tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66525532410091239262024-03-06T00:36:05.955-08:00I, Life, and ArtUdayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-48400668008980064622010-06-21T13:07:00.000-07:002010-06-21T14:09:22.566-07:00தலைமுறை இடைவெளி (Generation Gap)என் சிறு வயதில், என்னை விட வயதில் மூத்தவர்களிடம் பேசுகையில் அவர்கள் பேச்சு என் நேரத்தை விரயமாக்குவதாகப் பட்டிருக்கிறது. இன்று நான் மற்றவர்களிடம் பேசும் போது என்னிடம் மற்றவர்கள் அதையே உணர்வதை நான் உணர்கிறேன். இதைத் தான் நாம் "தலை முறை இடைவெளி" என்கிறோம்! இதைப் பற்றி நான் சுய பரிசீலனை செய்தபோது, எனக்கு புலப்பட்ட சில விஷயங்கள்:<br /><ul><li>வயது ஏற ஏற தேடல் அதிகமாகிறது. தேடலின் பரிசு அனுபவத்தின் அறிமுகமும் ஏட்டு ஞானமும்!<br /></li><li>இந்த அரைகுறை ஞானம் தருவது "எனக்கு <span id="TRN_70">எல்லாம் தெரியும்" </span>என்ற மமதை.<br /></li><li>இதை மமதை என்று நாம் உணர்வதில்லை! மாறாக, நாம் பெற்ற சிறு ஞானம் மற்றவர் படும் கஷ்டத்தையும் தடுமாற்றத்தையும் நம்மை எளிதில் உணர வைப்பதால், அவர்களைத் திருத்தி அவர்களுக்கு வழிகாட்ட முற்படுகிறோம்.</li><li>நாம் யார் மற்றவருக்கு வழிகாட்ட? நமக்கு என்ன தகுதி இருக்கிறது? கிருஷ்ண பகவானே தன் உயிர் நண்பன் அர்ஜுனன் தன்னிடம் குருக்ஷேத்திரப் போர்க்களத்தில் முழுமையாகச் சரணடைந்த பிறகே கீதா உபதேசம் செய்தார் என்று மகாபாரதம் சொல்கிறது. கடவுள் அவதாரமே தன்னிடம் மற்றவர் சரணடைந்த பிறகே உபதேசம் செய்யும் பொழுது அற்ப மானிடரான நாம் எம்மாத்திரம்?</li><li>மேலும் ஞானிகள் உபதேசம் செய்வதில் கூட சூட்சமமாகத்தான் சிலவற்றைத் தெரிவிக்கிறார்கள். ஏனெனில் பட்டுத் தெளிந்தால் தான் அனுபவம் வரும். சொல் புத்தி நம்மை ஆட்டு மந்தைபோல் மேய்ப்பவன் செல்லுமிடத்திற்குத்தான் செல்ல வைக்குமே தவிர, ஏன் செல்கிறோம் என்று புரியவைக்காது!</li><li>ஏதும் அறியாத நமக்கெதற்கு உபதேச ஆசை? மனிதன் பட்டுத்தான் தெளிய வேண்டும் என்ற நியதியை மாற்ற, தெளிவற்ற மனம் கொண்ட நாம் யார்? </li></ul>என் வாழ்கையின் கஷ்டங்கள் கொடியவை என்று எண்ணிய எனக்கு, "இது கதை அல்ல, நிஜம்" (<br /><a href="http://www.techsatish.net/2010/05/gfdf.html" target="_blank">http://www.techsatish.net/<wbr>2010/05/gfdf.html)</a> தொடரில் நான் பார்த்த "கானா" விஜி சொன்ன அவர் வாழ்ந்த வாழ்க்கையின் கதை, கடவுள் எனக்குக் கொடுத்திருக்கும் என் வாழ்க்கை சொர்க்கம் என்று புரிய வைத்தது. அதாவது நான் செல்லும் "பட்டுத் தெளியும்" பாதை, "பட்டுத் தெளிந்தவனின்" (கானா விஜியின்) சொல்லை நேர விரயம் என்று நினைக்க வைக்கவில்லை.<br /><br />என் மனதில் தோன்றி வந்த "தலைமுறை இடைவெளி" குறைவதே, எனக்கும் மற்றவருக்கும் இடையே உள்ள "தலைமுறை இடைவெளி" அதிகமாவதன் காரணம்!Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-88488172126109630782010-06-18T13:04:00.000-07:002010-06-18T13:10:08.642-07:00எங்கள் தேவதையின் பன்முகங்களும் உணர்வுகளும் ...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzWNt0iMEW59G-_soyI9ueOSX3w1Sy3CdWLcW9-geSDwsRQzL_QsxSKxSfFOchXNBrEnlpo0ugzlbJdgSk0wa4V96H6G3XozitCjxC7WtBm6SuEVKJ9yaI5QCFfDWVHSnBs3e51yiXtIR/s1600/Harini-Collage-border.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzWNt0iMEW59G-_soyI9ueOSX3w1Sy3CdWLcW9-geSDwsRQzL_QsxSKxSfFOchXNBrEnlpo0ugzlbJdgSk0wa4V96H6G3XozitCjxC7WtBm6SuEVKJ9yaI5QCFfDWVHSnBs3e51yiXtIR/s400/Harini-Collage-border.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484207617642613442" border="0" /></a>ஹரிணியின் முதல் வருட பன்முக உணர்வுகள்!<br /></div>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-83988317195488709002010-06-07T12:43:00.000-07:002010-06-07T12:53:14.730-07:00Effects of Postpartum Depression!Last month, I wrote the following to my friends. I think it is worth blogging ...