Came in ET today. (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2657001.cms)
Flash Dance
With over five lakh engineers qualifying from the 1500-plus engineering colleges in the country, there seems to be no dearth of qualified engineers. If there is still some resource gap, you can look at the approximately 2.6 million graduates produced annually in this country.
The few Indian IT companies that have come out detailing the impact of the subprime crisis have put the fall in the revenue numbers at a few million dollars. Inflation? It seems to be down to the lower single digits (unless you want to buy vegetables in Mumbai ). And on the flights to Bengaluru, you need to search for the elusive middle class Indian who doesn’t have a laptop.
The threat from China doesn’t exist — its evident that the Chinese will never learn English. No IT major in India has an attrition that is more than 15%. There is no question of a profit warning because of the appreciating rupee — it will be counter-acted by raising the utilisation by few percentage points. So it seems a great growth picture. NASSCOM itself indicates that the IT offshoring support from India will grow at 17% annually, touching 60 billion dollars by 2010. The party just seems to have begun.
Well, one of my childhood friends once told me that the eyes cannot see what the mind does not know. One needs to look beyond : at the ‘real’ number of people on the bench, the last-minute postponements in the joining dates of campus offers, the endless interviews before one gets accepted onto a project, the larger number of hours one is expected to work, the lower variable pay doled out to a wet-behind-the-ears programmer, the opening of a sales office in a remote country, and the Da Vinci-esque creativity shown in inventing reasons for letting go excessive capacity created in anticipation of business. And then these speak of a different reality.
You can continue to have a 15% impact on payroll to retain the best of talent and attack the problem of profitability by increasing the intake of fresh graduates. But, by definition, these young minds need to go through at least three months of training. Remember, the bulk of the talent that comes into industry is from engineering colleges that have faculty that passed out from the same college the previous year and wasn’t employed in IT. Putting them onto a job by cutting corners on training can lead to severe quality issues and hence loss of customers. You can still avoid margin pressures by placing them onto so-called ‘non-critical’ engagements that do not need years of experience. But all you would have done is solved the margin problem for the next quarter.
That, in essence, is my fear. In the quest to meet high margin expectations and market images, the IT industry may continue to spend too much on direct costs and avoid any serious investments in R&D that could yield breakthroughs in productivity. This in turn could lead to a spiral of a high-volume-low-end-mediocre-work . For those who think it is far-fetched , just turn the clock back by two decades. The brightest graduates (including engineers) joined the most glamorised job of 1970s — a Probationary Officer in a nationalised bank. With the wave of nationalisation euphoria wearing-off , and successive administrations reducing the job to the most mundane set of activities, a job in a nationalised bank has significantly eroded its appeal to an ambitious individual today.
So what is the conclusion? First, get some reality into the lives of ‘any college any engineer with three years experience’ . Prepare him for a single digit increment. Second, take money out and invest in a real product; or a true productivity framework, preferably both. Third, stop floating the maintenance programmer of retail banking system as a banking domain expert and start investing a little more money in building and gaining real domain experience.
Most important, for a country that has excelled on its labour cost arbitrage and has not seen a real bad market in its life cycle, this almost habitual, unguarded optimism is dangerous. Do not get me wrong — I find the outlook reasonably bright in the long run but, we need to remember it is certainly not a given. The winners are likely to be the prudent investors in the mutual funds, not the flyby-night day traders. Greed is one thing, but the industry and its investors need to realise that a 15 to 20% operating margin in a service industry is not bad either.
29 December 2007
19 December 2007
Save IT People from Debts
Nice one :) Forward to your friends and just we will do a try for the given period only. Shall we?
No Sathyam Cinemas, No coffee day, No Barista, No Anjepar hotel, No Ponnusamy hotel, No Mayajaal... (You know where to go and where not to go after reading this mail...) between 16-Dec-2007 and 15-Jan-2008.
Its not just a forward. How many of you are ready to follow this?
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(Below email "Save the IT People from Debts" was wonderful and we should go through it and also forward to all our friends)
Real Estate price hike is known open robbery from IT guys by brokers / whoever it is and it's not only Flats / Real Estate, IT guys undergo open robbery from all rich shop owners / a person who wanted to become rich as fast as possible...
The salary whatever we get, it's our hard-earned money, most of the times sitting in the night, away from family functions, friends, etc...but all our money or most of the money are going to someone who just takes advantage of our stressful life (both mentally and physically) and our new western life style.
I do not find anything wrong in having a US / UK life style, but many open thieves (starting from Ministers to our local Restaurant owner) just swindling all our "legal money" and as we do not have any other choice becoming poor / debtor day by day.
Well most of the price hikes are just unbelievable and there is absolutely no justification (few examples given below).
Chicken Biriyani (Karaikudi 3 weeks back) - Rs. 65
Today (since last 2 weeks) same Karaikudi Chicken Biriyani (believe me, there is absolutely no change) - Rs. 78, there is no justification for such a big increase.
Pop Corn (Sathyam Complex) previously (month and half back) - Rs. 20
Today (almost the same quantity) - Rs. 30 (again, i do not find any justification)
Corn in Garuda Mall previously (month back) - Rs20 Small, Rs 30 Medium and Rs 40 High
Now, No "actual" small and real small has become 35 now and 45 for high... [Are they the farmers who have given their blood to grow this ]
(In Sathyam complex, many price hikes are really too much for no reason...)
Chips packet (Gangotree) previously (three months back) - Rs. 15
Since last two Months the same packet costs - Rs. 20 (again, I do not find any justification)
Room Clean (just once) - Rs. 200, that's bcos they cleaned IT guys room.
(The moment you say that you are from Software company, the price automatically increases...)
We guys already pays big taxes from our salaries and goes on paying other taxes too (starting from Hotel Sangeetha "Vadai" to Scotch in a bar), it's time to think and pledge ourselves that we stop spending just for one month...
Reason(s) why we should stop spending alteast for a month:
1. 70% of the IT guys occupies the restaurants.
2. 80-90% of the IT guys goes to coffee shop, hang around places, bakeries, etc.
3. Most of the IT guys goes to Sathyam complex, Movies
If we stop going / spending just for a month, their business automatically goes down and they would have no other choice except to bring down the price, that's what happened when IT industry was down three years back.
Somehow directly or indirectly we are responsible for this unjust price hike and now, only we could prevent this open robberies, please add your comments or experiences and keep forwarding this email to all your known people, I am sure even if 25% of us realizes and acts accordingly, it could and would make lot of difference to us.
(let's try and prevent unjust price hike)
Save the IT People from Debts
* Property market in Year 2001 -2004 was quiet Ok , People were able to buy Flats in reasonable rates ..
*Year 2005 -2006 , Some of the well known builders started the rates boom , flat which was at the cost of Rs.900 Sq Ft now became 2200 to 2800
Q: Are there any additional facilities ?
--> No Same Scheme/Area , Flat sold at 10 Lacks Now selling at 25 Lacks .
Q: Why Property increased so High ?
--> IT people competition to buy sweet home ..
Q: Who is going to Benfit from this Property Boom ?
--> Only Builders and some of the Politicians
Q: How is the Bank's support on Home Loans ?
--> Last Year , Bank gave the loan's at flexible mimimum rate,Now Banks has sufficient number of customers ,
(Trap) Slowly Banker's increasing interst at % 0.5 every month .
IT People Who bought house for 22 Lacks for 20 Yrs , Now became 23 Yrs with raise of 0.5 %
Q. How some IT people can face the problems in Future ?
--> Companies are Project Based , If Projects are not there then People will not be there .
Q. IT salaries are high in Market , How much actually IT-people getting in Hand ?
--> People, Who bought house of 22 Lacks to 40 Lacks They need to pay EMI
15,000 to 35,000 for 20 Yrs. If Bank keeps same interst rates .
Suppose Salary is 35- 40 K Per Month, 20K will be the EmI
Q. Is there any "Terms & Condition or Processes to increase rates" ?
--> No , Depends on Buiders Greediness . Every builder follows the different strategies
Builder sold one flat 1500 Per Sqft in Morning and 1800 Per Sqft in the Evening ,
There are no records maitained ..
Q. Who made builders smart & greedy ?
--> Greedy IT people ..
No body is asking , Flat was sold at 12 Lacks , Why now 24 Lacks ?
Q. Is Corporation water & MESB available to all schemes ?
--> Some of the area don't have the Corporation water at all , People surviving on Water Tankers.
** MESB .. Under Table ,can be managed easily .
Q. What will be the condition If We are not able to Clear the Loan ?
--> Depends on individual capabilities
Q. What wiil be the actual 'area of living' or carpet area if the builder proposes 1000 sft?
....> The actual carpet area will be 800-850 sft only. The common area is also included in the proposal.
If two flats are in the same floor, then the builder cheats both the residents by collecting
How do Builders cheat buyers? ... Let us see with a simple example
Builder XXXX proposes a flat in a decent residential area.
Rate ( Unit Price ) - Rs. 3500 sft.
Registration - Rs. 40 per sft.
EB and drainage - Rs. 50,000
Covered Car park - Rs. 1,25,000
Corpus fund - Rs. 50000.
For a 1000 sft flat ( 850 sft carpet area ), the approximate cost will be Rs.37,65,000. In the same plot area ( measuring 2 grounds) the builder would have constructed 8 or 10 flats.
Let us see how a builder earns his profit
Total sales for the builder - 37, 65,000 *10 = 3, 76, 50000 ( 3.76 crores)
Cost of the land - Rs. 40 laks per ground
1) Total cost of the land - 80 lakhs for two ground ------- A
Total builtup area for 10 flats - 10*1000 sft = 10,000 sft
Construction cost per sft ( for normal specification) = Rs. 900 per sft
2) Total construction cost - 10,000 * 900 = Rs. 90,00,000 -------------- B
3) Other expenses for the builder - Rs. 20 per sft = Rs. 2,00,000 .................C
Total expenses for the builder = A+ B+C
= Rs. 80,00,000 + Rs.90,00,000 + Rs. 2,00,00
= Rs. 1,72,00,000 ( 1.72 crores approx)
Total Sales = Rs. 3.76 crores - Rs. 1.72 crores
Total profit of the builder = Rs. 2.04 crores.
