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The Making of a Professional

2008-12-09T22:59:00.004+05:30

'Independence in Thoughts and Actions Paves way to Success'.Landed upon this sentence when pondering on as to how to start this blog post.Blogging at the verge of 2008's end..At the outskirts of Student life,i presume..I am urged to do a MS by many.but am still in a fix. Job or MS?. This one is common occurring to a huge bulk of inquisitive geeks as me. This blog of mine is mainly intended to focus on those lighter sides of life which bridge the gap and enable an effective C2C Evolution,ie Campus to Corporate. Many a times we wonder our area of expertise. As Engineering students we are taught C/C++ as our primary languages.But the question is are we proficient even in these basic languages?..Is the knowledge which we acquuired suitable for us to build on and pursue effective Application Level Programming?.. A deep analysis renders a Negation. Our system of education rarely 'trains the mind to think'. We browse through a series of basic programs in our Engineering Practise and we find an entirely new problem statement, such as developing a keygenerator, developing a program to access web page contents an uphil task..Moreover on a large scale, the mentality of students is to neglect those aspects which seem to show off their incapabilities. We do find a number of homo sapiens who argue upon their method of solving a problem to be the most effective one. So I suggest the first step in the development of a Professional is to 'have a willingness to accept criticism'. A careful note of all flaws quoted by individuals would enable to enhance a process. Shedding out the 'bossiness' and sense of 'self-pride' would contribute greatly to this..The Next step is to strengthen your programming skills. Anything cant be achieved in a day.Rather than crossing Oceans in a single day,the concept of Modularity can be achieved in Real Time. Browsing through the basics and Strengthening them would be of immense help..The Net is of Immense help in these aspects. A sample download link is rendered at the end of this post. The next factor is to keep track of the recent technical upcomings. Subscribing to simple SMS groups such as the smsgupshup would be more than sufficient. Not only your Technical Expertise nurtures your Professionalism, but the key factor is your Professionalism and your Behaviour. A Polite Behaviour, A Gentle Smile, Paying Equal Heed to others thoughts would enable to enthrust natural respect upon you. The main area is handling your enemies or your Contradictors..If a Contradictor is a valuable critic listen to him..You will have people backstabbing you,Grouping others against you..But the best alternate is to IGNORANCE to all these..Try to be Friendly to Everyone..Cos nothing can be achieved WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT..

Remember,You can be a Professional, ONLY IF YOU WISH TO

I will be joining the Geeky Corporates Soon...I am damn Excited regarded it..

Rest in my next post..Cheers...Natarajan

Resource:- C++ Complete Reference Dwld Link

http://free-ebook-collection.blogspot.com/2008/03/c-complete-reference-free-book-download.html

The Climax Sets in - 'Friend' Spl

2008-11-02T22:46:00.007+05:30

"Long Time No See" - This is how blogger welcomed me after a long time...My previous blog post "Experience Certainity!!" got published in Sai Magsai, my college's magazine...thanks to my dearest guide and friend,Calebh sir....The article arouse many comments from my junis and staff members making me happy...Lack of time and unusual work had separated me and blogger for the past five months...Here i am, blogging on Nov 2nd, at the onset of the final VII sem exams..Life has taken many twists and turns in this span of time..Soon after TCS, I was with Shan and Sathu my dear mates who had been with me for the past 3yrs..Shan struck onto Keane...whcile Sathu's magic worked well making him Mr.HCL..Gr8 fun being with them helping them out in Aps and Technical...I still remember calling Sathu and askin him, "Machan, Define Singly linked list" and he replying, "Nathari Naye!!! I am in Bathroom"....Ganesh made his way to Tech Mahindra..so did my cute friend Santhosh..The end of placements marked a sign of relief to everyone...We proceeded to Vizag ...We won two prizes there and earned 6k as cash..I encountered a 8ft Beach Wave at Tsunami which literally pushed me in at the Vizag beach...It was indeed a near death experience...Coming back, we all worked together for Sai Techcellence'08...Loved a few days..Some days in deep thoughts"...Our victory count reached 49 with 17 wins this semester alone..We earned a laptop at SSN..My self confidence is at its peak, so is the quality of maturity in me...Thanks to my God(secret!!), she has created and brought out the Legend in me, not only technically but also emotionally....The Arena has been conquered fully and wherever we go, Victory has been embarked.....I got many comments..Some consider me their role model, while some consider me as overconfident...Haha, silly to spend time on these...At this juncture i thank and feel grateful for all my friends who had been with me through all these days...I salute my Enemies and Critics for you had made me still popular and graced me..

As the wheel of time rotates, Sometimes I do recollect my past experiences...A few instances make me think.."You could have done like this..." The same instances later make me feel, that i was right in my decisions....An Old Friend being alone and let off and stating that both The Brain and the Mind must work together for a relationship to be strong(Disclaimer!!!!!) is even more touchier.To be frank, a dream has been the kindler for this blog post...I feel this is the right time to turn the sands of time to rather 2 1/2 yrs back...My memories are fresh...The First year results came!!!..I was rather a fruit at that time.(People say still i am one!!!ha ha)...I didnt have Net at my home...A 'Friend'(this is my reference in this post) called me in..I went to his home and we saw the results together..This Friend and me hadnt talked much in the first year...When faces met,a smile fired up..I respected this 'Friend' from the instance of our meet, as he reminded me of my best school chum..Both of us were disappointed at the First year Results...hehe...I still remember the conversation between us at the outset....Funny Memories...Two kids in desperation for not crossing 90%....The second saw us nearby...In Next benches...Studyin together and speaking together...the days went on closer than ever...The Third Semester was the funniest part of all...Toughest for our branch....We went on still closer...My Friend made my 18th bday extremely spl...It was a newest experience for till this day, I hadnt celebrated one..Life was at itz best...I remember Techcellence'07,best ever sympo organised..The day b4 techcellence was remarkable...It was Sunday i suppose...I had cleaned my rooms at home...I felt like spending time with my 'Friend'....Took out my bike, speed fast to his place...Time was around evening...the Sun was bidding Goodbye...The Signal Lights were brighter then Ever...The weather was unusually cool...I sped fast the wheeling vehicles...The destination was my favourite area of Chennai, my mom's place and above all Anjaneya's Fortress(!!!!)....Three knocks at the door, to make it open...The door revelead itself a warm smile from an elderly chum of mine...Entering on, I took my 'Friend' for a walk along the cosy streets...It was dimming down and the stars were becoming to shine brighter...I suggested taking the longest walks ever...We went to Temples...And starting walking up...I started a conversation and soon we were deep onto it..He placed his hands upon my shoulders and proceeded on...He was unusually taller than me(!!!!) and i was unusally fatter than him!!..We revealed our pasts to each other and shared a gr8 deal of ideaz..Honestly, for the first time i felt gr8 bliss...A small beautifull world with just true chums, who are pure in their heart was better than anything...Not much of a context..Proud of this, I sped past home...Two people sharing thoughts, pains, puns, taking long walks, handling silly arguments,Spending lonely yet meaningful solitudes....Sands of Time rolled in...New Relations for my dearest Friend. New Possessions, New Thoughts...Missing your dear one, Getting Wished by your dear one first, placing your dear one above all....These seem wierd, yet they r a Bermuda's Triangle.Even today when I drive across the city towards City Center and towards Spencer Mall...These make me remember my Friend...A cute smile involuntarily sprungs up...Actually he had routed me many a times towards city...Today my STAR is 'up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky' ...haha....I wonder if he still remembers me...A few pics remind me of our sweet memories....Sure he would roll on as Billa and say, "I'm Back"..

