A tribute to Infy

Infosys has changed the lives of millions, for good. Just a modest number considering the good they are doing to the society. I am one of them.

I joined Infy less than 2 years back. All people I told abt my future at Infy, echoed and iterated one point. IT'S UNDIVIDED CARE FOR ITS EMPLOYEES. Again, I am one of the few lucky people to realise it, enjoy it.

Looking back now, certainly Infy has done more to me, than what I had done to it. And its the element of care it gives to its employees, that made people stick with it for years. Its never easy maintaining an organisation of 50K+ employees. Never easy for Infy, but real tough for other guys in business.

After nearly an year @ Infy, they had greatly helped me secure a place for MS in USA. Selfless acts are rarely recognised, but their HR policy is too good that I would like to mention one of my relatives' own episode.

He was working with Infy for 7+ years. He worked the last 3 years from US. He married a fellow Infoscion, and wanted to live happily ever after. His dreamt of doing MBA in US. He resigned his job, followed his dreams, only to be rejected thrice by Visa counsellate in Chennai. Desperate, he approached Infy, which welcomed him again, embraced him. Not only that, they posted him to a place near to his wife's place of stay.

The final overwhelming gesture was when Infy advised him to resign from the US office itself, and take MBA to avoid the Visa problems. He did it, and would complete his course in few months. He was grateful to Infy, for the gesture. It would be only inhuman if I am not, for what they have done to me, to stand behind me in troubling times, urging me to go on...which ever way I wanted... and I chose to pursue research in US.

Thanks Infy.

Reflex is great

I was sleeping yesterday night, and sometime around midnight I changed positions. My fingers touched something when it reached my neck and instantly my brain visualised it to be a cockroach and bang, I was doing Karate in sleep. This made me write a post on this Reflex which is simply great. No matter how dull you are, the communication between your brain and sense is automatic.

Afterall this is what protects the kids when they touch something hot, or when something pokes them. The physics of human body cannot be fully understood, any day, but the experience yesterday was overwhelming for me to say, Reflex is great.


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Do you know anyone pursuing MS at University of Cincinnati from Fall 2006?

If you dont, note me as one.

Got into Computer Science, for Fall-2006.
Aiming to specialise in AI fields of Vision or Machine Learning.
Got scholarships which cover my tution fees.

I wanted to call you people and inform personally, but isnt this the best way to know, who reads my blog regularly?


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Next event: Visa on July, 21st. 2006.

What future holds... God told.

Have you ever wondered where life is going to take you?
Have you ever felt frustrated on how things are going, and really wish it was something better. It is a similar yearning you have when you see the serene scenery hanged up on the wall, or the deep forests with a lone wood house, lined by a river, which makes your heart say, "Wish I was there".

But when I think about the things happened so far and things I am yet to take control of, I question myself on the purpose of this life...

I think I brought out the comparison in a earlier post that God doesnt care if you are a Stanford MBA, or a 4th standard fail. So why should we.
The materialistic things have constantly gained importance in our life. We fret a day without TV, computer, cell phone etc, but hardly remember our spiritual duties.

I am no exception. I dont mind failures to connect to God, for the sake of a TV show, or picnic with my friends. Sometimes standing in front of the Pooja, itself is a big ordeal. But the fact is that, realising the God in us is the utmost goal of our worldly life.

Materialistic world is a illusion. This whole life is an illusion. The joy we feel and the sorrow we express are all illusions, based on Karma. Some of the simplest examples are, think how you would have felt, when you flunked a test. You would have fretted it out, thought it to be the end of world, and felt you were the unluckiest person on earth. Think about it today, do you feel the same way about it. I hope not.

What is more important than what we got is what use we made of it. What use is a billion dollar house, if you cant feed a beggar who needs help. And what use is praying to God, and dropping loads of money into the Hundi, if you cant feed a hungry naked child.

And what is the use of praying in the first place. I remember myself praying that I want a bike, a cell phone etc. But yeah, now I think it is kiddish. For, doesn't the eternal father know what to give you... when? Also my prayers were materialistic. I like to stress on this materialistic factors because when we reach the eternal abode, what you own is not what you are evaluated on.
"What you own is not yours, but what you give is yours."

Everything is strongly linked with fate. And faith, can never alter the fate, it will give us the strength to face it. For in every test we are put into, we are promoted to the next level of sainthood, sharpened for next bigger test. God is a shoulder to rest, to lean on, to cry, to fight, to argue and thank. Let's make every minute count in remebering Him.

Happy SriRama Navami.


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P.S. I know this is a collage of random thoughts, and has no connection with the title, whatsoever.