I am a Genius!

No, You read it right. I am not drunk  It is a reference to myself. I have all the hallmarks of a genius. If you won't believe, keep reading and let me prove that to you.

Recently, I shifted house. It also means new office bus stop. Let me tell you it is little tricky to find the exact place where the bus stops. Even for a genius, more especially for a genius.

Fortunately, the first day, I was able to spot a face which looked familiar and boarded the office bus without any difficulty.  The next day, saw the same face talking to another familiar face in the stopping.

I was not sure whether the new familiar seeming face also works at my office or not. When the bus arrived, the old familiar face and I boarded the bus. I also thought the old familiar face is such a friendly chap and knows even people from other companies. Bus stop buddies, good and nice. Guess what the surprise was, I see the new familiar face which did not board the bus at office as soon as I land up at office. Thought weird and left that at it

After that saw the new familiar face very paly paly with the bus driver while leaving at evening.

Yesterday, I reach the bus stop on time, well even early. To my surprise the bus did not stop at the designated place and kept going. After a long time, had to chase the bus and got in at the signal. The irony was me chasing the bus despite coming early to the stop.

I was furious and wanted to take up the case with the driver or cleaner or transport department. Had no time or patience or energy to deal with it. Also was shy to ask them about it and did not feel like creating a ruckus over it.
 Evening I went to board the bus, thinking may be I will have a  quiet word but the driver definitely looked different. I thought why would he come for a evening duty when he did not come for a morning duty but still just kept quiet.

Guess what happens today morning. I come to bus stop. I see the new familiar face getting dropped in by his mom and starts chatting with the old familiar face. Bus arrives and this new familiar face waits back as though he doesn't cares.  I am like, what the hell dude? Is his mom, gonna come to pick him back to home or drop him to office. Then i look at the bus to realize it is bus no 6 and not the bus no 2  which I board in evening.  Also it hit me there are two buses in the same route and hence that day the bus did not stop at my place.

Wait are you still wondering why I am a genius? let me make it simple and clear, if you haven't got it.

1. You don't get what I speak and I have to make it simple and clear for you to understand
2. I am shy to talk to people or raise ruckus, even when I am suffering
3. I am such an introvert to go talk to people 
4. I am so oblivious to things like the bus route as they kinda clog my memory and thinking process and I gotta think and worry about bigger issues rather than the trivial stuff
5. Someone who lives with me thinks all these are hallmarks of laziness and carelessness than the hallmarks of a genius (and you still don't believe I am a genius!)

வாஷிங் குறிப்புகள்

இந்த பேச்சிலர் சமையல் குறிப்புகள் எழுதிய போது, வாஷிங் குறிப்புகள் எழுத வேண்டி வரும் என சத்தியமாய் தெரியாது! ஏன் என்றால் எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடிக்காத வீட்டு வேலை என்றால் அது துணி துவைப்பது.

எதை எதையோ இலவசமாக தரும் அரசாங்கம் ஏன் வாஷிங் மெஷினை இலவசமாகத் தருவதில்லை என்ற ஆதங்கம் இப்பொழுதும் உண்டு. அப்படி கொடுப்பவர்களுக்கு என் உடல், பொருள், ஆவி அனைத்தையும் சமர்ப்பணம் செய்யலாம் என இருந்தது எல்லாம் ஒரு காலம்.

கோவையில் கல்லூரி விடுதி ஒன்றில் வாஷிங் மெஷினைப் பார்த்த பின்பு, ஏதோ  பக்கா பிகரைப் பார்த்தது போல இங்கு சேர்ந்திருக்கலாம் என்று ஒரு இரவு முழுக்க பிதற்றிக் கொண்டிருந்தேன்.  வாழிங் மெஷின் மீது அப்படி ஒரு மோகம்.  மடத்தை விட்டு தனி வீட்டுக்கு வந்தவுடன் வாங்கியது முதலில் வாஷிங் மெஷினைத்தான்.

