World at its best – But save now !!

December 22, 2009 at 10:10 pm · Filed under Gyan Thoughts, My thoughts, NGO, Social Media, Technology ·Tagged ,

There is lot of talks happening at Copenhagen, are we listening to them ? or is anything happening there, few may ask. I would say, more than Copenhagen it should happen at every place, starting from your home. We first need to come out of our ego, that its not only our world there are few others sharing it with us.

Some simple things can change lot of things, we cant see the change unless we change ourselves. This idea of walking came into me few days back and now I am following it very strictly. I agree, this walking dint start on this purpose but now as I am aware of so many things on global warming and its effects, I have started to see the change in me in order to see the change in others. You too can feel the difference when you start walking for the nearby stores or for a radius of 2 kms to 3kms which will save a lot of fuel and carbon emission not only that you can stay fit :)

Thanks to energy efficient appliances, try using them they make wonders in energy consumption, I have already planned to change my old time tube lights which would roughly consume 40 to 50 watts of electricity to some LED kind of lights which has the same power but which would use 6 watts to 16 watts. There are more better ideas like using CFL ( Compact Fluorescent Lamp) but it would cost little bit extra but worth it !

I am lucky in one way to have my mom at home, she keeps telling me to switch off the fan or lights when not used :P , if you don’t have anyone at home to remind you about this, now start to put this in your “things to do” list immediately. It saves more electricity than you imagine, you know it can light up a whole village.  I think,  Chennites shouldn’t worry about lights at morning, we always have sun shining on us :) I always recommend to shake hands with nature and get along with it.

Investing in alternative energy is always better and safe way to live. Think of solar powered heaters, solar powered lights and much more. There are plenty of solar powered appliances, start investing on it than on some hi tech music system or running 3 to 4 air conditioners together.

We have started this war against nature, now we are facing serious threats. Now we should act cleverly. Its easier to destroy this planet but think what will happen to our younger generation or the generations yet to come ? What wrong have they done to us or to this very planet ? Not only to human race, there are so many animals gone extinct because of this.  A lot of things can happen, summers getting longer, Crops getting damaged due to sudden change in weather, Earths atmosphere is getting more un-predictable by more rains at some places and lots more like melting of ice and rivers overflowing etc..

we need  to think seriously, we need to get united and face this than saying,” hey! this is not for us”, some big people are talking something at Copenhagen and they would come up with some solutions. If we don’t co-operate with those leaders then how can they bring some solutions? Just think about it… a food for thought ;)

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Life – is it a mysterious one ?

November 30, 2009 at 5:38 pm · Filed under Gyan Thoughts, My thoughts ·Tagged ,

I call life as a mysterious one, each time I step into something, life teaches me a lesson out of it. Some people like the way it teaches, but some say its really a bad teacher. I fall into the first group of people who like the lessons. Its hard to digest, but at the end there is always something really nice to look upon.  People do say, when one door closes another one should open,  but at the first place why is it closing? this mysterious question is always unanswered.  So is this the law of nature? negatives and positives ? Matter and Anti matter ? Protons and anti protons

Present state of my life is revolving in same direction, sometimes it like my door has opened, after few months I feel that door has a very short passage way where I need to re look on the next door. I am finding these doors a lot of time in my journey of life. So are there many positives and negatives revolving around me ? or simply my life is taking hair-pin bends a lot of time ? The door which I am looking at right now, I suppose it has a good passage way where I don’t have to look for any more doors – hoping..

But what may happen, I am enjoying this life, there are lots of things that are yet to be seen by me, I am ready to face them… wow, it feels great to write after a long gap..Hope I don’t stop from now on..

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Life has its own meaning !

September 14, 2009 at 3:05 pm · Filed under Gyan Thoughts, Marketing ·Tagged , , ,

This is an extraordinary feeling after enjoying your holidays and going back to work with full josh and also with more rejuvenated mind. I was craving for such a break for long time, I was surrounded with lots of distractions and with some  career problems. My career was going haywire, and I dint know what I was doing. I am person with positive attitude, may be this helped me. I always think, that if some door is closed another would open. This has proved right to me. I was forced to take up a role which I dint like, but was sticking to it for almost 2 years, during that time I could able to work on my strengths and weaknesses, thanks to my close friend and mentor. That’s the only good thing happened to me in that organization. Though your in bad position/situation there are some good/positive things happening around you, try to look at them and grab them.

