tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88643476627516766852024-03-08T01:08:45.339+05:30Sree's ViewsSree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-65685014413839172382010-12-20T04:38:00.000+05:302010-12-20T04:39:22.041+05:30Sunday Melody 3 - Voracious Blog Reader<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5E794i6Vjk?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5E794i6Vjk?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-62414241644845629752010-12-06T01:53:00.001+05:302010-12-06T01:55:30.609+05:30Sunday Melody 2 - Voracious Blog Reader<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9Nm04p88DHM" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-19766856235681256952010-11-28T23:38:00.000+05:302010-11-29T04:10:46.516+05:30Sunday Melody - Voracious Blog ReaderI am starting this series called "Sunday Melody". I usually listen to songs a lot. On Sundays, late in the evening around 11 p.m, when everything is quiet, I like listening to melodious songs. These songs are usually melancholic and Nostalgic in nature. Ilayaraja's Music suits the mood very good.<br /><br />I decided to post this series after getting inspired by "Nostalgic Fridays" by <a href="http://www.tulipspeaks.com/">Amutha of Tulipspeaks.com</a>. Hence I dedicate the first post to her.<br /><br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jO6qDGwxKdE?fs=1&hl=en_GB&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jO6qDGwxKdE?fs=1&hl=en_GB&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-89157939182774045672010-10-17T22:48:00.003+05:302010-10-18T03:18:43.850+05:30Bride SearchThis is what I came to know from a Person, who is/whose family is searching for a Bride. They use a popular internet based match searching website. After talking to them, I thought that I should write about this. Afterall, this is not my first encounter with such type of people.<br /><br />Here are their observations:<br /><br />* Why don't they respond when they are contacted. They jot down the Profile details etc., and promise to get back. But they never do. If they are not interested, why don't they let us know? When contacted again, they give a curt reply saying "If we didn't call you back, it is understood that we do not have interest in the Profile".<br /><br />* Why do they not post photos. Nobody is going to morph them and make a salacious picture out of it. Some photos are password protected. The general tendency is that the photos of these people are way less good than the photos of all the other people who have bravely posted their photos.<br /><br />* Still worse. What is wrong in hiding the name. A lot of profiles have the name "Later", "Will be disclosed later". Can't fathom why.<br /><br />* The majority of them do not want to search outside Madras/Bangalore/Hyderabad. Some profiles display that they are ready to relocate anywhere. When contacted, they say that they are not willing to relocate. When asked why then have they written something else, they do not give a satisfactory answer.<br /><br />* All the profiles have a commone line: "Traditional yet modern". Well, whom are you trying to please?<br /><br />* "Boy with clean habits required". The girl involved would be staying in some xyz city abroad and the majority of the boys/girls abroad are atleast social drinkers. In some cases, the Father of the Bride would have smoking/drinking habits. But he would be very adamant in having a guy who is a teetotaler. [On a personal note, I know a couple of people who live abroad and consume alcohol and are also non-veg eaters. Their matrimonial profile says nothing of these. On the contrary, the profile specifies that they are pure vegetarians and with clean habits. The downside of this is that all the grooms/bridgrooms are categorized as "cannot believe what they say"]<br /><br />Some requests from the Bridegroom's family:<br /><br />* If you are a brother or sister of the person involved, please hand over the phone to your parents. Do not deal with the parents of the Bride/Bridegroom yourselves. This way, the elders feel humiliated to talk to younger people, who also cross question them.<br /><br />* If you have a couple of prospective Bridegrooms to choose from, let them know about it. Making them wait without giving them any reason is not polite.<br /><br />* Keep your write-up on your profile short and sweet. Nobody has the inclination to read a full page during the initial search.<br /><br />- - - - -<br /><br />I hope, I haven't left out any points said by them.<br /><br />Voracious Blog ReaderSree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-13504382688144201532010-09-28T02:21:00.002+05:302010-09-28T02:24:07.098+05:30Agathin azhagu - Voracious Blog ReaderAgathin azhagu, mugathil theriyum.<br /><br /><br /><br />I firmly believe in it.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;">Voracious Blog Reader</span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-63065595266388056252010-09-19T14:19:00.001+05:302010-09-19T14:21:24.908+05:30NDTV-Hindu: Voracious Blog Reader*) I appreciate how they pronounce the Tamizh words, even though the news is in English.