Frozen Thoughts

I am sad and so much disappointed after seeing the video footage of the Chennai Law College Violence which took place last week!

The video is so disturbing with couple of law students so badly beaten up with wooden sticks and rods by their fellow college mates. Even more disturbing was the inactivity of the State police which was just a spectator to all this violence.

Can you guess the reason behind this violence??? Wel even i took some time to believe that this also could be a cause for some serious violence. The reason was that one of the college group didnt have Dr. Ambedkar ( The person after whom the college is named ) 's photo in their poster. If Dr. Ambedkhar would have been alive to see this he would have regretted so much .

I am sure Non-Indians would be wondering what kind of people are we! We preach about many great things like secularism , democracy and what not, but fail miserably to practice it in it true senses. Here in this incident the future law and justice providers are themselves breaking the law for such a petty issue! Wel I want you to have a look at the video yourself so that you can realise the situation .



Wonder When my country will get rid of all this and be in the Elite Club. All great things doesnt happen overnight and it requires a beginning! The beginning is here and will start soon with the new generation of educated and qualified leaders coming up and giving a practical shape to India's vision .

Stay tuned!
Varun

Hey All,
I am sure everyone would be in a great surprise on reading the caption of this article ( I hope atleast someone would read this article :) )
Yes , friends i am back again to US for a short term assignment. But this time it is New Jersey and not Boston! Also this time i am coming as a Database Lead for a New Project! Expectations are high and challenges are many! But as said , you never know your ability unless you try! I have accepted the new role and i will try to give in my best . Also I have started religiously following a new principle of not worrying about the results or consequences before hand, All you need to do is give in your cent percent with committment and dedication! The result will automatically follow .

Alrite Guys! I guess there is too much of philosophy pouring in now a days in my articles :)
Anyways I shall touch base with you guys later!

Bye
Take Care,
Varun

I feel so happy and delighted on the prospect of sharing the good news with you friends.I know I am a little bit late in sharing this good news with you guys , So to compensate for that i cant get a better time than Diwali to share this good news with you all.
I am engaged with Priya Jain and hopefully my marriage will take place in April or May 09.
I am sure many of them would be surprised on hearing what i just said above, but that's the truth. I would be requring your good wishes as i enter a new chapter in my life in some time here onwards.
The below Link would take you to Priya 's Pics and I hope that you like them.
http://picasaweb.google.com/singhi.varun/Priya?authkey=sbGHbqGtddA#slideshow

Many of them also would be wanting to know as to how all this happened and also would like to know more abt Priya! Watch out for my next series of post to get all your questions answered :)

Anyways I wish you and your entire family a happy and prosperous Diwali.
Stay Tuned!
Varun

Friends,
I am back to India last week and it always feel good when you are back at our own sweet home!
The US Trip had been really fruitful both personally and professionally. I visited many places there ( Niagara Falls , New york , WashingTon DC , Philadelphia and Baltimore ) . I made many new friends and and made a career path there. Now I need to sincerely follow and implement the path which i have made for myself. Journey from now onwards would be tough and i need to be extra strong to keep myself going.

Everyone liked the gifts which i had bought for my family members. For my sisters (Poonam and JES ) I had got them a unique engraved IPOD. They were so happy and seeing them happy i was so satisfied . My Best Friend Priya for whom I got the maximum gifts , her joy had no boundaries when she received the gift from me :) . For my Bro, i had got so many T-shirts , caps and Shoes.

Hmmm! Time again to get settle in the busy life of Chennai! very obvious it would take some time for me to get adjusted again to Chennai's Lifestyle! :)

I will catch you guys again soon! I have some work to do now. Its bye for now
Varun

