My unforgotable incident..

This is my most unforgottable incident.
I and my family members went on a religious tour to Rameswaram. It was on December 2006. And that too was exactly a day before tsunami. We were staying there for the time period.
The first day was the visit to Rameswaram temple. The temple was really were nice to see and I am sure it is a very religious place. The next day was our plan to visit Dhanushkodi.
We went there by train through Pamban bridge. It was really very attractive to see great water running peacefully under the bridge. I was standing at the door and watching the water flowing beneath. It was around 10.30am when wefinished our visit to the temple at Dhanuskodi and we went to the sea shore. We were wondering at the graceful water running peacefully. My mom wondered that the water is very clear and we were standing inside water longing to have a play. But we had planned for a trip to a place near Rameswaran. So dad didnt let me inside the water. So we hurried back to Rameswaram, this time by bus. The sight of the clear water still remains in my mind.
We returned back to the lodge where we were staying by 12.30 in afternoon. We were travelling by an auto. The auto driver was having a heated argument on something..about a storm or something.My dad got curious and enquired the auto driver. He said nearly many parts of Nagapatnam are destroyed by a sea attack, which had not been known as tsunami by then.
My dad didnt own a mobile by then. And the place where is stayed is completely an out of world place. We had no newspapers, no TV, no communication links. When we returned back to the boarding house my dad hurried off to buy a copy of the evening newspaper. We were having a look at the headlines and the stuff related to that incident.
It was said on the newspaper that this attack happened around 10.30am that day.Imagine the shock we had, because that was the time we were standing inside the water and enjoying its look and glamour. We started querying our mom, what happened to our house. There was no mention of other parts of Tamil Nadu.
Later we were travelling by my dad's office jeep, Kodai FM was broadcasting sad songs and the organiser was talking about these sort of incidents that happened in the past.
The next day we returned home, actually there was no attack at our home. We were happy on being safe, inspite of being actually on the shore of the sea at that time.

My mom said, "Maybe god has some other plans for us" .

Have you ever wondered how Romeo and Juliet would have met....

A beautiful song..Romeo and Juliet of Shakespeare..and this is by Taylor Swift..
Love Story – Taylor Swift songs and music from [lyricsyoulove.com]

Demise of my favourite teacher...Home they brought her warrior dead...

I learnt this poem at my fifth grade..I still remember each and every line of this poem.It was taught by my favourite English teacher..She taught this poem exceptionally beautiful that I still remember this poem..Each and every line was a melody in her teaching..I just started loving english because of her..I met her once when I got to my 12^th grade.I wished to tell her that I started loving english because of her.At the surprise of seeing her after a very long time, I didnt even get words to speak to hear.

Oneday, I heard the news of her demise, I was greatly shocked,I was at home..and there was the news of her demise on a channel with her photo..I could help myself control my tears..tears swelled up in my eyes.And she really was so young to have died earlier.I thought this might be a bad dream, but it was true.

I didnt go to her funeral..I was feeling bad about facing like as if I was still at my fifth grade waiting for her to punish me for something.I didnt have the guts to face her.I couldnt bring myself believe that she is dead..

She lived in a street next to ours.I happened to be going around there.I visited her sisters, asked them what exactly happened.They told me she died of a heart attack.I was unable to hide back tears at seeing their tear drenched faces.I tried to fight back tears, I was unable to help,so I returned home as fast as I could and cried to myself alone..thinking about her,her way of doing things,her mannerism..

To me, she was a perfect example of a teacher, for she and only she knows to handle kids..

Home they brought her warrior dead

Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swooned, nor uttered cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
‘She must weep or she will die.’

Then they praised him, soft and low,
Called him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.

Stole a maiden from her place,
Lightly to the warrior stepped,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
Yet she neither moved nor wept.

Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee—
Like summer tempest came her tears—
‘Sweet my child, I live for thee.’

                    --Alfred Lord Tennyson 

Home they brought her warrior dead..Really, she had been a warrior and that too a very brave warrior in her life..for she had many problems to endure with.Yet, she was a very cheery person..

I pay my tribute to her with my English..I love English because of my love for her!!

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A beautiful dream....

I like this song very much..It depicts a beautiful dream, many of us would have surely missed these scenes of nature. Really very beautiful lines on nature..
Film : Varnajalam
Singer : Karthik
Music : Vidyasagar
Lyrics :Arivumadhi
Pinju mazhai saral, konju thamizh pesum
Konju thamizh pesa, nenjil pudhu raagam
Ingu megangalai alli konjum velli nilavae
Muthamittu thooli kattum thayin azhagae
Muthu muthu malai kattum mullai sudarae
Ragangalai sindhi sellum sanga kuyilae
Ullam unjal aduthae.....
Oh...Oh........Oh...Oh...
(pinju)

Mazhai mazhaiyai pozhikirathae,
Manasae kudaiyai thedaathae
Malai aruvi vazhigirathae,
Imaiyae vizhiyai moodathae
Kadal neerilae nurai pookkalam,
Nurai pookkalal saram kOrkkalam
Thalir Oramai pani parkkalam,
Pani sindiye uyir verkkalam
Kili agalam, siRagadalam,
Thisai maralam !
(pinju)

Vari variyai ezuhthidavae,
Nilavum kavithai thaL thanae
Muzhuvathumai tholainthidalam,
Iyarkai madiyil seithanae
Malai yeralam, kulir soozhalam,
Kuyil pattilae pasi aralaam
Viral seralam, nizhal meeRalam,
Imai oramai uyir ooralam
Pudhir podalam, vidai thedalam,
Puvi aLalam !
(pinju)

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FIFA 2010- The official song

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Best Resume I ever happened to come across!!

