Long time no see. Believe me, Work has been keeping me busy quite lately, somehow I have managed to say a "Hi". Ahh, there is not much of new updates that I feel like sharing. I did notice that there have been lot happening in India and around the world. Global recession, IPL2, now WC- T20 & Elections. Speaking of elections- finally, the great indian elections 2009 has come to an end and congress government has been voted back to power. This elections has been quite different from previous elections. Reason- Never have I seen so much stress on people to exercise their vote. The media played a responsible and key role in creating awareness to vote.I don't remember missing any elections after I turned 18, think I've voted in every one of them.I was no way going to miss it this time, so when the clock stuck 7 AM on the election day, i was getting ready to move to the voting booth. I had company from my Mom and Dad. So, finally all of us did cast our valuable votes. My mom got to vote after some initial hassles which was cleared once my Dad jumped on to the scene. I was stumped by the results though, I thought it would be clean swipe by Opposition in the state(TN) while that was not the case. I also expected hung parliament and close fight between UPA and NDA. Well, it didn't happen either. It was nice in a way, that people had voted for a government in center which had a PM who has a good finance background and more importantly "clean" background. Looking at the IPL season 2, it has been really amazing. Perfect blend of "Sports+ Entertainment", Its really amazing to see how BCCI is milking out so much of bucks through IPL. Modi has to be applauded for this, coz this man has a serious business sense. I was a little disappointed that Chennai super Kings didn't make it through to the IPL finals. But, overall I was satisfied with the entertainment quotient IPL had to offer though. It has been a regular 8pm-11pm feature on my schedule which I would be missing. As I am typing this, we are in the first week of ICC worldcup Twenty20 and we already have 2 upset wins, first netherland wins over England in a humdinger and secondly, Gayle's WI thrash Australia. If you were thinking ICC WC T20 is going to replace IPL, you guessed it wrong. This is an ICC event which is happening in London. Ofcourse, it has all ingredients of T20 cricket sans Entertainment quotient. The commentary team itself is more subdued and not so loud mouthed as they were in IPL. But still, cricket in England is special, its the englishmen who invented the game ppl. As expected, I would be rooting for India to pick up the 2nd ICC worldcup t20 cup as well and would prefer seeing a India- SA final. These two are the best teams in the tourney as of now. Global recession is something I am trying to come to terms with, how exactly is this impacting IT guys? The way I see it, JOB SECURITY is quite a concern now and you could hear whispers of companies being sold/bought and also BIG companies filing for bankruptcy. The term "HIRING" has been replaced with "FIRING". The companies tend to call it normal as part of its statergy to eliminate non-performing resources. The ulterior motive is quite different. Well, myself like any other IT guy is hoping all this changes for good. Gone are the days where you could expect perks/incentives, you could only hope your current renumeration is not reduced further. A lot of what will happen in the coming months depends on how Obama administration takes this up with his counterparts globally? Future looks good if the promise of "CHANGE" is fulfilled. OK ppl, Bye for now.. Catch ya later....
Attached along, Snap with my Office colleagues- Me in middle, Ayyal with Grey Tshirt to my right and Bharti with Blue Tshirt on my left.
