Information Technology Views by Ashish Kumar Jha

"Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."[1] IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information." -- Source Wikipedia

Technology to process and communicate information .. information about goods, people, machine, location, photos, music ..lots lots type of information .. Process it and communicate it .. Its like a Black box for Non-IT person .. and that is how it should be.. (Our Jobs will be safe :) )

People like Kishore Biyani (Owner of future group, Big Bazaar) had the vision to sell goods at low price in a decent Mall-way .. He might not have any idea on which Operating system his Data server runs ..and what is the hardware configuration in his data center .. what front end is used to build BigBazaar web portal ..

All he has is an input requirement (Name of goods, Prices, Name of people, Their salary data, His office locations, His and His employees mails, Online sales portal details, Bank transactions etc ..) and He wants this to be processed by a black box called "Information Technology" and the output should be properly managed data in clear usable front end .. This formula is true for any other industry say Health care, Aviation, Government, Media, Banks, They all need IT as an API (Application Programmable Interface) so that they can call those APIs in their actual application (Not the software application but the business process application).

But there is a whole new world out there inside IT. there is Hardwares like Desktop, Laptop, Servers, Mobiles, PDAs, Routers, Network cable etc .. and there are software .like Operating system .. Application servers .. Web server .. Office suite .. Games .. Mobile softwares ..

Lets start with Hardware.. There are Hardware assembling vendors like IBM, HP, Dell which gets different parts from other vendors ..Processor from Intel/AMD.. Hard Disk from Seagate/Wetern Digital/Gigabyte .. RAM from Kingston Motherboard from Asus/Intel . Box from Asus etc ..
These processor vendors how they make Processors .. They get FPGA/CPLD/ASIC chips from Semiconductor vendors like Xilinx.. How these semiconductor vendor makes these chips and verifies that it works fine .. They use VHDL/VLSI/verilog simulator, Programmer, Tester tools like Modelsim..etc .. Then there are Embedded systems vendors .. Which makes small chips like RAM, NIC card.. Other Programmable chips, Timers, controllers ..

And how does these VHDL/Verilog code works when placed in FPGA chips. is there a magic..If Assembly language MOV A,20 (some 000111111100011110101111) said to it, It stores variable 20 in General purpose register .. and where is this register .. How can something gets stored (? magic or what) does that have mind.. There are flip-flops .and there are OR/AND/NOT gates .. Logical gates .. In essence which makes Mathematical instructions working ..and how this OR/AND gate works .. with signal . Digital signal ..010101 .. Off-On Off-On .. The clock .. If this clock stops .. Whole IT world is gone .. everything works around this clock .. (This is similar to Heart considering human as IT system..which keeps tick-tock-tick-tock every time.. Though one difference is there between a System and Human is, If System breaks down, that can be repaired but Human body ... ) Aha .and how come this tick tock happens tirelessly without stopping for years .. Whats that ..Its quartz crystal .. The valance electrons (? Now this is getting very very low and confusing ...) are moving and with a slight energy given to this electron, it changes its orbit ..

Similarly, How does I connect a RJ45 cable to this small NIC card (and with wireless, Bluetooth, Infrared, RF, Satelites, Even a cable is not required) and my friend gets the mail .. What is that connects between My computer in GM Palya, Bangalore to my friends Laptop in Andheri, Mumbai.. and it takes seconds to reach there.. Wow !! How does this happen .. everything goes over wire ..and what is there inside wire .. the current -- yes the analog current .. i.e flow of electrons .. What exactly (very very briefly), My mail client formed a SMTP packet with the mail content typed by me, along with my friends email address (@friend.com) and sent to the TCP layer ( a program in the OS) and here my TCP added the port number 25 for remote server, and some port local to have syn/Ack/Syn-ACK with My Mail server.. Puts these info into the packet ..and send to Network layer program implementation, which adds the IP address of Remote and local machines .. and send to Physical layer where .. Some checksum parity bits, MAC addresses etc were put in a big packet and then splitted into small packets and give to NIC card.. NIC card converts this Digital information to Analog signal using DAC .. This packet reaches to Airtel (My Internet service provider) and there he knows where to go from there ..ya Some router will use some algorithm (Protocol ..right ) RIP/OSPF/BGP to decide upon the route .. at my Mail servers Firewall, It will be checked for Viruses .. Strip down packet ..Send to Physical layer ..Network, TCP, SMTP and there it gets some processing and then goes back to My Friends mail server .. and after a refresh in my friends browser his Browser connects again to his mail server and find new mail in the server and fetches them .. As this is just a draft copy .. I have messed up so many things above .I have missed so many things ..(I need to learn end-to-end so that I have strings attached from my machine's mail to My friend's Machine and every logical question should have an answer).

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So many things happen just to send a email .. What does Kishore Biyani will know about all these .. Kishore Sir, No need for you to know ..we are here no.. We will keep on learning, doing research on these to make it more easier for u to check ur mails and send Notes to ur employees .. U don't worry .. We are here to serve you ..