In an organization senior management dint bother about the career of junior executives who believed that their future is depended on that company.  So company producing loses dint bothered them, few sensed the alarm and quit. Since they were already in the senior management position and with lots of experience they could easily get another job or even they could start a company. We the junior team, were struggling. Dint knew what to do, my suggestions to develop that company was waste of time, it was not given any recognition and I could see the danger signal in front of me. Asking me, what am I going to do ? Then I was thinking on the door which would soon open for me, since this door is about to close. I could see no bright light ahead from this door. Now I am so happy that, I got an offer which I dint expect at all. That too, in one of  my favorite subject, Marketing. The timing was perfect, I got this offer in the right time. So again, I am satisfied that, the theory what I am following is absolutely perfect. We just need to think Positively, and everything would happen for a reason.

I am feeling rejuvenated after the Yercaud trip. I would definitely suggest a holiday at least once in  4 months. It could be even a short week end trip, I am sure that would help you to re energies your whole body along with your mind.  I feel this city life is so boring, not only because it spoils ones health, but also we don;t get to enjoy the nature. We are so obsessed with work, that we don;t give ourselves the time, where we can enjoy the scenic beauty of mother earth. Just for an example, the place I stay has lots of important and nice spots which could be enjoyed, but I never realized it. Dint bother to take a tour. But this holiday I promised myself to go to all the places, which I dint visit and now I am really happy that as promised I have covered almost all the places and I feel really rejuvenated.

I am loving it !

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Yercaud – Is really Poor mans ooty !

September 11, 2009 at 7:38 pm · Filed under Gyan Thoughts, My thoughts ·Tagged , ,

Yercaud, this is the place I  headed to. I was in the bus which is bound to reach CBE, it was 4 30am and I peeped out frm my window to see the salem city. It was live by then, lots of shops were open and people were already started to walk, since it was main road there were many small shops. I reached the bus stand around 4 45am and I stepped down from the bus to keep my first footsteps in this city. I never been here, it was all the transit during my m;lore trip. I headed straight to the Tea shop to buy myself a cup of tea, I got the spl tea and it tasted very nice, it was almost like masala tea. It was already 5am and the weather was little cold, tea helped me to keep myself warm. I went searching for the Yercaud bus, and yeah I found it and it was ready to leave. I took the bus and sat near the window, cant miss such an opportunity to see the nature more close. Driver sat in his thrown and engine got its life and started to roar. It was 5 15am and the weather was amazing. After a brief drive, I could see a board and it was a welcome message frm the government, ” Welcome to Yercaud have a pleasant stay ” and my energy boosted instantly.

Bus journey was good, I had to witness 20 hair pin bends. The distance was almost 20 to 25 kms from ground level. It was nice to see the nature at its best, and that too in early morning, nothing can be written about that beauty, you need to witness it. People were walking and I could also see few people meditating. The breeze was powerful with medicated and natural herbs. By 6 20am I was in the top of the ghats, Yercaud I am there ! Got down and I need to take few steps to reach my hotel, Hotel Tamil Nadu. I would def recommend this place, its nice. People shouldn’t expect all the comforts when your out from your own place. If you have an open mind, its the best place to stay. I got the room and clicked few Pics, I dint want to waste any more time in the room, so freshned up and went down for breakfast. It was reasonable and good. I went for a walk nearby, I could see boat house and deer house. the  calmness in Yercaud is welcoming.
After this, I got myself a cab and went to all the important places in Yercaud like, Shervoroys Temple, Raja Rajeshwari Temple, Pakoda Point, Botanical Garden, Gents seat, Ladies Seat, Childrens seat, TV station, Rose garden, Kiliyur falls ( Couldnt reach this kiliyur falls, may be next time I could make it ).
This journey is really a rejuvenating one, if you feel depressed or if you think you need a break, then this is the place I will recommend. Its very economical and nearby if your in TN or Karnataka. The nearest spot is Salem which is very well connected via road, rail and air. Lots of buses go to Yercaud from Salem and vice versa. The last bus from Yercaud is 21 30 hrs. So enjoy your stay. I envy those people in salem, how close are they to this natural wonder. Yercaud – Its really a poor man’s ooty .

