Thursday, June 29, 2006

The Game is on the 5th Gear




My interest on Sports is very limited. You should have guessed it from the picture that I made today morning, to make a post on the MOST-WANTED match of the series. Germany plays Argentina in the First Quarter Finals of the FIFA World Cup 2006. Whoever wins this match has a extra probability of kissing the cup. (What if France was there in the Anti Climax ?)

Im not a great fan of this game. All I know about it is "Few people struggle to reach their Goal.. and few people try and stop them". Sounds like a game of life. :) I havent closely observed any match in the series, but I took a sneak-peak here and there and understood where countries stand in terms of progress towards the Grand-Finale ! I knew this match was coming.

People everywhere are thrilled about this classic football match, with the war of the Titans. I really dont know about both the teams. My friends at work and other friends on Google Talk have been excited, and they cant wait to see this match. Seasonal behaviours, you know.

All of a sudden people talk about "No.. That guy shouldnt have been given a red card... ","2010 South African Fifa will have electronic Refree... ","Crespo Hernan will be on watch today...". While I dont understand most of the techie stuff of the sport, I just enjoy the way the tempo keeps pacing, as the teams progress ahead.

I bet on Argentina ! (an analytical guess..)

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Back to TV


After nearly two years, one program has brought me back to television. Vijay TV Grandmaster. Guess you guys are aware of the program. If not, watch it every Monday to Thursday 9.30 PM on Vijay TV.

The show is about the contestant(wrong term) thinking of a famous personality, and the Quizmaster will ask a series of questions to Crack the name in his/her mind. We have done it in schools.. But this one is interesting, as we keep guessing along with the Quiz master.

Konal Vaai Gayathri Jeyaram hosts the show(Too many people on stage, other than the contestant). I dont understand why Gayathri is necessary on the show. I googled and found about the Malayalam speaking guy on the show, who makes the program very very interesting. Pradeep is his name. He anchors a "reverse Quiz" show, which means he asks questions to find out the answers. The name of the original show is Ashwamedham (Kairali TV).

Lazygeek had mentioned about Vijay TV slowly tasting the TRP. But these are just baby steps. They should take Giant leaps like Sun TV. Most of the shows on Vijay TV wraps around the interest of the elite public. More English nedi and a very posh culture. TRP wont buy that.
The bike is zipping 80 KMPH
Beautiful breeze
The wind arouses your hair...
The road is clean without traffic
The weather is so very cool
when Soft rain drops fall on your face

I dont know what feeling it causes to you..
But I will have an itch on my face.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006


There are many reasons why there is a subtle price difference on a same product in India and USA. But they wouldnt make so much sense, if the difference is so much.

I have only displayed a proper comparison. We could buy 1GB Hi-Speed Duo Pro in some store in the US for $69.99 (Roughly less than Rs. 3500).. and a normal 1GB is costing 32,000 in India. Damn.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Monday, June 26, 2006

VOID

Making friendship, these days is quite easy. Just chat with a person a few more times, and you become pals. But something somewhere is Volatile. What ?

Yahoo Messenger with Voice
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Raghu :
why dont we meet ?
Madhavan : sure.. its better we meet before i get cancer.
Raghu : What if you were a girl ? under a fake name.. what if you were building the entire six month chats for a meeting.. and head it up for something dangerous.. ? You know about my family details.. you know about my richness..
Madhavan : How many times do i have to tell you
Madhavan : Break lines.. and dont type a big sentence.
Madhavan : hold on.. let me read what you typed..
Raghu : leave the reply.. ill grab a coffee.. BRB.
Madhavan : yeah.. Dont get stuck up in that lift on your way back :)
Raghu : LOL

Madhavan and Raghu are AR Rahman fans.. and both of them like Naveen, the lead Flute player with Rahman. They got out of the common forum, where they virtually-met (or clicked each other) and began slow private chats. Eventually they became great pals. Both belonged to Chennai. They havent met each other, but seen each other's homes on Google Earth. They now know each other's details including CTCs.

