My father with Dr. Abdul Kalam

In the stage, my father is standing to the left of Dr. Abdul Kalam with the award in his hand.

எனது பெரியப்பா திரு. 'சரஸ்வதி' விஜயபாஸ்கரன் அவர்களுக்கு, இளையராஜா இலகியப்பெருமன்றத்தின் இலக்கிய பரிசு 24/04/2008 அன்று வழங்க பட்டது.

அந்த விருதை பெரியப்பாவின் சார்பில் எனது தந்தை திரு. மோகன கிருஷ்ணன் Dr. அப்துல் கலாம் அவர்களின் கையால் பெற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

எனது தந்தை எழுதிய முதல் புத்தகத்தை இங்கே எழுதி வருகிறேன் - http://freedomfightervadivelpillai.wordpress.com/ [I have written only the first 7 chapters as of now. Whenever I get time I will be writing the rest of the chapters as well. Check out the 'About' and 'Photo Gallery' section too in that site.]

Photo Source : Daily Thanthi

My views on Astrology...

I am surprised by how people claim that they can predict others future. Astrology may be true but 'real' astrologers are very rare to find.

Normally if we watch any TV channels or news paper on any day each of them would say different predictions for the same star/sun sign. Why aren't the astrologers able to make similar predictions? This has made me think on why are these guys telecasting such a program to start with. Do they just want to play with people's sentiments or belief?

I feel most of the astrologers or palmists does pure mind reading rather than the mathematical calculation which they are supposed to do.

If you have visited some astrologers you would have heard these statements in some form or other:

1. You should have faced a major hurdle (or) life threatening incident some time back
2. You have a major hurdle to cross soon
3. You should be having some family problems now
4. You wouldn't be having much of your relatives support
5. You are generous and people would be exploiting you!
6. You will be earning but don't know where the money goes!
7. You will be having problems in your office
8. There is a stuff which is blocking your growth. We need to do a pooja to get around it
9. etc.,

All of us are human. But the one with strong heart overcomes these statements with ease. But unfortunately world is filled with more people with weaker hearts.

Aren't most of the above points very generic and won't it fit almost for everybody :)? That being the case, is it really worth for people to start worrying about those at back of their mind?

I feel that astrologers always look for easy targets. If an astrologer says that 'your husbands life path seems to be short due to past karma!! and it can be rectified with a Rs. 10000 pooja' most of the ladies would (blindly) accept for that pooja. I am not blaming the ladies here. I can understand that it's normal tendency to try and do what ever we can to save our dear ones. Most of the astrologers exploit these sort of sentiments with ease.

Bottomline, I am not against 'Astrology' as a whole. All I am saying is the place is flooded with petty astrologers who just do it for business and nothing else.

My principle is, if the astrologer has said something good then enjoy it and go ahead. If he has told something bad/negative just ignore those points and move on in life. If not, your mind will be occupied by those negative points which would indirectly lead to our own downfall -- be it health or career etc.,

Sameway its sad to know that there are still people who don't even search for a job just because their astrologer have told him that he won't get a stable job till 30 yrs??? This is what I call it as 'negative influence'.

Influencing others is one of the biggest gift and one should not misuse it. Astrologers have that influencing power so they should actually not let out any negative points to the people. Informations should be shared in such a way that we don't demotivate someone and screw their life!

I don't want to get into whether 'Astrology is science or arts', 'Astrology is real or fake' etc., all i want to convey is lets believe in ourself and move on in life.

Let's not spend our hard earned money on people who claim to predict our future. Be truthful and lead a honest life that should be more than enough. Also knowing your future is kind of losing the thrill in life :) If at all one knows when he is going to get married, when he is going to die etc., then what's the thrill in life. Let's take life as it comes and enjoy each and every moment of it. Rather than taking a fast track to know the future from fake astrologers :)

To me,
if we aren't confident on ourself;
if we are feeling insecure in life
then we believe in astrology too much :)

Once you are in trouble, Instead of blindly believing the astrologer think about this:

When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in his ablities.
But if GOD does not solve your problems, it means he has faith in your ablities.

So just believe in your abilities, try hard and decide your own future instead of trusting a third person (read it as, astrologer) to predict your future.

Sachin Tendulkar retains his 2nd Spot in ODI

Sachin has retained his 2nd spot in ODI rating. He is just 15 points behind Graeme Smith of South Africa. Hope he will reduce the gap in on-going home ODI series.
Source: CricketNext

A game of cricket without Sachin ...

Though I love cricket as a game I am kindof biased towards Sachin Tendulkar. I don't remember when was the last time I watched an international cricket match in which Sachin's name wasn't there in the playing eleven!

The Name is Rajnikanth - The other side of our Superstar

Just go over the short story which would tell us what will make a person to be great! It was an interesting read for me when I first received it as an email few days back.

Visiting that Ragavendra temple in Bangalore is almost more than a routine for her. She has not seen him ever before in the temple.