CAN U BEAT THIS RESUME !!!!!!!!!!!!! of course not


RESUME



EDUCATION /Qualification:


1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University , Chandigarh ,
1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,
Cambridge,
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge ,
1957; DPhil ( Oxford ), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India 's
export competitiveness

OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience :

Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59;
Reader, Economics, 1959-63;
Professor, Economics, Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1963-65;
Professor,International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,University of
Delhi,1969-71 ;
Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University ,New Delhi,1976 and
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi ,1996 and Civil Servant

Working Experience/ POSITIONS :

1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade
1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance
1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India ;
Director, Industrial Development Bank of India;
Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank;
Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD
November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs);
Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member,finance, Space Commission
April 1980 - September 15, 1982 : Member-secretary, Planning Commission
1980-83: Chairman , India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee
September 16, 1982 - January 14, 1985 : Governor, Reserve Bank of India
1982-85: Alternate Governor for India , Board of governors,International Monetary Fund
1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister
1985: President, Indian Economic Association
January 15, 1985 - July 31, 1987 : Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
August 1, 1987 - November 10, 19! 90: Secretary-general and
commissioner, south commission, Geneva
December 10, 1990 - March 14, 1991 : Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs
March 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991 : Chairman, UGC
June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996 : Union finance minister
October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance
August 1, 1996 - December 4, 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce
March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance
August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules
Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member,executive committee, Indian parliamentary group
June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee

BOOKS:

India 's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth - Clarendon Press, Oxford University , 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economic journals.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge , 1956
Padma Vibhushan, 1987
Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;
Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:

1966: Economic Affairs Officer
1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD
1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform
1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings
1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting
1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting
1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna

RECREATION :

Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi

PERSONAL DETAIL:

Name: Dr Manmohan Singh
DOB: September 26, 1932
Place of Birth: Gah ( West Punjab )
Father: S. Gurmukh Singh
Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur
Married on: September 14, 1958
Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur
Children: Three daughters

Our Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.
Pass this to every INDIAN..... and be PROUD to be an INDIAN

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The Road Not Taken- A Poem

   The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
 
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

The poet- Frost, Robert expresses his dilemma on choosing his career. He took to poetry..But he wishes he could have taken some other profession..Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..He claims, the paths which lay in front of him were both not traveled more..and thats were his confusion lay. He could have taken a less traveled path if one was traveled by more people. Nice poem.Poem says:'A man should not regret after choosing a career.

German

I m learning German as a part of my curriculum. Its an interesting language. Some words look the same like they appear in English but they differ in pronunciation. Here is the a,b,c,d in German. And German is called as DEUTSCH (pronounced as : doy-tsch) in German! All our names, of course, will sound very different if we try it in Deutsch!

 a   ah      j  yoht       s   ess
 b  bay      k  kah         t  tay
 c  tsay     l  el          u  oo
 d  day      m  em          v  fow
 e  ay       n  en          w  vay
 f  eff      o  oh          x  eeks
 g  gay      p  pay         y  irp-se-lon
 h  hah      q  koo         z  tset
 i  ee       r  ehr   

There is another letter in written German, ß (es-zet), pronounced like [s]. However, this letter is only used after long vowels or diphthongs, and it is not used at all in Switzerland.

All nouns take genders in Deutsch.For example, Coffee and tea take masculine genders, water is neutral. Dog is masculine whereas cat is Feminine. All days, months and seasons are masculine.

Windows 8- the new upcoming OS..

Windows 8 is the next development by Microsoft which is expected to be released by 2012.This video is what I got from windows8 center..


Copenhagen User Experience from Copenhagen Concept on Vimeo.
Looks amazing..eh..

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Excerpt from : www.windows8center.com

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Evolution of Microsoft Windows: 1985 – 2009

Evolution Of Microsoft in steps!!!

Windows has really had a very great time.Still developing and is helping develop technology.Here is what I call as the history of Windows..

It all began in Plaza Hotel, New York City on the 10th of November 1983. Two Microsoft founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates officially announced their corporation's first and next-generation graphical user interface operating system – Microsoft Windows.

Despite the criticism on stability and constantly being compared to their rivals Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used operating systems in the world.

Windows 1.01 (1985)

Officially released on November 20, 1985, this 16-bit OS that cost less than 1MB in overall is Microsoft's very first operating system that allows multi tasking with graphical user interface on PC platform that runs on MS-DOS 5.0.

