (official!). So when the clock struck 5.35PM, I looked my watch in front of S, and made my move to home. Nothing come's extra to work. At 7 in the evening, i had an unexpected guest in the house, even with his huge body, S had climbed up 3 flights of stairs and had come to meet me. I thought I was in joepardy (even though I had few offers in hand, but waiting on the bonus). He didnt say anything, he just asked me to come out for a dinner (chat). The dinner went fine, and when I was about to hire the auto back to home, he said - I am sorry, you proved a point and handed me a letter. With a smile on his face he said, you are promoted, so please stay back.
Party mongers - It so happens that in those days, with a salary of Rs 3000/-, having about 300 to 400 rs in the purse was princely sum. my friends, knew all the time and made me pay, and even though they are obligated to pay for/share for what they eat, it used to be on me and I never used to go back around to collect. I remember one guy telling me, " I just had one roti and little kurma, why should I pay!". In fact one other guy even shouted back to me, I am not going to run away giving back your money, while he was actually packing to leave abroad the very next day! Oxymorons. what they owed me those days would have been 10% of their networth, and today I would expect them to part with me 10% of their current networth!
Work life love interests - (This is not mine) There was this nice eyed, buck toothed girl, who was so interested in a guy, of the exceptional model qualities. She came with an idea, out of the blue moon and walked to this fellow and says, "Look my family is looking for alliance, but I like you, so if you are keen, do talk to my Dad!". The guy was bamboozled, and didnt know what to do, he cant complain, of the reverse discrimination, nor, tell anyone about it (except me, of course :-) ). He started crying! The girl was startled and ran away, never to return back to work. I am told she was helped by another colleague of mine, to get married to a US based person later. I did see a picture of her later, with a good smile! (nice dentist work, I think so!).
Friends - friendship and parties apart, there was none to help out in terms of career. Of course people were very keen on getting the short cut to go abroad. A friend of mine, who never told anyone, that his visa was processed and he was moving abroad, but used to take help of others and learn as much as he can and also pass certain comments like "I hate working abroad" etc. When the chance came, he was the first to take a flight. He is living with his family in his palatial house at upstate New York.
I also remember swollen faces and hangovers, but good careers of certain friends. Hardly I can comprehend how they pulled it off! Something was always worked on the backend.
There was a friend of mine, who liked to stay alone and zip-zap in a bike, but was never a contender for a girl in the work place. One fine day, she was to leave for her Masters away, so this guy, goes and hands over a card. She started crying.... Atleast, they liked that time, and when the train was moving she and she proposed, and they were married - one year after she finished the course. Now they live happily in Michigan.
There is a friend of mine, who was so worried that even with being 4 years elder and also with 2.5 years work experience, he was making only Rs 20/- more per month, in basic salary. What logic? (he didnt get the idea that performance pays!)
Rotten minds - a colleague of mine, lately I saw him in the streets of Chennai, with dirty unkempt clothes and looks, un-combed .... begging on the street very recently. Probably he was out of his mind for want of money. He had joined the job with fake provisional certificate. Companies do hire without check those days unlike now. He got caught into bad friends, drink and drug stuff I think and being the only son of the widowed mother, he had his says in life. Best clothes, parties, fun, girls etc. He couldnt clear one paper, and never got his degree. He went and joined another co., and never made it. I saw him in the central station, 8 years ago, sleeping on the lengthy cement chairs (now replaced). He saw me, recognised me and didnt know what to do. My brother was with me then. He walked to me and asked my brother," do you have matches!". My brother doesnt smoke, so he said, "sorry, dont have.". So he went back and slept again. To make this stroy short. If he had had the stable mind he could have made it!
Friends who Steal Ideas. I was bitten twice. (If "you" read and get offended, I dont care!). When I made up my mind to return to India, I was very keen on starting something of my own. So I was talking to this friend of mine, about a certain idea, where his experience would suit and pull something off together and go the venture way. We met in India, and I delayed taking my fulltime job,. to earn little more, till I get a VC. I set him with a friend of mine, who had a SW co. and got him space. Nothing was in writing. I used to meet quite often once in a month and give more ideas etc. One day, another friend of his comes into the picture, who had a VC commitment, and walked away with this idea and my friend. He was sold. I ended up with nothing for the hard effort (on the side though!). The same friend fell out of terms with the other guy, and he walks out with the sell of share (few milions I guess!). I met him later, by chance, while he was struggling to start something on his own, without any ideas. I was feverishly making picthes this time, to different VC on my 'Voice, Click and Send" Voice SMS product idea (created by my wife), after my first venture failed and I was back in mainstream. He spoke to me, at one such VC place, and I fell for his guile again. One bitten twice shy, did not strike me. Nor did i ask about the failed previous venture idea, where he walked away. I explained him my new venture, and once again talked of my wife taking an active role than me, as I had to earn little more as I had flunked in another venture of my own (I will write about it separately). He agreed to give 50% stake, in the new venture and left. The idea, was gone (I slipped again!) 18 months later, I see the same idea, as a Malaysian funded VC co. and now in news again with a product. Few millions in the drain for me. Third strike, You are out, they say in USA (baseball terminlogy). I am going to go back with a vengeance in the third time, if he tries to trick me again. Now I am working on the mobile blogging idea, and let me see how that works out. (where I dont see a penny coming along).
There was another friend of mine, who wanted to start something for his brother, in India, and I helped in getting space in the SEZ park. The verbal agreement, was, my wife would be a stakeholder. Nothing signed with friends, and you are not expected to do it. They were also looking for alliance for the brother. So I work with a product idea of catalogs, and presented. I was in India, my buddy was in US, and his brother in India. His brother came to me and sort of begged, as the investment was "few lakhs only" (not realising the venture returns), he would like to show this co. as his own, to get a good healthy dowry and match. My parents were are spoken to on this and they forced me, and I being bitten twice earlier, had to give away the few lakhs opportunity for the want of a stable income. Down in drains, 2 million USD again. Now that brother, a non engineer, is a product development manager, in the co acquired that acquired them in 2 years.
There is another friend of mine, in the same city where am now, whom I had helped with ideas of running a software co., now works for his manager in the other co. That manager, cannot go back to gulf, as his boss, as he claims, that he was forced to borrow 100 K AED from a UAE bank, for business and never returned and ran-off as his boss closed shop. So this manager, joins another software co., after floundering the co. of my friend and did a deed of hiring him. On the personal front, my friend had lost family wealth owing to fire, even though his father is a rags to riches story couldnt save for him.
Ugly bosses (mind though!) - there was one manager of mine, always keen on talking about investments (he knows that I have decent chunk in the market), and so he used to always pull and push me to give him ideas. One day he walked to me and asked to come in to a conf room. I was worried, as I had just started with a new project and didnt get the hang of it, due to very good co-operation of the team. He sort of told me in a hush hush tone, "look, I know your team problems - I can solve it, but you have to help me (pause) fix my investments for better returns, or else...". I walked to the HR manager, the same evening and pulled some strings and next day onwards I never worked with him again. I cannot take black-mailers as bosses.
In the USA, I always had great fun with workers, mostly being a contractor. You cannot lie in work, and they expect trustworthiness.
Friendly boss - I was stunned, to find out, a deal was worked out with another analyst, to keep him on the project, with a promise that, he could move to another consulting co, which was charging about 20% less rate, than the current co. supplier. Never I heard of it in USA. The deal, he saves 20% cost, and keeps the same person on board, flouting ethics... still both are employed there fulltime.
There was also another boss, who was making contractors to work, promising to give compensatory time off, and never stood by his words. I lost 3 weeks of pricely vacation!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Differentiation is the key
Differentiation is the key to get hired, retain talent. The HR guys typically tell about the soap story (why so many varieties but the same function)
I have come across, far-fetching, mouth-balling co's who promise a lot.
There is one company who claims to be one of the best employers in the world, couldnt afford to pay the living allowance more than $800 a month with a commune apt acco provided, for the people visiting from India to USA (for all levels) $30 per day actual, but $100 deducted over a month for the food-stuff provided at work - compared to a previous employer I worked with who could pay $120 per day other than acco...
There is one company who always hires the person one level below and just try to match the salary, and never revise, but instead dole out only ESOPs - cash crunch?
Recently a company was in touch with me to hire me at a CTO level, and they were proceeding as if I was the one for them. One particular day, I was to meet them, tix were not booked, but had to delay by a day owing to my Dental pain. They couldnt wait. No calls to date. Imagine, If I had joined them, what would happen to my personal works etc?
So employees take the family first route and employers the employee first route. It may not go well, if this is not followed and troubled waters in terms of referral etc would happen.
I have come across, far-fetching, mouth-balling co's who promise a lot.
There is one company who claims to be one of the best employers in the world, couldnt afford to pay the living allowance more than $800 a month with a commune apt acco provided, for the people visiting from India to USA (for all levels) $30 per day actual, but $100 deducted over a month for the food-stuff provided at work - compared to a previous employer I worked with who could pay $120 per day other than acco...
There is one company who always hires the person one level below and just try to match the salary, and never revise, but instead dole out only ESOPs - cash crunch?
Recently a company was in touch with me to hire me at a CTO level, and they were proceeding as if I was the one for them. One particular day, I was to meet them, tix were not booked, but had to delay by a day owing to my Dental pain. They couldnt wait. No calls to date. Imagine, If I had joined them, what would happen to my personal works etc?
So employees take the family first route and employers the employee first route. It may not go well, if this is not followed and troubled waters in terms of referral etc would happen.
How do Indian Software companies cheat clients?
Well for the beginning, it is going to be double billing... (of the hard-workers) Definitely not done by any of the ISO or CMM certified companies.
Don't think that they will create names... but, if the clients insists on
(1) provide with roll no's
(2) surprise conf calls
(3) resume delivered
(4) training charged
(5) testing team is always another project team from a different client, without much ado
Thats why they are hiring in truckloads from campus...
Only time they might get caught is, when they are screwing up two clients, and they both ending up merging and checkout on outsourcing candidates....
Also some companies, might give tests and get half the work done (if they dont, they say you are unfit for company, even though they selected in first place - 13.5% is the hit rate in this mode), while 10% of people, slog out to finish the work for client. The rest of 70% other than 20% trainees, and take away another 30% for HR, Admin, other staff, giving you about 40% as the number (10% Senior Mgmt - Maaman, Machchan, Thaatha and Paati's) would be really slacking 9 to 5. I bet those 10% are stuck for life there.
while
others (slackers) sit in meetings
to setup other meetings
the feared work hard to bring in mocha
end
Desert
(with a banana topping)
The HR team (with recruiters/consultants) might (LOL!) end up hiring paid trainees and later sack them after they run out of the money paid as salaries minus the costs of space/pc-time/etc.,
I just remembered how CNN IBN exposed about people walking into big companies paying money. I heard 2 such incident personally from friends, but the guy's were better than the best recruited by the company, so the party goes on, with no increments and low salary.... with fear in mind.
Disclaimer
The above had not happened in any of the companies I have worked with, nor the one I ran (run).
Don't think that they will create names... but, if the clients insists on
(1) provide with roll no's
(2) surprise conf calls
(3) resume delivered
(4) training charged
(5) testing team is always another project team from a different client, without much ado
Thats why they are hiring in truckloads from campus...
Only time they might get caught is, when they are screwing up two clients, and they both ending up merging and checkout on outsourcing candidates....
Also some companies, might give tests and get half the work done (if they dont, they say you are unfit for company, even though they selected in first place - 13.5% is the hit rate in this mode), while 10% of people, slog out to finish the work for client. The rest of 70% other than 20% trainees, and take away another 30% for HR, Admin, other staff, giving you about 40% as the number (10% Senior Mgmt - Maaman, Machchan, Thaatha and Paati's) would be really slacking 9 to 5. I bet those 10% are stuck for life there.
while
others (slackers) sit in meetings
to setup other meetings
the feared work hard to bring in mocha
end
Desert
(with a banana topping)
The HR team (with recruiters/consultants) might (LOL!) end up hiring paid trainees and later sack them after they run out of the money paid as salaries minus the costs of space/pc-time/etc.,
I just remembered how CNN IBN exposed about people walking into big companies paying money. I heard 2 such incident personally from friends, but the guy's were better than the best recruited by the company, so the party goes on, with no increments and low salary.... with fear in mind.
Disclaimer
The above had not happened in any of the companies I have worked with, nor the one I ran (run).
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Deepavali Tamil Movie
Jayam Ravi has acted well. Bhavana is cool after Veyyil.
Well low crowd in Sathyam on the second day, afternoon show!