He was sitting on the floor with his closed eyes, folded legs and locked fingers in 'Gnana Mudra'. He looked strange and different with a turban on his head and the very long flowing beard. Some thing was there in his face that attracted her. She could not understand what that was.

She finished her 'darshan' and came out; she saw the man was walking in the corridor. Again something was happening in her, she could not understand what was that. She was telling herself, "a poor old man. I have to help him". She ran to him, gave rupees ten in his hand and forced him to accept. He smiled, expressed a reverence like a 'prasadam' by keeping it in the forehead and thanked her by keeping the hand in prayer position ('Namasthey').

As she came out, she saw the man was getting into his Mercedes Benz, she was perplexed, shivered and ran to him and said, "Sir (Ayya!), Please forgive me, I did not do this to insult you. By seeing your dress and appearance, I thought you are struggling in life and offered you the money. It is a blunder. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Please give me back that money. I am sorry".

The man with the fake beard and turban laughed and replied her politely, "Ammaa.. There is no mistake of yours. It is the other way. The creator is again and again reminding me through some body, "You are nothing. You are not special. Everybody is equal in front of me". He keeps on sending this message again and again and today you happened to be a medium. That's it. Thanks a ton". His hand again went to prayer position, expressed gratitude to the lady and he went into his car.

When the lady realized the man was none other than Superstar Rajinikanth - Asia's number one paid actor, he has left the place. She did not know what to do. With tears in her eyes, she was starring at the direction that the car went.
-- From Dr. Gayathri Sreekanth's "The Name Is RajiniKanth – A biography"

Always believe, there's someone better waiting for you to say that you are nothing when u think "I am the Best".

Experience

We are being questioned about our experience in what ever we do in life!

Like, if you go for any job interview the first question they ask is how much of experience do you have in this trade!

Reason being,

• They don't have time to train a fresher!
• They don't want to risk the project by hiring a fresher. Instead they wanted to get an experienced guy who can wrap the project at faster pace and help the company get the profit earlier!!
• etc.,

They don't have time, they don't want to take risk fair enough! but isn't marriage a bigger proposal than a companies project :) It's a life time project for any individual. Why aren't people asking for 'experience' in it alone? :)

May be since they know, its anyway going to take 10 months to give birth to a baby irrespective of how experienced one is!

May be since both of them are freshers (hopefully!!) they have time to teach each other!

சத்யராஜின் பொது அறிவு!!

நடிகர் சத்யராஜ் சில தினங்களுக்கு முன் நடந்த உண்ணாவிரதத்தில் திரையுலக Superstar நடிகர் ரஜினிகாந்த் மற்றும் பல கோடி மக்கள் கும்பிடும் ஸ்ரீ ராகவேந்திர சுவாமிகளை தமிழர்கள் கும்பிட கூடாது என்று கூறி இருக்கிறார்!!

தமிழ் கடவுள் பலர் இருக்க ராகவேந்திர சுவாமிகளை ஏன் கும்பிடுகிறாய் என்று கேட்டுள்ள 'மரத்தமிழன்' சத்யராஜ் அவர்களே கடவுளை கூட உங்கள் மொழி வெறி விட்டுவிடவில்லையா? ஜாதி வெறி , மொழி வெறி, மத வெறி ஒரு நாட்டையே அழிக்கும் பலம் உள்ளது! நாம் எல்லாம் மனிதர்கள் என்ற ஒரே பிரிவில் இருப்போம்; சில நாயை போல ஜாதி/மொழி/மத 'வெறி' பிடித்து அலைய வேண்டாம்.

படித்தவை:

• வேங்கன்ன (பிறகு ராகவேந்திர சுவாமில்) பிறந்தது 1595 வருடம். பிறந்த இடம் புவனகிரி, காஞ்சிபுரம் அருகில் (தற்போது தமிழ்நாடு). -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghavendra_Swami



• நடிகர் ரஜினிகாந்த் மற்றும் பல மனிதர்கள் கும்பிடும் மற்றொரு கடவுள் மகா அவதார் பாபாஜி அவர்கள் பிறந்த இடம் பரங்கிபேட்டை, தமிழ்நாடு. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavatar_Babaji

இதில் இருந்து நான் அறிவது சத்யராஜின் ஒரே நோக்கம் ரஜினிகாந்தை எப்படியாவது குறை சொல்லவேண்டும் அல்லது மட்டம் தட்டவேண்டும் என்பதே :)

ஒரு பொது மேடையில் பேசுவதற்கு முன், அதுவும் எட்டு கோடி தமிழர்களின் மனதில் இருக்கும் ஒருவரை பற்றி குறை சொல்லுவதற்கு மும் கொஞ்சம் படித்து பொது அறிவை வளர்த்து கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று கூட தெரியாத சத்யராஜ் அவர்களை நினைத்து நினைத்து சிரிக்க தான் தோன்றுகிறது :)

நான் தமிழன் என்று மார் தட்டிகொள்ளும் சத்யராஜ் அவர்களே உங்களுடைய தலைவர் M.G.R என்ன தமிழன? அவர் ஒரு கேரள மாநிலத்தவர் தானே? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran). ஆக உங்களுக்கு பிடித்தவர் எந்த மாநிலத்தில் இருந்து வேண்டும் என்றாலும் வந்து இங்கே பிழைக்கலாம் ஆனால் ரஜினிகாந்த் அதையே செய்தால் அவரை நீங்கள் குறை சொல்லுவீர்களோ?

கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை இல்லை, மூடநம்பிக்கை இல்லை என்று எல்லா இடங்களிலும் சொல்லும் சத்யராஜுக்கு மூடநம்பிக்கை உண்டு!!!

Though he claims to be an atheist he is a firm believer in
numerology, Which is why when his residence door no was allotted 13 (under the
new numbering system in year 2000) he immediately changed it to 13A, considering
13 as unlucky. (source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathyaraj).

சத்யராஜ் அவர்களே,

ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் ஆன்மிகம்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் எளிமை,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் பகட்டை விரும்பாதவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் உள்ளத்தால் உயர்ந்தவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் ஒரு கை கொடுப்பதை அடுத்த கைக்கு தெரியக்கூடாது என்று நினைப்பவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் பதவி ஆசை இல்லாதவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் அவர் இருக்கும் மாநிலத்தில் ஒரு பிரச்சனை என்றால் முன் வந்து குரல் கொடுப்பவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் தேசத்தை தாண்டி பல மனங்களை கவர்ந்தவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் ரசிகர்களை கட்டு கோப்பாக வைத்திருப்பவர்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் சிகரம்,
ரஜினிகாந்த் என்றால் எதிரியையும் மன்னிக்கும் குணம் படைத்தவர்.

இவற்றில் எதாவது ஒரு நல்ல குணமாவது நம்மிடம் உள்ளதா என்று முதலில் சிந்தித்து பார் அவரை கண்டு பொறாமை படுவதற்கு முன்.

ரஜினிகாந்திற்கு கூட்டம் அலை மோதுகிறது என்றால் சும்மா இல்லை அதற்கு பின்னால் அவருடைய பல வருட உழைப்பு இருக்கிறது. பொறாமை படுவதை விட்டுவிட்டு மக்கள் மனதில் இடம் பிடிக்க வேறு நல்ல வழியை பார்!!!

டைரக்டர் அமீர் - பிழைக்க ரஜினி பழிக்கவும் ரஜினியா?

Source: Junior Vikatan.

Chinese Proverb

Tell me and I'll forget;
show me and I may remember;
involve me and I'll understand.
--Chinese Proverb

Adaptable to change ....

It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent...
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change

-- Charles Robert Darwin

Secret of happy married life...

Once X asked Y, "What is the secret behind your happy married life?"

Y said, "You should share responsibilities with due love and respect to each other. Then absolutely there will be no problems."
X asked, "Can you explain?"

Y said, "In my house, I take decisions on bigger issues where as my wife decides on smaller issues. We do not interfere in each other's decisions."

Still not convinced, X asked Y "Give me some examples"

Y said," Smaller issues like which car we should buy, how much amount to save, when to visit home town, which Sofa, air conditioner, refrigerator to buy, monthly expenses, whether to keep a maid or not etc are decided by my wife. I just agree to it"

X asked, "Then what is your role?"
Y said, "My decisions are only for very big issues. Like whether America should attack Iran, whether Britain should lift sanction over Zimbabwe, whether to widen African economy, whether Sachin Tendulkar should retire, Who should direct next Rajinikanth's movie etc etc.

Do you know one thing, my wife NEVER objects to any of these!!!!".

All in All Project Manager – Koundamani

Senthil - Anney!
Koundamani - Dai! Romba Naalaiku appuram Intha XXX project delivery-ku poga poguthu! Latcha roova kedaikum. Athan testing panniturikean.

Senthil - En santhehatha (doubt) Theethu Vainganney!
Koundamani - Ennada?

Senthil - Intha XXX project eppadi ney Run aaguthu?
Koundamani - Aa! Appdai Vaa!

Ithukku thaan Oorukkulla oru All in All Project Manager Venumgrathu!
Adey! Komutti thalaya! Ithukku Peruthaan main application . (Koundamani explains the flow to senthil)

Senthil - Ithula eppadi ney run aagum. Ponganney! (Senthil Shift + deletes the project.)
Senthil - Enna anney athukkula Kanama poochu?

Koundamani - ???!!??!!@*
Client - Inga All in All Project Manager yaarunga?

Senthil - Ivaru thaan.
Koundamani - Dai!
Athu Naan thaanga!

Client - Saayangaalam project delivery tharanum! XXX project venum!
Koundamani - XXX Project-A venumaa?

Client - Aaamaanga!
Koundamani - Yean, intha railway reservation,library automation ellam venaama?

Client - Railway reservation'a? Ayyo! Athellam venaanga!
Koundamani - Appo! XXX project ellam illa. Computer veichi erukkura client-ku ellam XXX Project Kudukkurathilla!

Client - ???!!??!!@*