A wonderful article by Mr. VA Pattabhi Ram V, FCA, in the news letter for Ernakulam Branch..
Would you like to take a sneak peak at the kind of organization that you will be working in? Well it would not be the conventional kind of structure which most people are conversant of. Like, it would neither be an Indian company or a foreign company. Does this surprise you? It should not.
In tomorrow’s world there is every likelihood that you would work in a company which is headquartered in India, whose row- material is sourced from Australia, whose finished product is marketed in North America, money is raised in Europe, the design and development is undertaken in south America and the finished goods are manufactured in China, Asia. So you are likely to have the sourcing function in Australia-New Zealand, marketing in America, finance in Europe, R&D in South America, manufacturing in China and strategizing in India. Now what do you call such a company? An Indian company or an American company or a plain and simple transnational organization?
We are not shooting in the dark. Such organizations are already in existence with business process outsourcing being a trailer or a precursor for the shape of things to come. In such a world your colleagues, peer, mentors, leaders are not going to have the same socio, economic, cultural backgrounds. They would come from differing backgrounds with different work place ethics that would lead to culture shocks. To succeed in such place you need to understand the changing rules of the career market.
Rule 1: Uni Vs. Multi functional.
Knowledge is Power
If you are a specialist, that’s great. Suppose you are the big boy of a corporate finance or of the fussy world ofmanagement accounting. Or, suppose that you are hopelessly in love with the debits and credits of financial accounting or with the loopholes of tax and law. Well, in that case you could graduate to become the CFO of the organization. But you will stop there. You may never graduate to become the CEO. If you want to run an organization, say a manufacturing outfit, whilst you could be a specialist in finance and accounting, you will also have to have a significant appreciation of manufacturing, marketing, research, design, development and strategizing not to speak of HR and technology. All of this was true once upon a time. Today, if you want to be a CFO you will have to know all those things that a CEO of youre needed to know. Yes, you need to have a multi-functional appreciation of the happenings in your organization even to become a CFO, leave alone becoming a CEO. This is a world where knowledge like never before is power.
Rule 2: 9 to 5 Vs. 24 X 7
Career first
If you ask your grandparents they would tell you how simple the world over was. They went to office at 9 in the morning and returned home at 5 in the evening so much so that there was branded dress ware called 9 to 5 which sold like hot cakes among office goers.
Working on weekends and holidays was strict no –no. It was called the British culture, at its very best. At office time you did office work, at other times you did other work. Today you cannot be a clock watcherToday it is not just enough to show up; you have to deliver. There is nothing like 9 to 5 office timing. Its flexi timing. You work 24 hours day.7 days a week, 365 days a year. That's like a doctor on duty.
You are given a task to be performed in say 5 days. You could sleep for 4 days and crack it on the 5th.Or you could work all 5days. Boy, it's your choice. We are not suggesting that this is the wisest way to work, but that's the reality, The arrival of mobile and the internet has meant the death of privacy. Today, career comes first. Everything else, the family included, is second .The pressure to succeed is immense. Little wonder that there are early burn outs, stained relationships and greater career crisis But if you want to succeed you need to play the game by the new rules of the game.
Rule 3; Gray hairs Vs. Gray cells
Age no bar
Ask your grandparents and they will tell you that you need to be 50plus to be a CEO. Look at any of the public sector organizations and you will see that. Also many a private
sector player too has that proclivity. There was a time when ambitious youngsters shaded
their hair a shade white (yes white or black) to look more mature when they were seeking for higher jobs. Today things are changing. At 30 something you can become a CEO: at 40 plus you should be definitely the head of a global organization. The days when promotions were based on seniority, yes sir syndrome and age zones are gone. Today
they are merit-based, there is greater objectivity in appraisal: what companies look for is transferable skill set, you can ask why you are being rated lower and there is a healthy competition.
Rule 4: Hard skills vs. Soft skills
Beyond Knowledge
Ten or so years ago, you could get to climb the corporate ladder if you were strong in your subject, smart and current in your area of work. Hard skill(a k a knowledge) was important. Like, if you knew the income tax law inside out including judgments and how to deal with the officers you could become the big boss of taxation in office. Like, if you knew corporate and other laws cover to cover you could become the big boss of secretarial practice.
Even today knowledge is important: but knowledge alone won't do. You need to have the ability to carry people along with you. And that calls for people skills. Your ability to communicate, get along be a team player, contribute as a team member, lead small groups, generate and take through ideas, motivate others are all crucial. These are what are referred to as soft skills. The irony is that you will have to work with, lead or report to folks who might IQ wise not measure up to you. But the world is made up of all kinds of people. Remember, great effort was never achieved by outstanding individuals but by ordinary mortals who went on to do extraordinary things. Today like never before, soft skills are far more important than hard skills.
Rule 5 : Loyalty vs Job Hopping
Who is the boss?
Old timers will tell you that they thought many a time before taking up their first jobs. They swore by the Japanese philosophy, "One employer for life." Ask your grandpa and he is likely to say that didn't work in more than 3 companies all his life. Those days, If you switched jobs you were thought to be disloyal. Today the scene isn't that way. Today, job hopping is quite on. No one things twice before switching jobs. The loyalty is longer to the company; the loyalty is to the self and to one's career. Now this is not to suggest that you should do a hop, step and jump every other year. It is only to indicate that hopping 3 jobs in 10 years isn't all that bad. Every hop should give you a better and wider appreciation of organizational working, widen your horizon, improve your skill set and take you closer to your big goal. Hop jobs by all means but hop with a purpose.
Rule 6; One time Vs Life long
Run boy, run
If you think your education ends the moment you qualify from the Institute of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)or from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) or whatever your almamater is, you are wrong. May be once upon a time the availability of knowledge in the world doubled every 50 years. Later it started doubling every 15 years. Today it doubles every 3 years. This means that if for three years on the trot you don't update yourself, you will become a museum piece. Today learning is life long. The moment you stop learning your career is over. And often what you have learn you might not have studies a jot in your classrooms. The name of the game therefore is to learn the art of "learning to learn". That will put an enormous pressure on your in your job. But this is a welcome pressure.
Rule 7; Adam Vs. Eve
It's a woman's world also
Years ago man ruled the world. No, we aren't being chauvinistic. Not many women ventured to be engineers or CAs. They chose the more exciting profession of medicine. Today a very good number are cracking into what was for many years regarded a male bastion. They are also populating the corporate world, left, right and centre, There is no such thing as glass ceiling for woman to climb. If you have the knowledge, skill and expertise you can go places.
This puts up a stiffer world to work in You will have woman as your peers, as your boss, as your coach or you may have to mentor them. Whether it will be easy or one cannot say, but they for sure come with a completely different mind set. Consider this sentence.
"Woman with out her man is nothing" Once upon a time, people, woman included, would have punctuated it as "Woman, with out her man, is nothing". Today, people, men included, would punctuate it as "Woman, with out her, man is nothing" That's the mind set change.
Rule 8 : Winner Vs Runner
Winner takes all.
At the career market, as in life, success is eulogized; no tears are shed for failures. The world recognizes you, appreciates you, admires you, adores you and fawns on you only as you are a success. The moment you slip up, as any human being can, it forgets you. Take this quiz. You know Australia won the 1999 world cup. Remember who was the runner up? No? Well, that's how the world is.It only remembers only winners ."Don’t talk of your labour pains; show us child " is the credo. If you whine you are dismissed as a whiner, not a winner. Your motive therefore should be towards only one goal, one signpost; Success.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Today is Gandhi Jayanthi.......
Laga Raho Munna Bhai.....I liked it.....
May be Gandhi wouldnt have done the same things as said, especially while spitting, he would have kept some religious photo there, or may be he would have done the same things...but anyways it was not Gandhi, but Munna Bhais views...And though we do not have Laurel and Hardy movies in India, Munna Bhai, and Circuit....Kha jhoodi bhadia hey.......Circuit was indeed too good, so also Vidhya Balan, and all others......
There are few things about Gandhi ji which keeps comming in my mind:
1. Simple living and high thinking.
2. Truth and Ahimsa...
3. Those who say religion has got nothing to do with politics, do not know, what religion or politics is.......
4. Selfless service.....
A book gifted by my father, and that I posses sice childhood - Sathya khi Katha Athva Athmakatha......
The bullet would have taken his life, but indeed its not that easy, to swipe away the thoughts....
Though normally, I dont watch movies, and it is only at the most one movie that I happen to see in theater, a year, 2006 was different, in many ways...and here too......This was the fourth one, the others being,
Rasathantram
Fanna
KANK & This.
Though many didnot like KANK, I did like it too....May be because I am a great fan of Karan Johar....As they say, we do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful, because we love them.......
My mother always says, when a person having sugar has injury over his leg, you do not cut the fingure immediately, you give treatment, and even after that you feel, it will not heal, better cut it, so that it would not create further damage to rest of the part/relations. Would have found some relation with this and the movie....and somethings from the reality......
May be Gandhi wouldnt have done the same things as said, especially while spitting, he would have kept some religious photo there, or may be he would have done the same things...but anyways it was not Gandhi, but Munna Bhais views...And though we do not have Laurel and Hardy movies in India, Munna Bhai, and Circuit....Kha jhoodi bhadia hey.......Circuit was indeed too good, so also Vidhya Balan, and all others......
There are few things about Gandhi ji which keeps comming in my mind:
1. Simple living and high thinking.
2. Truth and Ahimsa...
3. Those who say religion has got nothing to do with politics, do not know, what religion or politics is.......
4. Selfless service.....
A book gifted by my father, and that I posses sice childhood - Sathya khi Katha Athva Athmakatha......
The bullet would have taken his life, but indeed its not that easy, to swipe away the thoughts....
Though normally, I dont watch movies, and it is only at the most one movie that I happen to see in theater, a year, 2006 was different, in many ways...and here too......This was the fourth one, the others being,
Rasathantram
Fanna
KANK & This.
Though many didnot like KANK, I did like it too....May be because I am a great fan of Karan Johar....As they say, we do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful, because we love them.......
My mother always says, when a person having sugar has injury over his leg, you do not cut the fingure immediately, you give treatment, and even after that you feel, it will not heal, better cut it, so that it would not create further damage to rest of the part/relations. Would have found some relation with this and the movie....and somethings from the reality......
September 2006
The month of sept was a busy one, some especial events had taken place at home,
Thara had come home, and her marriage was fixed, by Gods grace, and as per his plan, without much pomp and show, with only a handful of people, an unplanned one. Sangeetha, Sajeevs sister, put bangle on her hand, and they had brought a plate full of cocunuts, flowers, fruits etc...And after it, could find three kinds of people:
Some happy, and came even uninvited on the day, or during days after that uninvited.
Some sad, for not calling, and having expressed their genuine feelings.
Some who pretended to be quite, with/without feelings within them.
It happened, it was destined, it was his will…..There is someone, somewhere for all, and somethings are planned, which happens.
The philosophy of one century becomes common sense of the next.
Then there was the Onam, festival of Gods own country……..
Everybody has some thing especial about this festival in their minds. For me the message that this festival conveys is:
Keep your promise: When there was nothing else to give, to keep the promise Maveli, gave himself to Vaman.
Never be afraid: Maveli was not afraid of the Saints curse that all his wealth would be gone.
There is so much of good in the worst of us and so much of bad in the best of us……That is why, when rest of the world, and we ourself worship, Vaman, as reincarnation of Vishnu, we also do remember Maveli every year.
It is these outstanding quality of Maveli, that is remembered by me on this day.
Then had shopping, visited many friends and relatives. Doctor. Amidst all this, due to lack of time, had to skip many important things, right from the day one, being going to pick her up to the airport, day two my classes, and visits to so many places…….
Thara went back by 23rd, then I fell sick, it has been nearly two weeks. And began Navrathri.
