A mail that I got from a North Indian this evening about MY RAJINI!!!!! -Shared Post via FB notes!!

After almost a year, this article compelled me to post it in my blog.... flicked from facebook notes. Hope the author does not mind me sharing it coz both of us hav one thing in common...both are Rajni fans.

Source: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=160834447281240&id=1389637068

I was forwarded this from a friend in this mail loop who received this incredible reply from a person working in Infy at Pune. He had received a stupid mail that made fun of Rajini at 5 20 IST today 27th October, 2010. He had replied in exactly 25 minutes this awesome reply! Now he is the MAN... [Note: Don't miss the last part about a personal sms he has sent me after all this] :)

Dear Colleagues,

A lot of people are criticizing Rajnikanth or in fact making fun of him.

Let me share with you few of my thoughts,

First of all am not a TAMILIAN (This is to avoid the usual first impression “OH.. he might be from Tamil Nadu”).

Once I was a critic of Rajnikanth and I use to make fun of him.

But when I started watching Tamil movies, I came across lot of good movies, good approach and strong scripts in Tamil (Note: These films didn’t had larger than life hero’s).

Even I saw Tamil movies acted by Vijay, Ajith,Vikram etc.(who are big stars in TN) getting crashed at box-office when they did larger than life roles, and people openly criticizing them for doing such roles. But when it comes to Rajni Tamilians accept everything he does. Even today s youth will die for Rajni. As it is evident from our BB.

This made me THINK in a different angle.

When I started thinking in that angle, what I found made me felt pity for teasing such a true human being. Yes, what I found in Rajni is a real human being, a down to earth person, a responsible citizen.

A person who showcase his real life (Note: I said real life and not reel life) as a message to his people. As Gandhiji said “My life is my Message”. He sets good examples. He conveys good message, even in his latest movie Enthiran there are lot of good messages being conveyed for e.g.: boozing, spitting paan from train.

If u wanna see the real actor in Rajni watch his old movies in 80‘s. Now because of his stardom his roles are limited. But he is a man of simplicity. He never puts make up unless he s acting in a movie.

Even though he is the No.1 in TN. He openly praised his fellow actor Kamal Hasan (am not elaborating it).

Just search YouTube u will get that video.

Rajnikanth thanked Aiswarya Rai for acting opposite him. This was a very funny as well as a touching speech from a legend. Just refer YouTube and search for Rajnikanth s funny speech during Enthiran music release.

In my opinion people love Rajni more as a person, than as an actor. Its true he can make everything possible. If he wishes he will be the next chief minister of TN and that too he don t want to join any political party. He can just form a new political party and contest in elections. Damn sure, he will win the majority. But still Rajnikanth haven’t entered politics.

If Tamilians Respect him, adore him or even consider him as a god. Then, my dear critics of Rajnikanth. Rajnikanth deserves it.

A few points which make him different from the so called stars of cinema:

• Rajnikanth is not an actor who goes to late night parties, booz like a mad dog and takes out his SUV and run over poor migrant workers.
• Rajnikanth is not an actor who openly supports Pakistanis when the whole India was crying after the Mumbai attack.
• Rajnikanth is not an actor who changes his wife like dress nor he chose to marry a girl half his age, even though he s having kids.
• Rajnikanth is not an actor who served jail term for anti national activities or share dais or parties with underworld dons.
• Rajnikanth is the only actor who repays all the loss caused to the producer, distributors if his film doesn’t go well at the box office for e.g.: Baba, Kuselan.
• Rajnikanth never acts in any advertisements nor become a brand ambassador of a product which gives false promises and have a bad impact in our economy. Just think a man who have crores of diehard fans never accept any advertisement offers.

These are just a tip of a huge iceberg. Am just an average reader. Even though I don t know Tamil nor I have ever gone to Tamil Nadu, I could say these much. If people of Tamil Nadu starts speaking about his good character this post will never end. That much good quality this Man possesses.

Am not asking anybody to respect him.

Why making fun or teasing a Good Human being. It hurts the people of Tamil Nadu( our fellow citizens) or his Fans. Because for them, he is the most respected person.

For one to become a hero or a star in the minds of crores of people, there s no need of muscle, color, cash or luxury. Just look at Rajnikanth. You can see how good a human being can be.

And that’s the reason why Tamilians call him

“THALAIVA”

Meaning of thalaiva is oh ohh am not the correct person to explain it. It should come from the heart of a Tamilian.

This is a very short description about Rajnikanth. And I am not posting this as an answer to someone. It’s just my personal opinion.

Regards

Saket Phapale

CMED

Infosys Technologies | Pune

Mob: +91 7709402161

My first internet experience

Its almost after 9 months i am back to blogging....ok something i thought to share before this wonderful 2009 ends....

ok here it goes....

I was at that time studying class 7 at Goa. And whatever inter school competition(related to academics) comes up.... my name would have been included to participate in it even without asking me...Thats the habit of my Principal Mrs.Nalayini :) . Thansk for the faith she has in me.

And there was a National Olympiad on Astronomy....and as with other contests my name was already there in it ...by the way i did nt even know wtf was astronomy all about in that young age of 11.

So here goes the story about my first experience with the web in which i am still entangled into.

That was the period when cybercafe,cybercenter...lots of new terms were cropping up...which i knew nthn abt them....but friends used to regularly tlk abt cybernet at edutech(a tution center conducted by some bloke named gangadhar)...my friends used to tell..cyber net is like some magic genie...whatever question you ask it ...it will tell..even if no one knows the answer the computer at cybernet will know it..stuffs like that......wat a crap ..btw i understand that it is bullshit only now....coz i believed that crap back then...