Coming back,I had mingled with each and every one closely...I am the dear boy of my department...Friend of All...Old Friends joined together,,,College Lyf is soon to end...I wonder how Lyf would be after that...The fight for the future starts now..,..I go around and speak with everybody...smile ever,,,hurt never....I try to help out ppl as much as i can......I try my best to control my anger and be polite always...It was tough at the start...but now i'm set...Thanks to my God...She had transformed me a lot...

I suppose the remaining three months are going to be exciting....Keep you posted..Bye for now..Natu

Experience Certainity!!!

2008-06-18T06:40:00.005+05:30

May 12th marked the end of the VI semester examinatons.... The exams had been a bit of a gamble this semester....May 12th evening ,We had a boot camp at college on the eve of our placements..Browsing thro the apti till evening...We lay in discussion in the evening...Time was around 5...Myself and my friend,lay down the lawns of our college and were having a little chat...Tensed faces...Shrilled voices...Faces in Expectation...Our minds were in a perplaxed mood..Soon Shankar joined us and we started reading a bit of Vocabs(he!!hee) until the clock struck 7 in the evening...Soon we were taken to our College Canteen....Three rounds of hot Kichadi would do too good....Coming out of the canteen,in the flourescent shades of the dazzling lights....I walked forward...The bus was waiting to pick us home....We all bade "gud luck" to each other...Every face was expecting the right thing to happen,the next few days....I boarded the first bus...My friend Prasath of Mech was also there...We were a bit tensed of the preparation needed...We shook hands saying "Machan,Rendu perum TCS da!!"...The bus went on....Engrossed in thoughts...I reached home around 8.45...I spoke to my God(secret!!!) ,who motivated me...

May 13th dawned...I got up around 4.30 AM....Getting ready by 5...My mindset was suddently very strong...Huge Confidence in Me...I browsed through a bit of Technical until 9 AM...Then i took my apti book and practised till 4 in the evening...I aint sure, But i must have browsed through nearly 1000 problems...I had already done a max of apti in my Study holidays...After 4,I shifted myself to Critical Reasooning.....Taking out Baron's I perfected a model question paper...The clock struck 6PM...I went out, Got a piece of Formal Shirtings....An Interview File,Xeroxed my Mark sheets....I met a few CSE guys here...We wished each other..Coming back after all at 8PM...I started again...I was so engrossed that i skipped lunch...My parents said "Romba kashta padadha da..You are sure to be a TCS Employee"...I smiled...I finished Critical Reasoning by Night 12.30 PM...Still i didnt touch the Vocabs section....At 12.30,I started arranging my file...Dad had been kind enough to Xerox all my paper presentation certificates....I arranged my file...Updated my Resume and made everything perfect...Later i browsed a few concepts...The clock struck 2 in the morning...May 14th has dawned!!!!....Confident...I slept...

May 14th,I woke up at 4.30....2 1/2 hours of sleep..hehe......I refreshed my Critical Reasoning and started reading a bit of Vocabs.....the clock struck 7...I bathed and conficently dressed up.....I lay down b4 amma and appa...They wished me...Even my house' servant maid could feel the thrill of the situation....Our whole house was electrified...I took my bike and went to the bus stop...Prasath was there....He told me that he hadn't read Critical Reasoning...I helped him out.....I told him the shortcuts...I reached college...Atmosphere was soo good...I saw my name and went to the audi....The TCS Intro video drew huge claps.... Huge waves of Inspiration in our hearts....I and Prasath were till reading...The First batch went for the Aps.... Me and Kumaran, read a few Antonyms from Baron's......

At 12.30 AM , we were called in...Me and Singh did the Sachin-Sehwag hand-knick...I occupied the first seat of the Aps table....The Test began....First was the Vocabs section...hehe...the section for which i hadnt prepared....Everything seemed vague...Two antonyms were alone known....The rest synonyms, Fill in were all Vague...The 20 minutes allocated or this section ran past...Next came, my section...Quanz...I felt confident while working it....40 questions...i was sure of nearly 38.....Then came my section....Critical reasoning...The same questions.....40 minutes was the time.....I finished in 1 minute 2 seconds..hehe...I was sure that all questions were right...A HR came...."Guy!!! Finished???""...I replied.."Ya sir"....he said "If u r quite sure...give "End Exam""
My dept faulty was nearby...I looked at him in tension...he smiled...I gave End exam......The next 10 sec were exciting......My heart beated 100 times faster,,,,,,I got the result........"CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! YOU ARE SELECTED FOR THE NEXT ROUND"....In my batch , I had cleared aps First...with still 37 minutes to spare....I was overjoyed...Spontaneously i enjoyed "Yesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",.......The HR smiled.....I smiled at my God(secret!!! again)....The HR gave me a TATA form.... I shook hands with him and said "Hope to see u tmomoroow sir!!!!!!"......I informed alll.....Everyone were happy...I helped some Mech guys....In the mean time, my friends had done too...We boarded the bus.....Unfortunately, one of my friend didnt make it through...I placed my hands on his shoulder...He smiled and said..."Nattu, help me for Keane da"...i felt a heavy heart for him....He recollected the past....Although he was smiling, I understood the heaviness in his heart.....Geting down the bus, I went to Appa's office to get the house keys...I saw Appa and said "Aps Clear"....he smiled and enjoyed...All his co-employers too congratulated me......I felt gr8..I came home around 5.30....I was too tired....The day had exhaustd me...The next day was my Tech and HR...I didnt study and slept at 8 itself...

