Vijayaragavan V

Project Madurai

2010-06-27T18:06:00.000+05:30

Really an amazing effort

http://pm.tamil.net/

Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish and Connect the dots

2010-06-27T17:57:00.002+05:30

I recently read these two books 'Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish" and "Connect the dots" by author Rashmi Bansal.

First book is about the story of 25 IIMA grads who choose the path of entrepreneurship and second one about story of 20 entrepreneurs without MBA. Both books provide an amazing read throughout. Worth buy(each one costs Rs.150).

http://www.stayhungrybook.com/
http://connectthedots.in/

PDF converter

2009-08-20T06:36:00.003+05:30

To convert any document (.doc file) file into pdf, i have tried many softwares. All of them are paid softwares. While searching for a free tool that convert doc file into pdf, i found out this tool named "PRIMO PDF" http://www.primopdf.com/.

For PRIMO PDF to install in your system, your system should have .net installed.So do download .net(latest edition) and then try installing PRIMO PDF. or while PRIMO PDF is installing, it will serach for pre requisite softwares.If any software is missing it will download on its own and install them.

Using it is very simple. Open any document file that you want to convert.

Say you have opened your .doc file in MS WORD 2007. Goto Print menu. In that, there will be a tab "Printer". Select the Name of the printer as "PrimoPDF".(look for PrimoPDF by clicking the drop down button)Now, click OK. PrimoPDF dialog box will open and after you provide details like destination of the file etc, it will create a PDF file.

They also offer Free Online PDF creator in their web site.
https://online.primopdf.com/Default.aspx

Apart from these, if you want to convert any file to some other file type, there is this web site http://media-convert.com/. Visit that website, so as to know what it offers. You can upload any file format - image, audio, video, Ringtone(both monophonic and polyphonic), vector document, text, archives,data, presentation, database - and convert them to any other desired format.

BARAHA-Free Indian Language Software

2009-08-19T17:58:00.025+05:30

Recently i downloaded this software, as i wanted to type a letter in tamil. It is a free software and anyone can download it without any need for registration.BARAHA is a transliteration based software,which converts 'Indian language text written in English' to their own respective scripts. One has to type in the text using QWERTY keyboard,(thats a drawback- as you need to type in the Indian language text in english.If any keyboard layouts of indian languages are available, then that would change the way the text are keyed in).Baraha supports Kannada, Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Gurumukhi, Bengali, and Oriya scripts.

There are also instructions available for typing in all languages.It definitely requires some time to learn and adapt.Once learnt, it is very easy to type in any indian language that Baraha supports.(check Help->Tamil->Transliteration Rules). After installing,when you first run the application,it will ask for your default language,where in you can set any indian languages as the default one.It is possible to change the default language whenever required.

After typing the content in english, when you press the convert button, it will convert your content into the defualt language.Apart form these options, all the text editing tools are available.

The software can be downloaded from http://www.baraha.com/

There are many 'tamil softwares'.
Links...
http://www.azhagi.com/
http://www.kuralsoft.com/index.htm
http://www.kamban.com.au/

Engineering-CSE,IT-Not a good Option?

2009-07-12T12:50:00.004+05:30

The so called recession has made many IT companies take some decisions such as sabbatical, increasing the training period etc. It also has made the parents of Engineers in waiting to take some decision. I am a Computer Science Engineer and wherever i go,some ask me a question or some try to make a statement,but all mean the same "IT field downame,nee enna panna pora".But the fact is that the recession affected the banking, insurance,mortage sectors in America. All the Indian IT companies have their client base mainly in America. Most of them belong to banking,insurance, mortage sectors. Also automobile firms were very badly bruised. As these clients are trounced by the recession, obviously the IT companies will run out of projects. Thus IT companies and outsourcing in india is badly affected.

Taking this into consideration and also large scale, sponsored brainwashing of the so called Carrier Consultant, Many parents are forcing their students to prefer branches other than CSE,IT. This is clearly reflected in the on going TamilNadu Engineering Counselling. On the first day Many preferred ECE, Mechanical,EEE. On the end of the day, there were seats remaining in some prestigious institutions in CSE, IT courses. Parents, Carrier Consultants, Students everybody are short sighted. When their wards complete their engineering courses, the recession would have positively come to an end. That time, IT secot may revive. During that happening, the same parents would repent for not taking the course.

