Always plan your work

One Night 4 college students were playing till late night and could not
study for the test which was scheduled for the next day.


In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty
with grease and dirt. They then went up to the Dean and said that they had

gone out to a wedding last night and on their return the tire of their car
burst and they had to push the car all the way back and that they were
in
no condition to appear for the test.


So the Dean said they could have the re-test after 3 days. They thanked him
and said they would be ready by that time.


On the third day they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as
this
was a Special Condition Test, all four were required to sit in separate
classrooms for the test. They all agreed as they had prepared well in
the  last 3 days.



The Test consisted of 2 questions with a total of 100 Marks.




See Below for the question Paper






































































































Q.1. Your Name........ ......... ......... (2 MARKS)




Q.2.. which tire burst? (98 MARKS)


a) Front Left


b) Front Right


c) Back Left


d) Back Right.....!! !






Thanks, Reading

"Don't be serious, be sincere."!!

Speech by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis ...




Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

"Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die. ……………….


One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? …………….


It's ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love, enjoy with ur frnds,care for your parents,spend with ur siblings and  little fights with your spouse. We are people, not programmed devices........." :)


Life is to be happy,make others happy.............:)

Funny Signboards

Seen at a Railway Station.
Aana free,  jaana free, Pakdhe gaye to khana free

Sign at a barber's saloon in Delhi
We need your heads to run our business

Notice at a barber's shop:
Haircut for Rs 15/- .  Children for Rs 10/-

Notice in the toilet
This urinal is out of order - Kindly use the floor below.

Sign in a restaurant:
All drinking water in this establishment has been personally passed by the manager

Seen on a bulletin board:
Sucess is relative.
More the success, more the relatives.

Sign on a famous beauty parlour window:
Don't whistle at the girl going out from here.  She may be your Grandmother.

Blogging Quotations

~ A blog is in many ways a continuing conversation ~

share this Blogging saying Andrew Sullivan

~ Blogging is the new poetry ~

share this Blogging saying Unknown

~ Blogging is a conversation not a code ~

share this Blogging saying Mike Butcher

~ Blogging is a communications mechanism handed to us by the long tail of the Internet. ~

share this Blogging saying Tom Foremski

~ A blog is merely a tool that lets you do anything from change the world to share your shopping list. ~

share this Blogging saying Unknown

~ I think it is equally tiresome and useless to argue about whether blogs are journalism, for journalism is not limited by the tool or medium or person used in the act ~

share this Blogging saying Unknown

~ The heart and soul of blogging is the individual and/or the group of individuals opining on the fly and responding post-haste to one and all. ~

share this Blogging saying Michael Conniff

~ A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. ~

share this Blogging saying Darren rowse

~ Your blog is your unedited version of yourself. ~

share this Blogging saying lorelle

~ The personal nature of the blog is what they find appealing. ~

share this Blogging saying Ethan G. Salwen

~ The first thing you need to decide when you build your blog is what you want to accomplish with it, and what it can do if successful. ~

share this Blogging saying Ron Dawson

~ The casual conversational tone of a blog is what makes it particularly dangerous. ~

share this Blogging saying Daniel B. Beaulieu

~ A blog is what all “websites wanted to be” updated on a regular basis, contains content that is of interest to a select or target audience and is easy to update and change. ~

share this Blogging saying Unknown

~ Blogging Is Pure Vanity ~

share this Blogging saying Unknown

~ Blogging is using a new medium for what it is good for - connecting and interacting. ~

share this Blogging saying George Siemens

Meaning of Life : [Fun]Perception, Taste & Priorities !!!! (worth reading)

These sort of things will be organized very rarely and most often we miss them  :)
Be conscious my dear friend.  Enjoy your day  :)

Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007.  The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.  During that time approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.  After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing.  He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule. 4 minutes later:   The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to  walk. 6 minutes:   A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.   10 minutes:   A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly.  The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time.  This action was repeated by several other children..  Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly. 45 minutes: The musician played continuously.  Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while.  About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace.  The man collected a total of $32. 1 hour:   He finished playing and silence took over.  No one noticed.  No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.   No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world.  He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.  Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.   This is a true story.  Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.  The questions raised: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?  Do we stop to appreciate it?  Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?   One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made..... How many other things are we missing?