May 15th, I got up at 3 AM...I read a lot of technical stuff .......Data Structures,C++,C,OS,DBMS....Appa dropped me at college at around 8.30....I was not in my formals...i had one covered in my bag....Sitting by the Open Air auditorium...I was seeing through my files...A CSE Senior saw all my Paper Presentation Certificates...He was awe-struck...he told me..."Machi!!! Ne sure TCS da"...I smiled....Later me ezhil and Sri were discussing a few Programming concepts...At that time the TCS HRs passed by...To my surprise my Japanese faculty was also a HR there......Suddenly around 10 AM we were asked to come to D-block...WE went there...The Placement Officer asked us to get ready in our formals...I changed my clothes and turned to perfect hi-fi formals...A Cream Full hand shirt, Black Pant...Neatly combed hair...Golden Goggles...Red-tie... I felt Professional....Then our wait started....We were waiting to be called...The clock struck 12 in the afternoon..The CSE guys had finished both Tech and HR....They came out in a cool,satisfied tone.... We guys went to have our lunch...Time was around 1 in the afternoon....We spent time with the Mechies and ECE guys....My File was nicely rated as the one with the 'maximum certificates' leaving ppl awe-struck...I felt happy regarding this...Time was moving slower than ever that day....Finally the clock struck 6 in the evening...hehe....We were called...We all made a HUDDLE and shouted..."Machan We are gonna Rock da!!!!!!!"......

We were made to sit in chairs and given forms to fill...A CSE senior came out an called the guys inside....

The names were
"Senthil Kumar"
"Dinesh Singh"
"Ashwin Kumar"
"Gowri Shankar"
"Deepan"
"Chandramouli"
"Srinivasa Varadhan"

I felt nervous and bored....My name wasnt there...Suddenly they called...."Natarajan .....Ganesan(huh!!!"...i am Natarajan Ramachandran remember!!!!).We have two Natarajans in our class....After some 5 minutes a call made the air electric "Ramachandran Natarajan...Plz come in"....I was directed to a Technical Panel...It had just a single HR...I went and smiled...I shook his hands and introduced "Hello Sir, I am Natarajan Ramachandran"
HR:-Hi Natrajan,Welcome take ur seat
Me:(Politely) Thank you sir!!!
HR: So Natarajan Tell me about yourself
ME : Ya sure sir...I'm Natrajan Ramachandran from the Department of IT.To tell something about me,I am a very jovial and a humorous person..My key strengths are my self confidence and my self motivation...I can compare myself to a generator which would generate enormous amount of energy when there is a power failure...
HR:So wot is your fuel?
ME:(Placing my hands in my heart)Self Confidence sir!!!...
Hr smiled
Me: Sir..shall i continue??
HR::YA dude..sure
Me: I take life as it comes...I dont get elated in success or feel crest fallen at defeats...So i take And enjoy Life thus striking a perfect balance...I am extremely adaptable...I had travelled a lot...
Even though Winning as a single man,inspires me, I love working as a team...Speaking of Team work...I would like to tell u about OUR paper ASTHRA....WE had developed a Robot for the hospitals...We had the liberty of Presenting this as a paper all over India ...We presented at nearly 28 centers of which we won in nearly 25 namely at IIT Bombay, NIT Calicut, NIT Trichy ,IEEE meet at Dhanbad,IEEE meet at Delhi College of Engineering,PSG Tech, I2IT Pune..
I personally had the chance of visiting Malaysia and I presented ASTHRA at the 4th International Colloquim on Signal Processing and Its Applications(CSPA 2008)..
I can learn from my mistakes sir...As an eg This was our first paper ULTRAVISION...(I showed him my first paper..)...This was our second paper MOZHI(I showed him my second paper..)...and here is ASTHRA....From the format you can see how we have rectified our defects and grown....Speaking of Academics, I had been good in academics since school..I got District First in Science in Xth...I got School Third in XII....Currently i am in Second position in my department with an aggregate of 90%.

I showed the HR all my certificates from Malaysian Conference->Paper PResentation Certificates-->Academic Excellence Certificates->School CErtificates....

The HR was awe-struck....The HRs in the nearby paels were thrilled too

The HR then said...."OK NATARAJAN!!! I AM EXTREMELY IMPRESSED....GO ON FOR THE NEXT ROUND...GOOD LUCK"
I smiled and shook hands with him....

I came out of the Technical PAnel in a 10000% confident mood...I glittered like the Sun...I was indeed the Hero of the moment...Outside the room, my God(secret!!!) was waiting...I showed the Victory symbol to my God...My God smiled and said..."Kalaikittu vaa da"...
Soon the list of students selected for HR was announced...My name was the first...I felt thrilled...I was given a form...I filled it...In the mean time my friends Bala, Singh and Ash had got selected too...Soon Avinash and Gowri joined.....We all smiled to each other...Here my name was called first for HR....I entered inside....The HR panel had two persons...They took my resume and read through it....

HR:So Natrajan,Where do you come from?
Me: From Tambaram sir
HR:So Natraan Tell me about ur academic profile
Me : Told
HR:So Natrajan, You have secured 98% in XII,so why did you join here?
Me: Sir, We had the TNPCEE Standard in 2005...I got 46 in Science...but unfortunately i secutred 25 in MAths..I had shaded wrongly..SO i joined sairam...But today i a extremly happy to be in Sairam....Only because i joined Sairam,I went to Malaysia
HR:Why did u go there?
ME: Told him all abt my paper
HR:Oh cool....What isa Transducer
ME:Sir..I amn't sure of the answer
HR:...Ok ,Whats ur favourite subject in college
ME:Software Engg
HR:Design a system for Railway Reservation
ME:Answered
HR:Do you know Rational Rose?
ME : YEs sir...(Explained abt that)
HR:Tell me more abt your projects Natrajan
ME: Spoke for nearly 15 minutes
HR:Do you have Any questions ??
ME:Sir, tell me abt the Training process of TCS
HR: replied
HR:Any more man?
ME: Sir can you tell me atleast one point in which TCS differs from the rest MNCs,ie the TCS way of solving a problem...
HR:Hmmm...A vague question,,,,,yet i will answer...
(Sir spoke for 5 minutes)
HR:Anny more?
Me: no sir..
Hr: Then ...off u go ...We will let u know the results soon...
ME: Sir, THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST INTERVIEW AND YOU MADE IT EXTREMELY EASY FOR ME...I HOPE TO MEET U IN TCS!!!"