Hi All,
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I have just started from my place to Chennai International Airport for Boston! My Entire Family including Poonam and priya along with their parents have come down to see me off. I am very much excited on the prospect of visiting other country. I could find a sense of achievement in my dad 's face since it was his dream that his son travel to US and So i was all set to fulfill his dream. Mom as usual was in a semi nervous mood and tensed since she was quite sad at the thought of me going alone there for three months.
I just reached Chennai S International Airport say around 10.30 pm. I was surprised to see the departure terminal jam packed like a Local State corporation Bus Station. The Infrastructure was so inadequate that for getting my luggage screened and checked in it took me a couple of hours. All this time all my relatives were so patienly waiting for me, After getting the first hurdle cleared~ i just went and met all of my relatives for few minutes since there were many visitors across the barricades and Iron Rod Bars which was separting us. I just got wishes from everyone and headed staright for the Immigration Checking.After seeing MOM i am sure if i would have seen there for another few seconds she would have broken down which would have made me although more sad .
Again there was a huge Queue at the Immigiration counter, I got my Form filled up while i was in queue and say in 20 odd minutes i got my immigiration checked and proceeded towards Security Check In.
Oh I just forgot to inform you at this point of time My flight was delayed by couple of hours with the expected time of departure at 3.30 am due to late arrival of Air France Aircraft from Paris, I guess this should not be a problem since my connecting Flight from Boston to Paris was scheduled after a gap of five hours after my arrival at Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport.
The Flight AF 201 Finally arrived at the Paris International Airport delayed by three and half hours. Most of the Co-passengers have already missed their connecting flights to various cities. But luckily I still had close to 1 and half hour to make it for my connecting flight to Boston. I rushed from Terminal C to Terminal 2E. Got my hand luggaged screened in and made it to the Boston Flight~ on time :)
Paris Airport i felt is itself a city. Its huge and its Infrastructre was so mindblowing. Wonder When Indian Airports would reach that. I was waiting for about Half an Hour at paris for the Boston Flight! Everywhere i saw White people and I must say that gals all round were so beautiful and Hot :) It was a wonderful sightseeing altogether :)
Around 2 o clock I boarded the Air France jet to Boston.Plane such a huge one i mean much bigger than my Chennai Paris Flight.
My seat was at the rear of the plane so had to my way all the length of the plane. After getting settled down , i was served Asian Meals ( I specialy ordered for it while booking the ticket ) and ASian Snacks! Initally It was good to have bread/ toast but after sometime it was getting monotonous :(
I landed Boston at 3 pm EST and WEnt for the Custom Immigiration Check. I was asked a few questions as to why i have come down to US and which client. After convinving me he stamped by passport for 3 months till OCtober 5th 2008.
My Cousin (Varun) along with this friend (Karthik) in his Toyota was bang on Time to pick me up at Boston Logan International Airport. We headed straight to Varun's house in Waltham, Boston Suburban. Neethi and Shobha Bhabi were waiting for my arrival and gave me a warm welcome. Neethi Bhabi was really helpful and helped me a lot to get accoustmed to the place :)
I am feeling really lucky coz i am in the midst of my Home inpsite being away from Home.
Looking forward to have a nice time in Boston both Professionally and personally.
I will keep on updating my blog :) so stay tuned!
Rgds, Varun

Hey friends!

Hope that everyone would be doing good and in pink of their health. I always try to be regular and consistent in updating my blog but somehow i fail to do that! Now i guess i need to take some stern and strict steps to make myself more disclipined and focussed towards blogging and other important stuffs.

Wel guys, I have been in Bangalore for the past 6 days.

Reason : I am among the one of the few employees of Wipro from Oracle who have been nominated to attend a training on Oracle s latest product ( Application Server and SOA Suite) in Oracle University.

This product of Oracle on which i have attended the training is termed as the next generation technology. So obviously , Wipro being leader in Oracle Implementation is being foresighted and training its workforce to gear up for the future projects.

We were all together 16 guys from WIPRO who attended this training. Most of them were around 8 + years of experience. Only two folks including me were a mere 2 years of exp. in that batch. Overall the Training was good but there were few moments when the trainer 's words were just going about my head.

Loved the six days stay at the Corporate guest house where i stayed. All the facilities were made available to me. The best day was yesterday when i got a surprise. It was all setup by my friends Devesh and Aparna. They called me out for dinner on Saturday . I finished my training on Saturday around 7 0 clock and just headed towards the place where these guys were waiting for me. We went to a restaraunt called "BAY LEAF". Suddenly the Happy Birthday song is played and there is a cake in front of me. I am about to celebrate my bday on 3rd of June. So it was the pre-mature celebration of my bday. I was really surprised since i didnt expect this. Thanks to Devesh and Aparna for the sweet little surprise.

