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		<title>The Silent National Anthem &#8211; Please Stand up and Watch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somedays back i updated a status message in facebook something like this -&#62; &#8220;How many of you feel a sensation and a special feeling when you hear our National Anthem&#8221; Almost all of them said Yes. National Anthem is not just a sound or music, its a Mantra which creates unexplainable emotion for every Indian [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somedays back i updated a status message in facebook something like this -&gt; &#8220;How many of you feel a sensation and a special feeling when you hear our National Anthem&#8221; Almost all of them said Yes. National Anthem is not just a sound or music, its a Mantra which creates unexplainable emotion for every Indian who hears it.  Please watch the video below. To its honour and glory of motherhood, I almost cried watching the video for how beautiful it has been created and how we are ruining our motherhood !</p>
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<p>Can you explain the emotion and a power you felt watching this video ? Do remember you are Indian, Sathyameva Jayathe(Truth Alone Triumphs)!! This Wonderful video was created by Big Cinemas !</p>
<p><strong>Code of Conduct:</strong> There are few set rules about reciting &#8220;Jana Gana Mana&#8221; which includes not singing it under any cover or under any imperfect state of mind. </p>
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		<title>The Great Escape</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how they managed to take this but i cannot stop myself from sharing this beautiful video..I can see some mix of CGI and artists creativity over the video. Very well compiled and shot. Hope you like it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know how they managed to take this but i cannot stop myself from sharing this beautiful video..I can see some mix of CGI and artists creativity over the video. Very well compiled and shot.</p>
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<p>Hope you like it.</p>
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		<title>How HDFC Bank uses Strategy to Sue Saving Account Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long back i was in search of a good private bank that provides reliable services and good customer relation. So after several reviews and suggestions from experts i decided to go with HDFC due to its reasonable Quarterly Average Balance which is INR5000. HDFC provides almost all the features of a good end bank with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Long back i was in search of a good private bank that provides reliable services and good customer relation. So after several reviews and suggestions from experts i decided to go with <strong>HDFC</strong> due to its reasonable <strong>Quarterly Average Balance</strong> which is <strong>INR5000</strong>. HDFC provides almost all the features of a good end bank with many benefits and security but today everything changed up down when i was checking my online statement and found something like <strong>AQB SER CHGS INC ST &amp; CESS APR-JUN2010</strong> with a Debit of&#160; <strong>INR827.25</strong>. A simple Google search explained me that it is nothing but a fee for not maintaining an Average Quarterly Minimum balance.</p>
<p>I am very concerned about maintaining the records and managing the finance. I always stick to use and get addicted using my online bank accounts but then i am still not able to get an idea of why <strong>HDFC</strong> would charge me <strong>INR827</strong>.<strong>25</strong> even though i take care to maintain my minimum balance always. But then some consumer and complaint forums had the answer. <strong>HDFC</strong> has changed their <strong>AQB</strong> from <strong>INR5000</strong> to<strong> INR10,000.</strong> So by this way a bank customer gets to know about the change in <strong>Banking</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> and that too very critical important information like <strong>change</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>AQB</strong>. </p>
<p>HDFC Bank does a the following:</p>
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<li>Calls a Customer every occasion to inform about new offers, car loans, free credit card, insurance </li>
<li>Sends ATM pin no via First class Indian Courier Company </li>
<li>Asks to Fill a form for Third Party Fund Transfer </li>
<li>Even sends a Representative to customers house for opening a new current account </li>
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<p>But things like change in the <strong>AQB</strong> is not a critical matter of information right ? Why should we inform our customers, let us post a small snippet of information in the very corner of website in between promotional offers so customers might not be aware of it and we can charge them because they are weak in math. </p>
<p>Finally i had to call <strong>HDFC Phone banking service</strong>. It is a big puzzle game to play, you have to find the right option to connect a phone banker, if you click any other option then you end up with a single choice <strong>PRESS</strong> <strong>ZERO</strong> to <strong>QUIT</strong>.&#160; Seriously i do not know how i won this game, the phone banker is on line and i told him the whole situation. The kind hearted person at the other end tells me that my AQB is <strong>INR10,000</strong> not <strong>INR5000</strong>. So i asked him all the questions you would ask if you were in my shoes, She told me that <strong>&#8220;they had mentioned about the change in the footer of the January Bank Statement&#8221;</strong> and even <strong>sent a private letter</strong> informing it. I don&#8217;t get statements becoz i opted for <strong>E-Statements</strong> nor did i got one private letter.</p>
<p>As you very well know E-Statements are attached PDFs with password protection. I used to check my E-Statements but there is no mention of it except the covering letter of some two months Email statement which has a four line information of change in AQB without any highlighting. The Email they send you is a big one with a lot of commercial offers listed in the first place and important information in the middle. Would someone care to read an email with 1500 words or just check the attached statement ?</p>
<p>I have a <strong>saving account</strong> and a <strong>current account</strong> with <strong>HDFC</strong>. Now my final decision would be to close it, never mind if they waive me of the fine. Your comments and critics are really appreciated ! </p>
