Hey Guys,

Yesterday was a day I was really satisfied. I picked up a book and finished it straight in 4 to 4.5 hours.

I am not the greatest of readers.. I hardly read anything except the text books. But when I shifted my house from Cambridge Layout to Rammoorthy Nagar, I had a solid 45 minutes journey time to Office. I started reading only because I had so much time. I started off with Argumentative Indian, and then went to complete the The World is Flat, Freakonomics, HBR digest, Dilbert Principles, Inheritance of Loss. Now, I stumbled upon this book by Chetan Bhagat – One Night At Call Centre. And believe me, I finished the book in one go. I pat my back for my accomplishment. I am really satisfied about that the fact that I finished it in one go.

Unfortunately, the satisfaction ended there.

The book has a lot of positives. It aroused a lot of interest when I read the “God Calling” introduction. It was certainly the easiest read among all the books that I have read. Its a really informal writing. The sarcasm was really really good and there were times when I laughed aloud. The character description was great. Picking up the Shyam character for narrating the story was a good choice because he seemed to undergo the situation that almost eveyone undergoes. You can “relate” to him. Other Characters have some extreme elements.

But honestly, thats all about the book. The story is really really stupid I would say. It is certainly a good read, but it is not real. It projects americans as really really dumb species on earth. The God factor was a bit too much honestly (Especially in the end when he says that it was god who narrated the story our chetan) It can made as a movie and I am sure it will be super hit movie considering the crapiness of the story. Some parts of the book really drags on. I could predict what was happening.

Anyways, if you are a regular reader, please dont even consider this book. If you are someone like me, I think you may probably want to pick up the book.

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Fide – Et – Labore
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Ask any josephite what comes to his mind when he thinks of his PUC days..

There will lots of responses, but the definitely one of the following will come to their mind…

* Slogging for IIT-JEE – this is probably what most of the guys will be doing. The first day in college, they come with these big fat books.. their sentences wil lhave the word “theta” once in every 3 words.. oh man.. .. they are seriously taking “greek” alpha, beta, gamma, delta.. man.. these are some words which I have never heard in my life.. I thought I was the topper in my school and I had an air of confidence when I stepped into joseph..

* The first time freedom in life, after passing out of school.. – For the first time in my life, I can sit anywhere I want (or dont want ).. Its my choice to attend a class or not.. wearing color dress to class.. wow.. A new set of friends.. (some of these strangers whom u meet.. go on to become friends for life..).. Yes.. lots of fun..

* The first bunk, the first pub, the first drink & the first cigaratte – (stong disclaimer: I have never tried 2nd, 3rd and 4th option but I am trying to empathize with those who have done this) – I feel all these makes fellow josephites feel that they are “josephites”.. you know what I mean.. the style.. the unkempted hair, the dirty t shirt, torn jeans.. u look great.. u feel “ARRIVED”..

Amidst all these great feelings, there is something that was told again and again by the principle and the vicey.. those folks who are respected for the sheer white robes that they wear.. their wisdom which is reflected in their bald heads and ofcourse, they have our parents phone numbers and call them any time to complain about us..

they keep telling something.. “fide et labore” “fide et labore”.. it is even there in the emblem of st.josephs.. If i look back today, I think they were trying to convey something very important to us.. yes, “fide et labore” means “Faith and Toil”.. This, I think, is such a simple formula for success.. yes, have faith in what you do(or in god), and work really hard… you will achieve what you want..

Dont you guys agree??

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Found this article on web, “Will GDrive ever launch?”

It can be read at: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/11/gdrive-to-launch-soon.html

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My mom read out this story for me when I was young. (ps: lost the link)

Once upon a time there were three little pigs who lived in a makeshift sty with their mother. One day, when it came time for them to leave and seek their fortunes, she called them around and said, “You are free to do whatever you wish to but remember to do it the best you can. And, mind you, if you don’t, there are a lot of big bad wolves out there who will eat you up otherwise.”

Each little pig then immediately decided that the thing highest on its list of priorities would be to build a house so that the family could finally have a home where they could live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

Now the first little pig who believed he lived in a perfect world, built his house out of love and fresh air because it was the easiest thing to do. Before long, however, a nearby wolf who also believed he lived in a pretty decent world since it seemed to be populated with tasty little pigs who tended to take the easy way out, came calling. At first he tried to talk his way in to gain entrance but when that was denied on flimsy grounds, he began showering all manner of ill-will and abuse upon the house. Within moments the structure collapsed completely allowing the wolf to rush in and gobble up the little pig.

The second little pig who had an evangelical streak in him and possessed a missionary zeal to improve the world, built his house out of faith, hope and charity. It was a matter of time, though, before the wolf who had already got a taste of the family, moved in for the kill. Yet again, his words failed to induce the pig to open his house to a hungry stranger. As a result the wolf had to show him how evil could coexist in a world that denied him food as a means for survival. In the face of such a practical assault on his virtue, the pig’s improvised construction broke down and the wolf had another meal.

The third little pig, on the other hand, was different. For one thing, he was far more practical. Remembering his mother’s words to do the best he could, he built only a chimney. At first the wolf tried all forms of rhetoric but when he still couldn’t get into the house which wasn’t there, he decided to use the chimney instead to climb down into it. But the clever little pig had already put a cauldron of boiling water at the fireplace end and the wolf fell straight into it and died. The little pig quickly brought his mother over and they lived happily inside the chimney ever after.

Moral: Having only one goal in life is even more self-defeating.

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Via CNN IBN.

Here is the excerpt

London: A recent study has shown that women spend, in total, three years of their lives simply getting ready to leave the house, a British newspaper reported.

