Simple techniques to grow fatter....

• Maintain your treadmill well by cleaning it every weak such that it doesn't become rusted.(for the betterment of a buyer when u put a sale)

• Eat at least one ice cream per week - especially ones like Cornetto, feast(preferably chocolate).
• Always take an auto to the boarding point of your office bus; even if it is a few footsteps away
• Use only lifts and escalators and not staircase in your office even if you work in the first floor.

• Eat a lot of potatoes especially fried ones. The same applies with fish too if you are a non vegetarian.
• Never do any household work and enjoy getting scoldings from your mom for not helping her out.
• Buy a good quality DVD player which will make you sit in one place for hours.
• Drink a glass of milk in the morning before breakfast, make sure you have at least 2 coffee breaks which will make you drink 2 more cups of milk.
• Add-ons are Bar chocolates, fried packet items especially when you travel for hours in bus.

S-I-V-A-J-I

Hey! Everyone speaks, let me too take this opportunity to talk about our Super-Man!


'Sivaji' is an awesome treat to all Rajni fans, and to every common man. 'Thalaiva' ,there is no need for you to strain yourself as you have done in the movie. We just need you on the screen. That itself will make the movie run for years. Rajnikanth has put in a wondrous and magnanimous performance. Ultimate laughter, entertainer, romance, action, family oriented cinema given by Rajnikanth and the director.

His make-up is the talk of the nation. Will anyone else get his ravishingly attractive charm. And that's why he is called the solitary Super Star of Indian Cinema. His 12 different hairstyles are a treat to our eyes. Kudos to the hair-stylist and the make-up men! The umpteen number of dashing clothes which he wears in the movie makes everyone in the theatre feel 'If I were Rajni.....'.And the hype created for this movie was immensely intensifying. Even a poor man on the road wants to watch the movie due to the stimulation created. When I went for a show I saw a man in a wheel chair brought by his relatives-die hard fans of Rajnikanth, and I am one among them!

About the movie; well everyone says its the same old 'Rajni-formula'. As far as he appears on the screen the crowd is ready to watch. Rajni delivers ultimate comedy pairing with 'Chinna Kalaivanar' Vivek. And equally good romantic scenes where in Shriya becomes a treat to men's eyes. Beware ladies! Speaking about Shriya, her 'presentation' is absolutely stunning. Someone actually told me 'When Shankar(Director) was able to give a magnifying popularity for a saaaaaadha Sadha, why not Shriya?' Highly traditional look as 'Tamizhchelvi' throughout the movie except for the songs wherein she gets transformed to a sexy damsel. The umpteen number of colourful, dazzling costumes she wears the songs makes every young woman feel 'If I were Shriya.....' Though the Kerala product Nayantara appears just for a song she competes equally with Shriya in her 'presentation'.

'Is he Suman? Man, his smile is awesome with that little dirty coloured tooth.His RayBan glasses,fair complexion mixed with 'naan pottu vachu pongal saapidravan ila da.....' kind of dialogues depicts a seemly decorous decent looking villain. As far as the storyline is considered an elevation to a multi-millionaire from an initial capital of one rupee is wonderfully handled. The tricks and tactics handled by the software professional(Rajni) are simply superb which makes every common man think whether he has to make use of his brains at least once. The 'Black Money' handling is again an untold story, and Rajni blends himself within the story and gives a mixture of style and professionalism.

As far as the music is considered-
Oru Koodai Sunlight: An unusual Rajni song,
Balle Lakka: Kudos to SPB for that breathless attempt, a feather in his cap.
Vaaji Vaaji:Amazing background effects blended with the Art Direction.
Athiradi Kaaran: Rehman Proves.
A special mention about the instrumental fight scene where one has to notice the re-recording of the music director.

On the whole 'Naan late a vandhaalum latesta varuven' is THE APT dialogue for our one and only superstar Mr.Rajnikanth! Hope he does not make us all wait for his next release.

Black!

Recently i heard someone saying 'Nothing is as difficult as teaching a blind person, what colour is'.Very true! Imagine the situation of a person who has not seen anything in this world. He does not know how a girl looks like, not seen a tree, the beach, a computer, a road, a bus, a baby, a theatre. The only colour he knows is black. He does not know how a strawberry ice cream looks like, he only knows it is sweet when it hits his taste buds, he only knows its cold when he touches it, he only knows it is soft when it melts in his mouth.

He is one person who will stand near Mount Road signal(a busy place in Chennai) without any tensions, unlike others who would be heading back home waiting to cross the road. Make him stand in the rain, he will feel the water on him-as if someone is pouring ;but wont be able to see the downpour. Take him to a restaurant, he wont know what he is going to eat till he takes it to his mouth. Just imagine if we would afford to live like that for a day. This is their life everyday.

Has he ever seen a sunrise? For him the entire life is in the night. But he is one person who would walk alone without any fear in the dark, as he lives in it. The busy itineraries ,shopping malls, dating, beach walk, colourful flowers, the buses, lipstick shades, spicy cuisines nothing would have affected him. This reminds me of Rani Mukherjee in 'Black', when the little Michelle wants to know how love feels like.