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		<title>Dandiya nite 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its 11 am now and i just woke up.. Not because today is sunday but last night was dandiya nite and i returned home at 2 am. Usually every year Dandiya nite is celebrated in subalakshmi mahal, puducherry organized by Rotary club of puducherry. Dandiya nite 2008 is the eight annual event. I managed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its 11 am now and i just woke up.. Not because today is sunday but last night was dandiya nite and i returned home at 2 am. Usually every year Dandiya nite is celebrated in subalakshmi mahal, puducherry organized by Rotary club of puducherry. Dandiya nite 2008 is the eight annual event.</p>
<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SN8ce0ghsaI/AAAAAAAAB80/xMlTvxko6EQ/s1600-h/2006101102610201.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250947006354010530" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SN8ce0ghsaI/AAAAAAAAB80/xMlTvxko6EQ/s400/2006101102610201.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />
I managed to get pass by a friend wearing INFORMAL dress (incase of not wearing dhothi and pagdi or kurta pyjama) but just a newly brought Pepe tees. It was 10 pm and the drum roll  already started and people warming up for the bash. For first half an hour, i was chatting with my friends and known passer bys later they started distributing dandiya sticks and it was a complete mess that everyone is rushing out to fetch one, it was like i used to get tickets for Rajinkanth film&#8230;lol Although this is not a big deal for me as i am well experienced(first day first show movie freak) to get pairs of sticks.</p>
<p>The event started by we (the boys) forming the outer circle and the girls (inner circle). This time i was completely disappointed as there was no-coperation between girls. i should teach them some time&#8230;yeah really some even started hitting my hands instead of my sticks. We got fed up completely and quit ourself out of circle by forming a group among ourselves. its kind of swapping places while dancing and tried to attract public.. he he lol.. don&#8217;t look at me it was not my idea.</p>
<p>The dandiya got over by 1.30 pm and i almost forgot that i was standing idle for half an hour coz i was oogling at the girls over there&#8230;&#8230;:-) I met many of my college mates as they were one of the organizers and not even a single girl frm my college. In the mean time, i tried to interpret frequencies of many girls, some are modulating well and responsed back while some are still using analogue wave while mine is digital.. i hope u can understand about what i am talking. The last part was a bumper lucky draw which ended with selection of some lucky members. Around 1.45 pm it was raining outside but myself and my friend sagar managed to get home by 2 pm yeah just 15 mins&#8230;</p>
<p>So saturday nite was over&#8230;.and today is sunday&#8230;i want to kill time.. any ideas&#8230;?</p>
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		<title>chocolate pyramid&#8230;yummy!</title>
		<link>http://www.sankaranand.com/blog/2008/09/chocolate-pyramidyummy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[after two weeks, i started going to GYM today.. well the problem is if you stop doing exercise then your body becomes weak day by day and lose all the pumped up shapes u have been striving hard before&#8230; Until august mid, i was a member of GOLD Gym which is well furnished and have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>after two weeks, i started going to GYM today.. well the problem is if you stop doing exercise then your body becomes weak day by day and lose all the pumped up shapes u have been striving hard before&#8230;</p>
<p>Until august mid, i was a member of GOLD Gym which is well furnished and have high tech machines and accessories with fully air conditioned, but to meet their demands they increased the monthly fee to 800 rupees per month which i simply cannot afford for it. So i joined power house this september which is 300 per month. yeah that&#8217;s afforadable! But the place is very warm, no air conditioner or even fans run very slow. Good place for people who wish to reduce fat but for body building its not the best. After going one week with a two weeks interval started going now.</p>
<p>my today&#8217;s excerise is for chest.. well i wanted to maintain a strict diet for my body but unfortunately what smells around neighbours kitchen fails me..</p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SNpqa_FgVnI/AAAAAAAAB78/IJ713A2NI5g/s1600-h/Image104.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249625327497401970" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 154px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SNpqa_FgVnI/AAAAAAAAB78/IJ713A2NI5g/s320/Image104.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Today my dad was not feeling well and mum asked me to buy a loaf of Garlic Bread from Hot Breads.. Well this is a good chance as i dont like taking bread for my dinner, i simply have a reason to fast tonight. With virtual imagination of people who have good abs running in my mind, i entered into hot breads and pulled the neatly packed garlic bread out of its case.</div>
<p>All of a sudden, my eyes turned over the neatly shaped up cake. its chocolaty and was in the shape of pyramid and thats why they named it as chocolate pyramid..each pyramid costs rs.38/-. i almost gave the garlic bread packet to the counter and checked it out&#8230; then suddenly something inside my mind wanted me to buy the chocolaty cake and so without thinking about my diet plan, my hand was pointing over the cake.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SNpquS4HW-I/AAAAAAAAB8E/SQ3FSUrcs1Q/s1600-h/Image106.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249625659227462626" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SNpquS4HW-I/AAAAAAAAB8E/SQ3FSUrcs1Q/s200/Image106.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SNprHsZtHXI/AAAAAAAAB8M/WeGSa-LWwa0/s1600-h/Image108.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249626095575965042" style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XkWamI24xDo/SNprHsZtHXI/AAAAAAAAB8M/WeGSa-LWwa0/s200/Image108.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Since its 9.20 pm and mum would be waiting for me, i rushed up passing huge traffic and taking shortcuts.. well after reaching home, i wondered that i left the chocolate pyramid in Hot breads! Then handover the Garlic bread, took my bike again from my garage and rushed to the same spot.. Thank god the waiter for waiting with my choco neatly packed&#8230; gave him a smile, said thanks and was rushing again in the same shortcut route..</p>
