Greens

Have been on a trip to shimla, one of the famous hill station in India near Delhi. My God !! Now a days the tourists spots are so commercialised that hill station instead of looking green was looking white with buildings everywhere. The above picture shows the glimpse of shimla.

Everywhere I could see the hoardings of Green technology, Green buildings etc. Why to unnecessarily destroy the greenery around and then work hard to come up with green technologies / buildings for Eco balance ? Didn't get the logic. If any one you get it, do write to me please.

Elections

We have thousands of software companies in our country. Some of them work for foreign companies and their projects. Some of them do back office for banking sectors. Some of them do government projects. Some of them come up with new innovative digital products.
But why it hasn't striked for a single company or government to make this election process fully digital? Having an electronic voting machine doesn't mean that the full election process is made digital.
I can easily accept the usage of loads and loads of papers, given that they conduct a flawless election. But in the recent election in our place, there was chaos in many of the election booths. You know what the reason is; many people's names were missing in the lists available in the polling booth. Though the people had their voting identity card and other proof with them, they weren't allowed to vote. Many got back to their home frustrated. According to the information from Times of India, A polling agent has revealed that the list given to them was in complete disorder. The list for people to vote in one polling booth is incomplete while these left out names are in another polling booth's list. They have been sending away people to other polling centre.
Why such chaos? Is it not possible to have a centralized database for the country or at least for each state? Isn't it possible to load people's finger prints as their identity in those databases? Is it not possible to add a sensor to the existing voting machine to recognize the finger prints and allow the people to vote? If these could be implemented
we can avoid all these confusions on the day of election
we can have the increased voting percentage in the country
we can reduce the big queue formations we can avoid the forgeries
But how much will this cost the country to implement such a kind of setup for election. Even if it is huge, it’s a onetime cost. Isn't it ? They are not going to spend it every year. After all maintaining the database of fingerprints will be the regular cost for the government. But that's worth the benefits out of it. What you all have to say on my suggestions. Feel free to tell me. May be our thoughts will help our future generations one day.

Mum @ work

Most city women are expected to juggle corporate and family life. Making the transition from home to work is not always easy. Here are some tips which I read recently in a mother's day special journal. It may interest the new mothers in my reader's list.
Let go of the guilt. Returning to work often poses emotional conflicts for new mothers. But working outside the home doesn't make you a bad mother. And its all right to look forward to the challenges and interactions of your job.
Find dependable child care. Look for a safe, stimulating environment and qualified care-givers. When things are taken care of on the personal front, you will be able to give it your best at work.
Talk to your boss. Clarify your job duties and schedule so you will know what's expected out of you after your maternity leave. You might ask for flexi hours or telecommuting etc.
Once you are at work stay connected. Plan a daily phone call to your baby's child-care centre to find out how your baby is doing. Set aside time to connect with your baby.
Make backup plans. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Know what you will do if your baby is sick or there's no one to take care of your child at the last minute. You can opt for work from home until the problem is solved. Most of the company supports work from home now a days.
Nurture your own well being. It’s important to unwind with a favorite book or soft music. Cut down on any unnecessary commitments. On weekends, sleep when your baby sleeps.
Maintain a positive attitude. Tell your baby how excited you are to see him or her at the end of the day. Your baby may not understand your words, but he or she will pick up on your emotions.

My recent hand work

How is it looking ? Its for my new born niece. It gives more happiness when you yourself make/create the gifts for your loved ones, instead of buying, hai na ?

Tata - The Great

Here comes the next super duper product of Tata. It was in headlines that Tata offers houses at 4 lakh in Boisar, near Bombay, India. "Shubh griha" project would offer 1,200 houses under this scheme. A person booking the house can do so by paying Rs 10,000 and the list of winners would be decided through a random selection process or lottery. Similar to Nano offer. A flat near Bombay for four to six lakh rupees is unbelievable news. Think this offer on houses by Tata should be included in Ripley’s Believe it or not. Just an advance to a rental house in Bombay is more than 5 lakhs rupees for a single bedroom apartment. This is not just an online fact. I have my friends living in Bombay and paid around 10 lakhs for a double bedroom flat and a month rental of 40,000 rupees that too for a house which is quite far from the city. Of course the company lets out these kinds of offers through government subsidies. But still couldn’t arrive at a logical strategy on how this company will gain profit given the market rate in the nearby area in Bombay?

Nano

It’s not about Nano technology I am speaking about; it’s the "Nano" car from Tata group in India. Recent news says that there have been more than 50,000 bookings in the past 20 days, for this car which is yet to hit the market. They deliver a car for around 2000 to 2700 dollars with power steering, air-conditioning and central locking. Do they compromise in the quality? Huh? I don’t know. But the look of the car and the features sounds great for a basic four wheeler. Now I am really curious to drive both this nano and a real Benz/BMW to feel their cost and luxury difference. I am sure I will easily experience the first soon but not sure of the lateral. Let’s see. After all "Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended".

Kamal Haasan

You will surely know Kamal Haasan if you have ever seen Indian movies especially south Indian movies. He is an Indian film actor, film maker, script writer, singer, lyricist, choreographer and a director. A versatile person!! My favorite actor too. I love all his movies to be specific all his movies since 2000. All of them have some good message with awesome actions and comedies. "Anbe sivam" a mentionable one. An impeccable acting. And so the films kurudhi punal and Nayagan. I would have seen those two movies 100 times. Most of his movies worth watching many a times. Puzzled why am I suddenly writing about Kamal Haasan? Well, I happened to watch one of his comical movies "Michael madhana kamarajan” today. Believe it or not the whole three hours went like a minute. I couldn’t stop laughing for the whole movie. All time comedy. Don’t think I am a big movie buff. Actually not. But a great fan of kamal. So never miss his movies specially.