Guess who's told to Naukri?

Naukri.com, launched an ad about an angry manager named "Hari Sadu", and his sub-ordinates, who make fun of him, after having heard from Naukri. The AD was a success, and along with the Resumes, the company also received a file suit, from a 11 year old boy named "Hari". The petition seeks money upto 1 Crore for the adverse effect it had on him.

For further details click here.

Guess I should also call on my lawyer to charge the "Moonramberai" team for naming a dog - "Subramani". bow wow.


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Pandemic dispute in discrete mountain tops!

I have known this mountain for a very long time, from the time I was born. It was very densily populated, and the population was obviously happy with the state of affairs. They were simple people, physically too, who had no materialistic property other than a well.

I was its unanimously selected head. I had to be. I was very passionate about it, and this mountaintop grew on me (literally!).

But over the last 5 years there has been some sort of disputes going on. I don't know what. As a result the population is getting scarce. There were 3 partitions eminent from then: the right, the left and the bottom. The bottom looks like a peaceful dense group - atleast at present. But there is constant war between the right and the left. As the result there is growing scarcity of population, and the partition between them has become from a "Kodu", to a "Rodu" - as a common tamil expression.

This conflict has led to a new region which is disowned by all 3 regional population. It has literally no population, still none wants to take over. Its called "No-mire land", and it is fast infringing, and might soon form the major share of the mountain top. As the leader, I tried many ways to resolve the conflict, offered medicines to carm their nerves, and applied gel to arouse patriotic feeling in them. It seems to work to an extent, but I have a feeling that in a decade or more, it might win over.

Afterall this dispute is common, and many leaders like me don't know what actions to take. Our MBA's, PhD's are all put to test. Peace leaders, like Gandhi himself suffered. It is a bane of a male leader, but some people will experience this attack after 5 decades, at which stage the "No-mire land" is actually admired and accepted.

Certainly the growth of the No-mire land and the transformation of the well, I mentioned earlier, into a pond now has its own disadvantages, with the leader bearing its brunt. In my case I am a 20 odd leader. The external affairs get badly affected, and other leaders of opposite sex might have yet another reason to reject me. Since it is the mountaintop, it becomes the cynosure - the intensity inversely proportional to the age factor.

Though this population is highly revolting, I request it to hold position for atleast 10 years, save its land and population from extinction - for the sake of its leader's marriage and posterity, more than anything else.

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P.S. this post is inspired by my visit to barber shop yesterday, who brought forward my bitter reality.

Some ongoing and completed research at MIT in the News

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is known for its R&D and Nobel Prize winners (61 as of now). But I would like to quote few of their research, that caught my eye.

1. Lover's CUP
Two cups, interlinked through Wi-Fi communicate the usage of one to another, however far they are. The two cups can even be at opposite ends of the globe, but still communicate with each other, conveying signals through LEDs.

Newscientist.com report

2. Neurosurgery restores eyesight to blind rats
This is a very important breakthrough in medical field. On injecting some neuroparticles, it formed a scaffold like arrangement around the damaged nerves, thus allowing it to recuperate. This can be possibly used on humans in 5 years time to cure brain damages, spinal cord problems and vision related issues.

Mit News

3. MIT is working on $100 PC project, due later this year.
For the benefit of economically backward countries, and to make PC accessible to them, especially students and childen, MIT is trying to build a $100 laptop. This laptop might have the config of 500Mhz, 1GB and will run on open source.
Bill Gates, has mocked this project as unviable, and this has already triggered great expectations.

CNN report

Cognizant employees get Apple iPOD

Congnizant employees were treated with the latest 30GB, Video iPOD, as a part of its billion dollar + yearly celebrations. The iPODs were distributed on 9th March, to employees over 6 months old in the company.

"It is true. And it was all celebrations on Thursday. I don't take it to office though. Loaded 4 songs, and yes can see movies in it too", confirmed my close friend Rajaram.


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Ghana sensation Ulaganathan

I was ignorant of the song "Vaalai Meenu..", until last week. Till then I got glimses of a guy in yellow shirt, contrasting coolers, singing in front of a mike. Thought it was one of those low budget songs for low budget films. But suddenly, the frequency of seeing this "yellow guy" increased while browsing through channels, and I paused to listen. What wonder...

Beautiful song, it immediately earlooped me. It was a pretty straightforward song. No fancy lyrics, no expensive settings and no glitzy glamour. Ofcource there was glamour in the form of Malavika, but it was cautiously added, and that is one of the main reasons it became a hit, and that is what seperated this song from the ever-growing line of "item" numbers.