--
Regards

Naresh
"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."

Sachin Tendulkar dominates his sport comprehensively, but unlike them he is the sole focus of an entire nation and its quest for identity

Sachin Tendulkar, for giving me as many of those delicious awe-filled moments as any sporting genius of my time. Tendulkar is one of that narrow stratum of elite sports stars whom people will clamour and even make great sacrifices to watch, regardless of their national identity. If you care for cricket, you must love Sachin (and yes, that feeling can be found across Pakistan as well). In this regard, his peers are few - and mostly found in other sports, and certainly in other lands.

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses, anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient in each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

Tendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world.


For all that, even genius has to remember that its MRF bat has seen so much cricket service, at 30+, that Ten is still young but not so young! What came instinctually to Sachin earlier needs a little more build-up,Sachin obliged espnstar with a brand-ambassador century certainly made his batting persona come through as even more telegenic

Sachin Tendulkar's entry into world cricket was very much hyped up by former Indian stars and those who had seen him play. By scoring his first half-century in his second match and his first century aged 17, Tendulkar's consistent performances earned him a fan following across the globe, including amongst Australian crowds, where Tendulkar has consistently scored centuries.[41] One of the most popular sayings by Sachin's fans is "Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my God".[83] Cricinfo mentions in his profile that "...Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world."

‘If Cricket Is a Religion, Sachin is God’

No need to ask, cricket is a religion in our country and Tendulkar is the epitome of it. There’s a huge visibility to Sachin, but I look beyond visibility. I look at his character and hunger (for the game)”.SACHIN "The God of Cricket",he proved it with completing his 20 years in international cricket and 17 thousand runs in one day cricket ,highest run getter in test cricket & 30 thousand runs in international cricket.when sir sachin started his carrier at the age of 16 year i was in std 5,i have seen him through out his carrier how the genius is playing fearlessly & devotedly for his country.many cricketers and famous people recommended sachin as best best man after sir don brad-man,in fact i have not seen him to play . i think sir sachin is the replica of sir don brad man not next to him.why ? because they never come across to each other during their carrier.so i think both are the best batsman of their respective era.

The comment on sachin by political leaders is totally inhuman,being a God sir have to forgive them.

AT LAST I WANT TO SAY,WE SHOULD RESPECT SIR SACHINE LIKE A GOD.BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN HIS WHOLE LIFE TO INDIAN CRICKET AS GREAT PATRIOT.

 

 

Elephant Thinking

Well, today here I restart my share of learning with you all. Have you heard about “Elephant Thinking”???


Trust me, this is not thinking as big as an elephant. J We all must have seen elephants trained either in circus or on road sides in smaller towns or in temple entrance. Have you ever thought, those elephants always wishes to do whatever its trainer says? Hmmm, no one will like to always do whatever their trainer says right? But elephants become huge enough to escape from its trainer, why does it not escape then?

Let me tell you the reason now… whey they begin to train an elephant, they chain the baby elephant’s leg to a pole in the ground. The baby elephant wants to get away. It pulls and tugs, but it can’t escape – the chain is too big and the pole is too deep in the ground. So, it stops trying. As it grows up, it just ASSUMES that it can’t get away. Today, when it would be a six-ton elephant, it could sneeze and pull out that chain – but it doesn’t even try. Trainers say they can put a piece of string around that six-ton elephant’s leg and it won’t break away. How sad really, isn’t it?

Such assumptions are called as ASSUMED CONSTRAINTS as per Kenneth Blanchard, the one minute manager series author. I was reading this book and realized that in some ways we all have this Elephant Thinking. That means, we never try to do something now which was in our previous failure.

“An Assumed Constraint is a belief you have, based on past experience that limits your current and future experiences.” – Ken Blanchard.

We will check our interesting technical part from Monday as I have learnt a lot about Self-Leadership during Weekends :) .


Have a Great Day!

Source : One from My Mail box :)

Telangaana -- Why or Jai ??