<br />Of course, some News Anchors deviate from this.<br /><br />*) I find NDTV-Hindu to be impartial.<br /><br />*) It's very much Tamizh Nadu.<br /><br />NDTV live on Internet: http://ndtv-hindu.com/<br /><br /><a href="http://srisviews.blogspot.com">Voracious Blog Reader</a>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-76827143121847763692009-04-19T13:33:00.004+05:302009-04-20T03:25:02.190+05:30New year - Voracious Blog ReaderHow many of you celebrated the New Year on April 14th?<br /><br />Did you party on New year's eve?<br />Did you drink, dance etc.,?<br />Did you exchange New year wishes?Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-82784697620423495252009-04-13T16:57:00.004+05:302009-04-13T17:05:32.398+05:30Who do I vote for? - Voracious Blog ReaderAll the political parties are mediocre. Who do i vote for?<br /><br />Like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW1pIcUDUBk">Ram Jethmalani said (0:52 to 1: 20)</a>, probably I should vote for the party that I least disagree with.<br /><br />I am really scared of what the Indian Politics is becoming.Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-18799863214877954792008-04-15T00:36:00.004+05:302008-04-15T00:42:12.770+05:30Photography ethics - Voracious Blog Reader<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynalvgbsUDEOCHl5WLA1CfaAeM_fnix5NsBoxAnh4vysjdbtozr1TjxT7wtS33NgU2-FtSQmIAUXpRZ4k1hXcVv5Ud_a-24Mkjnu5w8moBwuh42Zgolcc00zADL9b1vGBbWJUr1fEBIzR/s1600-h/f_Photo_ethics.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynalvgbsUDEOCHl5WLA1CfaAeM_fnix5NsBoxAnh4vysjdbtozr1TjxT7wtS33NgU2-FtSQmIAUXpRZ4k1hXcVv5Ud_a-24Mkjnu5w8moBwuh42Zgolcc00zADL9b1vGBbWJUr1fEBIzR/s400/f_Photo_ethics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189179989713235186" border="0" /></a>Courtesy: BBC News<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above pictured in the BBC website.<br /><br />I felt very sad looking at the photo.<br /><br />The Woman was collecting rice that was spilt on the ground. Its really heart breaking to see somebody lowered to such a state. :(<br /><br />Whether this Woman is a terrorist, muslim, Iraqi etc., she is a Woman first. She is so caring that she picks up rice for her family.<br /><br />To top all this, the Photographer thought that it was appropriate to photograph her. Dear Photographer, do the words "Photography ethics" tell you something? Shame on you.<br /><br />And a soldier is happily posing for the photo withouteven a shade of shame or pity for the women.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span></div>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-62362942098081561972008-01-08T21:22:00.000+05:302008-01-08T21:41:02.282+05:30High Beam - Low Beam -- Voracious Blog Reader<div style="text-align: justify;">To people who drive two/four wheelers:<br /><br />Please know the following when it comes to driving with headlights ON:<br /><br /></div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Parking light</li><li>Low Beam</li><li>High Beam</li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Parking light is usually sufficient if the road is well lit. This is just to indicate the other road users about the vehicle's presence.<br /><br />The Low beam is used if the road is not well lit. Please make sure that the headlight case is at the right tilt angle.<br /><br />The High beam is usually used when one travels on highways/long stretches which are usually empty and one travels at high speeds. Thus high beam illuminates a vast stretch of road ahead of us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">High beam does not mean that the beam is more intense than the Low Beam. So avoid using it under city/normal conditions.</span><br /><br />High beam really blinds the oncoming person. This can lead to an accident.<br /><br />When you get your two wheelers serviced, it is usually the case that the headlight case has a wrong tilt angle. Please correct it.<br /><br />And it wouldn't be wrong if I add a couple of suggestions:<br /><br /></div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Avoid sounding the horn impatiently.</li><li>Do not overtake from the left hand side.</li><li>Maintain a distance of atleast one metre between the vehicle ahead of you.<br /></li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span></div>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-41087610180955551392007-12-31T21:15:00.000+05:302007-12-31T21:18:36.889+05:30Happy New Year - Voracious Blog ReaderTo all those celebrating New Year, unlike me sitting at home and considering 1st of January as just another day:<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR<br /><br />I will reply to all your comments to all the previous posts and this one soon.<br /><br />A special wish to my blog partner Shree: Happy New Year Partner.