Our educational system, society are to be blamed. Also the students, parents etc. Everyone considers education is the mode to obtain a job. They study only to clear the exams.

only very few 'study' their course properly. Obviosuly, the institutions dont offer much opputunity for research.

Also, the private engineering colleges collect lots of donations. This is a known fact and no visible, definite, decisive action has been taken, Two years back, many colleges and their so called trusts were raided and was found that they have collected donations and was caught red hadedly. But what happened?

Scrapping 10th standard examination will not and never be a panacea. Some serious and very decisive efforts has to be taken by HRD ministry to revamp the entire education system and the way a student is evaluated. Something has to be done to do away with the reservation system.(Matter of fact: In tamilNadu, there is 69% reservation which is higher than the 50% reservation limit set by Supreme Court)

Kollywood-Path to Politics?

2009-06-27T06:37:00.005+05:30

Tamil Cinema a.k.a kollywood and TamilNadu Politics can never be considered as different.They are twins. The trend started by Mr.MGR is now being adopted by everyone. The self procliamed names like

NO 1:Illaya Thalapathi,Chinna Thalapathi,Puratchi Thalapathi(dont know how many such thalapathi's will come up in the future)....

NO 2:Stars. Super star,Ultimate Star,Top star,Universal star...

NO3:then kalaigars such as Puratchi Kalaigar... (list is endless)

are ruling the roost. In every film of the so called heros, the storyline would be the same and the storyline would date back to 60's. Only the screenplay will be slightly tweaked. Every film will have a intro song where the hero will be workshiped as God. The tune, lines would be different but the bottomline of those songs goes like this "I am so and so.U should be like this.I will do this etc". I dont know what these heroes achieve through this. Every film will have "kuthu pattu" and some B grade songs with lines describing the anatomy of the female partner and too much skin show. They consider themselves as superheroes and understandably the fights are unimaginable.

Film after film, they repeat the same. The reason?

Every human particularly have secret liking about fame,money and especially power. Power, over the centuries is responsible for many civilizations, many battles,many conquests(watch Enginnering an Empire documentary series). These heroes,right from the day one, plan to start a party(For that matter any party in modern india never stick to their ideology(ideology-do they have one?)). The heroes always take the easire path to politics.(Films->rasigar mandram->Narpani Mandram->Party).

Recent times, all such films have turned to be box office disaster(irrespective of the hero). No longer TamilNadu recognizes such typed of movies. The days are gone and the heroes should understand it sooner than later. TamilNadu has started to recognize and appreciate the movies that make sense and that are close the real life. people should not encourage such heroes.

IMPORTANT

2009-03-21T05:35:00.001+05:30

My previous yahoo mail id astrovijay11@yahoo.co.in has been deactivated for permanent deletion.So i disassociate from any communication made through the same mail id.

Faster Broadband - A Distant Dream for India

2009-03-11T14:27:00.004+05:30

"In Japan, broadband service running at 150 megabits per second (Mbps) costs $60 a month. The fastest service available now in the United States is 50 Mbps at a price of $90 to $150 a month.

In London, $9 a month buys 8 Mbps service. In New York, broadband starts at $20 per month, for 1 Mbps.

In Iceland, 83 percent of the households are connected to broadband. In the United States, the adoption rate is 59 percent.

If you take out the countries that have made significant investment in fiber optic networks — Japan, Korea and Sweden — the United States is in the middle of the pack when it comes to network speed.

The large European countries have average download speeds ranging from 3.2 Mbps in Italy to 6.4 Mbps in Germany, according to a study by the Saïd Business School at Oxford. The United States has an average speed of 5.2 Mbps. The study looked at speeds in May 2008, as measured by consumers checking their connections on a Web site called Speedtest.net.

Japan was the standout, with an average speed of 16.7 Mbps. Sweden was 8.8 Mbps. And Korea averaged 7.2 Mbps."

