Best People Search Engines

Internet has made the world look smaller. It is easy to find anyone now.  Here are some of the best people search engines:

PIPL

http://pipl.com/

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/

MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/ 

Orkut

http://www.orkut.com/

Spock

http://www.spock.com/

123people

http://www.123people.com/

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/

Spoke

http://www.spoke.com/

Yasni

http://www.yasni.com/

Google

http://www.google.com/

Slumdog Millionaire in Oscar: Moment of Proud or Shame

Slumdog Millionaire has won 4 prestigious Golden Globe awards and has been nominated in 10 categories for Oscar. Facts suggest that the movie is extraordinary and thus the makers should be acclaimed and showered with accolades. Every Indian will see the event as a moment of proud. But there is another side to it and is flipped by many indians including Amitabh Bachchan. Let me put it this way. Slumdog Millionaire is a certificate that says:

To Whomsoever It May Concern

1. We are willing to show the darker side if and only if we get fame, money and applause.

2. We are not concerned about the lack of apathy shown to the poor. We have no time to think about what is right or wrong.

3. The slumdwellers should have ethics and moral responsibilities. If not, we will provide them oppurtunities to build illegal slums, electricity and water for daily livings. They are a good votebank.

4. We are not bothered even if our airports and other important places are exposed to danger because of this.

5. Riots are just a part of life. Let us fight each other and see who gains domination.

6. Indian filmmakers should not expect any prestigious awards no matter what subject they base their stories on. Good music is not enough for winning an award. Music for a film directed by an englishman can make some sense.

7. Life is full of filth in India. Dirty words, imbalanced system and immoral behavior are not surprising.

 

Now check this:

Swiss Banking Association report, 2006 details bank deposits in the territory of Switzerland by nationals of following countries:
TOP FIVE  

INDIA	$1,456 BILLION
RUSSIA	$470 BILLION
U.K.	$390 BILLION
UKRAINE	$100 BILLION
CHINA	$96 BILLION

Now do the math’s – India with $1,456 billion or $1.4 trillion has more money in Swiss banks than rest of the world combined.

Probably this will not make a good subject for a film.

The New Capitalism. Will the recession end?

A must read..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/16_12_09_new_capitalism1.pdf

Now Sholay scene with Satyam flavor

Jay : Mausi, ladka Satyam mein kaam karta  hai..

Mausi : Hai ram..!!! Aur kahin try kar raha hai kya??

Jay : kahan mausi, 2 saal Satyam me rahne ke baad koi Company leti kahan
hai…
Mausi : Hi Raam to kya 2 saal se Satyam mein hi hai..
Jay : haan socha tha 2 saal me salary hike hogi hi. Aajkal to salary
bhi jyada NAHI mil rahi hai use..
Mausi : To kya salary BHI KAM milti HAI..?

Jay : Ab appraisal bhi to asaani se kahaan hota hai  mausi..
Mausi : Hai hai …!! To kya appraisal bhi nahi hota uska..?
Jay : Senior se ladhai karne ke baad appraisal mein achhi rating to
nahin milti hai na… Mausi..
Mausi : To kya seniors se ladhta bhi hai..?

Jay : Ab 2 saal tak onsite Jane  ko na mile to ho jaati hai kabhi kabhi
anban..
Mausi : To kya AB tak ek baar bhi onsite nahi gaya ..???

Jay : Ab Outdated technology ke developer  ki kismat mein to yehi
likha hai mausi..
Mausi : kya kaha ladka  Outdated technology mein kaam karata hai..!!!

Mausi : Kaunse college se padhai ki hai..?
Jay : Uska pataa lagte hi hum aapko khabar  de  denge!!
Jay : To main rishta pakka samjhuna mausi???
Mausi : Beta, kan khol kar sun Le…Sagi mausi hoon basanti ki, koi
sauteli maa nahi….Bhale hi hamaari Basanti Call Center wale Chandu  se
shaadi kar Le par Satyam ke employee se katai nahin karegi .

Letter by a Satyam Employee

This letter gives an idea of what life an employee in IT services company has. Yes, because most of the things happen in every Indian IT company. I am sure that the composer of this letter must have used office computer, internet and time too. Just read n think (optional)

At a time when almost 90% of my Satyam friends are cribbing about the fraud and betrayal by Ramalinga Raju, I have a slightly different opinion. It’s bold of me to write this in black and white but this comes straight from my heart and experience. 
   
Let me start by quoting an example of 2006. Most of my friends were unemployed with 50-60% plus marks in BTech, with a degree from an average University and hunting madly for a job. Whether people accept it today or not but the truth remains that Satyam was the ONLY saviour and the only mass recruiter who was ready to accept students who had back logs but had cleared them and also it did not put a very strict minimum marks criterion. And this was true not only for my small college at Lucknow but also those across India . Satyam is the fourth largest in IT in India. Looking at India’s population I really want to thank Raju for giving some 54000 Indians jobs atleast for all these years . He was the reason for the revival of confidence and the reason for the bread and butter for many a families.   
 