So wth is astronomy, i need to atleast know something about it. And the Olympiad was supposed to be held at Panjim to which our computer lab staff ...his name is Kalpak...i suppose i am correct...he is the person who used to escort students for such competitions to far off places.

He teased me once if i knew abt astronomy...

i said to myself "I ll show him who he is messing with"

but actually i knew nthn abt it....but i had the thirst to know more.....y not ask that genie at cybernet...ok then ....i need to check it out...so i took permission frm my mom and went there....its locked!!!...i returned....2 days later...went to vasco market with mom for shopping...i saw something similar to cybernet with loads of computer in it...its name was cybercom....wat crazy names they keep....so i said to mom that i hav to go to cybercom to know more abt astronomy for that contest...in the mean time she could finish her shopping...

Now i enter...ask the guy at the front desk how much u charge for 1 hour...he said Rs.60(damn costly at that time)...okies..he took me to a cubicle and asked me to use it.. ..wtf man...i dunno where the genie is and how to call it...i was wondering if i shud rub the computer thrice???...so i ask the person .."bhaiya isme genie kahan hai??usse mein question kaise poochun??"[where is the genie??how do i ask question to it]...he gave me a very irritated kinda look asking to himself "wtf is this kid askin me??"....by the way the entire crowd inside cybercom were throwing strange glares at me...then i said to the browsing center guy....that i wanted to know abt astronomy and i want to learn more info abt it...the person was kind enough to take an internet class for me...explained me everything abt Internet Explorer ,the various buttons in it...the good search engine he recommended me was yahoo...and searched for astronomy, it threw up several links....he browsed to those pages...kept them open...and asked me to read them myself...so that i learn...million thnx to that guy for opening this pandora's box for me ;)...at the same time when the guy was teaching me these...other guys mostly college students...and every1 were atleast 5 years elder to me... sitting in other computers who i suppose were either chatting and flirting frying nuts(kadalai) or were checking out porno....those guys were commenting abt me to their friends...

"abey woh bacha padne aaya hai...woh bhi yahan"

"saala woh chottu browsing center ka naam badnaam kar raha hai"

"isko kisne andhar aane diya...us chamaar ko pakad ke maarne ka"

and much more abuses which i dont think i can mention here...
anyways this is it a strange way to enter the infinite world of web.....

My heart pains as the final days are here

I ll come up with a blog on my college days soon..now that the farewell is done

But before that this is my first poem in tamil again this is due to the sorrow of leaving my dear friends and MIT...Pardon me for any mistakes

நாம் ஒரு நாள் சிங்க நடை போட்டு சிகரத்தில் ஏறி விடுவோம்
அப்பொழுது நட்பு என்பது நினைவுகளிலும் orkutilum மட்டுமே இருக்கும்
Company cafeteriavin ஒரு cup டீ நாம் ஒன்றாக குடித்த mess டீயை நினைவு படுத்தும்
Office cabinil யாரிடமும் பேச முடியாமல் computerai முறைத்து உட்கார்ந்து இருப்போம்
நாம் classroomil lecture நடக்கும் பொழுது notebookil PINRA எழுதிய நாட்களை எண்ணி
நம் pocket நிறைவாக பணம் இருக்கும்
அந்த pocketai காலி செய்யும் என் உயிர் தோழா நீ இருப்பாய் மிக தூரமாக

My first mobile is dead

My K320,i loved it so much,but its no more.It was the first mobile i got.It is a cute looking mobile with the best and ultimate features available at that cost.

[zooming back exactly 670 days............FLASHBACK]

It was on February 24,2007.It was a Saturday.I started frm my house around 3 and reached t.nagar around 4.I was waiting near saravana stores as planned earlier where my mom would be meeting me coming back from her school.We are an ordinary middle class family who though have no problems in making the ends meet every month.But due to our housing loans we desire to get the best and branded things but at the cheapest rates.So saravana stores is the best place for it,though many (especially ka praveen who is a company owner.....Lakshmi mittal ke mirattal viduvaan) might tease,I am not bothered,coz its our family situation and only i know & realize it.

As I was waiting there,I saw one of the girl from my class who stays there doing shopping with her mom on Ranganathan street (jus happened to see her.....v hav nt had any sort of introduction before) and she passed away along with the crowd. Vettiya wait panravanuku vedika paakardha vitta veru enna velai.It was saturday evening so then came a crowd of college girls passing,some love jodis doing weekend shopping and the families with small mischievous kids where the fathers were having a tough time handling their kids.

Then came my mother,I had already planned for a motorola mobile(w375) which had fm,camera and media player at a cost of 4500.We enquired at saravana electronics,he did nt have it...he showed us some other samsung mobiles but i was nt impressed.Then we went to Saravana selvarathnam jewellers where they also sell cellphones.Again i enquired abt that motorola mobile,though the sales guy said they have it but he said its an old model and the sound is nt that gud and asked my budget.I said it is 5000,a strict budget from my mom.He suggested me sony ericsson K320i and its features and it was the best i could get at that budget.Little did i realize then i was going to get one of my best buddies soon.

The cost was Rs.5050.My mom was giving me frowning looks since it had crossed my previous estimate of 4500.She asked me to quickly enquire its rate in other shops,quickly i ran to the saravana electronics we visited before there the cost of k320 was 5200.I reported back to my mom and we finalized of buying this phone.I saw another one k510 which costed 5800 with expandable memory, fm and 1.3 megapixel camera but my budget cud nt buy it.Thats it we happily bought my k320.