<p>atlast opened up the fresh pack, removed the cover enlcosed over the cake, and almost i cannot handle the cake coz its more fragile than i ever thought.. that much soft&#8230;its very tasty and yum&#8230;yummyyy..hmmm</p>
<p>Ok enough, i can smell the gas buring from your stomach&#8230;ha ha.. and with a glass of milk my dinner is over hurray&#8230; to tense you all i posted the pic of cake&#8230; enjoy watching it..</p>
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		<title>8 random facts about me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tagging game has been highly influenced by bloggers especially personal bloggers as I have been tagged by Shankar Ganesh and RishiRaj who made me reveal some random facts about me. I am inspired by technology: It all started when I was in sixth grade during 1999 I created my first email address with usa.net [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This tagging game has been highly influenced by bloggers especially personal bloggers as I have been tagged by <a href="http://blog.shankarganesh.com/2007/07/13/8-random-facts-about-me/"><strong>Shankar Ganesh</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.rishiraj.info/2007/07/14/8-random-facts-about-me/"><strong>RishiRaj</strong></a> who made me reveal some random facts about me.</p>
<p><strong>I am inspired by technology:</strong></p>
<p>It all started when I was in sixth grade <strong>during 1999 I created my first email address</strong> with usa.net which is known to be the turning back of my life thus changing my attention and focus towards computer, internet and technology. I am very much inspired about technology and can’t live up without it. Since i love technology i am doing my engineering in information technology.</p>
<p><strong>I am basically a gadget freak:</strong></p>
<p>Whether it’s a personal gadget or any kind I love to have cool gadgets, wanted to try, use and own them whenever something comes new. Gadgets usually make our life easier and flexible. Currently I own nokia 6680, Nikon 6 mp DSC and USB flash drive with mp3 player.</p>
<p><strong>I love music:</strong></p>
<p>Never concerning about the genre I love all kind of music especially when it is composed by my legend A.R Rahman. Music keeps my life cool and relieves my stress and mental tension.</p>
<p><strong>Regular Chat and snack Eater:</strong></p>
<p>One thing I won’t miss in life is eating all kind of chats and snacks. Some of my favourites are Pani Puri, Masala Puri, Bhel puri, Dabeli, Mushroom Bonda and soup, Onion and Banana Bajji and Bengali sweets. If you want to try these then visit my place.</p>
<p><strong>Freaking outside:</strong></p>
<p>It’s usual for boys to freak out and roam and so the syndrome has impacted me to freak out. Generally we don’t know where we are going to or just passing our way and stopping some where.</p>
<p><strong>No girlfriends!</strong></p>
<p>Yep, it’s true I don’t have girl friends* (someone special) although I do have friends who are girls but I don’t want to waste money and time for them! What do you say guys?  But I ogle at nice and beautiful girls …lol</p>
<p><strong>Being open:</strong></p>
<p>I don’t want to hide anything in my mind or in heart, whether it’s sensitive or not I’d always be frank to tell what I think about them and what I wanted to say.</p>
<p><strong>I love animals:</strong></p>
<p>Basically some like animals at zoo some don’t but I love them. I think animals are just like a neighbor if you are kind to them then they do so. I love dogs; I have a cute little doggie called Nancy (named after famous Nancy Drew). Basically I am a PETA member I hate people who are cruel to animals. I am a vegetarian from childhood.</p>
<p>And my tags for this posting are <strong><a href="http://blog.sapauljoseph.info/">Srinivasan Paul Joseph</a>, <a href="http://blogtalks.net/">Thilak</a>, <a href="http://www.reviewsaurus.com/">Mayank Gupta</a>,<a href="http://www.reviewsaurus.com/"> </a><a href="http://ihaochi.com/">Haochi</a> and <a href="http://www.technospot.net">Ashish Mohta</a></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to my blog!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Its celebration time since I crossed one year of blogging successfully. Success is not because of what I posted a whole year but factors that encouraged me to post continuously especially visitors, guests, friends who felt to leave their suggestions and comments in my blog. Actually my addiction towards blogging was from many great [...]]]></description>
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<p>Its celebration time since I crossed <strong>one year of blogging</strong> successfully. Success is not because of what I posted a whole year but factors that encouraged me to post continuously especially <strong>visitors, guests, friends</strong> who felt to leave their <strong>suggestions</strong> and <strong>comments</strong> in my blog. Actually my addiction towards blogging was from many great bloggers including my inspiration towards technology.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It all started during the <strong>mid of year 2006</strong> when I first established my technology forum called CESWAP which was sold later in the year, then after <strong>setting up my own hosted domain I decided to start a blog</strong>. During the initial stages of blogging, I used this platform only for my personal blogging like things happening around me and simply about myself but later on I thought of making it more useful then a personal blog without the influence of pro-blogging.<span>  </span>Here is the result of what I desired, although I placed some ads which help me motivate towards blogging and the motivation has been working well after I received <strong>my first check from Google Adsense</strong>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>My special thanks to <strong>Srinivasan Paul Joseph</strong> without whom this blog wouldn’t be standing here since he was providing me <strong>hosting, domain</strong> and all the <strong>support regard of technical and moral</strong>. He is one of my well wisher encouraging me in all aspects of technology. He is also one of my inspirations which I would like to reveal now.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mistakes are reports of your progress towards success if you haven’t done a mistake then it simply shows you ain’t progressing. Over a year of blogging, some of my posts might be <strong>useful,</strong> <strong>hateful or hurtful</strong> to someone or something.<span>  </span>I feel apologize and thank you for being a source of identifying my mistakes. <span> </span>Last year my first post was on <strong>july 07, 2006</strong> and now I am completing my final year of blog post i.e the current post on <strong>7/7/7 which I posted at 7.07 am today IST</strong>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks everyone for your support especially <strong><a href="http://blog.sapauljoseph.info/">Srinivasan Paul Joseph</a>, <a href="http://tech-buzz.net/">Thilak Raj</a>, <a href="http://blog.shankarganesh.com/">Shankar Ganesh</a>, <a href="http://rishiraj.info/">RishiRaj</a>, <a href="http://googlified.com/">Haochi</a>, <a href="http://labnol.blogspot.com">Amit Agarwal</a>, <a href="http://slashpd.typepad.com">Peter Dawson</a>, A<a href="http://ankurraheja.com/weblog/">nkur Raheja</a></strong><a href="http://ankurraheja.com/weblog/"> </a>and others who’s been sharing your suggestion.</p>