I thought I saw the producer N.Lingusamy there! (felt like an English Movie)
This is offshoot of the Robert Ludlum novel, rehashed with Love.....
Also a touch on "Memento" with the lady loosing memory, but asking the lover to remember and get her.
Nice way to show the fisherman community. North Chennai with Vijay Milton. Whew!
I think they tried to show the Vijayakumar Character "Mudaliar" with the old stories, as shot in Royapuram, being a Dada and changing later and the son (I thought they said adopted once at "18 years"), with so many blood fight stories coming in... that would have been nice! (a hint of "Nayagan")
Well low crowd in Sathyam on the second day, afternoon show!
I thought I saw the producer N.Lingusamy there! (felt like an English Movie)
This is offshoot of the Robert Ludlum novel, rehashed with Love.....
Also a touch on "Memento" with the lady loosing memory, but asking the lover to remember and get her.
Nice way to show the fisherman community. North Chennai with Vijay Milton. Whew!
I think they tried to show the Vijayakumar Character "Mudaliar" with the old stories, as shot in Royapuram, being a Dada and changing later and the son (I thought they said adopted once at "18 years"), with so many blood fight stories coming in... that would have been nice! (a hint of "Nayagan")
Paaratukkal = Paaratungal
Paaratukkal = Paaratungal
Dear Sujatha Rangarajan Sir,
In todays article in Kumudam (21-Feb-2007), there is a spelling mistake. Paaratukkal = Paaratungal.
On Saying Please.
On Saying No.
How to win friends and Influence People, are some of the books talk about that principle.
Also read the Bharathi's woman Chellamma article and found interesting anecdote of "Agaram"... Well I doubt todays writers would have such issues.
I see writers like yourself Sir, Rajesh Kumar, Devi Bala, Pattukottai Prabhakar and others do have commercial interests... (In fact this was the question I put to you, when you came to PSG Tech, Coimbatore during 1988-9 for Tamil Mandram talk).
As an artist we also see people loosing money in the same craft that got them such fame & dough. For ex. Kamal, Simbu and AVM group.
Also I should congratulate, Manusiya Puthiran (real name Govindasamy?) doing deeds with Uyirmai inspite of his inabilities.
Most writers happens to be Central Govt. employees, who can love and live a pension, and continue the writing tradition. I think, you were too one Sir, now achieved great heights, with well settled family.
I cannot forget what Dindigul Leoni (TV fame) telling the other day that he cannot think a life without pension! So he is still stuck with his high school job.
Solomon Pappiya is another great with this list, and one TV Station Director Natarajan.....
I do see your regularly in the Marina beach, with my wife and kids son and a daughter, crossing in the pathway...
What do you think about Scientific astrology?
Regards
Vijayashankar
Dear Sujatha Rangarajan Sir,
In todays article in Kumudam (21-Feb-2007), there is a spelling mistake. Paaratukkal = Paaratungal.
On Saying Please.
On Saying No.
How to win friends and Influence People, are some of the books talk about that principle.
Also read the Bharathi's woman Chellamma article and found interesting anecdote of "Agaram"... Well I doubt todays writers would have such issues.
I see writers like yourself Sir, Rajesh Kumar, Devi Bala, Pattukottai Prabhakar and others do have commercial interests... (In fact this was the question I put to you, when you came to PSG Tech, Coimbatore during 1988-9 for Tamil Mandram talk).
As an artist we also see people loosing money in the same craft that got them such fame & dough. For ex. Kamal, Simbu and AVM group.
Also I should congratulate, Manusiya Puthiran (real name Govindasamy?) doing deeds with Uyirmai inspite of his inabilities.
Most writers happens to be Central Govt. employees, who can love and live a pension, and continue the writing tradition. I think, you were too one Sir, now achieved great heights, with well settled family.
I cannot forget what Dindigul Leoni (TV fame) telling the other day that he cannot think a life without pension! So he is still stuck with his high school job.
Solomon Pappiya is another great with this list, and one TV Station Director Natarajan.....
I do see your regularly in the Marina beach, with my wife and kids son and a daughter, crossing in the pathway...
What do you think about Scientific astrology?
Regards
Vijayashankar
Monday, February 12, 2007
Indian World Cup Squad 2007 records
Player Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Ave Ct St Overs Runs Wkts Ave SR Econ
SR Tendulkar 374 365 35 14537 186* 44.05 113 0 1244.5 6286 143 43.96 52.23 5.05
SC Ganguly 278 269 21 10101 183 40.73 96 0 687.1 3470 93 37.31 44.33 5.05
R Dravid 298 277 34 9641 153 39.67 180 14 31 170 4 42.5 46.5 5.48
V Sehwag 156 152 7 4583 130 31.61 65 0 537.2 2809 70 40.13 46.06 5.23
Yuvraj Singh 159 144 21 4286 139 34.85 53 0 319.3 1573 41 38.37 46.76 4.92
MS Dhoni 59 53 13 1735 183* 43.38 56 11 0 0 0 - - -
AB Agarkar 174 105 26 1197 95 15.15 48 0 1426.4 7219 263 27.45 32.55 5.06
IK Pathan 72 54 14 1006 83 25.15 11 0 585.3 2937 114 25.76 30.82 5.02
A Kumble 265 132 46 898 26 10.44 84 0 2359.5 10109 328 30.82 43.17 4.28
Harbhajan Singh 140 73 21 679 46 13.06 40 0 1256.1 5183 163 31.8 46.24 4.13
Zaheer Khan 107 59 24 450 34* 12.86 26 0 883.3 4367 150 29.11 35.34 4.94
AR Uthappa 3 3 0 98 86 32.67 1 0 0 0 0 - - -
KD Karthik 6 4 0 43 17 10.75 7 1 0 0 0 - - -
S Sreesanth 22 7 3 6 3 1.5 2 0 178.3 997 29 34.38 36.93 5.59
MM Patel 14 6 4 6 2* 3 1 0 109.4 516 15 34.4 43.87 4.71
SR Tendulkar 374 365 35 14537 186* 44.05 113 0 1244.5 6286 143 43.96 52.23 5.05
SC Ganguly 278 269 21 10101 183 40.73 96 0 687.1 3470 93 37.31 44.33 5.05
R Dravid 298 277 34 9641 153 39.67 180 14 31 170 4 42.5 46.5 5.48
V Sehwag 156 152 7 4583 130 31.61 65 0 537.2 2809 70 40.13 46.06 5.23
Yuvraj Singh 159 144 21 4286 139 34.85 53 0 319.3 1573 41 38.37 46.76 4.92
MS Dhoni 59 53 13 1735 183* 43.38 56 11 0 0 0 - - -
AB Agarkar 174 105 26 1197 95 15.15 48 0 1426.4 7219 263 27.45 32.55 5.06
IK Pathan 72 54 14 1006 83 25.15 11 0 585.3 2937 114 25.76 30.82 5.02
A Kumble 265 132 46 898 26 10.44 84 0 2359.5 10109 328 30.82 43.17 4.28
Harbhajan Singh 140 73 21 679 46 13.06 40 0 1256.1 5183 163 31.8 46.24 4.13
Zaheer Khan 107 59 24 450 34* 12.86 26 0 883.3 4367 150 29.11 35.34 4.94
AR Uthappa 3 3 0 98 86 32.67 1 0 0 0 0 - - -
KD Karthik 6 4 0 43 17 10.75 7 1 0 0 0 - - -
S Sreesanth 22 7 3 6 3 1.5 2 0 178.3 997 29 34.38 36.93 5.59
MM Patel 14 6 4 6 2* 3 1 0 109.4 516 15 34.4 43.87 4.71
Who will win world cup finals?
In all probability there is a high chance (66% and above) that India would move to finals.
But bookies favourites are Australia versus West Indies a rematch of Champions trophy.
While the Semifinal lineup would be India, SriLanka, Australia and England.
Later I would post my analysis, on strengths.
But with these punters and fixers, nothing can come true!
But bookies favourites are Australia versus West Indies a rematch of Champions trophy.
While the Semifinal lineup would be India, SriLanka, Australia and England.
Later I would post my analysis, on strengths.
But with these punters and fixers, nothing can come true!
How I chose the correct Indian World Cup 07 Squad?
In a laborious process I had predicted earlier (Feb 4th 2007morning), using the Prashna process of KP Astrology, over a period of 2 hours and 50 minutes from 7.20AM, picking the divine number for each player (restricted to 10 chances out of 30), for the 8 slots, with 4 in a trouble (fitness and fanfare) and 4 to be really picked... out of the remaining 18. I did not restrict it to my favourites of 22 based on intelligent guess, while other 8 were also still in contention for the remaining 3 places.
This was the list I had in the mind when I started the prophecy.
I Sure in (8)
Dravid
Ganguly
Tendulkar
Kumble
Harbhajan
Dhoni
Zaheer Khan
Ajit Agarkar
II Fitness and Fanfare (4)
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Pathan
Munaf Patel
III Rest in the lot... (3)
Dinesh Kaarthick
Sreesanth
Robin Uthappa
IV Other favourites (6)
Raina
RP Singh
Ramesh Powar
Gautham Gambhir
Kaif
VVS Laxman
In the second lot (II), I wanted to see whether they would make it. The odds (scores) were very good for them, so they are in.
Now for the III lot, who were in the team for the Srilankan ODIs..... I chose the numbers, and looked at whether they would make it. I also looked at the 10th house, with 12th, to make sure the interests are
looked in correctly. Marked the scores, based on the transits till April 29th 2007 midnight.
I also looked the IV lot, other favourites....
Raina and RP Singh also had similar scores better than the rest (hence they are named backups, and would travel to West Indies and be readily available as unofficial candidates for India - all expenses paid by BCCI), but Ramesh Powar had the next lowest (he might be called in for cover after March 23rd, when his points are more than Harbhajan - a finger injury?), and along with Kaif and Laxman gettign even lower marks compared to the earlier selected people.
Now what about the others in the probables list.? Nothing to mention, worthwhile, and only "Inshant Sharma" had got points worth mentioning and like Ramesh Powar, his points go higher but only on April 28th only.(final day). I also feel other than RP Singh, he might be called in a cover on April 21st for the Semi Final (April 25) and Final (April 28).
A note, as I am in Chennai - I wanted to know about the chances of S Badrinath, and his score was very low, but looks like he would represent India in some form during Nov 2007 to Feb 2008 and beyond.
This was the list I had in the mind when I started the prophecy.
I Sure in (8)
Dravid
Ganguly
Tendulkar
Kumble
Harbhajan
Dhoni
Zaheer Khan
Ajit Agarkar
II Fitness and Fanfare (4)
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Pathan
Munaf Patel
III Rest in the lot... (3)
Dinesh Kaarthick
Sreesanth
Robin Uthappa
IV Other favourites (6)
Raina
RP Singh
Ramesh Powar
Gautham Gambhir
Kaif
VVS Laxman
In the second lot (II), I wanted to see whether they would make it. The odds (scores) were very good for them, so they are in.
Now for the III lot, who were in the team for the Srilankan ODIs..... I chose the numbers, and looked at whether they would make it. I also looked at the 10th house, with 12th, to make sure the interests are
looked in correctly. Marked the scores, based on the transits till April 29th 2007 midnight.
I also looked the IV lot, other favourites....
Raina and RP Singh also had similar scores better than the rest (hence they are named backups, and would travel to West Indies and be readily available as unofficial candidates for India - all expenses paid by BCCI), but Ramesh Powar had the next lowest (he might be called in for cover after March 23rd, when his points are more than Harbhajan - a finger injury?), and along with Kaif and Laxman gettign even lower marks compared to the earlier selected people.
Now what about the others in the probables list.? Nothing to mention, worthwhile, and only "Inshant Sharma" had got points worth mentioning and like Ramesh Powar, his points go higher but only on April 28th only.(final day). I also feel other than RP Singh, he might be called in a cover on April 21st for the Semi Final (April 25) and Final (April 28).
A note, as I am in Chennai - I wanted to know about the chances of S Badrinath, and his score was very low, but looks like he would represent India in some form during Nov 2007 to Feb 2008 and beyond.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Koffee with Anu (Sibiraj and Namitha)
The program today was great....
Sibiraj and Namitha were cool! I didnt understand that Sibi is junior to Simbu!
Namitha looked thinner than what I have seen of her at Dr.Batras in August.
Sibiraj and Namitha were cool! I didnt understand that Sibi is junior to Simbu!
Namitha looked thinner than what I have seen of her at Dr.Batras in August.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Blood Diamond
Beuatiful movie, best act by Li Caprio, sure Oscar Winner.