Let us see the share of each resident
1. Cost of land = Divided share among the other 10 residents
= Rs. 80,00,000 / 10
= Rs. 8,00,000
2. Construction cost = Rs. 900 * 1000
= Rs. 9,00,000
3. Other expenses = Rs. 2,00,000 ( approx)
Total = Rs. 19,00,000 ( Nineteen lakhs)
The total share for each resident is Rs. 19,00,000 ( Nineteen lakhs only )
but he pays Rs. 37.5 laks for the flat.
Q. How We can stop Builders -Property Boom ?
1) IT People should not think about buying flats for atleast next 1-2 Yrs .
2) Onces rates are reasonable , With some legal process get the Booking .
3) Check Facilities, Convince, Road Approach, schools & Mainly co-operation water
4) Ask Questions If I buy 1/2 BHK at 12 to 30 Lacks , Do I get reasale value in future?
5) Today you are capable for paying 1000 -3000 maintains per month ? Will it be the same case
after 20-30yrs after retirement .
6) In All, Don't stretch more to get the more & more loans other wise it will create unnecessary
pressure and tension.
7) Read the above mentioned calculation carefully, when you are about to buy a flat pls keep this in mind.
* Please read this carefully * Send it to all you know * Act quickly * Save them from debts.
* We can stop the inflation.
No Sathyam Cinemas, No coffee day, No Barista, No Anjepar hotel, No Ponnusamy hotel, No Mayajaal... (You know where to go and where not to go after reading this mail...) between 16-Dec-2007 and 15-Jan-2008.
Its not just a forward. How many of you are ready to follow this?
-------------
(Below email "Save the IT People from Debts" was wonderful and we should go through it and also forward to all our friends)
Real Estate price hike is known open robbery from IT guys by brokers / whoever it is and it's not only Flats / Real Estate, IT guys undergo open robbery from all rich shop owners / a person who wanted to become rich as fast as possible...
The salary whatever we get, it's our hard-earned money, most of the times sitting in the night, away from family functions, friends, etc...but all our money or most of the money are going to someone who just takes advantage of our stressful life (both mentally and physically) and our new western life style.
I do not find anything wrong in having a US / UK life style, but many open thieves (starting from Ministers to our local Restaurant owner) just swindling all our "legal money" and as we do not have any other choice becoming poor / debtor day by day.
Well most of the price hikes are just unbelievable and there is absolutely no justification (few examples given below).
Chicken Biriyani (Karaikudi 3 weeks back) - Rs. 65
Today (since last 2 weeks) same Karaikudi Chicken Biriyani (believe me, there is absolutely no change) - Rs. 78, there is no justification for such a big increase.
Pop Corn (Sathyam Complex) previously (month and half back) - Rs. 20
Today (almost the same quantity) - Rs. 30 (again, i do not find any justification)
Corn in Garuda Mall previously (month back) - Rs20 Small, Rs 30 Medium and Rs 40 High
Now, No "actual" small and real small has become 35 now and 45 for high... [Are they the farmers who have given their blood to grow this ]
(In Sathyam complex, many price hikes are really too much for no reason...)
Chips packet (Gangotree) previously (three months back) - Rs. 15
Since last two Months the same packet costs - Rs. 20 (again, I do not find any justification)
Room Clean (just once) - Rs. 200, that's bcos they cleaned IT guys room.
(The moment you say that you are from Software company, the price automatically increases...)
We guys already pays big taxes from our salaries and goes on paying other taxes too (starting from Hotel Sangeetha "Vadai" to Scotch in a bar), it's time to think and pledge ourselves that we stop spending just for one month...
Reason(s) why we should stop spending alteast for a month:
1. 70% of the IT guys occupies the restaurants.
2. 80-90% of the IT guys goes to coffee shop, hang around places, bakeries, etc.
3. Most of the IT guys goes to Sathyam complex, Movies
If we stop going / spending just for a month, their business automatically goes down and they would have no other choice except to bring down the price, that's what happened when IT industry was down three years back.
Somehow directly or indirectly we are responsible for this unjust price hike and now, only we could prevent this open robberies, please add your comments or experiences and keep forwarding this email to all your known people, I am sure even if 25% of us realizes and acts accordingly, it could and would make lot of difference to us.
(let's try and prevent unjust price hike)
Save the IT People from Debts
* Property market in Year 2001 -2004 was quiet Ok , People were able to buy Flats in reasonable rates ..
*Year 2005 -2006 , Some of the well known builders started the rates boom , flat which was at the cost of Rs.900 Sq Ft now became 2200 to 2800
Q: Are there any additional facilities ?
--> No Same Scheme/Area , Flat sold at 10 Lacks Now selling at 25 Lacks .
Q: Why Property increased so High ?
--> IT people competition to buy sweet home ..
Q: Who is going to Benfit from this Property Boom ?
--> Only Builders and some of the Politicians
Q: How is the Bank's support on Home Loans ?
--> Last Year , Bank gave the loan's at flexible mimimum rate,Now Banks has sufficient number of customers ,
(Trap) Slowly Banker's increasing interst at % 0.5 every month .
IT People Who bought house for 22 Lacks for 20 Yrs , Now became 23 Yrs with raise of 0.5 %
Q. How some IT people can face the problems in Future ?
--> Companies are Project Based , If Projects are not there then People will not be there .
Q. IT salaries are high in Market , How much actually IT-people getting in Hand ?
--> People, Who bought house of 22 Lacks to 40 Lacks They need to pay EMI
15,000 to 35,000 for 20 Yrs. If Bank keeps same interst rates .
Suppose Salary is 35- 40 K Per Month, 20K will be the EmI
Q. Is there any "Terms & Condition or Processes to increase rates" ?
--> No , Depends on Buiders Greediness . Every builder follows the different strategies
Builder sold one flat 1500 Per Sqft in Morning and 1800 Per Sqft in the Evening ,
There are no records maitained ..
Q. Who made builders smart & greedy ?
--> Greedy IT people ..
No body is asking , Flat was sold at 12 Lacks , Why now 24 Lacks ?
Q. Is Corporation water & MESB available to all schemes ?
--> Some of the area don't have the Corporation water at all , People surviving on Water Tankers.
** MESB .. Under Table ,can be managed easily .
Q. What will be the condition If We are not able to Clear the Loan ?
--> Depends on individual capabilities
Q. What wiil be the actual 'area of living' or carpet area if the builder proposes 1000 sft?
....> The actual carpet area will be 800-850 sft only. The common area is also included in the proposal.
If two flats are in the same floor, then the builder cheats both the residents by collecting
How do Builders cheat buyers? ... Let us see with a simple example
Builder XXXX proposes a flat in a decent residential area.
Rate ( Unit Price ) - Rs. 3500 sft.
Registration - Rs. 40 per sft.
EB and drainage - Rs. 50,000
Covered Car park - Rs. 1,25,000
Corpus fund - Rs. 50000.
For a 1000 sft flat ( 850 sft carpet area ), the approximate cost will be Rs.37,65,000. In the same plot area ( measuring 2 grounds) the builder would have constructed 8 or 10 flats.
Let us see how a builder earns his profit
Total sales for the builder - 37, 65,000 *10 = 3, 76, 50000 ( 3.76 crores)
Cost of the land - Rs. 40 laks per ground
1) Total cost of the land - 80 lakhs for two ground ------- A
Total builtup area for 10 flats - 10*1000 sft = 10,000 sft
Construction cost per sft ( for normal specification) = Rs. 900 per sft
2) Total construction cost - 10,000 * 900 = Rs. 90,00,000 -------------- B
3) Other expenses for the builder - Rs. 20 per sft = Rs. 2,00,000 .................C
Total expenses for the builder = A+ B+C
= Rs. 80,00,000 + Rs.90,00,000 + Rs. 2,00,00
= Rs. 1,72,00,000 ( 1.72 crores approx)
Total Sales = Rs. 3.76 crores - Rs. 1.72 crores
Total profit of the builder = Rs. 2.04 crores.
Let us see the share of each resident
1. Cost of land = Divided share among the other 10 residents
= Rs. 80,00,000 / 10
= Rs. 8,00,000
2. Construction cost = Rs. 900 * 1000
= Rs. 9,00,000
3. Other expenses = Rs. 2,00,000 ( approx)
Total = Rs. 19,00,000 ( Nineteen lakhs)
The total share for each resident is Rs. 19,00,000 ( Nineteen lakhs only )
but he pays Rs. 37.5 laks for the flat.
Q. How We can stop Builders -Property Boom ?
1) IT People should not think about buying flats for atleast next 1-2 Yrs .
2) Onces rates are reasonable , With some legal process get the Booking .
3) Check Facilities, Convince, Road Approach, schools & Mainly co-operation water
4) Ask Questions If I buy 1/2 BHK at 12 to 30 Lacks , Do I get reasale value in future?
5) Today you are capable for paying 1000 -3000 maintains per month ? Will it be the same case
after 20-30yrs after retirement .
6) In All, Don't stretch more to get the more & more loans other wise it will create unnecessary
pressure and tension.
7) Read the above mentioned calculation carefully, when you are about to buy a flat pls keep this in mind.
* Please read this carefully * Send it to all you know * Act quickly * Save them from debts.
* We can stop the inflation.
13 December 2007
Top most IT companies in India-Updated
1) IBM --- Right now this is the most firing company for IT professionals. In the last 6 months, this company has fired nearly 20% of their employees because of BG check and performance issues. This is the most insecure company from an IT professional's point of view. They don't have any strategic plans at HR policies regarding employee security. No appraisals (maximum 10%).
2) Accenture --- This is second top most firing company. The firing rate is around 5%. This depends upon outsourced projects; they have a unique system where Accenture development centers around the world bid for a project coming into the company. Currently Philippines centre is taking the cake and the Indian centers are in a firing mode.