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		<title>Pierce your ear this summer as I did!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am already fed up with my study holidays with 10 days remaining for the university exams and the hot climate made my day very long and slow. So just for a change I thought of doing something different and as a result, i pierced my ear. The idea suddenly striked my mind that i [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://sankaranand.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/earpiercing.gif" title="earpiercing.gif" alt="earpiercing.gif" align="right" />I am already fed up with my study holidays with 10 days remaining for the university exams and the hot climate made my day very long and slow. So just for a change I thought of doing something different and as a result, i <strong>pierced my ear</strong>. The idea suddenly striked my mind that i should pierce ears.  <span></span>At last I started my bike, went to the nearest men’s parlor and pierced my ear.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Will it be really painful?</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>No! Not even a bit</strong>. With modern standards of ear piercing and its instrument you won’t even feel a bit pain while piercing. A special type of medicated gel is applied over the area to be pierced, which after a while makes the area insensitive. With an ear piercing instrument which looks like a gun, your ear will be <strong>pierced less than a second</strong> without feeling even a micro pain.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Why should you pierce your ear?</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">World is changing everywhere and so do you, with the <strong>change in modern history</strong> and <strong>social attitude</strong> why don’t switch yourself? <strong>Fashion is not permanent</strong> which means you don’t have to worry about your ear. Some see the practice as a form of artistic or self-expression. Others choose to be pierced as a form of sexual expression, or to increase sexual sensitivity. I am not forcing you into other body piercing while ear piercing is just a trendy way to show you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Will other bother about your ear being pierced?</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Who cares about others? It’s all <strong>your personal attitude and interest</strong>. Personal attitudes vary actually because some regard the practice of piercing or of being pierced as spiritual but I pierced for modern primitive.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Still waiting for your <strong>parent’s permission</strong>? Ok here is a Satan’s advice to pierce first and show your parents second like I did.<o :p></o><o :p><br />
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		<title>Am I a blogger or designer or something else?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some times you don’t have a subject or idea to blog about. Don’t you? Well it’s all because we don’t set our time to search for an interesting story.  My blog has been inactive because I don’t usually set my time to search for a useful or interesting story, maybe to post mine. I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some times you don’t have a subject or idea to blog about. Don’t you? Well it’s all<img src="http://sankaranand.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/whatchanges.gif" title="whatchanges.gif" alt="whatchanges.gif" align="right" /> because we don’t set our time to search for an interesting story.<span>  </span>My blog has been inactive because I don’t usually set my time to search for a useful or interesting story, maybe to post mine. I am not a pro-blogger but I don’t like my blog indexing others story so I avoid that news middle man kind of post most of time. People always welcome unique and interesting posts which are hard to post regularly.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But sometimes I fear of losing my blog page rank and feed readers, which induces one to post something. <span> </span>A technological blog posts any news related to technology keeping the fact that there are new news on this category every second. Best example is DIGG even though my blog is not categorized as single genres I still don’t have any interesting posts. <span> </span>Well there are some who are of monkey blogging type posting anything that covers their mind; excepting all cases I still cannot concentrate my mind on blogging. Day by day I am losing my pressure due to increased work pressure both in college and other activities. Loads of projects are dumped in my to-do list but I cannot set the initial point to start the correct work. Life is all about how you organize your time and giving priority to your works.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Generally in my experience what I learned is we have to classify our activities based on the priority and assign the time according to it. 24 hours a day is not extendable and everyone knows it. The mistake I committed is saying YES to all the offers that knocked my door. Never minding the type of work, I used to accept the offer but soon I realized that it’s completely wrong. Everyone has their own talent but people do not tend to realize it properly. Say for example if you challenge with your mates for a cook then to their surprise and yours, the food you’re cooking was delicious which made them mouth watering. In this case you are not goanna change your current profession to a cook since you cooked well. <span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Likewise came this blogging along, some say me as a good graphics designer, some accept me as a computer expert while some part express me as a blogger. Which is my profession? How to find which is better for me? When some people still not able to get through in which they are talented I am confused out of which field I am talented! <span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please comment me your suggestions! Can I blog? Am I a good blogger?</p>