Here is a song which would definitely create empathy waves in every heart.All Non-Tamil viewers please excuse. I have not found the translation of this song yet.

(A song from the movie Autograph)

Ovvoru pookalumey solkirathey
Vaazhvendraal poaraadum poarkalamey
Ovvoru vidiyalumey solkirathey
Iravaanaal paghal ondru vandhidumey
Nambikkai enbathu vaendum num vaazhvil
Latchiyam nichchayam vellum oru naalil
Maname oh maname nee maarividu
Malayoa athu paniyoa nee moadhi vidu

Ullam endrum eppoadhum
Udainthu poaghe koodaathu
Enne indhe vaazhkayendre
Ennam thoandre koodaathu
Endhe manithan nenjukkul
Kaayam illai sollungal
Kaalapoakil kaayamellaam
Marandhu poaghum maayangal

Uli thaangum karkal thaaney
Mun meethu silayaaghum
Vali thaangum ullam thaaney
Nilayaane sugham kaanum
Yaarukillai poaraatam
Kannil enne neeroatam
Oru kanavu kandaal
Athai thinamum endaal
Oru naalil nijamaaghum

Maname oh maname nee maarividu
Malayoa athu paniyoa nee moadhi vidu

Ovvoru pookalumey solkirathey
Vaazhvendraal poaraadum poarkalamey


Vaazhkai kavithai vaasippoam
Vaanamalavu yoasippoam
Muyarchi endrai ondrai mattum
Moochu poale swaasippoam
Latcham kanavu kannoadu
Latchiyangal nenjoadu
Unnai velle yaarumillai
Uruthiyoadu poaraadu
Manitha un manathai keeri vithai poadu maramaaghum
Avamaanam thaduthaal neeyum ellaame uravaaghum
Thoalviyindri varalaaraa?
Thukkam enne en thoazha?
Oru mudivirunthaal athil thelivirunthaal
Andhe vaanam vasamaaghum

Maname oh maname nee maarividu
Malayoa athu paniyoa nee moadhi vidu

A little thing!

Cant resist myself posting this picture here. God's gift man!!! And you guys run behind Shriya and Asin.....

Diaper Technology

Sometime back I had a discussion with my friend about baby-diapers. The basic function of a diaper is to collect the baby's output and make him feel comfortable always. But our discussion was, what will make the mom know that it has become wet, so that she could clean up the baby?

My Friend gave a suggestion out of his wildest thoughts. His notion was -how about fitting LED's in the diaper such that the bulb glows when it comes in contact with the wetness. By this way whenever the diaper becomes wet the LED will glow , and the baby will move here and there with the LED glowing. And mom will naturally know that she has to replace it with a new one!!!

A reason to celebrate?

India is awaiting a reason to celebrate. Well its not Diwali time. Nor did India win a match against Australia. Its Ash-Abhi's wedding ceremony.

This again is their private occasion and why do the public and media blow up the same? Right from their wedding invitation till the marriage hall decorations everything has become a news. Most of all they are cine-actors and not gods. People should be intelligent enough in differentiating the same and not make an idol out of them.

ROTFL...

An ultimate comedy show in 'Star Vijay' television channel.....

Jeeva, Manohar and Swaminathan steal the show and make everyone glued to their seats in front of the small screens on Friday nights. Director Rambala knows the formula of mixing comedy with 'nayyaandi' (tease) double-meaning dialogues.

The crew has not left any actor for that matter when it comes to imitating. Well, that's the crux of the show.The show basically imitates a movie and guess what they make a real flop movie hit here by their witty dialogues. Three cheers for this young chap Jeeva whose hard work is clearly depicted in every show!!!

Mere business! Target to freshers!

X had applied to a number of companies and waited for months to get proper replies from them. In the meanwhile X got an offer for the post of Consultant in an 'ABC' leading training institute in the city. It took X just one week to understand the nature of the work. Yes, X quit the job in a week's time.But why?

Primarily, X had applied for the post of 'Hardware Engineer' seeing an advertisement given by the institute. After four rounds of interview X was selected and was called for getting the offer letter. And was told that this is a hardware-engineer job wherein X will have to also counsel(bribe) people. First day, a mentor there helped X to learn the nature of work. It was a small place divided into many cabins. And each counselling would take place in one such cabins. The counsellor will have a discussion in the name of an interview with the applicants. And guess what, this interview was not for a job but for pursuing a course in that institute paying a lump sum amount of money. And this is kept as a secret till the candidate meets the interview panel. Well, the advertisements given for such interviews as mere eyewash for the educated people. To be more precise these are called training-cum-recruitment programs.

Actually the plan lies in calling graduates for interviews in the name of Hardware Engineer, but end up in canvasing them to join a course worth 30k-40k. And the worst part is they call engineering graduates who could afford a better job for the effort they have put in their studies for four years. They give additional assurance of placing the candidates once the course is over.In recent days these institutes give daring promises of 100% job guarantee. My first thought is would any 'A' class employer opt for such candidates trained from these institutes? If no, then what is the purpose of these training-cum-recruitment programs. Is this another method to earn money? Wont the victims ever think before investing? Hope 'director Shankar' picks up education bribery as his next subject!!!

