Came across this hilarious video where a software company welcomes its new joinees.
Gawd!!! now I seriously want to meet this HR who thought of this.
Update: This video is indeed authentic..confirmed from one of my friend who works in that company.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Life without a Purpose
I was listening to songs of Gangster...lyrics of "Tu Hi Mera Shab Hai" song goes like this "Tu bangaya hai mere jeene ke ek waja" . After listening to this I just realized who true that is. A person whose life has no purpose is as good as dead .
purpose driven life
Purpose here is a hope like ...hope of life getting better, hope of being loved and hope that we will lead a fulfilling life . I believe these are the main things which keeps our enthusiasm up all the time and prepares us to face all the challenges thrown at us.It also acts as a catalyst to bounce back when we are down and beaten.
Just imagine what would happen if you don't have any purpose, any desires when you get up in the morning. You would just go back to sleep??...but how long one would sleep..i am sure one would go mad after some days.For instance one would always wish if one had no work at office. There would be some days at work where in fact one gets what he/she wishes for. One may enjoy it for first 3 days and later one starts cribbing about how bored he/she is at work.
There are certain small things in our day to day life for which we look forward.. such as meeting friends, having coffee with your loved ones, doing good job at work, having good food, watching movies,watching your favourite programme on TV.,.....list goes ... ,which makes us happy. These small things helps us to sprint through the day, then months and then months adds up to years.
When life has no purpose..its becomes colorless and it means only one thing....you have lived your life and God wants to meet you.
purpose driven lifePurpose here is a hope like ...hope of life getting better, hope of being loved and hope that we will lead a fulfilling life . I believe these are the main things which keeps our enthusiasm up all the time and prepares us to face all the challenges thrown at us.It also acts as a catalyst to bounce back when we are down and beaten.
Just imagine what would happen if you don't have any purpose, any desires when you get up in the morning. You would just go back to sleep??...but how long one would sleep..i am sure one would go mad after some days.For instance one would always wish if one had no work at office. There would be some days at work where in fact one gets what he/she wishes for. One may enjoy it for first 3 days and later one starts cribbing about how bored he/she is at work.
There are certain small things in our day to day life for which we look forward.. such as meeting friends, having coffee with your loved ones, doing good job at work, having good food, watching movies,watching your favourite programme on TV.,.....list goes ... ,which makes us happy. These small things helps us to sprint through the day, then months and then months adds up to years.
When life has no purpose..its becomes colorless and it means only one thing....you have lived your life and God wants to meet you.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Life in a Metro.... movie review
Life in a Metro (* * * *)
This is easily one of the better movies to have released this year. I did like Anurag Basu's style of story telling in his previous two movies Murder and Gangster, but in this movie he has improved by leaps and bounds. Story is set in mumbai, but not in its glamorous part of city . Story unfolds in busy streets, local train, bus, middle class apartment with monsoon as backdrop.There are mainly four tracks in the movie and all protagonists are somewhere linked with each other.
Irfan Khan and Konkana sen's track is easily the best part of the movie. Chemistry between them is really awesome. When Irfan khan asks konkana sen to scream out loud from the top of the building one really feels like joining them. Watch out konkana sen especially in this scene, she is just brilliant. Irfan as usual has given a very good performance. Another scene which stands out is the one where he finds out why konkana had rejected him to marry and the way he tries to convince konkana that he did nothing wrong by staring at her body is simply awesome.
Also this was supposed to be the comeback movie of Shilpa shetty after she shot in to fa
me from Big Brother. She does not disappoint either. This can be easily counted as her one of the best performance in her career(other being Phir milenge). Kay Kay and shilpa have troubled marriage and both of them get involved in extra marital affair. The scene where both of them come out to each other is worth mentioning. Observe the difference in emotions the two characters undergo. Shilpa is guilty whereas Kay Kay tries justifying his actions. You would simply want to hate Kay Kay and yes this proves what a gifted actor he is.
Dharmendra and Nafisa ali's track is also sweet and have a great chemistry between them. Sharman joshi and kangana's is the weakest track in the movie. But sharman joshi has matured as an actor and has given a wonderful performance. Hope I could be in his shoes where my promotion depends on how efficiently I manage available resources ( read apartment keys) :-).Shiney Ahuja does not have much scope in the movie.