SRC:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/the-broadband-gap-why-is-theirs-faster/

But in india, for the general public,the fastest broadband available is 2 Mbps connection. When will India have broadband service running at 150 megabits per second

Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) by PRATHAM

2009-03-11T06:54:00.019+05:30

Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) by PRATHAM

Here is the complete report
http://www.pratham.org/aser08/aser08.pdf

The results are really shocking. That too the results of TamilNadu is very very shocking.Have a look at it.

Two days before Oscars, Rahman escaped accident

2009-02-28T18:00:00.004+05:30

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/two-days-before-oscars-rahman-escaped-accident/86493-8.html

god's grace..what else to say!

Destiny!?

Shame on MP's

2009-02-27T20:42:00.004+05:30

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/just-seen-never-heard-15-mps-who-didnt-speak/86352-37.html

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/parliament-was-not-a-priority-for-some-mps/86438-37.html

MPs whom we sent to parliament dont even attend the sessions(Check out the attendence of MPs in the second link) .Also Check out the reply by a MP(Akhilesh yadav of SP,the son of SP chief).

Shame on MPs.People should give a fitting reply to them.

The Pursuit for Happiness

2009-02-24T17:39:00.002+05:30

I wrote this article for something else..but i post this here

Happiness is the basis of existence of human life on earth. It’s what every human being strives for throughout the life. It defines the purpose of the life. Some search for happiness throughout their life and end up in nothing. Some enjoy the present and is not concerned about the uncertain future. Rather than defining happiness and quantifying it, it would be much sensible to analyze how the humans perceive it.

A set of humans who right from their birth are taught to adapt to the institutionalized society, end up in vicious cycle, one after other, striving for good grade in school in order to secure a place in so called “best universities”, waging a war to secure good percentage in order to get dream offer from some company, trying in every sense to be sincere, honest, flexible to satisfy the employer. Thus their plight to attain happiness goes on and on.

Schools which categorize students based upon grades, colleges continue the same, and employers rewarding the sincere worker etc are not to be blamed. Definitely, it is the only sensible way to live in this world. But the human being, forgets to enjoy the journey, forgets to learn that happiness lie thyself. Humans are taught to or forced to develop goals for the years ahead. For which, they sacrifice the very things that they are head over heels in love with. When they finally achieve it, what they feel is mistaken to be happiness. It’s not happiness. It’s relief. Relief provides the false pretence to the person, making him believe that he/she is happy.

The other type who believe in enjoying the very moment and is unconcerned about the future. A person can’t enjoy, can’t be immersed in pleasure all the time. He/she will get fed up by getting used to it. They will lead a life without any purpose so as to attain the momentary high and thus end up without commitment and any meaning to the very life they live.

Apart from the two classes of people, there are other types of people who neither work towards a goal nor enjoy the moment. They resign to the existence of fate. They enjoy a life seeking happiness from purposelessness and circumventing their energy and everything in wrong channels and end up in absolutely nothing. They always live in the past.

So what takes to be happy? Self help books, articles may advocate about things like “10 ways to attain happiness”,” A guide to happiness”. That’s just their business. As happiness can’t be defined or quantified. Happiness isn’t relative. Happiness isn’t the end in itself. Happiness isn’t the destination. Happiness is the pursuit, the journey. Happiness is that feeling that provides meaning to the very being. Happiness is the felling that is not affected by either the greatest success or the worst failure. Happiness is that you get when you attain the goal that is neither dictated by someone or by the society that is defined by the purpose of life. Happiness is that you get, when you understand the purpose of life, when you unravel the secret of existence of the universe, when you finally believe in God, as you finally forget to breathe, the eternal bliss.

Globalization : from the perspective of an individual and a nation.

2008-11-19T18:14:00.006+05:30

"when the world is flat,whatever can be done will be done.The only question is whether it will be done by you or to you."

This is a line from the book "The world is flat" by Mr.Thomas Friedman

Yes he is correct in every sense of it.In this very much globalized world,where anyone can talk,do business,collaborate with anyone in the world,anything is possible.Google made all the information available in the world to each desktop computer.Previously it was like you have to fight it out within your country.But now,as the playing field is levelled,you have to fight it out with chinese,japanese,americans.

