My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

This is my tribute to my father whom I lost this sunday early morning.  He lived a great life and passed away very peacefully in his house, his room and on his bed.  What more does anyone wish for.  Though he was even critical few months back, he was ok and was going about his daily routines within his home. Coming to the point :  More than anything he loved life, loved people, very energetic, and was always looking out for ways and means to help people.  Through his Vastu powers there were many a people who had got great benefits - ourselves including!!!. An avid sportsman himself excelling in both cricket and Table tennis, gave it off because of the work pressure.  Here is the article in today's Hindu sports page which details out his sports achievement http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/raman-81-passes-away/article4678865.ece Raman (81) passes away <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/raman-81-passes-away/article467886

Padma Bhusan Anna Hazare - My salutations to you Great Sir.  What most of Indians  wanted to do, but didnt have the will power or courage to do, YOU HAVE DONE IT Showing us all the way.   It takes a great soul to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  As people say, I am sure Gandhi would be happy that you are also being called Gandhi of 21st century. For the viewers : I am giving below a small write up about Shri Anna Hazare.  Anna Hazare is a 72 year  ex-Indian army man , who had Fought in the  1965 Indo-Pak War.  A Army veteran, he made sure that he is contributing to the society through his guidance and hardwork.  He was solely behind the building up of a Self Sustained Model  village  -   Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra.   Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.  Prior to having Anna Hazare working along with the villagers, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest villages in India. It has become a mod

This is a post about another Age defying personality.  Very much known to people in his circle, but unknown elsewhere, I wanted to write about him because of his abundance of energy and the very dedicated service orientation that we have felt in him.  Shri Sunderasa Gurukal is from Kumbakonam , a temple town in South India.  Aged more than 80+, the kind of activities he does is amazing.  He runs a finishing school for the Priests and helps these people to conduct all the Yagnas properly.   He manages the temple of Kasi Vishwanathar in his street.  Apart from this is the most wonderful thing he does, he runs a Magazine called Thirukayelai.   The cost of this wonderful 36 page booklet is just Rs. 8.  Probably the postage costs are more.  The kind of information it contains is very exhaustive.  It is not just the printing of this booklet every month but how he collects the subscribers is pretty interesting. Let me narrate how I came to know him.  My father, with his vastu practice vis

What a personality he is ..  At his age, at his position - how can he be so simple, humble and so hospitable.  I am talking about the great Dr Bala Balachandran .   There can never be such a noble soul at all.  We were in Chicago on Friday to meet up with a client in the morning and my husband wanted to meet Dr Bala to get himself charged and motivated to tackle things head on.  So Ramani wrote to Dr Bala on Wednesday saying that he would like to meet up with him.  Pat came the reply immediately asking him about the whereabouts of our meeting.  Once Ramani wrote back, Dr Bala wrote back, it will take you around 3.00 PM to reach my place after your client meeting and is my house is just 30 mts from the airport.  So you can come over to my house and we can get together over a cup of coffee.  So Ramani calls up Dr Bala's residence after the meeting is over to find out how to reach and believe me his wife picks up the call and tell him to take the train and be at the station where sh

This the about the new item in The globe and Mail newspaper in its Monday October 4th edition from Toronto.   While waiting in the lobby for our client meeting, I happened to browse through the new paper and this item on the 4th page made me sit up and read it with more vigour. This is about Dr M S Swaminathan   - who the paper says is that is due for a Nobel Prize for his work towards the improving the Indian agriculture.   He en route to Montreal to receive another Honorary doctorate ( already has 60 honorary doctorates from around the world) from the University of Alberta, his first Canadian honour.  In  his interview he talks about using cellphones and uptodate genetic strategy to make the small and marginal farmers in the developing country to become more productive using technology as an enabler. Hats off to Dr Swaminathan, who had done yeomen services to our country by introducing short term rice varieties, which has helped India in its Goal of self sufficiency to Global Expo