Thara had come home, and her marriage was fixed, by Gods grace, and as per his plan, without much pomp and show, with only a handful of people, an unplanned one. Sangeetha, Sajeevs sister, put bangle on her hand, and they had brought a plate full of cocunuts, flowers, fruits etc...And after it, could find three kinds of people:
Some happy, and came even uninvited on the day, or during days after that uninvited.
Some sad, for not calling, and having expressed their genuine feelings.
Some who pretended to be quite, with/without feelings within them.
It happened, it was destined, it was his will…..There is someone, somewhere for all, and somethings are planned, which happens.
The philosophy of one century becomes common sense of the next.
Then there was the Onam, festival of Gods own country……..
Everybody has some thing especial about this festival in their minds. For me the message that this festival conveys is:
Keep your promise: When there was nothing else to give, to keep the promise Maveli, gave himself to Vaman.
Never be afraid: Maveli was not afraid of the Saints curse that all his wealth would be gone.
There is so much of good in the worst of us and so much of bad in the best of us……That is why, when rest of the world, and we ourself worship, Vaman, as reincarnation of Vishnu, we also do remember Maveli every year.
It is these outstanding quality of Maveli, that is remembered by me on this day.
Then had shopping, visited many friends and relatives. Doctor. Amidst all this, due to lack of time, had to skip many important things, right from the day one, being going to pick her up to the airport, day two my classes, and visits to so many places…….
Thara went back by 23rd, then I fell sick, it has been nearly two weeks. And began Navrathri.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
We do choose.....
As Bible AdvisesNever let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them round your neck; write them on your heart.
Get wisdom and insight. Do not abandon wisdom and she will protect you, love her and she will keep you safe. Nothing will stand in your way if you walk wisely, and you will not stumble when you run, Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life- guard it well. Do not go where evil men go. Do not follow the example of the wicked. Don’t do it. Keep away from evil. Be careful how you think your life is shaped by your thoughts. Never say anything that isn’t true. Have nothing to do with lies and misleading words. Don’t be ashamed to say I do not know. Look straight ahead with honest confident. Don’t hang your head in shame. Plan carefully what you do and whether you do will turn out right. Avoid evil and walk straight ahead. Don’t go one step off the right way. Children should grow up to help parents, not strangers first. Never be responsible for some one else debt. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Never he caught by your own words, your our promises. How long is the lazy man going to lie in bed? When is he ever going to getup? While he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
There are 7 things that the lord hates and cannot tolerate, A proud look, A lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, a mind that thinks up wicked plan. Feet that hurry off to do evil, a witness who tells one lie after another, and a man who strips up trouble among friends.
As Rabindranath Tagore says:
This is how I would like to be, human & humane, a fully developed person, a harmonious personality. Lover of all people, a citizen with a conscience, a patriot whose loyalty embraces all mankind. Striving for social justice, for the right of the poor to the material well being, of the citizen to self-government, of the ignorant to knowledge, of the child to unfettered development, of the women to equal dignity with men. Be humble and strive for the development of your surrounding first and world next, do both. What the child impales at school is very important. True education lies in the training of all the senses instead of merely cramming the mind with memorized knowledge. Teach through craft. Bring back life to villages. Bridge a gulf between city and village. Remove the cancer of inequality and superstition from the body of our society. The inertia, which leads us to the idolatry of dead forms in social institutions, will create in our political prison houses with immovable walls.
Fear not the waves of the sea, but mind the leaks in your own vessel. No one can take away the blessed task of service to the country. It is God given. Self-rule is eternally within our grasp. If we do not take up the work, we lose the right. It is all to our shame if we lose the natural right of service and throw blame on others for the non-discharge of our duties. It is sad and unfortunate that while we ourselves refrain from service and sacrifice, we expect the mitigation of distress from those who do not feel the natural urge to love and serve but only to throw favors out of pity.
Justice will be the measuring life for the foundation and honesty will be my plumb line, faith that is firm is also patient. I believe in life only when it is progressive, and in progress only when it is in harmony with life. I preach the freedom of man from the servitude of the fetish of hugeness, the non human. By progress, it means a continuous development of the human personality, both individual and the corporate…
Where the mind is without fear,
And the head is held high,
Where knowledge is free,
Where the world has not been broken up,
Into fragments by narrow domestic wall,
Where words come out from the depth of truth,
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection,
Where the clear stream of reason has not,
Lost its way into dreary desert Sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever widening thought and action,
Into that heaven of freedom, my father,
Let my country awake.
As Pattabhi Ram sir says:
Life is all about:
Humility
Honour
Honesty.
Whatever you do, be the best in that. A friend asked should I do, B Sc pysics or B. Tech after 12th, and this was the answer that came apt...Technical knowledge is always the best and good if you could excel in B Tech say if interested in physics take electronics etc. But if your heart is elsewhere do that. An arts teacher, can earn even more than doctor, there are nuns and sisters, taking care of children and family better than married people.
Many young people believe respectable and well paying jobs are in the fields of nursing and engineering. What I’d like to know is what is the problem with other jobs?
Each person has his/her own strengths and weaknesses and should learn to play by them. You may be bad at maths but that does not mean you will be bad in languages. What I mean is each person has their own capabilities and while they excel in one area, they may be weak in another.
You should make your own decisions, make your own mistakes and learn to rectify them. If you fall down, you pick yourself up and keep on moving.
A number of students are new to decision making. Lets just say you are on your way up the corporate ladder but you rather do something like advertising or fashion designing, if that’s really what you want, and then go for it.
It does not matter where you are, if you hate what you are learning, you are going to end up hating the job. There are probably many who spend hours in front of your computer playing video games. Ever think of designing your own games for a living? ? Its just a thought. This way you will be doing something that exercises your brain and make money doing it.
Choosing a career takes time. You don’t just wake up one fine morning, sit down in front of a mug of coffee and declare without a second thought, ‘ I’m going to be a doctor’ or something like that. Time matters when it comes to your future. Not all careers are stable and decisions should be make carefully.
India is not able to reach its maximum potential may be because of this lack of decision making ability among young people.It is your own luck, skill and ability that matters in the future.
And that is what I too have been doing...Some say these kinds of thoughts will not lead me any where, I have still not reached any where...But that is a perspective....as I do belive today unlike yesterday, I have reached somewhere....
Emptying my thought by putting things here to have helped me tremendously. And indeed, once I reduce my sleep, I would be the best...Again, guess its only G the almighty who could help me and wishing for that, and thus a help for my studies.
Indeed, Faith, Forgive and Forgetting what is not needed is important. Doubting Thomas will never have happiness in their life - Personal or professional. They cause trouble not only to themselves but to others too.
IF YOU ..
Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have power to create conditions in your life.
What you speak about, you can bring about.
If you keep saying you can't stand your job, you might lose your job.
If you keep saying you can't stand your body, your body can become sick.
If you keep saying you can't stand your car, your car could be stolen or just stop operating.
If you keep saying you're broke, guess what? You'll always be broke.
If you keep saying you can't trust a man or trust a woman, you will always find someone in your life to hurt and betray you.
If you keep saying you can't find a job, you will remain unemployed.
If you keep saying you can't find someone to love you or believe in you, your very thought will attract more experiences to confirm your beliefs.
If you keep talking about a divorce or break up in a relationship, then you might end up with it. Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positive and power packed with faith, hope, love and action.
Don't be afraid to believe that you can have what you want and deserve.
Watch your Thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your Habits, they become character.
Watch your Character, for it becomes your Destiny.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settle for.
"In the search for me, I discovered truth. In the search for truth, I discovered love. In the search for love, I discovered God. And in God, I have found everything."
What you speak about, you can bring about.
If you keep saying you can't stand your job, you might lose your job.
If you keep saying you can't stand your body, your body can become sick.
If you keep saying you can't stand your car, your car could be stolen or just stop operating.
If you keep saying you're broke, guess what? You'll always be broke.
If you keep saying you can't trust a man or trust a woman, you will always find someone in your life to hurt and betray you.
If you keep saying you can't find a job, you will remain unemployed.
If you keep saying you can't find someone to love you or believe in you, your very thought will attract more experiences to confirm your beliefs.
If you keep talking about a divorce or break up in a relationship, then you might end up with it. Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positive and power packed with faith, hope, love and action.
Don't be afraid to believe that you can have what you want and deserve.
Watch your Thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your Habits, they become character.
Watch your Character, for it becomes your Destiny.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settle for.
"In the search for me, I discovered truth. In the search for truth, I discovered love. In the search for love, I discovered God. And in God, I have found everything."
Friday, September 08, 2006
Don’t Throw the Quit Switch
(((Most people succed because they are determined to. People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. – Heorge Allen, Football Coach)
Every Olympic athlete, every leader, and every human being has a certain little known brain part in common: a quit Switch.
Some people, out of lifelong habit, throw the quit switch at the first sign of frustration. Their workout gets difficult, so they throw the switch and go home. Their day of phone calls gets frustrating, so they throw the switch and go for coffee with a coworker for two hours of sympathetic negativity.
Everyone has a Quit Switch. Not everyone knows it.
Get to know it. Notice yourself flipping the switch. You can’t quir and you won’t quit until you throw the switch. A human being is built like any animal to persist until a goal is reached. Watch children get what they want and you’ll see the natural, built- in- persistence.
Somewhere along the way, through, we learn about this little switch. Soon, we start flipping the switch. Some of us begin by flipping it after a server frustration, and then star flipping it after medium frustrations, and until finally it is thrown in the face of any discomfort at all. We quit.
If you weren,t in the habit of throwing the switch too early, you would achieve virtually any goal you ever set. You would never give up on your team. You’d make every month’s sales goal. You’d even lose all the weight you ever wanted to lose. You would achieve anything you wanted because you would not throw the switch.
The Quit Switch is something you can focus on, learn about, and make work for you instead of against you. Whether you flip it early or late is only habit. The switch flipping habit is misinterpreted as lack of willpower, courage, drive, or desire, but that’s nonsense. It’s a habit. And like any habit, it can be replaced with another habit.
Make it your habit not to throw the Quit switch early in any process. Do not quit on yourself as a leader or on your team as producers. The less of a quitter you are, the more of a motivator you become.
IIf you feel depressed at any time in your walk through life. Read this……
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you are trudging, Seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high….
And when you want to smile, but you have to sign.
When care is pressing you down a bit…
Rest if you must, limit don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twist and turn,
As every one of us sometimes learn,
And many a fellow turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the space seems slow
You may succeed with another below
Often the goal is nearer then
It seems to a faint and faltering man
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victors cup
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silent tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may he never when it seems afar.
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit.
Its when things seems worst that you must not quit.
Don’t quit but turn God.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
People and the world….
Now people are weighed by their wealth. More the wealth, people show liking outwardly and jealousy inwardly.
DONT TRUE LOVE N AFFECTION HAVE A PLACE IN THE WOLD TODAY??. IS IT JUST RAT RACE BY GREEDY ONES!!??
Well there are exceptions, everywhere, every time. There were people like Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Vivekananda, and Subash Chandra Bose at the same time. Hitler, Mussoloni, Mother Therisa, Einsten, Nobel….
So let us not be in the race by greedy ones!! Let us do all the good we can, to all the people we can, in all the ways we can, at all the time we can….Let is live the one life we have, right with dignity. Let us not be like those, who cannot think for others who suffer, and help them realize their folly, not through words but by deeds….
Courage, Courage, and courage, is what is needed, to rock the cradle, the corporate, and the world…As Gandhiji had once said, problem with we Indians are that we are cowards. Also family, corporations, and the world, are build on sacrifices, some go noticed, some go unnoticed. Some are rewarded, some are not. When I told a friend, this is the gift I got, when I failed, my sis said, why should we give gifts, only when others succeed?? True they need to be rewarded, for their hardwork, but Success itself is a gift. People are sad, and needs motivation, when they fail. So when others fail, they should not be rejected, but encouraged….And indeed that is what keeps me going now….