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-53951479706497913622007-12-10T01:17:00.000+05:302007-12-10T01:22:25.507+05:30Psychology...Anybody??? - Voracious Blog ReaderHello Everybody!<br /><br />Assuming that you cycle to work everyday, which of the following option would you choose and why?<br /><br />1. Downhill<br /><br />2. Flat road<br /><br />3. Uphill<br /><br /><br />There is nothing called "correct" answer here. Its just a matter of preference.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-15656072519785619592007-11-04T18:23:00.000+05:302007-11-04T18:35:15.745+05:30Deepavali - Diwali - Suggestions - Voracious Blog Reader* Give some crackers/fireworks etc., to the poor kid standing nearby too. He would be overjoyed. Better still ask him to burst it in front of your eyes.<br /><br />The joy of donating should be felt.<br /><br />* Please do not create much work for the Watchman/sweepers etc., Collect the Flower pots, sparklers etc., yourself and dispose it in the bin. Your surroundings look clean too.<br /><br />* Be considerate. Old people/new born babies etc., also live in the neighbourhood. Avoid hydrogen bombs/atom bombs.<br /><br />* If you are the person who gets enormous amount of sweetboxes, do not munch them all by yourself. Donate them to the needy people around. Let them celebrate too.<br />[Info: The silver layer spread on sweets are made by beating tiny bits of silver with a hammer. The tiny bits are placed inbetween layers of fresh sheep's underskin.]<br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-90212184783562862412007-10-28T13:33:00.000+05:302007-10-31T03:24:36.768+05:30Peaceful - Voracious Blog ReaderAh.....Life without a mobile phone is so peaceful.<br /><br />I wonder why I need a mobile phone at all.<br /><br />No more calls during driving, grocery shopping etc.<br /><br />Soooo peaceful.<br /><br />:)<br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-12497125768942421272007-10-16T01:02:00.000+05:302007-10-16T12:40:22.059+05:30Please do not waste your food – Voracious Blog Reader<div style="text-align: justify;">A simple google search will tell us how people in some of the countries across the world suffer due to lack of food to eat.<br /><br /></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Please do not waste your food.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">I have seen instances when food was wasted/thrown into the Garbage because:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The food is not warm.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The food doesn't suit their taste buds.</p> </li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">One could be considerate if food was thrown into the bin since it is not edible. But again I would ask: </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">What lead to this situation?</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Is it negligence? </p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Was the food left in the refrigerator for days together and left to decay?</p> </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The amount of food one eats in the developed countries for breakfast, is the food a person eats in Africa for the whole day. [Forgot the magazine, which gave this fact, and hence unable to give reference]</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">I am sure everyone of us has received the e-mail of a child crawling to a food camp in sudan and a vulture waiting near by to eat the child once it died of starvation. Please think of this when you waste your food. We are blessed to eat a square meal. For those who were lucky enough to escape the gory picture, here it is: (click on image for a enlarged view)<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvhm-3VOAVY2o_KIKUY19T_jifpRDw4DYWH1_3piOXXCjjP3X4IfnXBwUNiogY7RFiFSKi5jZRj23tCX6R81ns8bCDQSnUNlWA-i-T5Y0l1IMsXitUYRC1gqbQ7gOujBhyphenhyphen8dKGqTvd3gO/s1600-h/e_do+not+waste+food.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvhm-3VOAVY2o_KIKUY19T_jifpRDw4DYWH1_3piOXXCjjP3X4IfnXBwUNiogY7RFiFSKi5jZRj23tCX6R81ns8bCDQSnUNlWA-i-T5Y0l1IMsXitUYRC1gqbQ7gOujBhyphenhyphen8dKGqTvd3gO/s400/e_do+not+waste+food.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121649114972106594" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">And then, there are these instances were people celebrate their Birthdays where the person is literally bathed in all sort of food items, like in this video below:</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4792418885167340279&hl=en" flashvars=""></embed><div> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://mkarthik.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post.html"></a>I do not want to give him publicity and hence not mentioning his blog here.<br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Despite our (Sree's and mine) comments mentioning the importance of food, the person never even bothered to reply. The amount of food wasted could have lasted at least two days.