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Saturday 6 June 2009
Saturday 25 April 2009
Thursday 16 April 2009
Name Politics
Name politics is one of the initial articles that appeared on this blog. Written by Mahesh, it articulated the point that India is a privately owned property. Trespassers will be prosecuted!
Neelakantan reminded me about Name politics. You will get the list of 450 government schemes that bear the name of the three members of India's leading political family here.
And do remember to go through this open letter to the chief election commissioner.
Neelakantan reminded me about Name politics. You will get the list of 450 government schemes that bear the name of the three members of India's leading political family here.
And do remember to go through this open letter to the chief election commissioner.
Friday 10 April 2009
Saturday 28 March 2009
India Israel Defense Deal
I am sure that the India Israel Defense Deal would hog the headlines of the news media in India, in the wake of the impending Elections. As the drama unfolds through our newspapers and digital media in the coming days, watch this promo video from Rafael, an Israeli defense manufacturer to woo the Indian decision makers.
An Israeli made Bollywood video that they aired during AeroIndia 2009. Enjoy!!
An Israeli made Bollywood video that they aired during AeroIndia 2009. Enjoy!!
Friday 27 March 2009
Incredible India: Incredible Ad!!
Kudos to the ad team who manage to represent the diversity of India in this two minute ad...Truely Incredible!!
Friday 20 March 2009
Saturday 14 March 2009
Long live Pakistan!
A sneek peek into the illegal gun markets in Pakistan.... Every modern machine is handmade here in laiths....Long live Pakistan!!
Saturday 21 February 2009
Pankaj Ghemawat at Nasscom Leadership Forum
An Insightful presentation by Pankaj Ghemawat at Nasscom Leadership Forum.
Pankaj Ghemawat, Professor Global Strategy, IESE
Pankaj Ghemawat, Professor Global Strategy, IESE
Tuesday 27 January 2009
My experience with Nadi Astrology : Part 1
Do you know that some one some where in South India, has written down your entire past, present and future in palm leaves about 2000 years ago?..Surprised?..Consult a Nadi Astrologer right now...
Nadi Astrology - the most accurate mode of revealing life, is a prime school of thought in Vedic astrology. According to Nadi Astrology, Lord Siva, the prime God in the belief of trinity in Hinduism, pleased with the siddhas(Seven Sages) devotion, blessed them with some exclusive powers. He gave them the incredible ability to read and know the past, present and future of people. They etched their immense knowledge in palm leaves called Nadis. Nadi in Tamil means "In Search of".
The nadi leaves, initially stored in the premises of Tanjavur Saraswati Mahal Library, were auctioned by the British and came into the posession of families of astrologers near Vaitheeswaran Kovil in Tanjavur. These leaves are handed over from generation to generation in these families who earn their livelihood by reading the palm leaves. The younger members of the families are trained by the older members in reading and interpreting the Nadi leaves. The texts in the leaves are written in poetic form in Vatteluttu, which is an ancient Tamil script. Nadi astrologers would like to call themselves as Nadi readers as they do not perform astrology, but just reads what is written in the leaves. Hence, any thing which is not written in the leaves cannot be predicted by the Naadi reader.
The Procedure:
Once you apporach a Nadi astrologer, he takes your thumb impression and analyses it. The Naadi leaves are classified according to the type of the thumb impression. There are 108 types of thumb impression like Sanku ,Meru, Sikari, Vattam, one dot, two dots, three dots, etc. My thumb impression was found to be of three dots category. For each thumb impression there are likely to be around 5 to 6 bundles with the nadi astrologer; and each bundle contains forty to fifty different people’s general prediction leaves.
Once your thumb impression is identified, the astrologer returns with a couple of bundles from that category and starts reading. He starts asking you a series of questions for which you have to answer only Yes or No. The questions can be like "you have two sisters", "your father worked with government", "Does your mother's name contains the letter K" etc...All you have to do is say Yes or No. The nadi reader skips the leave if you answer no and goes to the next one and asks a different question. You will be surprised when the reader correctly asks your parent's name to you. The nadi reader can tell you about your past with almost 100% accuracy.
Once your general leaf is identified, he proceeds to read/write the contents of the leaf. There are about 12 different kandams/chapters that can be read. You can select which all kandams that are to be read. The naadi reader charges based on the number of leaves you take. Special Kandams cost more.
List of Kandam Details:
1) To be found out through thumb impression(For Gents, right; Ladies, left) of the concerned person. Will contain name, parent's names, present details of profession, brothers, sisters, children, wife and gist of future predictions for all the 12 houses of your horoscope. It is also a summary of the 11 following kandams.
2) Money, Eyes, Family, Education, Intuition and Speech.
3) Brothers and Sisters, affection, help or ill feeling between self and brothers and sisters.
4) Mother, House, Vehicles, Lands and Pleasures.
5) Children, Their birth, reason for infertility(if any), adoption of remedial measures for having children, future lives of children
6) Disease, Debts, Enemies and Litigations or Cases.