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Google Image News:

News Map:

Google Clouds

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Hi CAT (this is neither the animal nor the exam, but my friend tushar)

I set up my workstation today.. yes, the same one which I used in trichy.. I literally cried when I thought of those days.. It was really really amazing.. I cried, when I saw that video which you took of my room.. I have been trying to upload it but its taking too long.. i will do it from office sometime tomo..

Those were days.. I just cant forget…

from those second year days, when I used to drop by ur room whenever I visit pradeep to the way we literally stayed together in topaz.. we came a long way.. ofcourse I want to remind you that we both were in adjacent room in first year and didnt even bother to speak to each other for one whole year.. anways, man the 3rd and final year was awesome..

I still remember that I slept for 1 hour in your room while studying for network exam.. the first time I got 10.0, and man… ur support was so great tat time.. How can i forget the great time I had with you in veega land.. i think i am just going to list everyting.. u can add this was too good.. to every sentence..

nits first e-room.. my first 10.000, my second 10.00 and u not getting 10?, how could that happen… they way we studied for all tests, remember?? we shared our BAAPS question papers.. man.. those were the days.. I really miss those days.. those days when I used to sleep in networks class asking u take notes and vice versa… cant do that google da.. u remember our final year project? we actually improved an algorithm, but later found out that we didnt take the latest algo.. even better.. think of those days at iisc when we INVENTED tree algorithms.. the time we had with sankara.. huh.. tears are rolling down as i write this..

those BAKKAR sessions were amazing da.. i certainly wont forget the amount of support that u gave me during a difficult phase of my life (harsha and u knw what I am taking about.. ) i really miss u cat.. i really really miss those days..

i dont knw y, but we both share the spark to excel in anything we attempt to do.. i really appreciate that.. that brought us together i feel.. the dont say die attitude and somehow want to excel in what we do… i think it will take BOTH OF US a long way da.. u remember the mario game that we fought so hard.. especially some 5yth or 6th stage when we took a long time to clear.. the eggs game, the nfs in your comp, stick cricket.. y all this, how about our rubiks cube da… i loved it all… the final destination.. how desperate we were to finish desperate house wives… secretly watching pondies.. man.. pardes songs in your comp..

I really really really enjoyec my 2 years with you as my class mate, friend, neighbour, roomie, etc etc.. let me tell u one thing from my heart da cat.. you are my friend for life.. i will never forget some those days with you.. other close friends who are reading this blog, plz dont think i am rating my friends, you all are important.. but today i am missing tushar sooo much.. i set my comp and we both have spent soo much time together watching this monitor..

cat remember how i used to sleep off while doing project??? i think u r responsible for me not attending even first hour in time.. u never woke me up..

the moring driving lessons, man when i drive these days.. i think of our “anna” who thought us.. man.. i think we succeeded in rec because we had the drive to USE our time efficiently.. i am sure we will continue to do that in life..

we may have taken different directions in life, i knw getting back those days are difficult.. but we certainly will have such golden moments again.. it will happen only when it not planned… (hope u remember that we planned to do bakkar, bought lays and pepsi, but finally slept off )

i cant put them on all in one post,

but i really really had a great time with you.. hope i didnt bug u too much..
i really really miss the good old days with my good old cat..

with this post i want to apologize for 2 things.. which keeps coming to mind.. i am really really sorry for fighting with u about final year trip.. i also want to apologize to anand babu.. i am sorry.. i am really sorry.. and also about predicting ur gate rank.. i am sorry… i shouldnt have done that.. hope u will forgive me for those..

missing those days… i really want them back..

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Hi Guys,

I feel bad that I am copy pasting stuffs and not writing original content. I am going to put only original content from now on. If I find something interesting, I will only gives links to the article.

Regards
Sundar Rajan G S

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While I was reading the following article on IBN Live, I saw an ad by google called Beg Online.

Its seriously interesting (disappointing too) to see that even begging can be done online.

However, I dont knw whether the site is legitimate or is it just spam. But do check out the site,

Beg Online

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Incredible India: Beggars rule, tourists cornered

Prabhakar Kumar / CNN-IBN

TimePublished on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 22:56 in Nation section

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Bodh Gaya: The best profession in Bodh Gaya, Buddhism’s holiest shrine, involves a lot of pleading but the perks make up for it: flexible working hours and tips in foreign currencies.

Begging has almost become an industry here and it threatens to harm the city’s main business: tourism. The earnings are so good that families from villages near the city make enough for a year and children bunk school to beg.

Bhojpuri is the mother tongue of Bodh Gaya’s child beggars but they can tackle English, Chinese and Thai too. Over 500 children beg from dawn to dusk and they often earn in dollars.

Buddhist monk Suresh Bhante says the children come from large families and often there is nobody to guide them in life. “They get into torn and dirty clothes and then start begging for two or three months. These children have no teacher or guide,” says Bhante.

Many of these children study in government schools, but during the tourist season of October-March they prefer begging. Their impoverished look and pleading can melt even the most cynical heart.

“They are sweet kids but they don’t have enough money. I know it’s not a good thing to do but giving them small amounts is no big deal,” says a tourist from Ireland.

K P Ramaiah, the Commissioner of Gaya, admits begging has become a nuisance for tourism. “These children learn a sentence or two in English, like ‘Give me a dollar, I have no mother, no father’ and then they trouble foreign tourists. The administration is keeping a watch,” says Ramaiah.

Tourists regard Bodh Gaya as a place of peace and solace, but they may soon think of it as a beggar city.

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Vintage Classics

Akhilandeswari by M S in Dwijavanthi..

I love this song.

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