3) WIPRO --- Firing people with very frequent back ground checks and firing them with out even experience letters and relieving letters (will mention as terminated from services)but will promise the employees that they will retain them. After the project is over they will fire away. Will threaten of criminal cases against such employees if they oppose the move and has also filed against some.
4) Intel --- Recently joined the league. Running in heavy losses, hence firing 3000 employees in the Banglore center in a phased out manner.
5) CTS --- Has a steady firing policy (checking the Educational background and previous employment and also employee performance in work). In a Recent HCL walk-in, around 50% attendees were from this company. Sadly the I-pods have not helped them.
6) CSC --- Excellent package but fires folks in Background check and those on bench regularly. Recently fired 400+ employees from its subsidiary Covansys.
7) Satyam --- Currently stopped firing. The Attrition rate is very high. No firing from 2005 until now when 1000 employees were fired in Hyderabad.
8) Patni ---- They fired so many employees that currently they are facing understaffing and deficiency with number of employees. Very high attrition rate.
9) Keane India ---- This USA based company is always involved in firing employees. Although they proudly say that they dont have hire and fire policy. Recently they fired java and as400 professionals after which most of the employees have started to pack their bags. Employees change this company within 1 year.
So take care before accepting offers from these companies.
Secure IT companies in India
1) Microsoft --- Has projects till 2050.
2) EDS --- Most secure company in India. Not laid off any of its employees even during 2001. Has lots of projects in Defense and financial areas
3) HP --- Dream Company. In-house and outsourced projects
4) TCS --- A govt. Company.
5) AOL, Google and Yahoo - Best companies to work with, great job satisfaction as well as great salary and work environment. Rarely fires an employee. As they are internet based companies' they offer lots of opportunities to grow.
6) HCL -- A good company to be in. Called as a retirement company.
7) HSBC--- This is the most secure company. It has never fired any employee , even when they know that the employee is showing fake experience.
8) Aricent--- a communication based software company, has never fired any employee and gives great perks & incentives, lot of projects in kitty. Minimal level of attrition.
9) KPIT Cumminns Infosystems Limited ---- This is the most secure company not known to many. It has presently acquired CG Smith, Bangalore and has lots of projects in pipe line. Acquisitions plans will continue.
2) Accenture --- This is second top most firing company. The firing rate is around 5%. This depends upon outsourced projects; they have a unique system where Accenture development centers around the world bid for a project coming into the company. Currently Philippines centre is taking the cake and the Indian centers are in a firing mode.
3) WIPRO --- Firing people with very frequent back ground checks and firing them with out even experience letters and relieving letters (will mention as terminated from services)but will promise the employees that they will retain them. After the project is over they will fire away. Will threaten of criminal cases against such employees if they oppose the move and has also filed against some.
4) Intel --- Recently joined the league. Running in heavy losses, hence firing 3000 employees in the Banglore center in a phased out manner.
5) CTS --- Has a steady firing policy (checking the Educational background and previous employment and also employee performance in work). In a Recent HCL walk-in, around 50% attendees were from this company. Sadly the I-pods have not helped them.
6) CSC --- Excellent package but fires folks in Background check and those on bench regularly. Recently fired 400+ employees from its subsidiary Covansys.
7) Satyam --- Currently stopped firing. The Attrition rate is very high. No firing from 2005 until now when 1000 employees were fired in Hyderabad.
8) Patni ---- They fired so many employees that currently they are facing understaffing and deficiency with number of employees. Very high attrition rate.
9) Keane India ---- This USA based company is always involved in firing employees. Although they proudly say that they dont have hire and fire policy. Recently they fired java and as400 professionals after which most of the employees have started to pack their bags. Employees change this company within 1 year.
So take care before accepting offers from these companies.
Secure IT companies in India
1) Microsoft --- Has projects till 2050.
2) EDS --- Most secure company in India. Not laid off any of its employees even during 2001. Has lots of projects in Defense and financial areas
3) HP --- Dream Company. In-house and outsourced projects
4) TCS --- A govt. Company.
5) AOL, Google and Yahoo - Best companies to work with, great job satisfaction as well as great salary and work environment. Rarely fires an employee. As they are internet based companies' they offer lots of opportunities to grow.
6) HCL -- A good company to be in. Called as a retirement company.
7) HSBC--- This is the most secure company. It has never fired any employee , even when they know that the employee is showing fake experience.
8) Aricent--- a communication based software company, has never fired any employee and gives great perks & incentives, lot of projects in kitty. Minimal level of attrition.
9) KPIT Cumminns Infosystems Limited ---- This is the most secure company not known to many. It has presently acquired CG Smith, Bangalore and has lots of projects in pipe line. Acquisitions plans will continue.
12 October 2007
Something All Software Professionals should know
Six software professionals under the age of 33 have died and 2 top executives from renowned software companies have become paralysed because of stress-related heart ailments in the last six months in Chennai, says a study by Mitran Foundation, a Bangalore-based voluntary association of practising doctors.
"All the six who died, and the two who became invalid, had no family history of heart attacks or any pre-history of heart ailments or paralysis. They were all in their prime, between 27 and 33 years, and handled challenging projects at work in their respective companies. They worked long and continuous hours. The end struck them very suddenly, and it looked as if their hearts refused to take any more stress," said Dr Dwarakanath, director of Mitran Foundation, who has studied stress components in 40 software companies in Chennai during the last six months.
The study, conducted at a cost of Rs 45 lakhs, covered more than 4,000 software professionals from 80 companies who were in service for a minimum of three years. The email responses were scientifically tabulated and the findings were ready in 2002. Dr Dwarakanath, who was the late Dhirubhai Ambani's personal stress management consultant, said questionnaires extracting every minute detail were sent to the respondents. The personal background, family history and personal characteristics of these individuals were assessed and it was found that the stress in these professionals was only due to work pressure. All other factors were eliminated.
"Our study confirmed that the number of suicides, divorces, heart ailments, BP and diabetes patients and mental depression are the highest in the software industry. The fancy salaries of software professionals are no longer something to rejoice about," Dr Dwarakanath said.
"We found that the software industry has simply no routine. Deadlines hang before them and every day they chase new problems. During weekends more than 60 per cent of the vehicles are found parked in the office complexes. There is no physical exercise and new food habits favoured by pizza culture fuel the problem. Cervical spondilitis and wrist problems due to uncomfortable handling of the computer mouse, eye problems and discomfort in bowel movements are common.
The stress for couples where both are employed in the IT industry is the worst. The simple step of taking time off from work for three months allowed an IT couple wanting a child for years to conceive one," Dr Dwarakanath said.
M.T.R. Venukopalan, senior training coordinator, Covansys India, acknowledged that IT professionals were the most stressed individuals. "Even if the company sponsors a movie or self-care lecture, not many attend them," he said. Jyothsana, a travel coordinator for Temenos India Pvt Ltd, expressed concern for the young employees who complain of back and knee pains. She acknowledged that IT professionals require a specific eating and physical exercise routine to ease their stress. "Our lives are becoming mechanical, guided only by deadlines," she said.
So think again if you are staying late in the office regularly. Think again about your family. Think again about your social life and health.
Work is essential. Your contribution to the goal should be great. But don't make it a habit to stay late.
Don't skip your Break Fast /Lunch/Dinner. None of these are equated by Pizza/Biscuits/Wafers/Chat items
11 October 2007
a Nice love letter to Ex-Girl friend...
a Nice love letter to Ex-Girl friend...
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ICICI hum hai na.........
Rajiv and Mona are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th anniversary.
Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing.
Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach.
However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!"
Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.
An hour later Rajiv turns to his wife and asks, "Mona, did we pay our Rs 5lakh deposit cheque yet to ICICI Bank?"
"No, sweetheart," she responds.
Rajiv, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, "Mona, did we pay our ICICI Bank Master card yet?"
"Oh no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the cheque," she says.
"One last thing, Mona. Did you remember to send cheques for the auto loan to them too this month?" he asks.
"Oh, forgive me, Rajiv," begged Mona. "I didn't send that one, either."
Rajiv grabs her and gives her the biggest kiss in 40 years. Mona pulls away and asks him, "So, why did you kiss me?"
Rajiv answers, "They'll find us!"
Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing.
Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach.
However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!"
Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.
An hour later Rajiv turns to his wife and asks, "Mona, did we pay our Rs 5lakh deposit cheque yet to ICICI Bank?"
"No, sweetheart," she responds.
Rajiv, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, "Mona, did we pay our ICICI Bank Master card yet?"
"Oh no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the cheque," she says.
"One last thing, Mona. Did you remember to send cheques for the auto loan to them too this month?" he asks.
"Oh, forgive me, Rajiv," begged Mona. "I didn't send that one, either."
Rajiv grabs her and gives her the biggest kiss in 40 years. Mona pulls away and asks him, "So, why did you kiss me?"
Rajiv answers, "They'll find us!"
A typical Kadalai conversation ...
Read & enjoy this telephonic conversation.
He : Male Voice
She : Female Voice
Red Text: What the male thinks in his heart...
She Gives a Miss call to Him…and he calls her back..
She: Hello!
Ayoo..Innaikku Enna mokka poda poralo….
He: Hi da…Sollu..?
She: Ile chumma dhan call pannen…
Eppodi Call panne.. Miss call dhane kuduthe…
He: oh...Enna Pandre??
She: Ippo dhaan saaptu mudichen. Sir enna pannitu iruk eenga?
He: Nanum Ippo dhan sapten.. Now... .'Suttum vizhi sudare' paatu paakkuren Sun Music la
She: Nalla paatu..
(And then she hums the line 'mazhai azhagha veyil azhagha' )
Ange enna Eli (Rat) Kathuthu….
He: hey!!!!Nee ivlo nalla paaduviya
She: *giggles*
He: Hey. Innoru vaati paadaen
She: En room mates ellam thoongita. Ava nga bayandhuda poranga ..