‘So let us then be up and living, with a heart for any race…Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labour and to wait’
DONT TRUE LOVE N AFFECTION HAVE A PLACE IN THE WOLD TODAY??. IS IT JUST RAT RACE BY GREEDY ONES!!??
Well there are exceptions, everywhere, every time. There were people like Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Vivekananda, and Subash Chandra Bose at the same time. Hitler, Mussoloni, Mother Therisa, Einsten, Nobel….
So let us not be in the race by greedy ones!! Let us do all the good we can, to all the people we can, in all the ways we can, at all the time we can….Let is live the one life we have, right with dignity. Let us not be like those, who cannot think for others who suffer, and help them realize their folly, not through words but by deeds….
Courage, Courage, and courage, is what is needed, to rock the cradle, the corporate, and the world…As Gandhiji had once said, problem with we Indians are that we are cowards. Also family, corporations, and the world, are build on sacrifices, some go noticed, some go unnoticed. Some are rewarded, some are not. When I told a friend, this is the gift I got, when I failed, my sis said, why should we give gifts, only when others succeed?? True they need to be rewarded, for their hardwork, but Success itself is a gift. People are sad, and needs motivation, when they fail. So when others fail, they should not be rejected, but encouraged….And indeed that is what keeps me going now….
The world of greasepaints is infused with people form both sides of the fence. The ones who deserve, but don’t ask, and the ones who get more than their fair share of the pie. Few develop the courage to seek their worth in greens, over a period of time….
John Wooden once said: ‘Things turns out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out’.
There would be many to take credit of your achievements, but very few to be by your side during tough times, who really are your true friends, and hence aptly said, only poor man knows who his true friends are.
Often several families, though living apart, function together as one unit for every major aspect. Increasing income of the FAMILY is a desirable thing. No one confused greed for money with the steady rise in income commensurate with the rising needs of modern life. Government officers who, 30 years ago, were on a couple of thousand rupees salary are now earning Rs.15000 or even more. It hurts no one's conscience that he is growing greedy. Modern life demands more. One finds it essential to earn more and more.
In a business, there is a product. At home, there is no such product. Money is spent on living. What can one realistically do to raise his family income?. Time and energy are MONEY. To save them is to pay attention to them. Time saved, in principle, is money saved. It is true of energy, too. To save TIME, one needs to organize one's work. To organize means to become efficient. Efficiency, as a rule, even as a principle, increases money. He who saves time and organizes the work for that purpose, is NOT outside.
He is inside. Doing so seriously, his outer life gradually gets transferred inside. It finally becomes inner life. Inner life is necessarily a life of concentration. It has a point of reference. We refer each work to that point of reference.
Such an inner life does not permit a man to shout or even speak loudly. His movements become measured. He refers his work to an ideal of his or to a value. Surely such a value can be a Divine Value. Referring each work to a divine value or to the Divine is known as consecration. For a family man, his own family is that divine. To refer every work to the inner divine, for a domestic person, means to have GOOD WILL. It can be a good will of emotion and be intense. One's intense emotion of good will for his family can be extended to all his friends and relatives. It becomes powerful when he decides that any good that he desires that any good that he can come to him after they all receive it first, even if is LUCK. It is a silent way and a sure way of steadily increasing one's family income.
Friends and Relatives are two sides of the same coin. Both are needed in our life. If I ask you who you tell is good, what would be your answer?? Whatever it is, they are like Father and Mother. Though there are people leaving without one, it is indeed the greatest blessing of God to have both of them by our side always. And we do not forget the way we come. Poverty indeed is the greatest curse. And it indeed was a wise saying by Dr.Abdul Kalam, to make education upto 14 years completely free, and make available loan, for education after that.
Every parents strive to do their best for their families. But, in return, children begin by obeying their parents, after a time they judge them, rarely, if ever do they forgive them. After a age, it is not money that they need, but love and affection, for which there is no time today.
Be careful and cautious in your journey through life. You have to be nice, but you can’t have people use you as a doormat. If someone commits a foul on you, make him or her aware they are, otherwise you are encouraging them. After that if people do not realize their mistake, it’s their karma. Niceness always pays off with all the goodwill that comes your way.
If you hike your wagon to the stars may be you will get to some heights. So dream big!! Things at times fall into places, may be unplanned by us, and planned by Almighty!! There are many more talented people out there who are not fortunate enough to be here. I would not wish to step on anybody’s toes to get what I want…But pray to Almighty!!!
‘So let us then be up and living, with a heart for any race…Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labour and to wait’
M's
Some smile, some admire, some smirk, some raise quizzical eyebrows-all at one issue. Worse still some are bashed up, some are burt alive, some are buried alive, when it comes to intercaste and/or interreligious marriage.
Some say extra marital affair is wrong, marrying a married person is wrong…,For a modern, young, NRI, full of dreams, and green card, it would be a dilemma, when he is asked to marry his sister-in-law, when brother is dead, if otherwise, he looks at her, in any other way, it is wrong, for she is in the position of a mother.
Why did Krishna leave Radha?
Why did Krishna make Rukumini elope?
Why did Kansa put his sis & BIL in the same prison, when he knew that their son would kill him?
How did Virgin Mary give birth to Jesus?
When its time, any thing can happen? Impossible itself says I’m possible…we are no one to decide, what is wrong, and what is right. When we point a finger at others, three fingers are pointing at us.
Love is blind, when someone is in love, they will not see or understand anything…..
At times the things that give us pain, others cherish, while that give us pleasure, others are hurt….But then, what to choose??
Marriages are made in heaven….and elsewhere…..Adults have the right to choose who they want to live with…One needs to understand that ‘honour’ killings should not exist in a civilized society. It’s a shame that it is still going on…It is sad that parents take it as a personal vengeance when their own children marry outside of their caste or religion. What is more important to a parent? A child’s happiness or a false pride and honour?? But then what to do, they think of the society, where they live in.
One thing common in most human being is they find pleasure to see others suffering….They don’t want to see other rise…
When once, I told to a friends mother ‘Mothers are crazy…’ MOTHERS ARE NEVER CRAZY. By crazy, I meant extremely passionate, but they took it other way out……….When I said, Inshallaha (which means God willing to me) Reena told, …I don’t belive in that…Infact, there is only one perfect child and every mother has it..Come what may, they will understand, and forgive their children, but not others…..Doesn’t one become to some extend, a little selfish, once they become a mother…Anyways...No care and love like that of theirs...
Dear Friend.....
You probably relies you brighten my life when we are together, but do you know how much you brighten my life when we are apart?
Whenever something exciting happens, I think of you, and I picture myself running to tell you all about it, and we share a laugh…
When I am faced with a tough situation, I think of you, and imagine what you would do or what you would say to help me through it.
Even when there is really nothing going on, I think of you and your ability to make lifes dullest moments fun….
Even when you are somewhere else, a part of you is always here with me.
It was but yesterday we met in a dream, you have sung me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky, But now our sleep had fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dream. The noon tide is upon us, and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more we shall speak again, together and you shall sing to me a deeper song, and if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall built another tower in the sky……
If i have to be ur best frnd, if thats all i can get, then i will take the job with honor, i will be the best one yet. i 'll offer u my shoulder, i 'll show how i care, i'll be there when u need me, i am not going anywhere. i ve never known anyone who smiles or laughs as much as u do, thats always been the best part about u. You have made ur foot prints in my heart, thanku my dear frnd!!!!!!!!!!!! Whether you realize it or not….
Whenever something exciting happens, I think of you, and I picture myself running to tell you all about it, and we share a laugh…
When I am faced with a tough situation, I think of you, and imagine what you would do or what you would say to help me through it.
Even when there is really nothing going on, I think of you and your ability to make lifes dullest moments fun….
Even when you are somewhere else, a part of you is always here with me.
It was but yesterday we met in a dream, you have sung me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky, But now our sleep had fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dream. The noon tide is upon us, and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more we shall speak again, together and you shall sing to me a deeper song, and if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall built another tower in the sky……
If i have to be ur best frnd, if thats all i can get, then i will take the job with honor, i will be the best one yet. i 'll offer u my shoulder, i 'll show how i care, i'll be there when u need me, i am not going anywhere. i ve never known anyone who smiles or laughs as much as u do, thats always been the best part about u. You have made ur foot prints in my heart, thanku my dear frnd!!!!!!!!!!!! Whether you realize it or not….
Journey from V To A and CA
One corporate world to another…Each for a span of two years….So near, yet so far…So similar yet so different….
It is said that ‘Rolling stone gathers no moss’ What does it really mean? Isnt it the two sides of same coin….
Whatever has to happen will happen, Nobody can stop destiny…
And there was history repeating in many ways:
V A
KOCHOUSEPH MOHAMED
JAGHU ABHU
SANDHYA RESHMI
SANTHI SHALIMA
RENJITH RANEESH
SESHU SRINI
RASAL SAJID
SUJI PRIYA/MEEGA
JISA SAJINA/CIMI
ELSA ANNIE/BEENA
JOJO THOMAS
CA INTER CA FINAL
CHENNAI COCHIN
TALLY SAGE
So many friends, and new colleagues, new knowledge’s…and new ventures…Thanks, for all this would not be possible without the help and support of family, and wishes from God..Hope all for the best!! It indeed is Almighty’s plan.
And now remember Seema:
Ø He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning
Ø Strive hard with the exam in mind and not the end result
Ø Please don’t get tense just before the exam or else you will be unable to perform upto your true potential.
Ø Study as per the time table you have set for yourself, don’t worry about the way others study.
Ø Pray, really hard, god listens to most of your prayers..
When Mini/Anni miss met me in bus, they had asked me: So far you are still here?? Reached nowhere??
Greatest torture is mental torture, dreams not being fulfilled and people making fun of you. Some may not do that directly, but behind the back…..
Be active, others should be motivated seeing you, your energy. Work, work and work! Hard! Smart! Those who fail to plan, plan to fail….
Don’t waste your time talking, at times good to be selfish, like the girl who hurt you by not telling her name inspite of you asking her, she got through the exam..Be soft spoken, and get things done for you, as ur once room mate, Porkodu….’golden creeper’ The name you give your last daughter, so that next you have a male child.
Why Good people suffer???
Success in life is an ability to organize a productive work.
Some of them whom we consider good, may be good in their behaviour, but not really good….
Most of them are inefficient and some of them are lazy….’sombarithanam’ which effects me too at times…especially while studying/taking CA books.
There is a belif that pious people are naturally good, which is not true.
So dear: Be excellent in whatever you do…Do the things allotted to you perfectly and well….Leave the rest to God, Nobody can change his will and plan…
No second thought, you must build up good career by hard work.
It is said that ‘Rolling stone gathers no moss’ What does it really mean? Isnt it the two sides of same coin….
Whatever has to happen will happen, Nobody can stop destiny…
And there was history repeating in many ways:
V A
KOCHOUSEPH MOHAMED
JAGHU ABHU
SANDHYA RESHMI
SANTHI SHALIMA
RENJITH RANEESH
SESHU SRINI
RASAL SAJID
SUJI PRIYA/MEEGA
JISA SAJINA/CIMI
ELSA ANNIE/BEENA
JOJO THOMAS
CA INTER CA FINAL
CHENNAI COCHIN
TALLY SAGE
So many friends, and new colleagues, new knowledge’s…and new ventures…Thanks, for all this would not be possible without the help and support of family, and wishes from God..Hope all for the best!! It indeed is Almighty’s plan.
And now remember Seema:
Ø He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning
Ø Strive hard with the exam in mind and not the end result
Ø Please don’t get tense just before the exam or else you will be unable to perform upto your true potential.