<br /><br />Recently, there are two cases of attempted murder-and-suicide in USA. Both are tamilians. The reason was found to be <span class="il">depression</span>. Here are the links:<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size:85%;">Fremont Mother, Infant Daughter Die In Murder-Suicide Arson Fire:</span></b> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ktvu.com/news/23528646/detail.html" target="_blank">http://www.ktvu.com/news/<wbr>23528646/detail.html</a></span></span> (May 13th, 2010)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Indian woman hurls toddler, self into river in U.S.:</b> <a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article431557.ece" target="_blank">http://beta.thehindu.com/news/<wbr>international/article431557.<wbr>ece</a></span> (May 16th, 2010)<br /><br />I can not even imagine a mother killing her own baby and attempting for suicide. It is a very serious issue that we, Indians, have to understand. In this country, the postpartum <span class="il">depression</span> is considered a very serious issue and they provide counselling too. I am not aware that anyone in our circle went for postpartum counselling. Neither we did! However, these two incidents really showed that Indians are no exceptions to postpartum <span class="il">depression</span>! In my opinion, it is a time to consider such counselling even though we think the postpartum <span class="il">depression</span> would not affect us.<br /><br />Here is what I think why such <span class="il">depression</span> could occur to Indians too. Logic and emotions are two important things for human beings. It is considered that men have higher logical sense than emotion. Similarly, women have more emotions than logic. That is why men criticize women's emotions about money, jewels, neighbors, friends, and relatives as if they (men) do not have any emotions! It is a myth! Everybody has emotions and certain level of logic, and the elasticity of tolerating them differs in every person. The truth is that both logic and emotions have equal weight in our life and none is better the other!<br /><br />Having said that women have more emotion than logic, it is no surprise that they are affected by their emotions. They tend to show their emotions to others very easily than men. On the other hand, men resist their emotions to certain level (little more than women) and they too show their emotions to others inevitably. The resistance of emotions comes by the subconscious logical analysis of our mind by our past experience. Since, men are able to resist emotions to certain extend, they think that women are a the source of problems by their excessive emotions. Hence, they start ignoring women even when it is needed. The above two cases are clearly the evidence for such claim. In these both cases, women did not get proper support from their respective husbands.<br /><br />When we go deep into such issue, we will realize that such depressions are not just due to the lack of support from respective husbands, but also due to following reasons,<br /><ul><li><b>Lack of support from parents:</b> Since we live several thousand miles away from India, it becomes hard for our parents to support us enough. The reasons could be,</li><ul><li>Visa problems</li><li>Duration of stay per trip</li><li>Expense for the trip to USA from India</li><li>Psychological fear that USA based families make their respective parents as unpaid servants!</li></ul><li><b>Peer pressure: </b>I think no men and women are exception to peer pressure. From the day one of planning for baby to how the child is brought<b> </b>up.