Karnataka Elections :: My random thoughts

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 5/14/2013 3:01:06 PM

'In spite of being a huge fan of the Bharatiya Janata Party, I am extremely happy with the election result. If BJP looks back and introspects the last 5 years in its only southern citadel, what would it see ?  in-fights, poor governance, scams, scandals, mining mafia, allegations of corruption and frequent changing of the […]'

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Sexual Abuse —- my Random Ramblings

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 4/28/2013 4:54:34 AM

'Back to the blog after a long hiatus, it’s been more than a month since I wrote anything.  Events on both personal and professional fronts were keeping me busy.  Here I am, back with my own ramblings on the things that surround us.           Delhi’s Rape incident is igniting passions all over the country, while [...]'

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Shailendra Singh’s F?@K Knows

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 3/11/2013 4:20:33 PM

'This life of ours which comes with a fixed expiry date makes us run day in and day out. We run after our dreams, our aims, ambitions and aspirations. At times this consistent chase for success resembles a rat race that’s full of fare with no time  to stand and stare. We push ourselves to [...]'

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RIP :: A pretty bold book

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 3/6/2013 12:23:28 PM

'When Anna Hazare first picked up the cudgels and tried to put the government in dock over corruption and Janlokpal we were all there with him, weren’t we ? Most of us, the young men and women of this country are seen seething in anger when scam after scam is exposed and the governance goes [...]'

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Kesavan’s Lamentations :: My take

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 2/20/2013 4:22:13 PM

'As a person interested in politics and the political setup of India it is only natural that I love reading books on politics. Much of the stuff written on/about politics is non-fiction and is written by eminent politicians or historians . However, political fiction is also fantastic to read.  Jefferey Archer’s “First among equals” [...]'

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Fresh Trouble in Pakistan

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 2/19/2013 4:08:32 PM

'They say,  “a stich in time saves nine” looks like our neighbor is learning it the hard way.  The extremism in Pakistan is today consuming the lives of Pakistanis like never before.  The governments which should have not at all interfered in the affairs of religions to begin with, are now putting up [...]'

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Valantine’s day ….A good change of heart.

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 2/13/2013 5:07:53 PM

'I do not support the valentine’s day. I have this question “Does real love require this superficial display and can it be confined to just one day?” To me all this brouhaha about valentines is nothing but a marketing gimmick and the youth fall prey to this . Now, that does not mean that I support [...]'

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బట్టల్లేని సమస్యలు

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 2/13/2013 1:24:41 PM

'This is a wonderful essay written by Sri Gollapudi Maruthi Rao garu . You can get all his articles here. I loved this one like anything .  I will try to translate this one into English when I get some time.             చాలా సంవత్సరాల కిందట మా ఆవిడా మా అబ్బాయి వత్తిడి చేయగా చేయగా మాల్‌ దీవులకు వెళ్లాం. బియాదూ అనే చిన్న ద్వీపంలో ఒక [...]'

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Fall of Icons

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 1/20/2013 10:21:14 AM

'This the CC#5 speech I delivered at the ToastMasters club in CSC. I delivered this speech on 31st October 2012.  I tried speaking about the fall of iconic  personalities. I was speaking about Mohd.Azharuddin, Lance Armstrong, Rajat Kapoor etc…. The speech did not come in one video,  it came in three videos.'

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My CC#8 at ToastMasters

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 1/20/2013 12:57:41 AM

'In my eights speech at the toastmasters I spoke about my perceptions about the leukoderma disease and how my thought process changed after reading the book MahaShweta. I could not get the entire speech in a single video there was some issue while the  video was being taken and we got it in 3 videos.   The beginning of the [...]'

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Owaisis and Hyderabad

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 1/13/2013 4:39:00 PM

'Last week when I viewed Akbaruddin Owaisi’s  hate speech in you tube . I was disturbed to say the least, the way he spoke about 25crore vs 100 crore and his diatribe against Sanatana Dharma were indeed provoking and disturbing.  His words on Kasab don’t deserve even a comment.  I wonder like how an MLA can [...]'

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Sarvejanah sukhino bhavantu

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 1/13/2013 4:00:22 PM

'First of all I would like to wish the readers of this blog a very very happy Bhogi, sankranti and kanuma or say as it said across India as Pongal.  Hope this festival season bestows every person and every living being with happiness and everlasting joy.           The second of the Vedas, YajurVeda in one of its hymns [...]'

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A Fearless Monk

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 1/12/2013 1:56:20 PM

'It’s heartening to see so much of Vivekananda everywhere.  While “The Week” has carried a special coverage on him,  almost all the Telugu news papers have been carrying out special stories on the fearless monk. Here are two cents for that great soul that inspired me.           More than a hundred years ago when [...]'

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2012 in review

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 1/2/2013 5:18:51 AM

'The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 17 years to get [...]'

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A retro of 2012….

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 12/27/2012 5:08:06 AM

'I started this sort of stuff last year, doing a retrospective analysis of the happenings of the year that has gone by.  It actually helps us know what we have done in the last one year and motivates us to go forward. This post, another retro of my life,  might drive you nuts as [...]'

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The dance of fate ….

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 12/26/2012 12:59:00 PM

'At times I stumble on bizarre stuff.  Most of them make me laugh, some of them make think what I would have done if I were there and a few actually make a lasting impression on me.  Hereis one such thing I read on internet . Bizarre Death…           At the 1994 annual awards [...]'

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Modi’s Victory an Analysis …

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 12/25/2012 12:49:19 AM

'How much ever one wants reject it and how much ever some sections of media wish to diminish and report it, Narendra Modi has returned with a resounding majority to rule Gujarat.  Narendra Modi’s decisive victory in Gujarat was long foreseen, the entire debate among the political circles and the analysts was regarding the margin of victory. Many [...]'

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A National Shame

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 12/24/2012 4:00:42 PM

'This is my cc#6 speech with Toast Masters, I gave this speech after almost a month of inaction . I tried to contribute my two cents in the awareness campaign against the heinous crime “Rape”.  Spread awareness is the only appeal I have for all people. As ever I did not stick to the script [...]'

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Kiss that Frog

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 12/24/2012 2:36:19 PM

'This  is my 4th speech at ToastMasters . Unfortunately the first 30-40 seconds of the speech was not recorded.   In this speech  I was speaking about procrastination.  I discussed procrastination and the reasons behind it. I also discussed some tips on how to overcome.'

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4th Anniversary of 26/11

Author : subramanyam      Blog : Truth & Light      Date : 11/26/2012 5:04:27 PM

'Today is the 4th anniversary of 26/11, 4 years since the ghastly attacks on our financial capital. The bravery of people like Hemant Karkare , Vijay Salaskar , Ashok Kamte , Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, ASI Tukaram  and  other brave officers saved the day for us .           4 days ago the lone surviving terrorist Kasab was hanged to death, The lone surviving [...]'

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