‘Co-operate life’

It has been over a month writing a post. The question is that is there any time to write?  Yes, time was always there, but there were lot of thoughts to write. I realise that i missed something, the college days. Its been over three months entering into the corporate life. New style of life, new people, new goals and new values to imbibe. Corporate culture goes with its own pros and cons. Performance is the key to success in this highly competitve world where minds clash, ideas float accross and to be the best among the rest, it takes an inidvidual to be any extra step ahead.  Saying so, the work has instilled a sense of confidence and has been tuning us to be a more responsible person. Its a phase of life where we feel proud of ourselves; a phase which bolsters a kind of hatredness in us. Every friend you meet seems to be more interested in the company you work rather than the individual. Everyone tries to make a point, ” X company is better than Y”.  It is this thought which widens the relationship you share with your good old golden friends.  With a blink, everything seems to be drifting away, each finding a different direction.  A stupid mistake, they are lost.

People have different understanding for the ‘corporate life’. Companies see it ‘co-operate’ life. Its is truly evident in workshops they conduct as a part of pre-employment procedures. The dramas that we enacted about ‘Team work’, ‘Achieving together’ seems to make a meaning to me now. During those workshops, i felt what the need would be? But within three months into a ocean, i realise. I dont say corporate life is all bad, but i feel somewhere deep inside us,  we give atmost importance to ‘I’. Everyone new to the company is very much interested to please his/her boss, the talent they have etc…, this indeed at some point would have a clash with the peers.

I know that the sense of ‘my company’, praising it in all angles among friends will slowly die down. But on its course, i hope, it does not erode the sense of friendliness we share with each other.

This was my point on the corporate life, have lot of things to say, will put it as time passes by.

Now, the other monster that is grabbing all media attention these days, is the “financial crisis”. It is not only the West that is facing the wrath. It sequence of events started with the fall of Lehman brothers continued with the banks. The US government has invested billions of dollars into the system to prevent further deepening of the crisis. India, too is facing the problem. People being shown ‘pink slips’ without notice. It gives an indication of how much the Indian IT industry is dependent on the West. I hope the money people have deposited in banks are safe.

The other news making the headlines is the Chandrayan. A ‘baby’ of the ISRO- Indian Space research organization which is on its way to explore our planet’s satellite, the ‘moon’. It was a beauty to watch live telecast of the satellite launch. At this point, i began to remember Kalpana Chawla, Sunitha Williams.., their success in space field. The feel of success in the face of toiled Indian scientists made me feel, am i contributing anything to the country? Well, i need to introspect myself. All cannot become scientists, so said, we can always encourage them.

India beating Australia in the Second test match in Mohali, with Sachin crossing the 12,000 runs, with Amit Mishra making a great test debut, Ganguly having a good time with bat on his last series, Ponting men being crushed, it was a good time for the cricket sport. Kudos to Vishwanathan Anand for defeating Kramnik.

Not to forget thanks to Sidney Sheldon, the book ” The sky is falling” kept me excited in the morning cab drive to office.

Monza review..

A complete action packed race with the speed machines cruising at 315km/hr at the Monza circuit, the fastest of all in the F1 calender. A race, where events took their space into the F1 history book. It was a dream for Sebastian Vettel, the youngest to win F1 race ; starting from the pole. Its the first victory for the Torro Rosso team, once Minardi after 23 years of its presence in F1. Also 500th Grand Prix start for the Williams team, which is very special.

Vettel, who is seen as the next Schumacher, showed his abilities of being among the elite drivers though he made some mistakes which could have cost him dearer. It was a perfect race strategy for the torro rosso team. It was a easy race for Vettel, since the battle was in middle of the filed.

A disappointing qualifying for the Kimi and Hamilton, not able to make it into the Q3, proved that however fine the car could be, it finally boils down to the tuning of it on THE day, which torro rosso got it perfect. Hamilton, started from 15th drove the race with sheer arrogance causing dangerous situations for a couple of drivers. Kimi, didn’t have the fire in him, i think he wanted to prove he is ‘iceman’, by being cool. Fisichella, used all his driving experience to defend his position against Hamilton and Kimi, but the sheer straight line speed of Ferrari’s and McLaren’s overcame it. Later in the race, Fisichella lost his front wing and was out of the race. Heikki and Robert Kubica drove silently to the podium. Hamilton finishing within the point scoring list. The championship is again quite open now, with a point difference between Massa and Hamilton.