Many Many things ..Database .. Authentication, Authorization . Directory .. Productivity softwares, WinZip.. FTP/NFS.. Time servers .. Windows ..Linux .. Sparc .. Intel .. Z-series .. Development .. testing .. Management .. support .. Java .Net .. Oracle ..MS SQL .. JSP ..Telecom ..web application .n-tier .. Security .. People/Machines management . UI .. So many things are involved in IT .. I will keep on posting on this topic/thread.

We IT guys Rock . :)

Time difference between life and death

Disclaimer: Completely my personal views.. And It may not be true .. So no offence and no liabilities to me.. :)

I stopped my breath .. I could stop my breath only for 22 seconds ... If somebody does lots of Yoga and Other breath exercises, He can do this for 3-5 Minutes .. If somebody forcibly stop ur breath for 1 Minute (For Normal person).. Its all gone.. Then what will happen to all ur ambition.. All ur properties .. All ur Bank balance.. To ur friends .. To ur family .. U can't talk .. U can't think after that .. U can't learn new things .. U can't Feel proud of being better than somebody else .. Nobody/Nothing will go with you..

U r driving bike .. sometimes speed more than 90KM/Hr..And suddenly one dog comes .. or something slippery comes .. and u could not control .. Gone within 2 minutes .. And once the Generator (Heart which is like a generator of DC current who serves the 5V power supply to all the other Hardware mainly Brain-CPU..) is switched off.. Nothing can be done to get u back and who cares after that ..

Ok..Enough negative and scary thoughts .. Even if u die normal death .. After effects are same .. Only difference would be, It will not be like a twist in the so many's life's film .. Colleagues will say .. Oh My God .. He is no more.. So sad .. and could not even stop to have lunch just after few hours of this news .. Close friends may go to ur home (If their work schedule is not very tight or ur home is not very far ..) to condole ur family .. Family members ..very near ones only will not be able to take food for few days.. but somewhat far family members like uncles .. cousin will start having food .. and even have parties if planned .. Nothing is gonna stop in their life . But ur family will get really disturbed for quite long time .. Yes .. This is not to blame Somewhat far family or even closer friends, But its reality .. Even something happens to my close friend what will I do..?

That's life .. And there are so many uncertainty .. When I went home to attend my brother's marriage, I came to know, My Brother's friend Ak, was killed in an accident few days before.. He (Ak) may/may not be responsible for that .. But Marriage involves so many people/Parties and could not be avoided .. (Or the willingness to avoid this immediate marriage was not there in us).. Ak was married few years before and had a Kid.. God Knows what will happen to them ..

Happiness .. We all are in search of happiness .. What does that mean to people ..

Some may want to have good party like alcohol ..and other things ..
Some want to earn lots lots of money
Some want to get power .. Power such that others get fear of him..
Some like to have good food ..good home ..
Some want to have good branded clothes ..shoes ..so that he goes to party other people see and say .. wow what a dress u have ..
Some wants to go to USA.Singapore .. enjoy ..

And If they get these they feel happy for a moment and then becomes sad again to get another bigger things .. Is this Bad ..? No .. But dependency on something is Bad ..
Being content in life is boring .. same old thing every day .Huh . Fine take risks .. Go new heights .. get more power .. Money .. But at the end of the day .. Don't forget .. Ur life is very short . and after that nothing matters ..

Why so much of tension.. Jelousy .. Fear of losing job .... Just work hard .. do ur duty .. help others .. keep learning .. Have good food .. Make others happy .. say good jokes .. Learn music .. Motivate others for good things . Have long plans .. Have faith in yourself .. Take Positive risks .. Don't be proud of what u r now .. Don't treat Rich and poor differently .. Don't behave rudely with Economically backward people .. That's it .. Just think Whatever/Whoever u r .. It takes a minute to be nothing ..

Dream big .. Dream big .. Work very very hard .. Party very very very very hard .. (Party should be like with friends family .. good food .. Positive cinemas .. Outing to god locations .. Music .. Dance . That's it .. )

Note: In this post, I am talking to myself .. here You me means my innerself . You the real you .. may not have same feelings .. and that may be equaly good or better .. U may share what u think life is, why do we live? ..for what ..What's happiness for you .. The real you .. Bye Ashish ..

Can an enterprise survive without using Properietry softwares?

Can a large company (Say, a Chain of hotels) survive without using Proprietary softwares? Use Only Free Softwares?
As a Techie, I see the world of companies as of only two types:-

Type1: Makers:- Companies who makes products related to technology (Like hardwares, OS, Compilers, Applications, ERP/CRM) like Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Infosys
Type2:Users: Companies which does not know (Do not want to know), How a software works, rather it should have a nice front-end (I mean user friendly) and It should be reliable, If low cost then better. like ICICI bank, Appolo hospitals, Cafe coffee day, Arcelor Mittal.

I have some rough idea that, for a Type1 company, Moving completely out of Properietry softwares (Windows/Mac, and applications developed for these platforms) is possible though bit difficult. We have OS/Compilers/IDEs/testTools/Productivity softwares which are free and open source. I want to discuss, What we can't get in Open/Free softwares? What is that keeps us not going for these softwares? What all problems Type1 company can face If they want to move out of Properietry software?