BPO calling…….

Once out of college, everyone wants to hold a job of their own and not expect anymore pocket money from parents. Ten years back, the scenario was different when our brothers and sisters were out of college. It was very difficult to get a job. But now its not a tough task for any graduate to get settled with a comfortable job, especially for an engineering graduate.The controversy is about whether all of them work on what they have studied and slogged for years together. If there were twenty thousand engineers passing out of college, hardly five percent of them land up with their 'study-related' work. Whereas the majority of them were and are still bound to work in an area which is nowhere related to their degree. For instance a mechanical engineer does marketing, a production engineer creates complicated codes for some 'XYZ' bank in the UK or US. And if it is a non-engineer, he/she has to spend months for getting a decent job.

The growth of call centers have thrown a huge opportunity for freshers. A call center agent has to do nothing much but to handle a foreign customer in 'our' odd hours. We can't conclude that as an easy task because, the variety of customers who call up the centers are immense. And handling each one of them in their own way is a tough job. Most of the call center processes deals with the US and UK people which gives a difference of minimum five hours. So one has to work in a complete night shift or in UK hours(2.00 p.m. to 10.p.m Indian hours). Apart from this they also have a graveyard shift which usually starts at 4.00 a.m. Naturally then the alarm should struck by 3 a.m.Funny to even think about.But this is what is happening.

Coming to the qualification part of the employees,there is no particular degree required for this job, except for well versed English knowledge and great communication skills to handle various customers.There are intensive training programs offered by the company themselves to train our people to understand and communicate with the foreign customers. 'Bite your lower lip' for a ‘V’(Vee) and 'kiss the air' for a ‘W’(Dub u) are the techniques by which an Indian takes a transformation. Naturally it takes sometime for us to get used to their accent. And the immediate reaction of the customer while attending a call is whether the agent is from India. They are clever enough to differentiate through the accent no matter what the Pseudo-Name is. Pseudo-Name is a unique name given for each agent, where-in Ram becomes Raymond, Sai as Sam, Hari is known as Harry and so on. This way the first step of customer satisfaction starts were-in we give them a feel of non-foreigners.

Now the question arises of what exactly is the work about.Basically troubleshooting or online sales.In the former the customer calls up the agent for any problem with their computer or 'any' product; whereas the later deals with marketing and selling of products through tele-calling.Nothing much about the job, except for a thorough study of troubleshooting techniques and to follow the various call-flows which deals with the techniques to handle tough situations.The most difficult part of it to handle the customer especially when a computer illiterate. There are wide range of customers. A very common group are the 'irate' ones who get irritated when their issue is left unresolved.These customers are the ones who escalate calls to supervisors.Secondly we have the 'flirting' customers who make a call to the agent without any issue but to just flirt and kill time.A common method adopted to handle such customers are to usually warn them and cut the call.

These days the youngsters are very keen in earning a handsome amount of money.So without much hesitation and delay they chose their first job, whatever comes in hand.There are a few people who feel 'Why a call-center?' But outsourcing has a lot of scope.Whatever job they choose, job-satisfaction and dedication is what needed for a successful career.Happy calling!

On the Ramp...

Recent news about the banning of FTV has created tremors in many young hearts.No more secret TV hours, no more night-out TV watching, no more fluctuating curiosity levels. Mr.X comes home from his college,throws his bag to a cornered area and curiously enters his room and locks it to watch semi-nude models.Another Mr.Y disturbs his wife's sleep by watching late night fashioning with the speakers on. Somewhere else a group of young girls gather at a home and watch new age models displaying(their talents)! Mr. Z ,60 years old forgets his age looking at the ramp on the monitor.Now that the government has banned the channel what else will replace it.

If people think ,by banning such channels will create a 'cleaner' mindset among the crowd; they are wrong! These days televisions are not the only mode of such entertainment. Banning such channels will increase the curiosity of the young minds and they will search some other mode. We have our very own search engines, wherein a click of a button will display the whole history of whatever we need.Now will the government put a ban on the Internet sites too? If that is the case then what are books and magazines for? So will the vicious cycle continue?If corrupting young mind is what the government is concerned about then first thing which is to be banned are cinemas.

The amount of violence shown in movies are a sure stopper of a youth's well-being.The provoking scenes again create a lot more curiosity for the young minds which in turn make them surf the net for more information.Instead of arousing their curiosity, sex education should be imparted to them at the right age.None other than mother could better explain about the topic. Discussing the same at schools will again not be a better idea especially at a young age when pupil of same age are together. Mother should take the sole responsibility of imparting sex education at the right age such that the child will not grow with a curiosity of what sex is all about.