Ø Study as per the time table you have set for yourself, don’t worry about the way others study.
Ø Pray, really hard, god listens to most of your prayers..
When Mini/Anni miss met me in bus, they had asked me: So far you are still here?? Reached nowhere??
Greatest torture is mental torture, dreams not being fulfilled and people making fun of you. Some may not do that directly, but behind the back…..
Be active, others should be motivated seeing you, your energy. Work, work and work! Hard! Smart! Those who fail to plan, plan to fail….
Don’t waste your time talking, at times good to be selfish, like the girl who hurt you by not telling her name inspite of you asking her, she got through the exam..Be soft spoken, and get things done for you, as ur once room mate, Porkodu….’golden creeper’ The name you give your last daughter, so that next you have a male child.
Why Good people suffer???
Success in life is an ability to organize a productive work.
Some of them whom we consider good, may be good in their behaviour, but not really good….
Most of them are inefficient and some of them are lazy….’sombarithanam’ which effects me too at times…especially while studying/taking CA books.
There is a belif that pious people are naturally good, which is not true.
So dear: Be excellent in whatever you do…Do the things allotted to you perfectly and well….Leave the rest to God, Nobody can change his will and plan…
No second thought, you must build up good career by hard work.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Corporate….
My friend asked me to accompany her to watch this movie. As I had other commitments, could not go for the same. But missed it, as had heard a lot about Page 3, but couldn’t watch it still, and had heard that it was from the same director….
This has nothing to do with the movie, just overflow of thought…
Don’t understand how some people turn out to be managers…o.k. Management, is the art of getting things done by people, but is it the art of throwing out others, if you don’t know how to get it done by them!!! I believe, the strength of true manager lies in getting things done from even the worst person, not only from the best!!! The best person will give his best even otherwise. If you employee a person, and say he is not right, after three months, the primary fault is yours being faulty recruitment. A true manager, should be able to realize if the candidate he selected is right or wrong for the job, with in this time, unless and until, the candidate, is that cleaver, and cunning, with some ulterior motive….
Communication is the link pin, for success in any organization, and when an employee leaves the organization, true fact has to be properly communicated, not in detail, but in a precise way, so that there are no misunderstandings…. or the very foundation would be crumbled.
Everyone needs to feel appreciated and even the busiest of executives will find time to assist a person who respects them and values their advice.
Nobody is perfect in this world, there are shortcomings in everyone, and if we really do care for somebody, we would be broad enough to overlook the shortcomings, and provide a helping hand, to rectify the others mistakes.
Corporate divorce is as painful and traumatic as a marital divorce. The ‘divorce papers’ served as pink slips can leave one feeling totally worthless.
It is even more painful, to give the pink slip, to those who you see have been working well, and to whom you promise that things will be well, when they had been supporting the corporation during tough times, and you are asked to hand over the pink slip to those very people, your own friends….
On getting a new job, there are new hopes, treat is given on receipt of first salary, and nobody expects to leave soon..But then nothing lasts for ever…
Every opportunity is a chance to learn. It is not just important but essential that we look at a job loss as an opportunity. A chance that life has offered you to make yourself more marketable…To look for a possible new turn of events.
After we have come to terms with all matters emotional and practical, it is time to move on. One needs to decide where to go from here. One need not break the daily routine, resist the temptation to sleep late, watch television all day, think of your search for new employment as a full or part-time job. At the same time, enjoy your life by indulging in activities you did not have time for earlier…
The crucial part, at this juncture is Financial Management. You really need to take care of and plan to get yourself through the next several months. Know what your income and expenses are, and for sure, it will reveal possibilities, rather than present restrictions.
Let’s face it; losing a job is always a possibility. So it is better to be prepared for the worst.
Moreover, after having lived your life in a hectic frenzy, assume that this is the break that you very well deserve. A time to relax, ‘To stand and stare’
So is this a lesson to be learned too: Don’t consider anyone in Corporate offices to be your friends??? Is it so???
Thought for the day:
1. ‘Education is the one cure-all for insecurity’-Hugh Jackman.
2. Everybody has a right to happiness and freedom and security and health care and education ….
3. Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
4. One of the golden keys to happiness and great success is the way you interpret events which unfold before you. There are no negative experiences only experiences which aid in your development and toughen your character so that you may soar to new heights. There are no failures, only lessons.
5. A famous saying spread in IT industry, belived to be by Narayan Murthy, Infosys Chairman, ‘Never love the company you work for, but only your job, for you do not know when the company, you work for will stop loving you.’ But I belive, why hate any one….Let us continue loving the company too…As the song goes….Where is the time to hate…When there is so little time to love….
This has nothing to do with the movie, just overflow of thought…
Don’t understand how some people turn out to be managers…o.k. Management, is the art of getting things done by people, but is it the art of throwing out others, if you don’t know how to get it done by them!!! I believe, the strength of true manager lies in getting things done from even the worst person, not only from the best!!! The best person will give his best even otherwise. If you employee a person, and say he is not right, after three months, the primary fault is yours being faulty recruitment. A true manager, should be able to realize if the candidate he selected is right or wrong for the job, with in this time, unless and until, the candidate, is that cleaver, and cunning, with some ulterior motive….
Communication is the link pin, for success in any organization, and when an employee leaves the organization, true fact has to be properly communicated, not in detail, but in a precise way, so that there are no misunderstandings…. or the very foundation would be crumbled.
Everyone needs to feel appreciated and even the busiest of executives will find time to assist a person who respects them and values their advice.
Nobody is perfect in this world, there are shortcomings in everyone, and if we really do care for somebody, we would be broad enough to overlook the shortcomings, and provide a helping hand, to rectify the others mistakes.
Corporate divorce is as painful and traumatic as a marital divorce. The ‘divorce papers’ served as pink slips can leave one feeling totally worthless.
It is even more painful, to give the pink slip, to those who you see have been working well, and to whom you promise that things will be well, when they had been supporting the corporation during tough times, and you are asked to hand over the pink slip to those very people, your own friends….
On getting a new job, there are new hopes, treat is given on receipt of first salary, and nobody expects to leave soon..But then nothing lasts for ever…
Every opportunity is a chance to learn. It is not just important but essential that we look at a job loss as an opportunity. A chance that life has offered you to make yourself more marketable…To look for a possible new turn of events.
After we have come to terms with all matters emotional and practical, it is time to move on. One needs to decide where to go from here. One need not break the daily routine, resist the temptation to sleep late, watch television all day, think of your search for new employment as a full or part-time job. At the same time, enjoy your life by indulging in activities you did not have time for earlier…
The crucial part, at this juncture is Financial Management. You really need to take care of and plan to get yourself through the next several months. Know what your income and expenses are, and for sure, it will reveal possibilities, rather than present restrictions.
Let’s face it; losing a job is always a possibility. So it is better to be prepared for the worst.
Moreover, after having lived your life in a hectic frenzy, assume that this is the break that you very well deserve. A time to relax, ‘To stand and stare’
So is this a lesson to be learned too: Don’t consider anyone in Corporate offices to be your friends??? Is it so???
Thought for the day:
1. ‘Education is the one cure-all for insecurity’-Hugh Jackman.
2. Everybody has a right to happiness and freedom and security and health care and education ….
3. Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
4. One of the golden keys to happiness and great success is the way you interpret events which unfold before you. There are no negative experiences only experiences which aid in your development and toughen your character so that you may soar to new heights. There are no failures, only lessons.
5. A famous saying spread in IT industry, belived to be by Narayan Murthy, Infosys Chairman, ‘Never love the company you work for, but only your job, for you do not know when the company, you work for will stop loving you.’ But I belive, why hate any one….Let us continue loving the company too…As the song goes….Where is the time to hate…When there is so little time to love….
Friday, July 28, 2006
Thought for the day.....
"I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their tired bodies, education and culture for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and non-violent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land 'and the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.' I still believe that we shall overcome."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don’t go by hearsays, gossips and misconceptions…Listen to your heart…Reach for the stars, Dream big, and Never give up….
Believe in yourself, and in the strength that you have to build your destiny, for nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
Winners never quit, and quitters Never win.....So Let us try and try till we succeed..
Monday, July 24, 2006
On Work....
Today Libin said, if at first you don’t succeed destroy all evidence that you tried. Does that mean we should not try? For this he said, no, it means you should restart all your efforts once again, as if you have never tried before. So also, did amma say today not to use old notes etc…. Meaning the same…Understood!!
The only way one can develop interest in any conceptual subject is by thinking on the logic behind conclusions stated in the books. When your line of thinking deviates from those conclusions do not come to the conclusion that you are proceeding in the wrong direction. Always consult a teacher in this regard. The more the doubts you have initially, the better, since it would guide you in the right direction and you are informed as to why the alternate thinking is not appropriate.
Many problems do not give complete information and require the use of assumptions. While going through a text book, question the logic behind the assumption if you think another assumption will suit the question on hand better.
In child hood we did not learn Twinkle Twinkle, or Johny Johny understanding its meaning. Over repeatedly reciting we understood its meaning…Same is the case with the prayers we chant....So also to pass even if we do not understand what it is, on repeated reading, and not giving up, you will…..
Had started with DANCE, GUITAR, KARATE and YOGA, but was not successful, in any of these, so still Jack of all trades, Master of none..But earnestly feel like completing one thing…But as achan said, even if you take seven births, and keep on learning, you knowledge would be just the knowledge of KG class, to your total knowledge now.
As Reshmita said, about the boy who always prayed to God, that he should win the lottery, one day God said to him, dear for that you please buy a lottery first…….So you study well first and write the exam, with faith and confidence…Now that you have support from all, and leave the rest to God…ALL FOR THE BEST……
And Achan always kept telling the story of the king and the spider…how the king who was about the give up, was re motivated seeing the spider, though unsuccessful, kept trying to make its web, and was finally successful.
If any person is able to show me that I do not think or act rightly, I will change, for I seek the truth. For he is injured who abides in errors and ignorance.
Now the only hindrance seems to be my sleep… and laziness to wake up early in the morning. Though punctual for most of the things most of the times, unless I forget (Don’t know how I happen to forget Devis marriage)
The first most obvious sign of a professional is punctuality, and you need to learn to be quickly…Don’t go by Sony’s logic…that Punctuality is not in coming to office at time, but delivering….but does it mean escapesim…from responsibility, and just pointing figures at others, self not being upto the mark ….Well that is said, in todays world…what is needed is not hard work, but smart work.
The only way one can develop interest in any conceptual subject is by thinking on the logic behind conclusions stated in the books. When your line of thinking deviates from those conclusions do not come to the conclusion that you are proceeding in the wrong direction. Always consult a teacher in this regard. The more the doubts you have initially, the better, since it would guide you in the right direction and you are informed as to why the alternate thinking is not appropriate.
Many problems do not give complete information and require the use of assumptions. While going through a text book, question the logic behind the assumption if you think another assumption will suit the question on hand better.
In child hood we did not learn Twinkle Twinkle, or Johny Johny understanding its meaning. Over repeatedly reciting we understood its meaning…Same is the case with the prayers we chant....So also to pass even if we do not understand what it is, on repeated reading, and not giving up, you will…..
Had started with DANCE, GUITAR, KARATE and YOGA, but was not successful, in any of these, so still Jack of all trades, Master of none..But earnestly feel like completing one thing…But as achan said, even if you take seven births, and keep on learning, you knowledge would be just the knowledge of KG class, to your total knowledge now.
As Reshmita said, about the boy who always prayed to God, that he should win the lottery, one day God said to him, dear for that you please buy a lottery first…….So you study well first and write the exam, with faith and confidence…Now that you have support from all, and leave the rest to God…ALL FOR THE BEST……
And Achan always kept telling the story of the king and the spider…how the king who was about the give up, was re motivated seeing the spider, though unsuccessful, kept trying to make its web, and was finally successful.