For Type2 companies, its still a long time to get Free/Open source as It takes lot of technical effort to get Open source integrated and customized for their requirements.. Comments Please..?

Oracle buys Sun

Oracle buys Sun

What are the implications of this?

What will happen to MySql as Oracle is king in database market..(Oracle 11g)

What will happen to Netbeans .. Oracle mainly supports Eclipse....

Is Oracle heading to have direct competition with Microsoft In Operating System having OpenSolaris (On Intel Hardware)/Solaris (on Sparc Hardware).? Is Oracle thinking to buy RedHat?

Oracle can Focus on proprietary OS (Solaris) and compete with MS or Initially go with OpenSolaris and give threat to Linux server vendors.


Both Oracle and Sun has IAM (Identity and Access Management Suite of products). What will happen to those..
Time will tell Everything ?

Started going for music classes: Ashish Kumar Jha

Last week I joined Music Class near KR Puram. Here I will learn Key-board. I have attended 2 classes till yet. Started with 123-12345 (SaReGaMa - western style) with one hand and then both hands, still there is problem in boths hands synchronization. Started with Music notations.


I had thought to do some surfing to get more details on Music Notations, Could not get time (or Laziness?).

Mumbai Trip 27-30 March 2009

I left Bangalore on 26th March, by Udyaan express. I met with one of my colleague in the train and his four friends. We shared jokes and played Cards. 20 Hours journey till Pune was passed happily.

My Mobile's battery was discharged, and it was not getting charged by 110V power supply in train. Most of the sockets were not working or always busy. I thought, I may have to purchase a new mobile as soon as I reach Mumbai. Problem was, I was not having my friends number written other than in mobile, and Mobile was not getting switched On. Somehow, after charging 10 Mins, Mobile got ON and I wrote My friend number in paper.

I reached My friends room at 9PM. Next day, we wnet to several places in Mumbai and Met few more friends and next days and I caught Return train, Trivendram exp on Monday 30th march. Reached Bangalore by 12.30 on 31st. Could not go to office.

It was great time there in Mumbai.

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VEC ECE 2005 passout meet @ Lalbagh: A successful Event

There were totally 100 Students in our batch @ Vijayanagar Engineering College, Bellary in Electronics And Communication Engineering batch. Out of 100, around 40 are here in Bangalore. Few of our batch mate got married, Few were out of station, and Few are abroad. Considering all that, 14 Friends are a good number. Though I was expecting 20+ Friends, But .. No issues .. It was good start after 4 Years almost..

I reached Lalbagh @ 2.45 PM. Friends started coming, And It became 14 by 4PM. We all sat in lawn near to Glass House.. Started with some snacks and cold drinks ..

Then there was, Introduction .. Mainly to tell about what happened after they came out of college .. Then there was tea..Kaju ..Some fun .. Remembering those golden days .. We Remembered our other friends who could not make it to the event .. We recalled all good and bad days @ VEC.. Our lecturers .. Canteen ..Hostel.. VTU youth Fest ..

See the pics of this event here.

Then there was some time spent for telling some good/bad/funny moments in college ... And then there was photo session ..

Then, we left, with promise, that next time we will meet in more strength ..

Later I went to Muthu's House, and then there was sudden plan to go to Khao gali (Near BV puram). We had Obbittu (Sweet item), Akki Roti, Masala Dosa and Masala cold drink. And back to room by 9PM.

Friedns who joined are:
1. Ashish Kumar (@ Novell)
2. Manju Hubli (@ EMC2)
3. Goni Basappa (@ HAL)
4. Guru (@ Accesnture)
5. Rakesh (@ Cisco)
6. Ravindra Raju (@ Dell)
7. Yalesh (@ HCL)
8. Raja Bakhshi Bali (Infosys)
9. Harsha (@ Sonata)
10. Krishna (Sorry. I forgot.. Will update soon, He did OCP working on Oracle)
11. Suma (@ Oracle)
12. Santosh (Did M.Tech from NIE mysore recently)
13. Mruthunjaya (@ Dell)
14. Dinakar (@ Axiom)

Next time, I hope the list will be bigger. Friends, If any offence in Keeping your name/company name in this blog, let me know. No issues.. I will remove.

VEC-ECE 2005 Passout batch meet .. on 7th March ..

Waiting to meet u Guys/Gals 2005 Passout from VEC Bellary - ECE batch..@ Lalbagh on 7th March @ 3PM :)..

Friends, I might have missed few..Please keep the spirit up and inform them ..

IndiBlogger meet 2009 @ Microsoft Signature tower

I had plans to go for IndiBloggers meet on 28th Feb 2009 @ 3PM @ MS on Intermediate Ring Road. where there was an informal gathering by some 100 Bloggers of Bangalore ..Event was sponsored by Microsoft.. There was first look session on Windows 7 by some guys as well..Other than some fun Filled events ..

