India Shining

Remember, this was the election campaign tag of BJP. I do not know whether India was really shining during that time. However, I can say that per capita income of the country is raising. Let me substantiate.

I had been to thirumala this weekend though I knew this was a bad time to plan the trip especially knowing the formation of LPA over camorin which is the cause of cyclonic storm Phyan. This made me feel that we can have quicker dharshan. However, I was absolutely wrong. Phyan or katrina, people will always be there.

We did not want to risk ourselves standing in the normal dharshan queue waiting for hours to get dharshan. And for those people like us, they have Seegra (speical) dharshan queue which was obviously costlier than normal. So we got tickets and entered the seegra dharshan. To our horror, there was a huge toll of people standing in the same queue that I went back and confirmed with security that this is indeed special dharshan queue.

We waited for half an hour and the queue started moving slowly. When we were finding it difficult to take a step, some 5 people started running in the adjecent pathway. And the pathway is nothing but normal dharshan.Surprisingly the same thing happened at thiruchaanoor, kalahasthi and thiruthani.

India is shining. Time is money and people are ready to fritter for want of more time. its nothing wrong with this mentality. However, its an issue when all people think alike.

So whats the way out for this???

Mystry behind a country's recession

March of 2009 is not going good for this country's economy. There has been a big slump in the profit of many goods across the county. To start with, San Andesito looks deserted. A deep slump in sales has been reported there. Unilago has been indefinitely closed due to heavy loss incurred during march.
There was also a marginal decrease in the profit of transmillinea across the city. Coffee production has been totally suspended in the World's best-coffee production house. People are sleeping at Emerald Trade centre. No transactions are taking place at Ban Colombia, Citibank, and the Cambios. Rothello, Luna, Cuarto piso are closed for some time. There is a big drop in profit for MacD also.

The president is baffled by the sudden drop in Economy that he ordered a consultation with Merrillynch and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

No reason could be found behind this mystery. The only thing that they were able to deduce after a month long analysis is that 30 foreigners had left Colombia two months back.

The Mystery still Continues...

Behind the scenes of my First onsite trip

The flight's at 6:25 PM and I was on my way to the airport. It was my first flight journey and I can feel the enthusiasm and fear inside my stomach. I had never been to mumbai and all through my travel to the airport, thoughts and plans prevailed in my mind as to how I am going to pass the three days in a big city where I am not much used to the language and culture.

I got down from the taxi and reached airport when all of a sudden I got a call from my project manager. Is he calling me back because of some defect in my module ? Is he going to cancel my trip?

PM : Karthik, are you in the airport ?
Me : yes
PM : okie. You are going to travel to colombia.Give me your passport number.
Me : me ? well..actually..
PM : no second thoughts. Its a very big project and great oppurtunity..blah..blah..blah..

And finally I boarded the flight. And for the next three days, thoughts and plans prevailed my mind as to how I am going to pass the days in a remote unknown country where I was never used to the language and the culture.