If any person is able to show me that I do not think or act rightly, I will change, for I seek the truth. For he is injured who abides in errors and ignorance.
Now the only hindrance seems to be my sleep… and laziness to wake up early in the morning. Though punctual for most of the things most of the times, unless I forget (Don’t know how I happen to forget Devis marriage)
The first most obvious sign of a professional is punctuality, and you need to learn to be quickly…Don’t go by Sony’s logic…that Punctuality is not in coming to office at time, but delivering….but does it mean escapesim…from responsibility, and just pointing figures at others, self not being upto the mark ….Well that is said, in todays world…what is needed is not hard work, but smart work.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Tamil Wedding....
Wedding celebrations do have a special place in society, and now you can see not lakhs but crores of rupees being spend for weddings....In India too ...wedding cermony vary from place to place.
On February 2nd & 3rd, it was Ramesh and Anushas wedding....it was a typical two day Tamil wedding, and the events were new to me. Had asked some present there, what each meant, they said, it were all rituals..with Thanks giving to God.
Thought of knowing the details..and this was what was found with regard to the steps and significance:
Panda Kaal Muhurtham It is customary to invoke the blessings of the family deity to ensure that the wedding preparations proceed smoothly. Usually, this small ritual is performed one day before the wedding. The pole is adorned with turmeric powder, mango leaves and 'kolam'. The 'pujari' performs a 'puja' by sprinkling turmeric, 'kumkum' powder, yellow rice and flowers amidst the chanting of Vedic mantras. The pole is then fixed very firmly into the ground and an 'arathi' is performed. Prayers are offered so that the 'pandaal' should remain strong and firm throughout the ceremonies. The family of the bride and the groom pray to the deity who is symbolically represented by a bamboo pole.
Receiving the Groom When the groom and his family arrive at the wedding hall on the morning one day before the wedding, they are welcomed with a tray containing offerings of flowers, paan supari, fruits and mishri. Rose water is sprinkled on the groom. The bride's brother applies a tilak (dot or line) of sandalwood paste and kumkum on his forehead and garlands him. The bride's mother offers the groom's parents offer a sweet dish prepared from condensed milk. A senior female member of the bride's family performs aarti (a small ritual conducted as a mark of reverence) and welcomes them. It is also customary to break a coconut to the ground as this is believed to help ward off evil spirits.
Vratham This ritual is somewhat similar to the Panda Kaal Muhurtham. It is usually performed a day before the wedding by the family of the bride as well as that of the groom. They recite Vedic hymns in the presence of a priest (Vaadyar) and seek the blessings of a family deity. Next, they invoke the blessings of all their ancestors and pray for their intervention in removing those obstacles that threaten to disrupt the wedding proceedings. Following these ceremonies, all married women from the groom's family participate in a ceremony called Palikai thellichal.
Pallikai Thellichal The family of the bride begins this ceremony a day before the wedding. Clay pots are filled with grains. Married women from both the sides sprinkle water on the pots filled with nine varieties of grain. During this ceremony, the others present sing traditional songs to the accompaniment of music. The next day (the day after the wedding) when the grains sprout, these pots are immersed in a pond so that the fish in the pond may feed on the grains and bless the newly-weds abundantly.
Naandi This ceremony involves honouring a few Brahmins with gifts and sweets. The Brahmins are invited to represent the souls of the ancestors of the bride and the groom. The families seek their blessings before beginning the marriage proceedings.
Jaanavaasam A tradition which is rarely practised these days. The groom gets into a decorated car and is escorted to the wedding venue by a large and joyous procession of family and friends. Professional musicians accompany the procession and play traditional wedding music. Sometimes there are also fireworks to celebrate the occasion. The girl's brother garlands the groom and receives him at the Wedding hall to the accompaniment of traditional music.
Nicchiyadharatham The bride's parents perform Ganesh Pooja in the presence of the officiating priest. The bride is also present during the ceremony. Tamilians have great faith in the Elephant God, Lord Ganesh, the remover of obstacles. The groom's side gives the bride a new sari. She wears it with the assistance of her sister-in-law. A tilak of chandan and kumkum is applied on her forehead, while the pallav (part of the sari near the border) of her sari is filled with fruits, paan-supari, turmeric, kumkum and coconut. A garland of flowers is tied around her waist. Aarati is also performed for her.
Reading of Lagna Pathirigai The priest formally reads out the wedding invitation. Details on 3 generations of the lineage of the boy and the girl and other information on the muhurtam and venue is announced. This is followed by an elaborate dinner.The above mentioned are done on the day previous to the actual wedding ceremony ..On the Day of Wedding we have ...
Mangala Snaanam The mangala snaanam is the auspicious and purifying bath that the bride and groom must have in their respective homes on the dawn of their wedding day. Before the bath they are anointed with oil and a tilak of haldi-kumkum.
Kasi Yatra This is an interesting ritual and adds an element of colour and drama to the occasion. After the mangala snaanam, the groom pretends to leave for Kashi, a pilgrimage center to devote himself to God and a life of prayer. He carries a walking stick and other meagre essentials with him to imply that he is not interested in becoming a householder. The girl's father intervenes and requests him to accept his daughter as his life partner. He exhorts him to fulfill his responsibilities as a householder and thus follow what is written in the scriptures. The groom relents and returns to the pandal where he is received by the bride.
Exchange of Garlands This ceremony is full of fun and gaiety. The bride and the groom exchange garlands thrice. They are teased by their relatives. For instance, they pull the girl away when the boy reaches forward to be garlanded by her, and vice versa. The bride and the groom's uncles (mother's brother) have to hoist them.
Oonjal When the couple finally succeed in garlanding each other thrice, they are made to sit together on a swing. Married women from the families give spoonful of milk and banana pieces. They circle rice balls around the couple in circular motions, in clockwise and anti-clockwise directions and fling them away. This rite is believed to prevent evil forces from disrupting the wedding ceremony. Another rite to achieve a similar end, involves the womenfolk going around the couple four times, holding in their hands a lamp or alternately, a container of water. Songs called Oonjal Paattu must be sung during these rites.
Twin Star In one of the rituals of a Hindu marriage, the groom shows the bride the double stars of Vashista and Arundhati as an ideal couple, symbolic of marital fulfilment and loyalty. ... Since the Arundhati star is faintly visible, there is a belief that when someone is near death, they can not see the Arundhati star.
Kanyaa daanam Here, the brahmachari meets his prospective father-in-law. The bride's father welcomes the groom when he comes to the mandapam (place where the wedding rituals are carried out).The mandapam houses the sacred fire around which the wedding ceremonies will be conducted.The bride's mother applies kajal in the groom's eyes. The bride's father washes his son-in-law's feet. Through this gesture the father conveys that that the boy is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and believes that he will support and take good care of his daughter. The bride sits on her father's lap with a coconut in her hands. The father and bride offer the coconut to the groom while the bride's mother pours water over the coconut thus symbolising the 'giving away of their daughter.' The groom's parents gift the bride a nine-yard sari and a blouse to be worn for next moment, the auspicious occasion of tying the mangasultra
Maangalya dhaaranam(Muhurtam) With the help of her sister-in-law and other aunts the bride changes into a nine-yard sari and again enters the mandapam. A sack of paddy is placed on the floor. The bride's father is seated on this and the bride sits on her father's lap. The sack of paddy symbolises good fortune and abundance in terms of material and spiritual wealth. The yoke of a farmer's plough is touched to the bride's forehead. This gesture carries the hope that the couple will always walk together, by each other's side to pull the plough of life. The priest and relatives bless the mangalsutra or sacred thread and hand it to the groom who ties it around the neck of his bride with two knots. His groom's sister ties the third knot much to the rejoicing of everyone accompanied by the drums of the melam. The three knots symbolise the marriage of the mind, spirit and body. There is no Veda Mantram for tying the mangala sutram (auspicious thread) around the neck of the bride by the groom. The latter takes the mangala sutram in his hands and recites the following verse:
mAngalyam tantunAnena mama jIvanA hethunA kaNThe: badhnami subhage! sanjIva Sarada: Satam
(meaning: This is a sacred thread. This is essential for my long life. I tie this around your neck, O maiden having many auspicious attributes! May you live happily for a hundred years (with me).
Paani grahanam After maangalya dhaaranam, the groom lowers his right palm and encloses it over the right hand of the bride. He covers all the five fingers of the right hand of the bride with his right palm through this act of paani grahanam. He recites mantras in praise of Bhaga, Aryama, Savita, Indra, Agni, Suryan, Vayu and Saraswati, while holding the bride's hand. He prays for long life, progeny, prosperity and harmony with the bride during their married life. The closed fingers of the right hand of the bride is said to represent her heart. The paani grahanam ritual symbolizes the bride surrendering her heart in the hands of the groom during the occasion of the marriage.
Sapta padi During this ritual, the groom walks with the bride to the right side of the sacred fire. All along, he holds his wife's right hand in his right hand in the way in which he held her hand during the paani grahanam ceremony. He stops, bends down and holds the right toe of his wife with his right hand and helps her take seven steps around the fire. At the beginning of each step, he recites a Veda mantra to invoke the blessings of Maha Vishnu. Through these seven mantras, he asks Maha Vishnu to follow in the footsteps of his wife and bless her with food, strength, piety, progeny, wealth, comfort and health. At the conclusion of the seven steps, he addresses his wife with a moving statement from the Veds summarized below:
Dear Wife! By taking these seven steps, you have become my dearest friend. I pledge my unfailing loyalty to you. Let us stay together for the rest of our lives. Let us not separate from each other ever. Let us be of one mind in carrying out our responsibilities as householders (grihasthas). Let us love and cherish each other and enjoy nourishing food and good health. Let us discharge our prescribed Vedic duties to our elders, ancestors, rishis, creatures, and gods. Let our aspirations be united. I will be the Saaman and may you be the Rk (Saaman here refers to the music and Rk refers to the Vedic text that is being cast into music). Let me be the upper world and let you be the Bhumi or Mother Earth. I will be the Sukla or life force and may you be the bearer of that Sukla. Let me be the mind and let you be the speech. May you follow me to conceive children and gain worldly as well as spiritual wealth. May all auspiciousness come your way.
Pradhaana homam After sapta padi, the couple take their seat on the western side of the sacred fire and conduct pradhaana homam. During the conductance of this homam, the bride must place her right hand on her husband's body so that she gets the full benefit of the homam through symbolic participation. Sixteen mantras are recited to the accompaniment of pouring a spoon of clarified butter into the sacred fire at the end of recitation of each of the mantras. These mantras salute Soma, Gandharva, Agni, Indra, Vayu, the Aswini Devas, Savita, Brihaspati, Viswa Devas and Varuna for blessing the marriage and beseeches them to confer long wedded life, health, wealth, children and freedom from all kinds of worries. One prayer -- the sixth mantra -- has a sense of humor and provides deep insight into human psychology. The text of this mantra is: "daSaasyam putraan dehi, patim ekaadaSam kRti". Here, the groom asks Indra to bless the couple with ten children and requests that he be blessed to become the eleventh child of his bride in his old age.
Stepping on the grinding stone After pradhaana homam, the husband holds the right toe of his wife and lifts her leg and places it on a flat granite grinding stone known as "ammi" in Tamil. The ammi stands at the right side of the sacred fire. The husband recites a Veda mantra when he places the right foot of his wife on the ammi:May you stand on this firm stone. May you be rock-firm during your stay on this grinding stone. May you stand up to those who oppose you while you carry out your time-honored responsibilities as a wife sanctioned by the Vedas and tradition. May you develop tolerance to your enemies and put up a fair fight to defend your legitimate rights as the head of the household in a firm manner, equal to the steady strength of this grinding stone.
