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I found an awesome website today... and located my home thru satellite... My house can be located at http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=13125185&x=80130327&z=18&l=0&m=a by looking for "Manosawthi Illam"... Thats my home... C if u can spot your house, school, college, university etc... Dont forget to come back & give your feedback. |
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This discussion was hot very recently - RESERVATIONS - and I had devoted a blog on this too. I guess the corporate world had started reacting to this. Check out the following screenshot from Naukri. 
This section called "Affirmative action" seems like a new one (sorry, I didn't login to Naukri for a while). It needs me to say my community/caste there. So have any of the Indian companies started take this factor into their recrutiment criteria already? Or these brokers like Naukri taking some precuationary steps? |
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| Most people would be aware of Google's 70/20/10 working principle but not much about Yahoo's Hack Day. Here is an overview of what it is...
Yahoo has a couple of regional "Hack Days", which are day long events when engineers stop everything they are doing and just build stuff they think is cool. The goal? Take something from idea through prototype in 24 hours.
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I had experience working with NGO's in the past. But today was a different encounter... Divya, an Orkuttien whom I befriended recently said about Pankhudi and its vision. I'll give more insights about Pankhudi in the forthcoming weeks as I understand them For now, I have understood that its short term vision lies around children (under 14) and their education standards. They seem to be building a decentralized kind of organisation as opposed to conventional NGOs. Pankhudi members like to be called themselves as "friends" rather than "social workers" I had met quite some interesting personalities... especially Divya... I just can't digest the fact that I had met her in person for the first time today. She is such an adaptable personality. BTW, she works at Infosys, Chennai.  Infact the pace at which she befriends people is just stumbling. When we entered the slum, the kids just couldn't hold their happiness seeing this lady. She is the one full of energy and had been the most happening person all thru the day. Well, there were around 10 more members I met today about whom I will need some time to write anything. I was accompanied with two of my friends (Karthik & Balaji) for this first meeting. I'm glad that both of them liked the experience too. We three joined the main team at around 3:40 PM when they were discussing about some events for the forthcoming weeks. It is just vague for me now as what they were speaking but Divya promised to update us on this. After some briefing, we moved to the target slum - Saidapet - "Thideer Nagar" and surrounding ones. Pankhudi members is in touch with people here for the past couple of weeks and so it was slightly an easier deal today to ensure the comfort level of the localites. Started off with some funny kiddo games (clapping, ring-a-roses etc etc), some of us split to discuss the issue with the adults there. One important progress today is the interest shown by localites to allot some space inorder to make this interaction with kids easier. I guess some of them have started understanding the importance of this initiative. But for them, we are NOT from Pankhudi... we are JUST a group of friends wanting to spend some time with them. Well, it was REALLY a different experience today. Thanks Divya for the invitation to Pankhudi. Hey, btw, did I forget to say that I have a video shot today of the kids dancing & singing. Click here to view the video. |
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Well, the title says it all... Did you ever imagine you resemble a CELEBRITY? Yes, a real-time celebrity... I incidentally happened to visit this mind-blowing "MyHeritage" website today. All you have to do is provide the system with one of your photos and the system instantly processes and lets you know if you resemble any celebrity. If so, it also displays the celebrity pic with more details from Wikipedia Hold on.... I can hear you... yes, I checked mine and here is the result: 
Yes, it is Tony Danza. Being curious to know more about this celebrity, I clicked on more info and gathered the following information. 
Hmmm, although I'm not quite sure if I really resemble Tony, it is quite interesting. If you would like to know about the celebrity whom you resemble, pls dont forget to visit the MyHeritage link. Click Here Find the Celebrity in You. Upload a photo and discover which celebrity you resemble the most. But don't forget to leave a feedback here as whom you resembled and how satisfying the results are... Awaiting all your feedback!!! PS: I came across another really interesting tool about which I might blog this weekend. So don't forget to check that out!!! |
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Men don’t have the option of staying at home as women have. Men have to complete their education, build their career and shoulder the financial responsibility of the family. As most women have the liberty to continue their education even when they do not intend to work, men don’t have the liberty to go on paying for their education. They have to start earning as soon as possible even if it means quitting their education and aspirations. Maximum child laborers in the country are young boys, thanks to Government for making girl’s education free. Men can be called as eligible bachelor from the amount of his earnings. Girls prefer to marry some richer guy so that she can secure her future and luxurious lifestyle. A man has to continue taking care of his old parents even if he happens to be the only bread-earner. He is also expected to provide all financial help that his family needs including his wife. However, the Government levies more tax on men than women (100,000 tax slab for men and 135,000 for women). Property and stamp duty tax is also lesser for women vis-à-vis men. Is this Gender Equality? Or perhaps here too we can say, “It’s all about money, Honey.” Even after divorce, irrespective of his wife’s earnings, he is asked to pay alimony to his wife. He will not only pay alimony to his divorced wife but also see that she is not even letting his child meet him, his own child. A Man will have to pay monthly maintenance indefinitely, only to find himself lonely and abandoned by the system that excessively pampers women. Alimony, which is fit to be called legal extortion, has been named “Women’s rights”; right to receive monetary benefits from husband even if she is earning. Women are doing just fine in exploiting age-old tradition for men of providing women, thanks to Legal system of India for not waking up. Divorce cases are increasing and single-parenting is getting all the unnecessary support from the women’s group and media. Women will stay with her child, getting regular maintenance from her ex-husband and feel free to sleep around with other men. And if she has two kids (elder daughter and younger son), it is rare that the young boy will not be sexually abused by his elder sister. It would be rational and logical to say that women get along with men only for three reasons, 1) for having sex, 2) to get a child and, 3) to extract money as much as possible. This is exactly the “thing” in foreign countries and even in India, these days.. Do you still believe that men are not money-making machines? Well, here is the female perspective of the same problem. Responses posted by Janani... |
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My college is over...hav 2 make money now ...jus was thinking of options...and read this article somewhere this morning... "In south India, private colleges are mushrooming in every street corner of south India and numbers speak for themselves. Cities are witnessing corporatisation of education at a faster pace then ever. Moreover, almost every institute is running various other colleges as per the demand and the result is evident- whopping 260 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu, 216 in Andhra Pradesh and 120 in Karnataka.Two points:- Is the government actively monitoring the private institutions to ensure quality service?