Sierra Leone is well documented as in 1994.
Amistad actor is cool, sure to win best supporting actor Oscar.
Sentimental. Children becoming soldiers shown clear, as all in Asia.
I hope they live in peace.
Well Indians live on their diamonds too! Send me the biggestone.
Sierra Leone is well documented as in 1994.
Amistad actor is cool, sure to win best supporting actor Oscar.
Sentimental. Children becoming soldiers shown clear, as all in Asia.
I hope they live in peace.
Well Indians live on their diamonds too! Send me the biggestone.
Fabmall is Indiaplaza
My favourite Fabmall is Indiaplaza now!
K Vaitheeswaran is COO! Go got it baby!
Now Subiksha is in queue... Reliance knocks.
K Vaitheeswaran is COO! Go got it baby!
Now Subiksha is in queue... Reliance knocks.
How others steal your money?
http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/investigation/skimmingcreditcard/skimmingotherpeopleswealth/
market/stocks/article/259606
Use the link to find how someone can rob you.....
Steps to avoid
(1) Never use the credit card in restaurants
(2) Never allow the card leave from front of your eyes.
market/stocks/article/259606
Use the link to find how someone can rob you.....
Steps to avoid
(1) Never use the credit card in restaurants
(2) Never allow the card leave from front of your eyes.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Poems by William Wordsworth that I Like
Poems that I like!
William Wordsworth was born on April 17, 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District.
The magnificent landscape deeply affected Wordsworth's imagination and gave him a love of nature. These are some of his collections, which I cherish.
The Solitary Reaper
BEHOLD her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
No Nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands
Of travellers in some shady haunt,
Among Arabian sands:
A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard
In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,
Breaking the silence of the seas
Among the farthest Hebrides.
Will no one tell me what she sings?�
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago:
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of to-day?
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
That has been, and may be again?
Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang
As if her song could have no ending;
I saw her singing at her work,
And o'er the sickle bending;�
I listen'd, motionless and still;
And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I bore,
Long after it was heard no more.
--William Wordsworth
Daffodils
I wander�d lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed�and gazed�but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
--William Wordsworth
Ode
Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;�
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where'er I go,
That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth.
Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song,
And while the young lambs bound
As to the tabor's sound,
To me alone there came a thought of grief:
A timely utterance gave that thought relief,
And I again am strong:
The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep;
No more shall grief of mine the season wrong;
I hear the echoes through the mountains throng,
The winds come to me from the fields of sleep,
And all the earth is gay;
Land and sea
Give themselves up to jollity,
And with the heart of May
Doth every beast keep holiday;
Thou Child of Joy,
Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, thou happy
Shepherd-boy!
Ye bless�d creatures, I have heard the call
Ye to each other make; I see
The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee;
My heart is at your festival,
My head hath its coronal,
The fulness of your bliss, I feel�I feel it all.
O evil day! if I were sullen
While Earth herself is adorning,
This sweet May-morning,
And the children are culling
On every side,
In a thousand valleys far and wide,
Fresh flowers; while the sun shines warm,
And the babe leaps up on his mother's arm
I hear, I hear, with joy I hear!
�But there's a tree, of many, one,
A single field which I have look'd upon,
Both of them speak of something that is gone:
The pansy at my feet
Doth the same tale repeat
Whither is fled the visionary gleam?
Where is it now, the glory and the dream?
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing Boy,
But he beholds the light, and whence it flows,
He sees it in his joy;
The Youth, who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
At length the Man perceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
And, even with something of a mother's mind,
And no unworthy aim,
The homely nurse doth all she can
To make her foster-child, her Inmate Man,
Forget the glories he hath known,
And that imperial palace whence he came.
Behold the Child among his new-born blisses,
A six years' darling of a pigmy size!
See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies,
Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses,
With light upon him from his father's eyes!
See, at his feet, some little plan or chart,
Some fragment from his dream of human life,
Shaped by himself with newly-learn�d art;
A wedding or a festival,
A mourning or a funeral;
And this hath now his heart,
And unto this he frames his song:
Then will he fit his tongue
To dialogues of business, love, or strife;
But it will not be long
Ere this be thrown aside,
And with new joy and pride
The little actor cons another part;
Filling from time to time his 'humorous stage'
With all the Persons, down to palsied Age,
That Life brings with her in her equipage;
As if his whole vocation
Were endless imitation.
Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie
Thy soul's immensity;
Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep
Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind,
That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep,
Haunted for ever by the eternal mind,�
Mighty prophet! Seer blest!
On whom those truths do rest,
Which we are toiling all our lives to find,
In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave;
Thou, over whom thy Immortality
Broods like the Day, a master o'er a slave,
A presence which is not to be put by;
To whom the grave
Is but a lonely bed without the sense or sight
Of day or the warm light,
A place of thought where we in waiting lie;
Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might
Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height,
Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke,
Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight,
And custom lie upon thee with a weight,
Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life!
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live,
That nature yet remembers
What was so fugitive!
The thought of our past years in me doth breed
Perpetual benediction: not indeed
For that which is most worthy to be blest
Delight and liberty, the simple creed
Of childhood, whether busy or at rest,
With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast
Not for these I raise
The song of thanks and praise;
But for those obstinate questionings
Of sense and outward things,
Fallings from us, vanishings;
Blank misgivings of a Creature
Moving about in worlds not realized,
High instincts before which our mortal Nature
Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised
But for those first affections,
Those shadowy recollections,
Which, be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain-light of all our day,
Are yet a master-light of all our seeing;
Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make
Our noisy years seem moments in the being
Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake,
To perish never:
Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour,
Nor Man nor Boy,
Nor all that is at enmity with joy,
Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Hence in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea
Which brought us hither,
Can in a moment travel thither,
And see the children sport upon the shore,
And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Then sing, ye birds, sing, sing a joyous song!
And let the young lambs bound
As to the tabor's sound!
We in thought will join your throng,
Ye that pipe and ye that play,
Ye that through your hearts to-day
Feel the gladness of the May!
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
And O ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves,
Forebode not any severing of our loves!
Yet in my heart of hearts I feel your might;
I only have relinquish'd one delight
To live beneath your more habitual sway.
I love the brooks which down their channels fret,
Even more than when I tripp'd lightly as they;
The innocent brightness of a new-born Day
Is lovely yet;
The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
--William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was born on April 17, 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District.
The magnificent landscape deeply affected Wordsworth's imagination and gave him a love of nature. These are some of his collections, which I cherish.
The Solitary Reaper
BEHOLD her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
No Nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands
Of travellers in some shady haunt,
Among Arabian sands:
A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard
In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,
Breaking the silence of the seas
Among the farthest Hebrides.
Will no one tell me what she sings?�
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago:
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of to-day?
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
That has been, and may be again?
Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang
As if her song could have no ending;
I saw her singing at her work,
And o'er the sickle bending;�
I listen'd, motionless and still;
And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I bore,
Long after it was heard no more.
--William Wordsworth
Daffodils
I wander�d lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed�and gazed�but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
--William Wordsworth
Ode
Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;�
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where'er I go,
That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth.
Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song,
And while the young lambs bound
As to the tabor's sound,
To me alone there came a thought of grief:
A timely utterance gave that thought relief,
And I again am strong:
The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep;
No more shall grief of mine the season wrong;
I hear the echoes through the mountains throng,
The winds come to me from the fields of sleep,
And all the earth is gay;
Land and sea
Give themselves up to jollity,
And with the heart of May
Doth every beast keep holiday;
Thou Child of Joy,
Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, thou happy
Shepherd-boy!
Ye bless�d creatures, I have heard the call
Ye to each other make; I see
The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee;
My heart is at your festival,
My head hath its coronal,
The fulness of your bliss, I feel�I feel it all.
O evil day! if I were sullen
While Earth herself is adorning,
This sweet May-morning,
And the children are culling
On every side,
In a thousand valleys far and wide,
Fresh flowers; while the sun shines warm,
And the babe leaps up on his mother's arm
I hear, I hear, with joy I hear!
�But there's a tree, of many, one,
A single field which I have look'd upon,
Both of them speak of something that is gone:
The pansy at my feet
Doth the same tale repeat
Whither is fled the visionary gleam?
Where is it now, the glory and the dream?
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing Boy,
But he beholds the light, and whence it flows,
He sees it in his joy;
The Youth, who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
At length the Man perceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
And, even with something of a mother's mind,
And no unworthy aim,
The homely nurse doth all she can
To make her foster-child, her Inmate Man,
Forget the glories he hath known,
And that imperial palace whence he came.
Behold the Child among his new-born blisses,
A six years' darling of a pigmy size!
See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies,
Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses,
With light upon him from his father's eyes!
See, at his feet, some little plan or chart,
Some fragment from his dream of human life,
Shaped by himself with newly-learn�d art;
A wedding or a festival,
A mourning or a funeral;
And this hath now his heart,
And unto this he frames his song:
Then will he fit his tongue
To dialogues of business, love, or strife;
But it will not be long
Ere this be thrown aside,
And with new joy and pride
The little actor cons another part;
Filling from time to time his 'humorous stage'
With all the Persons, down to palsied Age,
That Life brings with her in her equipage;
As if his whole vocation
Were endless imitation.
Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie
Thy soul's immensity;
Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep
Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind,
That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep,
Haunted for ever by the eternal mind,�
Mighty prophet! Seer blest!
On whom those truths do rest,
Which we are toiling all our lives to find,
In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave;
Thou, over whom thy Immortality
Broods like the Day, a master o'er a slave,
A presence which is not to be put by;
To whom the grave
Is but a lonely bed without the sense or sight
Of day or the warm light,
A place of thought where we in waiting lie;
Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might
Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height,
Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke,
Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight,
And custom lie upon thee with a weight,
Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life!
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live,
That nature yet remembers
What was so fugitive!
The thought of our past years in me doth breed
Perpetual benediction: not indeed
For that which is most worthy to be blest
Delight and liberty, the simple creed
Of childhood, whether busy or at rest,
With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast
Not for these I raise
The song of thanks and praise;
But for those obstinate questionings
Of sense and outward things,
Fallings from us, vanishings;
Blank misgivings of a Creature
Moving about in worlds not realized,
High instincts before which our mortal Nature
Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised
But for those first affections,
Those shadowy recollections,
Which, be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain-light of all our day,
Are yet a master-light of all our seeing;
Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make
Our noisy years seem moments in the being
Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake,
To perish never:
Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour,
Nor Man nor Boy,
Nor all that is at enmity with joy,
Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Hence in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea
Which brought us hither,
Can in a moment travel thither,
And see the children sport upon the shore,
And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Then sing, ye birds, sing, sing a joyous song!
And let the young lambs bound
As to the tabor's sound!
We in thought will join your throng,
Ye that pipe and ye that play,
Ye that through your hearts to-day
Feel the gladness of the May!
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
And O ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves,
Forebode not any severing of our loves!
Yet in my heart of hearts I feel your might;
I only have relinquish'd one delight
To live beneath your more habitual sway.
I love the brooks which down their channels fret,
Even more than when I tripp'd lightly as they;
The innocent brightness of a new-born Day
Is lovely yet;
The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
--William Wordsworth
Prayers Answered?
Definitely yes. I am fascinated with MGR even today (courage...), dont ask me why, as I am educated engineer and Art of Living Sudharshana Kiriya practisioner, in 1984 he was bedridden, with multiple diseases attacking him fully. Had been sent to Brooklyn Hospital to revive. There were enormous prayers done, and I whole-heartedly I prayed for his well-being and I still believe it had a part to bring him to life and I even got a chance to meet him at Music Academy on November 1987 a month before his death, even though at family front we needed more prayers, and that was being answered. The second most experience was, after my degree (I was selected in campus) started with a software support job, and I was praying intensely everyday, that I should get into software development while doing justice for the job I was doing, which was honoured with a promotion in 9 months. My prayers were answered, and I did move to a pure development job. Still there are more un-answered prayers to varied degrees. One trivial, but interesting short prayer that was answered, when I started for job and after training at Delhi, and I was posted at Secunderabad. I went to my hometown Tiruppur, and after spending 2 days, started for Secunderabad, and reached there late in the evening. I had the address, with an A missing in the Chandragiri Colony. The Plot no was given and found a empty plot, where my friend Chelliah was to stay. The auto driver dropped me of there, and left with all of the Rs 30/- I had in pocket. I felt miserable, and wondered what to do. I prayed then feverishly to help me out of the situation. Within few minutes, a scooter came, and one person took me to the exact house... I thanked the person and asked for his name. He said Sai. I also asked him where he lived, and he said nearby only. Later I tried to search for him in the neighborhood, and never could find him there. Mysterious but mystical. Prayers answered!