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		<title>300 the film</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  After seeing 300 film today, it came to my mind to write a short review about the film overall from my view. I never expected this movie to be this much superb actually, I thought the movie was kind of legendry fighting like in Gladiator, Alexander where the movie is fully focused on the [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After seeing <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29">300</a></strong> film today, it came to my mind to write a short review about the film overall from my view. I never expected this movie to be this <strong>much superb</strong> actually, I thought the movie was kind of legendry fighting like in <strong>Gladiator, Alexander</strong> where the movie is fully focused on the leader only whereas people don’t care about the soldiers but to my surprise this is not that kind, here <strong>300 soldiers</strong> are the role models about how they strived hard to fight their enemy etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>300 the movie</strong> is actually the adaption of a novel called <strong>300</strong> which is inspired based on the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae" title="Battle of Thermopylae">Battle of Thermopylae</a></strong>. This battle has some unique things to note about that according to Wikipedia “the <strong>Battle of Thermopylae</strong> of <strong>480</strong> BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history&#8217;s most famous last stands.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So the total numbers of soldier for the <strong>Spartans were only 300</strong> who fought against the Achaemenid Persia containing <strong>60,000 &#8211; 300,000</strong>. It is highly impossible to tackle that much soldiers just by having <strong>300</strong> on your side but this film has made you proved how it is possible.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also one thing to be noted in this film is that one cannot win the battle just by having an highest number of soldiers until make sure they are efficient. <span> </span>There is no word about <strong>visual FX</strong> which has played a very big role than the artists.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>CBFC India</strong> has rated this movie as <strong>A</strong>, so it is recommend for children and pregnant ladies to avoid watching this movie since it contains explicit violent. <span> </span>My overall verdict is that this film is completely new and superb with high end visuals which will surely enrich your entertainment.</p>
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		<title>What i did with my new camera !</title>
		<link>http://www.sankaranand.com/blog/2007/03/things-i-did-with-my-camera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was last week that my brother ordered a new digital camera Nikon Coolpix S9 with 6.1 mega pixels. We ordered it via Sify Online mall which costs around 10k in Indian rupees. The camera is really a worth piece when I added 1GB SD card that costs another 1.5k. Although I am not an [...]]]></description>
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<p>It was last week that my brother ordered a new digital camera <strong>Nikon Coolpix S9</strong> with <strong>6.1</strong> mega pixels. We ordered it via Sify Online mall which costs around 10k in Indian rupees. The camera is really a worth piece when I added 1GB SD card that costs another 1.5k. Although I am not an expert in photography I have <strong>passionate</strong> to take photos.</p>
<p>This gadget has all the features that simulate the photo taken and makes your look like it was taken by an expert photographer.  From one touch portrait to automatic red eye corrector with various modes for different occasions.</p>
<p>As the first part of trying this camera I took some snaps <a href="http://photos.sankaranand.com" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. To store these photos online I brought a pro account for <strong>$24</strong> in <strong><a href="http://flickr.com" target="_blank">Flickr</a></strong> (A yahoo company) which is one of my favorite photo sharing sites.</p>
<p>I like photography very much and <strong>fanatical</strong> with it since childhood. Especially when you see something beautiful and if you want to reproduce that vista then the only way is to take a photograph of it. Actually a picture says 1000 words but nice photographs express more than that.</p>
<p>I am now working ion digitalizing all my past golden times via digital storage. We can return back to our past hood only when you see those photographs that capture the memories in it. So my kind request for everyone is whether you have hard copies of your old memories or under developed stage of negative rolls please scan it digitally and store it in secure place so that you can retrieve it whenever you want and it remains undestroyed.</p>
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		<title>A.R Rahman&#8217;s pray for United Nations [Video]</title>
		<link>http://www.sankaranand.com/blog/2007/03/ar-rahmans-pray-for-united-nations-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A.R Rahman does magic again after Vande Mataram now its UN Anthem. My music Legend A.R Rahman about whom I blog often, now gave me a chance to write about his recent magic which made me to unknowingly publicize, since I am affected by Rahmania (People addicted by Rahman’s Music). This post is about his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://sankaranand.com/images/rahman1.gif" align="left" /><strong>A.R Rahman</strong> does magic again after Vande Mataram now its <strong>UN Anthem</strong>.</p>
<p>My music Legend <strong>A.R Rahman</strong> about whom I blog often, now gave me a chance to write about his recent magic which made me to unknowingly publicize, since I am affected by <strong>Rahmania</strong> (People addicted by Rahman’s Music).</p>
<p>This post is about his <strong>“Pray for me Brother”</strong> Song dedicated to <strong>UN&#8217;s anthem</strong> for its <strong>Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign</strong>. According to A.R Rahman he strongly believed that Music had the power to change the lives of the people and I too agree that.</p>
<p>A report from <a href="http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&amp;aid=355952&amp;sid=ENT&amp;ssid=2" target="_blank"><strong>Zeenews</strong></a> says that Rahman has sung this song in english to indicate that statement from India for which english is choosed as best form of expression.</p>
<p>This is <strong>Rahman’s First English song</strong>, released by <strong>Universal Music</strong> that was shot in black and white by <strong>Bharatbala Production</strong> (Vande Mataram). This is the world&#8217;s first music video shot in the <strong>mobile cinemascope format</strong>. This song was written by <strong>Blaaze</strong> and composed by our legend.</p>