India was opened to the world economy in 90's which has marked a beginning of a new order.India and china have started to emerge as the superpowers.Needless to say,China is the Frontrunner,it is very serious about its vision and mission.To remain in the fray,India have to be smarter.When i say smarter,i mean what i say.I feel the word "work hard" doesnt make sense in this flat world.It has to be "work smart".WORK SMARTER.

In the globalization era,you cant be dormant and settle for a government job or a job which is permanent.The days will come when the government jobs will move towards performance centric rather than no of years in office,productivity based rather than job assurance.When you need to survive in this flat world,you need to outsmart others.You need to think differently but smarter than others.As someone said working towards success makes u a master of it,but working towards satisfaction makes u a legend of it.One needs to constantly raise the bar everytime out in the field.once an individual knows what it takes to shine in the flat world,then he is up for a roller coaster ride.

The above is from an individuals perspective.

Thinking in terms of a state or a nation,government should empower the citizens with the tools to fight it out with the world in all the fields.In India,for that matter,in tamilnadu we have politicians,political parties that have no ideology at all.They rule for their family(kiths and kins),themselves,not for the innocent citizens who voted them to power.They spend their day to wage a political vendetta with the opposing politicians and parties,play the regional trumpcard,caste card everytime out there.They really dont think beyond their family and the thought of retaining the power.each and every party that captures power promises everyone with lots of sobs,freebies during their campaign.Freebies at the cost of taxpayers money.Ridiculous.We havent had a goverment which promised for a change,the change what Mr.Obama promised,the change that every indian or tamilian dream for,the change that catapulate the state and the country in full throttle.Also,we have a habit of blaming the politicians,the system in place.we keep talking about the problems in the state,country.we long for someone to change the order.

According to me thats foolish.You should be change that you envision.You should lead from front.You should bring the change.Its the duty and right of everyone.I am not asking to introduce anarchy.I am saying to dream and work towards the change with democratic values.The change has first to be in political terms as well.Its the duty of every citizen to work towards the betterment of his/her country.we should bring the change.Yes,we can!

Swami Vivekananda in World Parliament of Religion in 1893

2008-10-11T19:08:00.002+05:30

I got these links.Check those.This is the speech made by Swami Vivekananda in World Parliament of Religion in 1893

http://www.archive.org/details/ChicagoSpeech-swamiVivekanandaMp3
http://www.theuniversalwisdom.org/hinduism/welcome-address-vivekananda/
http://www.mediafire.com/?cuedg7j1odx

Note:I got this link,so i thought of sharing.I dont know whether there is any copyright issue.Also i dont advertise any of the above sites.

Sourav Ganguly-A True Champion

2008-10-11T18:04:00.004+05:30

Sourav Ganguly was a true champion in all terms.He was appointed as the captain after match fixing scandals swept away the cricketing careers of some in the team.He led the side well and he is the successful captain of india till now.He led indian team to series victory against Australia,pakistan etc.He led the team to the famous world cup final in 2003 and finals of the champion trophy.As a batsman he has 11,000+runs in ODI's and close to 7000 in Test.He was dropped after a public spat with the then coach Mr.Greg but he made a comback and scored 200 in a test.He had a stunning comeback.

Now he has announced his retirement.Its time for the indians to stand up and salute him for his achievements and for all that he has done to the indian cricket.There were many who started raising questions on his ability etc.But this world always praises the person who is on song and when things are not right,the same world starts talking foul on u.Thats world.But this is not the time to do that.Its the time to salute him,to make a standing ovation.In kanpur,bengal tiger will roar one last time.Sourav Ganguly-A True Champion

This state needs a better class of universities!

2008-09-28T13:04:00.002+05:30

I am a final year Computer science engineering student studying in a engineering college that is affiliated to an university.When i look back my years in college,i can say without any doubt,it was of complete waste.It made no sense at all.I aspired to get into better university but finally ended up in these so called university.I got admission in NUS,but my parents never allowed me to go to singapore.That's dead.
Let me share a few stuffs here....

1.When i entered the collge,i was very timid and was very depressed the way the things turned out(the admission,denial etc).but these years have changed me a lot and taught me how to live the life.Now i am happy and strive to be a proactive person.This is the best thing i earned in these four years.(only coz of the incidents in college).