Sammandhi Mariyathai The families of the newly-weds exchange clothes and other gifts befitting their status during this ceremony.
Laaja homam After ammi stepping, a ceremony of doing homam with parched rice is conducted. Here, the wife cups her hands and the brothers of the bride fill the cupped hands with parched rice. The husband adds a drop of ghee to the parched rice and recites five Veda mantras. At the end of each of the recitation , the parched rice is thrown into the sacred fire as havis (offering) to Agni. Through these mantras, the wife prays for long life for her husband and for a marriage filled with peace and harmony. At the end of the laaja homam, the husband unties the darbha belt around the waist of his wife with another mantra. The husband states through this mantra that he unites his wife and ties her now with the bonds of Varuna and invites her to be a full partner in his life to enjoy the blessings of wedded life.
Griha pravesam This ceremony relates to the journey of the wife to her husband's home. The husband carries the sacred fire (homa agni) in a earthern vessel during this journey home. There are many Veda mantras associated with this journey. These mantras pray to the appropriate Vedic gods to remove all obstacles that one can experience in a journey. The bride is requested to become the mistress of the house and is reminded of her important role among the relatives of her husband. After reaching her new home, she puts her right foot first in the house and recites the following Veda mantra:I enter this house with a happy heart. May I give birth to children, who observe the path of righteousness (dharma)! May this house that I enter today be prosperous forever and never be deficient in food. May this house be populated by people of virtue and pious thoughts.Praavisya homam After griha pravesam, a fire ritual known as praavisya homam is performed by the couple to the accompaniment of thirteen Veda mantras from the Rg Veda. Jayaadi homam is also part of the
Praavisya homam. This homam offers the salutation of the newly married couple to Agni Deva and asks for strength and nourishment to discharge the duties of a grihasthas for the next one hundred years. After that, the bride shifts her position from the right side of her husband to his left side. At that time, once again, she recites a Veda mantra invoking the gods for blessings of children and wealth to perform the duties of a householder.At the end of the above homam, a child is placed on the lap of the bride and she offers a fruit to the child, while reciting a prescribed Veda mantra. Yet another mantram asks the assembled guests to bless the bride and then retire to their own individual homes peacefully. During the first evening of the stay in her new home, the couple see the stars known as Dhruva (pole star) and Arundhati. The husband points out the pole star and prays for the strength and stability of the household thru a Veda mantra. Next, the husband points out the Arundhati star to his wife and describes to her the the story of Arundhati and her legendary chastity.
Nelangu: It is Tamil Wedding Game, played by the bride and grooms party, wherein, coconuts are rolled across, and songs are sung, at times some other games too are played.…
ReceptionAfter the series of religious ceremonies, the evening reception marks a tone of informality with the guests meeting the couple and conveying their best wishes to their families.
Katta Saddam The next day after the 2 day affair, the boy's side leave the marriage hall and proceed to their respective homes. The bride's side bid adieu and provide them with all the condiments like rice, dal, tamarind, coffee powder, appalam, pickles etc. They also give packed cooked food which include coconut rice, lemon rice, tamarind rice and curd rice.
During the marriage ceremonies of Hindus, one of the ritual is the groom shows the bride the double stars of Vasishta and Arundhati.
In some Hindu communities, priests conducting a wedding ceremony allude to or point out the constellation as a symbol of the closeness marriage brings to a couple.
Secret behind watching/pointing the stars
In most twin stars system one star is stationary and other rotates around it, while Arundhati and Vashishtha both rotate in synchrony.
To tell that both husband and wife must do all things in sync and that husband must not rotate round the wife or wife should not dance to the tune of her husband, this ritual was made a part of the marriage ceremony.
Kanyaa daanam Here, the brahmachari meets his prospective father-in-law. The bride's father welcomes the groom when he comes to the mandapam (place where the wedding rituals are carried out).The mandapam houses the sacred fire around which the wedding ceremonies will be conducted.The bride's mother applies kajal in the groom's eyes. The bride's father washes his son-in-law's feet. Through this gesture the father conveys that that the boy is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and believes that he will support and take good care of his daughter. The bride sits on her father's lap with a coconut in her hands. The father and bride offer the coconut to the groom while the bride's mother pours water over the coconut thus symbolising the 'giving away of their daughter.' The groom's parents gift the bride a nine-yard sari and a blouse to be worn for next moment, the auspicious occasion of tying the mangasultra
Maangalya dhaaranam(Muhurtam) With the help of her sister-in-law and other aunts the bride changes into a nine-yard sari and again enters the mandapam. A sack of paddy is placed on the floor. The bride's father is seated on this and the bride sits on her father's lap. The sack of paddy symbolises good fortune and abundance in terms of material and spiritual wealth. The yoke of a farmer's plough is touched to the bride's forehead. This gesture carries the hope that the couple will always walk together, by each other's side to pull the plough of life. The priest and relatives bless the mangalsutra or sacred thread and hand it to the groom who ties it around the neck of his bride with two knots. His groom's sister ties the third knot much to the rejoicing of everyone accompanied by the drums of the melam. The three knots symbolise the marriage of the mind, spirit and body. There is no Veda Mantram for tying the mangala sutram (auspicious thread) around the neck of the bride by the groom. The latter takes the mangala sutram in his hands and recites the following verse:
mAngalyam tantunAnena mama jIvanA hethunA kaNThe: badhnami subhage! sanjIva Sarada: Satam
(meaning: This is a sacred thread. This is essential for my long life. I tie this around your neck, O maiden having many auspicious attributes! May you live happily for a hundred years (with me).
Paani grahanam After maangalya dhaaranam, the groom lowers his right palm and encloses it over the right hand of the bride. He covers all the five fingers of the right hand of the bride with his right palm through this act of paani grahanam. He recites mantras in praise of Bhaga, Aryama, Savita, Indra, Agni, Suryan, Vayu and Saraswati, while holding the bride's hand. He prays for long life, progeny, prosperity and harmony with the bride during their married life. The closed fingers of the right hand of the bride is said to represent her heart. The paani grahanam ritual symbolizes the bride surrendering her heart in the hands of the groom during the occasion of the marriage.
Sapta padi During this ritual, the groom walks with the bride to the right side of the sacred fire. All along, he holds his wife's right hand in his right hand in the way in which he held her hand during the paani grahanam ceremony. He stops, bends down and holds the right toe of his wife with his right hand and helps her take seven steps around the fire. At the beginning of each step, he recites a Veda mantra to invoke the blessings of Maha Vishnu. Through these seven mantras, he asks Maha Vishnu to follow in the footsteps of his wife and bless her with food, strength, piety, progeny, wealth, comfort and health. At the conclusion of the seven steps, he addresses his wife with a moving statement from the Veds summarized below:
Dear Wife! By taking these seven steps, you have become my dearest friend. I pledge my unfailing loyalty to you. Let us stay together for the rest of our lives. Let us not separate from each other ever. Let us be of one mind in carrying out our responsibilities as householders (grihasthas). Let us love and cherish each other and enjoy nourishing food and good health. Let us discharge our prescribed Vedic duties to our elders, ancestors, rishis, creatures, and gods. Let our aspirations be united. I will be the Saaman and may you be the Rk (Saaman here refers to the music and Rk refers to the Vedic text that is being cast into music). Let me be the upper world and let you be the Bhumi or Mother Earth. I will be the Sukla or life force and may you be the bearer of that Sukla. Let me be the mind and let you be the speech. May you follow me to conceive children and gain worldly as well as spiritual wealth. May all auspiciousness come your way.
Pradhaana homam After sapta padi, the couple take their seat on the western side of the sacred fire and conduct pradhaana homam. During the conductance of this homam, the bride must place her right hand on her husband's body so that she gets the full benefit of the homam through symbolic participation. Sixteen mantras are recited to the accompaniment of pouring a spoon of clarified butter into the sacred fire at the end of recitation of each of the mantras. These mantras salute Soma, Gandharva, Agni, Indra, Vayu, the Aswini Devas, Savita, Brihaspati, Viswa Devas and Varuna for blessing the marriage and beseeches them to confer long wedded life, health, wealth, children and freedom from all kinds of worries. One prayer -- the sixth mantra -- has a sense of humor and provides deep insight into human psychology. The text of this mantra is: "daSaasyam putraan dehi, patim ekaadaSam kRti". Here, the groom asks Indra to bless the couple with ten children and requests that he be blessed to become the eleventh child of his bride in his old age.
Stepping on the grinding stone After pradhaana homam, the husband holds the right toe of his wife and lifts her leg and places it on a flat granite grinding stone known as "ammi" in Tamil. The ammi stands at the right side of the sacred fire. The husband recites a Veda mantra when he places the right foot of his wife on the ammi:May you stand on this firm stone. May you be rock-firm during your stay on this grinding stone. May you stand up to those who oppose you while you carry out your time-honored responsibilities as a wife sanctioned by the Vedas and tradition. May you develop tolerance to your enemies and put up a fair fight to defend your legitimate rights as the head of the household in a firm manner, equal to the steady strength of this grinding stone.
Sammandhi Mariyathai The families of the newly-weds exchange clothes and other gifts befitting their status during this ceremony.
Laaja homam After ammi stepping, a ceremony of doing homam with parched rice is conducted. Here, the wife cups her hands and the brothers of the bride fill the cupped hands with parched rice. The husband adds a drop of ghee to the parched rice and recites five Veda mantras. At the end of each of the recitation , the parched rice is thrown into the sacred fire as havis (offering) to Agni. Through these mantras, the wife prays for long life for her husband and for a marriage filled with peace and harmony. At the end of the laaja homam, the husband unties the darbha belt around the waist of his wife with another mantra. The husband states through this mantra that he unites his wife and ties her now with the bonds of Varuna and invites her to be a full partner in his life to enjoy the blessings of wedded life.
Griha pravesam This ceremony relates to the journey of the wife to her husband's home. The husband carries the sacred fire (homa agni) in a earthern vessel during this journey home. There are many Veda mantras associated with this journey. These mantras pray to the appropriate Vedic gods to remove all obstacles that one can experience in a journey. The bride is requested to become the mistress of the house and is reminded of her important role among the relatives of her husband. After reaching her new home, she puts her right foot first in the house and recites the following Veda mantra:I enter this house with a happy heart. May I give birth to children, who observe the path of righteousness (dharma)! May this house that I enter today be prosperous forever and never be deficient in food. May this house be populated by people of virtue and pious thoughts.Praavisya homam After griha pravesam, a fire ritual known as praavisya homam is performed by the couple to the accompaniment of thirteen Veda mantras from the Rg Veda. Jayaadi homam is also part of the
Praavisya homam. This homam offers the salutation of the newly married couple to Agni Deva and asks for strength and nourishment to discharge the duties of a grihasthas for the next one hundred years. After that, the bride shifts her position from the right side of her husband to his left side. At that time, once again, she recites a Veda mantra invoking the gods for blessings of children and wealth to perform the duties of a householder.At the end of the above homam, a child is placed on the lap of the bride and she offers a fruit to the child, while reciting a prescribed Veda mantra. Yet another mantram asks the assembled guests to bless the bride and then retire to their own individual homes peacefully. During the first evening of the stay in her new home, the couple see the stars known as Dhruva (pole star) and Arundhati. The husband points out the pole star and prays for the strength and stability of the household thru a Veda mantra. Next, the husband points out the Arundhati star to his wife and describes to her the the story of Arundhati and her legendary chastity.
Nelangu: It is Tamil Wedding Game, played by the bride and grooms party, wherein, coconuts are rolled across, and songs are sung, at times some other games too are played.…
ReceptionAfter the series of religious ceremonies, the evening reception marks a tone of informality with the guests meeting the couple and conveying their best wishes to their families.
