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The Peculiarities Of Life.


Life  is a rare gift .Living it fully,experiencing its values, rationalising its concept,and relinquishing from the ideals of it needs practice and  training.

Happiness at one instance, misery at another occurrence, contentment at one situation, dissatisfaction at another level,enthusiasm at one stage,fatigue at another background, make us ponder, hamper our progress and throw us out of balance.

Success and prosperity make us joyous.The sway is so abrasive, that at times we forget modesty and behave in a most peculiar manner ,as though we are the top king pins.

Stress and strain leave us disoriented.The blow  is too violent ,that it specifically batters our inspiration ,and we move about as though we are the most afflicted humans.

The excitement and disappointment keep on butting in  continue to cross our lives ,systematically check our frantic allegations , and inconceivably restrict our process of existence.

Leveraging the pros and cons of the peculiar syndrome of  life, we have to propound a valid report, a serene appraisal and a minimum exertion to acquaint ourselves with the quandary of survival.

The withdrawal of these acrobatic ups and downs will render our life monotonous, will confirm our supremacy at one extent ,and condole our deterioration at another  end.

The evenly poised themes ,the connivance  of glee and sadness , the simple and hard, the regular and irregular, the rise and fall ,the upheaval and the down-pressed will make the existence  meaningful, more attractive and most sublime. The essential quality of the human mind is revealed in the eccentricity of the range bound  peculiarity.

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The software Hype.


Last decade saw a leap and a hike . Leap was predominant. Hike was unbelievable.Yet there it was very much in black and white.

The word software was a mantra much chanted, much raved about and much admired.If you are a software professional , then you are  a highly placed individual, earning  in six figures, and have an inflated ego .You command a a respect in society.

Commerce , science and literature  were pushed into  oblivion. Commerce became a subject for  clerks and lower ranked officers. Study of science would make you a teacher or at the maximum you rise up to  the status of a Professor, and languages give you no value.

Software grew up as a wonder ware. It attracted many young minds, not for the interest it proposed , but for the money it promised.It did pay as per the  trust, and did advance more prospective discernment.

Of late ,the over enthusiastic  tech savy  aspirants are disappointed by the economic downturns. This phenomenon has reduced the outsourcing formulas and programming assignments.In turn , there is a large scale job displacement, and larger wage reduction.The software companies have felt the jolt and  many are in the verge of closing down. The swift wealth  acquired ,has lead them  to plausible well being and impossible fudging and rigging.Their outlook has undergone a massive superficial alteration. They speak money, think money and breathe money.  The abnormal salary and wages have rendered them super humans, thoroughly away from idealism ,  closely into materialism.

 A mercenary minded breed has been evolved by  the new found technology. This branded genre has lost the human values, has deviated from prescribed norms, and worked towards flaw in character and flayed towards transitory peripherals.

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So Called Big Shots.


Satyam’s fraudulent saga started off with a mild  twitter, developed into a harsh manoeuvre, and culminated into a huge disaster.The corporate world  is rocked by the eruptions and corruptions.

The whole episode was  a high drama, unbelievable, yet  cannot be disregarded, contemptuous, yet cannot be   neglected, but  the startling catastrophe has left us dumbfounded and shaken.

Ramalinga Raju is not the only one  with a tag of a fraud in the corporate world. He has many  co parceners and coagulant deceivers who are still to be exposed. Exposed they may be, but  they try to sit pretty over the crimes ,cheats, and deceits, putting up a gleeful countenance, professing a good samartian prima facia,and moving about with imperial gleam and decorum.

The Southern Petro chemicals , called as SPIC, the gigantic fertiliser company down South India, is a bag of such ,, fraudelent devices, misappropriation of funds,  severe   digressions, untoward manipulation and unexpected scheming.

SPIC, owes Rs 2845 crore to a consortium of 30 Banks.  It is alarming and apprehensive, at the same time.The CEO , Annamalai Chidambaram Muthiah , had been the President of Federation of Indian chamber of Commerce., President of Board of  control for cricket for India, a best race horse owner,had been a member of Prime Minister’s Advisory council on trade matters.His qualifications may extend to a lengthy draft, but they failed to impress his Bankers.

His companies are in red. The Mercantile Credit Coporation , a much ebullient finance company was wound up ,because of mismanagement by his son Ashwin Muthiah and son in law Jawahar Vadivelu. The funds were discreetly transferred to private coffers, the depositors were thrown out without mercy. The arbitration ended in a miserable fiasco.

Spic ,with its baffling loan poses a depressing dilemma to the financial institutions. The Big Shot  is trying to alienate his properties,  driving hard to change the prime lands in his name to the custody of his spouse, thus eluding the deadly grasp of the Banks, tribunals and Private bodies.

Ramalinga Raju can be commended for his disclosure.  A.C. Muthiah can be applauded for his concealment.

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Austerity At The Inauguration


Obama’s rise to power is a a fairy tale attrition. he  was a promising politician  time ago,  one of the democrat candidate sometime ago, overtook the much adored Hillary Clinton  as his party,s candidature  little time ago,  and won the poll a while ago.