Correct…Ava mohini pisasu nu nenachiduva…
He: Come on! Please!
She: Poada. I don't sing that well
Athu Oorukke theriyum e… J
He: It was really sweet. Please paaden
She: Enakku odd aa irukku da
He: Idhula ennama irukku. Nalla thane paadare.
She: Nee dhaan sollanum
Nan chumma vere vazhi illame sonnen..
He: Ippo paaduviya maatiya?
She: yaenda paduththare
He: Sigh! Ok
She: I don't have that great voice
Donkey kooda pootti podura voice..
He: hmmmm
She: Seri. Ivlo kaekkare. Unakaaga ore oru stanza paadaren
En Kashta kalam..
He: Great!!!!
She: Endha paatu paadatum?
Nee ethu padunalum.. innakku thookkam pochu.. appuram enna…
He: Hmmmm. 'un perai sonnale' from dum dum dum?
She: Nice song. But enakku lyrics gnabagam illai
Unakkudhan Ezhutha Padikka ve Thriayathe…
He: Chinna chinna aasai?
She: Illai indha paate paadaren
Entha patuku kathu kelinja enna?…
He: Cool
(She clears her throat, hums a line and then)
She: Illai vendaam. Am feeling very shy!
He: Paadu kanne paadu. Un isai endra inba vellathil neendha odoadi vandha
ennai yemtradhe….. Paadu
She: Galatta panre paathiya
Th eriyuthu le. Appuram enna… : )
He: No no. Nee shy aa feel panre illaiya. Trying to make u cool
She: Hmmm
He: please paadaen
She: naaLaikku paadatumaaa?
Innakku Thappichen da.. Escape…
He: Seri maa. Unakku eppadi thonaradho appadiye pannu
She: Hmmm
He: Good night
She: Good night
She: Sweet Dreams..
Tholla Theendhudhu…
He: Sweets dreams to u too…
After a while She calls He (tat never happens, she gives only a missed call),,,,
She: Hey..Thoonigitya
Illa current kandu pidichikitu iruken …
He: Illai ma.
She: Enna Pandre..
Nadu rathirile enna pannuvag… Kannamboochiya vilayaduvang a…
He: Match paathundu irundhen
She: Seri. Nee match paaru
Appuram EnnaththukKu.. Ezhuppune…
He: Hey. Its ok. Pazhaya match dhaan.
She: Illai. Did u feel bad I didn't sing?
(Since it is a tricky question, He thinks for a while)
( Bad ah, this was the luckiest day in my life, since you didn't sing J )
He: Bad appadinu solla maaten. But I want you to be comfortable first.
naaLaikku paadaren sonne illa. So , me waiting..
(Innnakku thappichen nenachenn .. L)
She sings 1 stanza from the song
Thoooo……… ….
He: Wow. Too good!
She: Porum. I know how kevalam my voice is
Unakku Slef realization adhigam.. J…
He: Hey you really sing well.
She: Poada...Nee sollanume nu solre
Kallli, Correcta Kandu pudichittiyeee…..
He: Cha! Cha! Un voice nalla illaati naan ivlo kaekkave maaten
She: Hmmmm
He: Nee ivLo nalla paaduve enakku theriyaadhu
Therinjiruntha kettirukka ve matten.. LL
She: Hmmm! Seri good night..Nee thoongu..
Nee paduna patta kettutten le.. ini engerunthu thoogurathu….
He: Good night!
She: Take care
He: You too
She: Hey….
Ahaa..Iva Thoonga vida matta pola irukke,,,
He: Ah.. Sollu..
She: Nejamaave en voice nalla irundadhaa
....neeye un voice a record panni ketu paru
He: Nejamma! Ofcourse
She: Nee poi solre
Mavale ipo mattum ne enna thoonga vidala………
He: Not at all. You sing very well
She: Hmmm. Ennamo solre. Good night.
He: Good Night!!
He switched off his phone…
He : Male Voice
She : Female Voice
Red Text: What the male thinks in his heart...
She Gives a Miss call to Him…and he calls her back..
She: Hello!
Ayoo..Innaikku Enna mokka poda poralo….
He: Hi da…Sollu..?
She: Ile chumma dhan call pannen…
Eppodi Call panne.. Miss call dhane kuduthe…
He: oh...Enna Pandre??
She: Ippo dhaan saaptu mudichen. Sir enna pannitu iruk eenga?
He: Nanum Ippo dhan sapten.. Now... .'Suttum vizhi sudare' paatu paakkuren Sun Music la
She: Nalla paatu..
(And then she hums the line 'mazhai azhagha veyil azhagha' )
Ange enna Eli (Rat) Kathuthu….
He: hey!!!!Nee ivlo nalla paaduviya
She: *giggles*
He: Hey. Innoru vaati paadaen
She: En room mates ellam thoongita. Ava nga bayandhuda poranga ..
Correct…Ava mohini pisasu nu nenachiduva…
He: Come on! Please!
She: Poada. I don't sing that well
Athu Oorukke theriyum e… J
He: It was really sweet. Please paaden
She: Enakku odd aa irukku da
He: Idhula ennama irukku. Nalla thane paadare.
She: Nee dhaan sollanum
Nan chumma vere vazhi illame sonnen..
He: Ippo paaduviya maatiya?
She: yaenda paduththare
He: Sigh! Ok
She: I don't have that great voice
Donkey kooda pootti podura voice..
He: hmmmm
She: Seri. Ivlo kaekkare. Unakaaga ore oru stanza paadaren
En Kashta kalam..
He: Great!!!!
She: Endha paatu paadatum?
Nee ethu padunalum.. innakku thookkam pochu.. appuram enna…
He: Hmmmm. 'un perai sonnale' from dum dum dum?
She: Nice song. But enakku lyrics gnabagam illai
Unakkudhan Ezhutha Padikka ve Thriayathe…
He: Chinna chinna aasai?
She: Illai indha paate paadaren
Entha patuku kathu kelinja enna?…
He: Cool
(She clears her throat, hums a line and then)
She: Illai vendaam. Am feeling very shy!
He: Paadu kanne paadu. Un isai endra inba vellathil neendha odoadi vandha
ennai yemtradhe….. Paadu
She: Galatta panre paathiya
Th eriyuthu le. Appuram enna… : )
He: No no. Nee shy aa feel panre illaiya. Trying to make u cool
She: Hmmm
He: please paadaen
She: naaLaikku paadatumaaa?
Innakku Thappichen da.. Escape…
He: Seri maa. Unakku eppadi thonaradho appadiye pannu
She: Hmmm
He: Good night
She: Good night
She: Sweet Dreams..
Tholla Theendhudhu…
He: Sweets dreams to u too…
After a while She calls He (tat never happens, she gives only a missed call),,,,
She: Hey..Thoonigitya
Illa current kandu pidichikitu iruken …
He: Illai ma.
She: Enna Pandre..
Nadu rathirile enna pannuvag… Kannamboochiya vilayaduvang a…
He: Match paathundu irundhen
She: Seri. Nee match paaru
Appuram EnnaththukKu.. Ezhuppune…
He: Hey. Its ok. Pazhaya match dhaan.
She: Illai. Did u feel bad I didn't sing?
(Since it is a tricky question, He thinks for a while)
( Bad ah, this was the luckiest day in my life, since you didn't sing J )
He: Bad appadinu solla maaten. But I want you to be comfortable first.
naaLaikku paadaren sonne illa. So , me waiting..
(Innnakku thappichen nenachenn .. L)
She sings 1 stanza from the song
Thoooo……… ….
He: Wow. Too good!
She: Porum. I know how kevalam my voice is
Unakku Slef realization adhigam.. J…
He: Hey you really sing well.
She: Poada...Nee sollanume nu solre
Kallli, Correcta Kandu pudichittiyeee…..
He: Cha! Cha! Un voice nalla illaati naan ivlo kaekkave maaten
She: Hmmmm
He: Nee ivLo nalla paaduve enakku theriyaadhu
Therinjiruntha kettirukka ve matten.. LL
She: Hmmm! Seri good night..Nee thoongu..
Nee paduna patta kettutten le.. ini engerunthu thoogurathu….
He: Good night!
She: Take care
He: You too
She: Hey….
Ahaa..Iva Thoonga vida matta pola irukke,,,
He: Ah.. Sollu..
She: Nejamaave en voice nalla irundadhaa
....neeye un voice a record panni ketu paru
He: Nejamma! Ofcourse
She: Nee poi solre
Mavale ipo mattum ne enna thoonga vidala………
He: Not at all. You sing very well
She: Hmmm. Ennamo solre. Good night.
He: Good Night!!
He switched off his phone…
<========= Manasey Relax Please ============>
26 September 2007
General Motors reply to BILL GATES
DON'T CHALLENGE MECHANICAL FOR IT.
General Motors REPLY TO BILL GATES
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
Stating:
"If GM had developed technology like microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics :
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would ! run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed an Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. "Never undervalue the manufacturing & automobile industries
General Motors REPLY TO BILL GATES
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
Stating:
"If GM had developed technology like microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics :
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would ! run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed an Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. "Never undervalue the manufacturing & automobile industries
Well done - Supreme Court - INDIA
Well done - Supreme Court - INDIA
READ the new rule implemented by Supreme Court and be aware
Right to Emergency Care:
The Supreme Court has ruled that all injured persons especially in the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a hospital / medical centre, have to be offered first aid, stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre if required.
It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or complete police formalities.
In case you are a bystander and wish to help someone in an accident, please go ahead and do so.
Your responsibility ends as soon as you leave the person at the hospital. The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the police, first aid, etc.
Please do inform your family and friends about these basic rights so that we all know what to expect and what to do in the hour of need.
READ the new rule implemented by Supreme Court and be aware
Right to Emergency Care:
The Supreme Court has ruled that all injured persons especially in the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a hospital / medical centre, have to be offered first aid, stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre if required.
It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or complete police formalities.
In case you are a bystander and wish to help someone in an accident, please go ahead and do so.
