The issue of the purification ritual conducted by the Guruvayur temple priests is hotting up in Kerala. See the Link here. The Guruvayur temple board seems to be going overboard on this. What right do they have to demand a certificate proving oneself to be a Hindu from someone wh
A syrian christian takes his own name which is the name of his paternal grandfather, the name of his father and his house or ‘tharavad’ name. He may make any of these his surname and hence he may be G.J. Olikara, ‘G’ for Gevarghese (name of paternal grandfather), ‘J’ for John(name of father) and ‘Olikara’ for name of his ancestral house from where the line
The invasion of kerala by Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan of Mysore in the latter half of the 18th century left a deep impact on kerala polity and society. This invasion of the mysoreans and Tipu in particular is called the ‘Padayottam’. Much of it’s effects are visble deep down in the keralite psyche even today. To understand what effect this incursion int
There is an interesting tradition cherished by the Syrian Christians that they possessed their own king at Valeyadattu or Villarvattom near Udayamperur in Kerala. Tradition records that the first king was named Baliartes or Beliarte, which may be a corruption of the Malayalam Valeyadattu. The kingdom of Villarvattom comes into prominence twice in the
In the end it is attitude and not just aptitude that gets one further. Many of us just do not want to walk the extra mile to learn something new or to do something that may not be on our task list as specified by our company or supervisor. Interesting article. I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
"You can see blood on my sword and sweat on my horse. This is how the war against the moors can be won." El-Cid (Spanish Crusader, 1040-1099) India turned a blind eye to Pakistan when the whole world knew that they were begging, borrowing and stealing nuclear weapon technology in the 80s. A major reason for the Indian inaction was that in the cold
The month till now has had it's ups and downs. Tractor sales were great last month and we are on target this month too. However the piaggio basket is still not half filled up yet. And now with us entering the last 2 weks of 2006, I don't see much progress. But yes, we're still keeping our market share. ODS seems up and down at times. Sona & Suyu are hard at i
I met somebody from the public works department who said that out of every Rupees 100 spent on road repair in my town, only 20 Rupees is actually spent on the roads. The rest of the money goes into bribes paid to the local politician, government engineers and the contractor's profit. How pathetic? And Indian leaders keep parroting about us on the way to being
The week that went by had it's share of fun and 'heartburns' too. Sales is happening as planned and both the baskets (JD & Piaggio) are filling up satisfactorily. Nanda from PVPL was here and both of went through the usual Chikmagalur assertions and denials. In the end as I expected & hoped, nothing came of it. However he has some interesting ideas as a sales guy, and
I was looking at this particular Link which laments the fact that the christian population in Iraq has fallen by nearly 50% after Saddam's removal from power. Saddam was a tyrant but he did not trouble the christians much as they were a relatively small and more importantly 'politically silent' community The webs
Well, I was supposed to talk to Scully today but it seems he couldn't keep the appointment. Will have to reschedule the telecon. The website is up & running. We delivered 2 tractors today. Good show from the team. 3-wheeler sales are also looking up. Will have the lucky draw pamphlets tomorrow. The main priority now is to add members to the sales team. Saddam
I was at Sagar the whole day today. I was there to relieve Poornima and check out how she was handing over her duties to the new incharge there Suneetha. Poornima has done a great job while she was at Sagar and I let her know that too. Sales is picking up there and the new sales guy there, Samad is kicking ass too. On the whole all looks ok. Orang
I started off today comparing our spares order with the spares despatch packing list. Had Moorthy look up the short supplied spares & order them again. Guru from Kappanahalli came down and I explained Venkaiah's accounts to him He left satisfied. Kiran called me saying that he would be interested in the call center we are looking out for. Sent him an RFI.
Finally came down to fixing a lucky draw scheme for my customers this Nov-Dec season. I do not want to hear 'New Model' excuses from my sales team. Weve decided to award a 21'' color tv to the winner, 3 runner-ups take 3 DVD players home. 10 others take consolation prizes of nice wristwatches. Everyone else get a surprise gift. The total budhet is about 30k. <BR
Dan, That's because.... Mr. Ahmadinejad told MPs he wanted to scrap birth control policies that discourage Iranian couples from having more than two children. Women should work less and devote more time to their `` main mission'' of raising children , he said.
Check out this Link Ahmadinejad says "I am against saying two children are enough. Our country has a lot of capacity . It has the capacity for many children to grow in it. It even has the capacity for 120 million people. Westerners have got problems. Because their population
Sunday was uneventful except for the fact that I managed to pull myself out of bed at 8:30 A.M. Way to go! Went to the new church for the first time. I stepped in just as the congregation was leaving the church. Met the priest though and spoke to him. He knows our family in Thottakkad. Promised to be regular to church from next time. After that it
For me a generation gap is about 13 years. And this is because way back around 91-92 India changed. We liberalised our economy, Cable TV came in, Multinationals(mostly American) set up shop, the seeds of the IT boom were being sown, et al. All this started changing the way we were thinking. It was as if someone had taken off a blindfold that was over our eyes
Hey LW: You beat me to the post!! olikara
i refrain myself from calling u other names as i would like to maintain decency when talking to others Manya: here is a list of 'names' you have called in your recent comment: 1. silly 2. idiotic 3. childish 4. dumb-witted fellows 5. screwed up 6. silly (again) 7. dumb-witt
"Sources say Nelson had been upset over a rottweiller owned by the local sheriff. In recent days, the dog had reportedly scratched his car and scared his girlfriend's son. Sources say the authorities didn't do anything after he complained. Nelson shot himself in his backyard and his son discovered his body." He should have used his gun on the rottweiller or I'd dare say the sheriff, rather than use it to blow his head through. Seems like he ma
I have concluded that my mom is ACTING like a stupid whore ass bitch. My God!! Is that the language we use when we 'conclude' something about our mom!! Anyway, I think she loves you anyway. maybe you need to speak to her about this incident and try to learn about what's in her mind.
TractorChick: My Dad is a John Deere dealer in India. I was kind of born among tractors My Dad was with Massey Ferguson(Do you have them in the US?) since 1970. JD came to India in 2000 and since then we sell JD tractors. And yes, they are the BEST!! Massey Ferguson is a good model too, however when it comes to quality nothing can beat JD. Let me give an exampl
Muggaz: Nice to see you back here. When we in India, think of Australia, we (I) think of sheep, Beer(Fosters), convicts, vast lands where we hear you need a helicopter to carry you from one farm to the next, Shane Warne. And since I've been reading your blogs, I do associate Australia with Muggaz too. Keep those articles coming....
i challege manya to put up a pic of her standing on her front porch of where whe live. No Marvin, even that wouldn't be sufficient proof. Have you seen the front porch of her/his house to be sure that it's her there? If it's really her/him maybe she/he can put up a snap of herself standing ne
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