I will be on the roads

Finally, I bought my first two wheeler, a Honda Activa. The main reason that I went for it is that, any body in my family can use it. I have to weight for a month for the vehicle because the demand is some much for it. Honda guys told that Activa and Unicorn is having a consistent market. Chennai people should be more watchful because another absent minded will be on the roads..

Quote from Azim

Azim Premji in an interview quoted the below lines when talking about the impact on BPO requirements due to US Economy Slowdown:

"When you are under pressure you make the bold steps faster, you don't make the bold steps slower."

Some times Quotes without the context at which it was said doesn't give the exact meaning, but this could be taken individually.

My own experience of the quote but at a very very smaller level
Last week Friday, suddenly, I have decided to leave by 6 and the time is now 5:30 and lots of work do within that time. I have to send a "political" email as well, which I started only by 6:05. I typed the complete e-mail at a stretch and sent it. After some time I thought that I sent it in a hurry, but content came out boldly. I usually send mails in a sugar quoted way. Today I opened the replies and it has reached every body in the correct sense. May be if I would have thought more, I don't know whether the same words would have come. But it doesn't mean that you always have to type mails in a hurry. It just happened this time!!!

Tare Zameen Par

Yesterday, I watched Tare Zamin Par (Don't you see it is contracting from my previous post? I could some what understand Hindi) . Excellent movie. One of the movies where the story follows the single thread. I also happen to see "Pay it forward" couple of weeks back. Again, It is very well evident that how a teacher could change his student's life. It is one of the profession I always have huge respect and one day I will go back to school again.

Tho dhus rupaiya

I never felt so bad about not knowing Hindi till I went to US. People from every other state at least understands Hindi. Most of my friends / colleagues know Hindi and I miss lot of funny conversations.

Another incident happened @ Delhi Airport during immigration check. I gave my passport to the immigration office. He started asking some questions in Hindi. I said I do not know Hindi. He replied, aren't you an Indian ?. What should I reply ? I replied to him politely that I am from Tamil Nadu and Hindi is not taught in the normal schools ( I meant Government Schools).

Hindi was never taught in the Government Schools along with Tamil. Tamil is one of the oldest Language and I am happy that Tamil is my mother tongue. Kaveri Valley Civilization is equivalent to the great Indus Valley Civilization. I am fortunate enough to read and know the ancient tamil literature.

I know I am not the only person who doesn't know Hindi in Tamil Nadu.

One of my friend went to Mumbai. He went to buy something and he want to get that for Rs.20. But he only knows "dhus rupaiya" (Rs 10), so he asked it for "Tho Thus rupaiya" (two ten Rupee).

All thanks goes to the so called great politicians of Tamil Nadu. Is there any harm in teaching the country's National Language ?