<b><br /> </b></li><li><b>Comparison:</b> Comparison is inevitable between children of same age. Even though we know every child is unique as flowers of blossom, we still tend to compare. Every child is as unique and beautiful as every flower is!<br /> </li><li><b>Lack of support from friends:</b> As friends, we do have a social responsibility of supporting our friends and provide them counselling when they go through their hard times. I think this need is over shadowed by our emotions in our day-to-day life. The end result is emotions win, people hurt others knowingly or unknowingly, and people are messed up! </li><li><b>Finally, lack of enthusiasm to regulate our mind: </b><span class="il">Depression</span> is a feeling that is no less than happiness, distress, anger, and jealousness etc. However, the outcome of it is worst than other feelings. We are stuck with our feeling because our mind wanders about many unwanted things in our life. Meditation is suggested for calming down our mind. But, our day-to-day needs and responsibilities look more important that 20 minutes of meditation every day. </li></ul>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-5252275413921688192009-12-01T01:26:00.000-08:002009-12-01T01:37:50.098-08:00Harini<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tz5IVJn1yPXDYO_ju2EbfhVRlSo4a_kzT7c6PwDhdcjh7z7xgVzx2CTK9O2tJnnUBTXveMWBzd5_eJAlbOVTpknxJupPGM_xAK8xYZIamXdOQt5DLEcf82_-fQWSWxke6kpjkkyKhyphenhyphenBy/s1600/dsc00556-enhanced-1-small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tz5IVJn1yPXDYO_ju2EbfhVRlSo4a_kzT7c6PwDhdcjh7z7xgVzx2CTK9O2tJnnUBTXveMWBzd5_eJAlbOVTpknxJupPGM_xAK8xYZIamXdOQt5DLEcf82_-fQWSWxke6kpjkkyKhyphenhyphenBy/s400/dsc00556-enhanced-1-small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410197670383447826" border="0" /></a>This time a photo of Harini! I think my photos are mostly portraits of Harini. I would try to come up with some thing new next time! :)</div>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-51307554224577275402009-11-16T14:08:00.000-08:002009-11-20T14:55:23.997-08:00PIT - நவம்பர் 2009 போட்டிக்காக ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZsZQNom0ES-e1LPSWbc2RbFKuKXIgGr0605iBaTgUZI-KnHCpsWQOIPKoLNaPDX7gm7KHMLGRrigC2WQvsITvv4U104xvM_NkXotVBL2af4i_uy_lawfpy8SrE1s5Sauz_54tWuJs1rV/s1600/Udayabaskar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZsZQNom0ES-e1LPSWbc2RbFKuKXIgGr0605iBaTgUZI-KnHCpsWQOIPKoLNaPDX7gm7KHMLGRrigC2WQvsITvv4U104xvM_NkXotVBL2af4i_uy_lawfpy8SrE1s5Sauz_54tWuJs1rV/s400/Udayabaskar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404827477597633394" border="0" /></a><br />போட்டியின் தலைப்பு "வாண்டுகள்". ஒரு வாண்டு கூட போதும் என்று விதிமுறைத் தளர்த்தப் பட்டதால், இந்த முறை நம் வாண்டு, ஹரிணி!Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-38062525602071331342009-10-05T12:57:00.000-07:002009-11-20T14:55:23.997-08:00பொம்மை<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj33_kHCnmaZjB89mZ0qqeQSlywEqiPUbxjUqaAVPreu_zvhizdBNdrV1xReBVXd2Gmliy_xoUj9qXFHRiFGseFzwwEWLAqgTnWW3S7y9ePce8kPtggYGnWBikxSWvmm51fY8iUuKR4_T/s1600-h/Udayabaskar.jpg">PIT (</a><a href="http://photography-in-tamil.blogspot.com/">photography-in-tamil</a>) - <span>ன்</span> <span>அக்டோபர்</span> 2009 <span>போட்டிக்காக</span> <span>இந்த</span> <span>பொம்மை</span> ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LQFgedvb2vbcJ9Q-DwlPeM4y4OjfbkeJ00MU6KoM7g1ucsoCIxcxoOoQ3jagUEGjHcmMcYxJwTQHJQ5vhGRdh-IguFxY5evpj8iQWtTL7PAvolYeuhxMDgVRNOGqCoYcVwYDCZAkO021/s1600-h/Udayabaskar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LQFgedvb2vbcJ9Q-DwlPeM4y4OjfbkeJ00MU6KoM7g1ucsoCIxcxoOoQ3jagUEGjHcmMcYxJwTQHJQ5vhGRdh-IguFxY5evpj8iQWtTL7PAvolYeuhxMDgVRNOGqCoYcVwYDCZAkO021/s400/Udayabaskar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389209371247096994" border="0" /></a>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-11366216205722565132009-07-31T00:33:00.000-07:002009-11-20T14:55:23.997-08:00Just Photos this time ...For long time, there was no activity here. Few reasons: 1) Life events such as lay-off, bad economy etc, and 2) my interest shifted to photography. :) Here are few photos:<div><br /></div><div>This is Hansa Gopalakrishnan (relative) performing her Bharatha Natyam Arangetram. As an L-board photographer, I did not know the importance of f-spot and ISO until I tried to take photograph in this event. Later, I learned it from a good site called <a href="http://photography-in-tamil.blogspot.com/">Photography in Tamil</a>!</div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06FWI_J9NNfeAwUGmX4cgtT_cYgkK1IbO3yckFC_q163Z_1K0rlaXBb6aEkEZS-QUbePhhRwPOazRlNk9a_3xU3PVYEt5MOpL4DDJ8l7XsYZNb1pZHr8K18604lyWTzk8sRzeZW6VFnvh/s1600-h/DSC08857-enhanced-final-unblurred.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06FWI_J9NNfeAwUGmX4cgtT_cYgkK1IbO3yckFC_q163Z_1K0rlaXBb6aEkEZS-QUbePhhRwPOazRlNk9a_3xU3PVYEt5MOpL4DDJ8l7XsYZNb1pZHr8K18604lyWTzk8sRzeZW6VFnvh/s400/DSC08857-enhanced-final-unblurred.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364531637967984018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 302px; " /></a><br /><br /><div>And this is my daughter Harini when she was one month old. :) </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgq8rPK05GGEkisOMbro9qqPztisk6OgNgD_Q-fzJON97YhMabncHEuc5tI-RoNYSPnPbxYUVj1Fq6Uu-xPDOMEqUwNxQb_qrJ-k2YL7bY4rgt1BHJLJ2cGrchiIt5S76wLderIOHvwPF/s1600-h/DSC01205-cropped2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgq8rPK05GGEkisOMbro9qqPztisk6OgNgD_Q-fzJON97YhMabncHEuc5tI-RoNYSPnPbxYUVj1Fq6Uu-xPDOMEqUwNxQb_qrJ-k2YL7bY4rgt1BHJLJ2cGrchiIt5S76wLderIOHvwPF/s400/DSC01205-cropped2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364528568900267842" style="cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And when she is one year old!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRI8w7FEn6lLRXBFSq0OCtO8RhMh3wDFAEebVk1NFlC4sPxRyXS1NUUtkmw8fehW0j6t5utpNzvHeRcaFyafkFRKuqtILoJPadU6pHcEb2XoHrHrG4nDMgcbMTAoIreJLbwfMf1HAdyK7/s640/DSC07391-edited1.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-8023188485312415332008-11-19T18:57:00.001-08:002009-11-20T14:57:06.711-08:00Sannidi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkhNzDBU3Fz83kNk6-E8No0UfSKs1Bf-IDfMU5IqPnPpJorEJC1myHSnJ7HPjw9AbwDWN7tHg2vCzY38_zKTkcX_ksroRv2AoXXZ_Bj6eG5lIYsOEHMm4rodAc4DznxEk-jayeGQNOQGt/s1600-h/Sannidi-Logo-small.