My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

Today the technology is taking us places - of course , there are positives and negatives of its use. While a century ago, even to send a message to somebody living in a far off place, we needed a bird to carry it over to them, today, we get instant connectivity through telephones, online chats, etc. You can see your near ones, even if they are continents apart through webcams and hold a daily conversations through Skye, VOIP , etc. I am typing this blog from the aircraft flying over the skies of East coast of America. I am currently on board the flight from Atlanta to Newark and there is this availability of wifi connectivity which enables me to do this. Yesterday , we were having a conference call with 5 participants - each participant from different locations - Chennai, Bangalore, Pune , Phoenix and Chicago through gotomeeting . What a amassing technology it is isn't . All our teams have regular conference calls and scrum meetings with people from different loca

At one time, I was a very avid blogger, I probably got into a hole where I wanted to write, but wasnt in the mood to pen down and there has been a lot of gap. But one thing I have learnt is that it has got me great friends, it has got my friendships strengthened, it has opened up new avenues etc. Now these days, I am very much bogged with whats happening within my office. There has been small, medium, large issues with each teams. One of our friends used to say that - what your power is determined by how many number of issues you can face head on in your daily life and still continue to go ahead. Life hasnt been great these days with so much tension - all of course related to business - with competitor being very aggressive and trying to eat into our business ( this is the pain of being small - that you cannot counter the biggies aggressiveness every step of the way), taken by surprise by these attacks, recruitment pressure, operations pressure - Oh life is so sweeeet .......

Here is an invite for the next program for ewit (empowering women in IT). What a wonderful topic it is. eWIT invites you to a networking event! Date: 30 th September 2009 Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Venue: Benz Park Hotel No. 62, Thirumalaipillai Road, T. Nagar Chennai, Chennai - 600017 Get Directions 044 28159999 Topic : ‘Making Relationships Work' More About The Topic Have you cried at work because your boss was unhappy with your work? Do you feel that your co-workers are hostile towards you? Do you feel respected at work? Are your ideas heard at work place? Do you find that your relationship at home is weakening because you spend a lot of time at work? Do you find it difficult to distinguish and identify when a 'professional relationship' at work starts and when it gets 'personal'? Making Relationships work. Women are extremely good at people skills, especially understanding/empathising with others and even counselling . Yet, they run into various problems and ar

The other day when reading the news paper about the Chidambaram Temple and its administrative takeover by HR & CE department - I thought about what secularism means. On searching the google - I found this explanation in wiki Secularism is the concept that government or other entities should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs. In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters of belief, and gives no state privileges or subsidies to religions. In another sense, it refers to the view that human activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be based on evidence and fact unbiased by religious influence. In its most prominent form, secularism is critical of religious orthodoxy and asserts that religion impedes human progress because of its focus on superstition and dogma rather than on reason

so much has been talked about the economy class travel by flight, train etc by our politicians. - But my question is what is there to talk about at all. When there are other issues that are more critical for the country, you and me - why should this take all the limelight. If these people are going by Economy class, it is good and need of the hour and that's that. Why create a publicity out of it. Is the intention for these people to travel by economy class to reduce cost or to invoke publicity. If it is the first one, then why should they let it be known to the press/public and get portrayed as martyrs " sacrificing personal comfort" for the sake of the country. It is the media that needs to be blamed. If they leave all such small things from getting so much media attention and take up critical issues - they can focus on say a particular locality in the country and talk about what is good that is happening and what is not happening, etc, and ask people to

My rotary club, Rotary Club of Chennai thiruvanmiyur is organizing a one day workshop on " Profitability through Innovation & Creativity " on 25 th September Friday at The Accord Metropolitan TNagar Chennai. This workshop is being done by Dr Rekha Shetty , the Corporate Director, who is the MD of Farstar Distribution Network, a unique consultancy company devoted exclusively to innovation and creativity under the brand name Mindpower . She has an Ph .D from Madras University on the subject of Innovation. This seminar is for the Line Managers and HR managers who are holding responsible positions with deliverable in strategic initiatives to create an innovative culture conducive to talent growth. the workshop aims Demystify innovation & creativity at breaking through the barrier to innovation and creativity convert ideas into profit find new business opportunities & stimulating ideas from employees Make it happen - Maximise the chances of success Susta