Sarath Babu - Idly Kadai - IIM Ahmedabad

Inspiring story!

The Dream Merchant story in Indiatimes!



Realize the power of entreprenurship and the satisfaction we get through that!
Really awful! amazing!

Barcamp Hyderabad

As usual I looked into my RSS Bookmarks of Kiruba, [one of my favorite bloggers] today also. But got a very good info that Barcamp is gonna come in Hyderabad too. Because intially it is planned only in Chennai and Bangalore. Now I am happy that its also in Hyderabad and in IIIT college, which is very near from my house (jst 5kms :)

Me, VK and Muruga are planning to attend this event. Still I dint decide any topicsfor a speech on this BarCamp, very soon I will decide and put the topic in that blog.

More info, goto Barcamp Hyderabad

Kakka Kakka

Tin tin tin tin.. (kakka background music)


Ever peru Manoj, evaraku ennora perum irukku adhu dhan KV.(tein tein...)
sondha oru Karaikal, padichadhu Amalarpovam schoolelu, college PECla - IT departmentae aennaikum thirumbi perasu pakera allula evarrum oruthuru :D join pannadhu oru printer company ella, eppa panaradhu APPle viyabaram (tein tein tein...)


Peru durai, vazhakaiela edhaiyumae jolly edhuthakara type! konjam kusumbu jasthi ennum solalum. problem solving, puzzles, ponnunga evaroda ennora pakkam. eppa periya frame ela oru Hify company ela velai pakararu (tein tein tein...)


Gobu, padichadhu petit evaru college pecela. evaroda kanavu doctor aganumna anna padichadu engineering. usa suthi pathavaru, padikera pullai eppa evaru oru aathu pakathala irukaru.

Muruga, VK and me on the next post....
Stay tuned...

Flickr Slideshow in Blogs

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Hyderabad Trip - Some time ago...

- Snow World, Hyderabad
For all fotos, click my flickr

TR en Adukuthodar vasanangal

Evar paeru TR!
eppovomae adiparu boru!
TR - yes, the most famous T.Rajenderan one of the important notable person in Tamil cine industry. He is well-known for his continuous aduku mozhi dialogues and very good background set for all his romantic songs. Talented person who is capable of writing story, screenplay, dialogue, lyrics, music and so on.. In Ah aah audio release, A.R.Rahman also told about his multi-skills, tanda nakka tanda nakka....

YouTube Video - Graduation Day

Graduation Day Celebrations, PEC IT, Pondicherry - 14th March 2006

Graduation Day Fotos / Video

Check out some fotos here...
will upload the rest very soon!
This is my first attempt to try out YouTube, its good.
Uploaded a video, watch out here..

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Steps to make business in Web 2.0 today!

1. Create a innovative idea and implement the same in Web
2. Market your product such that the statistics of the user hits should be in Millions.
3. Make an ease-of-user interface (Master example is google)
4. Compare the statistics, features with other products and prepare a document.
5. Send it to all big giants who are all into Web 2.0 like Google, Yahoo, Amazon....
6. Definitely they will acquire your business and you will become a Millionaire!
7. Sign the contract and become a official partner :)

Two outstanding examples:

Recent acquisition of Google:

Writely - Web Word Processor

Acquisitions of Yahoo:

Very Well Known Flickr
Most widely used online bookmarks store - Del.icio

Itz my Life

Expectations...

Starting from the birth to graveyard, we need to fulfill the expectations of our society(the vague definition: group of people which you know and they know you).

Just I am listing all the expectations from the childhood to the age of 60 (hope the average human life is atleast 60) depending on the society where he lives.

At the age of 2-4 : He needs to learn all Alphabets (before going to school itself) and need to speak & understand English. He is supposed to call his father & mom as Dad or Daddy & Mummy or mom and this is advised by his parents only. Here itself he is suppressed to learn his mother tongue, I am not blaming English but you should have your own freedom to call your parents in whatever language we want.



Schooling : The expectations from the society is running very high at this age only. He is forced to learn whether he likes or dislike. The methodology of learning also makes him dumb and not allowing him to think, innovate or invent anything new. Its called "Blind Method of Learning" what we read in our schools.

I just stopped myself and started realising am I did anything new atleast thought a simple solution to a problem on my own. (thinking....)
no sorry! nothing, first refer example in the book, refer guide, look into class work note..
But expectations from others not stopped on us and it always running high. Some of the common dialogues where we can hear from the parents,

dei, ozhunga padi da, endha vatiya avadhu first rank vangara vazhiya paaru!

Paakathu veetu balaji ya paaru porupa padikaran, neeyum irukiya, yen enga uyira vanagara!! eru eru unga miss ekita varaen!

Endha vaati nee school first vandha unaku oru cycle (teaching him corruption at the school level itself)

School - College transition: Time spent at this particular period in everyone's life is more and so many things we need to do. Morning oru coaching center evening onu, apuram Brilliant coaching centre notes and the list grows on.. Father, hey! you should atleast a seat in IIT or Anna university or BITS or PEC (last choice for pondicherry top private school toppers)

Oru vazhiya collegeku vandha, there we face so many things. Department ranks, placements, good percentage and so on..
Is there any life without all these expectations?
Is there any world where we get full freedom to do whatever we want?

-Itz my Life...

Category : Philosophy

Graduation Day...

Many mails cluttering my mailbox on Subject like '%convocation%' and I am very happy to see altogether(!all) once again after my 8th Semester Exam hall (i think that was last time we altogether,correct me if i m wrong)
Guys are showing good enthusiasm on this conglomeration, looking forward to meet the maximum number. Even I saw some mails with all colorful fotos with convocation, its really superb! Below are some snippets stolen from my Inbox,

From : Hemanth
(first person to put all those mails, seed for this event)
Hope this is the first and Last opportunity that we have got to get ourself dressed in the Convocation Gown and Cap and pose for the Camera.......and say the final adieu to the college ..

