A spectator’s comment on The ‘T’ issue

I am a mere spectator to this issue of ‘T’ issue. If you wish to tune your ear to a spectator’s comment on this issue – here you have. I will be using ‘telescope microscope approach’, an approach that I have developed myself to study this issue.

The approach is very simple. It is about viewing the issue using a telescope and then with a microscope. This allows one to see the two extreme faces of this issue.

First the telescopic view. Assume the whole world to have been infected with this virus that spreads animosity and hatred arising from regionalism. The world would be in CHAOS!! Oh this would be what Nostradamus wanted to caution us by naming ‘End of the World’. Think about the thousands of students from AP who are at US pursuing higher education. Think about the many from the 2^nd Gulf and other African countries who have immigrated to Hyderabad to make a living. It is just like how we felt when our little ones were beleaguered at Australia. An outcome of keeping on subdividing could also take us to a day when Hyderabad asks all non Hyderabady(s) to leave their land. What would Telangana visionaries have to cite at that point of time?? Good question!!

Now the microscopic view. Assume this issue to be trifling and to happen in your house. The fight here is between the brothers. The elder brother doing good and the younger not that great. In my opinion the younger one should be proud for his elder brother and not rather infect himself with this virus of hatred and insist for a house partition. Also younger one should put in more efforts to do well in life and try standing up equal to his elder bro.

SORRY if I am wrong..

Paying the ravaged

If it is scarcity of water at one side, it is plentitude at the other side. Nature is at its peak of fury harrying the southern land of AP.

Today I’m back after having driven 220 kms away from Hyderabad to Alampur, a badly flood hit neighbourhood to Kurnool. With me accompanied my colleague, Ajay Reddy. We started early morning on Ajay’s bike to the land rapine by the sacred waters of the river Tungabhadra. We took along with us grocery weighing a little more than 10kg, old and unused cloths and also some steel crockery that can come helpful for the affected and the needy. Our bike fully packed, however the luggage never troubling us as we took the straight and smooth highway NH 7 (Hyd to B’lore) to reach to our destination. A local chap routed us to the exact place where we saw the victims gathered and awaiting help. There came a lot of people enveloping us to see what we had for them. We distributed less; it is true to tell that they grabbed it all. The same local chap, with whom we made good friendship, took us to the banks of the river Tungabhadra. She, now sound asleep, that silent and serene, swayed us to forget her furious and frenzy face.

Reaching back home by evening, we felt happy from our action to ride down to the flood affected areas and study the situation prevailing. To get a chance to succour the needy and Ajay telling me that he would get better sleep today. Touring helps one to better his understanding of geography and directions, and augment the curious mind in him.

The famous Jogulamba temple -- after flood:






Victims begging around, soliciting help:

Tungabhadra in peace:

Pulsar for sale in Hyderabad; bike in excellent condition:

Bajaj pulsar 150cc in excellent condition, blue colour, 2004 model with round headlight, spoke wheels… AP registration, 45000 km run.

Contact Praveen @ 09704288870, bike’s location = Hyderabad.

Will update a pic of the bike soon..

Passing by the great Himalayas:

The much-coveted trip to The Great Himalayas embarked on with a zeal to conquer it.. today I’m back home after the 9 days lasted journey concluded, raising a question in my mind: “was it the journey that was exciting or the end???”. One thing for sure, the trip bestowed us with memories that are never to cease. It is impossible to take pictures of everything that came across, we took some of the pictures in our minds, these vivid images are now very close to our hearts, that personal and yes inarticulate to explain. Conquering the Himalayas was utterly foolish, we just had a glimpse of it. Leave conquering, we just passed by. Ultimately it was our ‘will’ that assisted us to return home triumphant.

There were a lot of first time experiences, like, withstanding the -10 C temperature, smoke coming out from your mouth without clinging on to a cigarette, seeing and touching the snow (which later on turned to be ‘oh!! no more snow plz!!’). And finally but never the least; coming to the most exciting part of the trip was to hire an Enfield from Leh (Ladak) and riding it all the way to Nobra Valley. Yes, we took the Royal Enfields over the worlds highest motorable road. JIHAHAHAHA!!

This trip was not all about enjoying, but also about acknowledging the brave souls (the brave sons of our motherland) who spend their today's for our tomorrows. Subsequent to the long drive commencing from Delhi to Manali, Manali to Leh and spending 3 days at Leh, we took NH 1 D to Kargil – Drass(world’s 2^nd coldest inhabitable place). From Drass then to Srinagar. At Drass, we paid tribute to those brave souls visiting the 1999 Kargil war memorial. We were taken aback by and awestruck of admiration for the uncomparable bravery displayed.