Saying so i shook hands with both the HRS and came out
Actualy mine was a Stress panel...The HRs didnt smile...They tested my confidence leimit frequently...But i kept my cool....At the end of the day it was ASTHRA, our paper which saved the day...My God was outside....I smiled as i saw here...She said..."Ne kandippa placed da".,...I went downstairs and rested...In the mean time Singh and Mouli came too...The fact was Me and Singh were in the same Tech and HR panel....The time was 9...I took a walk with Ashwin and later with Arjun by the moon light in our college...By 9.30,the buses were ready...The results were expected by 11...I came home ,changed my dress...ate fully....My body was in shambles...Two days of work had tired it fully!!!....Just 2 hrs of sleep the past two days... I switched off my mobile and slept....

MArch 16th i woke up...Appa greeted me..."Good morning TCS employee!!!!!!!!".....I was happy...I switched on my cell....91 unread messages....of which 60 were Congrats messages...I shared my happiness wit my freinds and dept staff and my family...

Amma got me a brand new Nokia N72 as a gift...
At last I became a part of TATA thereby,Experiencing Certainity!!!!!

The Real Siblings

2008-04-26T16:36:00.003+05:30

Blood relations alone doesnt matter for gaining a new relation. A relation is born out of mutual love and affection. shown at times, which differentiate a relation and a known person. Life swirls fast.We meet N number of people.But a few among them, leave their memories fresh in our hearts. To be remembered are the best, who make u so. Having traversed a lot of situations and people, I personally feel that those people, who you hated the most, ignored the most and fought the most would alone be with you during times of need and render you a helping hand during perils and loneliness.

The First year of college, introduced me to one such relation. The Physics lab saw perform together. I started off.."Enga....reading edhuthuteengala!!!!"....I rarely smiled....Always speaking about the experiment..My relation(this is how i am gonna refer throughout this article) would reply in the same manner...I spoke to my relation in a formal manner throughout the first year..The Chemistry lab was still funny..."Edhula edhunga sulphuric acid???","Ungalukku epdi red precipitate vandhuchu??".......haha.....still makes me laugh...Slowly the "enga,unga" slang vanished...The started referring by name..Soon we started speaking a bit better..that too reg studies....the unit tests......(!!!!! enna koduma sir edhu!!!!!) ....I used to ask, "Enna madam padishteengala???"......soon the first semester went off........A formal discussion......No phone calls...nothing.In the second semester, again we met in the EDC lab.....This time, we were a bit better....Speaking gud...cracking a few jokes....Second sem went off.....I joined NIIT....My relation too......This is where we started knowing each other....The Third Semester was the toughest....We started getting close.....We dicussed a lot....We first spoke in the phone in the midst of third semester....My relation once comically commented, " See see, you will cry soon".I brushed aside....Soon the UT results came, I failed in Signals.......I wept(!!!exams-ku feel pannadhulam oru kalam..eppolam thirinthutom pa).....My relation felt deeply hurt....Called me and made me feel better....I was still dull and poor.....This sem we did the DPSD lab together....We discussed a lot this sem....I emerged as the Topper of Third semester...and this time, my relation was the first to congratulate me.....I was on top of the world....

Fourth sem dawned....I noticed my relation becoming dull.....Always with a serious face....I guessed my relation's outlook......My relation was hiding something from me.....and that was killing my relation's heart....I called....Spoke for 45 minutes...Tried to make my relation mentally free.....I learnt that my relation had a physical ailement.......She had spoken so close to me,and she is guilty of hifding something from me....I made her understand that i am her best friend and a close BROTHER....she called me as "anna" for the first time....I felt really gr8.,..
I made her undersand some truths.......My relation broke the ice to everyone.......Everyone felt gr8..... A lot of people supporting my relation,with myself taking the lead.......I still remember my relation's words....."I wont worry hereafter.....I have a lot of people to care for me".....I smiled.....Years rolled....

Fifth sem came...I attended the Zeroth review.....I flopped.....Did the worst perfomances....Our competitors mocked us...we were ridiculed of an achievement.....I felt that everything had gone out of me......I felt disappointed...Later that night she called me....I couldnt control myself....I cried out......she recouped me.....Next day was my seminar...I did better.then i started preparing a paper.....My first two attempts were flops...then started the winning paths..I won at 30/35 presentations....With congratulations and accolades from everyone....

Then came the start of ssixth sem.....My relation and me started off with a small argument...It exploded onto a big issue...I went to IEEE meet at dhanbad...I secured first out of 150 papers....I didnt inform my relation....I secured first in PSG tech,I didnt inform my relation....I secured second in PB college of engg...I didnt inform my relation....I went to outings with everyone neglecting my relation....Exchane of words,messages fully halted...then in the lab we held our hard faces together....She had,had enough.......Bidding "goodbye" to me.....We parted ways.....
But these were just for 4 days.haha.......She called me when i went to erode....I spoke to her....that ended our dispute.but still a huge gap was created...She wasnt the way she was before.....Speaking formally to me, mainting her limits....

I went to MALAYSIA......My relation wished me gud luck....I came back.still formal talks......MArch 25 came.....I cant forget MArch 25,2008.....Till March 25, I have N number of people by my side.......Those N number departed and My relation came back to me.....We joined and formed a team as we were...Again she called me "anna".....This time We are united...A lot of pains and paths trodden........When Everyone left me, God made me realise the value of my relation...Today I am a proud brother, with a caring sister,ie my relation......

We are gearing up together for placements....Still the path of Life is long...and We would be together as BEST SIBLINGS and BEST FRIENDS...This relation is hard to gain and Myself as a proud BROTHER wish my relation all success and all health!!!!!