- If the private sector has the money, why can’t the government think along the lines of public-private partnerships to open up more colleges thorughout the country?"
Ok...whatever...now got an idea to start two colleges --- one for girls & other for guys... (actually I thought this is a wise measure to protect guys from gals!!! ) As regards the names...my choices are... - "Madhavan Arts & Science College for girls"
- "Asin Institute of Technology" (Boys college)
hmmm...am jus thinking if these names will help me win the tough competition in the private education sector... MAY GOD HELP ME!!! |
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A small converation between PM & Bush...
*Manmohan Singh to Bush - We are sending Indians to the moon next year.
*Bush - Wow! How Many?
*Manmohan Singh - 100 25 - OBC 25 - SC 20 - ST 5 - Handicapped 5 - Sports Persons 5 - Terrorist Affected 5 - Kashmiri Migrants 9 - Politicians and if possible 1 - Astronaut
Well, if you dont want this situation, plzzzzzzzzzzzz condemn reservations... Would you? |
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I got this email this morning on Taj Mahal... Check out the link below AFTER reading this...
""The Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahalbuilt the Taj Mahal. It was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000 artisans brought to India from all over the world! . Many peoplebelieve Ustad Isa of Iran designed it." This is what your guide probablytold you if you ever visited the Taj Mahal. This is the same story I read in my history book as a student.  NOW READ THIS.......
No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes thewhole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu templepalace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya). In the course of his research Oak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurpedbyShah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh.
In his own court chronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial. Theex-Maharaja ofJaipur still retains in his secret collection two orders from ShahJahan for surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place for dead courtiers and royalty was a common practiceamongMuslimrulers. For example, Humayun, Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are allburied in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of TajMahal. He says the term "Mahal" has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries from Afghanisthan to Algeria. "The unusual explanation thatthe term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast respects. Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," hewrites. Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name for thebuilding." TajMahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva'sPalace. Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppyarchaeologists. Not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates thelovestory. Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the TajMahalpredates Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva,worshipped by Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Millerof NewYorktook a few samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. Europeantraveler Johan Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only sevenyearsafter Mumtaz's death), describes the life of the city in his memoirs. But he makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings ofPeter Mundy,an English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, alsosuggest the Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan's time. Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architecturalinconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being atypical Hindu temple rather than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj !Mahal have remained sealed since Shah Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to thepublic. Oak asserts they contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples.  Here is a close up of the upper portion of the pinnacle of the Taj Mahal, photographed from the parapet beneath the dome. The Hindu horizontal crescent and the coconut top together look like a trident from the garden level. Islamic crescents are always oblique. Moreover they are almost always complete circles leaving a little opening for a star. This Hindu pinnacle had all these centuries been misinterpreted as an Islamic crescent and star or a lightning conductor installed by the British. The word "Allah" etched here by Shahjahan is absent in the courtyard replica. The coconut, the bent mango leaves under it and the supporting Kalash (water pot) are exclusive Hindu motifs. Fearing political backlash,Indira Gandhi's government tried to have Prof. Oak's book withdrawnfrom the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition dire consequences. There is only one way to discredit or validate Oak's research.The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal under U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate. Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this reality.....This link ........it adds as a visual proof to what is described above.
.............n don't forget to circulate this message to your family & friends......... http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm |
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 Today, the first day I started calling myself a full "graduate"... I'm an ENGINEER now... Great feeling and also a great sense of freedom...lol... Professionally, I wish this transition to the next stage is a good start to the career and personally, I wish I stay in close touch with all my friends... All my friends, who are reading this blog and in the similar stage of life, pls post ur comments on ur experiences and anticipations from life until now...I wud be glad to have them all on my blogspot.... Cheers |
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