Wel today i am leaving to HOT Chennai,leaving behind COOL Bangalore Tomorrow, I will be back home and get my act together to work on a new career plan .

Also i have decided to start blogging on Oracle Articles to keep in pace with the technology. Will keep you updated on that.

Stay Tuned!

Warm Regards, Varun

And let me come to answer the question why the delay of three odd months in getting my laptop. My Laptop is procured from US and the model which i have got is a high end configuration which is not yet launched in INDIA. ( Feeling a bit proud at this point of time ) . One of my team colleagues had gone to US on a business trip. Initally the trip was planned for a one month , infact less than a month. So i thought it to be a good opportunity to ask him to bring a laptop for me from US coz he will be back soon . So within a week of he reaching Boston ( my client 's head quarters) i asked him to buy a HP pavilion Laptop for me. But after that my joy was shortlived. His trip was extended for one more month.This was a very very sad news. Somehow i managed to make myself calm and controlled my emotions. Made a small calender in my home and made a count of days for his return. Everyday used to mark out the day from the hand made calender.Thinking of the number of days remaining always made me happy and smile. In the mean time i used to see the snaps of my laptop which my colleague has send me from there.Still remember that black day when i got an email that abiran( my colleague ) 's trip has been extended by another month. AFter reading that mail i was on a look out for a wall where i can bang my head. I had lost my total charm and enthusiasm and was like ' aana Hoga tho aa jayega ,varna BHAAD mein Jaaye.' - meaning if it wants to come let it come otherwise let it go to hell.

It took a couple of days for me to completely make my thinking free of Laptop. Finally the day was arriving near when Abiran 's Visa was about to get expired. Now at least i was happy that there is no possbility for the extension atleast this time.:-)

And The Judgement day arrived when i got the delivery of my laptop. In my excitement to see the laptop , i forgot the thank the person who had brought my lappy all the way from BOSTON to India clearing a number of custom officers at various airports. Actually some airlines and airports have a strict policy of the Passenger carrying a single laptop with him. All the electronics stuff come under the scanner at the airports like Mumbai. This was the only thing which i was worried off. But luckily everything went off smoothly.
I am writing this article from the heart of my love Laptop while sitting in a corner seat of CCD.

My next article on this blog will be a more of like an request to all the fortunate and privileged people to help the less fortunate.

So Stay Tuned.
Regards, Varun

Hi Everybody!

Once again started blogging after a long gap for almost two months. This time i haven't selected a political or business related issues because I always wanted this blog as a reflection of a glimpse of my personal life and not a 24 X 7 news Channel. Bit hard to do that.. but surely will work on that

It was a bit lazy monday morning and I got a call from an unknown number. On receiving the call i was very glad to know that it was a call from one of my college senior Prasanna who is currently working in INFOSYS. The purpose behind this call was actually that he wanted to enquire about the authenticity of a job offer from WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES. I was like.. why the hell he wants to check the authencity of the offer when its from WIPRO. I asked him to forward me the mail which he received from WIPRO.


I was quite astonished to see that mail.. Reason you will come to very soon. In fact i have never seen such a poorly drafted official mail where the word 'LETTER' is being mentioned as 'LATTER' :-) I checked the Address directory of WIPRO whether the sender of that almost fake mail really exists on the rolls of WIPRO. And guess what, there is no person by that name in WIPRO. I have forwarded a word of caution to the HRs in Wipro regarding this so that fake job consultancies don't misuse the names of MNC's and potential job seekers getting trapped
Have a look at the mail which my friend received.
---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: wipro.techenologies@gmail.com <rzmails@indiatimes.com>
Date: Mar 30, 2008 4:52 PM
Subject: your resume has been selected by hrd
To: Dear Candidate,Ref: Selection and initial response of Resume online. information for selection of final stage in new Plant of WIPRO TECHENOLOGIES.