From then on my dear k320 has been with me through all my college life until the december 18th,2008 when it was brutually murdered by me and my friends by drowning it in the bay of bengal at VGP golden beach.Though we were not aware of its presence in my pocket.

It was my k320 which was my primary instrument of kadalai with so many girls...It was my ultimate entertainment hearing my favourite songs at night and also while going to college in my cycle.It was my informer during placements about various companies and the time of starting of ppt and venue etc coz i was usually late.Even during college when i was usually late,only based on my k320's info whether staff had come to class and the time of staff's entry,i would enter class.It had one of the best vga camera.And i used its fixed focus to capture many unforgettable memories at many places i went about.One unforgettable photo is that of a girl though 2 years elder to me who works at Aricent.All guys at aricent used to flirt with that beautiful flower like flocks of bees.I used my usual trick of taking photos without others knowledge to take that photo(I wont tell that trick.....it is company secret).

Now the phone itself has become history and an unforgettable memory.It was like losing one of my best friends when i realized my phone is no more.More than the phone, it had all my friends,relatives,seniors,juniors,staff and other important ppl contacts.All of it is lost.

May ur soul rest in peace. Now let me come back to how it met its tragic end.The four day international conference had just ended which we mainly attended for just a single reason.just for the sake of sight adichifying the cse girl which me and KarthiKeyan like in common.The next day we had planned to go to sai baba temple in ecr and then to VGP.but it was nt finalized we were confused whether to go to vgp or mahabalipuram and vgp was finalized

On the 18th november i reached tambaram by 9:30 where karthikeyan and kamlesh had already come.Praveen joined at 10:15.Then we left to sai baba temple by c51.reached there by 11.had a good darshan but did nt wait for the 12 o clock pooja and left the temple by 12:15 and reached vgp by 12:30 by share auto.after getting the entry ticket for 125 though its not worth it.We enjoyed a few rides and went to beach at around 1:30.We left our bags, slippers, rolled up our pants and went into the waters.I dont have words to describe the incident.A huge wave of water was upon us when we were totally unaware and it was unexpected(I remember my childhood trip to VGP with my parents when i was in 2nd standard....we were standing in the beach when a wave was upon us unexpected and my dear sis got completely wet along with my dad).It just happened.I dont want to blame either Karthikeyan or praveen for whatever happened.Its over for now.I should have been more cautious by staying away from water or leaving my mobile in my bag or atleast shud hav kept it in shirt pocket(alas there was nt any pocket in the t-shirt i was wearing).If i had been,i could hav saved it.I jus wrote a small poem about my k320.It is the first time i am writing a poem....have started a new hobby.Many say a beautiful girl or love makes a guy to write poems.But my first poem i ever wrote in my life is due to sorrow of losing the best of my companions(my k320) which was with me throughout the past 600 odd days.

My dear K320
I bought it a year before my age was twenty
It entertained me to the best of its share
but it died when i was totally unaware
The sound quality was ultra clear
I always had it in right side of whatever i wear

It was my primary instrument of kadalai
it met its end on our visit to kizhaku kadarkarai saalai
It recorded videos in the format 3gp
It was nt alive when i came out of VGP
The vga camera quality was the best
may its soul peacefully rest

I had planned of buying a new K810 and giving my k320 to my sister.But that looks doomed now due to my carelessness,I doubt if my parents would even buy me a nokia 1100.

A word of caution to everyone out there:

1. Take care of your mobile especially Sony Ericsson when you are near water,coz Sony Ericsson's charger slot itself is big enough to let in large amounts of water.
2. The first thing is to switch off the phone and remove the battery.
3. Never ever plug in the battery coz it would cause a short circuit
4. Rush it to the Mobile company's authorized service center as early as possible
5. Those guys would be having a solution which will immediately dry the water and put on the battery and your phone would be back to normal

Mistakes I made:

1. I removed the battery only after 3 hours the phone got wet
2. I let it dry in my home for 2 days without the battery
3. And since it was sea water,the water dried up leaving behind the salt and that caused corrosion on various parts
4. Again i put on the battery
5. Gave it to a local mobile repair shop

The job of my dreams

This blog is dedicated to my Parents,my Lord Murugar and his Parents and to all my teachers and friends who have been my pushing force to reach all my heights.Last but not least also to Superstar Rajnikanth who is responsible for many of the principles i follow in my life.

This blog is about the unforgettable day in my life.The first day in my life when i had a fitting and peaceful sleep void of any nightmares which haunted me for months.This is about the day i got placed in a job of my dreams......SYMANTEC.....perra kettale chumma adhirdhula

I would be getting my offer letter in a few days, I just want to say this holding the offer letter in my hand

"इतनी शिद्दत से मैने तुम्हे पाने की कोशिश की है हर ज़र्रे ने मुझे तुमसे मिलाने की साजिश की है!!! कहते हैं किसी चीज़ को दिल से छाहो तो सारी कायनात उसे तुमसे मिलाने की कोशिश में जुड़ जाती है!!!आज आप सबने मुझे मेरी छाहत से मिला दिया, आज बहूत खुश इतना की I feel like the King of the world.आज इस बात का भी यकीन हो गया की, हमारी फिल्मोंकी तरह हमारी ज़िंदगी में भी end तक सब टीक हो जाता है "Happys Endings".और अगर end तक सब टीक न हो तो वो the end नहीं है दोस्तों." ज़िंदगी अभी बाकी है मेरे दोस्त, ज़िंदगी अभी बाकी है "

Ok tension agadhinga...i think the build up is enough.Coming back to the point.

