ஆசிரியர் தின நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

எனக்கு புத்தக பாடத்தையும், புத்திப் பாடத்தையும் கற்பித்த அனைத்த நல்லுள்ளம் கொண்ட ஆசிரியர்களுக்கும் எனினிய ஆசிரியர் தின நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

Today's Special...

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The picture explains you all

Savings Account - ஒரு ஆய்வு.

இன்று 'Savings Account' இல்லாதவர்கள் மிக குறைவு. இப்படி அன்றாட வாழ்க்கையில் ஒரு முக்கிய அங்கம் வகிக்கும் இந்த சேமிப்பு திட்டத்தைப்பற்றிய விசயங்கள் அனேகமானவர்களுக்கு தெரியாது. அவர்களுக்காக...

எங்கு:
பொதுத்துறை வங்கிகள், தனியார் வங்கிகள் மற்றும் இதர பணவுதவி நிறுவனங்கள் (தபால் நிலையம்).

பலன்கள்:
'Savings Account'லுள்ள பணம் என்பது பாதுகாப்புடன் வங்கியிலுள்ள பணம். எப்பொழுதும் பணத்தை எடுக்கவும் போடலும் முடியும்.

எந்த அபாயங்களிலும் நாம் நம் பணத்தை இலக்க மாட்டோம். எல்லா வங்கிகளும் காப்பீடு செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கும்.

குறைந்த வட்டியே ஆனாலும் நம் பணத்தை வைத்திருப்பதுக்காக வங்கிகள் நமக்கு அறையாண்டுக்கு ஒரு முறை வட்டி சேலுத்தும்.

வட்டி கணக்கிடும் முறை:
ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும் 10ம் தேதி முதல் கடைசி நாள் வரை நம் வங்கிக்கணக்கிலிருந்த குறைந்தபட்ச பணத்திற்கு வட்டி கணக்கிடப்படும்.

வட்டி விகிதம் 3.5 %. ரூ. 50,000 மேல் 5.4 %. (மாற்றங்களுக்கு உட்பட்டது.)

ஆக, அதிக பயணடைய பணத்தை வங்கிக்கணக்கில் 10ம் தேதிக்குள் செலுத்துவது நல்லது. உபயோகமாக இருந்திருக்கும் என்று நம்புகிறேன்.

Bloggerல் எனக்குப் புதியவை!

கடந்த இரண்டு நாட்களாக நான் இந்த பதிப்பில் புதிய விசயங்களை சேர்த்திருக்கிறேன். அவற்றின் இணைய வழி.

'PICASA' புகைப்படத் தோகுப்பை இணைக்க.

நிறைவுகள்:
பக்கத்திற்கு அடக்கமாக உள்ளது.
புகைப்படங்களை மாற்றும் வேகம்.

குறைகள்:
ஒரே ஒரு தொகுப்பு அல்லது அனைத்து தொகுப்புகள் என்ற கட்டுப்பாடு.
அனைத்து தொகுப்புகளெனின் ஒவ்வொரு தொகுப்புகளிலிருந்து முதல் படத்தை மட்டும் தேர்ந்தெடுத்துக் காட்டுவது.

யோகப்பதிப்பை கண்டறிய.

குறைகள்:
பார்வையாளர்களுக்கு யோகப்பதிப்பின் தலைப்பு முன்கூட்டியே தெரியாமலிருப்பது.

'Gtalk' முலம் உங்களை அனுக.

நிறைவுகள்:
பக்கத்திற்கு அடக்கமாகவும் அழகாகவும் உள்ளது.

குறைகள்:
நிலை மாறாமலிருப்பது.

கடைசி சில விமர்சனங்கள்.

Need a Jackpot!!!

We've a long list of pending items that we wish to buy, a Laptop, a small family car, a PMP certification, Modular Kitchen, a good interior in our Madipakkan house, a two wheeler for Hema, and many more.

I still don't know where to cash-in for all. Now, I've upgraded my wish of 'A Laptop' to 'A MacBook' after working on Mummy's & Ravi's MacBook. The milky white body with a smooth corner looks astonishing. The power inside should be as great as it looks.

The glowing bitten apple is calling me, I need to win a jackpok!!!

Controversy or Record

From the time I entered into office today, I couldn't avoid being in middle of a discussion about the most controversial test cricket match of recent times. The 2nd test of the 4 match test series between India & Australia played at Sydney Cricket Group. In the workstations, breakout area, smoking zone, cafeteria, rest rooms...wherever you found group of people chitchatting, they were talking about this.