Ulaganathan, the Ghana singer is little known, but this song certainly deserves a mention. The way he presented himself, with a stiff body and only waving the wrist was fun to watch. The dance movements were all stiff and set in a Rural background. The song though about fishes was alluding to the humans present there, and was meaningful.

Again Malavika has done a good job in the cameo, and now has 2 songs in her hit list. This after "Karuppu thaan...", which rocked a couple of years ago, this hit will go a long way helping her career. And what a reception Ulaganathan got. It seems he has 5 more films lined up for him now. Hope he doesn't repeat the same act and make this unique piece, banal.

Ulaganathan tried to imitate MGR in this song I guess, from the attire he wore, and the attitude he presented. I bet there will be more clan songs, which will spoil the elegance of this original. That is the bane of Tamil industry. But till then, this song will rule the Ghana genre.


Pic source: indiaglitz.com
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Some Quotes...

BEAUTIFUL QUOTES I RECEIVED BY EMAIL TODAY


1. Faith is the ability to not panic.


2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.


3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day.


4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.


5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to
be still so He can untangle the knot.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.

9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

10. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.

11. The most important things in your home are the people.

12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so
enjoy your precious moments.

17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's
just hearsay.

18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just
be sure to flush when you are done.

19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The
goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking.
Learn from the turtle it only makes progress when it sticks out its
neck.

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your
character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what
others think you are


Source: sai-thoughtforday@yahoogroups.com
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The Dishyum movie punch

I saw the movie Dishyum, with my College friends yesterday at Sathyam.
The movie started at 3.30pm and ended at 6.00pm, including a 20 min break.
It was not a special movie to remember but I would like to recall somethings
before it fades away completely.

Jeeva, (the hero in the movie), is a stuntman by profession. He happens to meet
Sandhya, an arts college student by chance, and time plays the cupid between them.
Jeeva, the character is honest, straightforward and is never afraid of anything.
He proposes his love to Sandhya, and whether she accepts it or not,
forms the story (Although, everyone knows how stories like these ends :)

The storyline deals with a practical, common situation. No middle class or upper class girl would want to marry a stuntman, who is at constant danger of harming himself anytime. Also, as a stuntman, Jeeva lacks the grace and demeanor Sandhya expects out of her lover. She is filled with dilemma whether to compromise good behavior, with comforts for a honest guy, without any "extra fittings".

I applaud the film for bringing to light the problems faced by "stuntmen", who
are never recognised for their daredevil stunts. Very true. They deserve a mention
for all the troubles they handle. Its sad that the hero gets credit for what they do. This movie, to an extent, favours their emotions.

There is a character called Amitabh, who is a dwaft, etched for comedy in this movie.
But the comedy is enjoyable only for the callous spectators. Once you start emphatising with him, it is a pain to watch him. But again, in the end the senti dialogues by him, makes audience feel for people like him. Some remorse, but still I feel the comedy could be avoided.

Dishyum is a love story, targetted for couples. The movie was thronged by couples,
and I think they would have enjoyed it. But more than a movie, Dishyum looked like
a onstage drama, revolving around the 2 main characters. Though some scenes are enjoyable, the movie as a whole gets a bit lengthy and boring after sometime. Some people moarned, we know how it ends, lets get there quickly.

Jeeva has done a very good job, and its pleasing to see him on screen. He has done the climax stunt himself, and his hardwork is well seen here. Sandhya is like the-next-door-beauty (though there is no beauty next to my house). Malavika (Sandhya's Mom), has done some over-performance, which is unbearable in this already effusively senti movie.

All in all, I feel, Its OK if you miss this movie.


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Office humour

I had to make a really important call to a Mkt. Mgr. in Germany.

"Hello Sir, this is Subi speaking from F&S, India."

"Oh really. I can hear you in Germany!"

(I laughed for the sake of a good discussion, which I got!)


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Australia Vs South Africa - The Match

This would be the most blogged topic now, and I have nothing more to add, for I didn't follow the match, except the Austrialian scores. I later knew that SA won the match. It was impossible to imagine then, but later I dwelled into the validity of the word "Impossible" itself.

Impossible is based on others' experience. Its simple. If others can't do it, we are not expected to do it. Worst still we are sometimes discounted from even trying. We have heard many such stories of a deaf donkey trying to come out of the well it fell into, while its master kept on shouting it cannot. Also another story wherein a student slept in class, woke up, noted the problem on the board and solved the impossible in 2 days.