From: Krishna.Divagar

This is the final chance for us to meet @ college as a group. I know Project pressure is always there, so dont use that as a reason to skip. This is not a general function like anybody's treat to skip. Try ur best to Come and meet @ college on Mar 14 w/o fail.
Hope to meet u all @ College.

From: Venky

Hi all,

One of the gr8 days in our life is very near... Yes our "Convocation Day"... Remember the days everyone were tiring ourselves for the public exam, entrance exam to get a seat into PEC..

Come on GUYS n GALS, don't miss this day.. U r having minimum 30 more years of service left in this industry but u can never get this opportunity again... If some of ur DEAR friends r reluctant in coming for this, Convince them...

From: Suresh

Till Yesterday i was reluctant in attending the convocation.............
But as i see the things evolving through mails i have changed my mind to attend the Convocation.......................
And Iam really eager to see u all guys in our auditorium.................
And if possible we can arrange for a group photo if more guys turn out...
..........................LETS MAKE IT A GALA EVENT



From: Me

Hi Guys!
we, hyderabadians decided to come to convocation and looking forward to meet you all :-)
cheers

I asked my brother to pay the fees for all, so far he needs to pay for total 9 of us, thx to him :)

Will see how it turns!
Going by Garuda on coming friday and return on Wednesday!
will keep u posted more on convocation with black gowns fotos soon!

Itz My Life...

Siddharth - Director turned Actor

We guys, roomies went to Infosys on Last Friday to watch RDB in their ampitheatre.
It was cool, nice experience to see a big guy f2f. yeah siddharth, one of my latest favorite heroes after watching 'Chandraloo chakalooo' (forgive me if the name is wrong)


Beginning his speech with a powerful (modified) dialogue from his latest movie “Rang De Basanti” (I’m Karan Singhania… me and my friends made this film (in Hindi)) Siddarth talked about the movie and dedicated it to the fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force, killed due to failure of aircraft (Mostly MiGs) during regular sorties.

Sending out a strong message to the audience Siddarth was the cynosure of all ears (eyes too, of course J ), as he delivered the rationale behind the film. An alumni from SP Jain management institute and winner of the CNBC manager of the year award while pursuing his studies there, Siddarth had the audience hanging on to his every word as he spoke about the making of Rang de Basanti.

A few excerpts:


* How did Rang de Basanti (RDB) happen?


Siddarth: Films like RDB don’t get made, they just HAPPEN.Initially I refused Karan Singhania’s part, but on reading the script was okay with it.Finally though, I was really glad I had taken it up.

* How did it feel to work with the crew of RDB?

Siddarth: RDB unit was a very close knit one. With Aamir Khan, and Rakesh Mehra, around, one may feel diminutive or timid, but we all pitched in with our suggestions and ideas to improve it.


* Are you going back to directing after this or will you continue as an actor?

Siddarth: Actually the directing bug was already in me while at S P Jain.

Mr. Mani Ratnam signed me as his assistant for the Tamil movie Kannathil Muthamittal and some time later Director Shankar spotted the actor in me and signed me up for Boys. Then came Mani Ratnam’s Ayutha Ezhuthu (Yuva in Hindi), where once again he played an actor in the Tamil version. Post Ayutha Ezhuthu was Nuvvostanante Nenodanta in Telugu (my smash Hit). I’m still focused on direction, though it may take a while to happen.
Siddarth said that the passion for directing films still existed in him and recently he had penned Chukallo Chandrudu in Telugu. He said he aspires to make it big as a director some day.

* How was it to work with Mani Ratnam?

Siddarth: “Go get what you want”, was the lesson I learnt from him. There’s absolutely no spoon feeding involved. As Mani Ratnam said “Do everything with your heart.” Stand for what you believe in and make your own way towards it.

* If not an actor, would you be a software engineer?

Siddarth (a little amused, recalls an incident in the near past): Recently I had been to IIT (the movie was screened there too!) and while leaving I told my Mom “Finally after 27 years I get to step into the IITs”! Marketing and management are a yes but the technical side is a sure NO.

* What kind of a person are you?

Siddarth (Praising Rakeysh Mehra): I’m by nature a very arrogant type.

And my one motto is to remain hell bent or directing or go down trying. I don’t want to be an apathetic kind of person. I’m seeing the surrounding area around me and it’s… really great… I can see the amount of effort put into all this (drawing huge cheers here from the crowd!!!) This is what I identify with-great effort and hard work.

* With Tamil fans rooting for you how long will you continue to concentrate on Telugu movies alone?

Siddarth: After ‘Boys’ I didn’t have a good time in Tamil cinema and Telugu films happened to come along. So I stuck to it. And mind you Telugu film industry is too huge and equally good too.

* What influences you most?

Siddarth: Bhagat Singh was a great influence in my life. I admired their courage and their commitment at such a young age. And as always, Rakesh Mehra is a person who has impacted me a great deal.

* Did you ever have any embarrassing moments with female fans?

Siddarth (totally surprised): honestly the answer is “I don’t know!!!” This is really new to me. And coming to fan following, thanks to all of you out there- for keeping my career afloat!!!

* What would be your message for us (Infy)?
Siddarth: I always believe in intellectual majority. And making your options known is always in your hands. Be hungry for cinema and good cinema at that!

At the end of his speech, i realised the power of MBA! simply superb! huh ha!
He was also talking about Telegu film industry, very soon I will write a post on film industries in India, the other booming industry ppl are looking at after IT :)