Above all, the bad umpiring decisions and the ban imposed on 'Bhajj' stood tall. The classic by Sachin & Laxman, the super spells by RP Singh, Bhajj's magic to claim the wicket of Ponting twice in this match were forgotten.

Like this, all these controversies will be forgotten by history and this match will be remember for the 16th consecutive test victory by the Aussies, the record equally effort.

தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்!

சத்தம் முழங்க, தீபம்கள் ஒளிர, கண்களுக்கு விருந்தாய் மத்தாப்பூகள் சிலுர்க்க

அனைவரும் தீபாவளியை பாதுகாப்புடனும் மகிழ்ச்சியுடனும் கொண்டாட எங்கள் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

Bomb Hoax

While driving, I saw a big crowd around my office complex (Olympia Tech Park) on Saturday. I thought it as a cinema shooting but felt something fishy when I saw NDTV Broadcasting vehicle.

After I returned home, I learnt that it was due to a bomb threat and the entire building was scanned to confirm it as a hoax. The authorities didn't take it light even though, it was the 3rd call of this type in a week.

May be just to keep the authorities busy, or just to make his/her office to declare a day off. ;)

HOT NEWS!!!

I'm trying hard to stay away from cricket but failed this time. Please bare with me.

A small example for how cricket fans and media are crazy about this sports and its players.

The Hindu
Sify
India Times
NDTV
Hindustan Times

The 'Dhoni's haircut' has got enough space in almost all the news channels and prints.

CC - Do your part!

The word 'CC' is very familiar term to me for a while. It meant 'Computer Center' and 'Command Center' till date but the new meaning for this acronym is more serious and complex. Climate Change, which is otherwise called Global Warming.

What is more annoying is that the changes in modern climate are, according to the IPCC, 90-95% likely to have been in part caused by human action.

Public shouldn't leave this matter to the governments to resolve. As an individual, if we don't act now, existence of our generation, human race for that matter, would seriously be under threat.

More detailed article is in Wiki media to know more about it!!!

தமிழ் : பெயர் பலகைகள்!!!

When I was roaming around the street of 'Adyar' in Chennai recently, I saw a name board of a medical clinic written in English as 'Ortho Pan Dental Xray Lab' and in Tamil as 'ஆர்த்தோ பான் டென்டல் எக்ஸ்ரே லேப்'.

The purpose of having a name board in native language is for localites, who doesn't know the foreign language, to read and understand.

Does the above board solve these problem?

Though it assists them in reading, it doesn't help them to understand the meaning. Why should we do something just to adhere to the rules, if it doesn't solve the problem?

IRCTC - A Nightmare!

Train journey is the most comfortable when you want to travel overnight. Even a Volvo Executive buses couldn't provide a comfortable sleep better than a birth in train. The freedom of movement is another advantage that you have in train over buses.

The comfort was not with out a cost. ie. The ticket counters would always be crowded, needless to say the length of the queue during festival times. All the tickets would be booked within weeks. The lazy planners had to spend more to get hold of their births.

These days were history now due to the arrival of IRCTC. Planning the travel sitting at the computer would definitely give a great relief to the frequent travellers. But in reality, is it a comfortable zone as it looks to be?

I never booked a ticket on IRCTC without failing at least once. I believe many would agree with me. The worst case is when you have been credited for the ticket and ticket never booked. The pressure of losing money would spoil the day. The process/system in place for refunding of money for such unsuccessful attempt needs to be appreciated, you will get it back with no hassle.

The authorities should realize that online booking thru' irctc has become the most commonly used application and should enhance its performance to the benefit of the public. Will they hear this?

மாறாத ஆவி!!!

தமிழில் மிக பிரபலமான வாரயிதழ்களில் ஆனந்த விகடனுக்கு (செல்லமாக : ஆவி) என்று ஒரு இடமுண்டு. மாலை நேர ஓய்வின் போது, விடுமுறை நாட்களில் ஆண்களும், பெண்களும், சிறுவர்களும், பெரியவர்களும் என அனைவரையும் கவரும் ஒரு இதழ்.

ஒவ்வொரு வாரமும் சன் ஞாயிறுகளில் ஆவலுடன் எதிர்பார்த்து காத்திருந்த காலங்களும் உண்டு. என் பள்ளிக்காலங்களில் இருந்து நான் 'ஆவி' படித்து வருகிறேன். நீண்ட இடைவெளிக்கு பிறகு கடந்த வாரம் மீண்டும் படிக்க ஒரு வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தது.

