Monday, January 4, 2010
What can replace education
Education was pushed back due to various things in the past. Leading reason was money until recently. After looking at the photo published in dinamalar on 5th Jan'10, seems like the competition has increased.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Honda Civic Transmission problem
Now, I went into the www.nhtsa.com website and started compiling the VIN numbers that had the same problem. I found a substantial number of civics having this problem. My guess is the other 2001 civic owners didnt know that such a forum exists or they havent crossed the 90000 miles their car yet (to get into the transmission problem). My advice to all the unfortunate owners:
1) sell the car if you can when the condition is good.
2) bargain with america honda / dealer for fixing it free - its no fault of ours. Infact we shouldnt even pay for the labor and they should be paying us for the rental during that period.
3) If there is anyone out there for a class action suit, let me know. I will participate.
Its just their attitude on not fixing the CIVIC TRANSMISSION thats upsetting me than the cost.
Resources:
1) My own experience.
2) www.nhtsa.com - search the complaints database. I guess they are waiting for someone to die - to initiate an investigation - shame.
3) http://www.hondaproblems.com/Civic/transmission-failure.shtml
4) http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Civic/2001/transmission/transmission_failure.shtml
Would I buy a honda again --- NO . Not because my transmission failed.. but because they made me beg for the replacement. Sorry - I still have some esteem left after begging for the first one.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Is Sethu Samudram Project really worth?
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/01inter.htm
Time for people to think!!!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Chakde India
To my knowledge, this is the first time the committee has come out so quickly with the results. They have found the companies guilty.
Why H'Bad flyover collapsed
Now whats left is to see if this verdict holds good and if the responsible parties will be punished accordingly. The very fact that a verdict came out this fast shows we are going in the right direction :)
Friday, July 27, 2007
End of an excellent presidency
Yes . He was people's President. A person who attracted press coverage for what he did rather than what he said.
Many people fail to convert their popularity to do good for people. Its very important for celebrities to do this when they are at the helm of the career. Not after it ends.
Here I am proudly presenting the example set by Dr Kalam.
He is using every instrument possible to let students know how to help the country to become a developed one.
Some salient news which attracted me recently :
Kalam at Gandhigram Univ where he says to the students :
- We must be responsible. We must educate five illiterates, plant and nurture five trees, change five addicts from smoking, drugs, gambling and every other vice. We must abolish poverty at all costs.
- If you think your parents are corrupt tell them to stop
I dont want to take sides here. But want my bloggers to be aware of the fact after reading this article in www.rediff.com
I did not receive papers on Afzal's mercy plea: Kalam
What a shame .. the Government has been hoodwinking a billion people. No matter what the Government's position is : come out and say it... and LOUD.
To not comment on something this important shows the indecisive attitude on everyone we elected.
Please for a billion people's sake, change this attitude and become a functioning Government.
And by the way, on the Bihar topic, when a state in his country is getting worse, whats the owner - the president doing in Russia. I wish he had come in person and dealt with it.
Dr Kalam, I beg to differ here ... you should have taken the owner ship and dealt with it. Merely saying you spoke to the prime minister and took the decision goes against your nature.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Hospitals in Emergency
It talks about a potential person who has high risk of heart attacks and other such anticipated emergencies can pick his emergency hospital which could save his life.
Choosing the hospital matters because of the procedure each and every hospital has.
Picking right hospital can save your life
You can check about the hospital procedures in the following website :
Hospital compare -- Health and Human services
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Saravana stores Goons
Six Saravana Store Workers( goons) attacked a NRI Gentleman, who came shopping to Chennai. Elanchezian, a visiting NRI from London, was shopping in Saravana Stores, Ranganathan Street along with his wife Mrs. Sudharshini and little daughter Nilayini, 3 yrs of age. Day before yesterday, he shopped in Saravana Stores for Rs.10,000. After having paid for the items, Elanchezian tried to carry his daughter outside the store. His daughter was carrying a small rubber ball worth Rs.10 and the store workers thought she had stolen it.
Elanchezian tried to explain that he had bought the rubber ball but the 6 store workers attacked him, and injured Elanchezian. The public tried to help Elanchezian but the store workers prevented them from doing so. Finally, Elanchezian called up the Mambalam Police Station and explained the situation but the police were reluctant to file a case. When Lathika Charan, Commissioner of Police came to know about this, she ordered immediate action on the six accused.
The Six workers were later taken to Saidapet Magistrate and released on bail.
Now my point on this issue is , the management knew this was wrong. So they should have apologized to the concerned person. They never did that. Instead, once again took the arrogant path using their money and power in chennai.
Mr Elanchezian , we people are with you. Go ahead, fight it . I will try to blog this incident in more places. DO NOT get into any compromise till justice is done.
This should be a lesson to every big wig owner who thinks they are superior than the customers.
Ofcourse other shops might also be doing the same thing. For them , the message is "time is not too far when you also get caught with evidence" .
I WILL NOT SHOP IN SARAVANA STORES. Even if it means I spend few thousands more at other shops.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Condolences
All the time in my life I have been thinking JUSTICE is blind - doesn't differentiate between poor and rich, power and meek . It was shocking when I read the following in the news column
"A Brazilian court in February banned large jets at the busy airport because of safety concerns, The Associated Press reported.
But an appeals court overruled the ban, saying it would hurt business and that the safety problems did not warrant halting air traffic, according to AP."
