YSR First Death Anniversary

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of legends

it is a gr8 thing to remember, renew, refresh n rededicate all.

Dr.Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhar Reddy alias Rajanna alias Leader...
he is a Legend

In fond remembrance of him on his First death anniversary

Spend Half Day in a Graveyard

A physician gave some rather whimsical advice to a patient, an aggressive, go-getter type of businessman. Excitedly the businessman told the doctor what an enormous amount of work he had to do and that he had to get it done right away or else things will fall apart.

“I take my brief case home every night and it’s packed with work,” he said with nervous inflection.

“Why do you take work home with you at night?” the doctor asked quietly.

“I have to get it done,” he fumed.

“Can’t someone else do it, or help you with it?” asked the doctor.

“No,” the man snapped. “I am the only one who can do it. It must be done just right, and I alone can do it as it must be done, and it has to be done quickly. Everything depends upon me.”

“If I write a prescription, will you follow it?” asked the doctor.

This, believe it or not was the prescription. His patient was to take off half-day a week and spend that half-day in cemetery.

In astonishment the patient demanded, “Why should I spend a half-day in a cemetery?”

“Because,” answered the doctor, “I want you to wander around and look at the gravestones of men who are there permanently. I want you to meditate on the fact that many of them are there because they thought even as you do, that the whole world rested on their shoulders. Meditate on the fact that when you get there permanently the world will go on just the same &, as important as you are, others will be able to do the work you are now doing.”

The patient got the idea. He stopped fuming & fretting. He got peaceful and developed a more competent organization & his business is in better condition.

Courtesy: Email fwds

See Something Positive in Every Person and in Every Situation

Andrew Carnegie came to America from Scotland as a young boy. He started out by doing odd jobs and ended up as one of the largest steel manufacturers in United States.

At one time, he had 43 millionaires working for him. A million dollars is a lot of money today, but in the 1920s it was worth much more.

Someone once asked Mr. Carnegie how he dealt with people. Andrew Carnegie replied, "Dealing with people is a lot like digging for gold: When you go digging for an ounce of gold you have to move tons of dirt. But when you go digging, you don't go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold."

Andrew Carnegie's reply has a very important message. Though sometimes it may not be apparent there is something positive in every person and every situation. We have to dig deep to look for the positive.

Courtesty: Email fwd

How Well It Was Done!

Three people were laying bricks. A passerby asked them what they were doing. The first one replied, "Don't you see I am making a living?" The second one said, "Don't you see I am laying bricks and making a wall?" The third one said, "I am building a beautiful monument."

Here were three people doing the same thing who had totally different perspectives on what they were doing. They had three very different attitudes about their work. And would their attitude affect their performance? The answer is clearly yes.

Excellence comes when the performer takes pride in doing his best. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it, regardless of what the job is, whether washing cars, sweeping the floor or painting a house.

Most people forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well it was done.

If a man is called to be street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

Courtesy: Email fwds

Develop Your Compassion

Compassion is a sympathetic feeling. It involves the willingness to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, to take the focus off yourself and to imagine what it’s like to be in someone else’s predicament, and simultaneously, to feel love for that person.

Compassion is the recognition that other people’s problems, their pain and frustrations, are every bit as real as our own---often far worse. In recognizing this fact and trying to offer some assistance, we open our own hearts and greatly enhance our sense of gratitude.

Compassion is something you can develop with practice. It involves two things: intention and action. Intention simply means you remember to open your heart to others; you expand what and who matters, from yourself to other people. Action is simply the “what you do about it.”

Compassion develops your sense of gratitude by taking your attention off all the little things that most of us have learned to take too seriously.

Power of Your Own Thoughts

It is important to know that there is a relationship between your thinking and the way you feel. It’s important to realize that you are constantly thinking. Don’t be fooled into believing that you are already aware of this fact! Think, for a moment, about your breathing. Until this moment, when you are reading this sentence, you had certainly lost sight of the fact that you were doing it. The truth is, unless you are out of breath, you simply forget that it’s occurring.

Thinking works in the same way. Because you’re always doing it, it’s easy to forget that it’s happening, and it becomes invisible to you. Unlike breathing, however, forgetting that you are thinking can cause some serious problems in your life, such as unhappiness, anger, inner conflicts, and stress. The reason this is true is that your thinking will always come back to you as a feeling.

Try getting angry without first having angry thoughts! Okay, now try feeling stressed out without first having stressful thoughts – or jealous without thoughts of jealousy. You can’t do it – it’s impossible. The truth is, in order to experience a feeling; you must first have a thought that produces that feeling.