2.The examination system is very old and it just tests the "retaining whatever u have read in the book"-memory.
Even if i write the exam i dont get the actual marks that i deserve.I have noted the pattern for the last couple of semesters,in which i write the correct answers and end up gettig zero marks for that(or a simple dash(-) in my marks column-indicating that i havent written the answer to that question).I have done revaluation and always end up getting 2 marks increase.
So,there is no point in writing exams since i dont get the marks that i deserve.now i am writing exams for clearing the papers(But i study the subject properly,dont mistake me)

3.Everyday morning,when i wait for the collge bus,i usually think what is the need for going to college?.If u ask me,i would always say,going to college is a utter waste(in my case).I dont do anything great in college.There is no environment that exists in college for studying.The lecturers dont know what they are teaching and end up saying polymerism in the place of polymorphism.
The fellow classmates?This is the thing that always has bothered me a lot.I dont like to comment on that isuue.But honestly,the classroom doesnt seems to be a place for studying.

4.The college doesnt attempt to mould a student into an engineer.But its a job of the college to play its share in moulding a student into a craftsman,engineer et al,which it doesnt.It has become a business to earn money through capitation fee.Thats it.Nobody runs the institution for inculcating education.Just for money and only for money.

5.The universities,colleges here dont provide the class of education that universities in USA,UK,Singapore provide.They dont encourage research activities..for that matter anything.

Likewise i can go on saying hell lot stuffs like this.But the thing i wanted to convey is the education system in the ies and colleges need to improve a trillion times and they should try to provide world class education to the students,not merely harping on money factor.i am trying to do my PG in any of the foreign universities(i mean really good universities).For that i need to write GRE and most important i need money.

Note.These things might sound different to all who are studying in IIT,NIT and other really world class universities.

Check this...

2008-09-22T18:15:00.000+05:30

http://pointblank2006.blogspot.com/

We dont want the Government

2008-09-04T13:59:00.002+05:30

Well,at this juncture when i write this,BJP has said that it will move a previlege motion against the government for its "misleading the country".
This is what Mr.Manmohan singh told to parliament on July 22,2008(the day when no confidence motion was passed in the parliament) regarding the nuclear deal.

"I confirm that there is nothing in these agreements which prevents us from further nuclear tests if warranted by our national security concerns. All that we are committed to is a voluntary moratorium on further testing. Thus the nuclear agreements will not in any way affect our strategic autonomy"

reference:
http://www.pmindia.nic.in/speech/content.asp?id=695

Now read this....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202733.html (news article)

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/documents/Lantos_Letter.pdf(This is the secret letter that was deliberately kept confidential)

That letter clearly states that the nuclear fuel supply will be stopped if india conducts the nuclear test.Also,for so long,our government has said Nuclear deal abides by 123 aggrement only and Hyde act has nothing to do with it.But that letter clearly states that Nuclear deal has to be in accordance with Hyde act.Moreover india has not signed in Non proliferation treaty.what was the neccessity behind such a deal(bypassing NPT).

In the interview Mr Anil kakodkar has given to NDTV today(04.09.2008),he has said that "India knew about the secret letter before and it knew what was in it".
So,the government knew about all these things and deliberately told entirely different stand in the parliament and to the people.i say they have cheated the people who voted them to power.When india was burning with hell lot of problems like inflation,terrorism etc our government and Mr.Manmohan singh were very committed to the promise made by them to Mr.Bush.They never paid attention to the problems in india and PM went to say "i dont mind losing the government over Nuclear deal".

Do we need the government anymore?This government has done a complete mockery and all the way they have mislead the people of india and also the parliament.We dont want the government.

Michael Phelps-The Greatest ever olympian?

2008-08-21T17:33:00.002+05:30

Beijing olympics will be remembered as the hunting ground where phelps won 8 gold medals in swimming.That's an incredible super human effort by any swimmer.In the last olympics in athens he failed to break the record of Mark spitz's 7 golds in 1972 Munich olympics.This time phelps openly said that he is aiming the break the record set by spitz.On this account he said"I've said it all along, I want to be the first Michael Phelps, not a second Mark Spitz"
He said what he did.He not only won 7 golds but also won another gold to set a new record for any olympian.8 golds in a single edition.Its a superhuman effort.
Though the analysts try to arrive at a reason for his win like wide wingspan,suitable body structure for swimming etc....
But record is a record.He is a sporting phenomenon.His record speaks for him.
In the press conference after winning 8 golds he says""Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are.Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to."
Well,in the next olympics he might try for 9 golds.He will achieve it and even get more gold medals .The reason why i say is the vigour that he has in for achieving goals.
"I want to be the first Michael Phelps, not a second Mark Spitz"
This statement says it all!