Telangana or Telingana (Telugu: తెలంగాణ) is a region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It literally means "land of telugus". The telugu language originated here.It more or less corresponds to that portion of the state which was previously part of the princely state of Hyderabad. 

Some info i found about telangana .........

History : Telangana region was mentioned in the Mahabharata as the Telinga Kingdom which said to be inhabited by the tribe known as Telavana and said to have fought on the Pandava side in the great war of Mahabharata. 

Telangana was never under direct British rule, unlike Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, which were part of British India's Madras Presidency.

Post-independence history

India became independent from the British Empire in 1947. The Nizam of Hyderabad wanted to retain his independence, but the Indian Government amalgamated his state of Hyderabad by force on September 17, 1948 after the successful execution of Operation Polo by the Indian Army. When India became independent, the Telugu-speaking people (although Urdu is spoken in some parts of Telangana districts) were distributed in about 22 districts; 9 of them in the Telangana region of Nizam's Dominions (Hyderabad State), 12 in the Madras Presidency and one in French-controlled Yanam.

Merger of Telangana and Andhra

In December 1953, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganization Commission to prepare for the creation of states on linguistic lines.

The States Reorganization Commission (SRC) was not in favour of merging the Telangana region with the then Andhra state. Para 382 of States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC) said "..opinion in Andhra is overwhelmingly in favour of the larger unit, public opinion in Telangana has still to crystallize itself". The concerns of Telanganas were manifold. The region had a less developed economy than Andhra, but a larger revenue base (mostly because it taxed rather than prohibited alcoholic beverages), which Telanganas feared might be diverted for use in Andhra. They also feared that planned dam projects on the Krishna and Godavari rivers would not benefit Telangana proportionately even though Telanganas controlled the headwaters of the rivers. Telanganas feared too that the people of Andhra would have the advantage in jobs, particularly in government and education. Para 386 of States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC) said "After taking all these factors into consideration we have come to the conclusions that it will be in the interests of Andhra as well as Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two thirds majority the legislature of the residency Hyderabad State expresses itself in favor of such unification."

However, the Gentlemen's agreement was never implemented. For example: According to the agreement, the new state was supposed to be called 'Andhra-Telangana'. This was not followed. Andhra leadership unilaterally named the state Andhra Pradesh. As per the agreement, if the Chief Minister of the new state is from Andhra, Deputy CM post should be handled by one from Telangana and vice-versa. This too has never been followed. Even when the first Chief Minister (from Andhra) sweared in, the deputy CM post was not filled. So the Gentlemen's agreement was broke in letter and spirit on the very first day.

Hope ..................its fine.

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I dont think you are  from Telanagana region or our United AndharaPradesh. Any way I belongs to So called Telangana region ( Generally i felt I am under Osmania University when went  Engineering Counseling ) .

By the way we are Indians and Telugu vallam(people)  But I was answred by one of my class mate who was extream telanganist  where i asked him why we need telangana ...he convinced me ....Of course that just My GD practice for campus placements . After my college and politicians drama's i dint think again about it.

Presntly again so much support came to This Seperate state ...I am not supporting or Opposing since I see both adds and disadds here . Today I checked in how history of telagana .and dropping here someinfo .

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Western and Asians approach to life

(1) Opinion


Westerners: Talk to the point

Asians: Talk around the circle, especially if opinions are different

(2) Way of Life

Westerners: individualism, think of himself or herself.

Asians: enjoy gathering with family and friends, solving their problems, and know each other's business.

(3) Punctuality

Westerners: on time.

Asians: in time.

(4) Contacts


Westerners: Contact to related person only.

Asians: Contact everyone everywhere, business very successful.


(5) Anger


Westerners: Show that I am angry.

Asians: I am angry, but still smiling... (Beware!)

(6) Queue when Waiting


Westerners: Queuing in an orderly manner.

Asians: Queuing?! What's that?


(7) Sundays on the Road


Westerners: Enjoy weekend relaxing peacefully.

Asians: Enjoy weekend in crowded places, like going to the mall.


(8) Party

Westerners: Only gather with their own group.

Asians: All focus on the one activity that is hosted by the CEO.


(9) In the restaurant

Westerners: Talk softly and gently in the restaurant.