Together We Rock.............Regardzzzzz....Natu

A small achievement

2008-04-25T16:20:00.004+05:30

Watch out the last few lines..You can see my name

http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/29/stories/2007092951720300.htm

Olimayamana Edhirkalam!!!!!

2008-04-17T17:06:00.004+05:30

I was preparing my aptitude for TCS.Placements are nearing,scheduled for May 14th.Iwas preparing at an average speed.But I still couldnt concentrate to my fullest.Diversions in thoughts and attitudes....I took back my memory to an year ago....2007 full of hopes and happiness...I had my own lovely hearts beside me....Everyone to care for me....So many relations..My best pals...Well wishers..I hadnt achieved much though...I had with me the company of fragrant friends,lovable mates.......I was the happiest man in the world.....I patted my hands and felt gr8...Lovable,Gracious and Joyous memories....Being together at times of chaos strengthened our bondage...I was like a hero....Always with my own team and family of well-wishers...My birthday was my best day in ma life...I had never such birthday....also the Raksha bandan of 2007,was indeed a lovable memory..Sai Techcellence'07 saw me gained a thickest relation....my best and hard to gain relation......I was joyous and full of glee.....All my pals with me......Indeed I thanked God thousand times a day for gifting me with such mates....I was in full swing...Exam times were indeed nothing.They were conquered by our efforts......Many cross of ideaz, yet within a perfect union of hearts.....That was the perfect Counter strike.......Happiness,Joy,Ecstacy,Love,Affection,Care,Friendship these were all that I knew a year back.......

Night falls after day...winter after after Summer....and so did.............2008 dawned..I was highly successfull...King of the Ring in Presentations,Overseas trips,Awards,Rewards,Victory,Praises..........but??????..........Where am I now?.The world around me today is empty,without much color....March gave me severe experiences.....Today I stand before the mirror, recollecting each and every sweet memory I have had.....I might have been boorish in my speech at times, but is the consignation given for it this huge...Feeling thoughtful,I called singh.....We planned to study that night.....Days are rolling off....The sands of time have left a deep mark in me...My relations are in the balance.....For the first time, I am alone.....

Soon I called a friend, who made me thoughtful...Switching back ,I started to prepare again.....Placements matter more to me....Amma came home at around 6....I took my bike and rode off to singh's house....We prepared the whole night...I am calmed,yet am still a bot aiming to win and get placed.

Sitting by this timeline, I long every day,every minute and every second for those Golden memories to come back.....The Stream of Joy will definitely flow down soon.....Enni varum Edhirkalam, Vasantha Kalame!!!!!!

These are Great Days

2008-03-04T20:05:00.004+05:30

March is marching on and on...Overseas on the verge...A troubled and a distorted mindset...Indeed ignorance of what is happening around is the correct state of affairs.Finance and money are the essentiality for any given context,the lack of which leads to bizzare affairs. The status of the mind purges and alters according to the Sands of Time..Destiny proclaims that every individual seeks the best and the rest are rendered to the trash.The overall outlook of what living is all about is to get onto account some valuable papers proclaimed by everyone as the very life. The power of human accent and communication is really awe-inspiring..A mountain built of diamond and gold can easily be crumbled by means of a few decibels aimed to unfasten its core. Stupidity and Debacles rendered at times of toughness leave a shadow for themselves in the prolonged version of human life rendering and retaliating weapons that bring onto shambles the confidence of heart..The bucket of mindset started off full of protons..The exterior shade is diminishing. Iron often attracts to the magnet.You cant blame it for that, for it is it's character. As you travel like the weather, the shade of the sun can follow you till evening, as dusk approaches the moon beams on its mistic darkness revealing the cold solitude and loneliness that symbolises prevalence and permanence..The beating beauty which at times of strike, paves way and focusses onto features of calmness and beauty doesnt realise that itself would transform onto a troll at times of its own convenience.Understanding the scenic entities of the complex floret is right the need.The sun had fallen on the black sea. Tides of tsunami hit across a chariot. lost its tower, trodded on false lanes. The same took the form of a wave coming back and forth hitting the tender feet of despair.The hailstrom is going to continue......The reverse of the present is going to be simple.....'?'

Revelations and Maturity!!!!!

2008-03-03T21:31:00.003+05:30

Today, the day i am blogging is MArch 3rd....the night before Singh's birthday...My last blog was after Jan.....About one and a half month had spun fast....We rocked Meenakshi Sunderrajan , PSG Tech , PB Engg college, ERode Sengundhanar, Kalasalingam University, IIIT Pune , yet another IEEE meet at Delhi College of Engineering , Bharadidasan University and NIT Trichy.....God had been liberal to render success to us...Our only defeat was at Madurai Thiagaraja which was an unfortunate episode...Rest all were towering successes......So the title of this post!!!!! Does it sound different?????....yeah......To our hearts we knew that we were True Legends.......We had carved a place for ourself in our Arena.... Yet a few hiccups started to arise....Our dearest hearts seem to get heavier in their ideologies...The better and the best seemed to conflict each other....We had come a long way.., Success is being with us now.....But the point where we started, its still fresh in my mind....Beggars in Outlook, Paupers in Social, Out of confidence, Ridiculed of an achievement....The Arena too didnt give us a graceful welcome, as it had to many others...We slipped and slithered, finding our destiny hard to reach....Finally A beacon striked us........Those who chase dreams are the ones who catch them........This has been true in our case.......We slipped , got hit and finally today We cherish the cup of joy , only to find that it isn't fully sweet....Outlooks, Ideologies , Changes in behaviours , Fake praises seem to get their toe into our life...These happen, yet from a specific source that too a most valuable source is really a bit tiresome......But Maturity dawns its feather upon my heart...My mindset is fixed.....My Road and goals had been focussed,,,,,I have to traverse them alone....I cant expect any true moral attitude for Competition is prevalent and Survival of the Fittest is what matters most.....Focussing ahead i look forward for Singh's birthday, March 4th - This guy is 21 days senior to me........Cheers da!!!!!! A gr8 deal of wishes to the lone soul which had been together with me throughout my defeats and my successes!!!!!!