Raghu : Back...
Raghu : So, What is your real name ? Madhavi ?
Madhavan : Dhoda !! no girl at my position would want a future manager. Girls hate to wait..
Raghu : Hmm.. right.. So when ? Where ? You decide.. Im not working this weekend..
Madhavan : But you are going to that boring birthday party on saturday, arent you ?
Raghu : oh yeah.. Sunday, then.
Madhavan : Baldy is calling me for a meeting.. will be back and tell you where..
Raghu : sure.. say my hi to Mr. Bald
Madhavan : hey... wait.. who's gonna pay ?
Raghu : :D... you are the rich guy ?
Madhavan : Lets call it off.. dont talk to me again !! ever...
Raghu : hmm... Dutch ?
Madhavan : sounds better .. :) BRB

Both were excited about the meeting. They have been chatting like thick pals for the past six months.. and they should have one helluva party, once they meet. Sunday it is.

Raghu had come to the restaurant 15 minutes in advance. He reserved a table and ordered a Pepsi. To Raghu, this meeting was seeming artificial from yesterday night. Madhavan was just coming in. He was all excited about this meeting. He saw Raghu waving hands from the corner table. Yeah.. Raghu.. at last.

"Heeeyy !"...
"Hai..." smiles.. smiles.
"You started already ?" .. Madhavan was pointing at Raghu's Pepsi.
"No.. i came a little early.. adhaan. Quenching my thirst.."
Raghu gave some time for Madhavan to settle down.. place his helmet.. and drink a glass of water.

"So...", Madhavan asked.
Raghu knew this was coming. What are we going to talk about ?

"Lets order first.. these guys take time in preparing stuffs.."
"Sure.. im damn hungry.. Ill order a ....mmm"
They went on and ordered somethings..

"Hmm.. approm.. vera enna visheshangal ?", Madhavan asked.
Raghu smiled.. "Nothing much.. same old things".
"How is mom, anu and hows the Veerabadhrar.. ?" Madhavan knew in detail about Raghu.
"They are all fine.. did i tell you about Veeru's new mannerism ?"...
"ha ha !! yeah.. you did.."
"How is your Neha ?"
"Hmm... dont ask me that.. you know why !!"
Raghu choked.. "alright..."

Food was served. It was quicker than expected.

"Wow.. tastes good. Superaa irukkuda"
"I know.. i love this place.."

They ate in silence. Raghu and Madhavan both didnt understand the silence.

"There is a new Google Spreadsheet application. you should try it.. will be very handy for project managers"
"Oh ! Really ? I havent tried... How do i ..."
"Ill send you an email about it.. sure.. its a good application"
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"It is a new rumour.. very funny.. you should read it.. i will forward you tonight..."
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"You know how to contact the guy who repaired your laptop.. Mine is giving trouble..."
"Ennachu ?"
"The DC power drains out faster... i even changed the battery. need to check.."
"Ill send him an email copying you.. he will get in touch with you.."
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Raghu took photos of the lunch on his cell..
"Hey.. did you know.. people are getting arrested using Camera Phones on public.."
"Yeah.. read that one.. i think its a good move by the city police..."
"Send me these pictures.. You have Bluetooth on that ?"
"No.. Ill send it on a mail.."
"Ok.. send it to my office ID"
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A lot of conversations in bits and pieces. Most of them ended in anyone of them promising to send emails. They were living more on mails than vocal cords.

They were waiting for the bill..
"So..."
"Nothing much.. come home one day..."
"Sure.. neeyum vaada..."

In the parking lot....
"Fine.. then... ok... will Buzz you monday morning.."
"Sure.. dont forget those emails.."
"You too..."

Raghu on his way back, thought about the entire course. Madhavan came from nowhere. He isnt my friend, but we began talking like great pals.. we met for no reason... and whats the point ?


Yahoo Messenger with Voice
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Madhavan :
You there pal ?
Raghu : Yep.... saw the pics...
Madhavan : Cool.... thanks for choosing that place.. it was fun meeting you..