Asians: Talk and laugh loudly like they own the restaurant.


(10) Travelling

Westerners: Love sightseeing and enjoy the scenery.

Asians: Taking picture is the most important; scenery is just for the background.

(11) Handling of Problems

Westerners: Take any steps to solve the problems.

Asians: Try to avoid conflicts, and if can, don't leave any trail.
(12) Three meals a day


Westerners: Good meal for once a day is sufficed.

Asians: At least 3 good meals a day.

(13) Transportation


Westerners: Before drove cars, now cycling for environmental protection.

Asians: Before no money and rode a bike, now got money and drive a car


(14) Elderly in day-to-day life


Westerners: When old, there is snoopy for companionship.

Asians: When old, guarantee will not be lonely, as long as willing to babysit grandkids.


(15) Moods and Weather


Westerners: The logic is:rain is pain.

Asians: More rain, more prosperity


(16) The Boss


Westerners: The boss is part of the team.

Asians: The boss is a fierce god.


(17) What's Trendy


Westerners: Eat healthy Asian cuisine.

Asians: Eat expensive Western cuisine.


(18) The Child


Westerners: The kid is going to be independent and make his/her own living.

Asians: Slog whole life for the kids, the centre of your life.

The Reason For Posting Good Quotes.

You people might be wondering, why this guy always posts good quotes/manchi maatalu and why did he copy/paste the facts which all knew.
Prathi okkariki edo oka time lo manasu badha padadam sahajam.Ala evaraina badha paduthunna vaaru na blog visit chesinappudu,ilanti quotes valla,konthaina relief ga feel avutharemo ane chinna aasa.
Nakeppudaina manasu baledhu anipinchinappudu,ilanti quotes choosthe,ventane chala relief anipisthundhi.Andukane,eppudu ilanti manchi maatalu kanipinchina ventane post chesesthanu.

Watchin A film

Film :Taare Zameen Par.There's no question of me seing a film and cry,becoz genrally i ignore all such tragic films or films which make me cry.





But TZP is one such film ,even though i cried for whole 2.5 hours,it makes me to see again and again,and how many times i see this film,tears roll that many times and i simply love each n every bit of this film.


There is so much in this film that one jus can't ignore.


One such song in this film which everyone shud accept that its worth watching and even crying:)

Vivekananda Vedanta Lecture - Spirituality, The Gift of India

Each nation must give in order to live. When you give life, you will have life; when you receive, you must pay for it by giving to all others; and that we have been living for so many thousands of years is a fact that stares us in the face, and the solution that remains is that we have been always giving to the outside world, whatever the ignorant may think.



"Our religion is truer than any other religion, because it never conquered, because it never shed blood, because its mouth always shed words of blessing, of peace, words of love and sympathy, on all."


The gift of India is the gift of religion and philosophy, and wisdom and spirituality. And religion does not want cohorts to march before its path and clear its way. Wisdom and philosophy do not want to be carried on floods of blood. Wisdom and philosophy do not march upon bleeding human bodies, do not march with violence but come on the wings of peace and love, and that has always been so. Therefore we had to give.

Sleep well

What killed Ranjan Das(CEO of SAP labs) and Lessons for Corporate India




A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India. He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra's Carter Road. Just after Diwali, on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.



It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India. However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was anavid marathoner (in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.



Was it the stress?

A couple of you called me asking about the reasons. While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.



The Real Reason

However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program 'Boss' Day Out':

http://connect.in.com/ranjan-das/play-video-boss-day-out-ranjan-das-of-sap-india-229111-807ecfcf1ad966036c289b3ba6c376f2530d7484.html

Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep (and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled).



The Evidence

Last week, I was working with a well-known cardiologist on the subject of ‘Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep’. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives.



Some Excerpts:



• Short sleep duration (<5 or 5-6 hours) increased risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night. Paper published in 2009.

As you know, high BP kills.



• Young people (25-49 years of age) are twice as likely to get high BP if they sleep less. Paper published in 2006.



• Individuals who slept less than 5 hours a night had a 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks. Paper published in 1999.