என்ன தான் வாஷிங் மெஷின் இருந்தாலும் பின்வருவன மிக முக்கியம்

எத்தனை உள்ளாடைகள் இருக்கிறதோ அதன் எண்ணிக்கையில் இருந்து இரண்டைக் கழித்தால் எத்தனை நாட்களுக்கு ஒருமுறை மெஷினில் துணி போட வேண்டும் என்பது தெரிந்து விடும். (உள்ளாடையை உள்புறமாக திருப்பி அணியும் பழக்கம் இருப்பவர்களுக்கு இது பொருந்தாது)

மெஷின் போட்டு முடித்தவுடன் துணியை எடுத்து காயப் போட்டு விட வேண்டும். பல மணி நேரம் விட்டு காயப் போடுவது, பல மணி நேரம் ஊற வைத்து துணி துவைப்பதை விட சோம்பேறித்தனமான, பொறுப்பற்ற செயல். (இதைப் படித்தவுடன் ஆஹான், சரி சரி என்று எல்லாம் மைண்ட் வாய்ஸ் வந்தால் அது எல்லாம் பிரமையே. இருந்தாலும் எதற்கும் மனநல மருத்துவரை அணுகவும்)

வாஷிங் மெஷினுக்கு  எத்தனை வாளி தண்ணீர் தேவைப்படும் என்று எல்லாம் மனக் கணக்கு போடக் கூடாது. அப்படியே போட்டாலும் மனக் கணக்கை சரி பார்க்கும் பரிசோதனையில் இறங்கவே கூடாது.

இறங்கினாலும், வாஷிங் மெஷினின் வால் போல தண்ணீர் வெளியேற்றும் குழாயை அதற்கான குழியில் இருந்து எல்லாம் எடுத்து பார்க்க கூடாது

அதே போல மிக முக்கியமானது, எலிக்கு பயந்து, மெஷினின் வாலை, வெளியேற்றும் குழாயிலிருந்து வெளியே விட்டிருந்தால், மெஷின் போடும் முன்பு வாலை குழாயில் சுருட்டி வைத்து விடவும்.

சுருட்டாமல் வாலாட்டினால் வரவேற்பறை, வாய்க்கால் வரப்பு போல் ஆகிவிடலாம்.

வரவேற்பறை வாய்க்கால் வரப்பாகி வரம்பு மீறி வரக்கூடாத படுக்கறை பக்கம் வந்தாலும், விழுந்தடித்துக் கொண்டு எல்லாம் ஒட வேண்டாம், வழுக்கி விழும் அபாயம் இருக்கிறது.

இதனால் அறியப்படும் நீதி என்னவென்றால். வாஷிங் மெஷின் ஒருவனை உத்தமோத்தவனாக மாற்றி விடாது! உத்தமோத்தவனுக்கு நேரம் நன்றாக இல்லாவிட்டால், வாஷிங் மெஷின் இருந்தாலும் இடுப்பு வலி வரும்...

Who will bell the cat?

In all of our lives, we face problems. Some that have direct impact on us. Some may not be. In such instances, most of time we do a good job of the root cause analysis of the problem, why it is, who is responsible. how it could have been averted and even say how it could be fixed.

The problem with this analysis of problems, it is just armchair analysis. Well if not for the armchair, the analysis would be activism.

Not many really do have the guts or decency to go ahead and fix the problem when they know how to fix it or at least speak about the problem to the root cause of the problem (Yes, sometimes fixing a problem is all about being decent)

Let's say you are worried about your front yard being filled with trash by your neighbor. You get irritated, curse the person or throw back his/her trash in their front yard along with your trash. May be get in to a shouting match with the trash just lying in your front yard.

How many would walk up to the neighbor and polite, calm and assertively say, what you are doing is wrong? Get your act straight.

If your boss is giving you more work, go tell him, you cannot do it. If your colleague is annoying tell them to stop it. If you like a guy/gal, just go tell them. If you want to move on from a relationship, just move on.

As they say, best way to beat the temptation is to yield to it. One way to beat the fear is to face it.