Had the greedy, money hungry attorneys for the airlines not taken the case to the appeals court, the innocent lives would not have been taken. If a lower court had ruled in a way, there is a reason - only if the appeals court had thought about this in detail :(
Around 175 are dead and millions live to mourn them with heavy heart, am with you folks.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Shame on politicians
Govvernment tries to get Dow chemicals to invest in India
For the novice, Dow chemicals bought Union carbide -the infamous company which put people's life after their profits. Along with it comes all the law suits.
Apparently the Indian Government including the PMO , finance and industry ministry are working hard to let this go away - meaning finding loop holes, and get Dow Chemicals to invest back to India.
Dow chemicals knew all the risks that came with their take over. When will our people support our own ? The greed makes me sick to the stomach . STOP.
Welcome
In this scenario when IT employees are jumping jobs, look at this grand welcome
Folks get me a job with this company :)
At this rate, defenitely job retension is not a problem ....
Anand & Aiswarya now have a boy
We have a new addition. Aiswarya delivered a baby boy... This means another one to kick our Anand... Great news right... Also one more person for our Sam darling to fight with... I think shes going to really enjoy her trip to India this time... Thi calls for a celebration...So what next... C'mon lets get started... Has anand thought of a name or its going to be a suspense till the naming function? Any guesses?
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Tax filing and Assessment
Apparently they say "oversight" while filing tax is not a punishable crime.
Every person who gets audited by Income tax office is rich enough and does hire a reputed Chartered Accountant to file his taxes ( Am not saying the medium income group doesnt get audited .. just that its so rare and we can comfortably neglect them) . These so called CAs work hard to hide the income of their paymasters.
The only thing which was making them to be honest was a punitive action by the Government and now, the APEX ruling has quashed that too.
Apex ruling
Lets wait and see how much this affects the tax revenues for the Government
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Medical Profession
This person charges a couple of bucks for consultation.
How many of us dare to follow his footsteps. We can prove one to be in our own field of expertise.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Amitabh - Bollywood Cinema actor - A Farmer
Ofcourse there is some political vendetta behind this . But undoubtedly, what Amithabh did was ethically and morally WRONG.
If a land is allotted for farming purpose, there is a reason. The politicians and rich people circumvent the law at every turning to make them richer and richer. Where does this greed stop ?
At their funeral ? Apparently no... They pass it on to their family successors. Some times, I do feel China is on the right path.
Amitabh Bachchan is not a farmer: UP court
A funny and sorry story on how he went on to grab more land in other places based on how he claimed as a farmer in one place.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
My Birthday party
Memorial day weekend
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Scary Rupee appreciation
Friday, May 25, 2007
Helmet saves lives
Petition against Helmet quashed
Every human has to realize the need for a helmet in their own safety. Hairstyle , sweat, irritation are not higher than life.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Presidential election
when other countries are going up, we still dont even know if which direction we want to go . Shame on the politicians.
Ofcourse one surprising twist on the UP election was Mayawati accepting the fact that she needs all votes across the castes. A realization that carries messages to all parties .
Friday, May 18, 2007
Realising the dream
I dont believe on the economy will triple.. a safer bet would be double...
http://in.rediff.com/money/2007/may/18inter1.htm
India's growth has been enormous and steady over a period of time.
Take it any field in the society
IT which leads it
Communications
Automotive
Bio-technology
Inspite of all this growth, the only thing that worries me is the lower middle class who still make a couple of grand a month.
So all the growth is for probably 40% of the population.
The remaining 60% are brought down heavily. Classic example is an acountant's job thats being replaced by computers. ( the computer programmer ofcourse would have made 10 times more here)
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Train needed some muscle power
http://wral.com/news/strange/story/1420087/
well you need to be in Pune
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Effects of outsourcing ???
http://wral.com/news/strange/story/1415471/
outsourcing has been affecting quite a lot of folks around .
Way to go MK
Great example set by Dr Kalaignar Karunanidhi .
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/16selvi.htm
You get into Parliament ONLY if you fall into elite categories viz. Cheating, murder, burglary, katta panchayat.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Maran Resigned from cabinet !!!! What would be the fate of Chennai IT Sector ?
Now lets think who will take up the post. Is it Statlin ot Azhagiri ??? If any one of them take up the responsibilty then GOD has to help India and IT sector ...
What do you say ? Comments on this pls ???
-Aiswarya Anand
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
politicians
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The_day_in_pics_May_10/articleshow/msid-2024487,curpg-1.cms
Incase you cant see the link , here is the replica of it ...
Satyagraha and Tagore's song is all worth for a yawn from this guru ...
Law on property damage during political agitations
http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B415ED69B-2359-415C-8AF7-A041854891D3%7D&CATEGORYNAME=CHN
Here is the content :
Law on property damage during agitations | |
Chennai, May 4: The state government today introduced an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992, as per which political parties need not pay for damage to property during agitations and processions. The amendment, introduced by PWD Minister K Duraimurugan, said political parties or communal, language or ethnic groups, need not pay compensation for damage or loss caused to property during any procession, assembly, meeting, agitation, demonstration or any other activities organised by them. The Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992, provides for punishment to political parties for damage to property during agitations and processions organised by them. |
Assuming we find the person who did damage my property... taking action on him is not going to help. He will be out the next minute with all the political influence for the next galatta.