Wednesday, 25 November 2015

MANAGEMENT GAMES

hii,
Good Morning...

A Very Good Management Lesson...

There was a farmer who had a horse and a pig. One day, the horse became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said:
“Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days. I'll come back on the 3rd day and if he's not better, we're going to have to put him down.”

Nearby, the pig listened closely to their conversation.The next day, they gave him the medicine and left. The pig approached the horse and said: “Be strong, my friend. Get up or else they're going to put you to sleep!”

On the second day, they gave him the medicine and left. The pig came back and said: Come on buddy, get up or else you're going to die! Come on, I'll help you get up. Let's go! One, two, three ...

On the third day, they came to give him the medicine and the vet said: Unfortunately, we're going to have to put him down tomorrow.Otherwise, the virus might spread and infect the other horses.
After they left, the pig approached the horse and said: Listen pal, it's now or never!
“Get up, come on! Have courage! Come on! Get up! Get up! That's it, slowly! Great! Come on, one, two, three ... Good, good. Now faster, come on ... Fantastic! Run, run more! Yes! Yay! Yes! You did it, you're a champion!”

All of a sudden, the owner came back, saw the horse running in the
field and began shouting: It's a miracle! My horse is cured!

We must have a grand party. Let's kill the pig!!!!

The Lesson:

This often happens in the workplace.
Nobody truly knows which employee actually deserves the merit of success, or who's actually contributing the necessary support to make things happen.

Remember:
LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT RECOGNITION IS A SKILL!

If anyone ever tells you that your work is unprofessional, remember: Amateurs built the Ark [which saved all the species] and professionals built the Titanic [most died tragically]

DON'T LOOK TO BECOME A PERSON OF SUCCESS,
LOOK INSTEAD TO BECOME A PERSON WITH VALUES!

Enjoy......................

a n a n d . . . . .
for ever..........

Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest.
It's about who come and never leave your side.

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Monday, 12 October 2015

CAR(E) FREE MORNING @ ELLIOT'S BEACH

CAR(E) FREE MORNING AT ELLIOT’S BEACH

HOW IT LOOKS ON A NORMAL DAY ....

And the day dawned finally. The beach would wear a different look today. The drizzles which started early morning continued and I was somewhat pessimistic about the turn out. Surprisingly, it was a large crowd that was all pumped up and greeted The Hindu team.

There was not a dull moment. The public numbering over a few hundreds were enthusiastically following the simple yoga postures that the Team Hindu leader was demonstrating from the stage. There was music, aerobatics, dances and what not ! And to involve children, there was life sized ‘Snake & Ladder’ and other games.

A few enthusiastic youngsters were engaged in serius badminton game, unmindful of what is going around. And then, there was this group of ladies who were vociferously telling people why ‘ Cerebral Palsy’ is not a disease, but only a state of the mind, and that the children with the syndrome should be unconditionally accepted and not looked down. What they want is empathy and not sympathy etc., etc.

It was such a pleasure to see the empty walk way. On any given day, and especially on a Sunday morning, the area would be full of two wheelers and four wheelers. And you will not get a parking slot. Surprisingly, the entire public seemed totally oblivious about the drizzles that went on till about 9.00.

The stark contrast can be seen by looking at the array of vehicles on a normal day and this Sunday. We have resolved to observe all Sundays as ‘car free’ days at least from 6.00 AM to 9.00 AM. It would be a humble beginning, I am sure…..

A N A N D . . . . .

Sunday, 5 April 2015

Some serious matter - 'Music' for a change.....

hello friends..........

Two K’s, I hold in high esteem….. BMK and TMK. That is, Bala Murali Krishna, and Thodur Madabusi Krishna, popularly known as T M Krishna. Both have their own inimitable style of originality, and they try out new innovations in each concert. It may be a rare raga or a totally unconventional approach, way too different from what rasikas are usually familiar with. And, whenever possible, I make it a point to be at the venue where they perform. Last evening was one such occasion when the latter was performing at our sabha, as part of our 25th Annual Music and Drama festival 2015 in memory Dr. P. Obul Reddy & Smt. Gnanambal, and dedicated to the memory of our founder secretary, Sri. R Ramachandran.

Photo courtesy "Cover Photo of Sangeetha Sivakumar's FB page"

In addition to exploring the fathom of Carnatic music and bringing out priceless pearls of music, T M Krishna also takes lot of interest in philanthropic activities – like the curtain raiser for the ‘Margazhi Vizha’ at Urur Olcott Kuppam on one of those chill mornings during last December at the Elliots Beach walkway, when along with Sangeetha Sivakumar, he made the point on how important it is to take carnatic music to the masses.

Coming to yesterday’s concert, after the formal intro etc., he straight away got in to the business by alap in Sankarabharanam, around 6.45. Nobody would have expected him to do what he did after the follow up of accompanying violinist – he started Ragam, Thanam, and Pallavi, normally reserved for the latter half of any standard kutchery. The RTP lasted for almost 40 minutes. Those who are interested to listen to the famous song ‘Raghuvamsapathe’ in the same raga, sung by Yesudas with the music scored by Ravindran Master for the Malayalam film ‘Bharatham’ (1991) may go to the link below:

watch?v=cH1f-fSM4A0&list=PLZ6euNxBCt5YS_QUyLFBtiS080AzD6HWy

Thereafter, he let the violinist do a short solo alap in Neelaambari, and glided on the Dikshitar kriti ‘Amba Neelayadakshi’. Then came the main number for the day, ‘Gajavadana Sammodhita’, in Thodi. The alap mostly traversed in the Manthrasthaayi. Here again, after the Pallavi and Anu pallavi, he dwelled on swara kalpana for a while before ‘niraval’. What followed was a mind boggling swarakalpana almost touching the highest octaves at times. ‘Thani’ was short and sweet, because only mridangam accompaniment was there. Braking convention, TMK started on the Kalyani varnam ‘Vanajakshi’ as the penultimate number. Chittaswarams seemed different from what I have heard from the like of MDR. Those interested in listening to MDR (incidentally hailing from my village, Manjapra), may go the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pejnKgYrqok

He concluded the kutcheri with a kriti in ‘Sahana’. On the whole, the evening was enjoyable; however, the ‘punch’ which I saw in his concert at ‘Margazhi Mahotsavam’ at the same venue (the inaugural kutchery) was missing. People were also seen to be leaving the hall half way through, (could be due to the ‘grahanam’) which is unusual for his earlier performance I had been to. May be yesterday was one of his “ off ” days