untold / unheard story from Ananda Vikatan

2010-01-10T14:33:00.001-08:00

இந்தியாவிலும் ஒரு 'முள்வேலி'!உலகம் முழுக்க 'அவதார்’ மெகா ஹிட். பண்டோரா கிரகத்து வளத்தைக் கொள்ளையடிக்கச் செல்லும் மனிதர்களை எதிர்க்கிறார்கள் அந்தக் கிரக வாசிகளான நவிக்கள். மனிதர்களை எதிர்க்கும் நவிக்களுக்காக உலகமே பரிதாபப்பட்டு கண்ணீர் சிந்துகிறது. ஆனால், நிஜத்தில் 'அவதார்’ படத்தைக் காட்டிலும் கொடூரங்கள் அரங்கேறிக்கொண்டே இருக்கின்றன இந்தியாவில். அரங்கேற்றுவது இந்திய அரசாங்கம்!கிட்டத்தட்ட நான்கு

Muru - from frankfurt to Chicago - part -3

2010-01-07T14:33:00.000-08:00

Frankfurt, I have heard about this name every time when one of my friend goes to onsite or coming back from onsite. I have created an imagination ofmy own. The flight landed.Vow. nice feeling. But definitely not better than the joy rides in Wonderland. I looked around, it was dark and there were so many lights.Big buildings. Now plane stopped and I stood in the queue to move out.Yeahhhhh,

முரு டு america - பார்ட் 2

2010-01-07T13:45:00.000-08:00

When I woke up, the beautiful airhostess was distributing headphones to allvow, I have got a phone. I switched on my entertainment system and startedexploring it. Here I need to tell my opinion. In the Air Travel industry, I do not understand why or who introducedthat the crew should be beautiful or handsome. From the college days it looks absurd to me. Either in India or any where, do we choose

Muru to US - Part 1:

2010-01-03T20:21:00.001-08:00

Muru to US - Part 1: After a loooooonnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg struggle of 4 years, and each struggle is backed by an interesting story worth for an interesting screen play, finally I received an onsite opportunity to Northbrook, a village 25 miles away from Chicago. After succesfully checking in the luggages, I called my parents, standing inside Chennai international airport. I

2010-01-01T15:46:00.000-08:00

Tanjore temple specialities - unknown information: Coutesy - Ananda Vikatan By 2010, Tanjore temple will reach its 1000th year. An unbeatable achievement by any temple in India. A challenge to the modern architects. Lets know some information about this massive structure1. Started in 1004 and completed by 1010.2. Till 100 years back, people believed that it was built by Karikazha

Encounter of 4rd Bribe:

2009-05-16T10:06:00.000-07:00

Encounter of 4rd Bribe: After coming to Bangalore, this is my 3rd enounter of bribery.All are related to traffic violations. During 1st time, I went to Nandhi hills along with some of my friends, and for one of the bike, we did not have any documents, and my friend gave awaysome amount to police. I said to myself - thank god!, my friend did not ask me to share - (how luck struck to save my

Openness in Layoffs

2009-05-06T01:39:00.000-07:00

Hi, Indian companies are far from this openness shown by MNCs, In this case, Microsoft. I was stunned by the view suggested in the book “Good to Great” that if you think eliminating employees is the only option you have, do it as quickly as possible. The reason being is after the elimination, there is no doubt that the employees will weal around questioning “Why me?” but it will help both

Kudos to Gen-Y parentz

2009-04-23T23:15:00.001-07:00

Simple Analogy: You go to a hotel to have some good food for the first time in your life. Or you go to a new hotel where you had never been. The waiter comes and asks you what would you like to have? The first thing you expect is , “What are the items the hotel possess?” This is very very very very important question. Because depending on this answer you can make a choice

Letter 2 Leaders

2009-04-23T23:14:00.001-07:00

Before writing this blog, I wrote two entries offline for my blog. One titled “Letter to Premji” and another is about “PRA – a custom defined solution for happy life”. But I did not give for publishing. There are few reasons for my decision. Blog titled “Letter to Premji” is my dream project (blog); I do not want to end that as another entry to a million blog entries. I want

From Rs 50 to a Forbes billionaire!

2009-04-23T23:13:00.000-07:00

When I was working in Bangalore, I’d seen lot of upraise buildings (of course first in my life J) and most of the buildings are garlanded saying built by Sobha. Till few minutes back I was assuming that this is a large realty MNC that came to India after 1990 and doing big business. But when I read this article from Rediff, I was totally stunned and took some time to collect it in one page (

Bomb the B-Schools

2009-04-23T23:12:00.000-07:00

The sperm of this thought – writing an article like this, joins with the ovary in one of my famous bus travels. Thank God, unlike women of this world I need not have to carry this child for a minimum period of 10 months. That’s why I have decided to give birth to this child as soon as I got the confirmation that I am an expectant. MBA, one of the top 10 influential words of the graduate

Power of Awareness

2009-04-23T12:52:00.001-07:00

"Awareness at right time". Have we ever thought what is root cause all 'correct' decisions?. These decisions could be as simple as what is the right choice of restaurant for dinner or it could be life changing decisions made by students based on their intermediate results or it could be as big like opening up of economy like how it happened in 1990s. All perfect decisions irrespective of

got a topic

2009-04-23T09:53:00.000-07:00

Yes, I have found a really interesting topic to write. It is "Qualification".Every thing in this world, whether it is an issue or some sort of happening starts and ends with this 13 letter word.Apart from that, this has a special quality. It is the most favorite topic of my heart. I don't say i just love to speak about this. It is that this word has enslaved me. It is part of me like my hand.Ok,