Similarly, if you have a problem, man up and solve it. Don't just keep cribbing about it. Cause it's your problem and you gotta fix it and nobody's gonna clean your shit for you! Quicker you do it, less the stink!*

p.s
*Sometimes, some people eventually do get to solve the problem, either when they are left with no choice or reach their breaking point or get a epiphany about it. Yet a lot of valuable time and peace of mind is lost from the point of occurrence of problem and time it gets solved. Hence the need to act on it at the earliest!

How To?

In our professional lives, we are all fed and swamped with information in presentations and reports. 

• How to tell someone that they are wrong?
• How to tell someone that they are wrong but they do not know it?
• How to tell someone that they are wrong but they do know it pretty well that they are wrong?
• How to tell someone that they are wrong but they do not care, is it right or wrong?
• How to tell someone that they are wrong because they have no clue about what they are talking?

Also, In any or all of the above scenarios,

• How to tell, if it was someone who works for you?
• How to tell if it was your peer?
• How to tell if it was your boss?
• How to tell if it was your boss's boss?
• How to tell if it was your client?

If you ask me, what would you do? 

The old me would say, "To hell with the scenarios and who is telling and this permutation and combination shit, Just tell them they are WRONG, DEAD WRONG and for good measure, roll your eyes with a disapproving look in your face and if you have luxury of  time take their case for pretty good, so that in future they would think twice before telling something that they are not sure of"

p.s

If you ask me, what would the new me do?, You already have the answer! #YOUGETIT?

Hello 2016!

All that starts well, ends well! 2015 was no exception!

If you had read my post on how 2014 went by, you would know 2015 did start , cool and nice. This eve too was very special in a way :)

• Much of 2015 revolved a lot around career. Certain things went well. Certain things are a work in progress. 
• I should have read more, written more and achieved more. Nope, it is not just the greedy optimist in me. For e.g this post is a proof for how rusty my writing is.
• Few things, I wished, hoped and aspired for did not happen. Yeah, that's life for you. Better to deal with it. (More on that later, hopefully)
• In the last year, I also feel I have changed a lot. No more as aggressive in the face,as I used to be but more mellower.Worse I am even afraid that I am being good at being diplomatic! 
• Interesting irony is much of what I wanted to do and wrote as advice at the start of the year for me still holds good. This means either
• I am still the old me, not learning from my mistakes
• Probably my writing is good and can stand the test of time.
• Contradicts my claim of rusty writing :)
• At the end of the day, well actually at the end of the year, 2015 was a very good one!

No matter how good things are, you have to let them go. So the better and best come your way. Something tells me 2016 will be more awesome!

Reflections from a rainy evening...

Thanks to few kind souls who have enormous faith and belief in me, had an opportunity to talk to around 600 people in a software company.

• Felt too good and too proud to know a truly global standard product is being built out of Chennai. It is really world class cause in a way it is beating the leaders in a particular geography. In a way much more than bigger than Zoho, cause their competitors are much more serious companies. Think of big enterprise software companies selling to bigger companies!
• Good, growing companies invest in people and think of ways to engage and nurture their people
• Despite being an entrepreneur for 15+ years and having such a large company, which definitely requires a lot of hard work and perseverance,the founder was very humble and his thoughts were much more humbler. (Not the typical stereotype ones that we come across in today's hyped up media)
• It is all about being in the right place at the right time
• One should not be too emotional and attached to their venture. Should not hesitate to kill it if it doesn't work
• Ventures are like family. One way or another, they sustain themselves and outlive the founder 

N.B

• The world is truly a small place; 
• No, I am not very sure how good my talk was. I think, it wasn't that bad cause, I saw many people going back to their workstations and continue working
• Nevertheless it was a very good personal learning experience

Two Tortoise Stories

Story 1:

Once there was an angry young man. His peers used to call him reckless because he would always speak his mind and shoot off his mouth without worrying about consequences or giving a damn!

He was worried about the inefficiencies in the organization as a result of the reporting structure and the training/skill development program launched across the organization. He would go on to explain how it could be fixed to anyone who would listen!

One of his colleague said, "You have an ambition to play in the big leagues and you are also so convinced about your thoughts and ideas.Why not write to the highest authority of the organization."

His time in the organization too was ticking away. His another principle was to do something and regret about it rather than regret about not doing it. He decided to give it a go and wrote it to the third highest authority.