Katta Saddam The next day after the 2 day affair, the boy's side leave the marriage hall and proceed to their respective homes. The bride's side bid adieu and provide them with all the condiments like rice, dal, tamarind, coffee powder, appalam, pickles etc. They also give packed cooked food which include coconut rice, lemon rice, tamarind rice and curd rice.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
C&AG
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the title of a government official, established by the constitution, who audits all disbursements and accounts of moneys in and out of India. He is the head of the Indian Audits & Accounts Service (IA&AS).
The present Comptroller and Auditor General of India is Vijayendra N. Kaul.
Being into audit for this long....didnot realise that there was a head for this...Until Shalu asked me the same today....
The present Comptroller and Auditor General of India is Vijayendra N. Kaul.
Being into audit for this long....didnot realise that there was a head for this...Until Shalu asked me the same today....
Cycle of life.....
It has been decided that it is time for me to move on and quit the present job... This was not an easy decision and took a lot of consideration. However, it is with confidence that my new role will help me to move towards some of the goals I have for my career.
That doesnt me, I can leave it forever, as it has already become a part of my life. Will not be able to erase the days from the memories....
Its said that 'Tough time never last but tough people do'...So the decison was not a easy one...
Have send the resignation letter on 14th July 2006 stating:
‘ Having extended my service with your organization for the last two years, I presume that its time for me now to move on. At this juncture, I would like to convey my sincere gratitude and satisfaction to one and all at Amlaki for giving me an opportunity, and also for all the support and guidance extended during my days here.
The reasons for leaving are purely personal, as I need to concentrate on my studies, as the Chartered Accountants syllabus is changing, I need to clear my final examination, and am unable to give full justice to my studies in the present circumstances.
Hoping to have your wishes and blessings in all my future endeavors too. I would like to resign from this esteemed organization at the earliest, and would kindly request you to relive me of my duties here. Kindly consider this as one months notice, if needed as per the contract, and wishing to be relived before the 14th of August 2006’
Instead of keeping the blogs updated, guess I need to find a place for myself too there as a CA.....Also the label itself has got a good value, in the society, and am sure, it would help me be in a better position.
Another cycle of my life is finished, and I must begin a new cycle, I will therefore readapt myself to the new cycle without fear. I will do everything that common sense counsels to mend matters, meet results.
The journy so far was from Mumbai, after schooling and 12th, to Potta, without college, by Gods grace, clearing foundation in the first attempt…got into CA…..and while doing articleship, Bcom….But then do not know why, could not clear the inter and final soon…… Never got a rank in my life though ardently desired…..In between had taken tuitions, LIC agency, part time jobs..etc….
Then got into Veegaland in the beginning of 2000, quit the job, at the end of 2001, for CA inter, cleared the same in May 2002. Got into Amlaki in the middle of 2004, planning to go for classes again in 2005. There was lot of similarities in both my jobs…and happen to learn many new things. Personally and professionally, also could make new friends. Hoping and praying that Gods grace would be there, for the future endeavors too….May his will prevail, and wishing that he give me, and all with me the strength to accept his decisions, Thanking him for the opportunities, in the form of my family members, friends and wellwishers.. ….
That doesnt me, I can leave it forever, as it has already become a part of my life. Will not be able to erase the days from the memories....
Its said that 'Tough time never last but tough people do'...So the decison was not a easy one...
Have send the resignation letter on 14th July 2006 stating:
‘ Having extended my service with your organization for the last two years, I presume that its time for me now to move on. At this juncture, I would like to convey my sincere gratitude and satisfaction to one and all at Amlaki for giving me an opportunity, and also for all the support and guidance extended during my days here.
The reasons for leaving are purely personal, as I need to concentrate on my studies, as the Chartered Accountants syllabus is changing, I need to clear my final examination, and am unable to give full justice to my studies in the present circumstances.
Hoping to have your wishes and blessings in all my future endeavors too. I would like to resign from this esteemed organization at the earliest, and would kindly request you to relive me of my duties here. Kindly consider this as one months notice, if needed as per the contract, and wishing to be relived before the 14th of August 2006’
Instead of keeping the blogs updated, guess I need to find a place for myself too there as a CA.....Also the label itself has got a good value, in the society, and am sure, it would help me be in a better position.
Another cycle of my life is finished, and I must begin a new cycle, I will therefore readapt myself to the new cycle without fear. I will do everything that common sense counsels to mend matters, meet results.
The journy so far was from Mumbai, after schooling and 12th, to Potta, without college, by Gods grace, clearing foundation in the first attempt…got into CA…..and while doing articleship, Bcom….But then do not know why, could not clear the inter and final soon…… Never got a rank in my life though ardently desired…..In between had taken tuitions, LIC agency, part time jobs..etc….
Then got into Veegaland in the beginning of 2000, quit the job, at the end of 2001, for CA inter, cleared the same in May 2002. Got into Amlaki in the middle of 2004, planning to go for classes again in 2005. There was lot of similarities in both my jobs…and happen to learn many new things. Personally and professionally, also could make new friends. Hoping and praying that Gods grace would be there, for the future endeavors too….May his will prevail, and wishing that he give me, and all with me the strength to accept his decisions, Thanking him for the opportunities, in the form of my family members, friends and wellwishers.. ….
Friendship & Love.....
Had a proverb once written on msn 'Nothing lasts for ever'.....Thomas Sir told me, Friendship lasts....I wondered.....Though not 100% true.........As even life doesnot last for ever....Even the bestest, truest, friendship would last only till life.......
Then I remembered an autograph by Georgekutty given: 'Friendship & Love is better than anything'
At times there are misunderstandings.....
Before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.
Life is a gift Live it... Enjoy it... Celebrate it... And fulfill it.
And while you are at it give love to someone today Love someone with what you do and the words you say
Love is not meant to be kept locked inside of us and hidden.
So give it away"Give Love to someone today!"
That u would make a difference in that someones life, may be knowingly or unknowingly you give him/her a new life.....
That someone may be your parents, your children, your spouse, your siblings, your friends, your relatives, your colleague, your neighbour or even your enemy.....
What one man cannot do, two can, and what one man can do, two can do still better......
There is so much of Good in the worst of us, and so much of bad in the best of us, that it ill behoves any of us, to find fault with the rest of us.
When you have some one to know you, to support you, even the most difficut times, the most difficult decision seems to be easy........
Thought for the day: Friendship and Love indeed is best!!!
Then I remembered an autograph by Georgekutty given: 'Friendship & Love is better than anything'
At times there are misunderstandings.....
Before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.
Life is a gift Live it... Enjoy it... Celebrate it... And fulfill it.
And while you are at it give love to someone today Love someone with what you do and the words you say
Love is not meant to be kept locked inside of us and hidden.
So give it away"Give Love to someone today!"
That u would make a difference in that someones life, may be knowingly or unknowingly you give him/her a new life.....
That someone may be your parents, your children, your spouse, your siblings, your friends, your relatives, your colleague, your neighbour or even your enemy.....
What one man cannot do, two can, and what one man can do, two can do still better......
There is so much of Good in the worst of us, and so much of bad in the best of us, that it ill behoves any of us, to find fault with the rest of us.
When you have some one to know you, to support you, even the most difficut times, the most difficult decision seems to be easy........
Thought for the day: Friendship and Love indeed is best!!!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Rate your life ......
Just tried out, Do give ur comments....
Will your bars be shades of orange, or blue? Take the quiz and find out clicking the link...
http://www.monkeyquiz.com/life/rate_my_life.html
The Rate My Life Self-Help Quiz will ask you a number of questions and then compute your life rating. In addition, it will break down your score on the following categories: Mind, Body, Spirit, Love, Friends/Family, and Financial. Finally, it will analyze your scores. Please note that this quiz is intended for entertainment purposes only.
Your Life Analysis:
Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of these things, based on your answers. Your life score is reasonably high. This means that you are on a good path. Continue doing what is working and set about to improve in areas which continue to lag. Do this starting today and you will begin to reap the benefits immediately. (Read more on improving your life)
Mind: Your mind rating is a score of your mind's clarity, ability, and health. Higher scores indicate an advancement in knowledge, clear and capable thinking, high mental health, and pure thought free of interference. Your mind score is not bad, but could be improved upon. Your mental health is not weak, but you are not achieving full mental clarity and function. Learn how to unclutter your mind. Keep learning, keep improving, continue moving forward. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the mind.
Body: Your body rating measures your body's health, fitness, and general wellness. A healthy body contributes to a happy life, however many of us are lacking in this area. You have an excellent body score, which means you are incredibly focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Continue in that focus, and your body will remain healthy and strong. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the body.
Spirit: Your spirit rating seeks to capture in a number that elusive quality which is found in your faith, your attitude, and your philosophy on life. A higher score indicates a greater sense of inner peace and balance. Your spirit score is dramatic. Continue on your path, do not stray. Continue to reap the rewards which your spirituality brings forth. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the spirit.
Friends/Family: Your friends and family rating measures your relationships with those around you, and is based on how large, healthy, and dependable your social network is. Your friends and family score suffers, yet it does not need to be this way. Strengthen your social network by reaffirming old bonds. Seek out new friendships, and they will provide you the reward you need. Try using MeetUp.com to find people near you who share your interests.
Love: Your love rating is a measure of your current romantic situation. Sharing your heart with another person is one of life's most glorious, terrifying, rewarding experiences. Your love score is very low, indicating trouble. There is love out there for you. Seek the advice of wise people on how to go about finding it. Do not lose hope. Read advice from other quiz-takers on finding and maintaining love.
Finance: Your finance rating is a score that rates your current financial health and stability. You have a rather good financial score, which is not all that common these days. Keep doing what works. Avoid common pitfalls and save for the future. You will be glad you did. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving your finances.
| This Is My Life, Rated | |
| Life: |  7.2 |
| Mind: | 6.8 |
| Body: |  8.9 |
| Spirit: | 8.8 |
| Friends/Family: |  4.7 |
| Love: |  1.5 |
| Finance: | 6.8 |
| Take the Rate My Life Quiz | |
Will your bars be shades of orange, or blue? Take the quiz and find out clicking the link...
http://www.monkeyquiz.com/life/rate_my_life.html
The Rate My Life Self-Help Quiz will ask you a number of questions and then compute your life rating. In addition, it will break down your score on the following categories: Mind, Body, Spirit, Love, Friends/Family, and Financial. Finally, it will analyze your scores. Please note that this quiz is intended for entertainment purposes only.
Your Life Analysis:
Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of these things, based on your answers. Your life score is reasonably high. This means that you are on a good path. Continue doing what is working and set about to improve in areas which continue to lag. Do this starting today and you will begin to reap the benefits immediately. (Read more on improving your life)
Mind: Your mind rating is a score of your mind's clarity, ability, and health. Higher scores indicate an advancement in knowledge, clear and capable thinking, high mental health, and pure thought free of interference. Your mind score is not bad, but could be improved upon. Your mental health is not weak, but you are not achieving full mental clarity and function. Learn how to unclutter your mind. Keep learning, keep improving, continue moving forward. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the mind.
Body: Your body rating measures your body's health, fitness, and general wellness. A healthy body contributes to a happy life, however many of us are lacking in this area. You have an excellent body score, which means you are incredibly focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Continue in that focus, and your body will remain healthy and strong. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the body.
Spirit: Your spirit rating seeks to capture in a number that elusive quality which is found in your faith, your attitude, and your philosophy on life. A higher score indicates a greater sense of inner peace and balance. Your spirit score is dramatic. Continue on your path, do not stray. Continue to reap the rewards which your spirituality brings forth. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the spirit.
Friends/Family: Your friends and family rating measures your relationships with those around you, and is based on how large, healthy, and dependable your social network is. Your friends and family score suffers, yet it does not need to be this way. Strengthen your social network by reaffirming old bonds. Seek out new friendships, and they will provide you the reward you need. Try using MeetUp.com to find people near you who share your interests.