• Complete and partial lack of sleep increased the blood concentrations of High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-cRP), the strongest predictor of heart attacks. Even after getting adequate sleep later, the levels stayed high!!



• Just one night of sleep loss increases very toxic substances in body such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein (cRP). They increase risks of many medical conditions, including cancer, arthritis andheart disease. Paper published in 2004.



• Sleeping for <=5 hours per night leads to 39% increase in heart disease. Sleeping for <=6 hours per night leads to 18% increase in heart disease. Paper published in 2006.



Ideal Sleep

For lack of space, I cannot explain here the ideal sleep architecture. But in brief, sleep is composed of two stages: REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and non-REM. The former helps in mental consolidation while the latter helps in physical repair and rebuilding. During the night, you alternate between REM and non-REM stages 4-5 times.



The earlier part of sleep is mostly non-REM. During that period, your pituitary gland releases growth hormones that repair your body. The latter part of sleep is more and more REM type.



For you to be mentally alert during the day, the latter part of sleep is more important. No wonder when you wake up with an alarm clock after 5-6 hours of sleep, you are mentally irritable throughout the day (lack of REM sleep). And if you have slept for less than 5 hours, your body is in a complete physical mess (lack of non-REM sleep), you are tired throughout the day, moving like a zombie and your immunity is way down (I’ve been there, done that ☹)



Finally, as long-distance runners, you need an hour of extra sleep to repair the running related damage.



In conclusion:

Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising (marathoning!), maintaining proper weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours. In my opinion, that killed him.



If you are not getting enough sleep (7 hours), you are playing with fire, even if you have low stress.

I always took pride in my ability to work 50 hours at a stretch whenever the situation warranted. But I was so spooked after seeing the scientific evidence last week that since Saturday night, I ensure I do not even set the alarm clock under 7 hours. Now, that is a nice excuse to get some more sleep. ☺



Unfortunately, Ranjan Das is not alone when it comes to missing sleep. Many of us are doing exactly the same, perhaps out of ignorance

Some links ......

http://koodali.org/  for the Telugu reading .......

ఒక మంచి మాట

"మనుషులను వారి డీగ్రీలను, మేధోసంపత్తిని చూసి అంచనా వేయకండి. అతని మనసును, ఆలోచనా విధానాన్ని బట్టి అంచనా వేయండి."    - మహాత్మాగాంధీ

కాలాన్ని ఇమ్మని తప్ప మరేదైనా అడుగు ఇవ్వగలను. ఎందుకంటే అది ఒక్కటే నా చేతిలో లేనిది -- నేపోలిన్

Today, i got a very nice forward mail.So, thought of sharing with you all.Here it is:

HOW TO STAY YOUNG


1.Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches ;)

2.Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.
Never let the brain get idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!


3.Enjoy the simple things.


4.Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.

5.The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.


6.Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.


7.Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

8.Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county,
to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

9.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

10.Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second time.






Naaku 4th point bhale nachhesindhi..I lovee to laugh.What is life if u don't have a Sense of Humour.Cheppandi??


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Late? Your boss won't believe your excuses

 The next time you arrive late for work, don't start giving excuses to your boss, for a new study has found that employers don't believe excuses for not coming on time. The study involving 1,000 employers showed that just seven percent of them trusted the reasons that their employees give for being late. 

One in five respondents said long, over-complicated stories were the biggest giveaway. Almost a third said avoiding eye contact was another hint. A fifth of bosses said hearing the same excuse again and again made it less convincing, while 12 percent said any excuses given on a Monday morning were even less believable. Nearly two-third of employers believe that they were experienced enough to tell when an employee is lying about why they were delayed. 

"As a nation, problems within our homes certainly seem to be a common reason given for lateness" . "If we are to believe even half the excuses included in this study, then we anticipate a lot of calls about emergency home cover or claims for accidental damage this winter," 

But few of us will say like this :

 I am very punctual in coming late to office. My management asked me to be punctual. But im on my own way. But if there is any internal meeting, client meeting etc. Im before time. For me business is business. Professionalism is not to have any excuse for clients. Other than that quality work n delivery matters. Management is comfortable on that.  Comng late or soon is not the matter of professionalism. Once given responisblity to lead a team. Be on time. Even work or no work( :) )

Finally , 

Why to give a false excuse..?, just say the truth that i spelt for a long time. In india we work for 10-12 hours instead of the 9 hours. When most of the techies stay late & work for more hours till late night, the bosses should also expect that some times comming late is not a problem.
I worked for  ***  working 12-14 hrs a day from 9 Am to 9-10Pm  & again go to office at 9 but some times i & my team mates reach at 10 or even 11 my boss doesnt had a problem with that since he knew we were working more that the usual office times just to complete the Project in time.