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Funny Interview? II part
Story I
E: Do u have a boyfriend?
C: I have.
E: Is he working Locally?
C: No. He is working Overseas.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ u !
C: Why?
E: U will not be able to settle down here permanently. And my Company don't want to pay extra expenses on the Overseas calls just because of u.
Story II
E: Any girl friends?
C: No.
E: So far chased any before?
C: Have, but not successful.
E: Ever think of getting a job first then start looking for a girlfriend?
C: Career is first priority. Currently didn't want to consider This personal issue.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ u.
C: Why?
E: You are lacking of P.R skills and confidence!!
Story III
E: Any girlfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is she pretty?
C: Not quite.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ you.
C: Why? Will this affect your company's reputation?
E: No, it does not affect the company's reputation but because My company is dealing with arts, our company requested an artist.
Story IV
E: Any girlfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is she pretty?
C: yes
E: Is she your first lover?
C: Yes.
E: Sorry, we can't employ you because you lack of fighting spirit.
Story V
E: Any girlfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is she your first lover?
C: No. Have a few already.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ you because you are a "grasshopper"! (Job hoper lah!)
Story VI
E: Any boyfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is he rich?
C: No.
E: Then sorry, my company cannot employ you because our Company is dealing with money and you will seduce.
Story VII
E: Any boyfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is he rich ?
C: Yes, very rich.He owns a company.
E: Sorry, we cannot employ you because your boyfriend don't Even want to employ you, neither do we!
C: But,...... there is no position in his company.
E: Then,..... what is your qualification?
C: Secretary!
E: Sorry, we still cannot employ you because your prettiness Will affect your managers' working spirits.
C: But,...... I am not pretty at all.
E: It is even worse because my managers will not be interested In you!!
Enjoy this interview conversation............
Candidate: Good Morning...
Interviewer: Good Morning, So, tell me something about yourself.
Candidate: I am Rameshwar Kulkarni. I did my Tele Communication engineering from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology.
Interviewer: BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before!
Candidate: Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admissi! on into it . What happened is - due to cricket world cup I scored badly! in 12th.I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said (I prefer to call him 'baap') - "I can not invest so much of money".(The baap actually said - "I will never waste so much of money on you"). So I had to join this college. Frankly speaking this name - BabanRao Dhole-Patil, can at the most be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya.
Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering.
Candidate: Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you know, these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis tournaments. It is difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years.
Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.
Candidate: Oh, is it? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These cricket matches really affect exams a lot. I think they should ban it.
Interviewer: Good to know that you want cricket matches to be banned.
Candidate: No, no... I am talking about Exams!!
Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?
Candidate: Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I would complete it. In fact, when i flunked in 3rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST (Bus corporation in Maharashtra) through some relative.
Interviewer: Do you have any plans of higher study?
Candidate: he he he.. Are you kidding? Completing 'lower' education itself was so much of pain!!
Interviewer: Let's talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you w! orked?
Candidate: Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Andheri is my current platform. Earlier I was at Vashi center. So Vashi was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms! (Vashi and Andheri are the places in Mumbai)
Interviewer: And which languages have you used?
Candidate: Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German, French, Russian and many other languages.
Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?
Candidate: It is a common sense - C comes after B. So VC is a higher version than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!
Interviewer: Do you know anything about Assembly Language?
Candidate: Well, I have not heard of it. But I guess, this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly.
Interviewer: What is your general project experience?
Candidate: My general experience about projects is - most of th! e times they are in pipeline!
Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?
Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata InfoTech ltd. Since joining BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows.
Interviewer: Do you have any project management experience?
Candidate: No, but I gues! s it shouldn't be difficult. I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important - I know few words like - 'Showstoppers ' , 'hotfixes', 'SEI-CMM','quality','versioncontrol','deadlines' , 'Customer Satisfaction' etc. Also I can blame others for my mistakes!
Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?
Candidate: Not much.
1. I should at least get 40,000 in hand.
2. I would like to work on a live EJB project. But it should not have deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent.
3. I believe in flexi-timings.
4. Dress code is against basic freedom, so I would like to wear t-shirt and jeans.
5. We must have sat-sun off. I will suggest Wednesday off also, so as to avoid breakdown due to overwork.
6. I would like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably 1-2 months) assignments. Personally I prefer US, Australia and Europe. But considering the fact that there is a world cup in West Indies in 2007, I don't mind going there in that period. As you can see I am modest and don't have many expectations. So can I assume my selection?
Interviewer: he he he h! a ha ha. Thanks for your interest in our organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. Welcome to our organization.. :-)) We look forward to working with you..:-))
E: Do u have a boyfriend?
C: I have.
E: Is he working Locally?
C: No. He is working Overseas.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ u !
C: Why?
E: U will not be able to settle down here permanently. And my Company don't want to pay extra expenses on the Overseas calls just because of u.
Story II
E: Any girl friends?
C: No.
E: So far chased any before?
C: Have, but not successful.
E: Ever think of getting a job first then start looking for a girlfriend?
C: Career is first priority. Currently didn't want to consider This personal issue.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ u.
C: Why?
E: You are lacking of P.R skills and confidence!!
Story III
E: Any girlfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is she pretty?
C: Not quite.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ you.
C: Why? Will this affect your company's reputation?
E: No, it does not affect the company's reputation but because My company is dealing with arts, our company requested an artist.
Story IV
E: Any girlfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is she pretty?
C: yes
E: Is she your first lover?
C: Yes.
E: Sorry, we can't employ you because you lack of fighting spirit.
Story V
E: Any girlfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is she your first lover?
C: No. Have a few already.
E: Sorry, my company cannot employ you because you are a "grasshopper"! (Job hoper lah!)
Story VI
E: Any boyfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is he rich?
C: No.
E: Then sorry, my company cannot employ you because our Company is dealing with money and you will seduce.
Story VII
E: Any boyfriends?
C: Yes.
E: Is he rich ?
C: Yes, very rich.He owns a company.
E: Sorry, we cannot employ you because your boyfriend don't Even want to employ you, neither do we!
C: But,...... there is no position in his company.
E: Then,..... what is your qualification?
C: Secretary!
E: Sorry, we still cannot employ you because your prettiness Will affect your managers' working spirits.
C: But,...... I am not pretty at all.
E: It is even worse because my managers will not be interested In you!!
Enjoy this interview conversation............
Candidate: Good Morning...
Interviewer: Good Morning, So, tell me something about yourself.
Candidate: I am Rameshwar Kulkarni. I did my Tele Communication engineering from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology.
Interviewer: BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before!
Candidate: Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admissi! on into it . What happened is - due to cricket world cup I scored badly! in 12th.I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said (I prefer to call him 'baap') - "I can not invest so much of money".(The baap actually said - "I will never waste so much of money on you"). So I had to join this college. Frankly speaking this name - BabanRao Dhole-Patil, can at the most be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya.
Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering.
Candidate: Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you know, these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis tournaments. It is difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years.
Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.
Candidate: Oh, is it? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These cricket matches really affect exams a lot. I think they should ban it.
Interviewer: Good to know that you want cricket matches to be banned.
Candidate: No, no... I am talking about Exams!!
Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?
Candidate: Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I would complete it. In fact, when i flunked in 3rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST (Bus corporation in Maharashtra) through some relative.
Interviewer: Do you have any plans of higher study?
Candidate: he he he.. Are you kidding? Completing 'lower' education itself was so much of pain!!
Interviewer: Let's talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you w! orked?
Candidate: Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Andheri is my current platform. Earlier I was at Vashi center. So Vashi was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms! (Vashi and Andheri are the places in Mumbai)
Interviewer: And which languages have you used?
Candidate: Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German, French, Russian and many other languages.
Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?
Candidate: It is a common sense - C comes after B. So VC is a higher version than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!
Interviewer: Do you know anything about Assembly Language?
Candidate: Well, I have not heard of it. But I guess, this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly.
Interviewer: What is your general project experience?
Candidate: My general experience about projects is - most of th! e times they are in pipeline!
Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?
Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata InfoTech ltd. Since joining BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows.
Interviewer: Do you have any project management experience?
Candidate: No, but I gues! s it shouldn't be difficult. I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important - I know few words like - 'Showstoppers ' , 'hotfixes', 'SEI-CMM','quality','versioncontrol','deadlines' , 'Customer Satisfaction' etc. Also I can blame others for my mistakes!
Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?
Candidate: Not much.
1. I should at least get 40,000 in hand.
2. I would like to work on a live EJB project. But it should not have deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent.
3. I believe in flexi-timings.
4. Dress code is against basic freedom, so I would like to wear t-shirt and jeans.
5. We must have sat-sun off. I will suggest Wednesday off also, so as to avoid breakdown due to overwork.
6. I would like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably 1-2 months) assignments. Personally I prefer US, Australia and Europe. But considering the fact that there is a world cup in West Indies in 2007, I don't mind going there in that period. As you can see I am modest and don't have many expectations. So can I assume my selection?
Interviewer: he he he h! a ha ha. Thanks for your interest in our organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. Welcome to our organization.. :-)) We look forward to working with you..:-))
Churning of investments
Churning of investments
Will not help, if you have invested for a lesser period, like less than a year or have got the dividend just around 80 days before (dividend stripping).
Two things you have to keep in mind
(1) Identify the bad investment, which are performing lesser than the best market interest rate & inflation.
(2) Identify the consistent performance investments and fund house.
Even if you need money, if you are having 6 months monthly expense as the buffer, dig into that, for a very short term, like a month - cash balances.
Then when the market is upbeat, move that equivalent amount from the dud investments.
If you had made some capital gains in that particular financial year, it makes to take the loss, and adjust it to that extent only.
What do you loose by churning?
Load costs at 2.25%
STT on the sale of the old investments - not accounted on anything 0.25%
Capital gains, short term if less than 365 days
Mental stress.
Will not help, if you have invested for a lesser period, like less than a year or have got the dividend just around 80 days before (dividend stripping).
Two things you have to keep in mind
(1) Identify the bad investment, which are performing lesser than the best market interest rate & inflation.
(2) Identify the consistent performance investments and fund house.
Even if you need money, if you are having 6 months monthly expense as the buffer, dig into that, for a very short term, like a month - cash balances.
Then when the market is upbeat, move that equivalent amount from the dud investments.
If you had made some capital gains in that particular financial year, it makes to take the loss, and adjust it to that extent only.
What do you loose by churning?
Load costs at 2.25%
STT on the sale of the old investments - not accounted on anything 0.25%
Capital gains, short term if less than 365 days
Mental stress.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Loss of wisdom tooth
Signs of aging.
I got the upper left & right Wisdom tooth during my 21st birthday. (grown)
The left upper one, was troubling for long like 3+ years, and yesterday, it was removed, so fast..... lot of relief! Must have spent closer to Rs 10K on that...... I was shaking though from then. Whenever I take nuts or hard substance it will rip me off and I will be on Flexon painkillers.
All the dentists I have been seeing for the last 3+ years from Dr Williams of Bangalore St Johns Hospital at Koramangala and Dr Pavani Karunakaran and Dr Rangarajan and of course the high cost, rip off Balaji Dental Chennai (with advertisements in Ananda Vikatan) costing me Rs 1700/- for a cleaning and curitage - twice - making your teeth looking bright with Hydrogen Peroxide and finally Dr Varshini, gave me the relief... costing only Rs 150/- at Gopalapuram. The service was friendly and the normal consultation is only Rs 50/- a visit. The Cleaning/Scaling at Rs 250/- only.
The same would/might have costed me 4 times at Balaji Dental! If fact they had forced me to do a cleaning even though I had done one 15 days before during Jan 2007 first week. Privacy for patients not there, and it is like assembly plant, and all siting next to each other (dental chairs). Lousy!
Readers can take care of this.
I got the upper left & right Wisdom tooth during my 21st birthday. (grown)
The left upper one, was troubling for long like 3+ years, and yesterday, it was removed, so fast..... lot of relief! Must have spent closer to Rs 10K on that...... I was shaking though from then. Whenever I take nuts or hard substance it will rip me off and I will be on Flexon painkillers.