I asked my friend, whether He wants to join.. He says I have no blogs.. Don't worry .. I said ..OK lets ask to the contact person there at IndiBlogger.. I called up there..I asked whether my friend who has no blogs and not yet registered for the event (its 12.30PM), Can he come with me.. He said no issues.

So many work between 12 to 3 ·to me and to Him.. Finally we managed to reach @ Microsoft's Signature building.. Got in .. Met lot of guys some from Non-Tech and mostly from tech companies ..With one guest speaker from MS .. Good time ..

We started with 1 minutes of fame..where in, there was a time-Glass (remember busy symbol in Windows prior to vista..) which will get emptied from one side to other in one minute exact..The person has to come and speak exactly for 1 minute .. about his blog..why he started an what is the theme etc,,just in one minute ..

After few guys/gals, It was my turn.. Started with .. Well This is Ashish Working For.. I started Blogging 2 Years ago just for fun..Theme of my blog is "Spread Unconditional Love"..I write about Life's experiences ..Technology..Open source.. People started smiling/laughing ..Started asking questions to me ..Beyond a minute ..Did u get any unconditional Love.. I said many..Its about friends..family..country..work .. People became silent ..with the seriousness with which I said above..Well, I believe there may be some hits from those guys to my blog ..Well no conditions apply ..

Many more ..around 70 guys came ..talked abt their blog..

It was followed by Mr Gireesh's talk on BizSpark, a new initiative by MS for start ups..wherein they will provide 25 licences of Visual studio, OS, desktop/Server both, Different types of productivity soft wares ..costing aroung $60K free of cost .. only condition is it has to be startup ..

That was followed by a small IndiBlogger gigg quiz.. How well do u know ur readers? ..There will be a comment taken from one's blog and that blogger has to identify that its from his blog.. If he does he has to gigg..dance a bit....

Then there was a session on Bloggers rights and responsibility by Mutiny.in people. There was quite good debate ..Over Pink chaddi compaign..over various issue ..

And there was windows 7 Presentation and Demo (Though its good .. but not better than SuSe Linux.. I was thinking .. Cool xgl 3D..easy software installation and no viruses..and lot more cost effective..and if no money ..don't worry go for OpenSuse11..)

Many a times, Spread Unconditional Love was cited/spoken by fellow bloggers and everytime they talk about Spread/Unconditional/Love a nice smile over everybody's face.. Keep it up ..

Then there was Pizza ..lots of pizza..Cold drinks ..sprite..thumsup..Mirinda all there .. Coffee Tea.. Good arrangements .. We had Pizza and then I had to go Koromangala .. So met with few IndiBlogger members ..exchanged contacts ..and went to koromangala.. Sombody commented (unknowingly?) see u again over Pizza.. Did I mind .. Never .. I will definately meet that guy again over next meeting ..:)

It was really awsome ..Thanks IndiBlogger.. Thanks MS for PIzza .. Thanks Bangalore bloggers ... Thanks buddy for giving company .. Good day ..Went to Bhaiyya's home .. I (Apna hi hai bhaiya ka hai to..) got brand new Red color Avenger .. Got first time over that bike ..drive for some time .. Came back home by 9.30 PM .. Good Night .. :)

Unforgettable 7 hours .. Friday Fun

Friday, 27Th Feb 2008, Time 7.30PM: Lots of work at office. Had planned to work till late night and finish off some tasks. Narayana comes..Asked to go to Movie..I told which one? with almost bad face..But did change my face and said ..OK lets decide which one..He said English..Some Pink Panther..I said Hindi or Telugu (Koncham estam Koncham kastam)..Finally Hindi ..Which One ..OK Delhi 6.. Done..Lets finish few work and move by 8.30PM from office..

Time 8.05PM: Call from my room, Ranjan (My Cook..My Brother like..) called me and said come ASAP, As I am making poori-and Matar-Alu sabji..Please have it hot .. I said, I have to go movie ..But He said Have dinner and go..I said, Ok Make that for two then..will be @Home in 20 Mins.

Time:8.40PM: I and Narayana @ My room. Nice food ..Had Garam Garam Poori sabji..I must say, When Ranjan is in good mood, He makes food simply delecious..Yummy..Started feeling sleepy..Its 8.55, Ranjan Needs my USB drive to get some movie copied from somewhere.. No space in Disk..Start PC, Cut-Paste to system its 7GB .Oh My God..Just cut/paste 1.5GB and gave to Ranjan..

Time: 9.03 PM: From My room its 100 Metres.. Narayana Asks which theatre to go, Rex (Brigade road, Right from Nandini Bakery, Near my home on GM palya main road)) Or Innovative multiplex (Marathalli, Left from Nandini Bakery, Near my home on main road). As I was on bike behind Narayana No option to toss a coin, I asked say a random time between 8.55 and 9.5PM, If time u said is less than actual time, we Will go to Rex or else we will go to Marathalli. Well He said, 9.01, and it was 9.03 so lets go to Brigade road.

Time 9.05 PM: Near Nanddini Bakery. There is Traffic jam towards right, OK Sudden change, take left and now we are going towards Innovative multiplex. On the way to Marathalli.

