Thursday, April 30, 2009

moral story ..change ur perspective


At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its


dedicated staff, he offered a question:


'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.


Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.


Where is the natural order of things in my son?'


The audience was stilled by the query.


The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'


Then he told the following story:


Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.


I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting


much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'


Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.


In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.


In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.


In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again..


Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.


At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?


Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.


However, as Shay stepped up to the


plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.


The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.


The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.


As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.


The game would now be over.


The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.


Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.


Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates.


Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first!


Run to first!'


Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.


He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.


Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'


Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.


B y the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball . the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.


He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.


Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.


All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay'


Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third!


Shay, run to third!'


As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'


Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team


'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.


Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

YENI..competition for nano




ENJOY the beautiful car!
Don't hurry for Nano; one more beautiful car is on its way to India ..!

Make: RENAULT

Model:
YENI...

Apprx. Cost: Rs.1,30,000

This car will be launched in India in collaboration
with Mahindra.






Thursday, April 23, 2009

Laksha Gala Sankeertanarchana - silicon andhra - annamacharya

satyam 2 axe jobs..tech mahindra

Tech Mahindra, the new owner of scandal hit Satyam Computer Services, is set to axe jobs at the beleagured IT firm to make it a viable business entity.

“Adjustments will be made within a month to trim costs”, A S Murty, Satyam’s chief executive officeris understood to have told his employees on Monday, shortly after Anand Mahindra, VC & MD, Mahindra Group & Chairman, Tech Mahindra addressed over 20,500 employees in the firm.

Satyam has a work force of 48,000 of which 80% are off shore employees and the remaining 20% are on-site workers. The immediate casualties could be workforce on the bench, besides employees doing support functions. An estimated 12,000 employees are on the bench. Key customer facing employees will, however, be retained, said a person privy to the transition plan.

Anand Mahindra also did some plain speaking, though he made no reference to lay-offs, said an employee present at his maiden address at Satyam’s corporate headquarters in Hyderabad.

"We will take a decision on whether or not to re-brand Satyam in a few weeks. Tech Mahindra will also look at a merger of the beleagured IT firm few years down the line, Anand Mahindra is understood to have said. An immediate merger is ruled out as per the terms and conditions of the sale agreement.

Satyam will have a new chief financial officer. “The CFO would be a person with financial excellence and leadership”, said Anand Mahindra. The CFO’s post fell vacant after Srinivas Vadlamni, the earlier CFO who was charged with conniving with the firms disgraced founder B Ramalinga Raju in the fraud, quit.

The Pune based IT services company Tech Mahindra has agreed to pay Rs 58 per share to take management control over Satyam.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

coco cola sales man

A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment.

A friend asked, "Why weren't you successful with the Arabs?"

The salesman explained, "When I got posted in the Middle East, I was very confident that I will makes a good sales pitch as Cola is virtually unknown there. But, I had a problem I didn't know to speak Arabic. So, I planned to convey the message through 3 posters...

First poster, a man crawling through the hot desert sand... Totally exhausted and panting. Second poster, the man is drinking our Cola and Third, our man is now totally refreshed. Then these posters were pasted all over the place"

"That should have worked," said the friend.

The salesman replied, " Well, not only did I not speak Arabic, I also didn't realise that Arabs Read from Right to Left..."

Nuns story.


There were two nuns..


One of them was known as Sister Mathematical
(SM),

and the other one was known as Sister Logical
(SL)..

It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.


SM:
Have you noticed that a man has been following us for The past thirty-eight and a half minutes? I wonder what he wants.

SL:
It's logical. He wants to rape us.

SM:
Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most! What can we do?

SL:
The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.

SM:
It's not working..

SL:
Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.

SM
: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute.

SL:
The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.

So the man decided to follow
Sister Logical.



Sister Mathematical
arrives at the convent and is worried about what has happened to Sister Logical.

Then
Sister Logical arrives.

SM:
Sister Logical! Thank God you are here!
Tell me what happened!


SL
: The only logical thing happened.
The man couldn't follow us both, so he followed me


SM
: Yes, yes! But what happened then?

SL
: The only logical thing happened. I started to run as fast as I could and he started to run as fast as he could.

SM
: And?

SL
: The only logical thing happened. He reached me.

SM
: Oh, dear! What did you do?

SL
: The only logical thing to do.
I lifted my dress up.


SM
: Oh, Sister! What did the man do?

SL
: The only logical thing to do.
He pulled down his pants.




SM:
Oh, no! What happened then?

SL
: Isn't it logical, Sister?
A nun with her dress up can run faster than man with his pants down.


And for those of you who thought it would be dirty,

eat your heart out hahahahaha


Tuesday, April 14, 2009

candles of hope










For all those who think they are clever !

Here is a puzzle for you

Imagine you are in Hwange. You have been tied hanging on a tree with
a rope anchored on the ground, a candle is slowly burning the rope,
and the lion is waiting for you to drop and be his lunch.



Your survival hinges on the rope staying intact, there is no one
around to help you. The only possible way is to somehow convince the
lion to BLOW the candle out. How do you do that?








Sing Happy Birthday.


Think and Vote! I vote for Lok Satta (Spare 3 mins to read this!!!!) ..by raviprakash

My dear good friend,

Please take some time to look at my message honoring Lok Satta.

At some point, we have dreamt of somebody comes and changes our political system, uproot corruption in the society, utilize available resources properly and take the country forward.

