Personal Weblog of Deepak Vasudevan

Scholarships for Meritorius Students Of late, one of my friend was looking out for some educational loans in Canara Bank for the admissions to Engineering coming year. While we browsed the Internet and were flipping through the various weekly magazines, we came across this nice educational foundation, helping needy students. I wanted to share this information to other readers too. Sri M. Siva Ram Prasad BREAD,401, Diamond House Adjacent to Amrutha Hills Punjagutta Hyderabad-500 082 BREAD stands for B asic R esearch E ducation a nd D evelopment Society. If somebody of your colleague needs educational assistance, write to the above for a free application form and for further details. Updated on 4th February 2006: I came across from a private YahooGroups regarding one more educational scholarship philanthropist. The details are here under: Mr.S.Ramanathan, 17 North St, Kalai Nagar, Madurai-625 014 Telephone : 91-452-2640678 Email: ramrajam2002@yahoo.com Prerequisites: The candidate must ...

Nice Quotations in MTC Buses in Chennai While travelling to work today, I was observing some nice quotations stuck in the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses in Chennai. MTC buses here and trains are known for propagating the quotes that are quite obscene and sometimes bit adult-sensitive too. Some good samaritian local television channel actor, who I have been observing for a while, in the metro media seems to be doing this social service like spreading New Year Wishes etc. This guy, named VimalaVasan seems to be really spending his good time, money and energy in doing this good social service in almost a significant number of buses, which are the best medium to reach the good thoughts to the wide depth of people. Let us wish him all success in every sphere of life.

Cricket -- Game of Ricket on Indian Economy I am just trying to address this discussion on the game of cricket from the perspective of India. Perhaps as a reader and if you share similar views from your country, please update them as comments. It is high time that the game of cricket be seriously considered whether it is going to be a merit for India. The sportive game of cricket, as the time of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil , I apprehend, is starting to get etch in the pages of history. As a reader in this discussion forum at Rediff  suggested, Indian Cricket Team are proving time and again that they are only tigers in talking and not in achieving.  This is just a personal comment and perhaps all the related CCIs like BCCI, ICCI etc can see whether some corrective actions could be implemented for these lapses. "Barking dogs seldom bite", "Empty Vessels make more noise" are well known sayings in English. Our cricket team gives so much of press meet, promises and ass...

Floating ATM -- New Innovations Galore from Premiere Bank of India Today being a holiday, by virtue of Republic Day , i was casually surfing on and on and on. I found this nice information, though bit old but I just thought it is really informative and would be useful to everyone. With plethora of private banks ushering in with novelty of services on display and diversified marketing tactics being deployed, it is heartening that country's old premiere and trusted bank by name, State Bank of India , is also committed to introduce new and innovative channels in Banking. The country's first (and perhaps world's first!) floating ATM, owned and managed by State Bank of India and carried by Kerala Transport Inland Navigation System owned passenger ferries. The ferries have the carrying capacity of 5000 passengers per day from Ernakulam to Vyapeen Islands in 30 trips. Perhaps, you can check out this 'The Hindu Business Line' article for more detail.

Nestled in the quiet village of Nemili near Vellore, this sacred abode isn’t a temple in the conventional sense—it’s a home , chosen by Bala herself. The deity, a radiant nine-year-old form of Tripura Sundari, resides in a modest house known as Bala Peetam , where simplicity reigns and sincerity is the only offering She seeks. ️ Origin Story Over a century ago, Bala appeared in the dream of Shri Subramania Iyer, instructing him to retrieve Her from the river Kushasthalai. After days of searching, he found a three-inch bronze idol —a divine child—floating in the waters. She was installed in his home, which became Her eternal residence. Temple Practices Prasadam : Chocolates and biscuits—childlike and sweet. Alankaram : A simple silk pavadai, no pomp or grandeur. Offerings : No bargaining. Devotees are encouraged to pray with pure intent, not transactional promises. Darshan Protocol : It’s said that only those whom Bala wishes to...

Makara Sankaranthi Festival Religiously the Sankaranthi stands for the beginning of Uttarayana Punyakalam . It is also observed as Harvest Festival and is festival of joy for agriculturists in Tamil Nadu.  The word Makara indicates the sun entering the Makara (Capricorn) raasi. This year, Makara Sankaranthi is observed on 14th January 2006. We observe Pongal in three parts in Tamil Nadu. Bhogi day (Garbage Collection where old things in the home are destroyed and house is rejuvenated and repainted). It is observed on 13th January 2006. Pollution control board has advised not to burn lot of garbage since atmosphere is heavily polluted and takeoffs and landing of flights are affected heavily, which has become annual feature in Tamil Nadu during the Bhogi time. Pongal day (The actual start of Makara Sankranthi) observed on 14th January 2006. Fresh pot with freshly boiled rice is cooked and with the chanting of Pongalo Pongal the food is dedicated to the the Sun God. Mattu...

The e-Presence of our Telecom Minister The efforts contributed by our Hon'ble Telecom Minister, Dayanidhi Maran is simply laudable. India is being viewed as fast growing advanced nation in the telecommunications and significantly the good improvements with the state-owned BSNL/MTNL and ushering in and promoting healthy competitions among the private players in the industry. Just clicking through India Government website and landed on our Telecom Minister's webpage too. Check it out here . For further reading: Check out TRAI website, which has impressive projects and releases mentioned.