I have already mentioned about my sorrows and rejections in dream jobs.After rejection in Nortel where even guys with less CGPA than me and joe got selected and without any idea of future dream jobs I was in an upset mood.It might have been our unlucky day at Nortel.Forget it.

A message came from Hari,my schoolmate and the current PR that Symantec is coming on November 5th pay is 5.5 lakhs.Who bothers about pay,all i need is a reputed dream job with a decent salary above 5 lakhs and Symantec seems to fit into my requirement.

A small flashback back to 5 months some sweet morning in june my senior Pradeep and I were chatting when i was interning at Aricent,then he had told he was shortlisted and got rejected in the interview of Symantec.And it was the best company which used to come late for recruitment and only lucky guys who though talented get rejected luckily by not-so-good companies get placed in Symantec......back to the present hmm maybe thats why my lord Murugar is delaying my dream placement....Lets see.At that moment nothing was running in my mind.All my focus and determination was to get placed in the last dream of this semester and to end the worst year of my life on a good note.Ya 2008 was the worst year in my life,the pillow on my bed knows my tears of rejection,the placement notice board knows my looks of anticipation.

November 5th happened to be the lab assessment for Component Development Lab.How could we attend Symantec placement??If we miss lab assessment we would lose 25 mark out off 100 for the subject and more than that have to face the wrath of our HoD for bunking the lab exam...I cant write any more apology letters.It was Novemeber 4th evening HoD was not in college,she had gone somewhere out.Me,Parthiban,Praveen and Vijay Vinod were waiting to get HoD's permission to postpone lab assessment.None of the other so called responsible persons of the class bothered to wait but thats not the case with me.My only focus is on getting placed tomorrow.Though I am successful in getting placed or not but i will put all my strength to try for it.

HoD came back,but our FA was missing...coz we could talk with her through him only.FA came back,HoD is missing....She is in Deans room along with EIE and ECE HoD and some 1st year and 2nd year guys for some ragging problem which turned to a fight and police issue.Now we are waiting for her to return.It is 7:30 p.m now.One by one the students were coming out.Its already 7:30,what will i be able to prepare for tomorrow's placement and I needed to be thorough in almost all subjects ranging from algo,dbms,os,oops,c,data structures,n/w etc this is what some of my seniors told.That seems to be impossible task to even revise these subjecs getting back home tired.But still I would nt give up and I still waited.Then something struck me,HoD might have directly gone to Grid Lab.....Eureka.....I checked up there..she is in...called up FA and the 4 of us went in....this is what happened

FA:Maam,nalaiku company edho varudhaam,pasanga lab xam postpone panna solranga
[we handed over the letter]
HoD:Symantec...Dream job ah?Eligibility sollaliya
Vijay Vinod:Innum sollala maam
Me:ppt la solvaanga maam
HoD:OK go ahead carry on..Exam postpone pannikalam...
HoD[to FA]:Friday freeya irukku illa...appo vechukonga

thats it we came out and matter over
Throughout these hour long waitings all i had been telling praveen and parthiban was "We have done a selfless act(ofcourse it has a tinge of selfishness) by staying so long for others including us to attend Symantec,we have done a punniya kaaryam.So i am sure one of us will definitely get placed tomorrow"

We came out and told to RN.Vinod,Sivakumar and Shanthakumar who were waiting outside what had happened.And soon i left home.Reached home by 8.And started off with some revision with notes i hav been collecting for placements.My determination did nt let me sleep,It is 2:10(i still remember exactly) my mom woke up and said,"Ippo thoongalana nalaiku interview thookam varum.Moonu varusham padikaadhadhaya innum moonu mani nerathula padichida pora....konjam neram rest edupaa"....What a fool i was???what will i gain by reading now..I slept and woke up at 7..got ready and left early by 8:30 but still could reach there only by 10:10 when the ppt was almost over.By the way I have a strange sentiment,I have got shortlisted in all companies where i was late to ppt.Hopefully i get shortlisted here too.

Frankly speaking the salary part in the ppt was the most confusing.They said fixed cash of 4.75-5.25 and then total salary from 5.5 to 7.25 and all salary are variable from person to person.Hopefully i ll understand after i enter Symantec

These Merittrac guys were going to conduct the tests.It was a solid 1:30 hr test and many where sleeping in this long test.I went ahead slow and steady solving the maximum.Since no negative marking atlast i marked all "C" for unanswered question there were only some 10 or 15 i had nt answered.Test over we came out.Some were teasing i will get shortlisted and placed..I heeded to none of their voices.My true friends who usually tease me understood my feelings and what was going in my mind and they kept silent.We went for lunch,free tea and mixture was given at vivekananda auditorium...Shantha and KK got a hand onto it,all 6 of us shared.went to lunch at madras university canteen,had lunch returned to CUIC.Results announced at 1.So soon!!!

Nearly 38 got shortlisted out of which from MIT IT,it was 5 of us me, joe, E.Sathish, rn.vinod, talat[NO girls!!!!].Interviews start at 2.I was in the 3 o clock batch.I left to have a face wash,my school friend Manoj messaged me that i was called.I was late,my name had been called earlier,so i had to wait till 3 o clock batch.In the meanwhile we had to fill up some form rating us in various domains and pin up our resume with it.My first interviewer was a cool guy,he introduced himself as fred.Later the next day i found more about him,his full name fredrick terrance,his wordpress blog,and he is owner of Symantec Chennai community.
The interview started at 2:50,

