My birthday

Hello All,

I am writing this blog with exhausted energy. Yes, you listened right. My energy is exhausted, because of day long celebrations. As I told you in my last post, I celebrated today well. I went to Araku, Borra caves with my close friends. This is one of those days, which I will remember for many years. This is first time that I am celebrating my birth day, in fact in grand way.

Experience in Borra caves was quite exciting. we roamed all over the place and captured as many scenes as possible. Our Venki gave few innovative ideas and shot few different theme photographs.

Scenes around road while we traveling were amazing. we teased each other cracked jokes and shared useful information too.

Guys, really my energy is exhausted. I need to stop here and go to the bed.

Good night!!!

My bangalore trip and Dewali wishes

Hello All,

I wish you and your family Happy Dewali.

Let me start with my Bangalore trip. I visited Bangalore for first time, for that matter this is my second trip outside AP. Last time I went all the way to Allahabad to attend ARMY SSC second round selections and spend couple of days there. But those two days were in ARMY campus. I couldn't get a chance to see city. But I could manage to see TRIVENI SANGAMAM. It was a nice experience though I failed to clear that 5 days selection process. This time I went to meet my close friends& my brother in Bangalore. I spend good time there.

Kodali received me at Electronic city bus stop and took me to Satyam office there. He was playing cricket with his colleagues. I joined with them and played a match. Later we roamed office campus. It is similar to Hyderabad Bahudurpally office after that Tasty breakfast, lunch at KFC. We Visited Kempfort. It is really impressive. God SIVA’s 65.5 feet statue impressed me a lot. It is lively and awesome. We spend there about an hour. I can’t forget the lunch, we had in Kavitha’ house.

I impressed by Bangalore people self discipline in following traffic rules. I like their politeness and behavior. But for autowala, it is not different from Hyderabad. I would like to visit this city again, next time I want to extend my trip to Mysore as well.
Now I am in Dewali festival mood. I took leave for tomorrow, so I have four days to spend at home. I am very much eager to leave to my village. Hope you are also in same mood. Dewali is a festival which brings colors with it. I bet all children love this festival.
I like this festival for couple of reasons. One reason is that this festival is symbol of victory. Another one is kids will get in to action which is good to see and feel happy. One more reason is I too feel like kid. Don’t you?

November is my birth month. I don’t have the habit of celebrating birthday as a function. I used to go to temple in the morning that’s it. But since I join Satyam, my colleagues are arranging cake and celebrating as function. This time I want to celebrate it in a different and memorable way. Let me see how it goes this time !
May the festival of lights be the portent of joy and prosperity. As the holy occasion of Diwali is here and the atmosphere is filled with the spirit of mirth and love, I hope this festival of beauty brings your way, bright sparkles of contentment, that stay with you through the days ahead.

Let us celebrate this festival as eco friendly.

CHEERS TO ALL FRIENDS !!!

Hello friends!!! I wish a happy friendship week. This time it left me some good memories to cherish. I had good conversations with my close ones. Praveen, my 10th classmate called me after 10 years. I didn’t have interest or belief in celebrating such days till few days back. My perception was different. Why we need such days to celebrate, while we are chatting very frequently and have a good relationship. But later I realized the fact that small things can make a big difference and cause lot of happiness to our dear ones. These days are giving an opportunity to us to let people know how much we care for them and most importantly making them happy.
I am writing few inspiring lines about friendship that I read yesterday in book.


"స్నేహితుడంటే...... నవ మాసాలు మోయని తల్లి. రక్తం పంచని తండ్రి. వాట అడగని తోబుట్టువు.
బెత్తం పట్టుకొని గురువు.చుట్టరికం లేని బందువు.అక్షరాలకు అతీతమైన పుస్తకం. ఇంకా ఇంకా ... స్నేహం గురించి చెప్పటానికి ఎన్ని ఉపమానాలు అయినా తక్కువే. ఆ అనుబందం అన్ని బందాలకన్న బెత్తెడు ఎక్కువే."

I think above lines are very good description for friendship. Isn't it?