Satyam training was renowned all over India. Their STC training centre created numerous love stories and unexpected rekindling of a youthful environment where girls and boys were more indepenent than their college days . I remember most of my Satyam friends felt that they made better friends at Satyam’s three to six months training than those in the four years of BTech. 
  
  Unfortunately people forget to thank God in sad times . I understand that what Raju did is deplorable and unpardonable. He should have treated business more formally and not dealt with it like a family affair . He should have been strict a couple of months or years before itself. Why did he hire so many non potential candidates and keep them on bench? When were the managers and the team mates last told that if they dont work hard, they will lose their job? Business cannot be run lousily. 
  
  I have been staying with some 200 odd girls for the last 2 years and many of them are from Satyam. Moreover I network a lot and I have lots of male friends at Satyam . I have seen how people tail gate to Satyam, how they give their swipe cards to others to swipe it on their behalf , how female employees have gone home sharp at 6am irrespective of when they landed at office, how employees sit at home for months at a stretch, prepare for all kind of post graduate entrance exams and still enjoy a full month’s pay, how often they went for movies at local theatres at office hours, how often employees went to office just to sign on registers in the morning and at evening, how often they faked their certificates , how often they put unlimited fake medical and house rental bills. 
  
  How can we blame just one man when EACH AND EVERY person was disloyal ? How can we exclude Auditors like PwC ? How can we exclude the Board of Directors who have washed their hands off so clean? How can we exclude banks who gave hefty loans without true verfication? How can we exclude the Chief Minister of AP who allowed leniency for Raju’s fellow businessman? How can we exclude managers who were never able to trace which bench employee under him had been away from office for how long ? 
  
  Yet how can people forget this is the same man whose ideas and potentials gave them an identity for the past several years? How many couples found the right match at an IT industry , courtesy Satyam and how many Andhra farmers benefited from their crores of investments in Satyam shares .How can people forget that Satyam launched its offices right at the doorsteps of a residential colony, where people can simply walk to work ? 
   
The most gruesome experience that I can recollect was when a Satyam tag wearing person was waiting to attend an interview and I overheard him saying that he was in a business meeting at the My Home Satyam ( Madhapur) office when he was sitting right infront of me at a totally different company. When employees themselves show such a lousy attitude and dont care a damn for the brand that they carry around their neck, how can they expect others to care? 
  
  I am not saying that ALL Satyam employees are bad. I have known very dedicated people too, but my point is very clear, before pointing fingers at others, introspect .There are thousands of people who have completed certifications at the cost of Satyam, got trained at Satyam. Satyam made several freshers stand on their feet to get better jobs elsewhere across the globe and attain onsite exposure through Satyam. 
  
  What Raju did was to keep the business of Satyam going at any cost. I see a very smart man in him when he understood that he should rather accept his mistake than be caught by the USA laws . I see a selfish father in him too that he put a lot at stake for Maytas. However, he resigned with a lot of dignity and his letter of resignation shows humility. It takes a mammoth amount of courage to accept your mistake in public at a time when the media is ready to blow everything out of proportion. If humans dont make mistakes who else would ? 
  
  My last salute to this man is for creating such mass employment in India for 57k employees and 57k families when even opening a beetle(pan) shop in a lane in India is a challenge !! Thanks to him for creating income for all the thousands of families who benefited through food chains, the tiffin wallahs, the transport people and all those who made money by renting their houses. 
   
I read he donated Rs 12000 crores from his personal pocket to give the January salary of his Satyam employees. Today Satyamites call Raju a FRAUD. The true and loyal Satyamites surely have all the reasons to say this word. But all the rest who sucked every rupee out of Satyam without doing any value addition need to understand – who was a bigger fraud.

Become a computer geek

I have see many souls at workplace and public place (eg cyber cafe) finding it hard to utilize the resources at their disposal completely. Its not always their fault as they don’t know where to look for. Some don’t even try to improve. I have tried to come up with some sites that may help to get more out of a computer system. All credits to folks who created these sites/blogs.

www.how-to-geek.com

www.online-tech-tips.com

www.lifehacker.com

http://www.geek.com/

http://www.blog4info.blogspot.com/

http://realm-of-tricks.blogspot.com/

http://tricks-for-computer.blogspot.com/

http://systemhelp4u.blogspot.com/

http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2307p074id120784.htm

http://etricks.in/

http://cracksandhacks.wordpress.com

There ae many more. Just google and you will find them.