These may be stories, just fables built out of thin air to build our confidence. But this cricket match yesterday, is the perfect testimony of what attitude and inspiration can do; no matter how big the task is.

Afterall the Aussies are also humans, and they achieved something. So how different will it be for SA to achieve it. Sadly the world doesnt look it that way. At half way through many would have thought the match was over. If SA had thought the same, it would have been indeed over. This is what happens in this competitive world today. Others speak for us, they decide what we can and what we cannot do. But who else knows better about us, than ourselves. Don't we have the right to decide, and also the qualities to achieve something?

I savour the match for the inspiration it gave, to the points it proved wrong and for the stories it will tell forever. I thank the Aussies for being the greatest team ever. Any other team would not have set the stage in the first place. I profoundly thank the SAfricans, for living the fables, that anything is possible, if we only set the mind to it.

I wish to recall a famous quote:
"One who does not hope to win, has already lost."

So the next time you hear someone tell you, "You, cannot. Dont try, etc..."; be happy. It is your greatest inspiration to go after the impossible.


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Miss Munimma, the supercop

It was 6 in the morning, the sun doing its routine, shining through the windows of her bedroom.
Miss Munimma working for NYPD dressed up to do her morning routine exercise -- cycling 10 miles up north.

Her boyfriend, Karuppusami was sleeping late. "better not disturb him he has a long day ahead of him".

By about 7.10 Munimma returned home. when she opened the front door she was bewildered to find Karuppusami lying on the floor, face down with blood soaking the carpet by the bullet piercing his head from the sniper shot. The ominous silence of the room was destroyed by the creeking of a fan over his body.

Munimma knew too well who did it. She was expecting this.

She immediately reached for her gun kept in the draw next to the door. She knew that the killer was still in there from the fresh smell of cigarettes.

Munimma inched her way to the corpse, removing her shoes to keep out the noise, "he must have been alerted by the door knob anyway", she thought.

The only way out of the house was through the front door, so he had to pass through her to get out.

"I am going to kill him this time, that ..." her thoughts were disturbed by the apparent noise of vase breaking.

"in the kitchen" she thought.

She jumped her way into the kitchen with the revolver aim following her vision. There in the far end she saw a man donned in black pullover. "It is you Muniyandi!... you, YOU didnt have to kill Karuppu."

Muniyandi was a sniper shooting expert, the best in business, working for kingpin Saathappan. Munimma was interfering too much with their dealings and they wanted to get rid of her once and for all.

She charged at him diving the whole length of dining table aiming the revolver at his forehead.

++swoosh++

She fell on her back thrown back, by the bullet force piercing her heart. Everything around her was dark and her ears still resonating the swift sound of bullet.

She was too slow for him.

"Child's play" were the last words she heard as she saw him disappear through the front door.

Laying down still in the last moments of her life she thought ,"i am betrayed! they all fooled me. "

"where did it go wrong?"

"am i not a hero?"

"but no, this was how it always worked, hero's and heroine's always worked their way through villians killing hundreds of thugs and evading thousands of bullets effortlessly. That’s how they even show in movies."

“but yes, this is reality. the movies fool people showing a super hero. There is no super hero. No super hero, no sup …”

++tring tring++
++tring tring++

"Where am i?". "Phone service in heaven, you must be kidding right?"

++tring tring++
++tring tring++

The voice became louder and louder as she regained her conscience. "Am i not dead?"

"hello Miss Munimma. Nayanthara here. Director asked me to brief you about today's shoot"

"You enter your house, find your boyfriend dead, search for the killer, dodge his bullets, kill him, escape from 40 thugs surrounding you dodging their bullets and get out of the house before the whole place blows out. Thats it."

"This is more like it", she thought replacing her receiver.


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*Names retained on request.

Office Humour

I was on long leave for 4 days straight and reported to duty yesterday.
My colleague was quick to pounce on me:
"What was the occasion?".

"Well, first I wasnt feeling well and then I was out of station for my
grandpa's Sathabisekam and...".

"...For coming to office", he interrupted.

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Lack of concintration in his work, for a guy aspiring for MS and waiting for admits...