Unhappiness doesn’t and can’t exist on its own. Unhappiness is the feeling that accompanies negative thinking about your life. In the absence of that thinking, the unhappiness, or stress, or jealousy, can’t exist. There is nothing to hold your negative feelings in place other than your own thinking. The next time you’re feeling upset, notice your thinking – it will be negative.

Remind yourself that it’s your thinking that is negative, not your life. This simple awareness will be the first step in putting you back on the path toward happiness. It takes practice, but you can get to the point where you treat your negative thoughts in much the same way you would treat flies at a picnic: You shoo them away and get on with your day.

Courtesy: Email fwds

Central Prison, Mysore

Date: 18'03'09

Time: 1.15 PM

Location: Central Prison, Mysore

I was with the family of 'Duniya' Vijay, the Winner of Karnataka State Best Actor Award on his debut. We were on a visit to the prison where he was shooting for his next movie titled Devru (meaning God). Sadhu Kokila, the man behind the mike. The purpose of visit was different. Vijay who is earlier popular for his involvment in social services like adopting few orphans, building a oldage home etc was again going to do a rare fete here. He was going to pay a fine of Rs 50,500 and set free a old lady prisoner who has been in the jail for over 5 years n 4 months.At noon 2 P.M, the process was done, payment of fine money n setting her free. This was done in the presence of jail superintendent, media people, movie crew on the hands of Vijay's mother Narayanamma. The prisoner was a aged lady with severe health problems, so she was seleted to get freed. After the prisoner was set free, we had the chance to meet few inmates with the permission of the head of the prison. I was able to talk to few prisoners. Most of the prisoners I interacted were highly educated like University professors, docterate holders, software engineers, doctors etc. They were very much regretting for the crimes they had committed, most of the offences were done in a splash of seconds. Temporary anger n hatred had forced them to commit the crimes. Very few were done with preplanned n organised. There was also this celebrity prisoner inside, Muthulakshmi, the widow of Veerappan.

But I was very much shocked to find that the prison was taken care in a very much humanitarian mode. We hear most of the prison cases that the facilities n the treatment inside was very harsh, but this was really an exception. Many facilities were provided for the inmates like library, worship places for 3 religions, employment schemes, educational programmes, health awareness programmes etc. And also the cleanliness in the cooking n staying places was hygienic.

On a whole, the trip was a all new different experience. Thanks to Miss.Shanthi, a police officer who escorted us inside the visit.

Congrats Rahman, Gulzar n Resul

Rahman gets an Oscar.
Not a deal about the award, recognition for his work is the matter.
Congrats Rahman Bhai

Gulzar saab, it was because of u, that the song was complete. Congrats.

Resul sir, congrats.

U make us proud on an International Platform.

Free Hugs

Wanna be a Jimmy?????

It was 4 O'clock in the morning, and I was driving back from a great party in my 20-year-old mini-minor.
Suddenly I felt that my tire was flat.
There I was, sitting in the dark, complete with the knowledge that I did not have a spare.
What to do?
Who can I call in the middle of the night in this unknown neighborhood?
I felt lost.
Then I remembered that the person who told me about this party lived in the neighborhood.
I didn't know him very well but I thought he might still be awake.
So I phoned and told him my story.
Within 10 minutes the man was assessing the damage, and contemplating the next step.
Within 30 minutes I had a new tire and was on my way home.
This was Jimmy.

I will never forget Jimmy as he taught me the meaning and the importance of service.

We all have our own Jimmies.
Those people that gave us service without any expectation, and became imprinted on our hearts.

The first person that gave you service was your mother.
Your mother fed and bathed you, changed your cloths, took care when you were sick, made sure you'll receive your education, to name but a few.
This is why we can never get over our mother... (Remember that for the next Mother's Day...)

Other people who served you would be your father, your extended family, your teachers and your friends...
Many were there for you on your path...

Yet, at the end of your life, who will you remember?
You will remember those people that were there for you, when you needed them most.
People that came at 4:00 a.m. to change your wheel;
Those that came with chicken soup when you were sick;
Those that remained when you were in trouble;

For whom were you available?

Service is synonymous with support.
It is the giving of assistance or support to another with an absence of judgment.
Today, this term is used mostly in the business sense.
However, in relationship, it has a much more important role.

When you are in a relationship because of certain reasons, remember that these reasons will change with time.
Let's say that you entered a relationship because your partner is funny.
After a few years you heard all his/her jokes. Not so funny anymore...
The same goes for intelligence...
As for beauty - well, beauty fades away.
If it is money that you're after - money comes, money goes...

