நீங்க, நல்லவரா ? கெட்டவரா ?

நல்லவனையும் கெட்டவனையும் அளக்க,
யாரேனும் ஓர் உபகரணம்
அறிந்து வைத்திருக்கிறார்களா?
தெரிந்தால் கொஞ்சம் சொல்லுங்களேன்.
அதுவரை - நான், என் அளவுகோலைக் கொண்டு,
அளந்ததைச் சொல்லுகிறேன்.

நக்கலையும் நையாண்டியையும்
ஆண்டுகள் பல அலுக்காமல் கேட்டால்,
நீங்கள் நல்லவர்.

பொறுமை இழந்து பொறுமலைக்
காட்டினால், நீங்கள் கெட்டவர்.

பத்துலட்சத்தை விட்டுக்கொடுத்தால்
நீங்கள் நல்லவர்.

உரிமையான ஒன்றிரண்டு ஆயிரத்தைக்
கண்ணியமாய்க் கேட்டால்நீங்கள் கெட்டவர்.

சிலாகித்துக் கொண்டே இருந்தால்
நீங்கள் நல்லவர்

சிந்திக்கத் தொடங்கினால்
நீங்கள் கெட்டவர்.

ஏமாந்து கொண்டே இருந்தால்
நீங்கள் நல்லவர்

ஏன்? எப்படி என்று கேட்டால்
நீங்கள் கெட்டவர்!

நமக்குள்ளே
நல்லவரும் இல்லை கெட்டவரும் இல்லை.
எதிராளியின் எதிர்பார்ப்பும் ஏமாற்றமும்,
ஆக்குகிறது நம்மை,
நல்லவராகவும் கெட்டவராகவும்.
ஆகவே, அச்சம் கொள்ளாதீர்கள்.

எதிராளி, நல்லவரானால்
நாமும் நல்லவரே.
நம்மை,அணுகுபவர் கெட்டவரானால்
நாமும் கெட்டவரே!

Once i feel that a song hovers my mind of-late, then i will remove the lyrics from the "Lyrics that haunt me" and will file it under the label "Lyrics". Here is the first one.


Movie : Aayirathil Oruvan (2009)
Music: G.V. Prakash
Penned by: Selvaraghavan


மாலை நேரம்
மழை தூறும் காலம்
என் ஜன்னல் ஓரம் நிற்கிறேன்
நீயும் நானும்
ஒரு போர்வைக்குள்ளே
சிறு மேகம் போலே மிதக்கிறேன்
ஓடும் காலங்கள்
உடன் ஓடும் நிமிடங்கள்
வழி மாறும் பயணங்கள்
தொடர்கிறதே
இது தான் வாழ்க்கையா
ஒரு துணை தான் தேவையா
மனம் ஏனோ என்னையே கேட்கிறதே


ஒ ஹோ காதல் இங்கே ஓய்ந்தது
கவிதை ஒன்று முடிந்தது
தேடும் போதே தொலைந்ததே - அன்பே
இது சோகம் ஆனால் ஒரு சுகம்
நெஞ்சின் உள்ளே பரவிடும்
நாம் பழகிய காலம் பரவசம் - அன்பே
இதம் தருமே..


உன் கரம் கொற்கையில்
நினைவு ஓர் ஆயிரம்
பின் இரு கரம் பிரிகையில்
நினைவு நூறாயிரம்
காதலில் விழுந்த இதயம்
மீட்க முடியாதது
கனவில் தொலைந்த நிஜங்கள்
மீண்டும் கிடைக்காதது
ஒரு காலையில் நீ இல்லை
தேடவும் மனம் வரவில்லை
பிரிந்ததும் புரிந்தது
நான் என்ன(என்னை) இழந்தேன் என


ஒ ஹோ காதல் இங்கே ஓய்ந்தது
கவிதை ஒன்று முடிந்தது
தேடும் போதே தொலைந்தது - அன்பே
இதில் சோகம் ஆனால் ஒரு சுகம்
நெஞ்சின் உள்ளே பரவிடும்
நாம் பழகிய காலம் பரவசம் - அன்பே
இதம் தருமே..