Your responsibility ends as soon as you leave the person at the hospital. The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the police, first aid, etc.
Please do inform your family and friends about these basic rights so that we all know what to expect and what to do in the hour of need.
23 July 2007
The BuffaloTheory
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of Alcohol beer/wine/whisky/Bacardi) eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Moral of the story: Keep drinking!!!! :-)
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of Alcohol beer/wine/whisky/Bacardi) eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Moral of the story: Keep drinking!!!! :-)
What happens if 1 rupee = 45 dollars !
What happens if 1 rupee = 45 dollars !
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Scene 1
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Venue : Microsoft Corporation, New York , US Some s/w
engineers are seeing some photographs.
s/w engg 1 : What's that?
s/w engg 2 : Bob's photographs from India .
s/w engg 1 : Wow. Let me see. Which is this place?
s/w engg 3 : (Sees the photo) This is tidel park,chennai
s/w engg 1 : Fundoo yaar! And what is this? He got Bajaj Pulsar also.
s/w engg 2 : Let me see (sees). This guy enjoys life maan...
s/w engg 3 : You know how much an Bajaj Pulsar costs?
Nearly 60K.....
Say it in dollars... (60000*45 = 27,00,000 dollars)
s/w engg 2: Oops. We can't dream of such a thing here.
s/w engg 1 : Let's go to India & try for a job.
[Everybody excited.]
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SCENE 2
=======
Venue: Sun Microsystems, SanFrancisco , California, US
s/w engg 1: I'm with you man. My Visa is expected anytime. Soon I will
fly to India
s/w engg 2: Ohhh.... When is the party?
s/w engg 1: When I get it on hand.
s/w engg 2: Where will you be working?
s/w engg 1 : I'll be working in ambatur
s/w engg 2 : Oh! ambatur. Great yaar. where it is...
s/w engg 1 : It is in chennai.
s/w engg 3 : Fundoo place yaar. Nice climate Not like California.
You'll love the weather yaar. One of my friends is in coimbatore...
He says it's the ultimate place to live in. Cool maan.
s/w engg 2 : Who is the client yaar?
s/w engg 1: You know Municipal Corporation of chennai ?
s/w engg 3 : One of my friends is there in
the Road Cleaning Division. Most challenging job yaar. People are
working in the cutting edge of technology there.
s/w engg 1 : I'll be writing software for the accounts department of
the GCU.
s/w engg 2: GCU? what it means...?
s/w engg 1 : that is Garbage Collecting Unit.
s/w engg 3 : : Great yaar. That's what I like about
that country. You can get a job which requires all your skill. Not like
here. See I'm writing software for the space shuttle remote control.
I hate this.
s/w engg 1 : Don't worry guys. I'll give you my
Hotmail id. You can send your resume to me and I'll forward it to the HRD.
[Everybody takes down his Hotmail id.]
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SCENE 3
=======
Venue: Intel Corp. US
s/w engg 1: Great news guys. Our George has got
admission in the IGNOU with scholarship for B.A History. A
great new field yaar...
All are excited...
George : Got my Visa yesterday. It's all finalized now.
s/w engg 2 : Congrats yaar. So you are out of this country.
s/w eng g 1 : B.A in Histroy...ohh. ..man, enjoy your life there!!
s/w engg 2 :Got full aid, eh?
George : Yeah. Got the UGC scholarship That will be 1200 Rupees / year.
s/w engg 1 : Great. Enjoy.
s/w engg 2 : (Thinking loud): 1200 Indian Rupees...!
that means 1200 * 45 = 54000 Dollars... with that amount I can buy an
three bed-room flat & a Mercedes here...!!!
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SCENE 4
======
A foreigner working in Hyderabad as Software Engg gets
a call from his Home ..
Father : What are you doing son ?
S/w Eng : Having breakfast ?
Father : what are you eating ?
S/w Eng: Coconut Sauce and Rice Bread i.e.,(Idli and Chutney)
=============================
Scene 1
=======
Venue : Microsoft Corporation, New York , US Some s/w
engineers are seeing some photographs.
s/w engg 1 : What's that?
s/w engg 2 : Bob's photographs from India .
s/w engg 1 : Wow. Let me see. Which is this place?
s/w engg 3 : (Sees the photo) This is tidel park,chennai
s/w engg 1 : Fundoo yaar! And what is this? He got Bajaj Pulsar also.
s/w engg 2 : Let me see (sees). This guy enjoys life maan...
s/w engg 3 : You know how much an Bajaj Pulsar costs?
Nearly 60K.....
Say it in dollars... (60000*45 = 27,00,000 dollars)
s/w engg 2: Oops. We can't dream of such a thing here.
s/w engg 1 : Let's go to India & try for a job.
[Everybody excited.]
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SCENE 2
=======
Venue: Sun Microsystems, SanFrancisco , California, US
s/w engg 1: I'm with you man. My Visa is expected anytime. Soon I will
fly to India
s/w engg 2: Ohhh.... When is the party?
s/w engg 1: When I get it on hand.
s/w engg 2: Where will you be working?
s/w engg 1 : I'll be working in ambatur
s/w engg 2 : Oh! ambatur. Great yaar. where it is...
s/w engg 1 : It is in chennai.
s/w engg 3 : Fundoo place yaar. Nice climate Not like California.
You'll love the weather yaar. One of my friends is in coimbatore...
He says it's the ultimate place to live in. Cool maan.
s/w engg 2 : Who is the client yaar?
s/w engg 1: You know Municipal Corporation of chennai ?
s/w engg 3 : One of my friends is there in
the Road Cleaning Division. Most challenging job yaar. People are
working in the cutting edge of technology there.
s/w engg 1 : I'll be writing software for the accounts department of
the GCU.
s/w engg 2: GCU? what it means...?
s/w engg 1 : that is Garbage Collecting Unit.
s/w engg 3 : : Great yaar. That's what I like about
that country. You can get a job which requires all your skill. Not like
here. See I'm writing software for the space shuttle remote control.
I hate this.
s/w engg 1 : Don't worry guys. I'll give you my
Hotmail id. You can send your resume to me and I'll forward it to the HRD.
[Everybody takes down his Hotmail id.]
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- -------
SCENE 3
=======
Venue: Intel Corp. US
s/w engg 1: Great news guys. Our George has got
admission in the IGNOU with scholarship for B.A History. A
great new field yaar...
All are excited...
George : Got my Visa yesterday. It's all finalized now.
s/w engg 2 : Congrats yaar. So you are out of this country.
s/w eng g 1 : B.A in Histroy...ohh. ..man, enjoy your life there!!
s/w engg 2 :Got full aid, eh?
George : Yeah. Got the UGC scholarship That will be 1200 Rupees / year.
s/w engg 1 : Great. Enjoy.
s/w engg 2 : (Thinking loud): 1200 Indian Rupees...!
that means 1200 * 45 = 54000 Dollars... with that amount I can buy an
three bed-room flat & a Mercedes here...!!!
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SCENE 4
======
A foreigner working in Hyderabad as Software Engg gets
a call from his Home ..
Father : What are you doing son ?
S/w Eng : Having breakfast ?
Father : what are you eating ?
S/w Eng: Coconut Sauce and Rice Bread i.e.,(Idli and Chutney)
very impressive speech from Abdul Kalam in Hyderabad
The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad .
Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah . YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the
authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to
women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far
away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India needs from us.
Thank you,
Dr. Abdul Kalaam
Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah . YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the
authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to
women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far
away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India needs from us.
Thank you,
Dr. Abdul Kalaam
23 June 2007
A humble request...
Please spend 5 minutes…………it's a humble request
Reference http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/07kalia.htm
Dear Sir/Madam,
SPARE 5-MINUTES from ur busy schedule .PLEASE !!!
Lt. Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the Indian Army laid down his
life at the young age of 22 for the nation while guarding the
frontiers at Kargil.
His parents, indeed the Indian Army and nation itself,
lost a dedicated, honest and brave son.
He was the first officer to detect and inform about
Pakistani intrusion. Pakistan captured him and his patrol party of 5
brave men alive on May 15, 1999 from the Indian side of LOC.
They were kept in captivity for three weeks and
subjected to unprecedented brutal torture, evident from their bodies handed over
by Pakistan Army on June 9, 1999.
The Pakistanis indulged in dastardly acts of inflicting burns on these Indian officers with cigarettes, piercing their ears with hot rods, removing their eyes before puncturing them and breaking most of the bones and teeth.
They even chopped off various limbs and private organs of the Indian soldiers besides inflicting unimaginable physical and mental torture.
After 22 days of torture, the brave soldiers were ultimately shot dead. A detailed post-mortem report is with the Indian Army. Pakistan dared to humiliate India this way flouting all international norms.
They proved the extent to which they can degrade humanity. However, the Indian soldiers did not break while undergoing all this unimaginable barbarism, which speaks volumes of their patriotism, grit, determination, tenacity and valour - something all of India should be proud of.
Sacrificing oneself for the nation is an honour every soldier would be proud of, but no parent, army or nation can accept what happened to these brave sons of India. I am afraid every parent may think twice to send their child in the armed forces if we all fall short of our duty in safeguarding the PRISONERS OF WAR AND LET THEM MEET THE FATE OF LT.SAURABH KALIA.
It may also send a demoralising signal to the army personnel fighting for the Nation that our POWs in Pak cannot be taken care of. It is a matter of shame and disgust that most of Indian Human Rights Organisations by and large, showed apathy in this matter.
Through this humble submission, may I appeal to all the civilized people irrespective of colour, caste, region, religion and political lineage to stir their conscience and rise to take this as a NATIONAL ISSUE !!!
International Human Rights Organizations must be approached to expose and pressure Pakistan to identify, book and punish all those who perpetrated this heinous crime to our men in uniform.
If Pakistan is allowed to go unpunished in this case, we can only imagine the consequences.
Below is the list of 5 other soldiers who preferred to die for the country rather than open their mouths in front of enemy -
1. Sep. Arjun Ram s/o Sh. Chokka Ram; Village & PO
Gudi. Teh. & Dist.