All the dentists I have been seeing for the last 3+ years from Dr Williams of Bangalore St Johns Hospital at Koramangala and Dr Pavani Karunakaran and Dr Rangarajan and of course the high cost, rip off Balaji Dental Chennai (with advertisements in Ananda Vikatan) costing me Rs 1700/- for a cleaning and curitage - twice - making your teeth looking bright with Hydrogen Peroxide and finally Dr Varshini, gave me the relief... costing only Rs 150/- at Gopalapuram. The service was friendly and the normal consultation is only Rs 50/- a visit. The Cleaning/Scaling at Rs 250/- only.
The same would/might have costed me 4 times at Balaji Dental! If fact they had forced me to do a cleaning even though I had done one 15 days before during Jan 2007 first week. Privacy for patients not there, and it is like assembly plant, and all siting next to each other (dental chairs). Lousy!
Readers can take care of this.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Worlds shortest screenplay
Worlds Shortest Screenplay
A couple is sitting on the beach happily talking, while their daughter is playing in the sand, running around.
The focus shifts to the distant sea, rising sun and the boats in their fish catching business.
Focus even closer to a catamaran boat and the fishermen, seeing at a distance.
Now shift the focus far off, to a large huge wave.
The save life trembling eyes are shown of the fishermen.
Shift the focus back a bit, the catamaran is down on the waves and the men are missing.
Shift the focus back again to the beach, the couple is missing, and the sand castle washed away.
Shift the focus back and show the little girl standing on a overturned boat, with weeping eyes.
Freeze off.
I call this "Tsunami"
A couple is sitting on the beach happily talking, while their daughter is playing in the sand, running around.
The focus shifts to the distant sea, rising sun and the boats in their fish catching business.
Focus even closer to a catamaran boat and the fishermen, seeing at a distance.
Now shift the focus far off, to a large huge wave.
The save life trembling eyes are shown of the fishermen.
Shift the focus back a bit, the catamaran is down on the waves and the men are missing.
Shift the focus back again to the beach, the couple is missing, and the sand castle washed away.
Shift the focus back and show the little girl standing on a overturned boat, with weeping eyes.
Freeze off.
I call this "Tsunami"
10 Topics you cannot miss writing about
10 Topics you cannot miss writing about
(1) Where is Shashi Tharoor now?
(2) About your relation with Dr.Abdul Kalam
(3) About Srirangam
(4) Ultalakkidi
(5) The major news that occupied front pages of newspapers
(6) Your son told this….
(7) About the books you get as gifts….
(8) About old age and diseases… (medicines intake)
(9) Black Money
(10) Trying to reason something different from readers.
This is after effects of the article series “Katrathum Petrathum” today in Ananda Vikatan written by Writer Sujatha Rangarajan.
(1) Where is Shashi Tharoor now?
(2) About your relation with Dr.Abdul Kalam
(3) About Srirangam
(4) Ultalakkidi
(5) The major news that occupied front pages of newspapers
(6) Your son told this….
(7) About the books you get as gifts….
(8) About old age and diseases… (medicines intake)
(9) Black Money
(10) Trying to reason something different from readers.
This is after effects of the article series “Katrathum Petrathum” today in Ananda Vikatan written by Writer Sujatha Rangarajan.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Koffee with Anu
Koffee with Anu, With Jayaram and Parvathi was superb tonight (Jan 20th, 2007) on Star Vijay.
Jayaram was superb as usual with the best jokes and timing and delivery... Hats off...
Jayaram was superb as usual with the best jokes and timing and delivery... Hats off...
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Naan Kadavul and Alwar
Ultimate Star Ajith in Tamil Filmdom, has ensured that he vents out his
feelings, with the movie "Alwar", for being dropped from "Naan Kadavul"
unceremoniously, as reported in newspapers and journals for the return
of the huge advance, using tough tactics.
He dons the Avatar's of Vishnu to kill his enemies, from being pious to
a killer, is the storyline. He utters "Naan Kadavul" every time he kills!
Asin comes in and goes, nothing special with pimples..... Kirthi Chawla acts well.
Vivek comes in and giggles, but for very few scenes only. Probably the
story could have been interlaced with more comedy, to make it a sure
hit. Hoping that some more editing of unwanted chase and fight with the
Oriya Police Officer is cut, and more comedy - thought provoking ones -
done by Vivek and Mayilsamy will add value. For ex. Mayilsamy can come
in with another Avatar for comedy two more times, and in the last one,
Vivek should get totally offended to run behind Mayilsamy, in different
get-ups....
Now it gets average rating only. Understand that the weekday crowds are a dull and the weekends pull in cash.
BTW, I am not sure whether Alwar's are depicted right?
feelings, with the movie "Alwar", for being dropped from "Naan Kadavul"
unceremoniously, as reported in newspapers and journals for the return
of the huge advance, using tough tactics.
He dons the Avatar's of Vishnu to kill his enemies, from being pious to
a killer, is the storyline. He utters "Naan Kadavul" every time he kills!
Asin comes in and goes, nothing special with pimples..... Kirthi Chawla acts well.
Vivek comes in and giggles, but for very few scenes only. Probably the
story could have been interlaced with more comedy, to make it a sure
hit. Hoping that some more editing of unwanted chase and fight with the
Oriya Police Officer is cut, and more comedy - thought provoking ones -
done by Vivek and Mayilsamy will add value. For ex. Mayilsamy can come
in with another Avatar for comedy two more times, and in the last one,
Vivek should get totally offended to run behind Mayilsamy, in different
get-ups....
Now it gets average rating only. Understand that the weekday crowds are a dull and the weekends pull in cash.
BTW, I am not sure whether Alwar's are depicted right?
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Did Shilpa Shetty got paid to get racially abused?
Did Shilpa Shetty got paid to get racially abused?
My take is this, with the amount inv0olved of Rs 3 crores, or 400,000 sterlings, there is a chance.
Her mother prays for eviction, faster bucks.
At 31 (might be more though), does she needs these cheap publicities to survive?
Bringing down India?
Never go back and work at the Colony Empires..... There are good, but as they say, some can be rotten, like one in a bushel....
She can change her name to Shilpaa Shetty, to reap gains.
My take is this, with the amount inv0olved of Rs 3 crores, or 400,000 sterlings, there is a chance.
Her mother prays for eviction, faster bucks.
At 31 (might be more though), does she needs these cheap publicities to survive?
Bringing down India?
Never go back and work at the Colony Empires..... There are good, but as they say, some can be rotten, like one in a bushel....
She can change her name to Shilpaa Shetty, to reap gains.
Shah Rukh Khan
The promo for Crorepathi no 3... goes like this
The small boy, is foind of asking questions and likes only that... he has made it one step at a time in house, life (twice farted e.r. farting parotta) and now in the Crorepathi seat! (asking questions to ring in 45 lakhs an episode, getting canned in 2 days, whopping Rs 1.8 crores commitment already!). Not bad Shah Rukh can. I still remember Circus, where he was the ugly one, just making it with the act!
Funny though!
I remember the fart joke of Salman Khan with Aishwarya in one movie, I thought Ajay Devgun was great in that!
The small boy, is foind of asking questions and likes only that... he has made it one step at a time in house, life (twice farted e.r. farting parotta) and now in the Crorepathi seat! (asking questions to ring in 45 lakhs an episode, getting canned in 2 days, whopping Rs 1.8 crores commitment already!). Not bad Shah Rukh can. I still remember Circus, where he was the ugly one, just making it with the act!
Funny though!
I remember the fart joke of Salman Khan with Aishwarya in one movie, I thought Ajay Devgun was great in that!
How to Calculate your insurance needs
The main thing what the insurance guys miss out while selling is trying to find out the exact take home income and the family needs, than pushing for tax benefits.
For example, if a person's take home is 6 lakhs (50K monthly) and the family expense all inc is about 25K, the nett savings would be 25k, and he or she can/should invest only 40% of that amount in insurance.
Simple, how did I arrive at the formula?
Well the basic need of a person is to save for his family, right? So the investment is to be in the Stocks, Mutual funds, gold etc. So 30% should go to that of nett. Now left with 30%, which can be used for his long term needs, vacation, emergency funds. So the rest is 40% for insurance. Out of which the mediclaim for a reasonable amount of 10K per annum to be kept aside for the family. Now the rest is available for insurance manipulations.
Now the quantum of needs...
First based on the average inflation adjusted returns for a 30 year old is 8.5%, hence for example, if the family is spending at 25K or 3 lakhs per annum, the logic would be to have 75% of that when he is not around. (We have to remember there is some nest egg and properties, additional). That gives an amount of 18,750 monthly (225,000 annual). So the termlife insurance amount to be (sum assured) would be 26,50,000/-.
Typically the premium would be at 0.5 to 1% per lakh for a termlife for 25 years. So the outgo is, Rs 26,500 max per annum. This to considering the money back policy, if taken, would suffice. Keeping the survival, and the children's earning age, one should try to be insured till 70, with the excess income each year set aside for ULIP investments or a combination of termlife and mutual funds (giving extra yardstick).
This should be taken with utmost care with the following example (as above)
Take home - 6 lakhs
Expense - 3 lakhs
Savings - 3 lakhs
Mutual funds/Investments - 90,000
Emergency funds/house - 90,000
Mediclaim - 10,000
Insurance - 26,500 (not to be more than 25% of any income)
ULIP - 83,500 (long term - for all in family).
Now the other question, typically asked to me is, what if my income is below above example? Well, use the percentage, keeping in mind ULIP comes last, to tide the market with insurance as well.
For example, if a person's take home is 6 lakhs (50K monthly) and the family expense all inc is about 25K, the nett savings would be 25k, and he or she can/should invest only 40% of that amount in insurance.
Simple, how did I arrive at the formula?
Well the basic need of a person is to save for his family, right? So the investment is to be in the Stocks, Mutual funds, gold etc. So 30% should go to that of nett. Now left with 30%, which can be used for his long term needs, vacation, emergency funds. So the rest is 40% for insurance. Out of which the mediclaim for a reasonable amount of 10K per annum to be kept aside for the family. Now the rest is available for insurance manipulations.
Now the quantum of needs...
First based on the average inflation adjusted returns for a 30 year old is 8.5%, hence for example, if the family is spending at 25K or 3 lakhs per annum, the logic would be to have 75% of that when he is not around. (We have to remember there is some nest egg and properties, additional). That gives an amount of 18,750 monthly (225,000 annual). So the termlife insurance amount to be (sum assured) would be 26,50,000/-.
Typically the premium would be at 0.5 to 1% per lakh for a termlife for 25 years. So the outgo is, Rs 26,500 max per annum. This to considering the money back policy, if taken, would suffice. Keeping the survival, and the children's earning age, one should try to be insured till 70, with the excess income each year set aside for ULIP investments or a combination of termlife and mutual funds (giving extra yardstick).
This should be taken with utmost care with the following example (as above)
Take home - 6 lakhs
Expense - 3 lakhs
Savings - 3 lakhs
Mutual funds/Investments - 90,000
Emergency funds/house - 90,000
Mediclaim - 10,000
Insurance - 26,500 (not to be more than 25% of any income)
ULIP - 83,500 (long term - for all in family).
Now the other question, typically asked to me is, what if my income is below above example? Well, use the percentage, keeping in mind ULIP comes last, to tide the market with insurance as well.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Career Dips
I read in ET recently about a formula on how your career goes up and down.
Governed by a formula y = 2x + 3 sin(x) where x is the year of your experience
Now using excel draw a graph) to see your dips.
Following example is of mine, starting from 1990 till I would retire. Amazingly, this works. True to the extent of my career in the past.
Governed by a formula y = 2x + 3 sin(x) where x is the year of your experience
Now using excel draw a graph) to see your dips.
Following example is of mine, starting from 1990 till I would retire. Amazingly, this works. True to the extent of my career in the past.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Netil Sutta தத்துவம்
கல்யாண நாளில்
மணப்பெண்ணின் தலைநிறைய
பூ சுற்றப்படுகிறது!
அதுவே
இடம் மாறுகிறது
அடுத்த நாட்களில்;
கணவனின் காதுகளுக்கு!
மணப்பெண்ணின் தலைநிறைய
பூ சுற்றப்படுகிறது!
அதுவே
இடம் மாறுகிறது
அடுத்த நாட்களில்;
கணவனின் காதுகளுக்கு!
Monday, January 01, 2007
All about VAT in Tamilnadu
This is a note on how costly it has become due to VAT at Chennai from today 1-1-2007
For eg.,
Baskin Robbins Ice Cream used to cost Rs 32 for a single scoop and Rs 36 for a premium one. With 2.1% tax earlier, we used to pay about Rs 33/37.