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkhNzDBU3Fz83kNk6-E8No0UfSKs1Bf-IDfMU5IqPnPpJorEJC1myHSnJ7HPjw9AbwDWN7tHg2vCzY38_zKTkcX_ksroRv2AoXXZ_Bj6eG5lIYsOEHMm4rodAc4DznxEk-jayeGQNOQGt/s320/Sannidi-Logo-small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271389662045762386" /></a><br />This logo is my latest art work using <a href="http://www.inkscape.org/">Inkscape</a> vector graphics software! I made this for my friend's recently launched restaurant at Pleasanton, CA. <div><br /></div><div>Creating a logo is an awesome experience. It is like a puzzle to be solved. A logo should match the name of the business, and reflect the goal of the business. Logo design involves 50% work from the artist and 50% from the client who needs the logo. </div><div><br /></div><div>In this logo designing project, the requirement was to design a lady with welcoming appearence. As I worked with my friend Padma (Wife of Siva who is one of the founders of Sannidi), the welcoming appearence changed to waitress appearence. Later the waitress was decorated with blouse and saree! Then, she was decorated with bangles, bindhi, and the ear ring! Finally, the resulting logo impressed Sannidi team!</div>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-43537308174085076102008-09-26T12:15:00.001-07:002009-11-20T14:57:06.712-08:00Pencil sketching<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmMp5UwzS6SYOpOuqNYoQZiVGNWaaJZZQWu6S1hKy5A0A3Zql1pHeZ6W6UWQV9BoPpMJYqMErYMaj82Wci2wN0LzLJiQkOe2MgcdHJSFOYvv9OEbL9otNr7GKdgCuAPpEWvoLGNocTGFN/s1600-h/Vadivu-Pencil-Drawing.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmMp5UwzS6SYOpOuqNYoQZiVGNWaaJZZQWu6S1hKy5A0A3Zql1pHeZ6W6UWQV9BoPpMJYqMErYMaj82Wci2wN0LzLJiQkOe2MgcdHJSFOYvv9OEbL9otNr7GKdgCuAPpEWvoLGNocTGFN/s320/Vadivu-Pencil-Drawing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250411016152131810" /></a>Pencil sketching is my favortie hobby! This is the only one photo-realistic pencil sketch I ever made. A monochrome photo is nothing but a collection of different shades. I love shades!<div><br /></div><div>Last year, it was fun to make this photo-realistic sketch of my wife! I was inspired by sketches at <a href="http://www.jdhillberry.com/">http://jdhillberry.com/</a>, so I ended up making this one! </div>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-54360819139270508062008-09-26T10:35:00.001-07:002009-11-20T14:56:05.407-08:00Autograph<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdr3cjNvat2Ix-nyO044Y8rM2nRavSTTN3rdiYN8Vsst5_GDs6WrrgGlNZUQYL-SVcqE8tmSthStGTQbNuHrI0oKmyAIT1OHRU-6xKHWZ7oXyqz8MuWozl709HonJKfgNTSyfCvJrOcEe/s1600-h/MurugeshAndKids.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdr3cjNvat2Ix-nyO044Y8rM2nRavSTTN3rdiYN8Vsst5_GDs6WrrgGlNZUQYL-SVcqE8tmSthStGTQbNuHrI0oKmyAIT1OHRU-6xKHWZ7oXyqz8MuWozl709HonJKfgNTSyfCvJrOcEe/s320/MurugeshAndKids.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250385098208451842" border="0" /></a>Couple of days ago, I got a call from a person called Mark Andersan. He identified himself as an officer at INS and wanted to do a background check on me. He had typical American Accent and his voice was so authentic, so I trusted. The "background check" was good until he refered "16 idlies" (idly - South Indian Rice cake) that I ate during my college days. It was fun to challenge eating 16idlies, but it was known to only few people. Therefore, it was fishy and, suddenly, I became alert and suspicious. After ragging me for 30mins appx., he revealed himself that he is Murugesan! <div><br /></div><div>Murugesh was my batch mate at SIT. I was thrilled to talk to him after two decades. He initiated hunting our batch mates and I am happy to see more and more of our batch mates are responding. Hats off, Murugesh. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is Murugesh's Photo with his kids. I adjusted levels and added some blur effect to it.