Raghu smiled... he thought over for a long time. He then typed back

Raghu : Of course, it was fun... we should keep meeting.. :)

Saturday, June 24, 2006

The Future of Avyukta

After being the best blog in the Indian Blogosphere, and rated the most valued Blogger by Google Blog Digest, Avyukta goes further to expand its popularity.

Avyukta Steel Corporation will be inagurated in Chennai by Honble. PM and the Union Minister for Industrial Development and the Tele-Communications Minister. Actually I did not invite the Tele-Communication minister.. But he said that it was his usual Habit to join any inaguration ceremony in Chennai. "How do you think I got this free hair-cut", he smiled :)

Few years down the line, Avyukta Inc will invest and buy out Jet Airways. Iam offended by the way Jet Airways made business. They had miserably failed to take over Air Sahara. I will, after buying Jet Airways, acquire Air Sahara and Kingfisher. This will give birth to Air Avyukta. As the name "Avyukta" means Crystal Clear, there will be some special flights that will be Crystal Clear - Transparent body. People can look down from 35,000 feet, and the Pilots get a clear Visiblity of the runway, while landing. I, as the CEO, will decide the everyday menu.

Avyukta's interest always lies on Softwares. So, a small Software company with 70,000 employees will begin in Srirangam. Srirangam will be called the Software Head Quarters of India. Our Clients will include high-priority customers such as Sriranganathar. Our Shares will do well in the market, and all our employees will get a proper ESOP unlike Infosys. We dont have plans of moving the company elsewhere or opening another office in Chennai. However, Avyukta Softwares, Mountain View, VA will be the Head 0ffice. I will be there alone. I like privacy. If you have more experience in softwares, just send me your resume. I have more influence in my company.. I can arrange an interview :)

After getting bored with all the Industry, Airways and Softwares... Avyukta will think about something else. It will start a Movie Production company. "Avyukta Talkies". So many hit movies that run as much as 250 days.. including Rajinikanth's "Govinda Govinda" and Kamalhasan's "Ada Raama !". We are planning to produce Vijay in "Seerkazhi".. we chose this name because he has by then completed all the town-names in that route. Vijay is a School Peon.. and he is against all the Rowdy teachers. He becomes the Hero among the Ist standard students. The Rowdy teachers get angry and in the name of revenge, they take special classes to the Ist Standard students. How Vijay will fight the Gundas, and save the children is the story. Oh ! I forgot to mention, we have Bipasha Basu as the School Aaya! Needless to say "Avyukta Talkies" will have a big land mass in Vadapalni.. (we have taken over AVM).

Did I tell you about the non-profitable charity body called "Avyukta Trust".. No kidding here.. its my dream.. it is just another Old age home. Thats all.

For best results, you can Invest on Avyukta Mutual Funds.

"Avyukta Pharma" was begun to make research on how to get rid of my pimples. We have invented a Soap called "Rexolux". We have acquired Rexona and Lux... we mixed the Rexona and Lux soap, and tried it on. All pimples were gone. A small burning sensation on the skin, for six months. Thats all you will face. Try it once and you will never have pimples again.

"Avyukta Music", "Avyukta Luxury Club", "Avyukta eGovernance" and so on....

God Damn it... I have to get www.avyukta.net first. Adhukke vazhi illa...
But sure, when Avyukta.net is bought, I will make sure I make some revenue out of it, and start the Steel Company.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

End with Style

Few of AR Rahman's Music ends with some more bonus music. Three samples for you.
Ensai.



This is from Pudhiya Mugham... Veenai being my favourite instrument, I love the usage here.. (However the best Veenai appearance on Rahman's music was in "Kadhalikkum Pennin" from Kadhalan)



This is from Love Birds - Unni Menon's best.



This is the Violin Duo - Ganesh Kumaresh for Parthale Paravasam. Aaaha..

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

True.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Imsai Arasan - Bets ?

வாளும் வேலும் என் இரு கண்கள்..
போர்க்களம் என்பது இந்த புலிகேசியின் பொழுதுபோக்கு !
உறைந்த ரத்தம், நான் உறிஞ்சும் வாசம்
உருண்டோடும் தலைகள் , நான் எத்தி விளையாடும் பந்துகள்.
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New trailer of Imsai Arasan on Indiaglitz....