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I am not white nor black, I am Blue !

August 31, 2009 at 11:33 am · Filed under My thoughts, NGO ·Tagged , ,

It was a proud moment for me yesterday evening. I am proud to say that, I am one of the helping hands for Blue cross of India, Madras.

 
The Blue Cross of India was established in 1959 and registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act in 1964 to alleviate the suffering of animals. It has grown from small beginnings to become one of India’s largest animal welfare organizations, running active animal welfare, animal rights and humane education programmes.

To ensure that all monies received by the Society are used primarily for animal welfare activities, the administration and non-medical activities of the Blue Cross of India are almost entirely looked after by members who donate their time and expertise on a purely honorary basis.

The work of the Blue Cross has received national and international recognition. Its Office Bearers have served on many State and Central Government Committees over the last forty years.”

 

 I love animals, but one incident made me to join Blue Cross. One day when I was leaving for office, I heard somebody knocking at my door, so when I opened the door, it was a surprising guest. It was a cute looking pigeon, I can also say it was a strong heart pigeon. It was fighting against few angry crows. Immedietely I allowed the pigeon to entry into my house and I closed the door. It was really frightened and was very week, it couldnt fly. I dint know what to do next, I just took the pigeon in my hand and then took to my room. Then I got few rice grains and water and kept it next to it, so that it can eat.

I thought I need to handover this pigeon to some person who can take care. I remembered a friend of mine, who works for some Animal welfare, so I called him up immedietely.  He asked me to keep the pigeon, and he would ask his friend to come and pick it up from my home. I was happy and relieved and told this message to my mom and left for my office.

After few hours my mom called up to tell the bad news, the pigeon had died. I was so emotional and felt sorry for the pigeon. Later I learnt that, those crows might have caused the injuries to this pigeon.  I had a thought may be if I had taken this pigeon to a vet immidietely I couldve had a chance to save a life. I was so ignorant, i dint know what to do when I see a injured animal on the road. So this made me to take a “Pledge” from now onwards, I will give my complete best to save a life of any animals.

I called up Blue cross of India and immedietely joined as a “volunteer”. Yesterday we had organised a dog show for our Indian dogs, mongreals and cross . It was an amazing show, we witnessed more than 70+ registrations and the companions were so proud to bring thier pets to the stage for a walk. It was judged and the prizes were given for nearly 26 categories, including some fun categories like ” the most number of Kisses” ” Best Kisser” ” pet which looks similar to the owner” etc… Lots of freebies were given to them, which includes shampoos, soaps, pedigree’s etc…

I am looking forward to serve more and more for those living beings who share the place with us. we humans should learn from them, they dont want human race to be extinct but we need their skin, bones, teeths. Our parents showed us the dinosours through books or movies, I think we will be showing lions and tigers to our children. Think about it.

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Run for the Life !

August 26, 2009 at 12:46 pm · Filed under Gyan Thoughts, My thoughts, NGO ·Tagged , ,

Its a great feeling for me, personally. After seeing the ad in The Hindu, I had all the energy in the world to participate even before thinking ” how am I going to do?” I had never thought of this last year, yeah I am talking about the GiveLife – Chennai Marathon – 2009 . Its really a great feeling when your running for your city as well as for those good cause. Hats off to give life and other sponsors who are supporting this great show.

Yesterday, was the day, I officially registered for the great Chennai Run. Its a great feeling, I am not able to express this properly in words. Past few weeks, I am constentely jogging, its become a routine for me. I am enjoying it too. So now the challenge ahead to run 7 kms is motivating me a lot. Its always you jog or walk for you own health, but this time I am doing it for others, for those underpriveleged brothers and sisters. Giving them as much I can. Also for my city, which has shared all the joys and sorrows with me. It has given me a beautiful place to stay, beautiful place to drive, beautiful place to relax, beautiful place to learn, beautiful place to look at the corner of the land. I don’t give a damn, when people complain about Chennai. Com’on every place has its own limitations, people need to adapt to it, not compain about it. Well, I dont need to talk abt that crap now. I love Chennai.