Now they are adding over and above 12.5%, costing us Rs 36/41 at Chennai. When I asked the shop owner at Cathedral Road at 8PM today, he says, thats how the TN Govt. has advised (How Stupid!). He also mentioned that the landing costs for him is at 75%, and marking up is 25%. He never wants to part with that! But actually the tax should have been on the difference from landing cost to selling cost, which would be at (Rs 32 - Rs 24, giving Rs 8 to be VATed at Rs 1/-). Earlier consumer used to pay Rs 0.67 as sales tax with sur. Here today, govt. should be making Rs 0.33 extra from the sale, but due to the negligence, consumer pays 10.4% extra at Rs 3.33. Who wins?
In Bangalore, when VAT was introduced, the cost never went up! The bill used to show the same Rs 33. (incl VAT at 12.5% Rs 4.12). I remember talking to the owner then, and he said, the tax used to be around 5%, now he was taking the cut on profit, to ensure business.
Something is wrong here, with the concept of VAT, being used as an additional tax, than the all inclusive one of MRP. (I have not seen this way in UK and Europe where VAT getting screwed up flawfully).
For eg.,
Baskin Robbins Ice Cream used to cost Rs 32 for a single scoop and Rs 36 for a premium one. With 2.1% tax earlier, we used to pay about Rs 33/37.
Now they are adding over and above 12.5%, costing us Rs 36/41 at Chennai. When I asked the shop owner at Cathedral Road at 8PM today, he says, thats how the TN Govt. has advised (How Stupid!). He also mentioned that the landing costs for him is at 75%, and marking up is 25%. He never wants to part with that! But actually the tax should have been on the difference from landing cost to selling cost, which would be at (Rs 32 - Rs 24, giving Rs 8 to be VATed at Rs 1/-). Earlier consumer used to pay Rs 0.67 as sales tax with sur. Here today, govt. should be making Rs 0.33 extra from the sale, but due to the negligence, consumer pays 10.4% extra at Rs 3.33. Who wins?
In Bangalore, when VAT was introduced, the cost never went up! The bill used to show the same Rs 33. (incl VAT at 12.5% Rs 4.12). I remember talking to the owner then, and he said, the tax used to be around 5%, now he was taking the cut on profit, to ensure business.
Something is wrong here, with the concept of VAT, being used as an additional tax, than the all inclusive one of MRP. (I have not seen this way in UK and Europe where VAT getting screwed up flawfully).
Sunday, December 31, 2006
A proud Parent!
My son Prithiv won the Second Prize (Classes KG to V) from Mylapore Academy!
Dancing for the welcoming of 2007!
Dancing for the welcoming of 2007!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Sharon as Miss Universe 1994
Yesterday 15 Nov 2006 on account of Childrens Day, my daughter Sharon participated in the fancy dress competition (Canara Bank sponsored at NPS, Gopalapuram) as Miss Universe 1994 (Sushmita Sen!).
This is the newspaper coverage in Dinakaran today's edition (Chennai supplement).
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
My vacation with family! (Sept 2006)
Recently I had a chance to unwind in Kerala (via Bangalore and return via Madurai), along with family. My kids had their quaterly exam vacation hence this trip.
First we went to Bangalore, stayed there for 2 days and a night, saw around the places where we were before, as we were visiting after a long time, met some old friends and went to the famous shopping spots (Brigade, MG Roads and Commercial) with some Kolu shopping at Cauvery and the no new McDonalds - a very good one which kids liked - toys with meal. The lunch at Kamat Minerva and dinner at MTR was superb!
After a trip to the Lalbagh Gardens, we then flew next day afternoon to Calicut from Bangalore, to relax at the backwaters of Kerala.
There is a famous five star resort in Calicut - about 10 kms away - called Kadavu. Stayed there for 3 days and 2 nights. Superb service and the best deal!. We enjoyed a lot. Kids liked their fish and other Non Veg curries. I cannot comment on that, as I am a vegetarian for now. This resort is on the backwaters and we stayed in a very good view room. You can see lots of foreigners there. We saw a show of Kalari payatu and a Kathak dance.
Then we went to Madurai via Coimbatore and stayed there for a day and did darshan in various temples including MeenakshiAmman temple, Alagar Koil and Palamuthir Cholai.
Enjoyable trip...
First we went to Bangalore, stayed there for 2 days and a night, saw around the places where we were before, as we were visiting after a long time, met some old friends and went to the famous shopping spots (Brigade, MG Roads and Commercial) with some Kolu shopping at Cauvery and the no new McDonalds - a very good one which kids liked - toys with meal. The lunch at Kamat Minerva and dinner at MTR was superb!
After a trip to the Lalbagh Gardens, we then flew next day afternoon to Calicut from Bangalore, to relax at the backwaters of Kerala.
There is a famous five star resort in Calicut - about 10 kms away - called Kadavu. Stayed there for 3 days and 2 nights. Superb service and the best deal!. We enjoyed a lot. Kids liked their fish and other Non Veg curries. I cannot comment on that, as I am a vegetarian for now. This resort is on the backwaters and we stayed in a very good view room. You can see lots of foreigners there. We saw a show of Kalari payatu and a Kathak dance.
Then we went to Madurai via Coimbatore and stayed there for a day and did darshan in various temples including MeenakshiAmman temple, Alagar Koil and Palamuthir Cholai.
Enjoyable trip...
Friday, September 15, 2006
Flaw in Duckworth-Lewis Method
Yesterday (Sept 14th, 2006) India lost against West Indies in the match conducted at Malaysia.
There is not allowance given in terms of field restrictions, where typically 20% of runs are made extra in the Power-plays. So in effect West Indies, had made only 113 (-20% on 141).
Of course there is an issue of team batting second, with a reduced score, where the pro-rata approximation can be used.
I would re-device the method like this.
Say if the team 1 batting first bats the full 50 overs, in the alloted time.
(1) If there is rain interruption after the team 2, bats for greater than 20 overs for a result. Take out 20% of runs, or the difference in run rate of the opposition.
India bats first and makes 309/5 and 133/2 in 20 overs, so the run rate difference is 6.65 - 6.18 = 0.47 or 4.7% less. Hence the actual run made by West Indies is 141/2 ( - 20% + 4.7% ) = 119. So in effect India won, by 14 runs.
(2) If there is rain interruption before the second session, and there is loss of say 30 overs, due to time. So the team batting second has to make 20% more than the average run-rate needed. For example, India bats first and makes 309/5 and 133/2 in 20 overs, the target has to be 6.2 + 20% = 7.64, which means West Indies should be given a target of 153. Even with this, WI made only 141, hence lost by 12 runs.
Note - the nearest whole number should be used.
There is not allowance given in terms of field restrictions, where typically 20% of runs are made extra in the Power-plays. So in effect West Indies, had made only 113 (-20% on 141).
Of course there is an issue of team batting second, with a reduced score, where the pro-rata approximation can be used.
I would re-device the method like this.
Say if the team 1 batting first bats the full 50 overs, in the alloted time.
(1) If there is rain interruption after the team 2, bats for greater than 20 overs for a result. Take out 20% of runs, or the difference in run rate of the opposition.
India bats first and makes 309/5 and 133/2 in 20 overs, so the run rate difference is 6.65 - 6.18 = 0.47 or 4.7% less. Hence the actual run made by West Indies is 141/2 ( - 20% + 4.7% ) = 119. So in effect India won, by 14 runs.
(2) If there is rain interruption before the second session, and there is loss of say 30 overs, due to time. So the team batting second has to make 20% more than the average run-rate needed. For example, India bats first and makes 309/5 and 133/2 in 20 overs, the target has to be 6.2 + 20% = 7.64, which means West Indies should be given a target of 153. Even with this, WI made only 141, hence lost by 12 runs.
Note - the nearest whole number should be used.
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Surya-Jyothika wedding on Sept 11th, 2006
Congrats Surya (Saravanan) and Jyothika (Sona)! Good Luck! God Bless!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Quadruplets at Chennai (c) Kumudam 30-8-2006
I read a story on Lady Shruti Anand, who had Quadruplets....
God Bless the kids.
I am not sure about Kumudam setting up a trust to help the family. They were expecting help from Govt. Or Private Cos.
If interested please email Kumudam at kumudamindia@gmail.com or call them 044-2642-2148
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Sani Dasa and it effects for 19 years
Sani Dasa runs for 19 years in a 120 years cycle. Maha Dasa. (starting from Moon – Vimothri dasa)
Bhukthi is the total period of a planet in the MahaDasa – here it
is 19/ (Dasa Period) for Sani / Shani about 19/120 of the time of Shani
in your Bhukthi period. 798 days.
Anthra is the subdivision of the above and once again using the
same principle as above, it works to 798 * 19/120 = 126 days, where
super things happen in a person life.
So for a given Dasa and Bhuthkti and Anthra, the first period is
itself. Lots of changes happen then based on the transit of the planet
itself in various houses. Note that Sun and Moon period, always good
results only in a given house – 12 you have. Venus gives a total
changeover. Hmm.. Kethu and Rahu, are unpredictable. But it follows the
pattern what its own predecessor does.
Here is the list with 120 as the period & percent of time (
Dasa/Bhukthi/Anthra ). Sort of the revolution time, around sun (but
Parashara thought of keeping Earth Centric – thats why you dont see
Earth in the 12!).
| 1 | Sa | 19 | 15.83% |
| 2 | Me | 17 | 14.17% |
| 3 | Ke | 7 | 5.83% |
| 4 | Ve | 20 | 16.67% |
| 5 | Su | 6 | 5.00% |
| 6 | Mo | 10 | 8.33% |
| 7 | Ma | 7 | 5.83% |
| 8 | Ra | 18 | 15.00% |
| 9 | Ju | 16 | 13.33% |
All the software using Swiss based Ephimeris DLL, take the starting
point of the DOB and give you the chart for 120 years – assuming the
max years a person can live is 120 only!
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
God and FAITH
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the
problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new
students to stand and .....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful ?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to
heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But
God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
Student is silent.
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow.
Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything.
Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and
observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student:No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your
God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that
matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol,
science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat,
superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we
don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero
which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is
no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the
absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not
the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student:You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of
something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light,
flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have
nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness
isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker,
wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof:Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue
there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You
are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can
measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses
electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully
understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to
be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive
thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process,
yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize
where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution
at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going
endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a
scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the
Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's
brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,
demonstrable protocol,science says that you have no brain, sir. With
all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things moving & alive. . . . . . .
THAT STUDENT WAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fill in your name!
problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new
students to stand and .....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful ?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to
heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But
God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
Student is silent.
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow.
Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything.
Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and
observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student:No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your
God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that
matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol,
science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat,
superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we
don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero
which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is
no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the
absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not
the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student:You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of
something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light,
flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have
nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness
isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker,
wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof:Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue
there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You
are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can
measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses
electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully
understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to
be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive
thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process,
yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize
where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution
at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going
endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a
scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the
Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's
brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,
demonstrable protocol,science says that you have no brain, sir. With
all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things moving & alive. . . . . . .
THAT STUDENT WAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fill in your name!
Monday, August 14, 2006
Classic Case of Twins with KP System
How would you explain about two people born on the same time(recorded), at the same hospital having different fates? Rich-poor,Healthy-weak etc.
The classic case of twins, born to a mother by operation, having thesame exact Natal Chart. (Lagna, Stars,...). Father did not have anywealth at all, he was a bag lifter in a cotton mill.
DOB 19-1-1964, 7.50AM, Coimbatore.
(1) One is surviving who has Polio, is poor. Unmarried. Plus two.
(2) The other one very Healthy, Civil Engineer and had a decentsalary, passed away in an accident at age 27 (21-5-1991), married -love (21-1-1990) with a kid then.
Answer
I am not also trying to prove one system of analysis is better than other. I am also learning here. I would say even the first time recorded is not that accurate by few seconds.
I am not analysisng the entire chart, but giving the pointers of the houses concerned as given.
What has heppened in life, is shown above with that extra 20 secs.
Here is small explanation with KP system, with the Cuspal Sub Lord theory. (I am not explaining on Significators and Ruling Planets here)
(1) 7.30 AM - time corrected (shows about his health and matches with education)
Asc with Mo/Ju, 2nd STL/CSL Ra/Ve, 3rd, Sa/Ju, 5th Mo/Ju, 7th Sat/Jup, 8th Ve/Ve,
10th Ra/Ke, 11th Sa/Ju and Other RPs Su-Su-Sa, Mo-Mo-Ma, Ve-Ra-Ju, Sa-Ma-Sa
Ra with Ve late marrage for (2,7,11) also one of the cause for low education (3,8,5).