The whole world is talking about Nobel Prize for Medicine for Father of Test tube baby Dr Robert Edwards given to him when he is 85 and who is too ill to even comment "quoting Hindu".  I dont know why it took so many years for the Nobel Prize committee to award this man this recognition for the yeomen service he rendered to the humanity. In Indian society, where there were second marriages on accord of No child bearing ability, this is one which helped many a women enjoy the Motherhood and joy of creating a new life and delivering a tiny tiny creature into the world which is a has come from her own flesh and blood.  That particular moment when you hold the new born in your hand, that is such a defining moment.  Forget about the pains you had to undergo and also the later day pains and problems in bringing up the children parenthood is a different pleasure in life.  My only regret is why wait for so long to award this man, when the same noble committee could award President

This was pending for a long time from me - to write about one of the Best persons in the world - who encourages Woman to Take up the mantle of Owner of their own Enterprise. That why I have named him the Industrial Queens Maker. How many woman entrepreneurs he would have helped in making - must be running in 5 figures already. do you know of anybody other than Dr Natarajan , who has gained a doctorate on his research paper on "Women Entrepreneurship". His work was his life. The post of Jt director, Tamil Nadu Industries Department in`charge of Women Entrepreneurship was the most apt post for him. You go to him with just one dream - Wanting to go out on your Own - He will make it happen - that is the truth about him. He not only used to counsel people about what kind of industry will suit them, but will also advice about the various methods in running it efficiently and also actively help them to get started. He even used to guide them about how to approach the fi

It is going to be a Woman this time yes, I am going to talk about Ms Rajalakshmi, Director STPI Chennai What a personality!!! Working in an Government set up, bound by a lot of shackles called protocols, still has the courage to Dream big and execute the dreams with the help of others. Also, this office is a controlling body for the Software Industry, but by her sheer force, she has made it a developmental agency. I still cannot forget the day I had my first meeting with her in 1998 fag end. We had just started our Offshore Outsourcing for our US Client and I needed to get the invoices certified as export invoices. I had to search out this STP office, which was in Ekkakaduthangal at that time. Immediately, she started asking questions about myself and what I am doing, etc. Then itself a personal bond was established. I could see a person who was genuinely interested in the growth of people as well as the industry. Subsequently she suggested me to go for STP status. Till then I was thin

this is another person I admire most - Vastu Sastri Raman This is incidentally my father too. I admire him not because he is my father, but for all of the following : the kind of power, the energy level, the helping tendency, the fighting spirit Another of those who is past 70, currently he is 76, still with amassing energy. He travels a lot, but never feels tired after the travel, but bounces out with more energy. His vastu power is amassing. The kind of workable solutions he can provide - is simply great. Of course with Vastu you lose out some amount of aesthetics , but if what do you want most in life - health, wealth, happiness and peace of mind - if these could be got by adjusting here and there, why dont you do it. For me I believe in an All powerful Inherent power of the Almighty who is always trying to help us - so why we take the power to help ourselves to good things in life. If we do all things well - like hard work, smart work, combined positive energy of people to

As we age out, does it mean it has to limit us - definitely NO. There are quite a few examples of people who are so vibrant that you get a lot of energy just by seeing them .One such people whom I admire is Dr Bala Balachandran, the founder dean of Great Lakes Institute of Management , apart from his other roles as Professor at Kellogg’s, Chairman of Allsec Technologies, etc.etc. . What an energetic person. At the age of 70, having traveled from Chicago, he still looks fresh attending the great Convocation, Farewell Dinner. Not only this, the next day he is out taking classes apart from spending his time in the evening attending a formal Alumni meet of the Great Lakes Institute of Management - addressing the students with great passion - looking tireless, ageless - bouncing with positive energy - remembering each and everyone of his hundreds of students, enquiring about them, their families, jobs, etc WOW! What a amassing man and what a wonderful creation he has done in starting the G