Fred:Good Afternoon Karthik.Have your seat
Me:Good Afternoon sir.Thank you.
Fred:When did you come Karthik
Me:Just now
Fred:Oh then you are late
Me:No sir actually i was waiting outside
Fred[going through my resume]:ok cool down first....What all companies came to ur college this year
Me:Microsoft,globalscholar,nortel etc
Fred:To what level have you been thru in these companies
Me:[told as mentioned in my prev post abt my rejections]
Fred:What was ur last company
Me:nortel
Fred:when was it
Me:a week back
Fred:so u r still in the interview mood
Me:yes sir
Fred:How good are you in networks?
Me:fairly good
Fred:[asked a simple network question i don remember]
Me:[answered]
Fred:Moving on to OS,What do u know abt virtual memory
Me:[told]
Fred:Ok,I have a system with 20 GB hard disk which is now fill with 19 gb data.I need 2 gb virtual memory,how will it be allocated
Me:[i answered whatever came to my mind at that moment....all concepts abt virtual memory,paging etc]
Fred:Lets move on to some DBMS,how good are u in DBA commands
Me:I dont know sir, i know sql well
Fred:[gave me to write a query]
Me:[I wrote it wrongly]
Fred:Correct it if u can
Me:[I could nt]
Fred:OK leave it,write a program for string reverse
Me:can i use extra space
Fred:u may if u want
Me:i wrote a very naive code using extra memory for the string[i saved the efficient in-place reversal for next improvement...but he did nt ask and was going thru my resume.....i did have a very impressive resume]
Fred:Ok let me ask u a puzzle.There is a tall building with spiral and uneven staircases with different heights,how will u measure its height,tell me 2 approach,1)a layman and 2)a scientist
Me:told whatever my mind thought at that moment....all about gravity,trigonometry,heights and distance,dropping a thread etc.,
Fred:Ok Karthik,I am done with my interview.You may wait now
Me:Thank You sir

Its 3:40 now
Though I did only fairly well,I was not confident with the result.In the meantime,I dont remember the guy from symantec who was coordinating the waiting candidates,he was taking a person out and said result to be announced tomorrow(Results tomorrow means that we are REJECTED........ethana company interview naanga paathu irupom).Hmm similarly would i also be sent out soon???...those where the illusions going in my mind.I was waiting patiently,many who came after me went for 2nd round.Finally around 4:00 the person called me and lead me to another person for my second interview[Phew!! atleast i am still alive in the interview process...i should thank Mr.Fred]

The 2nd Interviewer was different from others around,he was an elderly person and everyone there was wearing a red Symantec t-shirt,but he was wearing a blue t-shirt,may be someone speacial and experienced....I am caught with him......dunno what my fate would be....ippove kanna katudhe.I dont remember his name.The interview started at 4:40

Interviewer:Good Evening Karthik.Take your seat
Me:Good Evening sir.Thank you.
Interviewer:What is ur area of interest
Me:Data structures and algorithms
Interviewer:what is ur favourite algorithm
Me:[i knew a few but i did nt wanna get caught saying them and later not knowing in detail abt them]Actually i am interested in problem solving
Interviewer:ok
Me:Given a problem i like using concepts of algo and data structure to code them
Interviewer:ok,then let me start with a simple problem,i hav a large set of integers ..say 1 billion and ram cant accomodate more than 1 million integers,how will u count occurence of each integer
Me:I did nt understand this and said abt the method similar to merge sort
Interviewer:I think you are tensed,do u need some water
Me:No sir,cud u jus repeat the question
Interviewer:(he repeated)
Me:I said an approach similar to flag array
Interviewer:Ok gud.Now let me move on to another simple problem,given an array of words and a smaller array of words,you need to remove the words in smaller array from the larger array.
Me:I told various approaches to this,starting with n-square solution of searching each word in smaller array in the bigger array,and then a trie-based approach
Interviewer:what is a trie??explain ur method better
Me:I said everything i knew abt trie,my spell checker project and the solution for this problem
Interviewer:Ok nice cud u think of any other approach??why not hashing
Me:but it uses a larger extra memory than trie sir,thats y i avoided it
Interviewer:Ok what is problem with hashing
Me:told everything from hashing,collision,collision resolution,probing
Interviewer:ok then,what are the subjects you hav in this semester
Me:told grid,cryptography & n/w security,.....i was fumbling(dai karthi enna subject padikara kooda gnyabagam illaya??)
Interviewer:ok dont worry it always happens,we dont remember the subject names,how much is your interest in networks??
Me:fairly good sir,but i like cryptography which v r studying this sem very much(i like that subject,but my grades are nt gud in it[:(] )
Interviewer:oh thats nice,so which buk do u follow
Me:William Stallings
Interviewer:Oh,that black buk
Me:yes sir
Interviewer:I know that buk from the first till the last page [Vechutaanga Aaapu......I have turned the pages of the book only twice so far......on the nights before my two assessment tests]
[now the interview turned out to be a rapid fire round.....i dunno why it happened,but the interviewer was shooting out questions at quick successions,i too managed to answer them all,though questions were simple,but the speed was difficult to handle]
Interviewer:Why dont v use Des nowadays
Me:told abt key size etc
Interviewer:why not use a variation of Des
Me:told abt double des,triple des, and man in middle attack
Interviewer:Tell the importance of public key cryptography
Me:told whatever i knew
Interviewer:tell abt any hashing algorithm
Me:told abt md5
Interviewer:tell me the procedure of getting the md5 hash value
Me:but sir there is a block diagram in the book,which v only learn by-heart(mug-up) the day before the exam
Interviewer:(he laughed out) i think that should be enough,these entire cyptography questions,i was just teasing you
Me:(Gosh!!! why did nt i understand it before)
Interviewer:Tell me abt ur final year project
Me:Explained abt it
Interviewer:So what do u know abt Symantec
Me:told abt their norton,internet securing,saving millions of dollars through security to other industries
Interviewer:what is intrusion?
Me:Getting into a network or accessing a system without proper authentication
Interviewer:what do u know abt virus
Me:told
Interviewer:have u written any virus?
Me:no sir
Interviewer:I think u may have to wait until v announce the results
Me:I was smiling wide(coz those who were rejected were sent back,so i have a high probability of getting placed by this hint which my interviewer gave me)
Interviewer:(he smiled back)do u have any questions
Me:yes sir,if u wont mistake me i hav a queation abt norton antivirus subscription
Interviewer:go ahead
Me:jus by changing the system clock,v are able to by-pass the subscription settings and use the full version even after it has expired,why has nt this bug been corrected so long,i am sure u are aware of it
Interviewer:(he gave a smile)but if u change the date,ur antivirus wud be active,so u can download the updates,but it wont be updated,since ur system date is sometime in the past,only updates of that system date would be installed in ur system
Me:thats kool sir
Interviewer:any more questions
Me:will i have any more round of interview
Interviewer:yes u might be having a HR round,jus a formality,u will be informed,u might have to wait for some time till then
Me:Thank you sir,hav a nice day