Time:9.25PM: Near Marathalli Bridge. I said what will we do going to movie man..Its bore movie ..Lets go somewhere out of Bangalore..Somewhere cool and calm..some 50 KM from Bangalore.. He was not ready .. I said, OK lets go and Have tea at New airport ..(Yes around 47 KM from there).. He took a left turn (Innovative is right side). I thanked him. Its longer route compared to from my room from Old madras side, But we are on outer ring road. Great on the way to Airport now.

Time 10.10PM: Near Hebbal flyover: Have tea..relax..Good time with Tea-shopkeeper..I said I don't want to pay now, Can I pay tomorrow .. He started some story .. Well, It was all fun ..Laugh ..See u later ..We said ..and we moved again.. reached very near to airport ..may be 4 KM from airport..

Time: 11.20 PM: stopped bike road side.. There was nice greenery and temperature was cool..I was feeling very cold, As I was in T-shirt and no jacket.. Well we spent there around 50 Minutes .. I had my iPod with me ..Listened nice old Hindi songs by Mukesh .. lying on green grass somewhere beside main highway to airport ..seeing blue sky ..stars..remembering the Radium starts in my Room ..In Night, When u sleep in my hall, it seems u r beneath the sky ..but that's artificial ..The Fan's sound make it clear . But here it was all natural..Slow cool wind blowing ..Blue sky .. Great ..

Time 12.00 AM: My friend was thinking something, I said what? He said there was 23 cars crossed in one minute..I said OK lets play game ..in one minute, u count first then I will count number of cars crossing our bike, He got 18 I got 11 .. I lost..While coming I Had said, I will pay for tea @ SubWay @ Airport..Lets move again..

Time 12.15 AM: Parked bike ..Roamed around ..saw small tea/snacks shop.. I ordered for 2 Tea and two samosas.. Hell..He says I will have Tea @ SubWay only, I said its 5Rs buddy here..Have it no..there it is 70 Bucks.. No way.. u said SubWay..Smiles like ..Khair leave it.. ..Ok ..Damn ..To Shopkeeper..Can u please return me 5 Rs.. No sir.. Please sir.. No sir.. Ok..Ok ..(Now ..just now I remember, It was 19, I gave him 20, He didn't return my 1 Re.. )

Time 12.45 AM: @ Subway.. Two coffee ..How much..68 ..Great ..Hey it should be 70 for one ..Damn ..how come it is just 34 .. He said.. Angry ..Sad ..Different emotions in a minute ..:) I know He is good Pal..Teasing me ..Huh ..

Time: 1.25 AM: I am getting sleep buddy ..Lets go home.. Hey ..Give me keys, I will drive.. I said .. I got the key .. His bike is good ..Mine Pulsar ..Old Second hand bike..if it goes to 100KM/Hr..it starts shaking badly ..But Apache ..Good one .. Good grip on Road ..Balanced ...As soon as Speed goes in 3 digits ..He starts ..... There was an accident on the Highway .. Slow down man..I said to myself.. Decide no..I will not cross 80 on highway ..(lets see )..

Time: 2.10 PM: Near KR Puram FlyOver..I need tea ..Where will we get tea, at this time..But He knows.. Came near Tin factory ..Got tea.. Feeling good ..better .. Now where to go for sleeping.. My bike is in office.. Hey come to my room no, I said ..He say no mine.. OK ..

Time: 2.40 AM @ Narayana's Room.. Hey we will watch some movie now.. Some English movie ..Started ..Getting sleep..fast forward ..saw half an hour ..

Time: 3.30 AM: Thinking ..What a fantastic 7 hours .. Will not forget in near future ..

Time is just indicative..may not be exact..But mostly its correct to the minute .. :)

Completed One More Year ..Its My B'day Today ..

Happy Birthday To Me..

3 person called me.. 2 SMS.. 6 Scraps.. 2 Gmail Mail.. Few more calls.. Few more Scraps and there will come another day .. Day with Problems .. Tensions ..

I am alone at my room.. Playing with my new Dell laptop..and WiFi Internet .. Listening to old melodies ..

Well, Today on my birthday, I am feeling a sense of happiness .. Sense of accomplishments .. Sense of being loved by few .. I am feeling better..

And then its again time for introspection ..since 1 year, all those wishes of last year's birthday ...They could just wish and wishes shares 20% or less for my life's improvement ..I am the person who has to perform.. Who has to make others happy.. Did that happen.. Did I improve myself .. Do I have more relatiions in compariison to last year's B'day .. Do I have more money ..? Do I have more skills .. Are people surrounding me are more happy than last year.. Am I able to contribute more than last year..Has my health imroved since last year .. My status in Work place and society has increased..? Did I communicate better this year of my life's calendar .. Could I spread more unconditional love ..? Lots of question that come in my mind now..

Some questions have positive answers .. some are neutral.. some are negative.. I will try and improve ..I do mistakes ..lots of mistakes in life.. But In this year of my life, this is my commitment to myself, That I will improve upon all the aspects which has negative answers above..