ஒரு முறை வாசலில்
நீயாய் வந்தால் என்ன?
நான் கேட்கவே துடித்திடும்
வார்த்தை சொன்னால் என்ன?
இரு மனம் சேர்கையில் பிழைகள்
பொறுத்து கொண்டால் என்ன?
இரு திசை பறவைகள் இணைந்து
விண்ணில் சென்றால் என்ன?
என் தேடல்கள் நீ இல்லை
உன் கனவுகள் நான் இல்லை
இரு விழி பார்வையில்
நாம் உருகி நின்றால் என்ன?

மாலை நேரம்
மழை தூறும் காலம்
என் ஜன்னலோரம்
நிற்கிறேன்
நீயும் நானும்
ஒரு போர்வைக்குள்ளே
சிறு மேகம் போலே மிதக்கிறேன்
ஓடும் காலங்கள்
உடன் ஓடும் நினைவுகள்
வழி மாறும் பயணங்கள்
தொடர்கிறதே..
இது தான் வாழ்க்கையா
ஒரு துணை தான் தேவையா
மனம் ஏனோ என்னையே கேட்கிறதே..


ஒ ஹோ காதல் இங்கே ஓய்ந்தது
கவிதை ஒன்று முடிந்தது
தேடும் போதே தொலைந்தது - அன்பே
இது சோகம் ஆனால் ஒரு சுகம்
நெஞ்சின் உள்ளே பரவிடும்
நாம் பழகிய காலம் பரவசம் - அன்பே
இதம் தருமே

WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKED FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THELEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE

This is the winner:-

My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife,

Marrying you screwed up my life.

I see your face when I am dreaming.

That's why I always wake up screaming.

Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;

This describes everything you are not.

I thought that I could love no other --

that is until I met your brother.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.

But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your

head.

I want to feel your sweet embrace;

But don't take that paper bag off your face.

I love your smile, your face, and your eyes --

Damn, I'm good at telling lies!

My love, you take my breath away.

What have you stepped in to smell this way?

My feelings for you no words can tell,

Except for maybe “'Go to hell.”'

What inspired this amorous rhyme?

Two parts tequila, one part lime

Adventures with a great man of greater words- Part I

It is always a pleasure to think about childhood pals, Who grow with you, and share the events in their life....Among the lot of friends i had, three of us to this day still make a great trio when we get some time to spend together. I have decided to record my memory of this great man among us before i start forgetting them. let me call us P,S,Y and S will be the great man i am referring to, P myself and Y the final but the leader of our group :):)

Once it was raining heavily. And S never cared about his two wheeler. He rarely worried whether it had enough fuel or it required a service. Y would always point out the requirement. Once after roaming the city, as we do often, we were returning back to our area. It was raining beautifully. While me and Y were on a vehicle, S was on his vehicle. The engine seized to function. We parked our vehicles by the road side. Y kicked the vehicle as much as he could. But it all went in vain. S kept silent all this time. I too tried a few kicks. After sometime, S opened up.

"மச்சான் பெட்ரோல் போட்டு ரெண்டு வாரம் இருகும்னு நெனைக்கறேன் டா. அதுனால ஒடலய?" (Bro, i think its been two weeks since refueled by vehicle. Could that be the reason?).

Y was agitated. "டேய் சூப்பர் டா. போடாங்க...பக்கதுல எந்த பெட்ரோல் பங்கும் கடயாது. தள்ளிட்டு டான் போகணும். எ லே லோ ஐலசா". (WOW.Fantastic. We dont have any gas station nearby. Seems u need to walk a long way)

At that very moment, S did a splendid job that amazed and enlightened us even in that downpour. S swiftly, took the keys unlocked the seat cover. He immediately opened the Petrol tank cap in that rain. He bent down and aligned his eye in line with the petrol tank opening. He looked into it for a minute or two, then looked at us.