To his surprise, he even got a reply later from the highest authority copying one of his top commandant to look in to it and assigning a lieutenant to track and make his ticking clock go away!

If you are wondering, I promised a story and tale should have a twist, and where the hell is the surprise? Well, wait for it!

The first reply started off saying, "Could not download the attachments". The note on issue was sent as PDF and  by then iPhone 4 was already in the market for an year and 4S was about to be launched. Even in top major Indian IT companies,shareholder and chairman are the first and second highest authorities of an organization respectively!

Story 2:

After working for a very large organization, the protagonist wanted to work for a startup. Rationale was he could work across different functions, make a mark and be recognized for his efforts. Considering his MBA plan, he reasoned, it would be good to have experiences from both extremes.

The startup CEO assigned him few employees, and tasked him with a primary function of training them and set up a new services offering unit! Those were the days, where people were worrying about the screen resolution and browser types than the Android/iOS and form factor challenges.

Once he asked his team member to find the version of IE in his computer. Having not heard from him he went to the place of teammate to see what he was up to.

In the IE, he was googling, "What is the version of IE in this computer?"

Disclaimer:
Any resemblance to real life characters are purely coincidence!

Surprises about America: Nice Post,Thank You BI!

Before reading this blog post, this post in Business Insider should be read with out fail. It talks about surprises in America from an International Indian student. It is suggested to have both the pages side by side for reference.

Before I go on with the outrage and point by point rebuttal of fallacies in this article, let me explain why I am doing it?

It is just because, I respect Business Insider. I wouldn't have given a second thought or bothered with it, if it wasn't BI. It is perfectly okay for some one to have their very own opinion, write it in a blog.

My point of concern is BI publishing it in a tone as though it is from an expert authority. It really doesnt goes well with me to see all such sweeping generalizations appearing in BI! It is totally unfair to its readers. What if, a student in a far away corner in India, reads and takes it on face value and believes that to be a true state of reality. What will an American reading about this, think about India?

Hey, Who am I to comment on this?

I spent much of my childhood and formative years in a small Indian town, studied(spent time) in one of the best and the cosmopolitan colleges in India, worked in USA for more than few months, have been outside India for quite some time. Just making it clear, i have seen my share of the world outside India, interacted, worked and studied with more than one nationality and culture.

Grades:There are schools which have a grade no disclosure policy. There are companies which want near perfect grades. Still, should we believer that nobody talks about grades in US!

Private and no flaunting: Oh Yeah, all Indians do is nothing but trumpet their success and no one is humble. By the way, what the hell is that "their performance alone" and "share their accomplishments with everyone else"

Retail experience is nice in India! personal shopper! Many NRI's have opined that people follow you in these retails keeping an eye on you as though you have come to steal. What about WalMart,even there was no one to help out in shopping. Hmm, never know the American malls are so boring. [To be fair, I would Indian malls are good as malls abroad!]

Tech world: Well, they graciously offered to take your work off, cause the work has to be done and there cannot be delay due to one person's incompetence. I have seen people who are rude, offering help, passing the blame and infighting both in India and US.

Competition and Ethics: If students collobarate in US, it is difficult and hence they learn from each other in study groups. If students in India, colloborate, it is called cheating. [I am reminded of a Tamil comedy where if something red comes out of my head, it is blood, if it is coming of your head,it must be Tomato sauce] So, there are no group studies in India, no one helps the other guy. In US, every one is a good samaritan, and marines who leaves no one behind. Let us accept and understand that education system is different in India and US.

Thin Rich and Respect: Cheap food is fatty and home cooked food is expensive! really? I am really not sure, why i am still not fat!! In that one paragraph, where thin people are respected, the entire America is being made to look like the most shallow people on the earth. "Thin and tall but not as much"I cant recall any gal telling she likes her men short! (why am i generalizing in a post which is totally against generalization!) what does that "made me drinks with more care/love" means! If only that was true, For the way, I look and weigh, Starbuck baristas should be only making love to me! So starbucks treats customers differently based on their looks but not on being a regular. Hmm. Why is Starbucks havent sued yet?