<blockquote><p> &#8220;Poverty and hunger have no religion or gender and this song is to inspire people to do a little bit about the world. We all believe in a creator and even a prayer can change things,&#8221; – <strong>A.R Rahman</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you personally feel that <strong>Music</strong> has the power to change the lives of people ? Are you agreeing to A.R rahman? ok Why don&#8217;t watch the video below and speak out your comment !</p>
<p>Watch the <strong>&#8220;Pray for me brother&#8221;</strong> Video in <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0JBzGhTtr4" target="_blank">YouTube</a></strong> | <a href="http://plus.telugustyle.com/2007/03/r-rahman-pray-for-me-brother-hi.html" target="_blank"><strong>Download</strong></a> |</p>
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		<title>You can meet me in WikiCamp at Chennai</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; I am going to Attend the unconference of Wikicamp, a one day event which is scheduled for the 25th of February at the Tidel Park, Chennai. I think the event will hopefully be interesting where all the participants might have a good time meeting new people all around the world. Actually it was Thilak [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://sankaranand.com/images/wikicamp%20copy.jpg" /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am going to Attend the unconference of <b>Wikicamp,</b> a one day event which is scheduled for the <b>25th of February</b> at the <b>Tidel Park, Chennai</b>. I think the event will hopefully be interesting where all the participants might have a good time meeting new people all around the world. Actually it was <a href="http://blogtalks.net/wikicamp-in-chennai-are-you-coming/"><b>Thilak</b></a> who forced me to come there and so i am. If any of you attending the event please let me know so that i can meet you there.</p>
<p>Actually <b>WikiCamp</b> is<br />
<blockquote>A one day event aimed to bring together the best minds from the Wiki/Internet space to talk about issues, opportunities and what the future and evolution of this valuable tool looks like.</p></blockquote>
<p><b>Registration</b> for the event is on the spot and it costs only <b>Rs.200</b>. If you are in <b>Pondicherry</b> and willing to come there do contact me i will accompany you. Some of the participants of <b>Pondicherry</b> are listed <b><a href="http://wikicamp.in/wiki/index.php?title=Participants#Pondicherry">here</a></b>. You can check out about other participants from your city there and also they have posted about the hotel accommodation details in their <a href="http://wikicamp.in/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page"><b>event</b></a> page.</p>
<p>Meet me there if you are attending, i am eager to meet you all.</p>
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		<title>Thank You Blog Readers for your support and Encouragement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today i am very happy that i received my Adsense Check from Google Inc. This is all because of your valuable support, encouragement and comments received from my valuable blog readers and friends. I promise you to deliver and continue to post some useful and interesting stuff in this blog like i did before with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><o :p=""></o>Today i am very happy that i received my <b>Adsense Check</b> from <b>Google Inc</b>. This is all because of your valuable support, encouragement and comments received from my valuable blog readers and friends.<br /> 
<p class="MsoNormal"> I promise you to deliver and continue to post some useful and <b>interesting stuff</b> in this blog like i did before with great expectations. Without support from readers like you, this blog could not have stood live. I am very privileged and grateful to <a href="http://sapauljoseph.info"><b>Srinivasan Paul Joseph</b></a> who came forward to <b>sponsor</b> me <b>hosting</b> and <b>domain name</b>. He is the one who is base support for all my technological activities. My lifetime debt to you my friend….<o :p=""> </p>
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<blockquote><p>One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>~Malayan Proverb</p></blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once Again thank you…..</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o :p="">&nbsp;</o><span style="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>&#8211; Sankar Anand</p>
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		<title>Mani Ratnam&#8217;s Guru Dialogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sankaranand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday i saw Guru in my local cineplex, i had no words to speak about the film expect one &#8220;Just go ahead and watch it&#8221;. This film is powered by A.R Rahman&#8217;s Music, Mani Ratnam&#8217;s Creativity and Abhishek Bachan&#8217;s Performance. All the three powers blended and mixed together actually.The highlights of the film are [...]]]></description>
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<p>Last Friday i saw <b>Guru</b> in my local cineplex, i had no words to speak about the film expect one <b>&#8220;Just go ahead and watch it&#8221;</b>.</p>
<p>This film is powered by <b>A.R Rahman&#8217;s Music, Mani Ratnam&#8217;s Creativity</b> and <b>Abhishek Bachan&#8217;s Performance</b>. All the three powers blended and mixed together actually.The highlights of the film are <b>Abhishek @ Gurubhai ka Dialogs</b>.. Each and every word is dashing and cool. Even inspirational,i don&#8217;t have doubt in it.</p>
<p>You can know more about the film <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_%282007_film%29">Guru </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_%282007_film%29">here</a></b>.</p>
<p>I Collected some of <b>Guru</b> (Abhishek Bachan) <b>Dialogs</b> which i hope you will surely like.</p>
<p>Below are those rocking words&#8230;</p>
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<i><b>There is a saying in our village<br />
if people say bad things about you.<br />
you must be doing something good.</p>
<p>if a law can be made in a day<br />
it can be changed in a day.</p>
<p>i only know one thing&#8230;<br />
there is only one person like<br />
me here&#8230; only one Guru.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t dream<br />
you will be stuck to your village<br />
all your life.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t fear the public.<br />
I am the public.</p>
<p>i don&#8217;t want to walk&#8230;<br />
i want to run.</b></i>
