Poor little bad guy

I'm reminded of richie rich when I write this but would like to make an exception - never been rich so the term poor little rich guyu does not apply. To make a distinction - Bad guy.... sort of Oxymoron...
Was reading my friend Kini's blog on family - not literate enough in HTML to put the tag - its ritzkini.blogspot.com - kinds reminded me of my cousins... but then to narrate my story would be called plagiarism...

Kahaani mein twist - To start with - Tam Bram - not a care in the world - bought up in esteemed brahmin traditions - and would relate better to Thayir Saatham than Pizza - not that I complained - Thayir Saatham became a cannot live without food for me and again not complaining.

Now - Burgers - Alcohol - whoa - where did the Tam Bram go ? but again not that I complain!!!!

Leads me to a different track all together from where I started from - have to polish my blogging skills - coming back to family - Kini forgive me if some of it sounds familiar - but like in the movies - ' Naan Solvatthellam unmai , unmaiyai thavira vaer ethuvum illai'

A family of about 7 cousins and we all grew up about 5 minutes from each others homes - of course there was the age difference but still the windowpanes and shins breaking still applied. Other than that there was the friend circle where had our adventures and used to drive people wild with something or the other - and especially Diwali was a time of high alert for the entire Khandaan!!!
*wild is to be construed as something that kids do and not as adults , I would like to make that classification right away to avoid misconceptions!! Like how wild do yu think a Tam Bram can get - not much by any means of imagination

Also suddenly you realize your moral fibre and go calling on your cousins- Kini it happens - atleast your calling rates are cheaper!!! I ran out of money calling up from Seattle and now its come down that I am back in India.

Anyway I think I lost track of what I wanted to say - better compose it in a separate post and sen it out later- till then I have a business requirement to document and that unfortunately pays for my food and this does not!!

Chennaizombie

One Night @ the call center

Amazing book by Chetan Bhagat. Some things are super cool but I am not too sure at the end if he was referring to 'God' as a factor which makes people buy his books by reading the paperback or merely refers to 'God' as your internal voice.

Also some of the people you can relate to but am not too sure if you have to be working at a call center to be able to relate to one of them.

This might sound too religious / altruistic but the book was kinda nice and makes you think about listening to yourself.... but does everyone else ? and how should one react to the inner voice?

Sort of book review and kinds bored at work and hence the blogs....

Chennaizombie

To BE or not to BE

This is the question going on in the minds of scores of students in Chennai. But I would blame the AICTE for the same. How were these colleges allowed to participate in the counselling if they were not AICTE approved.

Questions the AICTE has to answer:
1. How did they suddenly realize after 4 years that these colleges did not have AICTE approval ? - did the supreme being come in the AICTE CHairman's dreams and asked him to act on it?
2. How did they turn a blind eye to this for 4 years?
3. What about the students who have passed out of these 'DEEMED' universities for the past 4 years ? those who hold good jobs , those who have gone for higher studies?

Questions the college management should answer:
1. How did they get their feet into the counselling?
2. Parties involved - politicians , ministers .. the list I am sure will go on...

Questions the government should answer:
1. What was the education ministry doing - plucking berries? and sitting pretty?
2. The government being the same when deemed university status was given , the usual conspiracy theory of the previous government did this will not hold.
3. With elections expected soon - what are they going to do ?
4. Will there be any legislation against such offenders - both the AICTE and the college management?

Ultimately it is the students who stand to lose , the solution arrived at will most likely be a temporary one and also will not be a satisfactory one I am sure.

I agree that I too passed out of a 'Madras University' college about 4 years ago - thankfully I should say.
Hard time especially for the students in their final year.

Chennaizombie