Nagaur, (Rajasthan)
2. Sep. Bhanwar Lal Bagaria h/o Smt. Santosh Devi;
Village Sivelara;Teh.&
Dist.Sikar (Rajasthan)
3. Sep. Bhikaram h/o Smt. Bhawri Devi; Village
Patasar; Teh.
Pachpatva;Distt.Barmer (Rajasthan)
4. Sep. Moola Ram h/o Smt. Rameshwari Devi; Village
Katori; Teh. Jayal;Dist.
Nagaur(Rajasthan)
5. Sep. Naresh Singh h/o Smt. Kalpana Devi; Village
Chhoti Tallam;
Teh.Iglab; Dist.Aligarh (UP)
Yours truly,
Dr. N.K. Kalia (Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father).
Saurabh Nagar,
Palampur-176061
Himachal Pradesh
Tel: +91 (01894) 232065
Please sign in by writing your name and then copy and
paste it again to forward it to your friends and relatives. Let us give a supporting hand to Dr. Kalia in his efforts to get justice.
Remember, Lt. Kalia and his colleagues died on the front so that we could
sleep peacefully in our homes.
PLEASE DON'T BREAK THE ONWARD MOVEMENT OF THIS MAIL.
WE SEND ALL SORTS OF SILLY MAILS TO OUR FRIENDS WHICH
COMPEL ONE TO FORWARD BY SAYING THAT IT MAY HARM YOU IF YOU WON'T DO SO. BUT
HERE IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL ONLY BE YOU WHO WILL FEEL
SATISFIED IF YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.
JAI HIND ....Victory to India !!
(Add your name to the list and forward mail)
1 Prishi ( Gurgaon,India )
2 Sudhir Singh ( Pune, India)
3 Neha Sarode (Pune , India)
4 Sanjay H Shrotriya, Pune India
4 Vivek Apte Bangalore, India .
5 Virendra Mantri, Mumbai, India
6 Jayant Sardesai, Nagpur, India
7 Pratap Shinde, Nagpur , India.
8 Jaisingh Dhumal, Mumbai, India
9 Umesh Gaikwad, Mumbai,India
10&nbs p; Mandar Aryamane, Mumbai, India
11 Santosh Sawant, Mumbai, India
12 Prashant Pandya, Mumbai, India
13 Dilip Gurav, Mumbai, India
14 N.V. Santosh, Mumbai, India
15 Sameer Narsapur, Mumbai, India
16 Rajeev Mahajan, Mumbai, India
17 Siddharth Lohia, Mumbai, India
18 Bibhash Jha, Mumbai, India.
19 Dhi rendra Jha, Pune, India
20 Gaurav Nagpal, Pune, India
21 Sachin Mehrotra, Pune, India
22 Sanjay, Bangalore, India.
23 Jothi Krishnan, Bangalore, India
24 PSB Bharath, Chennai, India
25 Vijeesh S, Chennai, India
26 Nimeesh, Chennai, India
27 Iqbal Ahmed, Kolkata, India
28 Sanchita Chanda, Chennai, India
29 Kaushik Borbora, Chennai, India
30 Priyanka Mishra, Bangalore, India
31 Amit Kumar Sinha, Bhubaneswar, India
32 Joydeep Mondal, Bhubaneshwar, India
33 Kaustub h Krishna Srivasta va, Pune, India
34 Shatrughan Tamaskar, Pune, India
35 Manjul Chawda, Pune, India
36 Vinit Puri, Pune, India
37 Vivek Goyal, Pune, India
38 Rajesh Kumar, Bangalore, India
39 Pramesh Mandraha, Bangalore, India
40 Indrajeet Singh, Hyderabad, India
41 Amit Kumar, Mumbai, India
42 Ashish Agarwal, Pune, India
43 Supriya , Pune, India.
44 Atul Jain, Indore, India.
45 Tanmay Singhal, Indore , India.
46 Ankur Agarwal, Mumbai, India
47 Murtuza Shiyaji, Mumbai, India
48 Murtuza Rohawala, Calcutta, India
49 Arti Syal, Chandigarh, India
50 Sheeja Bhaskaran, Bangalore, India
51 Homa Roy Choudhury, Bangalore India
52 Soumya Nanda Mohanty, Bangalore, India
53 Capt Abhilash Sahoo
54 Rajat Madhok, UK
55 Himmat Singh, Delhi, India
56 Anuja Gill, Delhi, India
57 B rig. (Retd.) A. K. Sa nyal, VSM, Pune, India
58 Abhishek Amal Sanyal, Pune, India
59 Sudhir Jatar
60 Rahul Bhajekar, Thane, India
61 Atul S Pathak, Mumbai, India
62 S. Narayanan, Chennai, India
63 Capt. Suman Banerjee
64 Arjun Wallia, Delhi, India
65 Vivek N Gour, Gurgaon, India
66 Nidhi Sekhar, New Delhi, India
67 Priyanka Ray, Mumbai, India
68 Pragya Dayal, Delhi, India
69 Soumya Dayal, Delhi, India
71 Vandana Sehgal, Bangalore, India
72 Pooja Raswant, New Delhi, India.
73 Pronita Roy, New Delhi, India
74 Neeraj Gupta, New Delhi, India
75 Rajesh Sharma, Mumbai, India.
76 RS Anand, Mohali, India.
77 JR Sharma, Mohali, India
78 Manmohan Singh, Mohali, India
79 Ram Chet, Chandigarh, India
80 GS Bakshi, Chandigarh, India
81 Parminder, Chandigarh, India
82 JS Sethi, New Delhi, India
83; Navtej Singh, Kota, India
84 SS Dulat, Sangrur, India
85 Sudeesh Kumar, Kerala, India
86 Leelamma Jose, Kerala, India
87 Abilash Kumar, Kerala, India
88 JS Pannu, Amritsar, India
89 Lt.Col KS Sidhu, Retd, Amritsar, India
90 GS Dhaliwal, Ludhiana,India
91 Nitu Marwah, Germany
92 Ravi Sharma, Bottrop, Germany
93 MS Pannu, Chandigarh, India
94 Deepak Mehan, Chandigarh, India
95 Lt. Col GS Dhillon, Chandigarh, India
96 Lt.Col K C Singh, Chandigarh, India
97 Brig. Bhagwant Singh (Retd), Panchkula, India
98 Lt.Col Gurdev Singh (Retd), India
99 Lt Col Sudesh Sharma, Chandigarh, India
100 NS Aulakh, Chandigarh,India
101 Gursimran Sandhu,Sacramento, USA
102 Sukhbir Singh, Sacramento, USA
103 Manjit Sandhu, Sacramento, USA
104 Inderpreet Sheina, Antioch, USA
105 Shalu Suri, Parwanoo, H.P , INDIA
106 Ashwani Sabharwal. Chandigarh, India .
107 RK Kakar, Bhopal, India
108 Anuradha Manna, Kolkata, India
109 Neha Nigam, New Delhi, India
110 Mamta Meena, New Delhi,India
111 Nalini Singh, Ranchi, India
112 Capt Malay Mishra , 4 JAT
113 Ruchi Mishra, TCS Gurgaon.
114 Neetu Mathew, TCS, Gurgaon
115 Nishtha Dwivedi, IBM PUNE
116 Shailesh Pandey, QA InfoTech, Noida
117 Prashant Gour NIC Pune
118 Narendra Singh Rajput NIC Pune
119 Rishi Sohaney, Quark, Chandigarh, India
120 Gagan Chawla
121 Rohit Kalia, Quark, Chandigarh
122 Sukhendra Ra i, HCL Technologies, Noida, India
123 Swati Agarwal, GE Capital, Gurgaon, India
124 Rahul Shanker Saxena, CMC Ltd, Delhi.
125 Ashish Tonk , CellNext Solution Ltd.
126 Bhupesh Pant, Pune , India.
127 Lokesh Malik, Delhi, India
128 Vijay Kr Rajput
129 Shubhangi Mishra, Noida
....
It is a mail forward
Reference http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/07kalia.htm
Dear Sir/Madam,
SPARE 5-MINUTES from ur busy schedule .PLEASE !!!
Lt. Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the Indian Army laid down his
life at the young age of 22 for the nation while guarding the
frontiers at Kargil.
His parents, indeed the Indian Army and nation itself,
lost a dedicated, honest and brave son.
He was the first officer to detect and inform about
Pakistani intrusion. Pakistan captured him and his patrol party of 5
brave men alive on May 15, 1999 from the Indian side of LOC.
They were kept in captivity for three weeks and
subjected to unprecedented brutal torture, evident from their bodies handed over
by Pakistan Army on June 9, 1999.
The Pakistanis indulged in dastardly acts of inflicting burns on these Indian officers with cigarettes, piercing their ears with hot rods, removing their eyes before puncturing them and breaking most of the bones and teeth.
They even chopped off various limbs and private organs of the Indian soldiers besides inflicting unimaginable physical and mental torture.
After 22 days of torture, the brave soldiers were ultimately shot dead. A detailed post-mortem report is with the Indian Army. Pakistan dared to humiliate India this way flouting all international norms.
They proved the extent to which they can degrade humanity. However, the Indian soldiers did not break while undergoing all this unimaginable barbarism, which speaks volumes of their patriotism, grit, determination, tenacity and valour - something all of India should be proud of.
Sacrificing oneself for the nation is an honour every soldier would be proud of, but no parent, army or nation can accept what happened to these brave sons of India. I am afraid every parent may think twice to send their child in the armed forces if we all fall short of our duty in safeguarding the PRISONERS OF WAR AND LET THEM MEET THE FATE OF LT.SAURABH KALIA.
It may also send a demoralising signal to the army personnel fighting for the Nation that our POWs in Pak cannot be taken care of. It is a matter of shame and disgust that most of Indian Human Rights Organisations by and large, showed apathy in this matter.