No celebrations planned other than some sweets in my office.. Probably few friends may go for a Cheap and best restaurent for dinner .. :)

Famous Bihari Restaurent in Bangalore serving Litti Chokha

The restaurent's name is Chilli-Pepper .. Address is

Chilli Pepper
#95/3
K.R. Puram Ring Road
Marathahalli Colony
Bangalore-560037
Phone: 080-32972076, 080-25227362

This is good place to have bihari food. To reach there, From old airport side, come till marathalli bridge, and then take left in service road, Go till 0.5 KM approx. and just after Malgudi Restaurent in the left side, you will find this decent restaurent.

I had Veg sizzler which was great. and then Litti Chokha costing 70 Rs for 3 Pcs of Litti. Superb .. Delicious.. They provide Ghee in Big Bowl..Dip Half Cut Shattu Bhara litti in ghee ..and have that with Chokha. Chokha is made with Alu, Baigan, Tomato, Onion, Garlic etc.

One important thing.. Litti Chokha is available only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.. I had been one day on week day and could not get Litti-Chokha there..

Service is getting bit delayed on weekends..and sometimes u may have to wait for 20-30 minutes ..

Damn..! Somebody create Krishna Sena ..to oppose Ram/Shiva/Durga/WhatNot Sena

I condemn the behavior of Sri Ram Sene shown in Mangalore Pub case.

I had never heard of This Sena before Mangalore case..So one thing they could achieve was the publicity.. media coverage that too free of cost.. If any company wants to launch a product, he has to invest a lot .. But this fellow was able to get free publicity ..

Who was those guys, who misbehaved with Girls in Pub? I don't know much, But I do believe, they should be unemployed youth who take alcohol in night after they do these things in day time.. Who the hell they are to beat Girls and Boys .. just power of body and group .. few people only .. not even in thousands .. Let one single person come and hit somebody in Pub..Then we will see How he gets out of there ..

Indian culture ..Huh.. what is the Indian Culture..? Keeping female's ego always below male's ego.. Woman should just be in home, cook food for "This cultural Indian Man" , look after child and finally die .. then these guys will remain happy .. They do not want ladies to sit beside Male and have drink or cigarette..They do not want Ladies to develop..Ladies to get more freedom.. Ladies to feel happy....These few guys knew, they have nothing left in their life and hence troubling others .. They are known to public now and they can take part in elections ..get elected as they anyhow manage to brainwash uneducated people..

Somebody had said to me for FUN that.. If one has to become MLA or MP in India.. The easiest was is to do few murders and get caught by police .. some political leader will contact him and get his bail and later he will do few more crime for that leader and then there will be ego issue between this new guy and existing political leader and next time he will stand for MLA election .. He may loose first time but He will become MLA second time If he performs (Crime ?) well.

In Ram sene case, it seems similar to that.. Are..Agar se ladki ko, uske maan, baap, Bhai, behan ko problem nahi hai to tumhari kyun jal rahi hai ..? Yes, I do believe that we should have some restriction (both for male/female), But those restriction should be made by their well wishers .. their Parents .. And not by these Moral Police..

As there are parties named after Rama (A symbol of Idealism)/ Shiva (A symbol of Destroying Evils) / Durga (A symbol of Nari Shakti) .. There should be one party named Krishna Sena (Krishna symbolizes for Love.. Love with Radha..).

India is a independent country and people are free to do whatever they want to do, whatever they want to say ..provided they are not hurting others .. If you want to teach to Those boys/girls about the so called non-respect of Indian culture, go to colleges, take sessions.. Publish articles .. Do a silent protest .. But Beating and humiliating, that too to ladies, is shameful and at least not an Indian Culture..

I could have respected their feelings, If they do protest silently and Parents should have taken actions, If their son/daughter is going out of control..

Regarding Valentine day.. I believe, There should not be restriction to celebrate that .. Those who are lucky couple should enjoy and be with each other ..



happy valentine day

VEC Bellary, ECE 2005 Passout Friends Meet @ Lalbagh, Bangalore @ 3PM on 7th March 2009.

Hi Friends,


Its been almost 4 years, We all met. Without any hype or process, I request every body to just come to Lalbagh on 7th March 2009 at 3PM. We all should assemble (Get ur own ticket :) ) near SheeshMahal inside Lalbagh. I mean Glass House as seen in below Picture.


Similar message will be sent to you by Mruthunjaya/ Manju Hubli, as well. All these messages leads to same event. Please do contact Me/Muthu/Manju, If any info is required.

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Please do not think anything other than to plan, How will you spread the positive message to as many as possible and how will you reach to Lalbagh @ 3PM on 7th March 2009.

Your help in making this event a grand success, is required.

There is no plan Other than to sit somewhere in the lawn and have tea together and we should be there for 2-3 Hrs. Rest of the plan should be made collectively @ LalBagh by we all. (If any, and optional).

Also, If possible do not send mails to all (unless it is required), Send only to Me/Muthu/Manju. we will consolidate the message and keep Friends posted.