With 4 races remaining, it fight would go down the wire with the next race at Singapore being a street race, a whole new racing conditions and strategies.

Whatever it could be, but F1 fans are sure to witness a great races ahead. Is it Massa or Hamilton to win the championship?? or will it be a third entry as Kimi won last year??

Lets wait and watch….

Blasts rips apart Delhi..

Sept 13, a sad day for Indians. The people of Delhi witnessed the horror with bomb ripping apart the city killing 30 and injuring scores of others. After Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, it is the Delhi’s turn.

People learn lessons from the mistakes, but the Government of India hasn’t. Its sad that the govt doesn’t beleive in nailing down the terrosists. The Indian Mujaheideen, an outfit of SIMI as many say, has been executing such henious acts and are still at large. The police have failed to collect evidence about these criminals and about the sequence of these terrorists plots. Its a failure on the part of the whole security system, it could be the various organization’s or the acts that govern; whatever it may be, the end result is that innocent people are being targeted.

I watched the movie ‘Wednesday’ yesterday, 3 hours before the blasts took place. The movie which deals with a hurt common man, on a mission to wipe out the terrorists who were chilling out in the prisons and carrying out their activity from the prison, acheives his mission.  In a way, its a lesson to be learnt by the officials of the govt. that such terrorists shouldn’t be given a second chance in their life. The film most importantly sends a message, each day you should have a hope that you survive. I think, its happenening now in real life.

Its really sad that the terrorist who had attacked the parliament is not yet been executed. Strict laws can have to be implemented. I feel, the root cause for the situation we are facing today are a plenty. It could be because of the cross-border infiltration from Pakistan and Bangladesh, the corruption that has crept so deep into our system, the explosives or the ammunitions that terriost possess is a clear-cut answer.

I feel sorry for all the victims of the blasts. Its time that people wake-up to the situation we are heading towards. Mr. Prime Minister, take steps in this regard. The country knows you are such a weak PM, please do spend your time on these issues first and then the Nuclear issues.  Soniaji, please get the actions executed by your puppet PM…

Getting tagged

When you get tagged, remember these steps:

• Pick the nearest book.

• Open to page no. 123.

• Check the fifth sentence.

• The next three sentences should be posted.

• You should tag five people and acknowledge the one who tagged you.

-> I picked up the book nearest, ” Word Power Made Easy” by Norman Lewis. Its a great book to improve the vocabulary. The flow of learning is brilliant and is one of the best books which not only makes you to get familiar with new words, but they also make you work on their usage.

-> Page 123, unfortunately its an excersie. Anyways, you, the reader try out.

-> Fifth sentence: They might not be sentences.

Prefix / Root; Meaning; English Word

4. nautes ; sailor; __________

-> The next three sentences ( cant say they are) are:

5. naus ; ship ;__________

6. dis- ; aganist; ———

7. nomos ; arrangement, law, order ; __________ ( Read the Meanings column-wise, Try making meaningful sentences  🙂 )

-> I thank Solitary Reaper for tagging me ( hope not in the neck! ) and i also take this opportunity to tagg Solitary reaper, Dayavinci Code, Story Teller, Joshi and Sathya

Happy tagging!!

IPL, a success…

The DLF Indian Premier league T20 has definitely been a super hit in its first edition. The successful teams that made it into the semifinals were the Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI and the Delhi Dare devils. The T20 has become the best short time entertainment format of cricket. The winners of this mega IPL event are the players, the team owners, the sponsorers etc…. It has also tapped the young fresh blood for the Indian cricket and its time for the Dravid’s, Ganguly’s, Sachin’s( he still wants to play !, well, he is master batsman of cricket, but the young talent should be recognised and given the opportunity) to step down.

