Pics from South Canara :)

Recently my friend purchased a Nikon D60 camera... It has a resolution of 10.2 mega pixels.. The processing speed and the image quality is pretty good :) The cost of it in Indian currency would round up close to 40K.. He seems to be enjoying his new hobby - photography and that’s the reason he spent more time in our native with his new camera :) I took few snaps from his album which I liked :) These pics are taken in Parampalli which is near Kundapura, Karnataka, India…. I wish I was with him to c those images in live...

I love the bud in this pic :)

The is called Daasavaala in Kannada... The Hibiscus flower...

This is my favourite flower in the garden that i used to pluck in my childhood... It looks so pure and good.. This flower had the same size as that of my palm back when i was i guess 2yrs...

This is my current wallpaper ;)

I dont know the name of this flower:( but its the flower i get to see often:)

Grasshopper.. I had hardly noticed it...

Beautiful dark brown butterfly with dotted edges :)

We call this flower as "Abballige" in south canara..

Another beautiful hibiscus flower :) Pretty pink :) Often offered to God... It has some medicinal value...

This pic is taken in the vicinity of the temple...

A bird sings not bcoz she can sing, but bcoz she has a song :)

A better view of the sweet bird perched on the stick...

If i am not wrong, these are mango leaves :)

Beautiful flower buds... It blooms into yellow color flowers :)

Jackfruits!!!! Arranged in a row:)

Full of jackfruits :)

Deep fresh lung cleansing breathing :) This is what i felt after i saw this pic :)

Serene environment :)

Three awesome sounds in nature are; sound of rain, sound of wind and the sound of water ...

Missing my days in Goa :(

I love this quote : "One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only few, and they are more beautiful if they are few"..

I admire the color of sky when sunsets....

Crab comming out from its dwelling....

A close look of the crab.... Look at the tentacles!!!

Waves ....

Minutes hasten to the end of the day.....

Beautiful nature :)

Dipping sun.... Yet another end of the day or rather let me put it as the sunrise in other part of planet earth :)

Lonely bird on the lonely shores . . . .

End of another beautiful day :)

Head Hunting - The job consultancy term

Today I got a call on my desk number at office… It was from a job consultancy firm.. It’s the 2nd or 3rd time that I am attending such calls over a period of time…The lady with the shrill voice asked me if I have planned to change of my job?? I was wondering how dare she to call at my extension number and ask me this question!!
First question I asked her was, “How did u get my desk number??” Confidently she said me that she got it from “Job sites - Naukri.com”…
As far as I remember, I have never updated my job profile in any of the job sites… I said, its chanceless!! Then I asked her if she knew my name… There I caught her!!! She said she has missed out the name while getting the number!!
Cleverly she got back to her question and asked me which technology I am working in and my total experience..
(How on earth had she missed out to c my technology in the profile!!! Uhhh!!!)
By then, I had lost my temper and since I knew that she was randomly calling all the numbers of our floor, I thought of telling her that I knew her trick!!! It was Tit for Tat from my side coz she lied to me about my number and this was my turn to trap her in my prank…
Politely I said her, “Lady, do u know whose number u have dialed?” This time her voice sounded a bit concerned and she remained silent… I said “I am the Project Manager, and I c that u are persuading my employees to quit the job for some other company!!”… Next I asked her, “May I know ur name lady?” … With the guilt in her voice she said “I am Chaitanya”…
I said to her in the same tone the way she had spoken initially to me… “Now that I know ur name and I can easily find out your consultancy name by tracking the number, I can sue your firm!!”
Next thing that I heard was “Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, seriously sorry to call u ma’am… Plzzz don’t do that… sorry ma’am”…
(I don’t know what logic she had by uttering the word sorry so many times)
Sweetly I said her, “The word sorry looses its meaning when u utter it so many times”
She again said, “Sorry ma’am, I was just head hunting”
Then I said “Don’t try any other desk numbers as it’s a unethical and kindly keep the call as I am busy”

Huh!!! She kept the call in no time and I saw the expression of my cubicle mates and another person from neighboring cubicle… Everyone saw me strangely… Soon I gave a faint smile and the next scene was incredible!! All of us laughed so loudly that our Project Manager actually got up and saw what was going on in his team :)
Then on, everyone says – Don’t mess with her on the phone… She can actually cause u an heart attack!!! Ha ha ha :)

Unleashing honey from beehive

Wow..... I saw few people who were looking like ruffians, trying to pull down the bees nest from the roof of our college..... Pheew!!! I felt like whistling when i saw him standing on the bars of the corridor in 6th floor, with the knife in his hand.... For a moment I imagined him like a deity who kills the sinners!!! My very next thought was, “are the bees Sinners”!!! :( Definitely no!!!

