Sunday Morning at Deepam Center

Today morning I went to Pudiyador center at Vannathurai and I was pretty happy to look at the enthusiasm of the kids.

One of the activities of Deepam include enlightening the kids everyweek about one great leader or statesman to inspire them by explaining about their achievements and ideologies. This week one of the volunteer spoke about Nelson Mandela and the kids were really inspired when they learnt that Mr. Mandela did his law in correspondence and wrote his auto biography during his stay in prison. At the end they were asking questions ranging from apartheid to his life in the jail to what he is doing at present.

When they were told that Mr. Mandela is from South Africa, one of the kid quickly pointed out that Chennai Superkings player Morkel is also from the same country. When they were told that he was born in 1918, one kid quickly did the math and came up with the current age of Mandela. Smart kids I say!!

I was really amazed to see them abreast with current affairs ranging from MJ's death to his second autospy results.

A Sunday morning well spent and happy that I met a couple of guys from my alma mater at the center.

Wimbledon Finals 2009

Just when I was feeling sad that I wouldn't be able to watch the Wimbledon finals, the idea of watching it in a coffee shop stuck me. These days I'm a frequent visitor to javagreen and everytime I go there I see tennis matches being shown in their TV, atleast during this Wimbledon season.

Thanks to those guys, I've watched one of the greatest matches of all time between Federer and Roddick. I wanted Federer to win and make his place in the history as the undisputed player winning 15 grand slams till date. Federer finished the match with 50 aces and also reclaimed his number 1 position in the ATP rankings. I guess this is the first time Roger didn't cry after winning a tournament. Well, Roddick has given a real tough fight and his serves were just amazing and he is the ace master of this tournament with more than 180 aces.

So, the next time there is an important match, you know where to find me :)

Nandan Nilekani to head Unique ID project

Nandan Nikelani, the Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Infosys Technologies has resigned from the Board of Infosys to head the Unique ID project.

The Unique ID project aims to uniquely identify the 1.2 billion population of our country. Considering the magnanimity of the project, Nandan Nilekani is the correct pick to head the project. It is good that India has finally started a project like this while its counterparts like USA have their social security number that was designed long back.

Nandan to me is an iconic hero, he has resigned from the board of the company he has co-founded to head a project which has a far greater reach and advantages to the country with more than a billion population. I wonder how many corporate business men would be ready to do that?

P.S: I have read an article which talks about Nandan Nilekani trouncing or getting a headstart over Narayan Murthy. Its really sad to see articles which compare two great icons. Both of them are great people with great values. Let us celebrate their brillance than comparing them.

Rest in Peace MJ

I feel a deep grief inside me right from the time I heard the news of his death.
To the greatest moon walker ever. We'll miss you MJ!!

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Yuppie, I have started watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Btw, yesterday I ask this question to a friend of mine whose b'day is today.

Hey, is anyone getting a surprise cake for you tonight??

Duh!! Whattay question!!

Wondering if its by any chance the F.R.I.E.N.D.S effect :-P. Whatever it is, I am just loving it!!