Children should be taught that sex at a younger age will spoil their entire life ; as when they reach a level they will be bored of it. They should be taught in a right manner which will make them feel that sex has got nothing to do with them at this age.The more information they give the more will their interest deteriorate on sex at that young age.Children must understand that young age is meant to build a stronger foundation to use their creative minds in a right manner.If this happens there will be no need for them to watch adults only programs in televisions. And this in turn will create a 'neat' mindset for the young minds. Which in turn makes FTV available for adults-only.

On the contrary, when looking at the models and their 'display' another big time question is that 'Are they used in an improper manner?'. Well,fashioning is an art and fashion-shows are conducted mainly to display the talents of the designers rather that exposure of the models.There are many blooming designers who have immense talents.One should look in that perspective rather than blaming the art. Even the sponsors should take utmost care in not misusing the models.If this happens there will not be any such banning.

Hungry Kya???

The big problem with "fast" food is that it slows down when it hits your stomach. And it just parks there--and lets the fat have time to get off and apply for citizenship.There has been immense improvement in food industry,especially in the urban areas. Due to the wide increase in technology and related areas ,the population has been overflowing in the cities.And ultimately if you look at what everyone is working for is - Food. Food has taken various dimensions in reaching people; right from 'Multi-cuisine' restaurants, Fast-Foods to Banana-leaf meals(one traditional method of serving food in South-India).Do they all supply quality food with hygiene is another question.

At times people don't have time to dine in to a restaurant and have their meal. To help them all even roadside mobile 'food-vehicles' are serving at their best. And where is the place for these mobile services? Anywhere and everywhere is the solution. Recently i saw a few 'food-vans' placed near garbage dumps serving hot and spicy food. And guess what right from bachelors to school kids throng around that area to satisfy their taste-buds. Of course yes for taste but absolutely no for hygiene. But where does this taste come from? The so called roadside chefs mix in a number of 'masala' stuff along with 'red-brown-black' sauce to satisfy your taste-buds. Once this mixture enters your stomach a chain of chemical-reactions occur inside and who knows what will happen. Either immediate effect or silent killing will be the result of such tasty food.

Once I experienced a bad service from a restaurant at a busy area. I ordered a coffee and he took fifteen minutes to prepare it. It was served in a tumbler and guess what, i could observe white noodles in it. The inference of my observation was , the same tumbler was used to serve 'Payasam'(a Semi-Solid dessert made of milk and Vermicelli) to a customer previously.The only thing i could do was leave the place immediately. One of my friends who is a complete vegetarian discovered a 'mutton-piece' in his 'vegetable-briyani'. Such things happen widely in cities where people throng at food-places.

According to me the first aspect to look at while starting a food-chain is hygiene. And for people whose lives revolve around outside food have to also look upon the same.After all 'Health is Wealth'.

Drama-Prem Kahani!!!

Day1:Ann experiences her first day at office.
Place:Meeting room
Members: New joinees,Ann,Raymond

Ann: (to herself) Man, when are they gonna start the classes? And why is everyone giving a weird look
Raymond: (to his friends) why aren't there any nice chiks man???
Ann: (heard to what Raymond said and turns back and gives a stare at him)
Raymond: Wha....at ma'am? any problem?
Ann: No, nothing........
Raymond:(to his friends) Why do aunties come to work? (looks at Ann and comments to his friends) This aunty should have got at least two kids and she comes to work here for time pass.....
Other members: (laugh!)


Day2: Ann experiences her second day at office.
Place: Cafeteria
Members: New joinees,Ann,Raymond

Ann: So........please introduce yourselves. I am Ann, and i have completed my engineering from St Joseph's
Raymond:Oh cool! then continue......
Ann:(looks at a thin guy with spectacles): Whats your name?
Raymond: Raymond!
Ann: Where do you come from?
Raymond: From home........! Where else?
Ann:Grrrr...........(thinks as if we all come from Zulu forests.....)
Ann: Very funny!!!


Day3: Ann experiences her third day at office.
Place: Car Park
Members: Raymond,Ann

Ann:How long have we been waiting for you guys?
Raymond: Oh sorry! we made you wait. Shall we proceed.....
Ann: Yes!
Raymond: Ma'am are you very sensitive?
Ann:(raises her eyebrows) Wha......aaaat?
Ann: Nope not really.......Well, what made you say that?
Raymond: You wear a red bindi on your forehead.....so, maybe i thought you would be.....
Ann: (says to herself) Is this guy trying to get closer or what?
Raymond:Shall we proceed.....
Ann: Yes!

Not a bossy boss...

I met a person recently.Something must be special about him that made me scribble here.This short guy has a lot to be mentioned. Of course there are people like him;but one in thousands. He is an absolute knowledge bank! This guy seems to know in and out of mainframes.Not just mainframes he is well versed in many other tools and topics. You name it he knows it!There are many people who are masters in software industry. But this guy is a little different. Man! added to this he is one renowned chatter box in my floor.

Within a short span he has become so popular.He says his friends count is more than a crore. Did your eyebrows raise? So did mine.And where is the time for this little guy to communicate with all of them.God knows if he really sleeps.Adding to this he knows 13 languages.Is he a replica of Manmohan Singh? At times its nice to listen to his conversations amidst coding and testing.But others feel bored listening to the same voice again and again. As far as the topics are new i am fine with it.