"எனக்கு எதுவும் தெரில டா." (I couldn't see anything)

Neither me nor Y could answer him. We were already laughing. The rain was already filling the tank....and after that what we did was history...till date, we are proud that we had a great man S of our age with great sense of timing and thinking!!!!!!!

KANDHA(KUPPA)SAMY - Movie review

With much hype and hoopla, the movie was released setting great expectation. After Bheema, everyone expected a lot from vickram since, bheema was a terrible flop at the box office. I too was one among the many. With great expectations me and a friend of mine woke up as early as 530 in the morning and went to the theatres. Yup the show was at 630am. Had i ever been to office or temple that early??? LOL

The first good thing about the movie was, i was educated with the knowledge that there is a temple for lord muruga in tiruporur in the outskirts of chennai and the statue is quiet different. In that sense, the face was plain, it had no eyes/nose/ears anything. Well I have come to know about the temple and that was the last good thing about the movie.

CRAP CRAP CRAP. A big time crap. I dont know how vikram, an actor of his calibre accepted such amateurish story. SUSI GANESAN is the real culprit behind all the havoc's on screen. As though his works are not alone, shriya saran and vadivelu, share the screen space to inflict more wounds in the eyes of the viewers.

Should i call the superhero character of the story as seval man???? or hen man????? Well, the costume for the super hero are good. But ironically, in the 3 hrs 20 mins long story, the super hero comes for just 30 mins. The director fails to walk the narrow line and gets lost somewhere in between....and so are the viewers. half way through the movie, the viewers fail to understand why the hell they are in the theatre.

Shriya saran is a total useless trash. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TEACH HER THE NUISANCE of acting and if not some dance steps at least few aerobics to perform in synchronous with the background score???? This bloody lady has lost her mind and has also lost her dressing sense. Too much of skin show, leaves the viewers irked rather than them craving for more.

The buffoonish antics in the name of comedy, makes one feel like farting at vadivelu's face. this monkey is a spent force and is totally useless....background music is a big let down to the movie, we keep hearing some tables and chairs being pulled on a ruff surface. The songs are a total waste and the producer could have saved a huge some had he restrained himself from having any music for the movie.

Though vikram looks more youthful, he lacks the vigour and charm that we have seen him in his early years. Maybe he is too tired to act and getting old!!!!!

The film unit has adopted two villages. Had thanu not started this project, he could have just adopted the entire TAMIL NADU state.

VERDICT: maama idu kuppa!!!! TOTAL WASTE

AADHAVAN - Soudtracks

With great expectation, i listened to AADHAVAN....well, i have no words to describe how disappointed i am. The song hasiley fisely or something is good. Chinmayi and unnikrishnan has rendered a song really well...apart from those, i dont want to use a bad language to describe the songs. Regular harris jayaraj musig, someone always starts scremeing somehting in all these songs....TOTAL TRASH!!!!!!!!!

You don't need brains to be Boss...

When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss.

The brain said, "I should be Boss because I control the whole body's responses and functions."

The feet said, "We should be Boss as we carry the brain about and get him to where he wants to go."

The hands said, "We should be the Boss because we do all the work and earn all the money." And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up.

All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss. So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work. Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered. Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so the motion was passed.All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed out the shit!

Management Lesson: You don't need brains to be Boss, any asshole will do!

SIVAJI AND MARLON BRANDO

I just came across the pics in one of the forums. Felt these are rare pics and sharing it here. Enjoy....

Our all-time Great Sivaji Ganesan with the Hollywood Greats. (L to R) Standing:Jim Garner,Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston. Sitting:George Chandler, Sivaji Ganesan, Walter Pidgeon

INDIANS - came across in a mail

"Tamils"are always proud to be Tamizhs; Pretty courteous (that is what they think, at least!). They speak yenglish but sorry, no indi (Hindi)saar...what da??.The more common Madarasi (chennaisi..., now?) is an ardent fan of kireeketmatches.