Music is another strong point of the movie. Songs gels very well along with movie and infact I liked the new style of direction where band keeps appearing through out the movie. Finally you come out of the movie smiling realizing that life in metro is not all that bad and one should not complain and be happy with what one has got in his/her life.
This is easily one of the better movies to have released this year. I did like Anurag Basu's style of story telling in his previous two movies Murder and Gangster, but in this movie he has improved by leaps and bounds. Story is set in mumbai, but not in its glamorous part of city . Story unfolds in busy streets, local train, bus, middle class apartment with monsoon as backdrop.There are mainly four tracks in the movie and all protagonists are somewhere linked with each other.
Irfan Khan and Konkana sen's track is easily the best part of the movie. Chemistry between them is really awesome. When Irfan khan asks konkana sen to scream out loud from the top of the building one really feels like joining them. Watch out konkana sen especially in this scene, she is just brilliant. Irfan as usual has given a very good performance. Another scene which stands out is the one where he finds out why konkana had rejected him to marry and the way he tries to convince konkana that he did nothing wrong by staring at her body is simply awesome.Also this was supposed to be the comeback movie of Shilpa shetty after she shot in to fa
me from Big Brother. She does not disappoint either. This can be easily counted as her one of the best performance in her career(other being Phir milenge). Kay Kay and shilpa have troubled marriage and both of them get involved in extra marital affair. The scene where both of them come out to each other is worth mentioning. Observe the difference in emotions the two characters undergo. Shilpa is guilty whereas Kay Kay tries justifying his actions. You would simply want to hate Kay Kay and yes this proves what a gifted actor he is.Dharmendra and Nafisa ali's track is also sweet and have a great chemistry between them. Sharman joshi and kangana's is the weakest track in the movie. But sharman joshi has matured as an actor and has given a wonderful performance. Hope I could be in his shoes where my promotion depends on how efficiently I manage available resources ( read apartment keys) :-).Shiney Ahuja does not have much scope in the movie.
Music is another strong point of the movie. Songs gels very well along with movie and infact I liked the new style of direction where band keeps appearing through out the movie. Finally you come out of the movie smiling realizing that life in metro is not all that bad and one should not complain and be happy with what one has got in his/her life.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Generation gap at workplace
I feel IT industry is currently experiencing a generation gap between the recent graduates and their project managers. I read in a recent survey that average age of a project managers is around 40 years. So obviously both of them will have a very different schools of thought on how project management should be done.Older project managers would usually falter in understanding gen-x dreams since they don't match with long established industry realities
Present set of veteran managers are still under old fashioned management perceptions. They believe that by spending long hours at office it shows one's commitment towards work. On the other hand present generation expect a fulfilling life outside of work , higher salary packets and prefer putting shorter hours at workplace. They would prefer being rated based on their quality of work rather than number of hours one spends at his/her workplace.
Most of the project managers fell in to this job by number of years of work experience they have put in and would smarten up their skills by being trained on few project management courses ( 10 days max???) by their company. Their skills of managing people would be very limited since they do not undergo formal training.Where as present generation would be more focused on what they want , they would choose appropriate career specializations during their academics and are usually more serious in taking project management as their career.
I think this generation gap would narrow down with time and I strongly believe younger project managers would make better managers than the present set of veteran project managers.
Present set of veteran managers are still under old fashioned management perceptions. They believe that by spending long hours at office it shows one's commitment towards work. On the other hand present generation expect a fulfilling life outside of work , higher salary packets and prefer putting shorter hours at workplace. They would prefer being rated based on their quality of work rather than number of hours one spends at his/her workplace.
Most of the project managers fell in to this job by number of years of work experience they have put in and would smarten up their skills by being trained on few project management courses ( 10 days max???) by their company. Their skills of managing people would be very limited since they do not undergo formal training.Where as present generation would be more focused on what they want , they would choose appropriate career specializations during their academics and are usually more serious in taking project management as their career.
I think this generation gap would narrow down with time and I strongly believe younger project managers would make better managers than the present set of veteran project managers.
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