Now the time is 5:30.......an interview nearly an hour long..
I waited till nearly 7 without getting any response frm the guys who were assigning us to interviewers,in the mean time talat and E.sathish had been rejected.I went for my HR which was conducted by Geetha Raman who is the Principal HR.As told before it was just a formality asking abt my personal information,some of the questions i remember were,
Geetha:Take ur seat
Me:Gud evening maam
Geetha:Gud evening.tell me abt urself
Me:told the pre-recorded speech which i repeat for all interviews
Geetha:Abt ur family background
Me:told
Geetha:Why Symantec
Me:Told abt job of my dreams,an organization which saves many other organization,its like the military defence in s/w industry......[lots of extra bit]
Geetha:What is your final year project
Me:told abt grid and ddos
Geetha:do u do it in a company or college
Me:in the grid lab in our college,we have a separate facility for grid with 8 clusters(apdiya?????? sollave illa)
Geetha:are you ready to join chennai
Me:without any doubt maam,i would consider myself lucky to join at my hometown itself
Geetha:would you prefer to join as a tester or developer
Me:It does nt matter ma'am.I prefer to get knowledge about all domains in this young age.So i dont have any preference now.After knowing about my expertise,it would be wise for me to have my preference
Geetha:Ok since you are flexible i would suggest u to know how is Symantec different from other companies.........She explained the works of developer,QA and that v can switch between them when v want and when the positions are available.
Me:[I was listening to everything]
Geetha:Ok Karthik that ends ur interview.
Me:Thank You maam

Came back,RN vinod and joe were waiting for their HR rounds,I came out E was waiting for joe,then all rounds were over by 7:30.We all went to CEG canteen for some refreshments and had a chapaathi.Results to be announced by 8:00 it seems.My Dad came to ceg in the meantime to pick me up since it had got late and he was on his way back home.He was waiting near canteen and we went to sit in front of CUIC office,the results were getting a bit late increasing our tension and its nearly 8:45 now.The symantec guys came with the list,it was given to the other guy(not Selvam) to announce.12 got selected.RN.vinod,joe...and my name was still not announced,it was the 10th in the list of 12.

"Late aa vandhalum Latest aa vandhuchu"

Thank you Muruga,you showed ur true grace for me by granting me a job in chennai itself.I did nt understand ur intentions and had even cursed you for not helping me in these troubled times. But after all i am a human soul who cannot understand ur noble intention to keep me under ur direct sight and to keep me as near to my parents as possible.Just by saying thanks i cannot conclude this,I owe you everything i have.Well Murugar's vital role in getting me what i desire throughout my life cant be explained in here,so i ll write a separate blog for his impact in my life.

"எல்லாபுகழும் என் முருகன் முருகனுக்கே "

Well out of the 12,
MIT IT-3......Karthik Ragunath,Joe,RN Vinod
MIT CSE-3.....Ganesh,Vidhya,Prabhakaran
CEG CSE-Srivatsan,Deepak Raja,Umai Selvi
CEG IT-Venkatakrishna,Durga
CEG MCA-Sivagaminathan

We were then called in to be addressed.And they introduced us our project manager under whose team we would be working.the project manager along with the person who did my 2nd interview gave us the red Symantec t-shirts.We posed for a photograph.Finally the HR maam gave us her business visiting card and said "Wish to see you soon at Symantec".

A sigh of relief

When we were exiting the cuic office ,i said this to joe "Oru vazhiya oru tholla vituchu da".The cuic guy who announced the results was sitting in the chair.We thanked him.Came out.Called up dad first who was just standing a few metres away and said "place agiten pa" and then called mom and said "Amma Symantec la place agiten ma".Came back and left home with Dad

God lives in the heart of the people

The sufferings of those who are soaked in a sea of sorrows would never go unnoticed by God.He never leaves anyone to continue to suffer their pain and be helpless.There is no one in this world who has struggled and suffered pain from birth till death.Similarly there is no one in this world who has always been happy from birth till death.This is nature of life.When you say life,it comprises of all aspects,happiness and sorrow,sin and grace, good people and bad people.This is way of life.Only if we suffer pain in our life we will be able to realize the complete value of happiness.For instance,if you continue to stay in an Air Conditioned room all day you would nt realize its value.Go out and spend few time in the heat of direct sunlight and then come back thats when you realize its value.

