Imagine taking a commitment to run an underprivileged school that imparts free education to first generation students from the lower economic strata of the society! Now imagine running the school without having money to do so, not knowing where the funds would come in from and how you would pay the salaries of the school [...]
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Incredible riches of my country!
Posted in Travel, tagged Mahanandi Temple on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My latest travel saw me take a very quick trip to the Mahanandi temple outside Nandyal town. When the locals said that there is a continuous flow of water at the temple, I had assumed that it would be something like what I had seen at Lepakshi in Sita’s foot (there is a perpetual trickle [...]
Washing Machine
Posted in Knowledge Sheets on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Your body is like a washing machine, your mind is like your clothing, each lifetime is like one washing cycle, pure water is like love, and knowledge is the detergent. The mind enters the body to get cleansed and purified.
But instead of detergent you use dirt, then you have dirty clothes, dirtier than before. You [...]
A lesson in disaster management
Posted in Life, tagged Disaster Managment, Jet Crash on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Within minutes of the Jet plunging into Hudson, rescue operation was in full swing reports NYT:
Soon, a small armada of police boats, fireboats, tugboats and Coast Guard craft converged on the scene, and some of them snubbed up to keep the jetliner afloat. Helicopters brought wet-suited police divers, who dropped into the water to help [...]
It is all about ME!
Posted in Life, tagged Sabbatical on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh dear oh dear! What does one say when only 8 out of more than a lac of Infosys employees chose to apply for a sabbatical and work towards contributing to the society and nation? Bangalore mirror reports:
Infosys’s offer of a one-year sabbatical to its 1.03 lakh work force does not have many takers. The [...]
Happy Sankranti!
Posted in Life, tagged Bangalore, Festival, Hyderabad, Sankranti on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Starting December end to all the way to 14th Jan was a time I used to look forward during my childhood for two reasons: The first being the freedom to fly kites leading upto Makar Sankranti festival. It is unbelievable to think that the skies in Hyderabad used to be full of kites, more so [...]
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