A year completed......

Last year same day i joined a new Unit in my company. And guess what, when i got a mail from the HR about this; for a moment i thought whether this was a prank played. Coz it was dated April 1st......

One successful year with a wonderful team has completed. Hoping to work in more challenging projects.......

Is it safe???

My blog status gives me a clear picture of how much i work these days. Being in a software industry I cant imagine coming back home before it becomes dark. At times got to slog for 12 -14 hours in front of the monitor just to complete a chunk of code. I never mind working for hours but the real pain comes when travelling for hours together to work. If the travel time is lesser I wish I could afford a few more hours for constructive working!!!

People say IT industry pays more just for sitting in an air-conditioned room. Beware! A software engineer deserves the credits for the quantity of work he does. I have seen men doing frequent night-outs mostly when they are unable to complete the task before their deadline. Or at times they never look into their watches when they are lost in 'coding'. And later when they realize they got to leave for home the time would have been eleven or more in the night. Worst part is few make daring moves of travelling in late nights. Practically a bad practice. These days the young-minds never bother about the problems they face on their way home, especially in crowded cities like Bangalore or Chennai.

Though in many companies there is a provision of late-night shuttle services, I still consider it a risk traveling in the night. Most companies insist for a security person in a cab to accompany a lady employee especially when she is the last drop. But not many companies follow this trend.One cannot forget the wild death of Prathibha Murty in Bangalore. And a few other cases which were not brought to light. And in most of the cases the victim is a woman.There are few other companies where there are not much facilities and still want their employees to work for long hours. Proper security and facilities are a must for employees of a concern. After all they are responsible for the growth of the company.It’s not just with women employees, these days the professional culprits have developed their skills in looting the men too.Maybe a few Karate techniques would help at times.

One way by which problems could be stopped are to try and complete the task before it gets too late.Safe Driving!

Curlzzzz......

Perhaps, everyone in this planet wants to look gorgeous. This fever prevails at all age groups, especially for the people in teens and post-teens. Each one wants to attract their opposite sex.In many cases people do not worry about the consequences when they take risks in changing their physical appearances. They call it the make-over.Starting from plastic surgery to making curls to the hair, everything is possible with the growing cosmetic technology.At times the urge of making one smarter than before creates adverse effects.Here is a narration of a similar incindent.

Maya, works for a private concern.She is not a beauty contest winner, but she knows to carry herself well.For many months she wanted to go for a make-over by doing some kind of treatment to her hair and face.One fine Sunday morning she went for a hair-cut at the nearby beauty saloon. She had a step cut for which she was charged 100 rupees. She came back home and had a bath.Now here comes the turning point.Her hair was wet and she wanted to try developing curls or twists or rolls to her hair. She never knew her villain was this yellow handled curl-comb! It was specially designed to make curls when used appropriately.

Brilliant Maya took a huge streak of hair in the front part of her head and rolled it over the comb.It was almost a bunch of hair. She gave a few minutes for the hair to adapt itself to the new shape. After a few minutes she tried taking the comb back, and to her surprise the comb got well settled in the hair. The entire bunch of hair got rolled to the comb in a random manner. Got threatened by it Maya tried pulling the hair of the comb. As she was not able to take even a single hair out of it , she tried making the hair slippery by putting shampoo in it. By this time the hair became more harder towards the comb and the bond became stronger.Maya now looked herself in the mirror. She got reminded by the witch in 'Hansel and Gratel'. Maya thought the only way to get rid of this danger was to make herself bald.

She immediately called up the beauty saloon for asking them tips. She heard a loud laugh from the other side of the phone, where the beauticians were having a nice fun time after hearing Maya's story. One among them wanted her to come over to the shop. Maya was embarrassed to leave her home. She had a comb attached on her front head with the handle protruding out. She rang up the auto guy. Once the auto came she covered her hair with a black duppatta such that no one finds her new make-over!She reached the saloon and gave the driver his money. He was wondering all the while if something was seriously wrong, as she was holding her duppatta with her right hand not letting it fall down. She ran inside the saloon and sat quietly till the other customers left the place.

It was finally her turn. The ladies had a tug of war with the hair streak.This was obviously a challenging case for them. They would never had met such a customer in their life. One among them thought this issue would definitely get them a Guinness record if they succeeded. Poor Maya was looking herself at the large mirror as the beauticians were playing with her hair.It took almost two hours for them to remove the entire bunch of hair from the comb. Though she lost a little bit of hair, she was happy that she gained most of them back. She thanked them and returned home with a sense of satisfaction. Will Maya ever go for a make-over again?

DON with the best!!!

Perhaps its a nice idea to remake an old movie with the present day technology. DON is a best example. I have not seen the original version though; in which the DON was Big B. The same was remade in Tamil as BILLA which was a box office hit. This one was done by none other than the South-Indian Superstar Rajnikanth. The movie was a breakthrough in his career.