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I reiterate: Please do not waste your food.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-52819366272123617472007-10-07T04:44:00.000+05:302007-10-07T04:52:20.324+05:30Qualifications - Voracious Blog ReaderLooking at our politicians in India, I came up with this question:<br /><br />What are the necessary qualifications to become a politician?<br /><br />These questions struck my mind when trying to answer the above question:<br /><br />a) Should one have a good educational upbringing?<br /><br />b) Should one have good experience in serving the society?<br /><br />c) A mixture of both? [Is it feasible?]<br /><br />While there are a minimum set of criteria that are to be met to become a Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer etc., are there any set of rules for a Politician?<br /><br />I <span style="font-weight: bold;">cannot </span>take this answer from you all: He should be a Rowdy and so on and so forth.<br /><br /><b> <b><br /><br /></b></b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Monotype corsiva;">Voracious Blog Reader</span></span><b><b><br /><br /><br /></b></b>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-18037439459254136712007-09-30T17:14:00.000+05:302007-10-03T13:35:36.136+05:30Just wondering... - Voracious Blog ReaderMany Indian people living in the western world have a nick name/alternate name since the western world finds it hard to pronounce their names.<br /><br />Why do they find it hard? Don't we not learn the pronounciation of their names? Why not they then? Probably westerns have a answer to my above questions.<br /><br />On the othe hand, people come up with their nicknames/alternate names themselves.<br /><br />I can understand situations like:<br /><br />" Hi, I am Dhanalakshmi. People call me Dhana".<br /><br />" Hi my name is Bharath Kumar. People usally call me Bharath".<br /><br />But why situations like:<br /><br />" My name is Kamakshi. You can call me kams"<br /><br />Or<br /><br />" My name is Krishnamurthy. You can call me kris"<br /><br />Is it an inferiority complex that leads to suggesting nicknames ourselves? Or is one trying to sound western? Or is one changing their name to be accepted in a group?<br /><br />For example, in the U.S, the number of Indians living is quite a huge sum. Why then do they name their kids "Laya, kris etc.," trying to hide their race? The name wouldn't stand out if it was a usual name like "Krishnakumari or rajalakshmi" considering the huge population of Indians right?<br /><br />Do the foreign nationals in India, working on an extended period of a couple of months to a few years, change their names from "Renate" to "Rani" or from "Heinrich" to "rishi"?<br /><br />Update: Just to maintain the gravitas of my post, did not include the following funny video earlier.<br /><br /><object height="353" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/whiLwDoRk_o"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/whiLwDoRk_o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="353" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Monotype corsiva;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Voracious Blog Reader</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-72339099271557263552007-09-23T18:47:00.000+05:302007-09-24T01:39:31.987+05:30Simple and easy methods to prevent environment pollution-voracious blog reader<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Here are some of my suggestions to avoid polluting the environment by going in for natural products:</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >* Plastics are dangerous. Where ever possible please use cotton bags. Avoid plastic bags. Always have the habit of carrying cotton bags with you. I always tell the shop keepers that I have bought my bag along.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >* Go in for coir foot rests for your doorsteps and for cotton ones for bedroom etc.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >* As much as possible buy cotton clothing. Kadhi Gramodhya Bhavan is a good place to start.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >* The younger generation can make use of the cycle to make small errands. Use a dynamo instead of the battery-type lights.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >* Use cotton ropes for putting the clothes out for drying. I agree that nylon ones last longer. But cotton ropes' production does not pollute the environment.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >* Please switch off an appliance completely. For example, switch off the main switch of the TV. Leaving it ON does consume power. Though the consumption is small, small droplets of water form a big cloud. Imagine each and every household leaving their TV ON (not to mention the video/DVD players attached to the TV). Lot of power would be consumed then. Unwanted power consumption means wasting the power produced. On the same lines, switch off the lights before retiring to bed at night. I know quite a few people who have the habit of reading a book/magazine and doze off. Unwanted power consumption.