Together, WE would Rock and prove that We are THE INVINCIBLE TWO

The Blazing Trip to Dhanbad @ IEEE Meet

2008-01-26T12:10:00.000+05:30

The day for 16th of Jan....Time evening around 5....I was in a hurry making preparations for my Paper presentation at ISM University,Dhanbad.It was an All -India IEEE Meet...So I was equipping myself.I was ready with regards to my Ppt and Papers.....Yet the Working Model of my project wasn't functioning properly....So i hopped in to Singh's house(my pp partner) to see if he can do anything....but nothing could be done.....So in a hurry, I packed up all my suitcases and luggages.I was leaving Chennai just with my papers and ppt....I am gonna present at an All-India IEEE meet without a model,which is the implementation proof.....Just the snapshots of my model was all that i had. Appa came to the Station...We parked at Chrompet and took an EMU to Central. Appa was talking with me all the way......Days had gone busy.Rarely had we spoken close to each other...Appa was emotional for I spoke to him more closely than ever...Dropping by Central around 9...We switched to Platform Number 1, where stood the giant, The Dhanbad-Allepey Express....Crossing and Travelling across the whole of East-India, Traversing from Kerala, via Tamil Nadu,crossing Andhra and Orrisa, the train was scheduled to touch Jharkand,Bihar....Appa chanted his favourite 'Devi katka mala' at my compartment, an AC - 2 tier and bade me farewell....He told me, "Raju!, Ne venna paaru.Nee dhan first prize jeipa"..I smiled and he left.....The train started around 10.40 PM...In front of me in my compartment came a Swedish Couple....aged around 70+....We were speaking with each other.and i slept around 11.20...The next day dawned, I was in Andhra......I spent the whole day talking with the people in my compartment, the Swedish ppl, an elderly gentleman from Ernaculam with his family etc....Around 3 at the Afternoon..,the train stopped at Vishakapatnam........Another Gentleman joined us...Together we partied the whole night....The next day, The train reached Ranchi around 10.30......To my surprise, Everybody in my Compartment got down at Ranchi......I was alone for the Rest of the Journey....O man.....I had spent some 30 hrs with ease.the remaining 5 hrs went the slowest ever possible.......Finally i got down at Dhanbad on 18th Afternoon around 3.30, Remember, i had started off on 16th night.....The station of Dhanbad seemed a bit strange to me...I was all alone, in a new place, different language, I had a little bit tremors in my mind.....Yet enquiring I reached the exit of the Dhanbad Junction...I was told that Volunteers of Sparx'08(The IEEE Event Name) would be there outside to receive me..But i found no one.......I am a Vodafone User.to my luck, there were no Towers in Dhanbad, So No outgoing facility for me.....I approaced a local PCO booth and made a call to the Event people....They asked me to convey my exact location.I told them.Well, it wasn't sufficient, they needed precise info.Seeing my plight the PCO Owner, a North Indian, took the phone from me and explained to the Volunteers in Hindi...Soon a volunteer came to pick me up....I was taken to a bus, where i waited till around 3.45.....Two more guys from Hyderabad joined me...They had come for the Paper Presentation event too.....my rivals....lol.....Starting at 4.00, they dropped me at the ISM Hostel at around 4.30.....The volunteers greeted me there and I was given accomodation at a large Central Room.

The Accomodation was pretty good..I was given a bed, a Pillow, Bed sheet and Warm Cloths.The temperature there was around 10 degrees at early morning.The guys from Hyderabad, as i had already mentioned were a bit Reserved, not talking much.AS i reached the Central room, I unpacked my luggages.Three guys were already there..They were sleeping...As i entered, one guy got up..........and called for me.....I went to him and introduced myself.He too id he same....His name was RANJIT KUMAR JAISWAL from GIET, Orrisa.Soon we started speaking with each other as though we had been friends for the past 10 yrs...I changed my clothing and Together with Ranjit, I went to the Canteen to have a sip of Coffee and Garam 'Samose' aur 'Chop'.....We started minbgling freely...Soon the othe two guys sleeping at the dormitory joined us at the Canteen.They were from NIT,Srinagar...One was named Avinash, I amn't sure of the other guys name..But to be honesh we were enjoying each others company.Around 7'o clock we went to the Auditorium.An Intra-Departmental Drama Contests was going on......Enjoying and Whistling there till 8...The guys from NIT,Srinagar went off to dinner.Myself and Ranjith went for a walk around the campus.It was a huge campus and engrossed in our talk we went to the very ends of it.....There Ranjith got me 'Thilkut', a famous NorthIndian sweet...We started moving slose to each other.....Traversing our path back(By sheer luck.....hehe), We came back to the hostel and had dinner......Hot Roti with Sabji and Sambar Rice.....We then walked onto the Recreaton room, The climax of 'Sarfarosh', an Amir Khan starrer was running.Watching it, we returned back to our Common room around night 11.Now the Common Room was more lively.....Many guys had come from NIT Patna, BITS GOA. BIT Sindhri, Jammu Tawi, Local Jharkand colleges, Guys from Andhra......IITs and NITs etc..We introduced each other..Our room was full of Robots and Models for there were 5 events under Robotics at the Techfest.....I slept around 11.30.....Ranjith placing his hands on my head told me,..... "So jaye mera dhosth'......I slept fine..

The next day was fine.It was my D-day.The day of the big events...Early morning around 8(thats early yaar!!!!!!), We got up, brushed and got ready.We were joioned by another 3 friends of Ranjith OM,BIKAS and DEEPAK. Soon we mingled together.......After a tasty Breakfast, I proceeded on to the Registration desk....I had already Registered online and I gae my id..I paid 150 bugs and they gave me a slip and a File.The File had a Sparx'08 T-Shirt in it.Commically I asked them......."Muje liye ek Bada T-Shirt De Dho yaar!!!!!".The whole Registration desk laughed and they gave me indeed a big one,XXL size......I proceeded to the Paper presentation event Venue , a Lecture hall.Ranjith & Co, together with Avinash went on to the Robotics wing....