All this possible and accorded to us as the finest engineers in the subcontinent came under one umbrella: the ‘BRO‘ (Border Road Organisation). We are from the bottom of our hearts thankful and indebted towards the mastery BRO has shown in road making.

Next, about the people of Ladak. They are living examples of the ‘Light of Asia’ (The Great Budha). It has been long since that I have seen people who are ready to help with purity in mind. So caring and loving they are, they are living dictionaries to the words love, care and help.

My friend Anas should be busy calculating the expenses that came across. Deepu would have started with editing the pictures and videos taken. Bahul would come up with a detailed write-up of the trip.

This trip was about facing reality head-on, adding discipline to life and closely examining the good people in this world. Learning by travelling is an inimitable experience. We have savoured the same.

to Himalayas!!

this is shyam signing in from Ragiv Gandhi Terminal hyd airport... i'm to start for the most awaited trip to the himalayas.. presently waiting for my flight to Delli... you knw wat, i forgot to take my jacket, sweater... wateva i'm all pumbed up and looking forward for a fantastic trip without any trepidation!! c ya later..

Less than Seven Stages/Ages:

"The seven stages of a man's life, sometimes referred to as the seven ages of man: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon, and second childhood."

Shakespeare defined the seven stages of life. Each of the stages being equally important, interconnected and indispensable. Kernel of life lies in leisurely sailing from one stage to another. One should not express hurry in moving from one stage to another.

Life should not be mistaken as a 100m race, instead considered as a marathon. It was the tortoise who won the race, though swift was the rabbit. Today we have ‘fast’ prefixed to nearly everything, starting from fast-food to fast-life. Man’s ability to think, his curiosity to learn more has always kept him run behind the unknown. The faster he runs; he fails to live his present, pretermits and vaults to the next stage of life. These unnecessary jumps spoil the fun of living a happy life. Take your time to live all the ages of life!!!!

BODY IS AN ENGINE

Body is an engine. i.e. just try comparing a human body with a machine, say with a car engine. I see them both sharing many common attributes. Like, human bone joints could be compared to the diff joints in a car like tyres joined to the engine, gears joined to the engine, steering joined to the tyres… etc.. Again if you see there is limit set for a tyre to rotate towards both sides on its axis, similarly a human neck is restricted to take a full rotation.

What am I trying to prove? I just wana tell that even human body is subjected to wear- and-tear. We often forget to see our body as a machine, which needs to be taken care of. A mechanic takes care of a machine. He grease/oil it, tightens the screws, cleans the internal parts, maintains the coolant level etc... Similarly we are our own body’s mechanic. It is our responsibility to keep our body intact and ensure a long run.

Going deeper into what I really wish to convey to my readers, many activities performed by a car driver could damage the car engine. Like over speeding affects the engine. Refuelling low quality fuel, carrying over weight etc.. also damages the engine. Similarly fast food addiction, smoking, drinking, no exercise etc.. damages a human body… START THINKING!!!

watery Kichidi

Steps to prepare Kichidi:

(for 5 members)

(quantities are measured in steel glasses..)

> 1 full steel glass of rice

> 1 full steel glass of DAL

>Toor (yellow) --- 1/3 glass

>Moong (yellow) -- 1/3

>Green moong dal -- 1/3

>wash rice and dal taken in a cooker(7 ltr).... 2 to 3 times..

>add 12 steel glasses of water

>One teaspoon red chilli powder

>One teaspoon termeric powder

>2 to 3 teaspoons of salt

>cut 3 to 4 tomatoes into small pieces.. into cooker..

>add aloo, cut into small pieces...

> for extra taste.. add Gobi or cabbage... or any vegetable of ur choice..

> lock the cooker--> place it on top of the stove--> full flame..

> reduce the flame to medium after hearing the whistle... wait for another 10 to 15 mins

>stove flame off...

>after 15 mins.... heat (oil + red chili+ jeera) separately in big spoon and add it to the Kichidi in cooker...

>delicious KICHIDI prepared!!!!!!!!!!

Hyderabad wandering

last weekend was fun, tiring... wandering with my frds who had come to visit the old city of hyd.. there were a lot to learn this weekend and nothing happened as i was busy catering them and taking them around the city.. We covered the city in 2 parts.. the 1st days lumbini, prasad's etc... and some malls..

the next day we started for charminar and then to the last destination golconda fort.. Two days my frds ate all kinds of kababs, biryani and what not.. except haleem, everything else they tried... We missed out having qurbani ka meeta...

Tenses and auxiliary verbs

Here, I wish to throw some light on tenses used in English, common mistakes that we make and confusion existing between diff auxiliary verbs...

Auxiliary verb: A verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

A commom mistakes (in red):

Q: Ma'am, can i come in?

A:(from ma'am) You can, but you may not!!