Many studies found that friendship is a good medicine for many diseases like High blood pressure, mental pressures, sleepless nights etc.,. If you are in situations like bad economic conditions or lost relatives then the role of a friend is invaluable.

In my view the person with millions of rupees is not rich, but person with very good friends is rich. So let us enjoy with friendship.

CHEERS TO ALL FRIENDS !!! ...More

Woman's day special

"Hats OFF" to one of the finest human race available on this earth i.e., women. She is the architect for the society, because mother has great role in transforming a child to man. Let me take this opportunity to write few lines about her on international woman's day.  

 I read few lines yesterday in Eenadu weekly book. those lines touched my heart, so I am presenting those here. I am writing as they are in the book in telugu to keep the intensity.

"అమ్మా! నీ కడుపుకు భోజనం కావలి. నీ శరీరానికి వ్యాయామం కావాలి. నీ కంటికి నిద్ర కావాలి. నీ గుండెకు శ్వాశ కావాలి. నీ మెదడుకు విశ్రాంతి కావాలి. ఇవన్ని అత్యవసరం. నిజమే, కొన్ని సార్లు మూడే రొట్టెలు ఉంటాయి. నీతో కలిపి నలుగురు ఉంటారు.అలాంటి అప్పుడు ' ఆకలి లేదు అనొద్దు ప్లీజ్! ఉన్న రొట్టేన్లె నాలుగు బాగాలు చెయ్. దీనివల్ల నలుగురి కడుపు నిందకపోవచ్చు.కానీ, నలుగురి ఆకలి తీరుతుంది. నీక్కోడా రేపటి బాధ్యతలకు సరిపోయే సత్తువ సమకూరుతుంది.

ఒక్కమాట. నీలా ఆకలికి ప్రేమలు తెలియవు. చెంబేడు నీళ్ళు తాగి కడుపునిన్దిపోయిందని సర్డుకుపోవటం తెలియదు. ఆకలి నీలోని శక్తిని తినేస్తుంది. మెల్ల మెల్లగా నిన్నే మింగేస్తుంది.అప్పుడు నువ్వుండవు. నీ పిల్లలకు చందమామలాంటి గుండ్రటి రోట్టేముక్కలుండవు".

"నువ్వు కుటుంబమే ప్రపంచం అనుకొనే గృహినివి కావచు. ప్రపంచాన్నే గెలవాలనుకొనే కెరీర్ మహిళవు కావచు.ఎవరైతేనేం. అమ్మగానో, కార్పోరేట్ నారిగానో నీకంటూ కొన్ని లక్ష్యాలు ఉంటాయి. 

పిల్లలు, చదువులు, పెళ్ళిళ్ళు,....

ప్రమోషన్లు, వ్యాపారాలు, అంతర్జాతీయ గుర్తింపులు....

ఏం సాధించాలన్న నువ్వు ఆరోగ్యంగా ఉండాలి. ఆర్ధరైటిస్ తో ఇబ్బందిపడుతూ కార్పోరేట్ నిచ్చెన ఎక్కలేవు.ఏమినీయతో బాధపడుతూ బర్తకి సేవలు చెయ్యలేవు. ఏ రాకాశి క్యాన్సర్ తోనో పోరాడుతూ నీ పిల్లల ఎదుగుదల సంపూర్ణంగా చూడలేవు.నీ కోసం, నీ లక్ష్యాల కోసం అయినా ఆరోగ్యంగా జీవించు. ఆరోగ్యాన్ని ప్రేమించు"

I am thankful to my mother, who gave me birth.without her, I wouldn't be here on this planet. I know thanks is not a sufficient word to show my gratitude but I left with no words in my dictionary of words.

My special thanks to my lady friends and all other women, who are instrumental in shaping of my personality.  

Yours,

Anil 

Mixed emotions!!!

Hello everybody! Hope every body doing good. I took little bit of time to write this post, because of tight schedules. This time I was busy with my personal engagements, not with professional things. who doesn't love to be busy with personal commitments? 

I love January, because it brings biggest festival  "SANKRANTHI". I love sankranthi for many reasons.It brings full energy and colors to our villages. People who left villages for jobs, Business etc., will come to village for this festival. So it is giving us the opportunity to meet everybody. 