Vadivelu's tamil (except the Zha - La part ) is cute. I always like his voice, especially when he sings some Old MGR songs..

BTW, after watching the trailer, which had very minimal comedy in it, Im doubting that the expectation cloud around this movie will be pricked by disappointment after release. Just as it happens to any other movie.

Expectation is always shipped with Disappointment. (Gawd ! Im a philosopher)

Many movies which claim to be comedy movies, dont have comedy beyond whats there on the trailers. When directors take strenous care for a comedy movie, there are a lot of chances for a Spectacular Sodhappal. I wish Imsai Arasan is good.

Just a wierd question ! What if Imsai Arasan is a huge hit, than Rajini's Sivaji ! How will Shankar feel ?

Monday, June 19, 2006

Kadhayalla - Vidhai !

New Service - Wetpaint - So, New page - http://avyukta.wetpaint.com

Frankly, I did not have a utility for such a service. Wetpaint offers us a sub-domain with space and allows us create multiple pages within it. Its got some good templates and all that.

But the best feature (or just a feature) is that it allows anyone to edit the page and save it. Wikipedia like, you know. But I didnt have anything worth discussing like that. So, after creating a Username and password there, I was thinking of a utility. And ended up with this idea - Open-story Board. Something similar to Open Source codes :)

I have staged one story called "Void" there. It has begun and it needs to progress and end. Why dont you try continuing the story, or even go up to ending it.

Edit the page, Write One line and change the course of the story. Give turning points. Suspenses. Or drive it in any direction your imagination flies. Just drive.

Let us see how collective thoughts collaborate to write a story. I was told that this idea would stink and will vanish in air. I would have to agree after tomorrow.

Try it.

Sunday, June 18, 2006

This is Keerthivasan reporting for Avyukta

There are these elders who feel that the movie songs of these dont even match the olden day's quality. Ask them this question, "Do you think movies have spoiled the society ?". They would not only say a yes, but will also take strenuous care to explain you, why they think so. I dont think they are right, atleast they are wrong partially.

Human beings are cool beings that come with self-destructive programs. They dont need an external appliance to spoil themselves. Suicidal. But apart from the Human Beings and movie makers, there is a supreme genere of species called "Journalists" who have been instrumental in cooking the minds of the listening public. I feel the Journalists are the most influencing people. They are entitled to throw Logical questions at anybody. They have the potential to change Governments. They have the magic spell that quickly brings an issue into limelight. They also have a formula called "Public Ignorance" by which they can rollback the issue from the Limelight. They can juggle around with issues which cost life and more.. and make stunts in the name of "Sting Operations" which rarely fascinate me.

The problem is, they make us choose their taste. If parliament is fun for them, they make it funny for us. If Rahul Mahajan is consuming Herbal products (!) and if the news interests NDTV or CNN IBN, we have nothing else to watch. We have to watch Rahul Mahajan walking and crawling in and out of the court room. When they get bored of it, they will remove it from our screens and show Al-Zarqawi. I was pissed off when Al-Zarqawi was dead and CNN IBN was showing the Iraqi President conversing in Iraqi for more than 15 minutes, without even a translation. WTF ? It might be an important news, but what sense does it make to the Indian Public listening to an alien language ?

Journalism is highly acclaimed all over the world and is considered the most powerful form of media. It is paired with the belief of the public. It only looks like they are taking advantage of the belief.

Journalists are the only medium through which we can watch the Parliament. Is there another way ? No. You can know what your MP or MLA is doing only through a Journalist making a document of it, or asking effective-questions about it. I get irritated everytime when someone asks questions to Mr. Karunanidhi, and when they get a irrelevant answer, they dont rephrase. There are people like Karan Thapar who would rephrase questions on the fly to make a program interesting. I dont wish every journalists to be Karan Thapar, but atleast they can show some resistance to BULLSHIT answers. No.. we dont get the resistance. Instead they make fun of the Politicians who give irrelevant answers. Makes us ask a question.. "Why didnt you tell him, its an irrelevant answer and wait for a proper one ?".. Dont tell me they worry about Autos coming to their homes. Gone are the days.