This is the reason why God has filled each and every life on this planet with happiness as well as sorrow.This is the reason why when we go through a happy experience we love life and want to live it to fullest.At the same time if struck with a unhappy and sorrow event we hate our life and expect it to end soon.

But i feel that God does nt like these kind of people.I think this is the reason why some people dont get God's grace.If one happily accepts success and rejoices it but at the same time does nt want failure and does nt accept defeat,then it just means he has not yet understood God and Nature.

First we need to understand nothing is permanent in our life.When we get happiness,if we realize that it is just temporary,then we will rejoice it in a disciplined manner.Similarly when we are struck with grief,if we realize this is also not permanent,then we wont break into tears unable to bear the load of the failure.Life will have both mixed in their right proportions.Also it is good for life and our health.

We also need to know one thing.When compared to many other problems in life, money problem-i mean the problem of not having enough money is not at all a big problem.Some relative or someone we know of ours dieing in their young age,not able to get married and not able to lead a happy married life at the right age,our children not growing in a proper manner,some minor misunderstandings or fights with our close friend,betrayal of someone whom we love so much.....are examples of sorrows which can affect us to a great extent.Even I have thought before that if we have money we can overcome whatever grief strikes us.But now I have realized it is not like that.Not having money is jus a minor and short lived problem.But the problems i mentioned above are difficult problems which at times do not have any solutions.

When we face a problem - whether it be financial problem or something which affects us mentally - whatever may happen, there is no meaning in living life, suffering about the problem in our hearts unable to bear the pain the problem has caused us.Instantly, we need to spend every nerve of our mind to concentrate on how to solve the problem.Let me tell you how we need to think and analyse the problem-How did this problem occur? Why it occured? Due to whom it occured? What is our fault in it? If we analyse like this deeply,the origin of the problem will automatically become clear to us. If the mistake is ours, we should instantly ask "Sorry". If it is the fault of someone else,we need to make them understand their fault.When we tell a lie,in order to save that lie we need to tell hundred more lies. Similarly when we dont concentrate on solving a problem in its budding stages,it will start to nurture and grow to cause many more problems

I will just say one thing finally.God is not present anywhere else.He is present in the hearts and minds of the people.I have visited many places.I have even visited every nook and corner of this world.The humanity,mercy,helping tendancy which the tamil people have is not present in anyone else.That is the reason why everyone says "வந்தாரை வாழ வைக்கும் தமிழகம்"

If someone has the talent,skill,good thoughts and if he is a good human being ,the tamil people wont bother about his language or caste or anything else.So should nt there be a yardstick as to how to behave with people of such high qualities? If some one does any harm to them or betrays them - God wont let them without punishing them.
"வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான்." This is certain

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This is a translation of the article written by Superstar Rajnikanth himself on a 1996 issue of tamil magazine "Tughlaq"
The original article in tamil is available at http://www.onlyrajini.com/?p=3275

A scar difficult to heal.....,

This blog is not an account of the happenings,you may find about it in full detail in all newspapers and news channels.This is just a True Indian's feelings about the incident,a feeling shared by millions of Indian across the world.

Its November 26th, Mumbai-the commercial capital of India hit by the worst terror attack to ever happen on Indian soil.A bunch of teenagers in their twenties jolt India with a powerful punch.The attack was not on Mumbai but it was on India, on a billion Indians.

The world has seen many terrorist attacks,we Indians have seen many but this was the last straw on the heap, we cant tolerate anymore, we are angry now,we are very angry on the government.I am not blaming the Congress party,they are just unlucky to be on the chair now,but in general i blame the entire system,the government officials,and politicians of all parties

But what is the use just blaming each other.We need actions.We need immediate actions.India our country is not safe anymore,if just a handful of teenagers could render sleepless nights of terror to a billion people how safe are we,how safe is the general public.The citizens of the country are not safe.Without the citizens how are you going to run the government.Mumbai is the highest tax paying city in India.What are you doing with all those taxes,cant you provide us safety,what else are we asking you???What will happen if all of us stop paying taxes???

A piece of information i got today that most the funds alloted to the Mumbai police department has been utilised to buy luxury cars for the police replacing their jeeps and for air conditioning the police stations....cant you buy better weapons for them,still they have the same old 1950s pistol shown from the black and white cinema with the 6 bullets,and and for each bullet used you have to submit report and that too in no way you can shoot an accused above their thighs.And after shooting you are faced with an enquiry.Ridiculous!!!!Cant you change the system???How long do you think can the same old system run,you need to change with time.You cant use a cellphone for more than 1 year.How do you expect we citizens are safe with the same 50 year old system.

At this point I would like to pay respect to the real heroes who sacrificed their lives so that we can sleep in peace.With such outdated weaponry the mumbai police did their best to evade the damage which could have happened.Despite which 15 policemen lost their lives including 3 big names which include Hemant Karkare,Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamte.The nation salutes you Sir.And also the 2 NSG jawans which included Major Unnikrishnan sacrificing their lives.Salutes to you too Sir.

Now getting back to the issue.This is a sensitive issue and it has happened.But whoever makes political use of this is nothing short of a pottai(in tamil its a slang for cowards,literally meaning a girl).What the hell were 2 well known BJP leaders doing at Oberoi-Trident hotel when the NSG operation was going,
"Anga enna velaku pudika vandhingala??"
You guys were just creating distraction,in that commotion, who is responsible for your security??Who asked you to come there,instead you should have gone to the Hospital where the injured policemen are admitted.Next coming to a well known leader who came to give money to Karkare's family, who asked for your money???Is 1 crore a price to a brave son of India...Karkare is a priceless hero,mind you politicians. You cant settle his loss by money. Karkare's wife gave a good backslash by denying the money.This is not your playground to play your cheap game of politics.If you are really interested in doing any good(which is very difficult to expect from a politician) then install faith and strength among the Indian citizens.