The recent DON has lot many twists and turns till the end. More of daring efforts taken, especially the fight sequence in the tropospheric layer . The various outdoor locations where the movie has been shot are amazing. Though the story is already popular among the people from many years, one should appreciate the way this movie is made. No doubt, SRK rocks! He looks younger and daring than ever before. His performance is stunning as usual. Priyanka is a perfect choice. The new DON is a good entertainer and a must watch movie.

I was here!!!



A wonderful romantic place located in Madurai(Southern India) named 'Naicker Mahal'. One might have noticed the same in the movie 'Bombay' where the song 'Kannalane' was shot.

Pointers to reach here:
Once you reach Madurai there is a famous bus terminus named 'Maatu-Thavani' (as far as I know Maatu-cow's, Thavani-Half Saree. Am not aware of the history behind the name of this place). You got to be here.
From here you can take a direct bus.
Else you can take a bus from the famous 'Meenakshi Temple' zone.

They charge you 25 bucks as entrance fee. Extra charges for camera and video coverage.Its good to be here. The mahal is entirely built with pillars. The carvings depict the value of ancient Tamil Nadu.The ceiling wall which connects two pillars has miniature carvings which is an extra-ordinary masterpiece. The same is done for all the pillars. There is a wide open space in the center of the mahal. Before many hundred years this was were the common men were allowed to sit while the emperor sits on the stage. This place was usually meant for the discussions between the king and the common men.

A little bit of maintenance would help look the place new always. This has been a tourist spot in Madurai apart from the popular 'Meenakshi Temple'.

One and Only SuperStar in Tamil Cinema!

There is one person who is framed as South-Indian superstar, and he is none other than Mr.Rajnikanth (for those who don’t know). According to me he was not given the title just like that. He worked hard for it and he ultimately deserved the title. He is a mass hero. His fans belong to all age groups. This one and only superstar started his career acting in small roles. After so many years of his hard work and career people recognized him as a superstar. He had acted in all kinds of characters. Some of them have a wrong notion that he is not a character artist, he is just a mass hero, he gets claps just by appearing in the big screen. Well, for those guys movies like ‘Mullum Malarum’, ‘Aarilirundhu Aruvadhu varai’, ‘Thalapathy’, ‘Thangamagan’, are good examples to prove their theory wrong.

Apart from this he is a good comedian, villain, a great hero and what not. For all this he truly deserves the title. And not just five or six, this hero had done hundreds of movies to prove him the best. But now my question is, in the recent past few other actors who had hardly done two to three good movies are trying to get into the list of superstars!!! This title should be given to people who really deserve it. Why doesn’t the young crowd understand it.

There is this person Vijay who has not yet proved him as a good actor. More than this there is another person called ‘Chimpoo’ or whatever, who calls himself ‘Little SuperStar’. This was when he was young. Does that mean now he will remove the ‘Little’ off his title. People never think. These blooming stars should be given time to prove themselves before they are titled!!!

And yes I should also mention the increase in fan clubs for good-for-nothing actors. Recently I came across a fan club for a lady artist who has not proved her as a good actor. But people feel she deserves it just because she is glamorous. If these people who create the clubs had used their time and money in some other useful work there wont be any poverty or unemployment in India. Will the actor come and spend few of her valuable time with them? Will she even talk to them over phone when they try wishing her on an occasion? Recently in a television interview she said that the media people are becoming a disturbance in her life. If that is the case for the media, then what about the common man who is the member of her fan club.

One day in Maya's life....

One day in Maya's life....

It was around 6.00 A.M when the alarm clock struck. Maya woke up without any interest and stopped the alarm. She had to attend an interview at Accenture Bangalore. Her phone bell rang and it is her boyfriend Srikanth. He asked her to get ready soon to attend the interview. It was almost 6.30 a.m when she was ready. Maya stayed in a PG with two other girls at Marathahalli. She was born and brought up at Chennai and later moved to Bangalore for job search. It was almost 6.45a.m, she was waiting for the cook to prepare her breakfast. She had two hot Dosas and a cup of tea and left for the interview.

Maya stayed in a costly PG paying 3000 rupees as rent and another 1500 for food. She was worried about her safety but still could not help it because her prime interest was to get a job and her parents wanted her to stay with her friends. Her boyfriend called her again when she was at the bus stand waiting to take a bus to Bannerghatta Road. Maya was wearing a white kurta and a white pant with a multi-colored duppatta. She boarded the bus and got a place to sit, while she was continuing her conversation wit him. She usually speaks with him once in every hour and few calls might extend for an hour. The bus was getting crowded and she could not tolerate the stink of sweat of the people around her. Though, the road which connected Marathahalli and Silk-board had too many IT firms, the type of crowd in the bus had no connection with them.