People read newspapers and are unable to keep a thorough follow-up of things because of fluctuating focus. A breaking-news is seen in the First-column, then moves to the firstpage bottom.. then moves to the third page and then eventually forgotten. Keeps the people ignorant of whats happening about what was interesting them for a while.

Everyone in Tamilnadu forgot about Jayendrar's case. Forgot whats happened to Jayalalitha's corruption cases. Is Karunanidhi still on Bail on the charge that he was arrested few years back ? Where are the follow up of those cases ? If there were any, its not my mistake to miss the small box news on the news paper.

I hold high respect for a Journalists and please do not even think for a moment they are doing junk-business.

What I wish to emphasize is, change the assumptions of presenting a news. Do not decide which news is important. Please ask sensible and important questions to my MLAs and MPs. And emphasize on the questions. Get answers. I would like to take an Archive of all the questions from the Journalists asked to DMK and ADMK on the election eve. Very good questions and stupid answers. Why did you take them for an answer ? Why did you publish just the answer without a statement that the Respondent did not completely answer the question ?

Do we not have the right to question the media that we subscribe ?

You know whats spoilt the society ? Unconcern. And you know who's responsible.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

A Childs Perspective

Nanganallur. My cousin's daughter.

"கோயிலுக்கு போனியா ? எந்த கோயிலுக்கு போனே ?"

"ந்ம்மள பாத்து ஒரு சாமி கும்ப்பிடுமே... அந்த கோயிலுக்கு !!"

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Picasa Web Album

May be because Flickr was taken by Yahoo !, Google wanted a similar tool under its regime. It already had Picasa and Hello, and now it is making Picasa almost equivalent to Flickr.

The New Picasa feature called "Picasa Web Album" lets you have your pictures posted on a Web Album which has a free 250 MB space. The interface and other settings are very primitive and does not have the touch of Google. They will need to work on adding more features and provide a healthy interface.

It has the usual Slideshow and Zoom features, but when compared to Flickr the options are very minimal. Should have been my mistak to have installed the new feature with Flickr in mind.

By the way, the picture you see on my Picasa Web is the most beautiful face i saw in the last 12 days. Eric Bana's daughter in Munich. Cute. So very cute.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Only You Possible ! (Vadivelu style)


Click pic for big

For those who didnt get the kick of the picture, it is Mission Impossible 3 still, with Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu Kamalhaasan jumping over. Yet another Avyukta Photoshop work.. :) My favourite work, actually..

Mission Impossible 3 belongs to the type of movies that deserve to be watched with Screaming Speakers.. and you need a screaming audience to get on the mood. I feel the audience part is getting more elite, and they dont react for the screen... talk about getting numb, in the name of being well-Cultured.

The movie is fully action packed, yet not as impressive as Part II was. John WOO touch was missing in it, and i learn that Tom Cruise himself did most of the stunts. The techie part was stunning, and dream gadgets were on a free flow. Very similar gadgets that appear on a Vijayakanth movie, and infact very similar scenes resembling a Vijayakanth flick. Close to Narasimha, you would say. But hey, Vijayakanth is Vijayakanth and Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise.

Whatever guys, spend money.. forget Logic.. dont ask questions.. Worship Cruise and YOU WILL ENJOY THIS MOVIE.

Nothing Like Minima !

I tried all the possible templates for Blog-Avyukta, with Black backgrounds. Nothing suited as well as the base minima. So, settled back with the Usual Template.

It is sometimes scary to accept change. However, I need to replace the Horizontal Ruler on the top with a soothing mild "Izhai Kolam !"... somone have one ? Please send across.

Monday, June 12, 2006

One song @ Rs. 12

www.Raaga.com

I've seen many people at work wearing their ear-phones and playing random Music from Raaga.com. I dont like the idea of ear-phones, because (a.) of the itch it causes after sometime, and (b.) I feel the whole body should listen to the music. Not just the ears. If you want explanations, please visit my home-avyukta (he he !! See the picture) with Creative 5.1 :). Also I dont like Raaga.com because of the real media audio format. It is of inferior quality and it shows up clearly on my Creative Soundblaster. So, I always prefer MP3 or a Audio CD.