Men are more emotional than women

Tying the knot makes men feel happy to the worth of 18,000 pounds while women experience the joy worth only half the amount. 

Paul Frijters, Queensland University of Technology, estimated the value of happiness in terms of cash for the major events in life like marriage, divorce and illness. Each of the event shows different results for men and women. 

Losing a loved one has a much bigger effect than gaining a loved one. There's an asymmetry between life and death. This shouldn't surprise us. Human beings seem to notice losses more than gains. 

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An Open Letter to the Youth of India

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and trampled into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But disregard of what has happened or what will happen you will never lose your value. You are special and don’t ever forget this. Never let yesterday’s disappointments overshadow tomorrow’s dreams.

A Dream for Every One

Every one of you have a dream in your life. It’s normally a dream that needs nourishment all the time and a dream that you would like to live to relish. But sometimes your dreams slip by you, as you watch helplessly and it becomes an unfinished agenda in your life. Then it becomes one among the hundreds of thousands of dreams that are difficult for many of us to realize. When you don’t realize your dream, you tend to think that destiny has played in your life. You reconcile yourself with what is called fate and think you are a child of destiny. It all started with the belief that you are a typical child of destiny and started believing that you are indeed God’s child, programmed to-be-so and to-do-so. But the fact is different. You are here by choice. Not by design of destiny that has programmed you to be.

Do You Remember Those Days?

It has been many years since you last saw the beginnings and ends of academic sessions, semesters, and holidays. Do you remember those days in your college when you played tricks to bunk classes of the physics professor and the ‘reason’ to attend the classes of lecturer Latika. Do you still remember the days when you struggled to get some pocket money, enjoy eating the canteen food (have you ever measured the viscosity of the dhal supplied?), drinking ‘bi-two’ tea during the month end, going triples in your friend’s bike and not having the money to pay the fines to traffic cops (do you still call them uncles?), dreaming about the next door girl (is she still going to college with her father?), and finally thinking about your own future too?

You must have had the first crush while at school. The ‘special some one’ would have been your neighborhood beauty or your classmate or schoolmate or some one you met in your uncle’s party. You must have felt that the person was awesome. You must have liked the way your ‘special some one’ dressed, walked, and smiled at you. Then, again, you must have fallen in love with ‘some other special one’ in your life and thought you had found everlasting love. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Living with shattered dreams could do more damage than chain smoking (statutory warning), and of course not a nice feeling one could carry on with. But as the saying goes, life always gives you a second chance and one has to be an optimist always.

Evolution of ‘You’ in the ‘Youniverse’

At the age of five, your parents must have told you that you would become an engineer or doctor (because they liked the idea of their ward carrying a T-square or wearing a stethoscope around the neck - thanks to the many films they had seen); at 10 your uncle must have told you to study a foreign language; at 15 you must have decided to become a cricketer (because, it’s always nice to be famous and have lots of money, shoot for ad films, and party with the latest Bollywood stars, leave alone batting for India); and may be now you have realized that you should become a professional (whatever it takes to be). When you move forward and enter yet another year, you will realize that the dreams have faded away into mere memories while reality takes you forward. You certainly need someone to handhold you, mentor you, and put you on track. You need someone to administer the right treatment to make you a successful breed. In short, can we say you need some ‘uncle’ to help you realize your dreams or goals? But then who is this person and where on earth you can find him? The right way is to be yourself in the ’youniverse’ where every one wants you to be some one else and make the difference to be noticed and earn some recognition. You need to create a space for yourself in the ‘youniverse’ to become successful and I am sure the uncle will be glad to help you do so. A word of caution though, don’t try to impress a girl with the uncle’s riches, or else one day she might become your aunty.