It should be 'may i come in?' When you use 'can', you test your own ability to come in. As a reason Ma'am says 'you can', that means you have the ability to come in, 'but you may not', means she dosen't want you to come in...

Jose should study tonight => it is Jose's responsibility to study tonight

Jose can/could study => he has the ability to study

Jose would study => he intents to study

Jose may/might study tonight => there is a possibility that Jose studies tonight

I was to have watched the movie => telling abt past

I was to watch the movie => I am supposed to be inside the thethre watching the movie, but got late..ehh

I am to watch the movie => I am looking forward to watch the movie

Auxiliary verb used with a habit: 'used to'

eg: He is a spoilt child, and is used to disobeying his elders.

Had had:

I would have gone on a trip to America if I had had enough money.

had: describes possession

had: to assert it happened in past

Sunday - my 1st ONLINE CAT MOCK TEST!!

today was my 1st online CAT mock test... conducted by time4education..

An advantage i found CAT turning online, after mock test, was the TIMER that appears to a side, ticking and alerting us.. another adv was the questions were clear, as far as 3rd section, english is considered, reading the passage was fun.. each question had the corresponding passage on top it making it easier without any time waste due to page turning and all..

now the disadv came while copying values on to the rough-work paper for maths and DI. Oh!!! DI was badly affected as you dont hav the tables on your work paper, u just cant do things fast.. earlier it used to be easy to manipulate the DI tables, or fill values in the blanks of the tables etc.. Oh GOD!! DI is badly affected..

Thats all frm here for this week......

SORRY frds.. this week turned out to be slothful............. WILL come with something good next week.. need to select a good topic of study... singing off..

its federer-roddick 1set 1set each..

hi its friday.. and nothing is up...

SORRY frds.. i have no good ideas for tomorrow.. let me see what could be done???????? But i should be doing something... THINK DUDE THINK!!!!

Ganesh at rescue..

HSE - was a bad idea. It seems functionally dead.. But this doesn't stop me from learning.. I left for Ganesh's house.

Telling abt Ganesh, i have worked under this GK Guru (a cool manager to work under). There are hardly any topics under the sun for which he has less to talk. At his residence, we had 2 rounds of long discussions on stock market. Here let me share with you the knowledge i gained..

What is Sensex?

>BSE(Bombay stock exchange) sensex

>NSE(National stock exchage) sensex

BSE sensex is all abt index calculated from 30 largest stocks(eg Reliance, SBI, ITC..)

This means when sensex crosses 20k pts or goes down to 8k, it is being talked abt these big shots.. as they determine India's market situation for that perticular time.

What's diff btw Share and Stake?

Mr X has 1000 shares of company Y.

Mr X has 15% stake of company Y.

A stake is a share of ownership of a company.

Some terms:

Share > preference share: returns will not depend upon company's performance

> equity share: returns vary according to company's performance

Profit > Gross profit

> Net profit

net profit = (gross profit - (tax, payroll..))

Growth > Organic: gradual; step by step

> Inorganic: fast; eg a software firm acquiring another firm

Rigging: Engineering faulty methods to rise the stock value.. eg Harshad Mehta rising BSE stocks in 1992 and fooling the public..

SEBI: (securities and exchange board of india) regulatory body..

Satyam forgery?

Ramalinga Raju showed inflated cash reserves which never existed. As he himself brought this out, when recalculated the satyam shares crashed.. 'Cash reserves' held by a company comes under those assets that could be used in future for expansion activities etc.. Coming to know, this never existed, confidence upon satyam as a company slashed---> shares slashed...

Some parameters used to calculate share value:

EPS - earnings per share

P/E - Profit/EPS

Book value - as per books of the company

American economic slow-down?

Started with subprime mortgage crisis, i.e. taking loan keeping house as collateral. House prices declined in US to that extend and went much below the loan amt. Borrowers took advantage of it by non-repayment of instalments that they were entitled to. This pressed the lenders to seize borrower’s house that had a present value much lesser than the loan taken by the borrower. This put the investment bankers in trouble... economic slow-down...

1st post -- its friday preparing for tomorrow

Hi frdz.. Tomorrow i'm to visit HSE(Hyderabad Stock Exchange, http://www.hseindia.org/abouthse.htm). The first topic that i'm to learn as a part of 'Saturday Classes' is pertaining to the Stock market, shares and their trading. I really wish to understand something abt stocks/shares/stakes. I see news papers filled with stock related terms that i never understood. Now its time for me to get something on it.

My plan is to visit HSE, located at 2 places somajiguda and himayathnagar, early as they start functioning lets assume at 9:30am. I need to find out where share brokers and relevant ppl gather and ponder over the share prices. I need to catch one of them and get some knowledge transferred.

WHAT SAY FRDZ???