His deliverance and eloquence navigated through the nuances of the depressed economy, thrashed the floundering and flaws of Bush’s administration,pointed towards lavish spending by the Republican government, echoed the digressions of the defunct state of affairs, parodied the fickle sensitivities of Bush policies ,directly targeted the  displacement of jobs as a failure of the government’s perception.

The price tag of Obama’s inauguration gala is estimated to be $150 million.An explosive estimate exploding all normal expeditions.

In 1945, President Roosevelt,at his inaugural made a short speech and served cold chicken salad and a plain pound cake.In 1917 President Wilson did not have any party at his inaugural, saying such parties would be undignified.

Now the inaugural committee spokeswoman Linda Douglas ,says that “It is not a celebration of election, but celebration of our common values.

Security and transportation cost are being paid by the tax payers.The inaugural committee is holding a national day service,followed by three bipartisan dinners.A concert will be held at the Verizon centre The Disney channel will broadcast the event.The committee is paying for 10 stadium to broadcast the event.It is also hiring garbage and recycling services and renting thousands of portable toilets . One supplier remarked that” it is the largest restroom event in the history of the United States.”

This is austerity in the negative sense. Unemployment is staring hard, economy is mostly dead, but the party goes on.

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Parties, Weddings,Functions


Parties feign ostentation. Money flows like wate. But nowadays  water resource is also limited. Unmindful spending , on the place, on the menu, on the gifts, on the decoration, on the reception , make one sad.We should deliver that Conservation is the theme of all practical endowments.

Most of our bretheren , live a very below the  line life,with minimum food and maximum trouble.We need not take such presumes, but can we not give a thought to their existence , while celebrating in a grandiose affluence?

Weddings should be performed in style, as the unification of two individuals, from entirely different background, from absolute differed path, cohere  into a single unit. The ceremony should not be a mere exhibition of wealth and splendour, but should propel a sobriety and  stage a solemn entreaty,

Functions ,in general ,work with great gusto, either it be a social, political or a corporate. The pompous display hides the purpose.  Most concerned preferences are shadowed by the extravaganza.The realistic approach is not to be tracked in  the so called conferences, conventions , confluences.All these hyper activities dissolve the essence of the events. In the end we walk away with practically no knowledge of the call, no experience of  participation. The vagueness is predominant,apart from the sumptuous food and socialising with the elite.

The extra energy, money, time and skill ,could be utilised for productive, progressive. and promotional fare. Let us give a thought to it.

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Bush Loves What He Does.


The grand finale of Bush’s presidency is about to be enacted.. An eight  year tenure filled with foibles and flaws, mistakes and mismanagement, aberrations and alterations, and squirms and squabbles.

He politicised everything,  prompted military advances by waging war on nations,and provoked greed ,hate and fear.

Bush had  the most likely qualities of his predecessors,but made no use of them. Yet he was re elected.

The funniest part of his Presidency is his policy of Divide and Rule.. Unity which was well in  his grasp after 9/11, was floundered by Him.The  asset  that  of unity,which was unperceived ,and unexpected was squandered by Bush .

Bush was a determined  destroyer, he poured into his assumptions with mighty fervour and practical deliberations. He succeeded in conspiring against the sincere takers, conniving with  scandalous personalities, committing with the impractical genre and flourishing with the newly discovered rich.

Bush’s immorality has given a wide scope to Osama Bin Laden. He cancelled the right to Habeus Corpus and the right  to be free from unnecessary government spying. The governance was highly politicised. The departments ,which were hitherto untouched by politics fell into the hands of  greedy ,corrupt politicians, who shattered ethical decorum of the machinery.His financial heading was a disaster. The enormous tax cuts ,he presented left a big hole in the  budget.He favoured the rich , thus nourishing a Ponzi economy based on quick rich schemes.He failed in hiring competent persons for top jobs.His thirst for war ,has put the nation is a tight spot. He deceived the country by posting a fairy attire over a devilish physic.

The eight long years is a synonym of deceit, is a parody of transparency, is an exhibit of disaster, is a reflection of greed ,is a subtle variation  of  autocracy.

The years can be afforded the best titular heroic worship  in a dissimilar definition.

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Frenzied Activity With Immense Happiness.


Unusually , today , I was in midst of bustling programmes. Mostly , my life style  is most simple, hardly any outdoor chores, no domestic duties , just reading, writing  with music on the background.

My domestic staff, who are with me for nearly a decade, took a holiday, to celebrate Pongal. The kitchen ,which was for some time away from my control ,had to be attended to, as I had to prepare breakfast, and the Pongal, with all the alibis relating to it.

I woke up early in he morning. Skipping my appointment with the newspapers, I dashed into the  kitchen. I had to make a thorough study of everything there, as I had neglected it for long. Surveying the area , I was into the job. Cutting vegetables, preparing chutney and the soft idlis for breakfast, putting kolam in the Pooja , and in the courtyard, to keep Pongal. I was three in one. I was in the kitchen , in the court yard and attending the regular phone calls. Within two hours , everything was done. I arranged for the Pooja. My husband reminded me of the visit to the temple. I  hopped into the car, and had a darshan of Goddess Meenakshi.