Check this!

2008-08-16T15:29:00.003+05:30

war damages lost!India-japan in denial mode

whose UPA

Check the above links.

Oh Ram!

2008-07-26T19:26:00.003+05:30

UPA government initially informed SC that Lord Shri Ram is an imaginative character and in reality Lord Shri Ram dont exist.Then it informed,that it never said Lord Shri Ram didnt exist.It confirmed His existence and praised laurels on Him.
Even now it accepts His existence,but it says He destroyed Ram sethu and quotes Valmiki Ramayanam.
Oh Ram!Tell us What actually happened?
but i am afraid about what the government is going to say to SC next?

Shame on Indian democracy!

2008-07-22T20:39:00.004+05:30

Atlast the cat is out of the bag.UPA (I forgot the name of the alliance,but searched and found it out.U cant blame me,becoz there are many alliances coming up every second) has won the trust vote.The comedy abou the trust vote is that,initially the number of MP's who voted were 489(i dont remember exactly) but the MP's present were above 530.Some News channels claimed that the MP's didnt know how to vote(One has to press the green button for AYES and Red button for NOES).And finally government has secured 275 and have won the trust vote!
22.07.2008 can be claimed as one of the darkest day in the Indian democracy.

There were some clippings aired on TV in which some MP's brought a bag full of bundles of money and showcased it on air.They claim that money has been paid to them inorder to vote in favour of UPA.This things will be investigated by the parliament.But the important thing is how did the MP's manage to bring the bags full of money in the house of parliament amidst tight security.

Dont the MP's know how to vote...just by pressing a button.But this question is irrelevant becoz some of the MP's dont know who wrote the national anthem,for that matter not even the lines of National Anthem.

Where has the moral autonomy gone?There were many defections,abstentions,betrayals.MP's were switching parties.Where is the party ideology gone? by the way what is their ideology?

We claim that India has grown in terms of technology.But its high time that our government adopts those in parliament and elsewhere.

Does aam admi know what is nuclear deal?what is the real motive of signing the nuclear deal?As UPA proposes that Nuclear deal is for power shortage and needs,is it for that?What are the disadvantages?What is the impact of Nuclear Deal on India? blah blah....The government was not even ready to consult the parliament before embarking on Nuclear Deal.

Anyways!UPA has won!
But what does it mean to aam admi?The inflation is going to stay at 12% and soar higher and higher.Monsoon has not been satisfying and Drought is slowly peeping in to many areas of India.Agriculture growth has not even upto the mark.Sensex is dwindling.Economic growth is slowing down.I get 0 marks for the correct answers in semester exam and always less marks for whatever and however i write(common i write it correctly according to the syllabus book).
Nothing is going to change!

The future of the country lies in the hands of younger generation.We have to save our country!

vande mataram.

Note:i didnt check the grammar and the spellings etc..was very furious and posted this blog.

TamilNadu in dark!

2008-07-19T10:19:00.002+05:30

Atlast Power minister has acceped that there is a deficit of 1000MW power in state of TamilNadu.For that,the government has come up with a plan----1 hour compulsory power cut in chennai and 2 hrs in other parts.The technical term used is "power holiday".
Even before this,there were unannounced power cut in all over TamilNadu.In my area there were power cuts mostly during the noon and in the night.In night,the timing will be usually after 10.30 PM.Citizens would have to suffer from the scorching sun,else along with the mosquitoes.
Now it's official.
The Minister has blamed the failure of southwest monsoon and “inadequate generation” by wind mills for the current crisis.These arrangements would be in force till the revival of monsoon and sufficient inflow into hydropower
stations.
It's a fact that TamilNadu doesnt get rain during south west monsoon.
A government should ensure basic amenities to the citizens.TamilNadu government have been mum on the rising prices and in the inflation issue.
Citizens who have voted the parties to power are the obvious sufferers.
What every citizen wants is "Even if we dont get anything as benefit,plz dont make us to suffer".
The citizens should also take efforts to save electricity.
What else to say?