Girls are not promiscuous. Oh finally, something right, but contrary to hollywood films. Yeah, even in India, people don't dance with 50 people in background  in rain, when they fall in love contrary to bollywood films. (Sarcasm Intended)

African Americans aren't given enough opportunity, broken families. Hmm, who is the POTUS now? There are no broken families in other communities.

Not qualified to make comment on brick houses, though there is something on the comment section of the article.

Anywhere, buying bulk is cheaper. Hence the wholesale is cheaper. Americans waste food. Yeah, most of the Indian marriages and festivals don't ever waste food.(Sarcasm Intended)

Obsession with Coffee:Coffee was not consumed as much as it is consumed now in US, before Howard Schultz built Starbucks. Section of South Indians are not coffee addicts and can start their without coffee (Sarcasm Intended)

Split familes are not seen differently but when it comes to African American families it is probably a factual reason, that there is a dearth of them in technical fields. (Sarcasm Intended)

Support towards LGBT: Hmm, Why did Tyler Clementi of Rutgers committed suicide? Oh wait, One of the accused in the case was a Indian. All Indians meekly accepted and hailed the verdict when an Indian court criminalized gays and homosexuals! (Sarcasm Intended)

Smoking weed is same as smoking cigarattes. What really? I guess, I am surely smoking weed when i was reading and writing this! Too bad, Washington and Colorado passed laws legalizing Marijuana contrary to the federal law!

I thought, at least the excerpt from Quora was okay and more factual or US 101 until i read the 'almost-classless' soceity! Service professionals own iPhones cause it is on contract. So there are no poor bums in US! There is no haves and have not's.

The bottom line or conclusion is this: One usually goes to abroad looking for a different experience, how things are different, to see the other side of the world.I guess, after seeing the other side, one could still realize that though there is difference, it is not that different. There are good people, bad people, smart ones, dumb ones, hard workers, slackers in all communities. Every human being, culture, country is unique in certain aspects. Yet, one cannot and should not really stereotype or genaralize and put people or things in to boxes. There are norms, but always there are exceptions and that is the norm.

Nice and Informative Post. Thanks to BI.

p.s
I am also being more cynical and nitpicking cause i feel the article just deserves it



 

Purpose of the powder

Of all things that puzzle me a lot, the one that puzzles me the most is the purpose of the powder. Talcum powder that is.

Before we go further, Please note the color white and fair will be used interchangeably in the Indian context. Also remind yourself brownish and wheatish are also considered as white, again in the Indian context!

Is it make you to look fair?

If you are fair, already you are white, and why to apply more white over it? Isn't it more like painting white over white?

If you are dark, again no powder is powerful enough to make the dark go away! Won't applying powder make it look like a white coat painted over the dark? Doesn't applying powder makes it obvious that you are dark rather than masking the darkness?

Disclaimer(s)
1.This post is applicable for guys and girls.
2.I don't think i am fair or white.
3.I don't think beauty lies in the colors.
4.I don't use powder and haven't as far as i know. My Mom says that i was using it a lot when i was a kid.Considering my small face and small hands, hardly i wouldn't have used more than an 100gram talcum powder for my whole life.
5.I don't have anything against the talcum powder companies or the models who come in those ads.
6.Please add any other disclaimer that i might have missed

Update as heard from a powder expert and others:
1.Powder is used as fragrant sweat absorbant
2.It shadows the black spots and makes the skin even
3.Also helps oily skinned people

Go Government Go Green

Either some Ramamirtham has definitely taken a peek at this post by Ramesh or they have learnt a thing or two from their foreign trips.Corporate or non-corporate, there are gonna be many jholna bags or sacks carried around by Rajalakshmi's.

Yeah, it's official in Chennai.

Effective from Sep 1,As per the Govt Directive,For each and every plastic bag you use and depending on the size of it, you have to pay either Re.1/3/5.

Well, yours truly ended up paying Re.1

On hindsight, I could have stuffed few things in my pocket and walked around carrying an AXE in my hand. I just did not want to risk the axe effect to take effect attracting attention from onlookers other than the PYT.