The pooja at home was over with much modesty. We had a sumptuous feast.  It has come to a gala finish , I thought, but no the most hard pressed job was  still awaiting , that of cleaning the vessels and  clearing the mess.My heart sank, my knees gave a shooting pain, my body was too much exhausted.But still, I had to accomplish the chore. So did  I.

I moved back to my reclining chair . I was about to doze off, when I got a message that two of my projects have been approved and I am into certain prospective clientele.

The reward  was extremely satisfying and the physical exertion though lurking,had subsided  to a tolerable level.

It was a beautiful day.

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Slumdog Millionaire- fine shoot.


Danny Boyle’s  price shoot is  a cute combination of myth and reality, of transcendental and ordinary. It is an unconventional film , funny ,sad , exhilarating .

The slum kids  act with great ease , almost depicting the slum life in seventies and eighties.Their acting is so intense  that tears gush up and there is enormous perfection.Boyle’s direction keeps the audience in gripping hooks. Boyle is extremely dynamic  and enrapturing.

Jamal Malik , is a street urchin , who is one question away from  quizzing which has a price tag of 20 million rupees. The quizzer, the police and the onlookers are puzzled ,as how this slum dweller is able to come out with exact answers.Jamal comes out with his life ,  delivers the poignant  loss of his love Latika , and  the sordid tale of his growing up with his brother  Salim in Mumbai.

How can an eighteen year old boy , brought up in the streets answer such difficult quizzing?. This is the main plot of the film. The boy ,with no formal education ,without proper brought up ,acquires wisdom through experience ,and deftly answers the questions with guesses and lifelines.The film is an aesthetic triumph. It may sound unbelievable apparently, but virtually most plausible.

It is realistic outlook, the presentation is almost exact spot on and a melodrama. It is a seamless narration. The grim mumbai slums get an uplift by deploying humour.

The music is brilliant. A.R.Rehman excels in setting up the musical cliche.The music complements the narrative.The resonant sounds accents  the jarring noise and discordant aerial shots .Rehman has won satellite award.He has done India proud.

Slumdog Millionaire will receive many more honours including the Oscar.

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Satyam Hang Out.


The Satyam board has been disbanded, A new 3 member  directors have been appointed . The fresh team has met with an agenda to track down the misappropriatio. If the receivables ,as stated  by the fraud management is true, then there is adequate liquidity, according to Mr. Deepak Parekh.

Yes, one man will gulp all the available food, with the help of his confident coteries. He  gets choked and spits out the unneeded. He falls sick, is hospitalised ,is given proper medication and walks out  with stately poise. This is what I perceive as the aftermath of the Satyam eruption.

Ramaling Raju has devoured 7000 crores , has disclosed the fudging ,has surrenderd to judicial custody , and has gone behind the bars. A beautiful myth and a strange reality get mixed up.

The Government has released the step up process and as the rescue is definite, the shares are moving up fast. Why  do we act like  in such a quixotic manner?

Protecting the shareholders ,  caring the employees, and  holding the image up is thoughtful and  appreciable.  But how is the government going to do?

Setting right the financial, is an onerous job. The government appointed Board will get the least cooperation from the finance department of Satyam. Will stern orders bear fruit?

Restoring the good will , is still more a grave task. The credentials  pose a big question. The World bank has cancelled its contracts. The faith in the company is lost. No one will dare revert to Satyam to process their business.

Making it move in the right track is the most terrible  detonation . How well  can they do?Mobilising liquidity, putting  the bank balance straight,protecting the staff , prolonging the terms of result tabulation , will take its toll . Deepak Parekh, in the helm of affairs, has to spend many a sleepless night and many a nerve breaking hour to tally the workings.

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Pongal


South India is humming with activities, as Pongal ,the harvesting festival is fast approaching.

Pongal falls on the first day of Thai or more so on January 14th.

The festival is a thanks giving to Nature, for her bounty.

It  marks the beginning of Uttrayana, the sun’s movement northwards for a six month period.Makar Sankaranthi refers to the entry of Sun  into Makara (Capricorn).

The  Tamil word Pongal  means boiling over, which signifies prosperity.In Andhra and Karnataka it is called as Makara Sankranthi.

Many legends  relate to Pongal. The first day of Pongal is reminiscent of Lord Krishna  lifting the Govardhana mountain on his little finger to save the people from being washed away.The third day is celebrated, as Lord Shiva asked Nandi ito deliver the message to have oil bathevery day, and food once a month. Nandi mixed up , the whole issue,and said that take food daily, and have oil bath once a month.Shiva was displeased , and asked Nandi to stay back on earth,and help the people to grow more grains.

Alanganallur Jallikattu is associated with Pongal.It is  a bull taming sport. An agiated bull is made to run in the open arena. Youngsters , to display their valour, chase it ,and control it by knocking it down  with the aid of its horns.Betting, is also common during the game.It is a dangerous play and results in deaths and injuries.

Pongal is a combination of rituals, thanksgiving and sport. This festival denotes prosperity, brings cheer and spreads gratitude.