Love: Your love rating is a measure of your current romantic situation. Sharing your heart with another person is one of life's most glorious, terrifying, rewarding experiences. Your love score is very low, indicating trouble. There is love out there for you. Seek the advice of wise people on how to go about finding it. Do not lose hope. Read advice from other quiz-takers on finding and maintaining love.
Finance: Your finance rating is a score that rates your current financial health and stability. You have a rather good financial score, which is not all that common these days. Keep doing what works. Avoid common pitfalls and save for the future. You will be glad you did. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving your finances.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Bomb Blast......
Once again in between 6-6.30 on the 11th of July 2006, at our own commercial capital, Mumbai…… ….8 blasts..more than 100 lives...many injured...along the western suburbs... this is really pathetic. In our very local trains that are heart of our city..The tragic memories of March 1993 blast is still fresh in our minds, and here there is once again…….
Some say all guys responsible for this heinous crime should be given very painful death, similar to what Mussolini got..Some say how much more can they fall, don't they have any soul which stops them ...... killing so many innocents, how sick minded they are
And the main disgust is that we can do nothing to find these transporters of death. Imagine what had been their mind set.. to kill innocent people...!
Lets pray .. the injured get back to normal.. very soon.... and may there be an end to all this.
It could have been anyone of us ... what do people get from this sadist behavior? Here we all are damn worried trying to call the other...n again the telephones r jammed no way to know if our loved ones are safe!!!
It's really so.... sad!! And the worst part is that we cannot do anything...it's like anyone can come and kill anybody...anywhere!!
This is with prayers 2 god 2 help all those who’ve been badly hit by this...hope all of our loved ones are safe.……
http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/This is really very helpful.
Circulate this link.
Please visit the following link and light an e-candle for the Mumbai Victims. For every candle lit - CNN-IBN channel is giving 1 Rupee to the victims (As per forwarded mail). : http://clients.ibnlive.com/features/mumatt/index.php
Guess now this blasts too have become a part of life of the Mumbaikars….like the rain, political disharmony etc.
U never know, the people behind may be a terrorist in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq, or may be some one from the very land…….
Or can it be to distract your attention from the failure of the launch and the loss of crores of rupees………or for some other reason?????
Tabus dialogue in Fanna keep coming to my mind, and the sceanes……..Do people copy from films or are filmmakers copying from real life situations??? Its like the chicken and the egg problem…….
You can also read the message put at http://forwardsandthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/07/letter-from-bombay-salaam-bombay.html which is specially meant for attackers!!!
Some say all guys responsible for this heinous crime should be given very painful death, similar to what Mussolini got..Some say how much more can they fall, don't they have any soul which stops them ...... killing so many innocents, how sick minded they are
And the main disgust is that we can do nothing to find these transporters of death. Imagine what had been their mind set.. to kill innocent people...!
Lets pray .. the injured get back to normal.. very soon.... and may there be an end to all this.
It could have been anyone of us ... what do people get from this sadist behavior? Here we all are damn worried trying to call the other...n again the telephones r jammed no way to know if our loved ones are safe!!!
It's really so.... sad!! And the worst part is that we cannot do anything...it's like anyone can come and kill anybody...anywhere!!
This is with prayers 2 god 2 help all those who’ve been badly hit by this...hope all of our loved ones are safe.……
http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/This is really very helpful.
Circulate this link.
Please visit the following link and light an e-candle for the Mumbai Victims. For every candle lit - CNN-IBN channel is giving 1 Rupee to the victims (As per forwarded mail). : http://clients.ibnlive.com/features/mumatt/index.php
Guess now this blasts too have become a part of life of the Mumbaikars….like the rain, political disharmony etc.
U never know, the people behind may be a terrorist in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq, or may be some one from the very land…….
Or can it be to distract your attention from the failure of the launch and the loss of crores of rupees………or for some other reason?????
Tabus dialogue in Fanna keep coming to my mind, and the sceanes……..Do people copy from films or are filmmakers copying from real life situations??? Its like the chicken and the egg problem…….
You can also read the message put at http://forwardsandthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/07/letter-from-bombay-salaam-bombay.html which is specially meant for attackers!!!
Monday, July 03, 2006
The shrinking world…
‘If ethical principles deny our right from doing evil that good may come, are we justified in doing good that the foreseeable consequence is evil??’ This was the question asked, with regard to invention of nuclear wepons.
Agriculture…Without that we may not be in a position to enjoy the food , as we do today…..
Weels- bullockcarts, motor vehicle, trains, airoplanes…(Raising petrol price)??? What next?? May be something like balloons….Let us float around in the air……..or make wings like birds to fly……
Communication: Pigeons, Earls, Postmans, Telegrams, telegraphs, Shortest life pager….mobile…. Telephones would be something in showcases, and a thing that can be shown to future generation as we see the grinding instruments like- Ammi, Attukal, uralu, Olaka….
Computer, internet, blog,
ORKUT…Whomsoevers brain behind it, and whatsoever the motive……Thanks…….For the last few days, that was my passion, though very busy with office work, found some time for it, so could not even update the blog….
So what do you think is the greatest invention of all times???
Agriculture…Without that we may not be in a position to enjoy the food , as we do today…..
Weels- bullockcarts, motor vehicle, trains, airoplanes…(Raising petrol price)??? What next?? May be something like balloons….Let us float around in the air……..or make wings like birds to fly……
Communication: Pigeons, Earls, Postmans, Telegrams, telegraphs, Shortest life pager….mobile…. Telephones would be something in showcases, and a thing that can be shown to future generation as we see the grinding instruments like- Ammi, Attukal, uralu, Olaka….
Computer, internet, blog,
ORKUT…Whomsoevers brain behind it, and whatsoever the motive……Thanks…….For the last few days, that was my passion, though very busy with office work, found some time for it, so could not even update the blog….
So what do you think is the greatest invention of all times???
Foot ball world Cup mania……
Now everywhere u here about this….Most busiest persons are in front of the TV, by the time the game starts…. There are beautiful forwards….
Pepsi ad. ….Japan Penaltykick, goal….
Football ground….and spot…India…Ground empty all watching TV and passing comments….
Indeed, football is far more interesting than cricket, wherein we do not have to wait for long hours for the result, and each minute is valuable…
what numerology says: World cup magic:Brazil won 1970+1984=3964Also 1962+2002=3964Germany won 1974+1990=3964Argentina won 1978+1986=3964Now ______+2006=3964,_____=1958Who won in 1958??Brazil....
Ayooo Argentina, England, Brazil okkay poee… Germany, Portugal, France, Italy are remaining…..Now its an all European team. .. & 'Zindanes' time.....
Who would be the winner??
Runner up??
Would India every play the work cup football??- Will the plans of people like Sthyajith from GEC, work, will it be fruitful…
Pepsi ad. ….Japan Penaltykick, goal….
Football ground….and spot…India…Ground empty all watching TV and passing comments….
Indeed, football is far more interesting than cricket, wherein we do not have to wait for long hours for the result, and each minute is valuable…
what numerology says: World cup magic:Brazil won 1970+1984=3964Also 1962+2002=3964Germany won 1974+1990=3964Argentina won 1978+1986=3964Now ______+2006=3964,_____=1958Who won in 1958??Brazil....
Ayooo Argentina, England, Brazil okkay poee… Germany, Portugal, France, Italy are remaining…..Now its an all European team. .. & 'Zindanes' time.....
Who would be the winner??
Runner up??
Would India every play the work cup football??- Will the plans of people like Sthyajith from GEC, work, will it be fruitful…
July st-Doctors Day! Chartered Accountants Day!!
One of the professions held in high esteem. The scope and future is as bright as any other skilled professions …..
Having spend major part of my professional career with Chartered Accountats,
Got into this profession & the foundation, in 1994, first inspiration from Sundherashwaran uncle (Raghavan Chittapans brother). 31st July 1995 (To the best of my knowledge and belief) , had joined George and Paulson Chalakudy. That was a day, moving around, not know the difference between a Sales Tax Practitioner, and a Chartered Accountant. It was Potta Mukundan Ammavan, who got me to that place. And definitely, the PUSH was from Amma.
At the time of leaving G & P, there was an interview session, from my colleagues there, then, which was as below.
Your views on CA course: Due to increase and vast expansion in commerce, business, industry and economic affairs, the scope for this profession too is expanding. There is always a need for proper accounting, and then a CA’s role is not limited to the area of accounting….The KKPP formula may rarely work here, but one should be fully determined to pass at first attempt, fully concentrating in it, never put of till tomorrow what you can do today. Appear each exam as though it is your last chance. If you want to be a CA think, act like a CA. It is Smart work, and not mere hard work that is needed. If you keep studying to acquire detailed knowledge, it would be difficult to pass…As it happened to me. Do not waste your time, you can go into details, even after passing. The first and foremost thing needed is to pass the exam, as ur here for it. In ur preprimary class you did not learn, nursery rhymes knowing the meaning. Devote full time of yours to this profession. I am sure if you devote your full time of yours to this you can pass within three years, both inter and final. Dedication & Concentration is must, Just like you put something on the horses face, so that its concentration is not diverted, do something with urself too..As u need self control here, unlike othercourses, therewould be no one to control u. It is easy to get into this, but difficult to get out. And once you get through your exams successfully, there is a charisma, additional value, in the society.
Your advise to Juniors: Without myself passing CA, I think I have got no right to advise others. But as it is something, which can be given without effort, can say this much: never let go of loyalty and faithfulness, tie them round your neck, and write them on your heart. Get wisdom, and insight. Do not abandon wisdom and she will protect you. Your education is your lifeguard well. Be careful how you think, your life is shaped by your thoughts. Never say anything that isn’t true. Don’t be ashamed to say ‘I do not know’ If you want to be a CA, think act, and be like a CA. And remember: Those who want to do everything can do nothing. To achieve something’s, you need to give up some other things.And at every walk of your life: Love selflessly, forgive willingly, share generously, serve whole-heartedly, and be responsible and accountable.
Happiest Moment: The day I joined, felt that within three years, I would be a CA, most of the days spend here, each time I met new friends/colleagues, the day I passed my degree, which was incredible, and am Thankful to God for the same. Even the last day, for having had the opportunity. But definitely the happiest day would be the day when your goal is achieved. And that has not happened.
Do you belive that failure is the stepping-stone to success: Yes, indeed. Those who fail, they with added determination and will , try to achieve success. The success may not be in the same field. But at times through failures, people realize that they are not fit to be in that field, and hence bloom in other fields of life. It is adversity that takes you to God, and sorrows, and failures help you realize the ture beauty, and taste of happiness and success in life. My sister keep telling me Sais quote: Desire what you deserve, desire is the root cause of all sorrows. Success is felt sweet, not by those who always succeed, and it is not final. With it comes added responsibilities. And to keep it is difficult.
And still a budding CA hope will bloom one day….. And will be a part of this celebration.
Motto: ‘ YA ESA SUPTESU JAGARTI, KAMAM PURSO NIRMIMANAH /
TADEVA SUKRAM TAD BRAHMA TADEVAMRTAMUCYATE /
TASMILOKAH SRITAH SARVE TADU NATYETI KASCAN/ ETAD VAI TAT/
That person who is awake in those that sleep, shaping desire after desire, that indeed, is the pure. That is Brahaman, that indeed is the immortal. In it all the worlds rest, and no one ever goes beyond it. This, verily, is that kamam kamam: Desire after desire, really objects of desire. Even dream objects like objects of walking consciousness are due to the supreme person. Even dream consciousness is a proof of the existence of the self.
No one ever goes beyond it. Of Echkart: ‘On reaching God all progress ends’
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