Maya reached the company at around 8.00a.m. After the bag check was over she proceeded towards the reception. Her interview was at 10.00a.m but she always felt reaching a little prior to the mentioned time would make her feel comfortable. She always decides what to speak and what not before she met the interview panel. Maya was able to clear three rounds of interview and she was waiting for the final round. It was for the position of 'Technical Support Executive' . Since Maya had prior experience in that field it was not difficult for her to clear the rounds. During the lunch time she met one of her college mates who was working there and had a chat with him. After the final round of interview she was asked to wait in the reception for knowing her results. It was around 3.00 p.m and the phone rang. She was happy to see Srikanth’s number flashing. She happily picked the call with a confidence and whispered,
‘I love you dear, what you doing?’
He said ‘Hey sweetie, I might leave office early. Where shall we meet?’
She was blushing while she said ‘ We will go for a movie. Wait till I get the results here.’
He said ‘OK, let me know once you get the results’ and he cut the call.

Srikanth works for a renowned IT firm as a software engineer. Maya and Srikanth are in love with each other for almost one and a half years. A gentleman in grey suit came towards the reception where Maya and other people who came for the interview were seated. He called out a few names and Maya was delighted to hear her name being called. The selected people were asked to call up the HR in a week time to confirm their joining. Maya collected the required information and left the place. Once she came out of the company she called up Srikanth . He was excited to know that she was selected. He asked her to come and wait near Silk-Board at around 5.00 p.m. She blushed again and said ‘OK dear, will be there at five. Don’t make me wait. Ciao.’. She proceeded towards the ATM to draw cash. Then she took an auto to the nearby bus stop. From there she took a bus and reached Silk-Board at 4.30. It started raining heavily. Maya was brave enough but when it comes to handling lunatic or drunken people her hands starts shivering especially when she is alone. She was praying that nothing should happen to her till Srikanth comes…..

There were a few men who kept staring at Maya at the bus stand. Bangalore, the top most destination for IT hubs has no guarantee for Maya's safety. Maya looked at her watch and was waiting restlessly while she saw Srikanth his hand from a bus. He was getting down from his company bus and was excited to meet Maya. Both of them took a ‘Share-Van’ to Innovative Multiplex.These kind of ‘Share-Vans’ were usually crowded with the common people below the poverty line. The higher the increase in IT firms ,the higher the crime rate. Maya was from a middle class family but she hated uncouth people looking roguish wearing shabby clothes and who stare at her. She felt very secure sitting next to Srikanth. They reached the Multiplex. She got down from the van with utmost difficulty as people didn’t even have the courtesy to give space to others who were getting down. Srikanth paid 10 bucks to the van driver, five for each.

It was a dark evening. The heavy monsoon clouds were looming and threatening her but she would never be afraid with Srikanth around . Maya was watching the big movie banners displaying at the cinema . She was deciding which movie to watch. Srikanth suggested ‘hey, how about Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?’ Maya had learnt Hindi till her eighth grade. She was a beginner in Hindi, who understands well and could partially speak. He got the tickets and bought two fountain Pepsi. They rushed towards the hall and finally settled in their seats and it was usually Srikanth who drinks both the Pepsi. Luckily, for that movie Maya did not need much of translation, she was able to understand and started enjoying it. As usual they had a small fight in between which lasted for five minutes. The theatre almost was empty since it was a Thursday evening.

Srikanth wanted to go to the men’s room during the interval but Maya didn’t leave him. She was scared to stay alone even when she knew there were few people around her. Movie got over and it was almost around 9.30 p.m. Srikanth made her stay near the security and left to the rest room. She was still afraid since it was raining heavily. She is always scared of sudden power-cuts combined with heavy rains. She was happy to see him coming towards her. They were waiting near the multiplex entrance for the rain to stop. It was almost 9.45 p.m. and Maya started getting scared. There were two other girls accompanied with their boyfriends which kept her a little comfortable.

The frequency of the rain started decreasing gradually. ‘Shall we leave da? It’s getting late’, she whispered to him. She took her duppatta and covered her head with it. He held her hand and they started walking towards the auto stand. She was very careful in keeping her steps as the mixture of rain and mud would spoil her white dress. She never knew it would rain that day when she wore the white-and-white combination. Unfortunately there were no autos in the stand. It was almost a ten minute walk from Multiplex to her PG. But they could not even make a step as it was raining heavily.

Srikanth’s tone was a little harsh ‘You got to walk, no other go. No auto, no van .what the…..’ He pulled her hand and started walking fast. The mud mixture slightly started dirtying her pant. She felt it was the last day for her slippers. They reached the main road where they saw a bus numbered 501. That bus goes from Marathahalli to Banashankari via Agara. Srikanth stays in Koramangala with his friends. He usually takes a bus to Agara after dropping Maya at her place. From there either an auto or a van to Koramangala. Most of the times he takes the last bus after which there are only vans to Agara. It was almost around 10.00 p.m. Maya didn’t want him to take the van because she didn’t want him to travel with drunkards. She asked him to take the bus. Srikanth was worried when he said ,
‘Will you manage?’
Maya said ‘Just one road nah….don’t worry. I will take care. You don’t miss the bus. Cya. Call me once you reach’.
Srikanth ran towards the bus and got into it. He waved his hand and watched Maya with a dull face waving her hand………

She lowered her duppatta while she walked towards the four-cross. She was careful while crossing the road because that was an accident zone. She was having a handbag and a plastic cover in which she had her resume and copy of certificates. She put her handbag in the plastic cover as she felt comfortable in carrying just one of it. She reached the street in which her PG was located. Street lights were on but still she started walking fast as it was raining heavily.