இதழில் பிரசுரம் ஆகியிருந்த பல தொகுப்புகளில் பல மாறுதல்களிருந்த போதும் 'ஜொக்'களில் மற்றும் அவ்வளவு மாற்றமில்லை. இன்னமும் 'புறமுதுகிட்டு ஓடும் அரசர்', 'அலுவலகத்தில் தூங்கும் அரசு ஊழியர்', 'அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்கு பயந்த நோயாளி', 'மாமியார் மருமகள்',... என பல முறை அறைத்த மாவுகள் நிறையா உண்டு.

புதுமைகள் பல துறைகளில் புரட்சி செய்து கொண்டிருக்கும் நிலையில் 'சிரிப்பு' துணுக்குகளுக்கு மட்டும் ஏனிந்த பஞ்சமோ !!!

What a weekend!!!

Those who love sports, it would have been a busy weekends.

1) India Vs England - Last ODI match of Natwest Series on Saturday. India's learned again that they need to be more consistent to be on top after dominating the last two matches.

2) US Open Finals on both Saturday & Sunday. No surprises in the championship as the top seeded and the tournament favourites, Henin & Federer, won the finals. Federer is closing his gap with Pete Samprass on the Grand Slam tally.

3) Asia Cup Hockey Finals on Sunday. Indian Team won the trophy and the million hearts. I never saw an Indian Team that dominated a tournament like this before. They never lost a match and the margin of win was always more than comfortable even in the finals.

4) Italian Grand Prix - 2007 F1 on Sunday. Alonso, defending his two time championship, is getting close to the leader and teammate, Hamilton.

5) FIFA U-17 World Cup Finals on Sunday. Nigeria emerged as a surprise winner by beating Spain in the finals. They have eliminated the biggies in Argentina and Germany before beating Spain in final shootouts.

Don't call me!!!

Your may be in middle of an important meeting or at cinema with family or having a good nap after a hectic schedule or a weekend private trip. You got disturbed when your mobile phone ringed. As you can't recognize the calling party, you answered the call with curiosity to know who is calling and what is the message.

It will be really irritating to know the call was actually a telemarketing call for a personal loan or a free credit card etc.. It is very common now-a-days, especially in big cities.

You would have wondered many time how to get rid of these calls. Now, our TRAI has tried to answer this. Details. To escape from the marketting calls, you have to register your number with your subscriber. Where to Registry?. They will update the NDNC registry within 45 days.

Being an optimistic person, I have registered my number and hoping the best!!!

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.

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.

Ragging - Good or Bad?

This is the time of the year, a boy feels like a man when he takes his first step into a college. He might have dreamed about this for months. He might have already said good-bye to his uniforms and school bags. Though he has got lot of expectation, he also has the unknown fear towards Ragging.

Definition : "The systematic ritual physical and psychological abuse of freshmen or other juniors by their seniors in an educational setup."

Many seniors have justified ragging saying it develops interaction with their juniors and vice versa. After going thru' this couple of time in my life-time, I completely agree with this as I have been very close with my senior who ragged my most. May be I'm lucky but there were cases reported in the past where we lost few life.

College is not just a place to have fun with but also it is where one learn to develop their professional skills. It will help to have a great professional career. Properly executed 'Ragging' can assist here.

Ragging is a double edged knife that should be handled carefully. We shouldn't completely ban Ragging. Instead, we should drawn a line to define the limits and closely monitor the trespassers.

Strict 'No' to physical or mental harassment and monetary exploitations on juniors.

Ruler of Grass

Yesterday, Roger Federer has rewritten a chapter in the book of Wimbledon history by defeating Nadal in 5 Sets to become only the second player in the modern era to win Wimbledon for 5 consecutive times.

Though, Roger started the match with an Ace, he didn't look comfortable having Nadal at the other end. The won the 1st and 3rd set in tie-breaker. Nadal won the 2nd and 4th set comfortably. Many believed that if the match extends to the 5th set, Nadal will be the obvious winner believing in his fitness. Roger proved them all wrong.

Roger took control of the decider set thru' his class. Knowing his limitations, he played brilliantly. The gets on the top gear on the right time. After winning the first break on the 5th set, it is all just formalities.

Nadal is getting better on grass courts. He was in control of the match until the decider. He don't like others calling him "King of Clay".

Roger knows he has to work & fight harder to create history next time.