7) Marriage and status of married life. Also contains hints of valuable information about the name of the future spouse, horoscope, age of marriage, location of the spouse's house and some characteristic features of the spouse etc.
8) Longevity, Accident & Danger to Life, Age, Month, Date, Day, Time, Star, Lagnam, and Place of Death
9) Father, Wealth, Visit to Holy Temples/ Places, Advise from Holy men, Fortune, Charitable deeds and Social Life
10) Career, Job, Profession and Business, Good and Bad times in career. Future predictions about growth, prosperity and losses in one's job or business.
11) Profits in Business and Second Marriage
12) Expenditures, Foreign Visits, Next birth and Attainment of Moksha(Salvation).
In addition to these 12 kandams, there are 3 special kandams also which costs more.
Special Kandams:
13) Shanti Pariharam: Last birth, sins committed, and remedial measures that can dilute the effect of past sins.
14) Deeksha Kandam: Wearing Mantra Raksha(Talisman), to ward of enemies. Raksha ensures relatively better rewards for one's efforts and success in deeds.
15) Avushada Kandam: Medicines, prescription suggested to those suffering from chronic diseases.
16) Dasa Bhuktikandam: Prediction for the present major and sub period of the planet.
17) Prasna Kandam: Answers Yes or No, for five questions about a particular time thought by the person.
Generally Remedial measures like visiting certain temples, feeding the poor, giving alms to the Nadi reader. etc, are suggested. The temples usually suggested are the Navagraha Temples of Kumbakonam, Thirupathi, Sri KalaHasti Temple etc. Corresponding to the sins committed, the remedial measures are suggested.
Please note that the Kandams 2-12 talks about your future from the moment of consultation to the end of your life or for a range of 10-15 years from the moment of consultation, depending upon the type of Nadi you consulted. In the next part of this article, I will outline my experiences with two different types of Nadis.
Nadi Astrology - the most accurate mode of revealing life, is a prime school of thought in Vedic astrology. According to Nadi Astrology, Lord Siva, the prime God in the belief of trinity in Hinduism, pleased with the siddhas(Seven Sages) devotion, blessed them with some exclusive powers. He gave them the incredible ability to read and know the past, present and future of people. They etched their immense knowledge in palm leaves called Nadis. Nadi in Tamil means "In Search of".
The nadi leaves, initially stored in the premises of Tanjavur Saraswati Mahal Library, were auctioned by the British and came into the posession of families of astrologers near Vaitheeswaran Kovil in Tanjavur. These leaves are handed over from generation to generation in these families who earn their livelihood by reading the palm leaves. The younger members of the families are trained by the older members in reading and interpreting the Nadi leaves. The texts in the leaves are written in poetic form in Vatteluttu, which is an ancient Tamil script. Nadi astrologers would like to call themselves as Nadi readers as they do not perform astrology, but just reads what is written in the leaves. Hence, any thing which is not written in the leaves cannot be predicted by the Naadi reader.
The Procedure:
Once you apporach a Nadi astrologer, he takes your thumb impression and analyses it. The Naadi leaves are classified according to the type of the thumb impression. There are 108 types of thumb impression like Sanku ,Meru, Sikari, Vattam, one dot, two dots, three dots, etc. My thumb impression was found to be of three dots category. For each thumb impression there are likely to be around 5 to 6 bundles with the nadi astrologer; and each bundle contains forty to fifty different people’s general prediction leaves.
Once your thumb impression is identified, the astrologer returns with a couple of bundles from that category and starts reading. He starts asking you a series of questions for which you have to answer only Yes or No. The questions can be like "you have two sisters", "your father worked with government", "Does your mother's name contains the letter K" etc...All you have to do is say Yes or No. The nadi reader skips the leave if you answer no and goes to the next one and asks a different question. You will be surprised when the reader correctly asks your parent's name to you. The nadi reader can tell you about your past with almost 100% accuracy.
Once your general leaf is identified, he proceeds to read/write the contents of the leaf. There are about 12 different kandams/chapters that can be read. You can select which all kandams that are to be read. The naadi reader charges based on the number of leaves you take. Special Kandams cost more.
List of Kandam Details:
1) To be found out through thumb impression(For Gents, right; Ladies, left) of the concerned person. Will contain name, parent's names, present details of profession, brothers, sisters, children, wife and gist of future predictions for all the 12 houses of your horoscope. It is also a summary of the 11 following kandams.
2) Money, Eyes, Family, Education, Intuition and Speech.
3) Brothers and Sisters, affection, help or ill feeling between self and brothers and sisters.
4) Mother, House, Vehicles, Lands and Pleasures.
5) Children, Their birth, reason for infertility(if any), adoption of remedial measures for having children, future lives of children
6) Disease, Debts, Enemies and Litigations or Cases.
7) Marriage and status of married life. Also contains hints of valuable information about the name of the future spouse, horoscope, age of marriage, location of the spouse's house and some characteristic features of the spouse etc.