So What are You Looking for?

So you must be wondering as to what are you supposed to do now? You are here, as I said earlier, by choice and not by design. You must now make the right choice and the right move by equipping yourself to be industry-ready. I am sure that you would know by now that you don’t get a second chance to make the first impression.

Have you ever thought about your future? A future that can give you a life filled with joy and a sense of fulfillment? Do you wish to carry forward and cherish all your dreams? Do you think that you ‘can do it’ in your life, or that you have to make compromises just because you are not going to get the immunity as a student any more and will have to face the cruel world? Did your father say that he too faced a cruel world and worked hard to bring you up? Don’t you think that you should break the shackles and break free and realize all your dreams? Don’t you think you should have the liberty to play your game in your own style, in your own pace, and on your own terms? All set in your ‘youniverse’, specially created for you.

How do you think you can do this? How can you bridge the gap between your long cherished dreams and your life? While you had seen the best of your college life, you should also get to know about your future that can possibly fulfill your dreams. Secure your future by making yourself ‘employable’ or ‘self employable’. Use the power of technology to achieve your personal aims and professional goals.

Be a Part of Knowledge Society

For fifty years we have been a developing nation; it is time we saw ourselves as a developed nation. We are among the top five nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have a growth rate of 10 percent in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling and our achievements are being globally recognized and appreciated today. India must stand up to the World; unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us as a nation - only strength respects strength. We must be strong, not only as a military power, but also as an economic power. This is our vision, and it can be none other than transforming India into a developed nation. The government alone cannot achieve this vision and we need a people’s movement in the country; and this is the time to ignite the minds of people to join this movement. We must all share this vision and deliver knowledge to the needy using innovative technologies. We must be committed to propel the national economy through a knowledge based eco system.

Our former president Abdul Kalam rightly said, “Ignited minds of the youth are the greatest resource compared to any resource of the earth, under the earth, and above the earth. When ignited minds work and perform with an indomitable spirit, a prosperous, happy, and safe India is assured.”

Powering India’s Knowledge Competency

With India’s seemingly endless flow of young and motivated engineers, scientists, and business managers offering world-class skills in almost every area of global business, we are emerging as the next ‘superpower’. It is heartening to note that we are poised for an explosive growth and are heralded as a potential economic superpower by 2020. But are we in a position to really live up to this expectation or will it just end up as a hollow hype? With many multi-national companies setting up operations in India, there is a sudden demand for skilled workforce in retail and the IT enabled services like BPO and KPO. There is a requirement of human potential to handle high volume business. To enable this we must adopt to smart technology assisted learning system and create a knowledge based eco system that can convert the erstwhile weakness (over population) into an opportunity (human resource based) by providing various reskilling and upskilling programs to the needy in association with experts in particular domains. There is a great demand for skilled professionals while the supply is low. Our universities are unable to bridge the gap and provide skilled manpower that the industries are looking for and hence there is a greater demand for adoption of technology to deliver knowledge on-demand.

Experts opine that there must be a skills based pedagogy built into our educational system to provide various means of reskilling or upskilling to the students in the science, commerce, engineering, and management disciplines and make them employable or job ready. These courses are more like vocational programs and they should be able to enhance the skills of students in order to make them ‘employable’ or ‘self employable’ or enable them to transform themselves from being job seekers to job providers. Our target should be the millions of graduates like you who have the energy to make this mission a reality. What is needed is the ‘hand holding’, a mentoring process by which we can make you become ‘job ready’. The focus should be to convert the human population into human potential and make one employable in the areas of his or her expertise.

What Next?

Do you know that the greatest distance between two people, the toughest communication between two hearts, and the longest journey between two places are ‘between you and your employer’? A dedicated approach towards life is absolutely essential for you to reach the stars. There is nothing impossible if you can believe in your dreams and work towards it. Your dreams should float impatiently in your mind till you reach your goal.

I sincerely believe that the dreams of one billion Indians can’t go wrong. You are one among them; don’t let your dream go wrong. We are here to incubate your dreams.

With sincere wishes for a successful tomorrow