My first movie blog

2009-04-19T09:21:00.000-07:00

Nothing has forced me so far to write a movie review. I wont call this as a movie review simply because I am not a critic. so this blog is gonna be about few movies which I have watched so far and which I have liked so far would be a better word.Out of so many moview both english and tamil, I am highly impressed with a good number of collection. Let me recollect few.Tamil:NayaganAboorva

lemme write..something

2009-04-15T01:33:00.000-07:00

For a long time, I have not been bitten by orkut, face book, blogs, twitters.I am aware of it but nothing I did not fall in love with that..even today there is not a big improvement. But still at times I feel to write something ...I did not follow those mainly because I am not quiet interested in 'talking' to computers.I love to 'listen' to people. I always want to be part of active

Happenings in my life in 2008

2008-11-13T20:03:00.000-08:00

2008 is a combination of challenges, achievements as well as certain disappointments. Major things happened in 2008 are1) My parents came to hyderabad for a 10 day tour.2) I attented "Inner Engineering" program from Isha foundation.3) Rejection and finally applied for H1 - Big story, white tiger, ICSA, etc..4) Got a job offer in AIGSS.5) Attented Yahoo interview.6) Got "EE" in appraisal in Wipro

Bomb the B-Schools

2008-06-22T04:36:00.001-07:00

Bomb the B-Schools The sperm of this thought – writing an article like this, joins with the ovary in one of my famous bus travels. Thank God, unlike women of this world I need not have to carry this child for a minimum period of 10 months. That’s why I have decided to give birth to this child as soon as I got the confirmation that I am an expectant. MBA, one of the top

test_tringme

2008-04-14T08:17:00.000-07:00

'To dream big has always been my motto': CEO at 27

2007-11-26T11:42:00.000-08:00

'To dream big has always been my motto': CEO at 27 Prasanna D Zore Top Emailed Features • CAT 2007: Analysis and expected cut-offs• 'To dream big has always been my motto'• Defuse your anger with yoga Tell us• Ask a question Advertisements• Migration is simple now• Packers N Movers• Builders Lobby Get news updates: What's this?

How she enriched Google's idea factory

2007-11-18T00:26:00.001-08:00

November 14, 2007 08:55 ISTPower PlayerA headhunter persuaded Marissa Mayer to join Google, Inc in 1999 as a programmer -- Google's twentieth employee. Now, Marissa Mayer is charged with making sure that the tech giant continues to crank out brilliant ideas, even as clever competitors are hatching their own. Champion of InnovationIn late 1998, when Marissa Mayer first heard about a small outfit

Business books you must read

2007-11-18T00:17:00.000-08:00

It has been a good year for business books. Spoilt for choice, readers have had a tough time making up their minds. Should they find out why Nassim Nicholas Taleb is urging everybody to imagine the unimaginable (Black Swan), or delve into Alan Greenspan's take on the world economy (The Age of Turbulence)? Will a look at how auto manufacturers are gearing up for new cars, new fuels and new

Success story: A $250,000 business, aged 25

2007-11-18T00:15:00.000-08:00

November 15, 2007What does it take to start a company? Well, if you are Atul Khekade of Innovation Trip, then only $2,000 would be sufficient to bankroll a business -- a business that is expected to generate revenues of $250,000 by December and if all goes as planned, could well hit the million dollar mark by 2008. Life has not always been so easy for Atul. He studied in a Marathi medium school

Story of opportunities - from NEN

2007-10-17T22:59:00.000-07:00

I was thinking for sometime to take stock of the variety of opportunities that is open for the present generation as a career options. It took a while to capture the thoughts and could manage to pen down few things out of my perspective and experience. Please excuse me for bowling and juggling over the things while you read. To start with I remember the days where most of the parents from typical

Story of Hotel Kamat

2007-10-17T21:14:00.001-07:00

There’s never a dull moment with 54-year-old Vithal Kamat, executive chairman and managing director of Kamat Hotels India, the Rs 112 crore, Mumbai-based, hospitality group that has brands such as the Orchid Hotel and Lotus Suites among others. He’s full of stories—about life, experiences, people. He’s put it all down, in fact, in a book—a management book—Idli, Orchid and Will Power! But this is

Top 10 Strategic technologies of 2008

2007-10-13T01:54:00.001-07:00

-- Gartner Inc. research firm has recently released 2008’s TOP 10 strategic technology. A strategic technology is something that may have an impact on a business. And impact could mean driving an investment or posing a threat. It would mean if one of your competitors adopts it, it might make your company in soup or lands in a competitive advantage. Only market of 2008 decides this factor. S.No

Story of various entrepreneurs

2007-10-08T23:06:00.000-07:00

The Fab StoryIn this interview with Niranjan Mudholkar, K Vaitheeswaran, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Fabmall.com, illustrates his company's progressPlease tell us something about the origin of Fabmall.com (the concept), its history and the people involved.www.fabmall.com was set up in 1999 (called Fabmart.com then) by a group of six co-founders, all with an IT background. The co-founders were

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untold / unheard story from Ananda Vikatan

Muru - from frankfurt to Chicago - part -3

முரு டு america - பார்ட் 2

Muru to US - Part 1:

Encounter of 4rd Bribe:

Openness in Layoffs

Kudos to Gen-Y parentz

Letter 2 Leaders

From Rs 50 to a Forbes billionaire!

Bomb the B-Schools

Power of Awareness

got a topic

My first movie blog

lemme write..something

Happenings in my life in 2008

Bomb the B-Schools

test_tringme

'To dream big has always been my motto': CEO at 27

How she enriched Google's idea factory

Business books you must read

Success story: A $250,000 business, aged 25

Story of opportunities - from NEN

Story of Hotel Kamat

Top 10 Strategic technologies of 2008

Story of various entrepreneurs