Windows 1.03 (1986)

Introduced in 1986, Windows 1.03 is an upgrade to its previous predecessor Windows 1.01. Entire operating system cost about 2.2Mb hard disk space.

Windows 2.03 (1987)

Taking advantage of the speed of Intel 286/386 processor at that time, Windows 2.03 is a replacement for Windows 1.x. It also starts the era where users are able to overlap windows, customize screens, etc. Still the entire operating system cost no more than 2.5Mb.

Windows 2.86 (1989)

Windows 3.0 (1990)

This is the third major released of Microsoft Windows with a improved set of Windows icons and applications like File Manager, Program Manager that is still being used in today's Windows. This 22 May 1990 released operating system is then replaced by Windows 3.1 two years later.

Windows 3.1 (1992)

Windows 3.1 is probably the earliest Windows most of us are familiar with. Windows 3.1 and later Windows 3.1x is an upgrade to Windows 3.0 with bug fixes and multimedia support.

Windows NT 3.1 (1993)

The first Windows New Technology (NT) introduced. It maintains consistency with the Windows 3.1, a well-established home and business operating system at the time, the new Windows NT operating system began with version 3.1. Unlike Windows 3.1, however, Windows NT 3.1 was a 32-bit operating system.

Windows 3.11 (1993)

A superset of Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 added peer-to-peer workgroup and domain networking support. For the first time, Windows–based PCs were network-aware and became an integral part of the emerging client/server computing evolution – Microsoft

Windows NT 3.51 Workstation (1995)

The Windows NT Workstation 3.5 release provided the highest degree of protection yet for critical business applications and data. With support for the OpenGL graphics standard, this operating system helped power high-end applications for software development, engineering, financial analysis, scientific, and business-critical tasks – Microsoft

Windows 95 (1995)

Previously code-named Chicago, Windows 95 is a successor to all the existing Windows operating system so far. It gives full graphical user interface support, integrated a 32-bit TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) stack for built-in Internet support, dial-up networking, and new Plug and Play capabilities that made it easy for users to install hardware and software.

Windows NT 4.0 (1996)

Windows NT Workstation 4.0 included the popular Windows 95 user interface yet provided improved networking support for easier and more secure access to the Internet and corporate intranets – Microsoft.

Windows NT Server 4.0 (1996)

Windows 98 (1998)

Windows 98 was the upgrade from Windows 95. Described as an operating system that "Works Better, Plays Better," Windows 98 was the first version of Windows designed specifically for consumers – Microsoft.

Windows 2000 (2000)

More than just the upgrade to Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional was also designed to replace Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on all business desktops and laptops. Built on top of the proven Windows NT Workstation 4.0 code base, Windows 2000 added major improvements in reliability, ease of use, Internet compatibility, and support for mobile computing – Microsoft.

Windows 2000 Server (2000)

Windows ME (2000)

Designed for home computer users, Windows Me offered consumers numerous music, video, and home networking enhancements and reliability improvements – Microsoft.

Windows XP (2001)

Windows XP Professional brings the solid foundation of Windows 2000 to the PC desktop, enhancing reliability, security, and performance. With a fresh visual design, Windows XP Professional includes features for business and advanced home computing, including remote desktop support, an encrypting file system, and system restore and advanced networking features – Microsoft.

Windows Server 2003 (2003)

Released on April 2003, and also known as Win2k3, this operating system is a sucessor to it's predecessor Windows Server 2000 (Win2k).

Windows Vista (2006)

Came more than 5 years after it's predecessor Windows XP, Vista is the longest timeline break for Microsoft between two operating system. Read more.

Windows 7 (2009)

Codenamed Blackcomb, Windows 7 is one of the most anticipated operating system which should be available somewhere in Oct 2009. Read more.

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My Recent acheivements

1.Using Open office instead of MS office.
2.Using Real player and completely avoiding the use of Windows Media player.
3.Using Netscape Navigator instead of the traditional Internet Explorer.!
4.Installation of Oracle 10g successfully! And its working too..!
5.Maintaining without a proper antivirus! I have installed Panda antivirus for free from internet..And don't have a proper antivirus, but I m updating my Panda regurarly!!

My Wish
To use Linux mint gloria as OS instead of Windows7 I have now and successfully accessing Wifi with it.I dont have a proper key and so I am fed up with using Windows.

Sixth Sense..a new amazing technology..

The movie 'Minority Report' depicts Tom Cruise - John Anderten using gestures to explore a particular piece of data.
The work by Pranav Mistry, of MIT media labs, is almost like the same, Sixth sense, an amazing new technology for those who wish to live like John Anderton, just making gestures to get things done. The system actually involves a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. And all these coupled in a pendant like mobile device.The system works by tracking the users hand movements with colored markers at its tip. Sounds amazing. We can do what all we like to do. Taking photographs, reviewing it, checking email and the list goes on.
What if this sixth sense is sold out to public!
The result can be anything.

What is going to be the future? Where is technology leading us to?

My favourite lines..

From The Gita.

paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskritam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

I will appear to save the good, destroy the evil and to save the dharma..