Plagiarism all the way!

2008-07-18T18:44:00.003+05:30

Plagiarism-the unauthorized use or close imitation of thoughts of another person and the representation of them as one's own original work.
In bollywood,many films have their script lifted from many hollywood flicks(without getting the copyrights).Sometimes,certain scenes might have been lifted.Dont mistake me that,other industry such as kollywood dont do this.I have personally seen many such scenes and films.
Not only in films,also in film music.Many music directors have entirely lifted tunes from some other tracks.Some songs have a feel of the other foreign languages tracks.It might be intentional or accident.
As i am an engineering student.Under Anna university,there are two sections of books...foreign author and local author.Local authors,blatantly copy the contents of foreign author books and write their own books.They make money.
Like this there are many instances.
Its time to introduce some new laws that strictly restricts plagiarism.I would be happy to receive some comments and opinions on this issue.

It's show time!

2008-07-14T06:51:00.004+05:30

The present political situation in india reminds me of one thing...there are comedians,villains but no heroes.It is upto you to decide who they are.
Atlast the left parties have withdrawn their support after 4 and a half years of enough drama.Government is very obsessive about nuclear deal.Mr.Prime Minister is very much propelled to fulfill the promises that he had made to Mr.Bush.The government has went on to advertise the government's stand on nuclear deal.This is what the as says "If we don't do it now, history will not forgive us".
Inflation issue has been put aside.Government doesnt mind about inflation and its effects.They are very particular about nuclear deal.They should fulfill the promises made to the people rather than to Mr.Bush.
It has been a sorry picture for all the government in the centre in the recent past.Every PM try to satisfy the allies and also to sit for the whole term.Where does development of the country figure?
Of late,no party has been able to get a complete majority,both in the centre and also in the state.This clearly shows that people are not satisfied with the functioning of the parties.Many parties dont have any clear ideologies and even if they have some they dont practice it.
Oh god!Plz bless my country!

NO COMMENTS

2008-05-21T17:04:00.003+05:30

In the recent times,there has been many complaints regarding persons occupying high office misusing their powers,latest revelation by CNN IBN regarding judges in supreme court converting their official trips to private tours,inflation soaring still higher and the finance minister who blames it on the global oil prices and global economy,recent Jaipur blast and the usual toothless remark by the government condemning the blast,prevailing uninformed and frequent power cuts in sub urban areas of chennai and the subsequent press release from the minister stating that there is no power cut in whole of tamilnadu and more and more......
What do the people ask for?Free color television set,Free land or Free money throughout the year?
The poeple ask for good governance,essential commodities in reasonable cost
and security for life.Nothing else.
The fundamental infrastructure like roads etc have not been given due importance(In my area,the roads are laid during election time and it last only till election.Now,the roads have fell apart and i dont see any road now.Incidentally there have been more number of speedbreakers far from optimal.They were removed before a minister visited this area).
This is not all.Everyone comes up with hell of problems.
What or which or who is the root cause of this pandemonium?
I say that its "We"
Its because of "We" only this politicians occupy the high post,its because of "We" only the criminals have creeped their way in to politics.......
"We" are given a chance every five year and we commit the same blunder every time.The result is what you obviously see,hear ane live with.
Some one told "one should adjust with the happenings".He blames me that i dont have adjustmentality(as he put across)
I can only laugh at this.
Is it wrong for any citizen in the country to ask for basic ameneties at reasonable cost,infrastructure etc.Its everybody's right to claim.
Inflation have been soaring and it has reached all time high.The laymen in the country dont need explanations filled with economical jargons.All they need is basic commodities at resonable cost within their reach.That's it.
As Mr.Bharathidasan rightly says "Thiruden parthu thirunthavittal thiruttaiyollika midiyatha"
I say "makkal parthu thirunthavittal nattai kapatra mudiyathu"

T20:boon or bane?