Their counterparts in Bombay think they live in America but speak Hinglish like ...are you sure ki Sujata aa rahi hai ya Ill go akela!" Andthey take great pride in making stupid mistakes in Hindi Grammar.

Thamizhs, are verrry lecky to have "simble" neighbours in the "keralites"who are a komblex race of peoblle (they migrated around 2000 B.C. from the middle east, I guess; and now even the Sheikhs feel wary of them) but they eat a lot of chooclyte and own 99.998765% of chai shops in the world and form 99.89% of nursing community.

Not far begind the kerals is the "telugu desam", who are totally againesht flaunting their wealthu to the woruldu, though they occasionally come out withu brick red shirtsu and parrot green pantsu Generally sane peoplesu (and so you can always findu them judgingu, probhingu, queschioningu othersu ....)

The Canadians, excuse me, the "Kannadigas" aor (are) the coolest dobun When it comes to Rajkumar (actor), if a fly sits on his nose,they'll burn the entire city of Bengaloroo to kill the fly! To hell withSilicon valley ! I-ron, firshtu, girlu, Lasht Bussu, roadu, crickeatu,filamu are some of their favourites.

"Maharashtrians" are a conservative, confused, complex lot-kar. -Kar, that is because gavasakar, tendulkar, bahulkar,.. confused that is because sitting in southern part of India they would ask the other person "are you from Maharashtra or from south India ..?" and genuinely wonder why the other person takes some time to answer the question. They like the principles of pheejix and their favourite character in the alphabet is Zay (god knows where that came from). Although soft, peace loving people but they elect the shivsena to rule them.

And right there next to the Maharashtrians are the "Gujjubhais". They like to keep kes in the benk and their favourite past time is eating snakes(snacks)like paav bhaji, masala papad and pijja at the local snake bar. They gobble down palak sev like their life depends on it and believe in the brotherhood and sisterhood of man and woman (everybody is a bhai or a ben).

If you go further eesht, the land uf Udissa - the land of irron ("r"unsilent) where sombalpuroa and Bhubaneshbara are big towns. The people are bery cordial and if you are Vikram they bill soorly ask your name starts from B or Bhe. They do not sout, sam or soot but occasnally bawsh their phace at the wasbashin. James Bond Mohanty in our colleze had a roll nomber jero, jero,sebhen.

Bengalees
are bery bery similor, but or bery proud oph Subas Chondro Boash and Shoatyojit Roy (I used to know a director by name Satyajit Ray who was also pretty good) and eberybody is X da. I used to habe a friend by name.Dada. Bonder...neber mind. Bot I most conphess, Roshgollas are bery goooood, tho!

Bihari kids are supposed to be the smartest kids in India (if not in the universe!). How we wish they grow up the same way,...but... And Biharees are bery phond of Laloo and Ranchi , isse bhadiya tumre pass koochi hai kaa?! spit spit...

Punjabis are very sweet and aggressive and offer Rotti Shotti Khayega! to which I once replied No. He said Tage itu, yaar! By Godu! Surjeetu, what happenedu, oi?!. Then of course, everybodys a paappe or a kaakke. Thats Pnjab for you.

And Kashmir (called Cashmir by many, may be because of the amount of cash spent to keep it in India )?!? I know Roja (or Roza?)was shot (I mean filmed) somewhere nearby...


But at the end of the day, wherever you are in the world, whether it is inSunnyvale , CA ; Birmingham , UK ; UmmAl Quwain, UAE or Serangoon Road ,Singapore , ask them who they are and you'll get just one answer ---"INDIANS"

Stop whining SRK!!!