N.B
The words Rajalakshmi and Ramamirtham were coined by Ramesh and he rightfully owns the copyright to them.

Prisoner's Dilemma for IT Dummies

Prisoner's Dilemma. You would have come across this theory, if you had read Game Theory
To know the history and geography of the Game Theory, go here.
For all those, who don't have time ,who cannot comprehend the above link, who want it simple short and sweet, read below:

Appraisal Time, Low Ratings.  
Hike Time, Very Very Low.
No room for growth. No chance for onsites.
So two team mates, Veeru and Jai decide to team up and pursue outside opportunities.
Both attend same company interview.
No No,No silly situations like, we have only one position and we could take only one of you.
That company is in the hiring spree. It hires both of them and gives them the same hike.
Now they come back, high five each other, submit their resignation letters on a friday evening, auto scheduling it for 11.50 P.M with exactly same wordings.
Sunday, they catch up with each other and swear to each other they should stand by their decisions.
Monday, the manager tosses a coin and says,
Heads, Veeru comes to discussion room first,
Tails, Jai comes to discussion room first
Fortunately, this time Veeru wins, goes to discussion room first,
"I have one long term opportunity. If you refuse, I shall offer the same to Jai."
Now the dilemma of Veeru is called Prisoner's Dilemma!

Disclaimer:
The incidents,instances if any resembles real time occurences, they are mere coincidences!
Onsite: To some IT engineers, it is the holy grail of their career. Generally you do the same work at client's location (Usually USA and U.K) rather than doing it from India and you get paid in USD or GBP.

Trainer- 6 Can's and Can't

Trainer gets the questions well in advance.
Trainer can get the key and solutions too well  in advance.
Trainer can refer study notes/materials.
Trainer can take his time to solve the questions
Trainer can afford to make mistakes and correct it.
Trainer can skip the questions.[ and still got nothing to lose!]

Trainer can't afford to come late to class.
Trainer can't afford to sleep/message in class.
Trainer can't afford to guess the answers.
Trainer can't afford to know only one way to solve the questions.
Trainer can't afford to appear dumb or stupid.
Trainer can't afford to look younger than the trainees of the class :):)

N.B
1)Good coaches need not be good players. Good players need not be good coaches.
2)After being on both the ends of the spectrum, Trainee and trainer of competitive exams.

நீ தானா அந்தக் குயில்!

ஏங்க பஸ்ல ரேடியோவோட கூடவே, "பாட்டு எல்லாம் பாடிட்டு வந்தது நீங்க தானா?"

ஆமா, ஏன் கேட்கறீங்க?

நிஜமாவா என்னால நம்பவே முடியலை.

ஏன் நம்ப முடியலை?

இல்லை, உங்க குரல் இவ்வளவு கேவலமா இருக்கும்னு நான் நினைக்கவே இல்லை! 

என்ன செய்ய?

வரிசையில் வரா
வீணர்களை
வசைபாடவா
உதைக்கவா?

Three Mistakes of the Day

During the rainy season,

1. Not owning an umbrella.
2. Not wearing a rain coat but a jeans. 
3. Above all, getting up late, missing the company shuttle that stops just across the door.

Or
Should i say going to office on a rainy day is the one biggest mistake of the day :)

ஏன் எதற்கு இந்த கொலை வெறி?

 "போகாதே  போகாதே  என் தலைவா
பொல்லாத சொப்பனம்தான் நானும் கண்டேன்"

தினமும் காலை அலுவலகம் கிளம்ப எழும்  பொழுது யாரோ  இப்படி பாடுவது போல தோன்றுகிறது?

It's not about a software company

They offer you a wide range of products.
When you want one specific one, sometimes, after sometime they come back and tell you they cant offer you the one.

You state your requirements to one guy.
That one guy tells your requirements to other guy.
The other guy passes your requirements to some other guy.
Finally someone does executes your requirements.

The first delivery and your subseqeunt deliveries will always be delayed than expected.

When you get to see your delivery, you will always know it falls short of expectations.

During the usage, when you need some hot fix/patch you have to escalate to get the proper attention and resource.