8) Longevity, Accident & Danger to Life, Age, Month, Date, Day, Time, Star, Lagnam, and Place of Death
9) Father, Wealth, Visit to Holy Temples/ Places, Advise from Holy men, Fortune, Charitable deeds and Social Life
10) Career, Job, Profession and Business, Good and Bad times in career. Future predictions about growth, prosperity and losses in one's job or business.
11) Profits in Business and Second Marriage
12) Expenditures, Foreign Visits, Next birth and Attainment of Moksha(Salvation).
In addition to these 12 kandams, there are 3 special kandams also which costs more.
Special Kandams:
13) Shanti Pariharam: Last birth, sins committed, and remedial measures that can dilute the effect of past sins.
14) Deeksha Kandam: Wearing Mantra Raksha(Talisman), to ward of enemies. Raksha ensures relatively better rewards for one's efforts and success in deeds.
15) Avushada Kandam: Medicines, prescription suggested to those suffering from chronic diseases.
16) Dasa Bhuktikandam: Prediction for the present major and sub period of the planet.
17) Prasna Kandam: Answers Yes or No, for five questions about a particular time thought by the person.
Generally Remedial measures like visiting certain temples, feeding the poor, giving alms to the Nadi reader. etc, are suggested. The temples usually suggested are the Navagraha Temples of Kumbakonam, Thirupathi, Sri KalaHasti Temple etc. Corresponding to the sins committed, the remedial measures are suggested.
Please note that the Kandams 2-12 talks about your future from the moment of consultation to the end of your life or for a range of 10-15 years from the moment of consultation, depending upon the type of Nadi you consulted. In the next part of this article, I will outline my experiences with two different types of Nadis.
Monday 26 January 2009
An Introspection: What should I do with my Life?
There's no dearth of books about how to become successful in life. These books come under the disguises of how to be a successful man?....how to make money in life?(is one of the highest search terms in google)...etc..etc.. I had made several attempts to finish at least one of these books and failed miserably, each time.
I failed because, I hate motherhood statements. We know we shouldn't lie or we shouldn't bribe. But how many of us do that? All these books give you is gyaan and we know enough of it. Unless we employ whatever techniques/methods that are outlined in such books, we are wasting our time. So I dropped my attempts to get inspired..
Recently I came across this article from Po Bronson, thanks to Neelakantan. I think this is the first article I came across, which doesn't use motherhood statements, to make you introspect/ inspire. There is a followup article too but thats more of motherhood statements.
In this truly inspiring and insightful article, Po writes about the people he met and how their experiences made him draw some of the conclusions that form the basis of his book, What Should I Do with My Life?
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I really liked these points...
a) Every job has a value system. We will a lot more happier, if we don't have to fight the value system around us.
b) "Keeping your doors open" is a trap. It's an excuse to stay uninvolved. How true!
c) The example of the Aerospace Engineer: Their backup plans do not lead to different destinations, such as "If I don't get into business school, I'll be a schoolteacher." Their backup plans lead to the same destination, and if they ve to arrive late by a back road, that's fine.
I failed because, I hate motherhood statements. We know we shouldn't lie or we shouldn't bribe. But how many of us do that? All these books give you is gyaan and we know enough of it. Unless we employ whatever techniques/methods that are outlined in such books, we are wasting our time. So I dropped my attempts to get inspired..
Recently I came across this article from Po Bronson, thanks to Neelakantan. I think this is the first article I came across, which doesn't use motherhood statements, to make you introspect/ inspire. There is a followup article too but thats more of motherhood statements.
In this truly inspiring and insightful article, Po writes about the people he met and how their experiences made him draw some of the conclusions that form the basis of his book, What Should I Do with My Life?
.I really liked these points...
a) Every job has a value system. We will a lot more happier, if we don't have to fight the value system around us.
b) "Keeping your doors open" is a trap. It's an excuse to stay uninvolved. How true!
c) The example of the Aerospace Engineer: Their backup plans do not lead to different destinations, such as "If I don't get into business school, I'll be a schoolteacher." Their backup plans lead to the same destination, and if they ve to arrive late by a back road, that's fine.
Friday 23 January 2009
Temples of Kerala
Every Year, My family undertakes a pilgrimage through some of the most unique and famous temples across the length and breadth of Kerala. This has been going on for the past say, 10-12 years. Its really been a great experience to visit these temples.
This year I decided to document these temples, for the benefit of those who may be interested in visiting these temples at some point of time in their life. Hence this series would rather be on the lines of wikitravel rather than a travelogue. “Temples of Kerala” is the label for this series.
We are starting off with Thirunakkara Mahadeva Temple, Kottayam.
Saturday 17 January 2009
Boston Big Picture
I am a great fan of the pictures that comes on Boston Big Picture....
Look at these breath taking pics from around the world in 2008....
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Thursday 1 January 2009
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