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<p>Hope you all Enjoy it&#8230;Also it would be helpful if someone posts me the Hindi version.</p>
<p>&nbsp;# Update Jan 23 | <a href="http://blog.sapauljoseph.info"><b>Srinivasan Paul Joseph</b></a> has greatly helped me in sorting out other beautiful dialogs in <b>Guru</b> Film. Check his contribution below:</p>
<blockquote><p><i><b>What’s wrong in dreaming big?</b></i>
<p>[When asked by the Judges why he’s not able to talk the previous day and today want to talk]
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<p><b><i>Yesterday you were saying about my crimes, today I want the Public know about them from my mouth</i></b></p>
<p>[When asked by the Judges how came he can speak now, in whole trial he was not able to talk loudly and whispers in his Wife’s ears]</p>
<p><b><i> I’m a Poor Merchant. My voice is my money and I wanted to save them.</i></b></p>
<p>[When asked by the Judges why he was breaking the law]</p>
<p><b><i> Fifty years before there is one man who broke every law and you still call him the Mahatma. Only when Rules are broken you will ever be able to do Revolutions. I learned that somebody wants beating while other wants money. I given beating to those who needed it and money to those who expected it. That’s all<br />
</i></b><br />
[After the Speech in Trial]</p>
<p><i><b> See? You’ve given me 5 minutes time. I’ve finished my speech within 4 and half minutes. Half minute is my Profit. This is my Business.</b></i>
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<p>And also he helped me to translate the dialogs in Tamil too:</p>
<blockquote><p>“எங்க கிராமத்துல ஒன்னு சொல்லுவாங்க, யாராச்சும் உன்னைக் குத்தம் சொன்னா நீ நல்லது பண்ணிக்கிட்டிருக்கன்னு தெரிஞ்சுக்க”</p>
<p>“ஒரே நாளில் சட்டம் உருவாக்கலாமுன்னா ஒரே நாளில் அதை உடைக்கவும் முடியும்”</p>
<p>“எனக்குத் தெரிஞ்சதெல்லாம் ஒன்னுதான், என்னை மாதிரி இங்கே இருப்பது ஒருத்தன்தான், அது குருதான்.”</p>
<p>“நீ கனவு காணலன்னா கிராமத்திலேயே வாழ்க்கை முழுசும் முடங்கிக்கிடக்கவேண்டியதுதான்”</p>
<p>(விசாரணையில்) “நான் மக்களைப் பார்த்து பயப்படவேண்டியதில்லை நான்தான் மக்கள்”</p>
<p>“நான் நடக்க விரும்பல, ஓட விரும்பறேன்”</p>
<p>“பெரிசா கனவு கான்றதுல என்ன தப்பு?”</p>
<p>(விசாரணையில் நேற்று பேசாமல் இன்று ஏன் பேச முயற்சி செய்கிறீர்கள் என்று கேட்டதற்கு) “நேத்து என்னோடு தப்புக்களைப் பற்றி நீங்க மட்டும்தான் பேசினீங்க. அது தப்பா இல்லையான்னு இன்னைக்கு நான் மக்களிடம் பேசனும்.”</p>
<p>(இதுவரை விசாரணையில் சத்தமாக பேச இயலாமல் தன்னுடைய மனைவியின் காதில் மெதுவாக சொல்லியே பேசியவருக்கு இன்று மட்டும் எப்படி பேசும் சக்தி வந்தது என்று கேட்டதற்கு) “நான் ஏழை வியாபாரிங்க, என்னுடைய குரல்தான் என்னுடைய சொத்து. அதை நான் சேமிக்க வேணாமா?”</p>
<p>(ஏன் நிறைய சட்டங்களை மீறினீர்கள் என்று கேட்டதற்கு) “ஐம்பது வருஷத்துக்கு முன்னாடி இருந்த ஒருத்தர் எல்லா சட்டங்களையும் உடைத்தார் அவரை இன்னிக்கும் மகாத்மான்னு சொல்றீங்க. சட்டங்களை உடைக்காமல் புரட்சிகள் செய்ய முடியாது. என்னிடம் சிலர் மிதித்தால்தான் வேலையாகும் என்றனர் சிலர் பணம் கொடுத்தால்தான் வேலையாகும் என்றனர். எங்கே உதைக்கனுமோ அங்கே உதைச்சேன் எங்கே பணம் கொடுக்கணுமோ அங்கே பணத்தாலடிச்சேன். இது தப்பா?”</p>
<p>(விசாரணையில் பேசி முடித்தபிறகு) “பார்த்தீங்களா? அஞ்சுநிமிஷம் பேச அனுமதி கொடுத்தீங்க நான் நாலரை நிமிஷத்துல பேசிமுடிச்சிட்டேன். அரை நிமிஷம் லாபம். இதுதான் என்னுடைய தொழில்.”
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<p>Thanks <a href="http://blog.sapauljoseph.info"><b>Srinivasan</b></a> for your additional contributions..</p>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Day to Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam referred to as the Missile Man of India , Current President of India celebrates his 76th birthday today. On this day, we must recognize this great man for his talent and intelligence. This blog post would remind you of this great mind and his vision towards India. Thinking is progress. Non-thinking [...]]]></description>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Kalam"><strong>Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam</strong></a> referred to as the Missile Man of India , Current President of India celebrates his 76th birthday today. On this day, we must recognize this great man for his talent and intelligence. This blog post would remind you of this great mind and his vision towards India.</p>
<blockquote><p>Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.</p>
<p>-<strong>Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>On seeing the personal life of Mr.Kalam he practices <a title="Vegetarianism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism">vegetarianism</a>, <a title="Teetotalism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teetotalism">teetotalism</a> and <a title="Celibacy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celibacy">celibacy</a>. Happy to know that he is a vegan like me. Kalam is a scholar of <a title="Tirukkural" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirukkural">Tirukkural</a>; in most of his speeches, he quotes at least one <a title="Kural" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kural"><em>kural</em></a>. He reads the <a title="Qur'an" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an">Qur&#8217;an</a> regularly and also the <a title="Bhagavad Gita" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>.</p>
<p>Because of his popularity among Indian Youths, MTV-India recently nominated him as one of the prospectives for its MTV India Youth Icon for the year 2006 Award. You can nominate him as MTV Youth Icon by sms. SMS ICON APJ to 6882. Read <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_2020">IndiaVision</a> 2020 a book based on vision for the New Millennium by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday when i was searching for my legend A.R Rahman&#8217;s videos in youtube, i just found out an INCREDIBLE video of A.R Rahman based on National Integration and production by Bharat Bala. Just Watch the below video of Jana Gana Mana by array of various artists including A.R Rahman in the central attraction. Doesn&#8217;t matter [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday when i was searching for my legend A.R Rahman&#8217;s videos in youtube, i just found out an INCREDIBLE video of <strong>A.R Rahman</strong> based on National Integration and production by Bharat Bala. Just Watch the below video of <strong>Jana Gana Mana</strong> by array of various artists including A.R Rahman in the central attraction.</p>
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<p>Doesn&#8217;t matter if you have the spirit in you, but watching this video would surely make you feel proud about being an Indian. Well huh the first reason why i posted this video is since A.R Rahman is related to it and secondly its a Bharat Bala productions. If you like Maa Tujhe Salam Album then you would surely like this video&#8230; waiting eagerly for your comments on this video and A.R Rahman.</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftD3gDA-5S0"><strong>YouTube</strong></a> | Copyrights: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbp.co.in"><strong>BharatBala Productions</strong></a>.</p>