Ashish

Love marriage or arranged marriage?

The rate of Divorce filed in Indian courts are very high for those who had Love marriage. I don't have exact data .. But around 89% of them are Love marriage where as only 11% of Divorce case are for those who had arranged marriage.
Well, Thats a data point. This data is for the first high tech generation. As I believe, The number of Love marriages are very less currently. SO If you have less numbers and out of those If some are getting divorced, The percentage is gonna be high. Well This scenario is likely to change. Another reason is, Who can have Love marriage. Mostly, Love marriage happens, If the girl loves some guy. and the chances of that to happen is more in Urban areas. In Rural areas, People generally do not even think of getting married against their parents, And to add that for Girls its really tough. Which girl can dare to go for this are who are financially independent. Well normally.
And As the number of financially independent girls are increasing, Its going to lead more love marriages. From my point of view, Love Then Arranged marriage is best.
Again, One very important aspect is ..Why did u love her at first place, Or why did She loves you? Is it just because of sexual attraction? Or just because He/She is very Rich? There should be real love..Then only Love marriage is going to succeed.. And Beware, If u did Love marriage without ur parents approval, u r gonna be in trouble once Ego will come in between.
Arranged marriage is like a lucky draw. If u r lucky enough, u get a understanding partner, Otherwise, Even If u don't go for divorce due to society, u r not happy. Society does not know, whats happening between you two..So one more good way would be to let Parents choose Girl/Boy, But parents should at least give them few days to know each other. And there must be freedom to reject at this level.

When u started loving somebody, u don't know anything about him/her. And u think, its final decision..? Huh u been to movie or shopping together and u think its gonna work whole life.. may not be.. I have seen Couples who does not know each other in real even after 2 years of affair.. Girl thinks, her boyfriend is very decent..But In actual, He has affair with several girls. Its just his time pass..though He takes utmost care for not revealing this. Similarly there are girls who just plays with boys like toys, uses him for holding shopping bags , to protect her and to get status in her friend circle..:)

To conclude, think thousand times If u r going for love marriage, without family's approval and if u think still, He/She is perfect for you.. Go for it...

Well, I am for arranged (then love :) ).. Above stated facts are my opinions, and I don't force u to buy that. :)

Lets have a look at the difference between Love and arranged marriage.

Indian IT industry is not going to hit..

Indians are most committed and hard worker. Reason being, They have seen the problems.. they see people die with hunger.. people has to work very hard to get the two time meals. Hence they value the work and put maximum effort. Unlike Westerns, There, Earning money was (?) quite easy..They used to get lots of money for small work and they used to enjoy like anything.. The Pub culture, currently in bangalore has come from West..So much money is getting wasted every week in beer and dance clubs (Or Night club?).. But the number is still less.. People have sentiments for their family and they can do extra work and with full commitment. We should learn from this recession and cut down our expenses .. (Including me.. start saving buddy..)

Yes, Its true, No Indian Company has developed their Operating System or Database or Application servers But we Indians are the major contributors for their Development. There are two major reasons: 1. We started late ..due to economic reason 2. Lack of Proper Guidance in starting only.. Now its going to be tough competition and We do not have that much money to be put in RnD to get our OS ready.

In this Recession time, As most of the clients for Indian IT companies (as well as US based companies) are in US and Europe, and they are cutting costs for IT spent, India is feeling the heat. But, Still I believe, there is not going to be much impact on Indian IT industry. The only skilled competitor in world for IT is US .. But from US only these works have offshored here.. So, its unlikely to go back these jobs to US in near future.. See Below List of Skills comparison ..

Source: http://discuss.itacumens.com/index.php?topic=13115 [Thanks]

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The following are the Country skill Rankings (NASSCOM)

IT Database Development and Administration

RDBMS Concepts
India 48%
United States 22%
Romania 4%
Russian Federation 3%
Ukraine 3%

SQL (ANSI) Fundamentals
India 60%
United States 14%
Russian Federation 5%
Ukraine 5%
Romania 3%

MS SQL Server 2000 Programming
India 33%
United States 32%
Romania 7%
Russian Federation 5%
Ukraine 4%


DB2 Programming
India 71%
United States 18%
Philippines 1%
Romania 1%
United Kingdom
(Great Britain) 1%

Oracle PL/SQL
India 50%
United States 20%
Russian Federation 5%
Romania 3%
United Kingdom
(Great Britain) 3%

IT programming and Development

C#
United States 29%
India 22%
Russian Federation 9%
Ukraine 8%
United Kingdom
(Great Britain) 6%

Software Testing*****
India 71%
United States 11%
Ukraine 4%
Belarus 2%
Pakistan 1%

C++ India 22%
United States 20%
Russian Federation 17%
Ukraine 10%
United Kingdom
(Great Britain) 6%

Java 2 Fundamentals
India 58%
United States 14%
Russian Federation 5%
Ukraine 4%
Romania 3%

.Net Framework
India 47%
United States 19%
Russian Federation 6%
Ukraine 6%
Romania 5%

