வளர்ச்சி!

After I found a way to write blogs in Tamil, I almost translated every possible items to Tamil; titles, captions, profiles, etc. Now, the blog looks like more of a Tamil blog. My blog is undergoing a 'பரிணாம வளர்ச்சி'. :)

Typing in Tamil was a tough job for the first time. But now, I'm fluent enough to type in Tamil without referring the Keyboard mappings.

ஒரு பயம் மணதில் இருக்கு. பள்ளிக் காலங்களில் நான் தமிழில் ஒரு மேதை என்பது நிறையா பேருக்கு தெரியாது! கீழ் காணும் விணாகளுக்கு இப்பொழுதாவது என்னால் விடை காண முடியுமா?

1) Whether to put 'ழ', 'ள' or 'ல'?
2) Which one should come? 'ண' or 'ன' or 'ந'?

To those viewer who can't read Tamil, I would continue to blog in English as well. :)

எது குற்றம்?

நேற்று மதிய உணவு இடைவேலையின் போது அந்த கொடுமையை செய்திகள் தொலைகாட்சி ஒன்றில் பார்க்கநேர்ந்தது.

ஒரு கூட்டம் ஒருவனை சரமாரியாக அடித்துக்கொண்டிருந்தது. அடிகள் ஒவ்வொன்றும் பலமாக அவன் முகத்திலும், உடம்பிலும் விழுந்தன. சினிமாவில் கூட நாயகன் ஒருவனை அப்படி அடித்திருக்கமாட்டான். அதைவிட கொடுமை, ஒரு காவல் அதிகாரி அவனை தன் இருசக்கர வாகனத்தில் கட்டி நடு ரோட்டில் இழுத்து சென்றதுதான். இதை பார்த்த நாங்கள் ஒரு நிமிடம் உரைந்து போனோம்.

இக் கொடுமைகளுக்கு ஆளான அவன் கொலை செய்யவில்லை, கொள்ளையடிக்கவில்லை, ஊரை ஏமாற்றவில்லை, நாட்டை சுரண்டவில்லை...

அவன் செய்த தவறு தன் பசிக்காக பண்ணிய திருட்டு. அது தவறே அனாலும் இவ்வளவு பெரிய தண்டனையா?! இதைவிட கொடுமைகள் செய்த எத்தனையோ குற்றவாளிகள் சுதந்திரமாக இருக்கும்போது அவன் மட்டும் என்ன பாவம் செய்தான்?

தேடல்!

My search to find a tool to assist me in writing blogs in tamil has reached an end today when google linked me to English to Tamil convertor.

Initially, I was under the impression that this tool would convert my english word to its phonical equivalent tamil word and tried typing 'Illam' to get 'இளம்' but what I got was 'டைடயஅ'. Few search on the site helped me to find the Keyboard to assist me.

Now, I can express my feelings better. I will not be feeling guilty for not blogging in தமிழ்.

It is hard & time consuming to type until I get used to the style.

இளம் கண்று பயம் அறியாது

Sunday Morning, the day started little late as like any other weekend. I was deep into reading news paper. Hema was busy with reading 'Aval Viketan' and Kirthik was busy playing.

Suddenly, Hema screamed being scared of 'Aranai' (a warm like creature with hundreds of legs) found near her. In a split second, even before I turn my head, Kirthik with No Fear took the insect in hand and squeezed it to dead.

'இளம் கண்று பயம் அறியாது'

This incident remembered me the advertisement for HSBC Bank.

We turn 3!

It looked like yesterday, but it is been 3 years now that we got-together in life. Time is running fast. :) Many might have guessed correctly that I'm lying. ;)

Yes, it was our 3rd Wedding Anniversary on August 27th. A day to be remembered {or forget}, a day when I lost my {bachelor's} life, a day when everybody else were smiling, a day when I tied the knot and got tied.

I took a day off to grace the occasion. As usual our plan to go to beach was spoiled by Kirthik. :)

We both wish and pray for long life together with lots of love & happiness.

Maintain your Inbox.

eMail is very common across industries. It is one of the preferred mode of communication. If not properly used, it can also work against you.

Climbing up in the corporate ladder means tons of emails daily, but how many are of any use to you? To make email's working for you, it is a worth to read "Inbox Zero" by Merlin Mann.

Being the most used tool at office, no one trained me when I was a fresher. This article gave me an insight of eMailing.

1) How frequent should I refresh my inbox?
2) When and how to respond to an mail?
3) How to the features of an email client more effectively?
and many more...

Children's or Adult's Park?

After planning for a month, we took Kirthik to Guindy Children's Park yesterday. Though, the level of excitement was not as high as he had at Dhaba Express, he still had his time watching birds and playing 'thoori'.

It is not big 'Zoo' but has enough for kids. Birds, especially Parent & Love Birds, are the attraction here. Hyena, the animal that I have seen only on Discovery, has its cage here.

The most annoying thing in the park was the so called lovers hiding behind the shadows. If nothing is changed in future, I may not accompany my son to this place again.

Sweet 60!

Independent India turns 60 today. A day to

1) Respect the Sacrifice,
2) Remember the Leaders,
3) Celebrate the Independence,
4) Cherish the Moment, and the last but never the least
5) Be proud to be an Indian.

We all are suppose to do it everyday, doing it on Aug 15th is special.

An Astonishing Win

All the bad memories of the depleted World Cup campaign early this year might already been erased from the memory of the Cricket fans, after as astonishing test series victory over England in England. This is only the third time in last 75 years, India was able to do so.

What makes this series more special?

Team Work : Everyone in the team contributed for the success. The fact that only one Indian, that too Kumble, was managed to get to the 3 figure mark will tell the story.