This January gave me double dose of happiness. Obviously one reason was festival season, another one was one of my close friends got married. we went there one day in advance with our B.Tech gang. We enjoyed a lot. Loads of fun, masti was there. "Wish you happy married life Venki".

February also important month for me. I started my professional carrier in this month only. So every year I am celebrating my service anniversary in this month. This year Feb left me with mixed feelings.I took my hiked salary. But my father got transferred from Ongole.we have spent 10 years in Ongole. So it is mixed reaction for me.It is very heartening, when I think of leaving my friends. other side I am feeling happy, because we are moving to our native village.

I am signing off with these mixed reactions.

Yours,

Anil

Wish you happy new year

New Year, New Hopes: A Time for Reflection WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's been quite some time since I last wrote here, but I finally have some time off work and wanted to spend it reconnecting with all of you. Reflections on a Challenging Year We've all gone through one more year in our lives, and it was certainly a tough one for many people and industries globally. People all over the world are recovering from one of the biggest recessions we’ve ever seen. Thank God we are in India, where the effect was minimal compared to other regions. However, last year, we also witnessed one of the biggest corporate challenges in Indian history. As a SATYAMITE, we went through an extremely hard time. We faced so many difficult questions: "Is the company still paying salaries?" and "Do you still have a job?" These were, honestly, our own apprehensions too. Despite these worries, we showed faith in our organization. Our intensity only increased while delivering for our customers. I want to take this opportunity to thank my family and friends, who gave me unwavering moral support throughout. Gradually, our confidence in the company’s future and our own careers grew. Thanks to the Indian government and the eminent board of directors appointed by the central government—they did a splendid job. They truly saved many families. Now, we have reached a stage where we can confidently come back to our previous strength. Inviting the New Year with Hope This is the time to welcome the New Year with many hopes. Market indices are bouncing back. Indian GDP is expected to touch 8% again. US economic data is also showing signals of recovery from the recession, and the IT industry, in particular, is gaining momentum. Let us all hope that many young fellows will get jobs in their respective fields this year. Personally, I am expecting a good hike in salary, which has been stagnant for the last two years! The Completeness: Thoughts on "3 IDIOTS" No blog entry would be complete without talking about the movie "3 IDIOTS," which I saw just the day before yesterday. I connected with this movie so well. This film touched a very sensitive point in our educational system. It shows one of the deepest flaws in how we are racing purely for marks and ranks. We often win the race for ranks but miss the core objectives of education. One of the lines that resonated with me the most is: "Strive for excellence, success will follow you." With that note of striving for excellence, I’d like to wrap up this edition of my blog. WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

About Me

Catching Up: The Life and Times of Ani It's my absolute pleasure to write this first blog post. In our busy lives, I think a personal space like this is the perfect way for us to stay in touch and update each other on what we're up to. First, let me introduce myself properly! While my official name is longer, my close friends know me best as Ani, and I love it. From Sudhivaripalem to Ongole I was born and spent my early childhood in my native place, Sudhivaripalem, Inkollu mandal, Prakasam Dt, AP. Our family shifted to Ongole when I was 15. That move marked the beginning of a new chapter where I completed my SSC at Radhakrishna Public School. It was an important time for making new, incredibly close friends—the kind that stick with you for life. College Years: Fun and Engineering Most of us (my 10th-grade friends) continued together at Adarsha Junior College in Ongole. We missed our friend Srikanth, but the two years were full of the fun and chaos all teenagers go through. Then it was time for my professional course. I joined the B.Tech Mechanical Engg department at QIS College of Engg & Tech. Though it was a new professional environment, making friends wasn't new to me! We enjoyed those four years immensely, and they left me with so many great memories and lifelong friendships. Starting My Career My professional journey began when I joined Satyam Computers in Feb 2007. Starting the ELTP training was another new environment, but it was perhaps the sweetest one yet. I'll never forget those early days—maybe because it was my first job, or maybe because of the genuinely nice people I met. I made another couple of close friends here and have been enjoyed my professional life in this organization for almost 15 years. Now i am with J.P. Morgan Chase. for last 4 years.