I am not accusing only BJP in this regard.Even the CM has not administered the state properly, he failed to control the regional clashes initiated by Raj Thackarey, and now the terror attacks and adding to all this he conducts a Disaster tourism by touring around the damaged Taj with his son and a director.Apart from this the deputy Cheif Minister saying that "In bigger cities one or two incidents like these do happen.The death toll might have been 5000.You should be happy that it is 195".Attrocious comments by some one in a high post.You expect us to be happy???We are angry!!You are pouring more oil in the fire.Its nice to see that though he could have done nothing about it,Shivaraj Patil stepped down from the post of Home Minister taking the moral responsibility

Now coming to more of a local issue...Where is the so called Raj Thackarey???Mumbai has become a bloody hell.And what are you doing shutting yourself inside your house.Where is your MNS,the so-called Marathi Army.Its the brave sons of India,who gave their lives so that Mumbaikars can have a peaceful sleep.When these NSG went into the Terror-hit sites, there was nothing in their mind,they did nt think,"hey i am a malayali why should i save mumbai??".All they thought was ,"My India is at seige,I am an Indian first,I am here to save my motherland not my mother tongue".Why dont you guys understand it???

Now coming back to the attack,one guy is now caught and he is revealing all the truths.And much evidence has been recovered which directly points to Pakistan as the origin of the attacks.Why did Pakistan not send its ISI cheif???ISI officially endorses and suppors Lashkar-e-Taiba,this is what i read in a newspaper.How can a goverment agency support a terrorist organization,what is the goverment doing about it there in Pakistan??? And since much of the evidence and the caught terrorist's testimony is pointing to Pakistan,the Tension between the countries is rising.Pakistan has shifted most of its troops from Afgan border to Indian borders,India too is strengthening its defence.Though the central goverment is denying any possibility of a war.But some miscreants in our country are planting the seeds of a war in the hearts of many.War cannot be a solution.Non-violence has always been our way and we will continue to follow it.Many say "After september 11,America gave a backslash to Osama by destroying Afganistan".So do u expect India to backslash the LeT by destroying Pakistan???America is an International Rowdy according to me so it went to war.We Indians believe in Gandhigiri and never in Dhadhagiri.

But we cannot leave this incident as such.I said to be peaceful and non-violent with our neighbours.But not with terrorists.As it is said "When someone slaps you on one cheek,show the other cheek".But this time "The terrorists have slapped on both our cheeks".And hence many are asking to slap everyone from the country where the terrorist belongs to.It is absolutely wrong.We have slapped back the terrorist,All 11 of them dead and 1 caught alive.Next step is we need to protect our cheeks so that someone else might not slap us again.My point is we need to increase our security,which i stressed in the initial lines of the blog itself.

What I expect at this instance is the Government rather than leaking the evidence they have about the incident to the media they should directly come in front of the media and declare all the evidence and point out the culprits to install faith in people's minds which is now driven by fear and anger.

And of course the Prime Minister has come with good ideas of increasing NSG strength and building NSG base at all 4 major cities of the nation and many more steps.Good ,but we have to wait and see how this is implemented.All this was decided in the All-party meeting.A point worth-mentioning here is a so-called experienced politician of the country did nt find time to attend the most important meeting of the nation at this point of crisis.You may be BJP or Congress, but all you politicians are first citizens of India.Your party is insignificant at the time of India's worst crisis.Terrorism is an issue where religion,caste and party are no bar.Every one of us should join hands without any diversity and have to eliminate this wild bush called Terrorism from is root.

OK!!Enough of Accusing others.Now just think if we citizens have gone wrong anywhere???Yes Of course.Its our attitude.The Indian attitude.We are so tolerant and use the "Its all right","Chaltha hai" ,"Pona podhu" attitude.We are not bothered about the minor issues in our soceity, as shown in movies like Anniyan.We spit on the road.We pay to pass urinals in toilets and it is free to pass it in the open.We are not bothered about quality,if it is cheap and not of good qualtiy again the "Pona podhu" attitude.And all these minor faults by each and every one of us billion citizens culminates into a big problem like terrorism and strikes us really hard on our ass,when it does we cry and start blaming others.The tolerance, ignorance and the "Pona podhu attitude" among the mumbai police and government officials is responsible for not considering the Indian Intelligence reports about smuggling RDX into Indian shores in Gujarat and this terror attack.Basically they are also Indians and thats why they have the same attitude like us.Hence it is a long time process.We need to change our attitude towards life.Though it is difficult for us to change,We have to take things seriously now and have to sow this attitude of taking even the mildest thing seriously in our future generations.Hardwork and sincereity has been the reason for Japan to become a superpower enough to lend money to America during America's economic crisis.When will we Indians stop all this cheating,hoarding,black-markets etc ., we learn a lot in our scriptures and in schools.Has anyone of us practiced atleast one virtue in it??If we had,If everyone of us had we could have avoided this attack and saved 195 innocent lives.Anyway it is over,we have to learn our lessons atleast now and as a citizen do our duty properly,the nation will change.A nation is just not a piece of land.It is made of flesh,blood and the spirit of a billion people.

We talk so much but at last,this incident has not only left a physical scar on the hundreds of people injured but a mental scar in a billion hearts.And it truly is a scar difficult to heal[title pudichuten].It will take months or even years to heal

Condolences to all those who lost their lives in this dreadful incident
May your soul Rest In Peace.