But since last week, Raaga.com has started of with a service called Digital Downloads. "Indhiya Web-site galil Mudhal Murayaaga" types. It provides Legal MP3 downloads. Thats a move well appreciated. This could possibly bring down piracy to some extent.

For those who get confused with the term "Legal MP3", and those who feel that having MP3 in Hard Disk or CD is fine, News to you - " Possessing an MP3 is NOT LEGAL " .

When is it Legal ?

a. When you own the Original Audio Diskette of the same MP3
b. You represent the Audio Band or the Company
c. When you have the MP3 the Audio Company has officially released

"It's a civil offense, punishable, if you distribute music that you don't own the rights to." - Wiki says so. So, just because you pay for a MP3 disc, it will not be a Legal Copy. It has to be officially sold by the company itself. Only then it becomes legal.

Alrighty then. Where do you get Legal MP3s for Tamil ? Raaga is the only answer as of now. Raaga has tied up with some Audio companies and continues its measure to bring moer Albums under Digital Downloads. The pricing as of now is Rs. 12 for one MP3 song. So, for One movie you could spend somewhere between Rs. 60 to Rs. 90.

Thats roughly the price of the Audio Disc itself. Mind you, and Audio Disc has more quality sound then a MP3. Of course, you guys know MP3 is a Lossy Compression technique, where some quality of the sound is sucked out of the file. The quality loss depends on the compression rate. What Raaga promises are MP3 files with 192K to 320K Compression rate, which is high quality MP3 (Higher the quality, higher the file size).

I dont have the first "Yogyadhai" to talk about piracy and stuffs, and nor Am I advicing you to take this feature from Raaga. This is just a FYI and will become a "FYI & A" if the prices come down. Say, Rs. 30 for one film. That should be fine, i guess.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

de-dust !

At times, when I assume responsibility to sweep the floors of my hosue, I will feel satisfied with the work only if I see dust and dirt getting accumulated. "Veettai perukkina kuppai varanum, appo dhaan seyyara velaikku palan kidaicha madhiri irukkum".

Likewise, I cleaned up Avyukta (The computer) yesterday and boy, how happy I was cleaning it. Every Indian Computer, no matter where you keep it, will accumulate a minimum of 50 gms of Dust. The pleasure of cleaning is when you scrub the soft cloth on the mother board, and the shining suface reappears.

In the lines of Murphy's laws, i think "Dust accumulates more in a place not even your thin paintbrush can reach" (Or The amount of Dust is inversely proportional to the reach). There was a colony (actually a civilization) of dust in between the Sound-card and the Internal Modem. I didnt want to remove them separately and clean it.

Guys, clean your computer at regular intervals. It doesnt do any good to the speed or performance. Just feels good to be clean. Thats all.

Friday, June 09, 2006

Thursday, June 08, 2006

The Hits Just Keep On Coming !


Click for Big.. Trust me, you wanna do this.

New Google Spreadsheet allows Concurrent users to Edit and Save data.
How many small Applications could this replace ?
You could also chat with the person who is currently editing the sheet. N.E.A.T

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Varnashrama Dharma - Part II

Forget Mandal II for the time-being. Let us play some modern algebra stuff. Some Imaginary stuff.. that will create no harm to emotions. Simple thoughts. Thats all.

For long, I have heard that the educated society hates the word Caste. Iam a little educated, but I think otherwise. Caste isnt a awkward word, if understood. Caste means "A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth."

Now mark my following words. This is blunt truth.

People categorized under various sections tend to group under a single roof. Once into a single roof, they tend to form groups and categorize themselves back again. People will want to abolish caste, and once when done, they will most certainly form something similar and start discriminating.

Varnashrama Dharma is not of much clarity to me. But as far as I understand, it was a device that cut the people cake into different flavours. "Based on the occupation of people" - isnt it ? I've heard and learnt that Varnashrama Dharma classified and unified people of similar profession into different Castes.