Through this humble submission, may I appeal to all the civilized people irrespective of colour, caste, region, religion and political lineage to stir their conscience and rise to take this as a NATIONAL ISSUE !!!
International Human Rights Organizations must be approached to expose and pressure Pakistan to identify, book and punish all those who perpetrated this heinous crime to our men in uniform.
If Pakistan is allowed to go unpunished in this case, we can only imagine the consequences.
Below is the list of 5 other soldiers who preferred to die for the country rather than open their mouths in front of enemy -
1. Sep. Arjun Ram s/o Sh. Chokka Ram; Village & PO
Gudi. Teh. & Dist.
Nagaur, (Rajasthan)
2. Sep. Bhanwar Lal Bagaria h/o Smt. Santosh Devi;
Village Sivelara;Teh.&
Dist.Sikar (Rajasthan)
3. Sep. Bhikaram h/o Smt. Bhawri Devi; Village
Patasar; Teh.
Pachpatva;Distt.Barmer (Rajasthan)
4. Sep. Moola Ram h/o Smt. Rameshwari Devi; Village
Katori; Teh. Jayal;Dist.
Nagaur(Rajasthan)
5. Sep. Naresh Singh h/o Smt. Kalpana Devi; Village
Chhoti Tallam;
Teh.Iglab; Dist.Aligarh (UP)
Yours truly,
Dr. N.K. Kalia (Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father).
Saurabh Nagar,
Palampur-176061
Himachal Pradesh
Tel: +91 (01894) 232065
Please sign in by writing your name and then copy and
paste it again to forward it to your friends and relatives. Let us give a supporting hand to Dr. Kalia in his efforts to get justice.
Remember, Lt. Kalia and his colleagues died on the front so that we could
sleep peacefully in our homes.
PLEASE DON'T BREAK THE ONWARD MOVEMENT OF THIS MAIL.
WE SEND ALL SORTS OF SILLY MAILS TO OUR FRIENDS WHICH
COMPEL ONE TO FORWARD BY SAYING THAT IT MAY HARM YOU IF YOU WON'T DO SO. BUT
HERE IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL ONLY BE YOU WHO WILL FEEL
SATISFIED IF YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.
JAI HIND ....Victory to India !!
(Add your name to the list and forward mail)
1 Prishi ( Gurgaon,India )
2 Sudhir Singh ( Pune, India)
3 Neha Sarode (Pune , India)
4 Sanjay H Shrotriya, Pune India
4 Vivek Apte Bangalore, India .
5 Virendra Mantri, Mumbai, India
6 Jayant Sardesai, Nagpur, India
7 Pratap Shinde, Nagpur , India.
8 Jaisingh Dhumal, Mumbai, India
9 Umesh Gaikwad, Mumbai,India
10&nbs p; Mandar Aryamane, Mumbai, India
11 Santosh Sawant, Mumbai, India
12 Prashant Pandya, Mumbai, India
13 Dilip Gurav, Mumbai, India
14 N.V. Santosh, Mumbai, India
15 Sameer Narsapur, Mumbai, India
16 Rajeev Mahajan, Mumbai, India
17 Siddharth Lohia, Mumbai, India
18 Bibhash Jha, Mumbai, India.
19 Dhi rendra Jha, Pune, India
20 Gaurav Nagpal, Pune, India
21 Sachin Mehrotra, Pune, India
22 Sanjay, Bangalore, India.
23 Jothi Krishnan, Bangalore, India
24 PSB Bharath, Chennai, India
25 Vijeesh S, Chennai, India
26 Nimeesh, Chennai, India
27 Iqbal Ahmed, Kolkata, India
28 Sanchita Chanda, Chennai, India
29 Kaushik Borbora, Chennai, India
30 Priyanka Mishra, Bangalore, India
31 Amit Kumar Sinha, Bhubaneswar, India
32 Joydeep Mondal, Bhubaneshwar, India
33 Kaustub h Krishna Srivasta va, Pune, India
34 Shatrughan Tamaskar, Pune, India
35 Manjul Chawda, Pune, India
36 Vinit Puri, Pune, India
37 Vivek Goyal, Pune, India
38 Rajesh Kumar, Bangalore, India
39 Pramesh Mandraha, Bangalore, India
40 Indrajeet Singh, Hyderabad, India
41 Amit Kumar, Mumbai, India
42 Ashish Agarwal, Pune, India
43 Supriya , Pune, India.
44 Atul Jain, Indore, India.
45 Tanmay Singhal, Indore , India.
46 Ankur Agarwal, Mumbai, India
47 Murtuza Shiyaji, Mumbai, India
48 Murtuza Rohawala, Calcutta, India
49 Arti Syal, Chandigarh, India
50 Sheeja Bhaskaran, Bangalore, India
51 Homa Roy Choudhury, Bangalore India
52 Soumya Nanda Mohanty, Bangalore, India
53 Capt Abhilash Sahoo
54 Rajat Madhok, UK
55 Himmat Singh, Delhi, India
56 Anuja Gill, Delhi, India
57 B rig. (Retd.) A. K. Sa nyal, VSM, Pune, India
58 Abhishek Amal Sanyal, Pune, India
59 Sudhir Jatar
60 Rahul Bhajekar, Thane, India
61 Atul S Pathak, Mumbai, India
62 S. Narayanan, Chennai, India
63 Capt. Suman Banerjee
64 Arjun Wallia, Delhi, India
65 Vivek N Gour, Gurgaon, India
66 Nidhi Sekhar, New Delhi, India
67 Priyanka Ray, Mumbai, India
68 Pragya Dayal, Delhi, India
69 Soumya Dayal, Delhi, India
71 Vandana Sehgal, Bangalore, India
72 Pooja Raswant, New Delhi, India.
73 Pronita Roy, New Delhi, India
74 Neeraj Gupta, New Delhi, India
75 Rajesh Sharma, Mumbai, India.
76 RS Anand, Mohali, India.
77 JR Sharma, Mohali, India
78 Manmohan Singh, Mohali, India
79 Ram Chet, Chandigarh, India
80 GS Bakshi, Chandigarh, India
81 Parminder, Chandigarh, India
82 JS Sethi, New Delhi, India
83; Navtej Singh, Kota, India
84 SS Dulat, Sangrur, India
85 Sudeesh Kumar, Kerala, India
86 Leelamma Jose, Kerala, India
87 Abilash Kumar, Kerala, India
88 JS Pannu, Amritsar, India
89 Lt.Col KS Sidhu, Retd, Amritsar, India
90 GS Dhaliwal, Ludhiana,India
91 Nitu Marwah, Germany
92 Ravi Sharma, Bottrop, Germany
93 MS Pannu, Chandigarh, India
94 Deepak Mehan, Chandigarh, India
95 Lt. Col GS Dhillon, Chandigarh, India
96 Lt.Col K C Singh, Chandigarh, India
97 Brig. Bhagwant Singh (Retd), Panchkula, India
98 Lt.Col Gurdev Singh (Retd), India
99 Lt Col Sudesh Sharma, Chandigarh, India
100 NS Aulakh, Chandigarh,India
101 Gursimran Sandhu,Sacramento, USA
102 Sukhbir Singh, Sacramento, USA
103 Manjit Sandhu, Sacramento, USA
104 Inderpreet Sheina, Antioch, USA
105 Shalu Suri, Parwanoo, H.P , INDIA
106 Ashwani Sabharwal. Chandigarh, India .
107 RK Kakar, Bhopal, India
108 Anuradha Manna, Kolkata, India
109 Neha Nigam, New Delhi, India
110 Mamta Meena, New Delhi,India
111 Nalini Singh, Ranchi, India
112 Capt Malay Mishra , 4 JAT
113 Ruchi Mishra, TCS Gurgaon.
114 Neetu Mathew, TCS, Gurgaon
115 Nishtha Dwivedi, IBM PUNE
116 Shailesh Pandey, QA InfoTech, Noida
117 Prashant Gour NIC Pune
118 Narendra Singh Rajput NIC Pune
119 Rishi Sohaney, Quark, Chandigarh, India
120 Gagan Chawla
121 Rohit Kalia, Quark, Chandigarh
122 Sukhendra Ra i, HCL Technologies, Noida, India
123 Swati Agarwal, GE Capital, Gurgaon, India
124 Rahul Shanker Saxena, CMC Ltd, Delhi.
125 Ashish Tonk , CellNext Solution Ltd.
126 Bhupesh Pant, Pune , India.
127 Lokesh Malik, Delhi, India
128 Vijay Kr Rajput
129 Shubhangi Mishra, Noida
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It is a mail forward
Taj Mahal short of 30 Crores vote.
Hi All,
Are you aware that our beloved TAJ MAHAL is 30 Cores votes short of being voted into the New Wonders of the World? So if we don't act fast, it highly possible that TAJ Mahal will not feature as a Wonder of the World after 07.07.07. Last date for registering your vote is 06/07/07. Hence if you have not yet registered, Pl do so at the earliest & cast your valuable vote for TAJ at http://www.new7wonders.com/ as soon as possible. Please inform at least 25 members of your family/friends/biz associates to do so. The Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World will be in Lisbon, Portugal on July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.
Let India not hang its head in shame on 07.07.07
Put your valuble vote and pull your beloved friends also to vote for our Taj Mahal...
Are you aware that our beloved TAJ MAHAL is 30 Cores votes short of being voted into the New Wonders of the World? So if we don't act fast, it highly possible that TAJ Mahal will not feature as a Wonder of the World after 07.07.07. Last date for registering your vote is 06/07/07. Hence if you have not yet registered, Pl do so at the earliest & cast your valuable vote for TAJ at http://www.new7wonders.com/ as soon as possible. Please inform at least 25 members of your family/friends/biz associates to do so. The Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World will be in Lisbon, Portugal on July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.
Let India not hang its head in shame on 07.07.07
Put your valuble vote and pull your beloved friends also to vote for our Taj Mahal...
16 June 2007
Who is the BOSS?
Who is the BOSS? The Boss(Rajni) Or Big B
Yes it is Style mannan - Rajni - Super Star only.