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		<title>A gift from my old Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humar Bake, one of my oldest and best friend who was once a goldsmith does all kind of jewellery works. He doesnt even know about computers or i am the one who induced him about the internet and its background. Before 4 years he got married to a french nationality girl and by the french [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Humar Bake, one of my oldest and best friend who was once a goldsmith does all kind of jewellery works. He doesnt even know about computers or i am the one who induced him about the internet and its background.</p>
<p><img align="right" src="http://www.dropfiles.net/filez/3343/340x250_audiokey_classic_hdc_front_open.jpg" />Before 4 years he got married to a french nationality girl and by the french law he too became a citizen. Since he was a goldsmith by professional, he feared a little regarding his future in france. On his arrival he did a diploma course in paris on hardware and began to work as hardware mechanic. The main postive part is that he knows french well and that boosted his work function. i never expected that he would become an hardware mechanic since switching a profession isn&#8217;t that easy and through from goldsmith to computer field. Yesterday he came back to India and visited my home. He presented me this Flash cum Mp3 Player which can store 250 mb of data and music.</p>
<p>He could open a dell laptop in just a minute and thats what people say it as skill, for your reference he studied only upto 8th standard. Even if i go over there, i would surely feel a little harder since all the progs will be in french, although i know french i feel little bitter. After accepting his gift with a smiling face, i just rushed to try it and connected it in my system.</p>
<p>With some eagerness i just erased the firmware and the drive can no more play any songs until it is restored. Uhh&#8230; Huh and in other side sometimes the drive messes up because i dont have usb 2.0 so i logged in my friend&#8217;s computer and restored the firmware. Atlast its works cool, thanks to packardbell.com for thier support and downloads.</p>
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		<title>The Series of Love and Dating in my College.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 5 years i could see a very fast development in India not mentioning the Economic side but lifestyle of indians. When we talk about cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai activities like dating etc been very familiar especially with teens and youths. You could even see teens who in the age [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.dropfiles.net/filez/3343/love-heart%20copy.gif" />For the past 5 years i could see a very fast development in India not mentioning the Economic side but lifestyle of indians. When we talk about cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai activities like dating etc been very familiar especially with teens and youths. You could even see teens who in the age range of 14-18 hang around the corners of lal-bagh park in bangalore, seem to date regurarly. But when comparing all this metro-city styles, the news about my college wont make you feel about anything big&#8230;</p>
<p>From my childhood i&#8217;ve studied in co-educational institutions and that make no sense of feeling for talking with girls.. or do i really need one to date with but when comparing others in college, its only been a week since our college started and i could see some of my friends proposed their love. That sounds funny, but in other side it may seriously hurt their education since a love that arised in a week must only be an infacutation and not the true love.</p>
<p>Most of the Girls are beautiful in my college except my class, thats a very disappointment and the pharse below comes true in my case.</p>
<blockquote><p>99% of all Girls are beautiful the remaining 1% are not in my college but in my class</p></blockquote>
<p>Well although i take wise decision before proposing or i dont have the need to but yet i feel like beautiful girls will boost my studies ! Confused on how they will boost my education ? Yeah its a simple logic, when you are surrounded by beautiful girls, you  dont want to give up in any thing, stuffs and things we do to impress them turn to be creative, on other side and we always wanted to make ourself big before them which induces me to study well before them.</p>
<p>Usually its hard to say that you won&#8217;t fall in love, i mean its easy to say but  following it usually depends on some factors. Maybe i have not yet falled in .. i want your comments on it&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Stress and Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World seem like dark for me since i am inactive for many days in blogging and all other outer activities. The main reason is my college life and its stress. Generally College life are most valuable moments but the course i read and my future doesn&#8217;t welcome that kinda of enjoyment. Its been more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.dropfiles.net/filez/3343/stress.jpg" />The World seem like dark for me since i am inactive for many days in blogging and all other outer activities. The main reason is my college life and its stress. Generally College life are most valuable moments but the course i read and my future doesn&#8217;t welcome that kinda of enjoyment.</p>
<p>Its been more than a week since i joined the college actually my course is a professional degree and so i have some restrictions in dress code. They force me to dress like a CEO or GM, wants to change my attitude and lifestyle. The main reason i choose B.Tech Information Technology is because i want to be placed in field of computers and i&#8217;m loven it.</p>
<p>But unforunately my expectations are not welcomed in first year but maybe in second year. Since First year will be general for all the departments and i have to study Engineering Physics, Engineering Maths, Engineering Chemistry, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Computer Programming, Material Science, Basic Civil Engineering, Engineering Drawing and Graphics, Technical English, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Communication Engineering.</p>
<p>So i need to concentrate more on my first year to prevent from keeping any arrears.. my next post is about our college girls&#8230;.</p>
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