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Like the Tamil movie <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Autograph </span>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autograph_%28film%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autograph_(film)</a>), we started saying <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Hi</span> to each other, try to remember, hunt, and re-establish relationship with missing contacts. </div><div><br /></div><div>Two decades is a very long period. Many things changed in my life and, I am sure, with all others too. As a human being, a social animal with sixth sense, </div><div><ul><li>we develop new relationships and forget the old ones soon. </li><li>Our memory fades... </li><li>we try to achieve financial freedom. Thus get into the misery of life<br /></li><li>we develop our Ego</li><li>we start comparing ourselves with others and it becomes part of our day to day life until we get wisdom of finding the purpose of our life</li></ul><div>What I am curious to see is how this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">long forgotten and newly re-established </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">friendship </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">binds everyone. I want to observe the following when we all meet next year,</span></span></div><div><ul><li>Do we compare ourselves on career, assets earned, lifestyle, and where we live etc?</li><li>Do we have superior / inferior feelings?</li></ul><div>I have an instinct that says <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">happiness </span>will be the net result of next year's meeting by overcoming all our negatives! May God bless all of us!</div></div></div>Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-49878795545572721792008-09-26T01:06:00.001-07:002009-11-20T14:55:23.997-08:00Rain of lights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTjl2AI8nGPY9jT-TzbotPom1LWyUuHdlFMv6KWuVMx2I3a4iLsZ2OH7ZkGWRtUNVyX6K5zfmTKsUvh-rhADR_yxMxd42uStzcKsGDBllUQX_kq0pE7scgg4yX_J1sEEJu5yh4mHpjl2k/s1600-h/DSC02729.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTjl2AI8nGPY9jT-TzbotPom1LWyUuHdlFMv6KWuVMx2I3a4iLsZ2OH7ZkGWRtUNVyX6K5zfmTKsUvh-rhADR_yxMxd42uStzcKsGDBllUQX_kq0pE7scgg4yX_J1sEEJu5yh4mHpjl2k/s320/DSC02729.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250238839665746914" /></a>Today, I captured this shot at Macaroni Grill. Shutter on BULB mode, Focal length 26mm, and Aperture F25 for 7secs. I shook my hands little as I held the camera. Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652553241009123926.post-7751170854287903642008-09-24T19:56:00.000-07:002009-11-20T14:57:06.713-08:00Gift for my Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYK8dPJRJ7Nt9pzOts9y36kIqhhzWvRPkmuLqED0wZCc2limQ3WQ1PwmaGnnJjsttMMWaUpmNZEi9k8reuvfTt7alij_bvU99BfRVHcL7y5JdiILU7WDsEK86EPq88_fq_z5eNbjkz7oM/s1600-h/Vinayagar.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYK8dPJRJ7Nt9pzOts9y36kIqhhzWvRPkmuLqED0wZCc2limQ3WQ1PwmaGnnJjsttMMWaUpmNZEi9k8reuvfTt7alij_bvU99BfRVHcL7y5JdiILU7WDsEK86EPq88_fq_z5eNbjkz7oM/s320/Vinayagar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249789023706118802" /></a>On June 7th, we had baby shower for my wife. I made this Oil painting (inspired by the original one found on internet) as a special gift to my wife on this occassion. Udayabaskarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095565098656368688noreply@blogger.com2