The only quality that transcends time is service.
Service is about taking care of each other.
We never forget those who served us and we'll always be touched by them.

Jimmies are rare but immortal.
How about becoming a Jimmy?

Courtesy: http://www.inspiration2go.com/articles/support-2.php

Old woman n Bank

A lonely-old widow enters a bank. She holds her ATM card in one hand n a cash withdrawal form in the other n stands in a long queue at the cash counter. A young person notices that she has a ATM card n asks her, u have the card, then why do u stand in the queue. She gave a smile n whispered to him, but the ATM does not wish me or ask me like the cashier here, how r u doing? I have no body to look after, I am alone.

Fresh fish in Japan

FM Syndrome

FM Syndrome??
No its not the radio(Frequency Modulation) syndrome.
Its about the Forwarding Mails Syndrome.

The very first thing most IT people do after they come to office is check mails. Its the most important n inevitable routine followed. :), After 'reading', I dont think most people even bother to open most of the mails, they start fowarding mails to the group they created earlier, with 20 or 30 or 50 or more mail ids in the list.

Most of the mails contain the fav lines,

If u r a true Indian, fwd this
Wht the F, if u dont fwd the mail, how can the nationality change?
Fwd this to n people, ur wish will come true in n minutes
Then everyone can become GOD
If u dont fwd this, unluck will follow
What if there was no mailing system?
Dont break the chain
So what? every chain has two ends, tied or untied
Collection of signatures to President of India
Why bother our President's mail box

Many more may are there.
The most silly mail received just yesterday was the pattern follwed by the Terrorists in the bomb balsts.

13 May -------- JAIPUR
June---------NA----------
26 July ------------ AHMEDABAD
August ------------NA---------------
13 September ------------ DELHI
October ----------NA---------------
26 November --------------- MUMBAI
December --------NA(hopefully)--------------------
13 January ----------------- What Next?

But what the person who 'designed' the mail forgot was, 26 Nov Mumbai blasts were masterminded for 27 Sep, Gokul chats blasts were aug 25, Bangalore blasts were on 25 July, any clues to ur logic now??

I am not against the fwding mails. Just refine the fwd mails, what really is good or necessary or useful or pleasant.

A day with out Google

Imagine a day with out food n water in the middle of a hot desert. Nothing special scenario.
Imagine a day with out power. Not a problem.
All Google servers world-wide shutdown for 24 hours.
If u r a netizen (net citizen can be called as netizen), you might get an ache in the most wanted part of ur body, n u know wht it is, that is the last thing any one can think of or never ever dream about.

Ask ur TL or PM for any technical guidance in ur work, go Google it buddy will be the answer in majority times. Movie tickets(very very very important :P ), transport reservations, payment of bills, mails, chats, scraps, fav music or filmy stars wallpapers, mobile games n software, software codes, pin codes, phone numbers etc etc.. No these are not just the uses of Internet, these are where we need or use Google. Just type xxx in the Google tool bar or search bar, u will get wht u want. (Caution: Typing xxx may give u unwanted or undesired results :P )

Ask me wht is the greatest invention ever made by man, undoubtedly, Google would be my answer. NO, I am not a publicist for the logo or company. NO, I am not an employee for them. I am one among n-netizens or googleans like Humans, who use Google. I dont know whether the term googlean is there or not, go Google it n let me know :)

Dont dare to face the G-crisis, the Google-crisis, Join me to shout Long Live Google!

Condolences to Mumbai terror victims

Deep Condolences to all those innocent victims who have lost lives in the latest Mumbai attacks.
All those who have been injured n hospitalized, n their families who are the victims, we r with u, the entire nation is with u..
Salutes to all the cops n commandos who have lost lives in the Operation Cyclone...
Thanks to all the officers n cops n hospital teams, dear sniffer dogs, rescue teams, people of Mumbai, media n the Indian Govt for the support....

Long Live Humanity!

Last day of my first job

Over 2 years have gone by, ever since I joined my first job in Bangalore. Today happened to be the last day at my first office. Not many sweet or sour memories but it was a good experience over there with my colleagues, clients n especially my boss, of course.

Pink Slips. Most happening term for the past few months across the IT world. Well, I actually was not handed but company had its own reasons to liquidate. Not much emotional farewell from office, after all after 2 years at a single place one expects a bonding with it. Walking out of office with my papers was feeling good. But deep some where in heart, fear factor. Fear about the career. Fear about future. But I wak walking out with a close-up ad smile on my face. May be an inner voice was telling me, every thing is gonna be ok my friend, chill n smile.

