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The Barak River was peaceful now even as the drizzle of rain was persistent. The foliage was green as the rains in the past few months had coaxed the shrubs and trees to grow without any inhibition.   The weather was wet but fine, for the people who lived here. It was cold. 500 metres away but at a pretty good height of around 100 metres high, that kept it safe when the river swelled and overflowed, was a   hall with a roof and pillars but no walls. A band of students sat in their chairs that had desks attached. They were silent, some scribbled in their books some looked at their phones while some looked at their teacher who stared pensively outside at the rains. The classroom was one of the many in the ashram. The teacher, who was in his forties, suddenly broke free from his reverie and looked at his pupils who consisted of seven girls and eight boys who were all near their twenties. “The weather is sublime,” the teacher who was addressed as Swamiji, said to hi...

It's funny but true. She was my dream girl.  She was so many fans' dream girl. She even acted a title role in a movie with the same name. Dream Girl. She was older. When I was 10 she was  all of 27/ (b 1948) and she was the one who was chaperoned by her  mother and was a star that many aspired to become. She acted in a lot of movies but got only one Filmfare award. She was so famous, even her daughters could not fill her shoes. She was not recognised as a great actress, true but she did many roles that deserved a mention. I fell in love with her as kid and remained true to her till another South Indian Actress - Jaya Prada - made her way to my heart. Even Jaya began her career as a child. She was closer to my age and 15 years younger than Hema Malini. Jaya Prada was beautiful and most of the people will agree. Once she was called as the most beautiful woman in India. She was even offered a role by Sathyajt Ray. I never met Hema Malini but I met Jay...

One of the tailor made roles for Big B is that of Spock in the Star Trek Movies. Some might be able to see the resemblance.. Any Takers? 

We are programmed to be what we are. By time.

I am not talking of Steve Jobs. Though he is worth writing about. He has a movie on him too... But I am writing about jobs, as in a career. For beginners.... I would suggest a single page of resume. One page would be a covering letter. Short and to the point and depending on the role, why you think you are fit for that job. The resume starts with your name and then if necessary, objectives that you have set yourself. First of all  it is important to know and accept that as much as you need the job, the employer is looking for somebody who can fit the role best. As much as you need the job and the money the employer needs to make money too. So it is not always about your wants but your employer's wants. So your resume or bio data should be designed to that purpose. Name the file with your name and position applied for. Make it easy for them to search. In a country like India or elsewhere, there are a number of applications for a single job. So what will make you...

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. - Peter Drucker

When you are born in one state and live in another, travel the world and are educated in a language that is not your own, you can forgive the person for his inability to communicate properly in  any of the national languages. That's me by the way. My paternal grandfather, Doraiswamy, would be immensely shocked that I can communicate well in English but so poorly in Tamil. I am better in Kannada and Hindi but that does not take away the fact that I made a career because of knowledge of English. It does not take away the fact that I miss being versatile in any of the Indian languages...   In their foreword to Sanskrit Computational Linguistics (2009), Gerard Huet, Amba Kulkarni and Peter Scharf have said, “Extant manuscripts in Sanskrit number over 30 million, one hundred times those in Greek and Latin combined, constituting the largest cultural heritage that any civilisation has produced prior to the invention of the printing press.” Preservation of ancient texts is ...