(2) 7.30.20 AM - Doctor/Nurse has confirmed, it took about 15 to 20 seconds, to move the second baby out.
ASC with Mo/Ju, 2nd STL/CSL Ra/Ke, 3rd Sa/Ju, 5th Mo/Ju , 7th Sat/Jup, 8th Ve/Ve,
10th Ra/Ve, 11th Sa/Ju Other RPs Su-Su-Sa, Mo-Mo-Ma, Ve-Ra-Ju, Sa-Ma-Sa
Now what is different from above?
Only CSL of Ke instead of Ve changes in 2 and 10.
That was enough for change in his fate.
7th shows about marrage, confirmed as love for (2, 11) and marriage date matched.
Also his 8, 12, 2 and 7 has shown serious health issues on Sun Transit time during May 1991 (Kethu effect). Also Su and Ve helped in profession (10).
The classic case of twins, born to a mother by operation, having thesame exact Natal Chart. (Lagna, Stars,...). Father did not have anywealth at all, he was a bag lifter in a cotton mill.
DOB 19-1-1964, 7.50AM, Coimbatore.
(1) One is surviving who has Polio, is poor. Unmarried. Plus two.
(2) The other one very Healthy, Civil Engineer and had a decentsalary, passed away in an accident at age 27 (21-5-1991), married -love (21-1-1990) with a kid then.
Answer
I am not also trying to prove one system of analysis is better than other. I am also learning here. I would say even the first time recorded is not that accurate by few seconds.
I am not analysisng the entire chart, but giving the pointers of the houses concerned as given.
What has heppened in life, is shown above with that extra 20 secs.
Here is small explanation with KP system, with the Cuspal Sub Lord theory. (I am not explaining on Significators and Ruling Planets here)
(1) 7.30 AM - time corrected (shows about his health and matches with education)
Asc with Mo/Ju, 2nd STL/CSL Ra/Ve, 3rd, Sa/Ju, 5th Mo/Ju, 7th Sat/Jup, 8th Ve/Ve,
10th Ra/Ke, 11th Sa/Ju and Other RPs Su-Su-Sa, Mo-Mo-Ma, Ve-Ra-Ju, Sa-Ma-Sa
Ra with Ve late marrage for (2,7,11) also one of the cause for low education (3,8,5).
(2) 7.30.20 AM - Doctor/Nurse has confirmed, it took about 15 to 20 seconds, to move the second baby out.
ASC with Mo/Ju, 2nd STL/CSL Ra/Ke, 3rd Sa/Ju, 5th Mo/Ju , 7th Sat/Jup, 8th Ve/Ve,
10th Ra/Ve, 11th Sa/Ju Other RPs Su-Su-Sa, Mo-Mo-Ma, Ve-Ra-Ju, Sa-Ma-Sa
Now what is different from above?
Only CSL of Ke instead of Ve changes in 2 and 10.
That was enough for change in his fate.
7th shows about marrage, confirmed as love for (2, 11) and marriage date matched.
Also his 8, 12, 2 and 7 has shown serious health issues on Sun Transit time during May 1991 (Kethu effect). Also Su and Ve helped in profession (10).
Punarphoo Dosa on KP System
This is the discussion summary, I send to people.. on Punarphoo Dosa. (Punarphoo in Tamil means, conjugal)
Malefic effects (marraige and Health only) Sat-Ven-Moon.
For Punarphoo we have to look at 4, 8, 10, 12 and with strong Saturn (RP), with Venus affliction, and under the Moon period, delays happen (note 2, 7, 11 not in picture). Few add more house too. In fact, all the 12 houses, with have these 3 planet combinatons some point of time. I have seen on that with Mars too! But not all in Sat DBA. There are verious combinations to look at.
When someone hears, that he has dosa, he puts blame on destiny and moves on. This is traditonal astrology. Nice placebo effect.
Malefic effects (marraige and Health only) Sat-Ven-Moon.
For Punarphoo we have to look at 4, 8, 10, 12 and with strong Saturn (RP), with Venus affliction, and under the Moon period, delays happen (note 2, 7, 11 not in picture). Few add more house too. In fact, all the 12 houses, with have these 3 planet combinatons some point of time. I have seen on that with Mars too! But not all in Sat DBA. There are verious combinations to look at.
When someone hears, that he has dosa, he puts blame on destiny and moves on. This is traditonal astrology. Nice placebo effect.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Bhagvad Gita and my Interpretations
Life teaches s so many things...
My hobby of writing takes a twist and is going to Spirituality....
I am penning "Bhagvad Gita - My Interpretations", to be published through a Southern Imprint. It will have 365 Verses, for everyday healing. I will also try to make it available with Google Online.
It is my my way of helping people, based on the repeated queries I used to get for Astrological readings. Dont get bogged down by Supersitions.
A sample verse in my way...
"Do thy work, and thy shall not expect any return" - Bhagvad Gita. III Verse.
My hobby of writing takes a twist and is going to Spirituality....
I am penning "Bhagvad Gita - My Interpretations", to be published through a Southern Imprint. It will have 365 Verses, for everyday healing. I will also try to make it available with Google Online.
It is my my way of helping people, based on the repeated queries I used to get for Astrological readings. Dont get bogged down by Supersitions.
A sample verse in my way...
"Do thy work, and thy shall not expect any return" - Bhagvad Gita. III Verse.
All about KP System
PRINCIPLES OF K.P. ASTROLOGY
1. General Introduction to Astrology
2. K.P. system
3. Natal Astrology
4. Horary Astrology
5. Horoscope Matching or Compatibility study
1. General Introduction to Astrology
The sky of 360 degrees is divided equally into twelve zodiac signs of 30 degrees each and into twenty-seven constellations of 13 degrees and 20 minutes each.There are nine planets including two nodes, Rahu and Kethu. Each constellation has a lord called its star lord. As there are twenty-seven constellations and only nine planets to act as their star lords,three constellations have the same planet as star lord.Thus sky has a three-fold symmetry from star lord point of view and 0 degree to 120 degrees,120 degrees to 240 degrees and 240 degrees to 360 degrees have the same star lord structure.
2. K.P. system
We have twelve cusps. In K.P. system, the starting point of a cusp house is called its cusp. Ascendant is the first cusp and the first cusp house extends form the first cusp to the second cusp. Similarly,other cusps can be calculated up to the twelfth cusp,strictly following K.P. system and K.P. ayanamsa. These cusp houses represent different matters or events of our life. The cusp sublords and planetary sub lords play various roles in materialising events in our day-to-day life. Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti studied the conventional Vedic and Western astrological techniques and found that they are very good in explaining the past events, but often fail to predict the future matters. They fail to explain why twins sometimes exhibit different behavioural patterns, though they are born with only few minutes’ difference.Thus,he thought of dividing a constellation (longitude of 13 degrees 20 minutes) into nine subdivisions following Vinshottari system. He assigned to each division a lord, sequentially, starting with the star lord of the first division with the name of the star lord of the constellation. If the constellation having Sun as star lord is divided into nine sub divisions,then the order is: Sun,Moon, Mars,Rahu,Jupiter,Saturn,Mercury, Kethu and Venus.These subdivisions are called sub lords or simply, subs. In K.P. system, the transiting planet or the planet in the natal (birth)chart is the source to offer the result depending upon its nature, occupation and ownership of the cusp house. This planet (source) offers the matters (or events) signified by the houses owned and occupied by its star lord (or the lord of the constellation where it is transiting or is deposited in the natal chart). The sub lord is the final deciding factor, which votes in favour or against the event.Thus in summary,the matters indicated by the star lord are offered through the planet transiting or deposited on it as per birth chart and the sub lord is the final deciding factor for materialisation of the event. In this method it is often possible to exactly pinpoint the date and time of occurrence of the event in future with one hundred percent accuracy.
3. Natal Astrology
Data required: Correct Birth details i.e. date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W). Natal astrology deals with the computations and predictions based upon the birth details(date,time and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W) of birth) . The birth time is sometimes not correctly recorded which ultimately results in error in prediction.In K.P. system, we have ruling planet technique to correct the birth time, if past single occurrence events like date of marriage or childbirth etc. are known.
4. Horary Astrology
Data required: 1. One question on a particular topic. 2. A number (between 1 to 249), called horary number. 3. Date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W) of the querist. In K.P. system, there are 249 sub lords in the zodiac and the querist is requested to tell his question and a number, between 1 and 249,which comes to his mind while putting the question.In this Divine science of astrology,there is one to one correspondence between the R.P.s (ruling planets) of the time of asking the question and the time of materialisation of the event. There is one ascendant corresponding to each horary number and a chart can be drawn, if date, time, place and this number are known.This astrology is called horary astrology and is more accurate and suitable for individual questions on any one walk of life.
5. Horoscope Matching or Compatibility study
Data required: Correct Birth details i.e. date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W). We move with like-minded people and avoid those who do not conform to our state of mind.This matching is very much essential, particularly for marriage,so that the couple can enjoy a long and happy life.It can be done taking natal horoscopes of two persons and analysing them as per Vedic and K.P. systems.
A Note - When people are asking me for readings, on any issues, please include the data, and as many events with dates as possible, to predict the future! If you cannot fix the past, cannot see the future!
1. General Introduction to Astrology
2. K.P. system
3. Natal Astrology
4. Horary Astrology
5. Horoscope Matching or Compatibility study
1. General Introduction to Astrology
The sky of 360 degrees is divided equally into twelve zodiac signs of 30 degrees each and into twenty-seven constellations of 13 degrees and 20 minutes each.There are nine planets including two nodes, Rahu and Kethu. Each constellation has a lord called its star lord. As there are twenty-seven constellations and only nine planets to act as their star lords,three constellations have the same planet as star lord.Thus sky has a three-fold symmetry from star lord point of view and 0 degree to 120 degrees,120 degrees to 240 degrees and 240 degrees to 360 degrees have the same star lord structure.
2. K.P. system
We have twelve cusps. In K.P. system, the starting point of a cusp house is called its cusp. Ascendant is the first cusp and the first cusp house extends form the first cusp to the second cusp. Similarly,other cusps can be calculated up to the twelfth cusp,strictly following K.P. system and K.P. ayanamsa. These cusp houses represent different matters or events of our life. The cusp sublords and planetary sub lords play various roles in materialising events in our day-to-day life. Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti studied the conventional Vedic and Western astrological techniques and found that they are very good in explaining the past events, but often fail to predict the future matters. They fail to explain why twins sometimes exhibit different behavioural patterns, though they are born with only few minutes’ difference.Thus,he thought of dividing a constellation (longitude of 13 degrees 20 minutes) into nine subdivisions following Vinshottari system. He assigned to each division a lord, sequentially, starting with the star lord of the first division with the name of the star lord of the constellation. If the constellation having Sun as star lord is divided into nine sub divisions,then the order is: Sun,Moon, Mars,Rahu,Jupiter,Saturn,Mercury, Kethu and Venus.These subdivisions are called sub lords or simply, subs. In K.P. system, the transiting planet or the planet in the natal (birth)chart is the source to offer the result depending upon its nature, occupation and ownership of the cusp house. This planet (source) offers the matters (or events) signified by the houses owned and occupied by its star lord (or the lord of the constellation where it is transiting or is deposited in the natal chart). The sub lord is the final deciding factor, which votes in favour or against the event.Thus in summary,the matters indicated by the star lord are offered through the planet transiting or deposited on it as per birth chart and the sub lord is the final deciding factor for materialisation of the event. In this method it is often possible to exactly pinpoint the date and time of occurrence of the event in future with one hundred percent accuracy.
3. Natal Astrology
Data required: Correct Birth details i.e. date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W). Natal astrology deals with the computations and predictions based upon the birth details(date,time and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W) of birth) . The birth time is sometimes not correctly recorded which ultimately results in error in prediction.In K.P. system, we have ruling planet technique to correct the birth time, if past single occurrence events like date of marriage or childbirth etc. are known.
4. Horary Astrology
Data required: 1. One question on a particular topic. 2. A number (between 1 to 249), called horary number. 3. Date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W) of the querist. In K.P. system, there are 249 sub lords in the zodiac and the querist is requested to tell his question and a number, between 1 and 249,which comes to his mind while putting the question.In this Divine science of astrology,there is one to one correspondence between the R.P.s (ruling planets) of the time of asking the question and the time of materialisation of the event. There is one ascendant corresponding to each horary number and a chart can be drawn, if date, time, place and this number are known.This astrology is called horary astrology and is more accurate and suitable for individual questions on any one walk of life.