We have seen many leaders but all are the branches of the same tree. There are new parties introduced recently but look at the candidates in the party. Most of them are from the other parties and many of them are jumping Jacks. They still are carrying the same attitude and commitment.

Having experienced the difficulties in offices like RTO, MRO, Register Office, Revenue, Gas agencies, Electricity office, Traffic Police, tampering in Petrol bunks, Auto meters etc, I am sure you would have cursed our fate for being led by this kind of leaders.

I am sure that you have envisaged of Some One coming and changing our system/administration/rules/leaders.

Why do our villagers need freebies, Kg Rice @ Rs.2 and free current? Why don’t the Government help them in buying that stuff?

If the Government facilitates education to one member of a family, he/she can take care of his/her family. Instead of concentrating on such long-term developments, our lazy leaders are making people lazy by offering things for free.

All I request you to do is that, Think before whom you vote. He may be of your religion/caste, he may be your favorite hero, or your favorite hero’s brother … just ignore. Choose a person who can take our state/county ahead.

  • Compare the leaders who have hired helicopters in canvassing with JP who is taking help of our Trains.
  • Compare qualification and conduct of the nominated candidates of other parties with decent, middle-class and well-qualified one’s of Lok Satta.
  • Compare the media coverage of party’s movements. 24/7 coverage for silly decisions, stupid statements, rude actions of other parties with a 2X3 inch section published somewhere in the corner of last pages of the News paper.

So, Wakeup! Hurry! If not media, we take the responsibility of spreading his message. Let’s show the power of IT network.

One man has courageously stood up in reframing our Society. As individual, most of us can not even dare to think that. At least, we stand at him. We help him and be a part of this revolution. Let’s keep his hopes live. If we don’t do this, his spirits may plunge which is not a good sign. The Silence of good men is more dangerous than the brutality of Bad men - Martin Luther King

We are aware of the saying “Each vote counts”. When one vote can change the results of a poll, why can’t the same one vote helps Lok Satta win? So, chuck away the thought “How can only my vote helps LS win? Anyhow LS is not going to win”. Who knows!

We don’t need to do rallies, we don’t need to canvass, and we may not need to fund them. Just convince yourself, your friends and your family in voting for Lok Satta and be a part of this moment.

I decided to convince at least 1000 people in supporting Lok Satta. Can you convince at least 10 provided you are convinced?

Please remember to look at lok satta website. http://www.loksatta.org/ (No other political party has excelled with such a good design which shows their excellence)

Thanks for your time.

What to do when you are trapped in a lift??


We never know when and where accidents will happen to us OR people around us. Read on and hope this piece of information may help any of us when things do happen to ourself, our friends and our loved ones.
One day, while in a lift, it suddenly broke down and it was falling from level 13 at a fast speed. Fortunately, I remembered watching a TV program that taught you must quickly press all the buttons for all the levels.
Finally, the lift stopped at the 5th level.
When you are facing life and death situations, whatever decisions or actions you make decides your survival.
If you are caught in a lift breakdown, first thought in mind may be 'waiting to die'...
But after reading below, things will definitely be different the next time you are caught in a lift.
First - Quickly press all the different levels of buttons in the lift.
When the emergency electricity supply is being activated, it will stop the lift from falling further.
Second - Hold on tight to the handle (if there is any).
It is to support your position and prevent you from falling or getting hurt when you lost your balance.
Third - Lean your back and head against the wall forming a straight line.
Leaning against the wall is to use it as a support for your back/spine as protection.
Fourth - Bend your knees
Ligament is a flexible, connective tissue. Thus, the impact of fractured bones will be minimised during fall.
For everyone, do send out this piece of information to all!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

recesion story

Here is a story on recession written by an anonymous writer making rounds in internet. It enlightens many companies, businessmen and organizations. Is everybody badly affected by recession? Are many inviting recession voluntarily? The story throws light on that.
“A man once upon a time was selling Hotdogs by the roadside.
He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers.
He was hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio.
His eyes were weak, so he never watched television.
But enthusiastically, he sold lots of hotdogs.
He was smart enough to offer some attractive schemes to increase his sales.
His sales and profit went up.
He ordered more a more raw material and buns and use to sale more.
He recruited few more supporting staff to serve more customers.
He started offering home deliveries.
Eventually he got himself a bigger and better stove.
As his business was growing, the son, who had recently graduated from College, joined his father.
Then something strange happened.
The son asked, "Dad, aren't you aware of the great recession that is coming our way?"
The father replied, "No, but tell me about it."
The son said, "The international situation is terrible.
The domestic situation is even worse.
We should be prepared for the coming bad times."
The man thought that since his son had been to college, read the papers, listened to the radio and watched TV.
He ought to know and his advice should not be taken lightly.
So the next day onwards, the father cut down the his raw material order and buns, took down the colorful signboard, removed all the special schemes he was offering to the customers and was no longer as enthusiastic.
He reduced his staff strength by giving layoffs.
Very soon, fewer and fewer people bothered to stop at his hotdog stand.
And his sales started coming down rapidly, same is the profit.
The father said to his son, "Son, you were right". "We are in the middle of a recession and crisis. I am glad you warned me ahead of time."
Moral of The Story:
Its all in your MIND! And we actually FUEL this recession much more than we think”.
So it is time for us to open eyes and look around. Recession is there in mind for many but not in pockets really.