Nothing could have more surprised me than, minister P Chidambaram, voicing against the US for frisking SRK. Well i am no follower of SRK, nor against the honorable minister, neither do i like US. Who is SRK? He was once an actor!!!! Yup, even he will agree with me. He also claims, he is a movie start and not an actor. :):) It takes a lot to be an actor. And with garbage like, rab ne banadi jodi, OSO, he is definitely a movie start, but no actor.

well coming back to him being frisked away, whats wrong in it? because he is a movie does not mean he is all clear to go anywhere. The kind of security that the US have must be enforced everywhere. Who assured people, coz he is movie star he has no harm to do. Well sanjay dutt is a movie star!!!! Salman kahan is a movie star!!!! They have their own past. Why not SRK then??? who gave him the privilege to whine aloud posing he was frisked. Let me tell u all, not only in US, every city even in india in domestic terminus thousands of people are detained.

For those who had literally lived through 9/11 days of NYC, will definitely know, how much the loss meant to them. How pathetic the people where. The security check must definitely be there. It must be done in all the countries. WELL NO IS ABOVE THE LAW. Because he is a movie star, why should he be given a free pass? Has he talked something on the world climate? has he done anything to the people other than making them buffoons by making his fans watch his stupid movies? What is he worth to be given a free pass? what is he worth for the INDIAN government to publicly question the security checks?

It was coz of this attitude, the 26/11 mumbai attacks took place. And still, we keep people fail to regroup from ashes. In a statement, SRK was quoted "I am little worried about Americans because they do have this issue when your name is Muslim". Well the last time when someone blue up the taj hotels or the NYC were Muslims. There were no sharma or sastry in the fugitive list. For that matter there was no christian, Buddhist for that matter matter no other names were found. Well i am not biased towards Muslims. I have read quran. Use of jihad for wrong purpose are no true Muslims.

If SRK is really concerned abt Muslims, what did he do to question narendra modi when a huge massacre of killing spree was evoked in gujarat? He was happy filming!!!! He was happy that he was not killed. US have their own sentiments. Lets not question them. Its not only the non whites who are detained by the US. There are some famous personalites, whose names are kept in the airport security radar. For that matter senator EDWARD KENNEDY was stopped all the time. US never bothered to make it a big issue. To check the list of whites and famous person who get screened often here is the link.

http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/watchlistcounter.html

Hey SRK stop whining that u got detained. So WTF?

On a new beautiful cotton cloth, the tender body of the 1 year old mortal rested. Smiling beautifully at the audience, it was her 1st anniversary since she came to this world. People had gathered to grace the occasion.

A beautiful smile adorned the sweet lips and well set on the cheeks ignorant about the near future. As everyone one left to look after their own work, her granny sat near the child, looking at her occasionally. Granny was pre occupied with her own books.

Suddenly a siren broke the silence..."ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..", the level of volume was on the rise and suddenly granny felt it to be so near her and looked at the child. It was indeed the child that was crying.....Granny couldn't get herself to the reality....The child was just smiling happily few mins back and now @!@#@#!@#!@#....

She slowly took the child in her arms, consoled her with her gentle touch and put her down. Back to square one, the child happily smiled back at her granny, maybe a silent thanks :). Granny got back to her work. Few mins passed silently and again went the siren. This time the granny was quick enough to gaze around, She found a pair of legs running down the hall taking a sharp turn to vanish from the vicinity.

Granny, took the baby in her arms, consoled it and put it back to rest. She was all agitated now and her mind instructed to be on high alert...Down the hall, a pair of eyes with a sheepish smile, came out of the hiding and kept gazing at the child. The eyes now looked at the granny with a hostile look. She was busy reading....

The eyes kept looking at the doll. All excitement in the eyes, for the doll could move its hands, give out a shrill when its soft skin is pinched. The brain was already amazed how beautiful the doll is and worried why that granny is kept on guard. Little did the 18 month old pair of eyes realise, it is just another child just 6 month behind in time.

Slowly walking along the sides of the wall, avoiding the corridor pathway, the pair of eyes got ready for the next assault. It neared the child, with the fingers ready to mince the tender skin. Slowly the hands moved across....

"aiiiiii....". It was granny. she was on high alert. B4 the hand could touch the skin, granny shouted. The pair of legs took off. It ran to save itself. That was the last it attempted to pinch the child.

The child slept happily, ever happily, only for that day.