May be the next year I can do better by participating in half marathon, I can contribute more as well as I can run more for the soceity. Guys, if your interested please go ahead, dont think so much. Its very easy to register and the details you can check it out in the website, which I have provided.

See you there Chennai :) Vannakam :)

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Monsoon, more dangerous than swine !

August 13, 2009 at 3:37 pm · Filed under My thoughts ·Tagged , ,

I feel there is a serious threat to our country, instead of spreading panic (swine flu), people should worry about the failed monsoon. Indian Monsoon is closely interconnected with our economy, this would definetly push the food prices up. The Inflation is mounting. What are we going to do?

Upper middle class, middle class people can survive this, but what about lower class and BPL families ? Indian govt says, they do have good amount of buffer stocks. “Central agencies like Food Corporation of India have buffer stocks of over 50 million tonnes of rice and wheat”.  The main trouble will be the distribution of this food to the needy people. How are they going to manage this crisis ? Meanwhile, our Prime Minister has told will do ” everything possible” to keep the food inflation down. I also read in one of the news paper, our PM has told, we should be prepared for the rise in the food prices. isnt this contradictory ? Or I lost the meaning ? I feel this is more dangerous than this Swine flu, when people are finding tough to buy thier basic need, food.. how are we going to survive ?

Now what are the casuses for this monsoon disappereance ? I had a talk with one of my uncle’s yesterday, we were seriously discussing about, food inflations, swine flu, negligence of people ( travelling from Pune to other places, without any protection and encouraging the spread in other regions ), poor maintenence of govt hospitals, etc; when I was more concerned on monsoon, I persisted to talk more on that. He made some comment, he told “have you noticed , recently there were news about, glaciers / snow cap melting” ? I asked what is there for this monsoon ? he said, if there is no barrier, wouldnt the clouds move on ? it made sense for me, when clouds hit the mountain and return back to india, they form as monsoon. which I rememebered studying in my geography class :D .

Other main reason is ” De forestation” we know about this, but still we cant stop this. when the trees, leave the oxygen and this oxygen ionises and then attracts the cloud and helps the precipitation. There is a theory on this, well it was more on chemistry, so I couldnt manage to grasp. It was a worthwile chat.

So now what do you think ? how can we tackle this problem ? food inflation in one side, no rain in another. will this be highlighted after this swine flu hangama ? or will this go unnoticed ? let me keep this open for discussion ….

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Swine Swine go away ! But don’t come again

August 10, 2009 at 12:31 pm · Filed under My thoughts, NGO ·Tagged , , ,

Its been a while since I wrote any blog here, I was occupied by doing lot of things. I am really excited about it too. Presently reading, “Imagining India” by Nandan Nilekani, which is taking good amount of time after office hours. I would def recommend this book, atleast to know about our country in much better way.

:Last week, I was reading Robin Cook’s – Critical. Its really a critical story :D with lots of charecters and fight between mafia gangs and spread of deadily bacteria ( MRSA ), I should have expected this after reading COMA of the same author. I was curious to read CRITICAL because that was his last book :D

Really, speaking about those deadily viruses and bacteria’s, it scares you a lot to go to any speciality hospitals. I know I can’t take everything as told, but looking at those viruses and co-incedentel SWINE flu now, it really makes one to put on the thinking cap. My collegue who is a business development manager in Mumbai region, was telling me that eveyone is scared to death recently after the first death. He told me that, he keeps washing his hands with an anti-biotic soap regularly, but his job demands him to be on the field.

Now the recent news is Delhi govt has asked to shut the school for a week, will this be beneficial? I cant answer this. How long you can keep the doors closed? Now everywhere, and in every newspaper “Swine Flu” has made the bold headline.

This swine flu has even swallowed a 4 year old boy who was in ventilator, then died of multiple organ failure in Chennai today morning along with an ayurvedic doctor in Pune. So the total death count is 6 in India.

I was looking out for the symptoms and the precautions which can be taken for this deadly influenza, came up with nice article, thought I can share this.  please read this, its better to be prepared than being ignorant.