IT systems and Network Administration


Linux Administration (General)
United States 22%
India 16%
Russian Federation 9%
Ukraine 7%
Romania 6%

MS Windows Server 2003 Administration
United States 37%
India 19%
Russian Federation 6%
Ukraine 4%
Romania 3%

Networking Concepts
United States 34%
India 17%
Ukraine 6%
Russian Federation 5%
United Kingdom
(Great Britain) 4%

Unix Administration (Solaris 9)
India 37%
United States 27%
Russian Federation 5%
Canada 3%
United Kingdom
(Great Britain) 3%

Information Technology Security Fundamentals
United States 33%
India 12%
Ukraine 6%
Poland 5%
Russian Federation 4%
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In the manpower with low salary (With huge number of manpower available), Our competition is with China, Philipenes, SouthAfrica etc .. and they will take atleast 10 Years to catch up us in English .. and in 10 Years Indian IT skill will be doubled .. :).. I believe, its high time for Indian companies to start transactions in Indian Rupee which is more stable than Dollars (If not now..It will be in coming years).. So deal in Indian Rupees so that, we better know the situation..

As Indian, we should try to build softwares from Scratch.. Indian company should do some RnD investment ..should take some risks .. Also, try to capture other parts of World as IT market.. Create the market in Asia, Australia and Africa ..

And Lastly, What will happen next moment, nobody knows.. nobody knew what will happen in Mumbai on 26th November 2008 .. So no need to worry .. Be happy .. Though be more prepared with more and more skills, More commitment, more confidence..more hard work..and Savings a lot ..

Two Years @ Novell : Ashish Kumar Jha From Purnia, Bihar

Two years passed and I think, I have joined few days back ..Its refreshingly .. No grudge .. No Pain .. Happiness .. that is what Novell has given me ... I have my friends in more than 100 software companies .. But There is something unique about Novell.. In fact there are several unique things about Novell..

One among that is almost every function we have in Novell, We call Family member of employees .. Let it be team outing . sports day .. Novell Anniversary day ..

Second, In any of the team parties, Alcohal is strictly prohibited .. In most of the IT company .. Its not there..

There is TGWIN (Thank God We r In Novell) every 2 Months .. Where we have Fun ..lots of Fun .. Music ..Games .. Dance..

Then Comes the Infrastructure .. Nice Cubicles ..With good privacy .. Spacious .. Great LAB management ..

The Transport fascility from entire Bangalore -- Free Of Cost.. And If one stay beyond 8PM (No Body Encourages this here in Novell.. ), We have cab drop fascility till home..

Almost free (25% we pay..) great lunch ..snacks.. breakfast ...

Competitive Salary and Perks .. Positive environment ..

And last but not least.. The OpenNess .. We are the major contributor to Open Source World .. Be It Operationg System (Open Suse) Or Application Framework (MONO) etc..

I work for Identity and Security Management product which is pioneer in the world . A large number of Fortune 500 Companies are our customers ..

Everybody here is very much co-operative .. Willingness to work and contribute .. Learning opportunities are plenty..

Its great working here .. 2 years ..

I love Novell..

:)

Ashish Kumar

Law and Order Situation in India

The global recession was already troubling the economic capital of India apart form the problems created by MNS for North Indians. And then comes the serial blasts in Mumbai . More than 100 People died along with 14 Police Personnel. Terrorists can enter any where and make people hostages. What is the law and order situation and what does Intelligence doing? Who is there to care for common public? He lives on the God's faith.. For this reason only He pays taxes for every thing? Income tax, sales tax, property tax ..

One thing here is to understand, Those people who were killed had no idea that they might get killed. There may be doctors, Engineers or businessman like any of us, and nothing can replace their loss to their family.. Why we fear then so much for life.. We have no control on life at all.. Nobody feels safe..

Its very difficult time for entire world.. Those guys .. They are given fire inside their heart that go and die for the religion. Even the highly educated person comes in their words.. What they get out of it ..? out of 100 died, There can be different religion people .. They don't have any work ? .. Though we tell Law and Order is worst .. Its true to an extent only.. Govt. Can not put police every where in India .. Our people are helping them .. Our people.. Indians .are supporting them to do these things .. there should be patriotic and humanity message should be spread .. Indians and any person should not help These terrorists .. And If any One caught and proved to be either Terrorist or helping them ..Please do not forgive them .. They don't understand Peace process.. Just kill them ...like they kill our brothers and sisters ..

Police and Other related persons should have fire inside them to clean up this .. See and Shoot these ******* ..

Back to bangalore after long holiday

Today, I came back to bangalore after a long holiday. The masti trip was started on 4th october, when I had been to Mysore, Then I went to Mumbai, Pune, Lonawala, Khandala on 8th, then Kudremukh on 18th. on 24th I went to Kolkata then home (Purnia) then some local places in Bihar and then Delhi on 6th November. on 8th night, I went to Jaipur and on 11th morning came back to bangalore.
It was great trip I ever had. I met more than 100 people (family n friends spread across India). More on this later..