Wish me all the best to my career!

One of my many dreams fulfilled

Oct 12 2008
Chinnaswamy Stadium
Bangalore
Day 4 of Test match, India vs Australia

One of my role models, Sourav Ganguly.
He certainly is one of the greatest cricketers world cricket ever had.
Look for aggession, look unto Dada.
The name most Australians hate.
Trade mark beautiful front-foot sixers.
Only next to God on off-side.
Royal Bengal Tiger.
A never-dying Phoenix.
Thesaurus to come back.
Most successful captain(till now) Indian cricket ever had.
Controversies? Which person on earth does not get involved?

It was my dream. A dream for over 13 years. Watch Sourav in person. Today it turned out to be a reality. Seeing him play for India in his last test series. A very gr8 feeling.

gallo thelinatlunde..cloud nine :P

A conversation: DHANAM MOOLAM IDAM JAGAT

I was on a visit to my uncle's home and I was involved in an interesting conversation. I forgot to carry my mobile at that moment, else I would have recorded and given the link, but for now, read through this.

Location: Anantapur, a small pan shop with newspapers for sale
Time: 8.40 AM
Date: 4 Oct 08

Sundar Swaroop: I want Sakshi and Eenadu newspapers?
Shop Keeper: No Eenadu, only Sakshi
SS: Ok give me Sakshi( and I gave him Rs.10)
SK: Here is ur change(Rs 8), by the way, u r a new face here and I have never seen u in this area earlier, I am x( i forgot his name), ur good name please..
SS: swaroop, ya, I am a guest to my uncle's home here I am new to this area

........
conversation about personal information, relatives etc
........

SK: so i was right, what do u do by the way?
SS: I am a IT employee in Bangalore( turned around to leave)
SK: good, so you must be getting at least 50-60k per month
SS: not that much actually, around 30k ( i had to lie to him, reason??? God knows :P)
SK: dont worry, jump a company and demand at least 60k
SS: ya will try
SK: my son also works in Bangalore in an IT Company, he is making around 40k, he did some course in Hyderabad, after that he attended an interview on telephone and he got selected
SS: good
SK: they paid him traveling charges also to relocate to Bangalore
SS: ok, I have to leave now
SK: shortly he is going to US, they are sending him on company work, i have a daughter also, she is settled in US, she got married to software engineer and they are settled there now
SS: what does she do?
SK: she did her MSc(Biotechnology) here, in the final semester we arranged her marriage, after her exams, she left to US, u too try to make lots of money
SS: k
SK: let me tell u some thing sai, thats ur name right?
SS: not sai, swaroop
SK: ok swaroop, dhanam moolam idam jagat, thats all babu, dont bother about others, no one cares for u, why should u care n bother about them?? try to get a job in some big company, go abroad, get a good girl with lot of katnam, of course if you go abroad, they will pay u any how
SS: (interrupting him) k, time to go n have break fast, am leaving
SK: ok ok, next time when u come here, meet me once and tell me the new...(what news????)

Lost in the last round

In search of a better job n company, by default better pay, I attended for the interviews of a company. I faced 4 rounds, of which 3 I could make through. I was kicked out in the last round. The reasons: we need at least 6 months of experience on VB and your(mine) performance was not upto mark in the last round.

Even before I sat to write the written test, the first round, I explained to them that I had 2 years of experience in coding using VB.Net and I had no coding experience in VB language even though I was the part of the team developing the product using VB. 2 days of leaves I had to spare to attend the rounds and after the round 4 on second day, they realised that they wanted a person with VB coding experience.

No blames buddies... u got a better software developer than me I guess....

RGIA becomes 1st Asian airport to get LEED NC Silver rating

Rajeev Gandhi International Airport(RGIA), Hyderabad, becomes the first Airport in Asia and second in the entire world to get a LEED NC Silver ranking.

What is LEED NC?
Leadership in Energy and Environment Design New Construction.

What is it?
Any construction undertaken following certain guidelines to be green and environment friendly.

This certainly is a good news. The first Airport to have the ranking is Delta Terminal 'A' Redevelopment and Signature Logan Terminal of East Boston in USA, actually 2 terminals are contained here. RGIA holds the Silver ranking based on the points given for each individual feature present in the construction. Refer the link below if u r interested to know more about the rank n LEED NC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design