It is not me, I am telling. A leading news channel in india tells it.
Wowwww…. It has been a great opening for Shankar directed AVM’s Super Star Rajini acted SIVAJI ‘The Boss….’
Yes, it is a great opening for Sivaji all over the world. I have read a revie in rediff for this movie. The review is from a viewer from Atlanta. The viewer has told that he thinks to pay half of the Spider man3 ticket, while he is ready to triple the time than the original Sivaji movie ticket
Usually I am not interested in watching movies. But I am eager to see this movie, but at actual price. Seeing this movie at actual price is possible after few weeks. I should be proud that the movie has arose from tamilnadu as I am tamilian. Yes, the movie made to compare rajni with big B. The result of who is boss between Rajini and Big B, is Rajni. Yes he had got 82% vote while Big B has got just 18%. This poll has been conducted by a leading NEWS channel in India. Sankar-Rajini combination is the ‘The Boss’
Yes, it is a great opening for Sivaji all over the world. I have read a revie in rediff for this movie. The review is from a viewer from Atlanta. The viewer has told that he thinks to pay half of the Spider man3 ticket, while he is ready to triple the time than the original Sivaji movie ticket
Usually I am not interested in watching movies. But I am eager to see this movie, but at actual price. Seeing this movie at actual price is possible after few weeks. I should be proud that the movie has arose from tamilnadu as I am tamilian. Yes, the movie made to compare rajni with big B. The result of who is boss between Rajini and Big B, is Rajni. Yes he had got 82% vote while Big B has got just 18%. This poll has been conducted by a leading NEWS channel in India. Sankar-Rajini combination is the ‘The Boss’
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09 June 2007
Sudexho india
I am a chennai resident and working for a MNC here. As part of my salary package, I am provided Sudexho food coupons to cut-down some small amount of my tax.
I usually use this coupon, to pay my food bills and purchase from food shopping malls. I have never paid any extra or service charge for using the same. But at the same time, I am asked to pay 5% as service charge when I use Sudexho to pay for food charges at Minerva restaurant, next to Sutherland Global services, Velachery.
Does Sudexho give any authorisation to charge service charge to particular restaurants?
Is it illegal to collect service charges?
If it is legal, then why it is applicable for selective restaurants?
Should be answered by Sudexho India.
I usually use this coupon, to pay my food bills and purchase from food shopping malls. I have never paid any extra or service charge for using the same. But at the same time, I am asked to pay 5% as service charge when I use Sudexho to pay for food charges at Minerva restaurant, next to Sutherland Global services, Velachery.
Does Sudexho give any authorisation to charge service charge to particular restaurants?
Is it illegal to collect service charges?
If it is legal, then why it is applicable for selective restaurants?
Should be answered by Sudexho India.
Journey - india - 1
Pls Read this article and think about RAJU NARAYANASWAMY IAS
First Rank in State in Secondary School Examination First Rank in University in Plus Two First Rank in IIT Entrance Examination First Rank in All India IIT Computer Science First Rank in IAS Entrance Examination First Rank in IAS Training Institute On passing out from IIT Chennai Mr. Narayanaswamy was offered scholarship by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology , USA . He who came from a middle class family believed that he had a moral obligation to give something in return for the lakhs of rupees the government spent on him as an IIT student. He had the intelligence and conviction to realize that this money came also from the poorest of the poor - who pay up the excise duty on textiles when they buy cloth, who pay up customs, excise and sales tax on diesel when they travel in a bus, and in numerous other ways indirectly pay the government. So he decided to join IAS hoping he could do something for the people of this country. How many young men have the will power to resist such an offer from USA ? Narayanaswamy did never look at IAS as a black money spinner as his later life bears testimony to this fact. After a decade of meritorious service in IAS, today, Narayanaswamy is being forced out of the IAS profession. Do you know why? A real estate agent wanted to fill up a paddy field which is banned under law. An application came up before Narayanaswamy who was sub collector the, for an exemption from this rule for this plot of land. Upon visiting the site he found that the complaint from 60 poor families that they will face water logging due to the waste water from a nearby Government Medical College if this paddy field was filled up was correct. Narayanswamy came under intense political pressure but he did what was right - refused permission for filling up the paddy field. That was his first confrontation with politicians.
Soon after his marriage his father-in-law closed down a public road to build compound wall for his plot of land. People approached Narayanaswamy with complaint. When talking with his own father-in-law did not help, he removed the obstructing wall with police help. The result, his marriage broke up.
As district Collector he raided the house of a liquor baron who had defaulted Rupees 11 crores payment to government and carried out revenue recovery. A Minister directly telephoned him and ordered to return the forfeited articles to the house of the liquor baron. Narayanswamy politely replied that it is difficult. The minister replied that Narayanaswamy will suffer. In his district it was a practice to collect crores of rupees for earthen bunds meant for poor farmers, but which were never constructed. A bill for rupees 8 crores came up before Narayanaswamy. He inspected the bund. He found it very weak and said that he will pass the bill after the rainy season to ensure that the bund served the purpose. As expected the earthen bund was too weak to stand the rain and it disappeared in the rain. But he created a lot of enemies for saving 8 crores public money. The net result of all such unholy activities was that he was asked to go on leave by the government. Later such an illustrious officer was posted as "State Co-Ordinator, Quality Improvement Programme for Schools". This is what the politician will do to a honest officer with backbone - post him in the most powerless position to teach him a lesson. Since he found that nothing can be achieved for the people if he continued with the State Service he opted for central service. But that too was denied on some technical ground. What will you do when you have a brilliant computer career anywhere in the world you choose with the backing of several advanced technical papers too published in international journals to your credit? When you are powerless to do anything for the people, why should you waste your life as the Co-Ordinator for a Schools Programme?
Mr. Narayanaswamy is on the verge of leaving IAS to go to Paris to take up a well paid United Nations assignment. The politicians can laugh thinking another obstacle has been removed. But it is the helpless people of this country who will lose - not Narayanaswamy. But you have the power to support capable and honest bureaucra ts like Narayaswamy, G.R.Khairnar and Alphons Kannamthanam who have suffered a lot under self seeking politicians who rule us. You have even the power to replace such politicians with these kind of people dedicated to the country. The question is will you do the little you can do NOW? At least a vote or word in support of such personalities? Please pass on this mail to your friends
" There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know your objective first " - Swami Vivekananda
References:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/apr/13kerala.htm
SAVE INDIA
First Rank in State in Secondary School Examination First Rank in University in Plus Two First Rank in IIT Entrance Examination First Rank in All India IIT Computer Science First Rank in IAS Entrance Examination First Rank in IAS Training Institute On passing out from IIT Chennai Mr. Narayanaswamy was offered scholarship by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology , USA . He who came from a middle class family believed that he had a moral obligation to give something in return for the lakhs of rupees the government spent on him as an IIT student. He had the intelligence and conviction to realize that this money came also from the poorest of the poor - who pay up the excise duty on textiles when they buy cloth, who pay up customs, excise and sales tax on diesel when they travel in a bus, and in numerous other ways indirectly pay the government. So he decided to join IAS hoping he could do something for the people of this country. How many young men have the will power to resist such an offer from USA ? Narayanaswamy did never look at IAS as a black money spinner as his later life bears testimony to this fact. After a decade of meritorious service in IAS, today, Narayanaswamy is being forced out of the IAS profession. Do you know why? A real estate agent wanted to fill up a paddy field which is banned under law. An application came up before Narayanaswamy who was sub collector the, for an exemption from this rule for this plot of land. Upon visiting the site he found that the complaint from 60 poor families that they will face water logging due to the waste water from a nearby Government Medical College if this paddy field was filled up was correct. Narayanswamy came under intense political pressure but he did what was right - refused permission for filling up the paddy field. That was his first confrontation with politicians.
Soon after his marriage his father-in-law closed down a public road to build compound wall for his plot of land. People approached Narayanaswamy with complaint. When talking with his own father-in-law did not help, he removed the obstructing wall with police help. The result, his marriage broke up.
As district Collector he raided the house of a liquor baron who had defaulted Rupees 11 crores payment to government and carried out revenue recovery. A Minister directly telephoned him and ordered to return the forfeited articles to the house of the liquor baron. Narayanswamy politely replied that it is difficult. The minister replied that Narayanaswamy will suffer. In his district it was a practice to collect crores of rupees for earthen bunds meant for poor farmers, but which were never constructed. A bill for rupees 8 crores came up before Narayanaswamy. He inspected the bund. He found it very weak and said that he will pass the bill after the rainy season to ensure that the bund served the purpose. As expected the earthen bund was too weak to stand the rain and it disappeared in the rain. But he created a lot of enemies for saving 8 crores public money. The net result of all such unholy activities was that he was asked to go on leave by the government. Later such an illustrious officer was posted as "State Co-Ordinator, Quality Improvement Programme for Schools". This is what the politician will do to a honest officer with backbone - post him in the most powerless position to teach him a lesson. Since he found that nothing can be achieved for the people if he continued with the State Service he opted for central service. But that too was denied on some technical ground. What will you do when you have a brilliant computer career anywhere in the world you choose with the backing of several advanced technical papers too published in international journals to your credit? When you are powerless to do anything for the people, why should you waste your life as the Co-Ordinator for a Schools Programme?
Mr. Narayanaswamy is on the verge of leaving IAS to go to Paris to take up a well paid United Nations assignment. The politicians can laugh thinking another obstacle has been removed. But it is the helpless people of this country who will lose - not Narayanaswamy. But you have the power to support capable and honest bureaucra ts like Narayaswamy, G.R.Khairnar and Alphons Kannamthanam who have suffered a lot under self seeking politicians who rule us. You have even the power to replace such politicians with these kind of people dedicated to the country. The question is will you do the little you can do NOW? At least a vote or word in support of such personalities? Please pass on this mail to your friends
" There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know your objective first " - Swami Vivekananda
References:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/apr/13kerala.htm
SAVE INDIA
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Thank you
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