Sunday, January 13, 2008

Correct others but don't Compel

The way of education in our country is always this way. Teachers teach and students should learn. I won’t say that it should be in vice versa. My point is that, the staff expects the students to go in the same way as they wanted. They are fully clutched without any freedom. It gets reflected almost till their lifetime. Even at the work place, the boss/superior minds less about their subordinate.

Is this a healthy sign? NO is my rock solid answer. Let me say it with a story:

There lived a nice old gentleman named Rohit. He is very kind and lovable. He is living alone in his house with his pet dog. He plays, sleeps and spends alomost his complete spare time with that dog. One day that dog falls ill which makes him very upset. The only living creature which spends most of its time with him is completely down. He takes his pet to the veterinarian. The doctor recommended him to take it to one another specialist for the kind of disease the dog is affected. “But the money for the treatment would be bit high”, he said.

But Rohit is ready to spend, to make his pet back to normal. The treatment started. The specialist recommended a kind of tonic which has to be given to the dog daily. Though it’s his own, beloved pet, he finds it very difficult to make his pet to take the medicine. He is very upset the way his pet avoided the medicine. At worst case, he even tied the dog and poured the medicine and made it to drink. Though he is not willing to do so, he feels that he has no other go to save his loved one.

On the third day, by the time when he is fighting with his pet to make it drink, accidently, the tonic bottle slips from his hands and went into pieces. The tonic spills on to the ground. Rohit pressure and sorrow sneaks up. But to his surprise, the dog licks the spilled tonic and went away to its place

That’s the end of this story. The moral is this, though you are the master, everybody has their own way of doing things. The dog’s nature is to lick its food. It doesn’t know whether it’s a food or medicine.

Anywhere it may be, be it school or office, if we want to force others, even if it is for their own well-being, that will break not just the relationship but many. So it’s least matter how they do things, what matters most is what they do and it’s real outcome. So Correct others but don't compel them to do what you want.

Infy @ Q3, 2007

Infosys Technologies Limited announced their financial results for its Third Quarter ended December 31, 2007 some two days back. Infosys crosses US$ 3 billion in revenues in the first nine months. Q3 revenues grew sequentially by 4.02%. Revenues expected to grow 20% in Fiscal 2008

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Highlights
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Consolidated results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007
- Income was Rs. 4,271 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007; YoY growth was 16.9%
- Net profit after tax* was Rs. 1,231 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2007; YoY growth was 25.2%
- Earnings per share* increased to Rs. 21.54 from Rs. 17.64 for the corresponding quarter in the previous year; YoY growth was 22.1%

* The net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 includes a reversal of tax provisions amounting to Rs. 50 crore. Excluding this reversal, the earnings per share for the quarter would have been
Rs. 20.66 resulting in a YoY growth of 17.1%.

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Others
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- 47 new clients were added during the quarter by Infosys and subsidiaries
- Gross addition of 11,683 employees (net 8,100) for the quarter by Infosys and subsidiaries
- 88,601 employees as on December 31, 2007 for Infosys and subsidiaries

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

புத்தாண்டு ஆசை !!!

உலகம் மதிக்கும் உயர்ந்த மனிதனாய்,
அனைவரும் வியக்கும் அதிசய மனிதனாய்,
உலகம் என்னை உதாரணம் சொல்லவும்,
உண்மையாய் எனக்கு எண்ணம் இல்லை !

சுருக்கமாய் சொல்கிறேன் - நானொரு சுயனலக்காரன்.
ஆம்,
அன்னை மடியில், அப்பாவின் பிடியில்,
தோல்விகள் என்னை தொடும் போதெல்லாம்,
மழைக்கு குடையாய், என் மனத்திற்கு விடையாய் அண்ணனும்,
எனக்கே என்னை அறிமுகம் செய்து,
எனக்காய் வாழும் என்னவளோடும்,

இப்படி இவர்களோடு வரும் ஆண்டு மட்டுமல்ல,
நான் வாழும் ஆண்டு மட்டும் வாழவேண்டும் !!!