Rajasthan Royals have won the Inagural edition. Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson have been the key players for RR success. Tanvir, too has made an impact with his bowling. Chennai Super Kings led by the one day Indian Captain M S Dhoni, were very strong during the starting matches but were weakened with Mike Hussey, Hayden returning to Aussie camp. Stephen Fleming, filled their place but wasn’t able to make good scores. CSK lacked good starts. Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Gony have been consistent performers. They lost to RR in the nail-biting finals.

Kings XI have the best balanced side in the IPL, but the batting order collapsed in the crucial semis. Shaun Marsh, has been the most consistent batsman.  Royals Challengers and Deccan chargers need to get back to the bascis. Mr. Mallya, please make it a point to be present while selecting players next time. With Symond, Gilchrist, Rohit Sharma, i thought DC had good players but they failed to perform as a team.

Delhi Daredevils, with Gambir, Dhawan, McGrath were indeed a very good side. The rain also played against their goal to enter semis. Mumbai Indians, as the tournament passed were a good team with inclusion of Sachin and the explosive opening by him and Jayasuriya was a treat to watch. But the late resurgence by MI wasn’t enough for them to compete to last 4.

Shahrukh Khan’s Kolkata Kinght riders, the team most advertised, have made the profits despite not making it to the semis. The accessories that were released with the theme of the KKR has also attracted the people to buy. Initally with David Hussey, Ricky Ponting & McCullum in the team, KKR, were hot favorites. Ishant Sharma  & Ashok Dinda have proved that they have the fire to wear an Indian cap.

India has been the greatest benefit of all. Also the young players getting an opportunity to prove their mettle.

Not to forget the cheer-leaders & Slapping gate incident have added the needed masala to the event.

Lalit Modi must be a happy man..

Like Decoding.., u ought to check this.

I read the Digital Fortress by Dan Brown recently and was driven into the cryptographic world. I came to know about a book called ” Siribhoovalaya”. Its a ancient work by Kumudenu Muni. ‘Siri’ -earth, ‘Bhu’ – all existing creatures and ‘valaya’- circle. Its a work that deals with all the entities in the world into a nutshell. It is one of the mysterious works of the world which is let to be decoded.

Siribhoovalaya, is said to have around 6,00,000 verses, nearly 6 times bigger than Mahabharatha. It consists of 26 chapters and only 3 of them have been decoded. It employs Kannada numerals and has 718 languages embedded in it. It does not have any alphabet. It consists a set of frames with numerical script in it. Numbers 1 to 64 represent the letters of the alphabet in each composition. These numerals are places in a 729 squares formed by a super square of 27×27 squares ( horizontally and vertically). The numerals are arranged in a variety of patterns. As patterns are identified and decoded, 718 languages and 18 scripts can be decoded. Apart from Kannada, Prakrit, Sankrit, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi is vowen into this work. There has been a view point that works like Ramayana, Mahabharatha and Rigveda has been embedded in it. Srikantaiah, who been into working on this master piece claims that fields like alchemy, science of matrimony, atomic science, space science, information about the production of modern weapons is also incorporated in it.

Many copies of this mysterious articfact has been lost and the only copy lies in the hands of Yellapa Sastry. In 1953, the first publication of this work was released. Srikantaiah, along with Anantha Subbaraya toiled on it. In 1955, a second publication of the book was released.

Dr. S. Srikanta Sastry’s view about Siribhoovalaya: “This work is of great importance in the study of Kannada language and Literature and the literatures of Sanskrit, Prakritha, Tamil and Telugu. It throws light on the history of India and the history of Karnataka. This is an important source for the study of Indian Mathematics. It is helpful in the study of the development of Physics, Chemistry and the Life Sciences in India. It helps in the study of sculpture and iconography If the versions of the Ramayana, the Mahabharatha, the Bhagavadgita, the Rig Veda and other ancient texts can be decoded, a comparison of those versions with the present day versions would be rewarding. Some Jain works which have been lost may be recovered from this work”.

The interest and importance given to this great work is disappointing. However, the crypto addicts can check this out.