And for those of you reading this and wondering who these people are, the child is a cousin of mine and i am the proud owner of the pair of legs and eyes in the story!!!!!!!!!!!!

2012

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it’ll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it’ll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.


Reason one: Mayan calendar

The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and sacrificing virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it’s likely they’ve got the end of the world right as well.

Reason two: Sun storms

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and it’s supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with lot of radiation energy. It’s been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse and calculations suggest it’ll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012.

Reason three: The atom smasher

Scientists in Europe have been building the world’s largest particle accelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it’s properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They’re predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

Reason four: The Bible says it

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn’t bad enough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

Reason five: Super volcano

Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermal springs and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it’s sitting on top of the world’s biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we’re many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

Reason six: The physicists

This one’s case of bog -- simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berkely University have been crunching the
They’ve determined that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they’re claiming that their calculations prove that we’re all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

Reason seven: Earth’s magnetic field

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shields us from most of the sun’s radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we’re about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.


Don't be sad.. we ve 3 years to go. nearly 850 days... so enjoy every day...

Corporates and Zamindars

1947, august 15th, the world was told, INDIA gained her independence on this day. If my knowledge of history is not wrong, till the late 60's, the concept of zamindari system existed and played havoc on the lives of many. Lets go back to history and check what its all about?

In the early mughalian period, zamindari system was established. The so called zamindar or the landlord, will collect the taxes from the people, mostly peasants and hand it over to the government. When the east Indian company set their foot on the Indian soil, they had no other choice, but to employ the same system on a large scale. unlike the mughals era, the zamindars were treated as king by the Brits and were portrayed as hooligans b4 the people.

After India gained her much sought independence, these zamindars took the tide in their stride, promised people and registered most of the lands in their names. People were beaten up, treated as slaves...and there is a large collection of such history.

Ok. Why am i suddenly into history? I have heard people telling me, history will repeat itself in one form or the other. so has it repeated? what has happened now?

Civilization has leaped forward by thousands steps, irony is that we people felt culture to be a barrier for a better civilization and have left many values far behind. still a sect of the society calls for nourishment and practice of cultural values. With better civilization, mortals have found many ways to lead a better life. New occupations have come into play, majority of which has revolutionised the way a kid thinks about his career.

With the advent of computers, all the occupation seems to have faded away and people in the business of computers are thought to be of high creed. Well it was how things were when people forayed into software and hardware business. People forgot the basic requirements for a good society....mechanical engineers, civil engineers, chemical engineers etc....teachers, astronomers...the people with such qualifications are a rare breed these days....

well that is not what i had in mind when i started writing this...The point i am trying to argue about is the way today's giant IT companies have grown. The way people are treated, the way things are administrated. In the zamindari system, zamindar was the head, and we all know, the PM is the visible head to all the developers, testers under him. For that matter any modern corporate will do....

U ask for an off for one day, u are humiliated. People have to work days together irrespective of day and night, have to toil as hard as possible, just to get one happy nod from the so called boss :)...yup the peasants had to toil all round the year, to keep his family going if not happy.

If any peasant nodded his head against the zamindar, he was to be treated miserably and finally the family will end up starving for the year. In the same way, u nod your head and say no, from then on everything will turn against u, and at the time of appraisal, everyone knows what will happen.....

Zamindari system was a barbaric act. Now, with what should i compare these corporates and their bloody cultures? Zamindars were illiterate and were narrow minded. These corporates are highly educated (or rather ai-chi-keta) and still they are happy to behave as lunatics...

With the future in mind, will things get worse????? Will there be a better tomo for a so called civilized mortals? Will the kids enjoy a world filled with great civilization promising better jobs and careers as was promised to us????

Definite moment.....

In continuation with my previous post http://sobeitram.blogspot.com/2009/07/definite-moment.html

I shouldn't have got selected. I have been put in the wrong plane. These were the initial comments from vasudevan. Viswanathan was elated and we were all happy for all of us. barring bandu and manmadhan, me, vasan, vasudevan, mokkai, viswanathan, kadalai, thonti were all given a berth. It was a definite moment in each of our lives.