<br /><br />* If one wants to really bring down power consumption, one can go in for "kallore" and "ammi kal". And the food tastes a lot better than the electric mixies and grinders.<br /></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:monotype corsiva;">Voracious Blog Reader</span><br /><br /></span>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-20768791829696872802007-09-19T02:48:00.001+05:302007-09-19T02:55:10.065+05:30Happy Birthday Shree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-f-doaHLfeOLDOMDNxNb6Tn6fmXJVXgqUf-WfBcwuhu5Yut7pxsX_JBdSaHTG6cP5RRo1k-3TZGkAlBUVZnFetxa5L9ydSZT8toxc7KNbSXHbGjgqi1rGUkkL7DOgKWvEo2sIWnaV-LQ/s1600-h/Shree's+Cake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-f-doaHLfeOLDOMDNxNb6Tn6fmXJVXgqUf-WfBcwuhu5Yut7pxsX_JBdSaHTG6cP5RRo1k-3TZGkAlBUVZnFetxa5L9ydSZT8toxc7KNbSXHbGjgqi1rGUkkL7DOgKWvEo2sIWnaV-LQ/s400/Shree's+Cake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111658195890928050" /></a><br /><br />Hi Shree,<br /><br />Wishing you a Happy Birthday.<br /><br />Here is your Birthday card:<br /><br />http://www54.123greetings.com/card/09/18/14/16/CH10918141644759.html<br /><br />Eat the whole cake. I do not want even a piece. Its meant for you. Eat'em all please.<br /><br />Voracious Blog ReaderSree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-40363647466829966462007-09-17T21:09:00.000+05:302007-09-17T21:48:47.923+05:30Quacker :) (by Ananya )<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zdezakxmgHN9bYCiB2uYZ_UQndNLAVQ4fAr5mXULQxW2Bcr6KjYNpZAKKg48f7KWWq4JKQSpBmJjgCJOh_Zf3w5k1FJpKudmVy7hQaPNb-aqzUuGzc1INhE9vhULGU6M8VMzuqbT94Gp/s1600-h/duckling.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111207610871904674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zdezakxmgHN9bYCiB2uYZ_UQndNLAVQ4fAr5mXULQxW2Bcr6KjYNpZAKKg48f7KWWq4JKQSpBmJjgCJOh_Zf3w5k1FJpKudmVy7hQaPNb-aqzUuGzc1INhE9vhULGU6M8VMzuqbT94Gp/s400/duckling.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="left">There is this cartoon which really touched my heart. Its called Oswald.<br />Oswald is an octopus who lives in a big city with lots of friends. One day , Oswald, his dog Weeny and best friend Daisy go to 'duck pond' to drink some water after a tiring game. </div><div align="left"><br />While they drink the water , a mummy duck and her ducklings keep swimming in the water.<br />They come out and wriggle their feathers to shake off the water . The last duckling does'nt follow its mother and walks in the direction of Oswald saying 'Quack quack' . </div><div align="left"><br />Oswald and his friends keep looking out for the source of that noise. They find the baby duckling there. They decide to find its mother and pick it up and go all around the play ground playing on swings , slides and see-saws as they pass. By now , the duckling gets attached to Daisy. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Whereever it goes , it wants Daisy to be with it. Oswald and Daisy keep saying 'Quack quack' all the time thinking that the mother duck might hear them. Finally , they look all around the big city and end up on the pavement near the ice-cream shop. The owner of the shop Mr.Snow hears Oswald saying 'Quack quack' . </div><div align="left"><br />He asks Oswald 'what's up?' and Oswald tells all about the duckling and how they have looked all around and that they are tired out. Mr.Snow , suggest that they should go back to the place where they found little duckling. They find it a great idea. </div><div align="left"><br />So they go back and look around and dont find mother duck. The duckling gets on to a boat in the water and says 'Quack quack' . So , Daisy suggest that they should get onto the boat and row into the pond.<br />In the boat Daisy and the duckling whom she has named 'Quacker' start talking in 'Quack' language.<br /><br />Daisy : Quack quack<br />Quacker: Quack quack quack<br />Daisy : Quack quaaaaaackk<br />Quaker : Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackkk<br /><br />And now they find mother duck swimming into the pond with her little ducklings. Daisy puts Quacker back into the pond and it swims back to its mother while Daisy watches teary eyed .<br />She says 'Quack' for 'Goodbye' and she gets a reply from Quacker.<br />'I'll miss you' says Daisy and 'I'll miss u too' says Quacker.<br /><br />THE END :)<br /><br /> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Composed and dictated by Ananya and typed by Sree .</div><div align="left">This post is dedicated to all readers who called my posts 'thayir vadai' or 'mokkai' or</div><div align="left">'plain boring' ;-).....Sree</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-37195407089378359532007-09-16T16:26:00.000+05:302007-09-16T16:28:08.336+05:30Shuklaam Bharadharum vishnum....Thanks a lot to Shree (a.k.a Partner) for allowing me to co-author this blog.