TheCompany Groups deals in IT, Computer, Electronics and Industrial Manufacturing business.The Company offered the following candidates to join as:- ITES/BPO/Operations/Customer Service ,Manufacturing/, HR/Admin/PM/IR/Training, R&D/Engineering Design, Departments for our newestablished Plant at Greate Noida, Industrial Area.
You are selected according to your resume in which Project you have worked on according to that you have been selected here,Your interview will held on 27th of April. 2008 in Greater Noida.You will be pleased to know that Company has advised in the selection panel that your Application can be progress to final stage. You willcome to our corporate office in Noida. The call latter with Air Ticket will be send by Company HRD. You have to come with photo-copies of all required documents.

First you have to deposit the (Cash,,D.D) as an initial security in favor of Company HRD of Rs 3,550/- through any [HDFC BANK ] Branch from your Home City to Company Sr. HRD. Account NO -01931530001023 - Name of Mr. RAVI SINGH. It will be refundable at the time of Company interview. Your offer latter with Air tickets will be send to your Home Address by courier after receiving the confirmation of! security deposited in HDFC BANK and the amount of security which you are going to pay is totally refundable with your other expenditure as per bills, wither you are selected or not. The Company offered Salary Rs.25,000/- to 35,000/- + (HRA Extra + D.A + Conveyance and other Company benefits) for these requirements. The Job profile and designation will be fix by Company HRD. at time of final process.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPANY HRD.•
Photo-copies of Qualification Documents (Must)•Photo-copies of Experience Certificates (If any)•Photo-copies of Address Proof (Must)•Two Passport Size Photo-graph (Must)The Job profile, salary offer, and date -time of interview will be mention in your call or offer latter. Your latter will d!ispatch very shortlyafter receiving your confirmation of Cash! deposit ed in HDFC BANK . We wish you the best of luck for the subsequent and remaining After deposited the security amount in bank you have to give me information by email, that you have deposited the amount in bank. Same time I will dispatch you latter by courier.

Thanks

GAGAN NAGPAL – Executive (HR)WIPRO TECHENOLOGIES.

A-8 Sector-60Near Shopprix Mail noida utter pradesh

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So be aware of this kind of Crap and Stay tuned to my blog for more thought -provoking articles :-)

Regards, Varun

Very Soon TATA Nano.. is gonna be a household name.

I really appreciate the determination of Mr. Ratan Tata for keeping up his promise of producing the world's cheapest car. Manufacturing a car for Just rupees one lakh with oil and steel prices rising, keeping the safety aspects in mind and the also from the environment friendly point of view, it always seemed to be a difficult task , But the TATA's like always they do took up the challenge and succeeded in delivering in the People 's car which is now been referred to as the "Future Car"

I have read a few reviews of TATA Nano . Everywhere one thing was in common-People all over are eagerly waiting for Nano to hit the road. No more car would be considered as a symbol of status for rich and upper class people. It has now become the common man's dream thanks to the TATA's.

It is a revolution in the field of Automobiles for instance the cheapest car in the US costs $10000 , people can buy four Tata Nanos for the same price. It is not the price alone that matters but what makes the Tata Nano really special is that despite its low price no comprise has been made on safety and quality. It comes with State of the art features with a rear mounted all aluminium two cylinder 623 cc petrol engine with an expected mileage of 20km per Litre. Experts say ( I am referring to myself :-)) that Tata Nano will also determine India's place in the global automotive arena and possibly give a boost to India's dream of becoming a global hub of small cars.

As it has been said that everything has its own pros and cons ,I was just wondering whether the emergence of this car would have any kind of impact. Just imagine , politicans are demanding a reservation for parking space all over the country for Tata Nano. Servants/Maid coming late due to tyre puncture of their Nano. Tata Nano has definitely forced the global automotive players to rethink about this small car segment. Pollution already reaching alarming levels will touch new heights after introduction of many small cars in the market.Year 2008 will witness the launch of another 40 new models on Indian Roads. With Cars increasing at such an pace, environmentalists will be definitely be more concerned about its impact on weather.

Before signing off, One Final word. TATA Nano is not Just a one lakh rupee car, its India 's answer to their critics who always have a doubt about India's technical competence on global scene.

There 's Lot to more to come.. Nano is just a humble beginning. The World will see more as to what we Indians are capable of.

Stay tuned!

Regards, Varun