2008-05-14T21:00:00.008+05:30

For all these days the world cricketing world is glued to DLF IPL.Well it has been a huge success.
Cricket has wed entertainment.
All the games have close finish.Most of the matches have been batsmen's stronghold but bowlers like Mcgrath,warne,akhtar stand apart.
All the matches are marred with close finish like last ball six,30 runs scored in last over etc.
Initially DLF IPL faced the heat beacuse of cheerleaders,but the voice against it got vanished.
Is T20 doing good for cricket?
certainly T20 has brought many untapped talents to the fore,has increased the scoring rate(hereafter a score above 200 in ODI will be considered a low score),has exposed the teams and the captains to extreme adrelaine pumped up situations.
But think of its effect on Tests.The crowd which has witnessed T20 for over 3hrs will have less interest in watching test match for 5 days.Test is the ultimate format for testing the technical shrewdness of batsmen and bowlers.A person who proves himself in test is a player of all formats.
Though T20 has become a roaring success,the cricketing fraternity should not aggressively promote the concept of T20.Else within the span of some 10-15 years,test matches would lose their sheen and would be a history.

HEROES TO ZEROS

2008-04-04T18:42:00.008+05:30

When Indian cricket team wins,everyone in india hails them as heroes of all time and the sort of adulation and fame that the cricketer earns is unimaginable.
But at the same time,when Indian Cricket team loses everyone start abusing them badly as ever.Then media especially the News channels make it a big issue and everything goes out of control.

This way of transition from hero to zero back to hero....happens very often.
The previous week india loses badly..thats it..everyone terms india as a wrost team..these players play only for money...they dont practice ...they have time only to endorse products..they are aged....blah blah...

The next week when the team wins convincingly...everyone terms India as a archrival to Australian cricket team...Mr.x is the greatest player of all time...he played fantastically...Age is no bar..blah blah...

Our country people dont take the victory and loss of Indian Cricket team in sporting fashion..
come on...If one team wins,another have to lose...

The person is more noticed and more discussed when he loses not when we shines.The same applies for Indian Cricket Team.One has to appreciate wholeheartedly when one wins and console when one fails.A person needs more support only when he fails and staring at the dumps.

EVANO ORUVAN

2007-12-16T16:37:00.002+05:30

I had the opportunity to watch "Evano Oruvan" to be honest its one of the best movies i have seen in the recent times... Its worth watching when compared to the films of this age which are packed with so called "commercial items". A person can be pushed so far till he or she reach a place beyond fear where they do a thing which is of course the righteous thing according to their ideology. for that matter,violence is not the panacea.It might seem to give some result,but its temporary.To achieve a permanent solution ,that is to achieve a Utopian society,certain things have to be done. If not the words such as honesty,equality,truth etc will become the forbidden words and those who practice it will be projected as an extra terrestrial alien.The human beings are now accustomed to this sort of wicked world and have sensibly lost the ability to fight for and against.All have become tongue tied and voiceless.Every one are obsessed with their individual life.
In the movie the climax was appreciable.The hero is shot in a encounter in the local train.He collapses and finally rests in a seat.He asks the inspector who shot him " can i have the window seat?It takes a lifetime to get a window seat"....
poetical!
"vallamai tharayo sivasakthi intha manilam payanura vazhvatharke...."

DISGRACE

2007-12-16T07:02:00.008+05:30

DECEMBER 11-BIRTHDAY OF Mr.SUBRAMANIYA BHARATHI

but tell me who cared it?
The most important was the birthday of Mr.Rajinikanth which was celeberated with much fanfare rather than the poet who used his tamil poetry skills profusely for the freedom of this country.

"A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true. "

yes,he practiced it till he died.He said in what he believed.
Who could forget the verses "achamillai achamillai","nenju porukuthilaiye","nallathoru vennai seithen"?
how many verses he has written with words expressing anger,sacrifice,patriotism,love,devotion,freedom.......
This state for that matter this country didnt respect and show enough gratitude to a person who lived for the very country.I dont know where this country is heading towards.....
In this context,only verse of Mr.Bharathi that comes to my mind is

"nenju porukuthilaiye intha nillai keta manitharai ninaithuvittal"
aiyago sivasakthi!!!