Maya suddenly heard someone running towards her with bare foot. But she thought that was usual as it was raining. Another two minutes was left for her to reach her PG gate and to her fear and surprise someone held her tight from behind. She had mild thoughts whether it would be Srikanth trying to give her some daring surprises as he is good in doing that.She managed to turn back to see dark short guy who was drenched in rain.She was shocked to know that 'this ' had happened to her in her life. A rogue was trying to hold her tight from her back. She had seen and heard such scenes in movies but experiencing it for the first time. She never wanted such a thing to happen to her.

This was her first ever worst experience. She started yelling at the peak of her voice. The doors of almost all the houses were closed as it was already 10.10 p.m. Only the street lights were on. People inside their houses could very well hear her voice but to her surprise no one came for her rescue. Maybe they would have thought the noise came from a television as most of the daily soaps are based on crime. The culprit held her tight and gave her a knock from behind.Maybe he was an expert criminal and knew the various methods of handling a victim. By that time she decided that his intention was not just to rob her items but something else too. He gave her a knock at her leg and hand after which she was not able to move a bit. Maya could not even lift her hand to fight back. From her childhood Maya wanted to learn Karate. As she was busy with her studies she never had an opportunity to do that. Maybe that would have helped her now.Finally she fell down on the dirty mud and her white dress now had various shades of brown and red(brick sand) streaks.

He grabbed the cover from her and ran away within a fraction of seconds. She kept shouting as she could not even lift her body up. She had her mobile, ATM cards in her purse along with the resume and copy of certificates in the plastic cover.Maya had already worked for two other companies in Chennai from where she was created new bank accounts and was given ATM cards by them.She knew the culprit could not do anything with the cards without knowing the PIN number.She never expected such an incident would happen to her....

Mrs.Rekha came towards her yelling out so that few other people would come for Maya's rescue.Mrs. Rekha was Maya's PG owner, a very kind-hearted pretty lady. She asked Maya ,'Are you OK dear?, anything wrong?' Maya started crying. Mrs. Rekha comforted her saying, 'Don't worry, we will find him now. Come with me'. They both went in search of the culprit.

The road ended at a junction where two other roads joined. Mrs. Rekha and Maya had no clue which direction the culprit would have run with her valuables. They asked a man standing near a tea-shop which was open at that time. He directed them to a road into which he had seen a guy running. They both went to that narrow lane and two other kind hearted men followed to help them. They reached the dead-end of the that road. They could not find anyone. Few other people peeped out through their windows to know something interesting was going on outside their houses. Few of them gathered out. Mrs. Rekha had enough people to help her find the culprit.

They all went in search of him. There was no way the culprit would have escaped. Because the road had only one entrance and the tea shop owner was sure that he came into this road. Only way with which he could have escaped is to hide in one of the houses. A small guy was moving towards a car which was parked near one of the houses. He had observed something there and he called the other men to look at it. To everyone’s surprise they saw a man hiding there. One of the men who came for helping them went towards the car.

It was a white ambassador which was parked very close to a compound wall of a house. The gap between the body of the car and the wall was very little such that only a stick-man could enter. To everyone’s surprise they saw the culprit hiding himself squeezed in the little space, clutching the cover. The man who went towards the car pulled the rogue out of that place. He was hefty enough to pull him out bang his head on one of the walls and grabbed the cover from him. He handed over the cover to Maya. She was waiting for this moment. She immediately checked her cover and saw her resume and certificates wet. She opened the purse and saw her mobile and cards. A sense of satisfaction was seen in her face.

She felt the phone was ringing. She saw Srikanth’s number flashing and picked the call and yelled at him. She knew that was not his mistake to leave her alone. But at that moment Srikanth too looked like a culprit for her.She cut the call saying 'Are you happy there? But i am not. My life was gonna end now. By god's grace I escaped. Get lost!'. Srikanth was puzzled. Mrs.Rekha took the cover and handbag from Maya and tried to comfort her. Though Maya was not able to recover immediately from whatever happened, she acted as if she was alright. They both reached the PG and Mrs.Rekha gave her some water. Mr.Dharmaraj, Rekha's husband was comforting Maya by cracking some jokes. At around 10.45, Maya was puzzled to see Srikanth at her doorstep. He came rushing towards her and hugged her. She explained the entire story to him and his blood became hot after hearing this. In the meanwhile the culprit was beaten by the public near the PG.

Mr and Mrs Dharmaraj left the place to give them some privacy. Srikanth looked at Maya with a feeling that he was responsible for whatever happened. Maya looked at him and smiled. By seeing her smile tears rolled over Srikanth's face.He held her hand and put his palm over her's promising that he will never leave her alone. He gave her comfort saying she will never ever face such an experience again in her life.After an hour Maya forced him to leave as it was getting late for him. Srikanth left the place. Maya lied on her bed , prayed to god that she should never come across such a situation again and closed her eyes....