Symptoms of Swine Flu

The symptoms of swine flu are usually like those of regular seasonal flu and include:

  • headache
  • chills
  • cough
  • fever
  • loss of appetite
  • aches
  • fatigue
  • runny nose
  • sneezing
  • watery eyes
  • throat irritation
  • nausea and vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • in people with chronic conditions, pneumonia may develop

Precautions Against Swine Flu

Good standard flu prevention techniques are recommended to protect yourself against swine flu:

  • Get a regular seasonal flu vaccination. It might not help against this specific strain, but it won’t hurt.
  • Wash your hands frequently with soap and hot running water. If hot water is not available, use an alcohol-based hand gel.
  • When you cough and sneeze, cover your mouth and nose. Wash your hands afterwards.
  • Avoid being near others who might be sick.
  • Stay home if you are sick, to avoid affecting others.

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When will we “CHANGE”

August 1, 2009 at 12:15 pm · Filed under Gyan Thoughts, My thoughts ·Tagged , ,

Why Does people belive in superstition? why is this always happens to me, that I need to come across such people? I know this is really a stupid question to ask, but I have no better work to do now :D

@We can donate in lakhs, why not even in crores to Temples, but why don’t we give even a penny to orphanages/child care centers/old age homes?

@We want our son/daughter to be genius like Einstein, spend tons of money on Ghee and Oil, doing “Sacred pooja”, why not feed other children who are undernourished ?

@we spend half of our income, to know our future, why not spend on some poor kids who are worried about thier present?

@we spend crazy amount of money on weddings, why do we need a social status when we dont worry about the society? is our relatives alone make the society ?

@we spend money on doing big big yagna for “Varuna deva” for rain, instead why dont we plant trees in our surroundings?

@we (Govt) give lot of subsidies for different things, why dont we give free education?

@we spend money on some religious poojas to have a good health, why don’t we stop adulterations?

@we love “God” so much even though we cant see, why not love our fellow human beings, who you can see and be with them?

@we gather millions of people on some occassions in name of god, why dont we get united everyday?

@We spend lakhs and lakhs on donations either for school, colleges. why dont we realise that this is our basic rights? why we need to pay such donations?

@we can go on for a walk for miles, on the name of pilgrimages, why dont we make an habit to walk everyday?

@we can pierce almost everywhere in our body in the name of god, why do we hurt others?

@we live in a democratic country were we have the “Right to Speak” but why we need to pay our telephone bills? ( this one just to divert your mind, lighter one! ) :)

Now Seriously when will we change? If there is any kind of accounting system, where we can take an account on people spending on such supersition, am sure the money would be in trillions of $ . I am not restricting only to India, around the world the spending would be in trillions.

I think, I would’ve ignited a spark in your head now :D let that spark burn brighter n brighter…

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Facebook weds SMS

July 31, 2009 at 11:49 am · Filed under Branding, Business Thoughts, Gyan Thoughts, Marketing, My thoughts, Social Media, Technology ·Tagged , , ,

Good News for Facebook fans in India. Recently Facebook has inked a deal with an Indian SMS service company called GupShup, the advantage from this deal is, Facebook users can register their mobile phone and update thier status through SMS from anywhere in India. Earlier, this can be done only if your using TATA Indicom or either through GPRS or using internet from your smart phones.

In India, most of the people dont use smartphones, but the SMS is used like crazy. Almost 90% of the users know how to send sms from their phone. Facebook has also made is very simple, people cant forget the number to which they need to send the update. (9232232665) you can read it in another way (92FACEBOOK) simple isnt it ?

How to activate the service?

You need to log on your Facebook account, go to settings and then to mobile. You can register your mobile number by choosing “Other Carrier”. You would be receiving a SMS with an activation code, you need to enter this code and done. Now you will receive an another sms with some tips on how to use this service.

When you need to update your Status, just type your status like how to send a SMS then use this number (9232232665) you can see your update updated in your profie. You can edit the prefrence in the settings tab.

How to Deactivate the service?

Just send a msg “Stop” to the same number, simple !

Some words from the director of Mobile from Facebook “Henri Moissinacm, “We realize how important it is to work with great companies in the mobile space in countries like India, and by enabling Facebook on SMS, users can now use it even when they’re not near a computer.”

I am sure, VAS is the next big thing in the Indian Mobile market. Watch out for more interesting news ! Do pass on your feedback on this service.

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