Let us assume that it is meaningless to have such a system, when people of that caste arent doing the same profession. Everyone is everywhere.

Let us now device a Varnashrama Dharma, based on the profession of people and then implement a Reservation on that. Reservation will work damn good then. I suggest Varnashrama Dharma II happens before Mandal II.

Agree ?

What are the castes that come into mind.. ? "Manager" caste. "Auto Rickshaw Driver" caste.

Give your imagination in the comments. Just dont give too much of emotion..

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Advertise and Amuse


Click for full-size.

For long, I used to check Creative Criminal for Advertisements, and it wouldnt have too much of frequent updates. Then I began hunting on my own.. too many ad-blogs. And this was an ultimate source with a very helpful Blogroll.

The world of Print Ads is what amuses me much better than Video ads. Like the one shown.. Most of the Buddhisaali Ads dont feature the product at all. It is sometimes good to be taken advantage of.. isnt it !!

Monday, June 05, 2006

TV and Education

Whats the funda behind this ?

Lots of Free-advices today on Dinamalar on how to score good marks. The top-scorers are on a free flow. "Dont watch TV. Slog for late night group studies". And all the things a typical Padipps will say.

Question : Why is the media crazy ? I'd want them to ask sensible questions to the politicians rather.

Coming back to the TV point. It is a bullshit statement that "Watching TV can bring down your marks". That means you are doing that memorizing stuff... Thats not the education you aspire. To me I dont find any difference reading a "Operational Research" and "The Hindu". (May be thats why I didnt get the marks ;) Both are informational sources. You read the data and learn. Once learnt, why should you re-read the Hindu ? Why should you stop watching TV, stop playing Sports ?

Children should be taught to learn, and not memorize. Teachers hide under a "Exam-point-of-view" phrase. And children mug it up and reproduce. Whats the whole point ?

TV is crap. Very true. I quit Watching TV because I have other ways of spending time. But quitting TV would certainly not have given me good marks.

I was a average kid at school, and that was the exact result I got in the final exams. Still I underwent all the "No-TV, No-Games, No-story books" protocol. That was just for the satisfaction of the people. I'd have got the same results if I were watching TV and doing all that.

Im sure even next year, and the years to come.. there will be some girl and boy suggesting Not to watch TV to get good marks. What an Artificial society.

BTW, Congratulations to all the Top-scorers and Good luck to the non-scorers.

Go watch TV.. You have been missing something called "Life".

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Tharkurippetra Ani ! (Let me know if you dont undertand the title)

"Thavasuprrabhathamaravindhalochane !" - I said.

"aaaaa aaaa aaa aaa oouuuoooo" - Teja said.

"adi chellame !! very good.. very good.. Bhavathu prasanna..."

"aaaa oooouu.... inga !! aaaaa"

Teja's vocabulary is getting better, day by day.

After nearly 15 minutes of continous struggle to make Teja sleep, I had slept away. But Teja was still awake and staring at her uncle, who was making some non-sense gestures and all of a sudden gone asleep.

"aaauu aaaaooooau" - she said..

Should have been "Good night Mama... !"

Friday, June 02, 2006

Yaano Arasan ? Yaane Kalvan !

Pic ctsy - Dinamalar

Kannagi Statue was removed by Jayalalitha. Good or Bad, Iam not sure. It wasn't something i worried about.

But the now CM, Mr. MK is in full swing to put it back where it was.

KARPUKKARASI KANNAGI SILAYAI KALAINGAR KARUNANIDHI THIRANDHU VAIKKIRAAR (doesnt that ring a bell ? some Oxymoron stuff here).

And Sivaji is also promised with a Statue on the beach road. Thats good news for the crows and Pigeons, and who else ?

Nalappani thittangal thodarattum !

BTW, 1 KG rice for Rs. 2. This scheme is also being launched today in Teynampet (This one is the real scheme... the bread winning scheme for DMK).

Thursday, June 01, 2006

How to become a philosopher in 30 days ?

There are certain things I wish to forget in my life, such as....

Ummm...

well, err..... hmm....

like.. .. ummm.....

Whatever !