New Phase

I had my Roka ceremony done today...so essentially losing bachelorhood. I am gearing up to take more responsibilities.

Random pics in Chennai

(Volvo AC Bus for local transportation. Fares are almost 4 times normal bus but a lot more comfortable)

(somewhere near Parry's main bus stand)

(Ambattur-4 office)

( one of the common breakfast item in Chennai- Vada )

( Good decent north indian food at Shri Rajasthani Dhaba -Anna Nagar)

(fruit chat in Amb-4 office premises. It is way far better both in quality and display than what I used to have in Sec-60, Noida office)

(residence at Villivakkam... having station so close is a relief for commute)

New commute medium to Office in Ambattur

Back to Chennai

Almost after an year , I am back in Chennai for a new assignment. This time the difference being it is as per my choice. Last stay was memorable and hope this one too is equally good or even better.

The Empty Raincoat

Quite interesting book to read. The book is especially written with respect to developed economies like Western Europe and US ( as proclaimed by author himself) but many things talked of are quite relevant in general. It touches both on the managerial aspect and on personal aspect of living with paradoxes. I found the book a little confusing at times and hard to continue reading in one stretch. It talks about the various paradox which the people would have to live with. Throughout the book a good comparison is made between the US, German and Japanese management. A little insight on why is this so as well. Learned few new terms like Subsidiarity ( reverse delegation from lower rank to higher) , Sigmoid Curve ( know more). The author does a good job of looking how the organizations function as today and what ought to change in the future. The thoughts are quite insightful but confusing at times. A neat summary of the book can be found here.

Tragic Gaza war

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish

The recent war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has left almost 400,000 people homeless with over 1000 + deaths of Gazans majority of which happen to be children and women. Now the latest news of a gazan doctor who is highly respected in Israel lost his 3 daughters aged 20, 17 &13 in the same war. He has devoted his complete life to peace and medicine. His grief is inconsolable but he still has an optimism of saying “I hope that my children will be the last price.” Hamas is holding victory rallies as UN chief tours Gaza.... i wonder what victory have they achieved after having all this bloodshed. I sometimes wonder why good people have to suffer so much while many crooks live their complete life in luxurious world ( they are materialistically well off but i doubt if same is the case for being mentally sound and at peace). Many thoughts have capture mind . Is it because as human is an animal too and there is instinct for survival ..so only the strongest survives....so no matter what war will keep happening and accept tragedy as part of it. Then we have so many religions all essentially preaching us to be at harmony with each other but now it looks as the institutions formed to promote peace and harmony in humans are themselves becoming the very source of disrupting it. Has world become a better place to live in or worse off ? Or Is it as long as something does not impact us as individual directly or indirectly we are least bothered about it. Is this the correct way ? maybe it is...I don't have an answer. Recent article in ET highlighting a report of what kids are being taught in madarsas in Pakistan as per books prescribed by government teaching alphabets as A for Allah, B for Bandook(Gun) and J for Jihad was quite shocking. Is this a big propaganda by government body or they are least bothered themselves to do a check of what is being published under their own institutions or system itself has been taken over by fanatics. As per my view no religion is bad....its only people who made it look bad for their own selfish agenda. The tragedy of all this is many religions are earning a bad name.

Purvottari

Explored the culture of North East at Purvottari.

at Entrance gate of Tripura

cultural performance by Arunachal Pradesh artists. Here singing a local dialect song.

entrance gate structure

Rulpui- It is one kind of big python who lives in the jungles.During its worshipping , if someone promised to sacrifice animals but doesn't then Rulpui always comes in dream vision of that person and disturb him/her telling about the sacrifice.

mask

Assamese house

Chicken Momos