During the end of the project, despite all short comings, positive feedback and appreciation will be expected.

Finally when you get to see the total cost, you will invariably feel, if all this was done "In house" all this could have been done for a fraction of cost with total satisfaction.

As I said in the topic, it is not about the software company, it happens in hotels and restaraunts.

Note:
Believe me, I wrote this entire blog post with editing and reediting while I was waiting for my food to be served after ordering here

What do you call this kind of Marketing?

Zee Tamil telecasts the movie "YAARUKKU YAARO " on July-11, 9.00 P.M IST for the First time in the history of the world TV.

Watch the zee tv ad

Damn the Vijay TV's airtel super singer or even the SUN TV, which may buy the rights of the upcoming rajini-shankar movie Endhiran?

Ask them to beat this challenge!

For sure zee tamil have carved a niche, made a date with history and have done something that no other tamil television channel could never ever imagine to do?

This is definitely a watershed event in the history of zee tamizh and the folks at zee tamil would be proud of and cherish the moment.

Normally television channels buy a movie, telecast it and advertise it big time.
If you are asking what is the big deal about this?Then you have never seen this video!

Wondering who the hell/how the hell they would have come up with this creative(daring) idea?

It may not increase the TRP rating of Zee Tamil but for sure will raise the awareness/availability of zee tamil and create a buzzing word of mouth viral marketing.

N.B
If it was not for sam anderson, why will i even bother to check out, is there a website for "zee tamil"? or their channel schedule or at the least even blog about zee tamil or come to know it is not zee tamil but zee tamizh

Felt, The Zee tamizh guys have done a better job at editing and some special effects that is not even available in the original movie.

Ignore Your Boss

You are done with your career/performance/appraisal discussion with your boss.
The boss had 5 positive points and 3 negative points about you.

What are you going to do?
You are going to accept it and start working on the negative points to over come them.

Thats a shame! The boss will always find negative points about you. That's why he or she is called as a boss.Once when you turn your negatives in to positives, by the end of next discussion, they will be ready with a list of few other negative points.

So never mind them. I am sure even Jack Welch receieved Negative points from his boss.And I am very sure that even his boss was never happy with his performance.

Here's the surprising thought.Ignore even the positive feedback given to you. They postive feedback need not be your true strength at all. He/She may never know your true potential.

So what should you be doing?

Listen to your heart.

No one knows better than you than yourself.

Do what you like! Be what you are!

There is no better boss to you than you (oh sometimes may be your girl/boy friend :) )

p.s
This post is inspired by the post "Ignore your critics" by Seth Godin.

தாய்ச்சொல்லைத் தட்டா தனயன்

ரஜினி, "I Can talk english walk english" என பேசுவது போல நான் ஹிந்தி பேச வேண்டும் என்று நெடுங்காலமாக ஓரு பெண்ணிற்கு விருப்பம். வேறு யாருமில்லை, என் அம்மா தான். தமிழ், கன்னடம், தெலுங்கு, என மூன்று திராவிட மொழிகள், மற்றும் ஆங்கிலம் என மொத்தம் நான்கு மொழிகளில் எனக்கு பரிச்சயம் இருந்தாலும்,தேசிய மொழி ஹிந்தி தெரியாமல் இருப்பது அவர்களுக்கு மிகப் பெரும் கவலை, குறை! மலையாளம் கற்றால், என் திராவிட மொழிகளின் பரிச்சயம் முழுமை பெறும் என ஏன் என் அம்மாவிற்கு தோன்றவில்லை.(எனக்கு தோன்றியிருக்கிறது :) )

நன்றாக ஆங்கிலம் பேச விரும்பும் என் நண்பர்கள் யாவருக்கும் நான் கொடுக்கும் அறிவுரை, ஆங்கில படங்களை பாருங்கள்.

ஊருக்கெல்லாம் உபதெசிப்பதை நாம் பின்பற்றினால் என்னவென்ற எண்ணம் சற்றே லேட்டாக என் மனதில் உதித்தது

தியேட்டர் சென்று, நான் ஹிந்தி படம் பார்ப்பது சின்னதம்பியில் கவுண்டமணி படம் பார்ப்பது போலத் தான்.