The ruffians killed their larvae, their food, and their shelter!! In fact, they killed few bees to by setting fire, to get them away from beehive!!!! I closed my eyes for a moment and remained silent as though showing my condolence :(
For a moment I looked like an animal rights activist who was condemning the effort made by people to kill the bees…
But soon the look faded off from my face when I got to c the honeycomb closely coz the analytical side of my brain was working more than a merciful heart..
I must say that the bees had a beautiful signature in the honey pot. Every cell in the honeycomb is a perfect example of symmetry in nature.. I was amazed to c the hexagonal structure filled with honey in every cell…
Luckily I got the chance to touch the honeycomb after confirming that the bees are not going to harm us… Later one of beekeepers said that the bees are poisoned and that’s the reason they will not harm us as they had lost conscious!!! It sounded disgusting!! This time my mind and heart were forcing me to hit those beekeepers and tell them how painful it is when livings beings are poisoned!!
The beekeepers kept the honeycomb on a platter and patted on it to extract honey out of it.. Finally they poured the extracted honey into the cans..
The staff of the college came flooding to a small room to get honey in their water bottles… They paid Rs. 100/ litre to the beekeepers and still argued that the beekeepers had mixed sugar syrup in their cans before pouring honey into it…
Those ruffians were showing some kind of demo to prove that the honey was pure…
Myself and my friend, came out silently and saw the dead bees on the floor:( Few were struggling with their life as most were already dead:(
I thought to myself, is this what the people valued life of the creatures who lived serving the purpose of their lives… I understand that the death is certain to every living being, but this kind of terrifying death was least expected :( !!!

Where is the company's name!!!??

These days I seem to be enjoying my bus journey on my way back home :)
As usual I was staring out of the closed window of my bus, stuck in the traffic and noticed something peculiar... Like most times where people outside the bus, try to get the glimpse of the people inside, this time they hardly did that.. Most of them were looking at the poster on the bus, which looked more like a News channel add or magazine adds (Dataquest, CNBC etc..)
For a moment I thought that they are bored to c us asleep so they finally found a new way to pass their time in traffic signals by reading what is written on our bus.. But No, it was not the reason I guess.. It was the poster that caught their attention!!
The poster regarding the accolades of the company is so big on the company bus that the company name is hardly seen!!:(
Soon I realized that I have never paid attention to what exactly is written in the poster... I had just a glimpse that it’s about the several awards that the company has won in previous years and a quote stating “Get on board with the bus full of happy employees” (No matter if all the employees are happy or not)
Next day when I keenly observed what is written, I realized that something which seemed missing.. And yes, it’s the company’s name!!! The company’s name and logo is written in the right top corner in small font..
Then I comprehended what was creating so much curiosity or confusion among people... After reading Ranked # 1 in Dataquest-IDC as Best Employer in 2008, Employer choice award in 2007 and The 2nd best company to work for award by BT-Mercer....( I guess shortly they will again change the poster by adding the Ranked #1 in Black Book for DW/BI.. ) who will not want to know which company is this !!!
What I promptly feel is that the company name, “iGATE” should be clearly shown rather than posing that we have won so many accolades... The identity by name is more important rather than many awards that we win.. Awards are just another feather in our hat… Identity by name is something which we should never loose...

Go green...

Last night when we left the office there were no plants been planted in the indoors of our block, and today morning when I entered the block, I saw well grown pruned plants standing upright..... Many liked it coz it made the place look more lively and green while I dint appreciate it much- though I always prefer greenery……
Our campus has won awards for being one of the green campuses………and has many rare species of plants and trees within the campus..
But, these new plants which are planted here last night, looked like the cloned version of the plants!! The new plants, which are planted here have life but they look like artificial plants:( I noticed few people checking it closely to confirm if it was original..
The joy of seeing the seed sprouting, the sight of seeing the tender leaves growing from the delicate branches, the happiness of seeing the first bud and finding the beautiful flower after few days…..All these things were completely missing with the new plants here:(
This is the major reason y I couldn’t appreciate this way of "go green" initiative taken in the company…