Balance of Youth & Experience. Karthik, Jaffer, Sreesanth, RP Singh and Dhoni are touring England for the first time.

Bit of luck too : If the rain didn't save us the match at The Lord's, the result of this series would be different. No taking away the credit from the team, the have came together very well after that escape.

The gap between two such wins are too long (first in 1971, then in 1986 and now). Our team needs to be more consistence to be on top.

Attack on India's Reputation.

When we are celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Indian Independence, which we won thru' the Noble concept of non violence, 'a Bangladeshi woman novelist has been attacked by the public representative during a press meet in AP.'

Read the sentence again word by word, you should feel shy.

1) A woman is attacked. What to say, Shame!

2) A Bangladeshi woman is attacked. Is this the way we treat your guest?

3) A Bangladeshi woman is attacked during a press meet. Press meet are considered to be a platform for freedom of expression. BTW, where is the freedom?

4) A Bangladeshi woman is attacked during a press meet by the public representatives. Their personal sentiments stands tall than their national sentiments. Do they deserved to be public representatives?

Year 2020 is not too far. To make our dream reality - Wake up, India, Wake up.

Kirthik's - B'Day Today

A year has passed, it still looks like yesterday. My memory is still fresh to remember the rare expression on Hema's fact when she was walking to the Operation Theatre - fear, expectation, relief, doubts at same time. Today, I could see only happiness.

We have decided to cut the cake at home by 10:48 PM to match the time of delivery. Considerly the delay it might cause for officer goers, we preponed it. With friends around, the party went well than expected.

Our wishes and prayer will all be with you forever, Bobbily.

The moment captured on Darling's Camera.



Kirthik's B'Day Party

Anger Management

With more stressed life style, anger becomes part and parcel of our life. One should learn how to manage this uninvited guest better to have a good personal and professional relationship with others.

Have you ever thought about how you get angry?

Angry is a process which is not just a feeling but also a complex experience. Anger is a progression of the following steps.

1) Event - Triggers anger.
2) Emotion - Your physical and mental expression to the anger.
3) Behaviour - Your reaction to your emotions.
4) Reaction - The reaction for your behaviour which will initiate another anger process.

You can be victim of anger, may be your own or other's. Let us see how to handle both.

Reducing Anger
Manage Your Stress :-
Stress is the root cause for all disease including anger. If you can manager your stress, you will healthier for life. There are four ways to reduce our stress.

1) Exercise 5 days a week at least 30 mins per day.
2) Proper rest. Minimum of 6 hours sleep at night.
3) Positive Thinking.
4) Healthy Diet.

Control Your Anger :-
I know it is a difficult task but by achieving this by meditation and by using anger for positive results one can live a peaceful life.

Changing Angry behaviour to Assertive Behaviour :-
To do this, you should learnt to identify when you are angry. Once you reach that level, you should learn to convert your anger to assertive. Example, when you are angry, take a break, go for a walk, listen to your favourite song, read books. This break will help you to analyse why you were angry, what could make you happy etc which in tern provide you solutions.

Handling Angry People
Help Angry People
In general, angry people make you angry but this is not a productive approach. You can help them by identifing the reason for their anger, to bring them out of anger and to provide solutions to their anger.

Responding to Angry People
1) Get away if you suspect anger.
2) Understand why you might become angry at an angry man.
3) Assert yourself when verbally attacked.
4) Listen & Clarify the cause of anger.

Argueing without Anger

1) Have the discussion in a appropriate place.
2) Act like professional.
3) Let the other person talk.
4) Remain positive.
5) Keep the persent issue.

Kireedom

Story :-
Ajit is working hard to make his Father's dream of becoming a police office a reality. When it was at his reach, his patience was tested by the rowdies. The rest of the story was in search of answer for 'Was he able to fulfill his dad's dream?'

I usually rate a movie good, at the end the movie should make me feel satisfied. It can have anything like an action thriller (Ramana), a good laughter (Winner), well scripted family drama (Alagi) to get it done.

Unfortunately, Kireedom fails to impress me for couple of reasons.

1) Comedy (Santhanam's track looks better when compared to Vivek's)
2) Climax

The debutant director has to work on his scripting. The track (The Rowdyism of Vivek) that looked to be a comedy turned was used as serious episode. The composition of couple of songs looks good, it is all expected when G. V. Prasad is from the house of A. R. Rehman.

The most noticeable positive attributes of the movie are the natural performances by Ajith and RajKiran. Ajith is refreshingly cool and he has a great screen charisma. He has it all, smart looks, great acting skills, excellent dialogue delivery.

When new comers like Karthi can give a good box office, 'Thala' why can't you?

Even I can !!!

Few of my best shots captured on my Canon S2 IS

SEC 2007

I and four of my colleagues were to B'lore this Friday for presenting our white paper on Software Estimation Technique.

Couple of months back Sundeep, our Quality Lead, came to us with the invitation from QAI inviting papers on SE. We agreed to sent a paper. Last time I presented a paper was during my college. Presenting to students and experts will never be the same.

We have build round the Formulae that we have derived and sent the paper just on time. We were not serious, we were taken by surprise when our paper was selected as one of the 11 papers for the final presentation at B'lore. As an org. we do very little on estimation for our projects. We have managed to jump over the hurdles from Public Affair, Travel Desk and Finance.

Representations from companies like Polaris, Infosys etc dominated the show. Few of the speakers were actually tried to address some of the problems in estimation in the industry. Few presentations were incomplete as the speakers were cautious about sharing the company's confidential information.

A great learning experience. We have done well to the best of our ability but still have a long way to go.