திருட்டு டிவிடி வாங்குவதில் விருப்பமில்லை.(மோசமான பிரிண்ட்டும், மோசர்பேயரும் காரணம்)

நெட்டில் டவுன்லோடு செய்தாலும் கவுண்டமணி கதைதான். சப் டைட்டில்கள் இருப்பதில்லை. டவுன்லோடு செய்ய பொறுமையும் இருப்பதில்லை. கனெக்க்ஷன் நம்மூரில் இன்னும் ஆமை வேகம் தான். (3G எப்ப ராசா வரும்?)
(நெட்டில் தமிழிசை, ஆங்கில படம், புத்தகங்கள் டவுன்லோடு செய்(த)வது இதில் சேராது)

பிற்காலத்தில் டிவிடி கடை வைக்கும் எண்ணம் எதும் இல்லாததாலும், செகண்ட் ஹாண்ட் டிவிடி மார்க்கெட் இல்லாததாலும், மோசர்பேயர் பங்குகள் வாங்காத காரணத்தினாலும், Big Flix-ல் ஐக்கியமாகி விட்டென். Big Flix,அமெரிக்க net flix-ன் இந்திய பிரதி.

Big Flix சேர்ந்த பின்னும் ஹாலிவுட் மோகத்தை குறைத்து பாலிவுட் பக்கம் வர ஒரு வார காலம் பிடித்தது.

அப்படி எடுத்த முதல் படம் மதூர் பண்டார்க்கர் எடுத்த Page-3 (அவரின் முதல் படமா எனத் தெரியவில்லை)
நம்மூரில் ஊர்ப்பெயர் வைத்து சிலர் படம் எடுப்பார்கள்.சிலர் ஊரை மையமாக வைத்து படம் பண்ணுவார்கள். அது போல டைரக்டர் மதூர் பண்டார்க்கர் உண்மைக்கு மிக அருகில் படம் எடுப்பவர்.
Corporate,Chandni bar, fashion ஆகியவை இவர் எடுத்த மற்ற சில படங்கள்.

பேக்ஷன் துறை நிஜமாகவே, இவர் எடுத்த பேக்ஷன் படம் போலத்தான் இருக்கும் என பேக்ஷன் துறையில் வேலைப் பார்க்கும் நண்பன் ஒருவன் அதிர வைத்தான். Page Three Celebrity யாரையும் எனக்குத் தெரியாது

இனி தினமும் பேப்பரில் மூன்றாம் பக்கத்தை பார்க்கும் போது எல்லாம் இந்த படம் நினைவுக்கு வரும்.

அடுத்த முறை ஊருக்கு போகும் போது அம்மாவிற்கு காட்ட இந்த படத்தை எடுத்துச் செல்ல வேண்டும். போட்டுக் காட்டிய பின், பின்னுரையாகச் சொல்ல வேண்டும். "அம்மா, நீ பார்த்தது சத்தியமாக ஹிந்தி படம் தான், அரைகுறையாக டப் செய்யப்பட்ட படம் அல்ல தமிழ் நாட்டில் தான் தமிழ் தெரியாமல் பிழைக்க முடியும் என்றல்ல, பம்பாயிலும் ஹிந்தி தெரியாமல் பிழைக்கலாம் ஆங்கிலத்தை வைத்துக் கொண்டு. கவலைப்படாதே அம்மா!"

பி.கு
படம் பார்த்து விட்டு மல்லாக்க படுத்து, அகலக்கால் விரித்து, விட்டத்தை பார்த்த போது உதித்த சிந்தனைகள்
பாம்பே மும்பை ஆகிவிட்டது, பாலி வுட் ஏன் மாலி வுட் ஆகவில்லை?
மஹாராஷ்டிரத்தில் மராட்டியர்கள் மட்டும் இருக்க வேண்டும் என போராடும் ராஜ் தாக்கரே, மஹாராஷ்டிரத்தில் ஹிந்தி படம் எடுக்க கூடாது என ஏன் போராடுவதில்லை?