<br /><br />When my Partner cuts a cake and celebrates my Birthday, I think I should reciprocate, atleast by writing a few words in praise of her (By the way, everything that can be said about shree will always be praises. she is that kind of a person).<br /><br />Shree, a great Lawyer in the making, is a wonderful person with a very broad mind. I wish her all the best, with all my heart, in her career and for her upcoming exams.<br /><br />Shree always wanted me to co-author this blog, which I always politely declined. But I gave in ultimately.<br /><br />I am happy to be a part of "Sri's Views" and hope to post soon.<br /><br />Hey Partner, Thank you very much.<br /><br />Voracious Blog ReaderSree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-25408436179910288832007-09-06T19:34:00.000+05:302007-09-06T19:53:11.577+05:30Hello everyone :)First thing ! I apologise.<br />I should have informed you friends that I wld be taking a break. But was hoping that something would pop up in my little brain and I can put a post about it.But miracles took a break too.<br />So sorry pals..and please excuse me till the end of this month.<br />In other words , enjoy your freedom ;)<br /><br /><br />Second...<br />Yesterday was my dear partner, Voracious blog reader's birthday :) I missed wishing yesterday.<br />So I wish V a very happy birthday and many more happy returns of the day :)<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wqEiSq-2JIrzoSaxhE3cUo48dnLNsD939P-50VbRxLjtO3Q29fi7M_xicU-rlKTebDpl5f3vQoW3wcENr_CeS2Zu1gqFTULxaLyQAitVD7ETNPzM3xsgzeiyLEWfr5d6UnDCMVV5Fo7h/s1600-h/dnd-ddx35.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107095773041303538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wqEiSq-2JIrzoSaxhE3cUo48dnLNsD939P-50VbRxLjtO3Q29fi7M_xicU-rlKTebDpl5f3vQoW3wcENr_CeS2Zu1gqFTULxaLyQAitVD7ETNPzM3xsgzeiyLEWfr5d6UnDCMVV5Fo7h/s400/dnd-ddx35.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center">Yes...I took my share of the cake ;)</div><br /><br />See yaa , friends .Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-55841696432173181882007-08-15T06:37:00.000+05:302007-08-15T06:40:07.822+05:30Happy Independence day !************************<br /><br /><br />30 states , 1618 languages , 6400 castes , 6 religions ,6 ethnic groups , 29 major festivals and one country.Be proud to be an Indian.<br /> Happy Independence day !<br /><br /><br /><br /> ***********************Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-21597485331804044622007-08-09T15:02:00.000+05:302007-08-09T15:16:05.454+05:30ennssoooiii....a la Lolla Kutty ;-)********************************************************<br /><br /><br />Enough of Sardar jokes....... ......... .Mallu jokes are here!!!!!!!! !!<br /><br />1) What is the tax on a Mallu's income called?<br /> IngumDax <br /><br />2) Where did the Malayali study?<br /> In the ko-liage.<br /><br />3) Why did the Malayali not go to ko-liage today?<br /> He is very bissi.<br /><br />4) Why did the Malayali buy an air-ticket?<br /> To go to Thuubai, zimbly to meet his ungle in Gelff.<br /><br />5) Why do Malayalis go to the Gelff?<br /> To yearn meney.<br /><br />6) What did the Malayali do when the plane caught fire?<br /> He zimbly jembd out of the vindow. <br /><br />7) How does a Malayali spell moon?<br /> MOON - Yem Woh yet another Woh and Yen <br /><br />8) What is Malayali management graduate called?<br /> Yem Bee Yae.<br /><br />9) What does a Malayali do when he goes to America ?<br /> He changes his name from Karunakaran to Kevin Curren.<br /><br />10) What does a Malayali use to commute to office everyday?<br /> An Oto<br /><br />11) Where does he pray? <br /> In a Temble, Charch and a Maask<br /><br />12) Who is Bruce Lee's best friend ?<br /> A Malaya-Lee of coarse.<br /><br />13) Name the only part of the werld, where Malayalis dont werk hard?<br /> Kerala.<br /><br />14) Why is industrial productivity so low in Kerala? <br /> Because 86% of the shift time is spent on lifting, <br /> folding and re-tying the lungi<br /><br />15) Why did Saddam Hussain attack Kuwait ?<br /> He had a Mallu baby-sitter, who always used to say <br /> 'KEEP QUWAIT' 'KEEP QUWAIT'<br /><br />16) What is the Latest Malayali Punch Line?<br /> "Frem Tea Shops To Koll Cenders, We Are Yevery Where"<br /><br />17) Why aren't Mals included in hockey and football teams?<br /> Coz Whenever they get a corner, they set up a tea shop. <br /><br />18) Now pass it on to 5 Mals to get a free sample of kokanet oil.<br /><br />19) Pass it on 10 Mals to get a free pack of Benana Chibbs.<br /><br />20) Pass it on to 15 Mals to get a set of BROGUN bones....<br /><br /><br />My favs are Nos.16 & 17 :))<br /><br />hey...before u guys start off abt 'tamil accents', listen to this.