I was a bit nervous.I was told students from CSE, ECE, EEE,Mining and Petro Chemical were all Participating in a single PApermeet event...It included both Other college as well as ISM-ites..To cap it all, WE had some 150 entries and the Event was scheduled to run for 2 FULL DAYS...I felt as though i had made a mistake of coming here all the way from Chennai...Three prizes out of 150, that too from All streams and facing students all over india especially from NITs, IITs, BITs was an uphil task..I let my mind to rest.....I prayed to Goddess Bala to give me strength and she didn't disappoint me....My paper was the Second one to be presented......Grabbing the collar mike, I started ' A Very Goodmorning to each and everybody present here'.......The audience loved my Energy boost and were in my presentation deeply..Even the judges were impressed.....I presented exactly for 15 minutes and I got a roaring applause.. AS i came out of th dice.I was congratulated my a huge mob....The Event co-ordinators too appreciated me....Feeling happy, I proeeded to the Canteen to have a drink......There a mob of ISM First years spotted me and they queried me on my paper...I answered,,,,,,,Impressed they paid my Canteen bill.......I felt like a hero....I energitically called Amma....That night the dinner was great.....Hot Chapaatis, a Sevai, AALU Dham, And yummy Sambar dhal Rice......I was a bit tired that day and slept as early as 9.....

The next day,ie 20th We ot up around 7.....Together with Ranjith,Bikas,Om and Deepak I jumped across the college gates and went for a walk .....The Temp was around 8 degrees...... The mist and dew were falling as a rain....Coming back to the central hall, I dresses and went to watch the other papers.....Of those was a paper by a girl from Hyderabad...I amn't sure of her name.....But the concept of her paper was ' How long a language would be in use???'..Till date i had attended many Paper presentations.,,,,, but nobody had impressed me to that extent as her....I felt amazed at her knowledge.Her Presentation skill attracted me the most..AS she fineshed, she looked at me.....I held my hand saying 'superb'.She smiled.Later she came and spoke to me..She congratulated me on my presentation and soon She querried me on my project.I answered her.......The results were dure by 1.45.......I was waiting,waiting and waiting........At last came the JACKPOT at around 3 at the afternoon..I was declared FIRST in the paper meet.....I jumped in Joy.Soon a huge mob gathered around me and congratulated me......Amit anand, the event head told me that i would be receiving my IEEE certificates and prize money in a week by Courier.......Hurrying i went to the PCO and informed Amma and Appa.......Appa was overjoyed.he said "Nan dhan sonnaen illa.......Bala-va eppayachum nambariya??'.I felt great....Soo iinformed Akka, Kalai mam,Ash,Singh and the others..They were overjoyed.Soon i got some 15 msgs in my mob congratulating me....I felt gr8......Ranjith hugged me and told me " AAP THO WINNER BAN GAYE HAI YAAR"......The whole Common Room graced my success.....All applauses and gretings on my success......At evening Bikas,Om and Deepak left...Soon many of our friends at the common room were beginning to leave.....We all missed each other.Around 6 at the evening, There were just four..Me,Ranjith, Avinash and the Other guy at the common room....Myself and Ranjith went for a long walk......He told me i was his best friend......I too felt deep friendship for him.....Just 2 days of knowing each other...A friendship for life had been created.Later at night, I was standing at the Registration desk...The girl, who i ad already written of Came to me and congratulated me.She had got 2nd Prize.I applauded her.She smiled.......A well-defined Friendship had been created again.Later that night we slept early after the ' War of the DJ(Dance and DJ event)' ....

The next day ,ie 21st.We got up at 5.BRushed and Dressed, All four of us vacated the common room..A sense of loneliness crept our hearts..I felt a heavy heart......Avinash bade farewell to me.... he told me "When we come to Chennai.......you won't drove us out of your home na??".I smiled.Now it was just two.,,,,,Myself and Ranjith............We took a Rickshaw to the Dhanbad station.....Time was morning 6.30..He got tickets and boarded a train to Ranchi......He was emotional.......Leaving me he said, "I miss you Natarajan".....A tear rolled by our eyes.......His train left.I watched it till my eyes could take me.....My train was around 11....Soi retiring to the waiting room i stayed there till 10.......The Dhanbad -Allepey Express back hime came at 10.55 AM at Platform no.5.I boarded it........Soon at Ranchi,I was joined by a North Indian family...comprising of A mother, sick father with two sons and a daughter.They were taking him for his treatment at Vellore........Usual,.......I spoke with many people.......I reached chennai on 23rd morning around 3.30 AM.....I reached park station and came back to Tambaram at arounbd 4.50.........Appa was there.He greeted me and hugged me.I came home.......Bathed..Amma and Appa were overjoyed..I was happy too.But i was missing Dhanbad and above all Sparx '08.......all my frienz......

Till date had attened some 25 symposiums,but none had created such an impact on me as Sparx'08.........Itz a Carved memory, Which would be in my heart till the very time, it stops beating........

The 'AJITH' Factor in me

2008-01-01T21:30:00.001+05:30

Ajith Kumar, or Mr. Ajith as he addresses others is my hero....I love to call him 'Thala'...Such a gr8 person,who matches my character....Starting off as a Chocolate boy, today a Don ruling the TN Box Office...A 'King of Openings', with a record openings. A huge Fan base, exceeding nearly 50,000....Mass hero with utmost modesty

Let me not stick to the fact and figures....Let me explore the AJITHian effect within me.....I saw his movies, Aasai and Vaali...Pretty Gr8 Blockbuster movies....I loved his face and a 'smart','handsome' attire...but i wasn't that a 'Thala Veriyan' yet...In fact even today, i love Surya, Rajnikanth,Madhavan, Kamal Haasan...I am able to appreciate their efforts, watching their movies enjoying myself ....But the Blind dedication, The Eager to watch 'FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW'.....The Eager is often restricted to just Ajith...Itz always a pleasure to watch 'Thala' at his first day, first show with his fans......Let me portray before you the theatre before the movie....Fans stand in queues,to atch their Thala...After the Cumbersome effort in getting a ticket and entering the theatre, Every Fan seems excited .. Right from the Film Certification, We cant stop Whistling and Roaring...Especially when the Screen potrays " ULTIMATE STAR AJITH KUMAR Nadikkum.........." , We all shout "Thalaaaaaaaaa".....Another gr8 effect is his Entrance......Rarely the audience are in their seats....
A normal 3 hr movie runs off........but the happiness derived is gr8.......often Fans like me are overjoyed when Ajith portrays his own heroic base.like in Billa he says " Andha Muruganukku AARU Thala ana Nano OREY THALA'....Dunno what but these kinda dialogue seem to make us overjoyed.....Moreover his Character, his Will power to Succeed , not succumbing to Failures and his Self Determination is really great....Criticised and most Commented upon, yet Fighting back and Coming out again and again is his speciality........