Asutria is a big market for machine tools and motors. (Thinking of ASU)
Though the size is 01710 euros, it is strongly expected to rise in the future. (Thinking of OHIO State Univ)
The companies are keen on UCINg the latest technological advancements. (Thinking of Univ. of Cincinnati)
Surely it is at Penn-ultimate State of saturation and in the next 2 years,we can expect more results. (Thinking of Penn State University)
The market is ruled by monopoly and the companies try to Umass profits before others join the act. (Thinking of Univ. of Massachusetts)

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Meaning of Thiruvananthapuram

I never realised that Thiruvananthapuram, meant something in the first place, not to mention its divinity. Thiru Anantha Puram, stands for the abode or city ("Puram") of the sacred snake ("Anantha"), which is respected and worshipped and hence ("Thiru").
Lord Vishnu, as AnanthaPadmanabha, rests on the sacred snake in this place. This temple, built by Trivandrum Maharaja, is probably the biggest Ananthapadmanabha idol, which can be only seen through three doors.

A miniature replica is at Adyar, Sri Padmanabha Swami Thiru Koil, and a statue of the Maharaja who built it is also erected in the lawns. Long ago, this place in Adyar was the Raja's rest place when in Chennai.

I thought of writing about it today since I will be heading towards TVM in a couple of hours, and hopefully visit AnanthaPaddu, tomorrow, if he wishes.

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Note on Glaucoma

Well, I am hearing about this pandemic chronic disease for some time now, and thought I could post an article on it, however limited by my knowledge and expertise in this field.

Glaucoma is a condition and not a disease. The disease which causes it is unknown. The hero of the story is the aqueous humour secreted by the cilliary gland. The purpose of this humour is to reduce friction of the eyes, and to supply oxygen and nutrients to different eye parts.

After doing the door delivery to different parts, the aqueous humour drains through a meshwork arrangement from the eye. The humour it plays with glaucoma patients is that, it fails to drain at the rate it is produced. From another perspective, it is produced more than it can be drained.

The subsequent effect is the increase in the IntraOcular Pressure(IOP), due to the stagnant fluid. This pressure ruptures the optic nerve and damages it. Slowly and unknowingly the patient loses valuable eyesight, from the periphery. Since the early loss is from the periphery, it is not often detected until it reaches near the center of vision. More unfortunate is that this disease has no symptoms or pain.

Good news is that doctors can detect it easily from the pattern of optic nerve and often prescribe a field test as a first step. The field test is an easy and simple test wherein the patient has to stare at a cross sign in the center of a screen, while dark and dim lights periodically glitter at all points. This is done one eye at a time, and to check until which point in a person's periphery, he can actually detect the spot. This tells the extend of the periphery vision damage.

The second test may be the optic nerve photo session, where glamourous photos of the optic nerves are taken. This is usually followed by some tests, if the doctor is still not convinced that the person is a glaucoma patient or not.

Usually the tests cost between Rs. 500 to Rs. 2000, not bad at all considering the damage this condition causes.

If the person is a Glaucoma patient then he must be put into immediate medication and/or surgery depending on the severity. Usually two types of medication are available:
One to reduce the production of aqueous humour and two to improve the drainage systems in the eyes to accomodate better aqueous flow.

Usually drops are given with surgeries reserved for later stages. Advanced surgery measures are available now, but that doesn't warrent not using drops after that.
Glaucoma being a chronic disease, the person has to take the drops/medicines life long(although life is short, doctors prefer the term lifelong); and check his/her IOP condition regularly. This is because to check the activities of the medication.
If the pressure increases inspite of the medication a different medicine is prescribed or surgery is done.

If untreated the Glaucomic condition may lead to blindness as a very final stage. Before that people gradually lose vision. The current advancement in Glaucomic care, can prevent further optic nerve and vision damage, from the stage it was detected. However, Glaucoma is not a reversible process, till now, but doctors are hopeful it will be soon.

Some factors about Glaucoma:
1. Rated second largest cause of blindness by WHO.
2. Glaucoma is hereditory. Do check if you have it if your family members are affected. usually it is enough to check every 3-5 years below 50 years and every 2 years above 50 years.
3. Glaucoma affects any age. There are also children born with Glaucoma, called congenital glaucoma.
4. It affects mostly Afro-Americans and Asians more than other races in comparision.
5. The normal eye pressure should be between 10-20 mm Hg. If anything above that, it might lead to IOP resulting in Glaucoma.
6. There is also a Normal Pressure Glaucoma, hence pressure is not the determining factor.
7. It is not known as to what causes Glaucoma, but its conditions and treatment are advanced.

There is nothing to worry about Glaucoma. A Glaucoma patient is like every other normal person, can do everything, but he/she has to stick to his/her medication and visits the doctor regularly.

I wish you all a very happy and healthy life.

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