5. Horoscope Matching or Compatibility study
Data required: Correct Birth details i.e. date, time (in IST or GMT) and place (i.e. latitude N/S & longitude E/W). We move with like-minded people and avoid those who do not conform to our state of mind.This matching is very much essential, particularly for marriage,so that the couple can enjoy a long and happy life.It can be done taking natal horoscopes of two persons and analysing them as per Vedic and K.P. systems.
A Note - When people are asking me for readings, on any issues, please include the data, and as many events with dates as possible, to predict the future! If you cannot fix the past, cannot see the future!
How I caught an email fraudster in Chennai
As you are aware, myself and some other friends/peers/learned Gurus are providing Free Astro consultations using the KP system, on various Astro groups on the internet. Being the scientifc way, solutions are obtained fast. The only benefits accrued is the database of certain special cases (handled anonymously without names).
I get 100's of emails with no genuine interests in getting the actual reading. So I started telling from end of July 2006, anyone interested should donate to a worthy cause and send me the proof. This was a success, 99% people of bogus interest or fishing for a free reading, who are willing to spend money on hours of internet service, but not for a worthy cause, stopped emailing!
I spend my weekends and free times in the weekdays, to do this yeoman service.
Now about, "How I caught an email fraudster in Chennai".... This all happened in the last 24 hours.
This person, born in a South Indian City of Tamilnadu, studied at one of the good Engineering college in Tamilnadu. He is actually a network admin person now, as his brains didnt work to be a developer, who had job hopped a multiple times, and fired few times, in his earlier jobs, on unwanted activity in the company hours using internet.
Few days before he sent me a mail requesting for a free reading about his delayed marriage. He had also cribbed in his mail about spending lots of money to astrologers, pariharas, and even for his own astro software for his own predictions. I did a Prasna, and found out that this was a bogus interest, and replied him with a standard reply. He replied back saying, that he works for a Government Agency, a SPY and has military contacts and I will have to face dire consequences, if I dont give him a proper reading. I said enough is enough, and called my Security specialists friends in the IT field. I also checked with the IT Act (2000) experts on this type of mail. There was a Cybercrime committed. I gave the copies of the emails I had from him, and also pointings to his traces on the groups, where he had left messages. Luckily he had used the same birth dates all over being truthful there, so evidence was there all around the web.
I used my contacts with the authorities and the my own friends in the Cyber Security area, and tracked the locations of the person, to his office and also to his home, where he had emailed from. This person, forgot that in all the webmail programs, the origin IP address is also sent along with it and that is his Jathaka. You have heard about certain arrests in India using this technique. I ensured that this is not leaked to the newspapers and media. Sworn to secrecy!
A trap was set, and today morning he has been taken to custody.
Also this was notified to his current employer of few months, an MNC company, of sending frauduent threatening mails from the office internet service to outsiders (first of all using webmail from office was banned there it seems). Monday morning is going to be a very new day for that person, in a different environment.
I hope this serves as a warning to others, who are trying to fraud and threaten people! Technology will catch them, somehow.
I get 100's of emails with no genuine interests in getting the actual reading. So I started telling from end of July 2006, anyone interested should donate to a worthy cause and send me the proof. This was a success, 99% people of bogus interest or fishing for a free reading, who are willing to spend money on hours of internet service, but not for a worthy cause, stopped emailing!
I spend my weekends and free times in the weekdays, to do this yeoman service.
Now about, "How I caught an email fraudster in Chennai".... This all happened in the last 24 hours.
This person, born in a South Indian City of Tamilnadu, studied at one of the good Engineering college in Tamilnadu. He is actually a network admin person now, as his brains didnt work to be a developer, who had job hopped a multiple times, and fired few times, in his earlier jobs, on unwanted activity in the company hours using internet.
Few days before he sent me a mail requesting for a free reading about his delayed marriage. He had also cribbed in his mail about spending lots of money to astrologers, pariharas, and even for his own astro software for his own predictions. I did a Prasna, and found out that this was a bogus interest, and replied him with a standard reply. He replied back saying, that he works for a Government Agency, a SPY and has military contacts and I will have to face dire consequences, if I dont give him a proper reading. I said enough is enough, and called my Security specialists friends in the IT field. I also checked with the IT Act (2000) experts on this type of mail. There was a Cybercrime committed. I gave the copies of the emails I had from him, and also pointings to his traces on the groups, where he had left messages. Luckily he had used the same birth dates all over being truthful there, so evidence was there all around the web.
I used my contacts with the authorities and the my own friends in the Cyber Security area, and tracked the locations of the person, to his office and also to his home, where he had emailed from. This person, forgot that in all the webmail programs, the origin IP address is also sent along with it and that is his Jathaka. You have heard about certain arrests in India using this technique. I ensured that this is not leaked to the newspapers and media. Sworn to secrecy!
A trap was set, and today morning he has been taken to custody.
Also this was notified to his current employer of few months, an MNC company, of sending frauduent threatening mails from the office internet service to outsiders (first of all using webmail from office was banned there it seems). Monday morning is going to be a very new day for that person, in a different environment.
I hope this serves as a warning to others, who are trying to fraud and threaten people! Technology will catch them, somehow.
Job Application Goof Ups
Lifted from the Net.... as multiple emails sent to me with no copyrights on this. Enjoy!
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Cover letter: "I would be prepared to meet with you at your earliest convenience to discuss what I can do to your company."
That's what we're afraid of.
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Weaknesses: "Suffer from prickly heat in summer."
Sounds uncomfortable.
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Cover letter: "Enclosed is my resume for your viewing pleasure."
We can hardly wait.
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Cover letter: "You are privileged to receive my resume."
We'll try not to let it go to our heads.
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Objective: "To mature in the field of human behavior."
Good luck with that.
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Experience: "10 years of experience in financail budgiting and transactions rigistering."
But limited experience with the spell-check function.
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Cover letter: "Please overlook my resume."
If you insist.
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Cover letter: "I'm submitting the attached copy of my resume for your consumption."
Yum.
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Skills: "Grate communication skills."
Yes, but can you talk and chop at the same time?
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Experience: "Responsibilities included recruiting, screening, interviewing and executing final candidates."
Seems kind of harsh
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Cover letter: "Salary demanded - $65,000."
Would you like that in small, unmarked bills?
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Strengths: "Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining composer."
Would that be Mozart or Beethoven?
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Education: "B.A. in Loberal Arts."
Did you minor in ear piercing?
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Cover letter: "I've updated my resume so it's more appalling to employers."
We're pretty shocked already ...
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Cover letter: "Seek challenges that test my mind and body, since the two are usually inseparable."
Glad to hear it.
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Cover letter: "My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable."
At these extremes, some things are best left unsaid.
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Cover letter: "Experienced in all faucets of accounting."
That should help with the flow of information.
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Friday, August 11, 2006
KP Hororary Astrology
KP Horary Astrology is a prominent branch of Astrology, which is more, perfect, wonderful and more useful for those, who dont know their time of birth. Horary word derived from ‘hora’ of Sanskrit, which means hour. In this branch predictions are forecasted on the base of horoscope, casted at the time of Query, called Horary Horoscope.
This method based on Nakshatras, is a rational and has a scientific approach as any other branch of astrology and it is the sublime art at foreseeing events from the position of the planets at the moment when one propounds seriously a question about any important matter.
In Nakshatra based Horary system, the astrologer asks the querist to give a number at random from 1 up to 249. The number that is given by the querist and the time when he/she asks the question forms the base for the prediction. It is the ruling planets at the time of query, which enables the astrologer to predict. The number that he/she gives depends upon his/her mind, which is governed by the Moon. So that particular number Reflect the question and answer, in the ruling planets, which govern the time of query. This branch is a discovery of Prof. K S. Krishnamurti, the world fame researcher of K. P. System in Vedic Indian Astrology. It is so clear, convincing and correct which is resorted to, mostly by those, who doubt the correctness of their birth data. Horary astrology can answer all your questions and clear all doubts even without your correct birth details.
This system completely follows principles of astrology. `By applying it one can predict the longevity, health, success or failure in ones enterprise, ones stay in foreign or return to native place, the time of marriage and description of partner, reunion or divorce, re-marriage, birth of children, result of examination, recovery of lost articles, gain by lottery, races or speculations, success in litigation, treasure legacy, even day to days minor issues like when will my kid come back from school? Anything and everything, which is chasing the peace of your mind and family, you can ask. Thousands of people, who were doubtful for their birth details, are already benefited with divine branch of Vedic Indian Astrology.
Using KP Stellar System I can give the time period of the event to happen, if it is an "Yes".
Please note the answer could be "Yes" or "No" only. I cannot give names etc...
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If you would like to have a KP Hororary predictions done, do contact me on the email id vijayashankar dot india @ gmail dot com
I charge Rs 1,000/- for India residing Indians and US $ 100/- for NRI's foreigners. All proceeds go towards charity!
This method based on Nakshatras, is a rational and has a scientific approach as any other branch of astrology and it is the sublime art at foreseeing events from the position of the planets at the moment when one propounds seriously a question about any important matter.
In Nakshatra based Horary system, the astrologer asks the querist to give a number at random from 1 up to 249. The number that is given by the querist and the time when he/she asks the question forms the base for the prediction. It is the ruling planets at the time of query, which enables the astrologer to predict. The number that he/she gives depends upon his/her mind, which is governed by the Moon. So that particular number Reflect the question and answer, in the ruling planets, which govern the time of query. This branch is a discovery of Prof. K S. Krishnamurti, the world fame researcher of K. P. System in Vedic Indian Astrology. It is so clear, convincing and correct which is resorted to, mostly by those, who doubt the correctness of their birth data. Horary astrology can answer all your questions and clear all doubts even without your correct birth details.
This system completely follows principles of astrology. `By applying it one can predict the longevity, health, success or failure in ones enterprise, ones stay in foreign or return to native place, the time of marriage and description of partner, reunion or divorce, re-marriage, birth of children, result of examination, recovery of lost articles, gain by lottery, races or speculations, success in litigation, treasure legacy, even day to days minor issues like when will my kid come back from school? Anything and everything, which is chasing the peace of your mind and family, you can ask. Thousands of people, who were doubtful for their birth details, are already benefited with divine branch of Vedic Indian Astrology.
Using KP Stellar System I can give the time period of the event to happen, if it is an "Yes".
Please note the answer could be "Yes" or "No" only. I cannot give names etc...
***
If you would like to have a KP Hororary predictions done, do contact me on the email id vijayashankar dot india @ gmail dot com
I charge Rs 1,000/- for India residing Indians and US $ 100/- for NRI's foreigners. All proceeds go towards charity!
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
SIP doesnt score, timing is everything.
Contrary to the popular belief, SIP doesnt score. Only the market sentiment induced timing, gives greater returns.
Looking at my Current Portfolio in 7 SIP funds, invested from Nov 2004 (closer to 5 lakhs), SIP has not given even half of the timing investments, with lumpsum.
These are the funds I invested in (All dividend payout options - all re-invested back as lumpsum).
HDEQ - HDFC Equity Fund
HDT200 - HDFC Top 200
BDY1 - Biral Dividend yield
DSO1 - DSP Opportunites
FTP1 - Franlin Prima
KPB1 - Franklin Bluechip
ANM - Birla New Millenium
Regular 248606.44 562919.56 126.43%
SIP 220967.71 322900.78 46.13%
All 469574.15 885820.34 88.64%
I have mailed the exact details and reasons of my timing of investments, to the self style guru of Mutual Funds, Dhirendra Kumar of Valuersearchonline.com, and for some reason he is silent. Immediately there is one story appearing saying SIPs score, Always. That is total bull.
Looking at my Current Portfolio in 7 SIP funds, invested from Nov 2004 (closer to 5 lakhs), SIP has not given even half of the timing investments, with lumpsum.
These are the funds I invested in (All dividend payout options - all re-invested back as lumpsum).
HDEQ - HDFC Equity Fund
HDT200 - HDFC Top 200
BDY1 - Biral Dividend yield
DSO1 - DSP Opportunites
FTP1 - Franlin Prima
KPB1 - Franklin Bluechip
ANM - Birla New Millenium
Regular 248606.44 562919.56 126.43%
SIP 220967.71 322900.78 46.13%
All 469574.15 885820.34 88.64%
I have mailed the exact details and reasons of my timing of investments, to the self style guru of Mutual Funds, Dhirendra Kumar of Valuersearchonline.com, and for some reason he is silent. Immediately there is one story appearing saying SIPs score, Always. That is total bull.
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