<br />This was forwarded by a Telugu friend ;-)<br /><br /><br /><br /> *************************************************Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864347662751676685.post-25168519022700150942007-07-31T09:47:00.000+05:302007-08-01T11:04:43.829+05:30Schools-Who needs appraisal ?Ankur's <a href="http://enagar.com/2007/07/28/90000-schools-without-blackboards/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">post on the state of Schools in India</span> </a>prompted me to get my dad's opinion on improving the sitution in the Govt. School.<br />This is one of his pet topics as he was closely associated with management training for a long time.<br />So here goes....<br /><br /><br />Performance appraisal :<br />1. Scholar's performance<br />2. Teacher's performance<br /><br />Of these two I would rather prefer the second as more important in view of the fact that our objective at present is to improve the educational system in institutions esp. Govt. institutions.<br />While the scholars' performance is being apprised, by various means , and from time to time this system of apprisal is being updated and revised , the performance of the teachers is given scant regard .<br />Some of the higher institutions such as IIMs do have a performance appraisal system for teachers in the form of feed-back in standardised formats .Even these formats are not tailored to individual subjects but are generic in nature and therefore the efficacy of these formats is doubtful. At the same time the other institutions do not even have such rudimentary feed-backs and tend to shy away from apprisal of any kind.<br />Therefore if the remuneration of the teachers is linked to performance by some acceptable form - acceptable to both the teachers and the taught - the educational system per se will see some light at the end of the tunnel.<br />However care has to be taken to fine tune the apprisal system itself periodically. This can come about only if we set up an objective group of persons who have a stake in the system and this can be achieved only by giving wide publicity and inviting comments from the public .<br /><br /><br />**********<br />updated<br /><br /><br />While it is true that the teachers are being increasingly diverted for other 'works', ostensibly for "pulic" purposes, the fact that the education per se is given a go-by and nobody seems to object to this. A typical example is that the teachers were given TARGETS to "catch" victims for sterililization surgeries under the family planning programmes; and so is the case when every election crops up be it the panchayat level or the parliament level. The irony is that the teachers do not seem to protest and seem to be happy to get away from their primary jobs.<br /><br />In my personal experience I have come across the crass attitudes of the teachers even when they are well and regularly paid. All this is because of the fact that the teachers' performance is not apprised in an objective manner. Nor are they accountable.<br /><br /> I would like to quote an instance that I personaly know. A 400 two-roomed rural school building was built. Although the buildings themselves could be and were built in record time, many were not brought underuse since they were not being taken over by the teachers. The matter required probing so that any changes in design desired by the users could be incorporated. In most of the cases we could find that the teachers were of native of and resided in nearby villages/towns. They were all commuting to their jobs by motor cycles. Consequently a rainy day did not see the teacher at the school. The objection to occupying the buildings was that there were no ramps leading into the class rooms and the teachers insisted that they would only park their mobikes inside the class lest the mobikes be meddled with by the children and surprisingly no sanction was forth coming of construction of the ramps. AND EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE WAS FORGOTTEN. This prolonged for a couple of months and both the construction wing nor the teachers were prepared to bring the stalemate to an end. Seeing the pathetic condition, an innovative solution was found by involving the local villagers who by contribution of material and/ or labour provided ramps to enable their wards to be housed in better class rooms.<br /><br />Such instances are numerous.<br />Similar instance can also be quoted from the nation's capital. A group of officers from other states were to be taken around to show the achievements of the Union Territory in school managements. The officers who were to take the guests around Delhi were the ones who were supposed to periodically inspect, supervise and advise. But surprisingly the 'guides' did not know their way around; in one case they even took the officers to a gate of a school which was locked up and the neighbours around on enquiry revealed that the gate had not been opened for almost a decade and that the a small gate from another street was being used.<br /><br />If such are the approaches to education where are we?Sree's Viewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382073679931162696noreply@blogger.com26