We came out, chatted for sometime.....Everyone started for hostel. We all decided to leave for home. share the news with our kith and kin. As everyone left, i roamed around the college. I always kept a balance of 100 ruppes in my phone, ever since the placement mela started. I kept that in reserve to make one important call that i had been longing to make. I had always dreamed of making that call when i get an offer letter. I had visualised it a 1000 times, ever since i started my college life.

I dialled the number, but put the call down, thinking it would be the wrong time to call. I tried again but hesitated to complete the call. This happened few times. It was 3.30 in the morning. I was roaming around trying to make a phone call. Atlast i gathered up all courage and placed the call. TRING, the first ring passed by....the second too went by..by now i was contemplating whether to wait or hang the call....before i could here the third one, there was the person i always longed to talk to.."Hello Shankar"

It was only in 2006 i had called her, since 1999. Ever since she left the home after getting married, i had rarely talked to her. I always wanted to call her,only on that day. If not win a gold medal in the academics just like her, i decided that i will surely call her as the first person when i receive an offer letter. What followed it was an emotional conversation that lasted for 10 mins. It was a 1000 times better screenplay than i had visualised it over the years. It was a great feeling to hear her after some many years in a happy and joyful mood. She was my dear elder sister, whom i always cherished. It was one mind blowing moment, moment that i had waited for a long time, a moment that i had longed for, for a long time then......It was indeed the definite moment for me.....

I know its been sometime now, since i updated my blog. U know what, i was stuck in a shit called technology. Yup, I had to ponder my basic understanding of certain networking concepts to complete a small techie job in my office. Though it was hectic, finally it was good to find that my basics are alright and the output was great!!!!

Leaving that aside, last week was great. The return of seven time F1 champion was a great news!!!!I had followed the F1 races very closely till 2006, since 2001. Thanks to yuppie, who introduced me to the world of F1. Ever since, he retired, i stopped watching it and i didn't have the proper environment to follow races too...Now i am all geared up and waiting for his first race on aug 23!!!!!

This week was beautiful with lot of travelling. I shuttled 3 times between chennai and trichy alone. And i will be leaving for trichy tonight:):). I orchestrated a wonderful embarrassing act last week :):).

Two weeks back, around friday night, i had to stay late coz of some work in my office. Me, my team mate and kuttan were the only souls in my ODC. It was around 9pm. I was already in the weekend mood for, the next two days were Saturday and sunday. My team mate approached kuttan, " I need leave for two days, i wont be able to come during the weekend". This itself was a great surprise. Weekends are supposed to be holidays and my team mate is requesting for off.

Kuttan was agitated. He doesn't like people taking off on weekends. BOSS!!!! so when does he want people to take off. No KIDDING. How can u think about taking off? u are in the payrolls of the company and that to assigned under kuttan. He always gives you two option.
1) U can take leave in any one sunday in the next one year.
2) U can take leave on any week day, but u must stay in the office during the weekends!!!

Yup, he has his weird customs. He then went on to scold him. I started from my office. The next monday as i reached office, i wanted to share the incident with my PL. I was bit angry over kuttan for treating team members as slaves. Since i had to share it with him and also, cannot shout sitting in the ODC, i pinged my PL in the communicator. I then started typing whatever happend. I type the exact words that kuttan used to scold my tea mate and made all sarcastic remarks. As i finished typing everything in full swing, and glared at my monitor, to my amazement, i couldn't find my PL's name in the recipient list of the chat conversation. WOW!!!! Then with who else was i chatting?!!! Well no one else than the same team mate. I felt very embarrassed and at the same time couldn't control my laughter. To top it all, i was eating the tirupathi laddu which my team mate had given. Yes he had sought two days off to visit tirumala. WOW what a timing. Things can never get worse. I then wrote an apology, and i hope he took it in the right sense...

Sometimes when u are lost in the excitement, u never know, where u will find yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!