The movie which I can't forget ever is 'MUGAVARI'....This movie influenced me the Maximum...Playing the role of an active youth seeking a chance to become a Music Director, Family sentiments, Love and Life were depicted with maximum blend.....I started to be his Fan from that movie......

He spoke a lot when he was young, gave a lot of interviews........that was aroung 23...today he is at the verge of 37.....With maximum maturity and commitments, today he stands tall amidst all odds.........WE love you Thala, You need not be the next Superstar.......You are gonna make others fight for your post..."Who is gonna be the next Ultimate Star????"....This is the trend that you are gonna set

Wow, He had come a long way......From a mere Chocolate boy playing Romantic roles to matured roles as in VARALARU......he has travelled a lot........Controversies and competetions have been amongst his path

Several Filmfare Awards and Accolades, i think the best he had earned are the hearts of thousands of die-hard fans like me.......Continue to rock Thala, You are gonna acheive gr8 things......Give us maximu entertainment every year.......To end up AJITH is my hero and his place cannot/will not be replaced by anyone for 'Our THALA' is one rare gen whose brand is rare to find.

Ideologies and Behaviours

2007-12-31T10:23:00.000+05:30

Character portrays an individual..You get to know an individual based on his/her character. Behaviours are kindled by one's own Character. Ideaz and Visions people have seem to have evolved their own from Orthodox,crooked mindsets to Rational Mindsets till date..,But Evolution as Science says is often a slow,complex process. It is the characteristic of any individual to accept/reject New changes..Thats one's personal independence..Nobody can interfere upon that..But when one's ideaz,especially a dear one's seems to conflict with that of yours, you seem to be standing upon a bunch of pins pointed towards you. Words can kill a strong individual..Especially when such arrows are from a Dear one's, the pain is still more. You might be mistook, or even suspected for something, for which the crime rate at the World might be more. The first question arising to you would be, " Am I too one amongst the World, which does 'that' "?...You might not be able to definitely convince the opposite speaker, for he might have fixed ideaz..So the remedy seems to be to keep it within yourself..But this has adverse effects....A possible form of Inherent Blaze,which is dangerous.. But the options are limited.. Definitely you cannot discuss everything with your dearest...But here too propogating the 'dearest' to the world, doesnt guarentee it's interpretation in the right sense..Mental Maturity is of high and maximum necessity here, for it's lack blows up the heart and causes in-built trauma. Also expressing and explaining the situation to the outside world would weaken and distance you from the World....Critical is the problem, yet trivial is the Solution....But the Effect caused is Certain and hard to heal....Confidence upon you and Respect to your Idealogies might arise....or may not too....Truth is always hidden..Benefit plays atmost importance...You are chucked out if you aren't eficient...Itz not the age of Realism and Relationships, but the Age of Competition...As a relation, you might find a place, but existence of that place is a '?'...Mere enjoying the world around you appreciating its beauty might seem a 'laymen' outlook of the world....Striking the Iron while its hot...is the need of the hour......Dream....but forget it.....for itz virtual

A Fresh Start

2007-12-21T22:56:00.000+05:30

The day was Friday...I got up around 7.30...I was feeling a bit tired and extremely lazy...Grazing off the bead, I brushed up and encountered upon with Amma's "deckree kapi". Drinking a meagre 2 tumblers of it,and gearing up, I switched on My World, i mean my PC...Heeding to my request, my PC unvielded it's shadowy desktop...Gazed and amazed I spent my time till 3 in the afternoon.Then the giant of doze and sleep took over me.....Releiving me at aroung 5.30 at the evening...Another day has been wasted in slumber...Aiming to do something useful,I bathed out and dressed up, Taking out my bike, I set off to the Temple....Skandasramam had always rendered peace to me..Everytime i go there,I feel releived mentally...This time too I went there with a huge volley of thoughts..Relationships....what are these basically? A beacon of light took me past exploring my past relationships?? 19 yrs have tumbled up fast....Look at the hearts i have gained, hearts i have admired, hearts which I broke and those genuine friendships to which I had paid very little heed to....Some busty relationships which had kept me way from genuine ones....But it is too late...The Clock had ticked fast.....Hurt hearts can be repaired, but will i get a chance???....Soon my thoughts shifted upon to my present relationships....Now it wasn't that heavy after all.....Because the quality to ignore unworthy relations had crept within me...but my soul wanted me to maintain silence without expecting reciprocation......Be a well wisher, but it is always better for the Ganges not to leave India.....Thats my vision till date...My heart visualized the hurting moments which it had suffered upon unreciprocated passion and plain selfishness shown......Suddenly my flow of thoughts were hindered by the dizzy wind from the Future..How is it going to be??? Two souls are there to whom, comfort and bliss had not yet been rendered, these two souls have lent their arms for my growth....These souls had rested their hearts within me...If to someone i need to serve, Then these two assume the topmost priority...How will my Future Friend be??? Will she make my Mentors happy??? Also Will i make her and my mentors happy?? .....Sure she will.......Becos my mentors rarely expect reciprocation, but i would be the incarnation of Satan if i deny them of any comfort....for they had sculptured me of Love and Care...Also being matured, I need to be a gud companion for she would also have been reared in the same way as me, having sentiments and emotions i have......So to strike a perfect balance...I got to be settled both emotionally as well as financially...Currently pursuing CAT...I must do well and enter the IIM....Visualizing a luxurious and happy life in a multi-storeyed house with ample facilities and cars along with happy parents and a happy companion is really a gr8 bliss....But will i acheive that??...Exam results are due the corner....Will they be good???........How is the Future going to be??????..........With all these thoughts, I prayed with my heart dissolved before Matha Bhuvaneswari......As i had all these, the Temple Bells rang...The Deebarathanai was shown....... I felt gr8.....I felt as though the God Herself had nodded upon and granted me a boon fulfilling all my wishes.....The Sahasralingam was discovering and purifying my soul....Silence and Eternal Emptiness filled my heart.....All questions answered....I will succeed.....God will be with me....With regard to relationships, Silence is the key......Expect no reciprocation.Concentrate on CAT.....I am gonna rock

Contented I drove back home....Amma called me on the way.....My heart felt light...The day had not been wasted after all......It had rendered a new sense of hope to my otherwise Wavering mind....My personality has changed.....I am a new Natrajan....With a new sense to suceed and make things better...With God besides me and blessing me, I look forward for a bright future.