Waiting to see Endhiran..

Waiting to see Endhiran! Yes, in addition to the usual expectations from the film, it is Writer Sujatha’s last movie (story writing). Though Shankar and Balakumaran continued the story writing after Sujatha’s demise, I expect Sujatha’s sci-fi touch would be more in the dialogues.

I think there would be some scenes in the movie will visualize the books Yen inya endhira and Meendum jeno. Couple of concepts like robot getting human traits, showing a human who only has an 3d-image but not having a physical body or soul and directed with robotic technology. Loved both the books. Sure Sujatha’s way of writing is the best as far as sci-fi is concerned. He had written both the books in 1980s, the time even before the Terminator 1 got released.

Such a great man he was! He is an ideal example of best story teller.

 

 

 

Each Problem has a Solution

See and download the full gallery on posterous

 

First blog post from mobile!

The post you reading now is my first post from mobile. I just sent a mail to post@posterous.com which will create a post with the mail content. Okay cool. After that it will tweet the link in my twitter and also post the same in my blog. Its pretty cool to do all these with the simplest mobile i am having!

Bored about metabloging and tweeting. Yeah me too. Let me tell some thoughts about this kinda connection.

“We can do more with what we having.”

Also the same thing can be done in some other smarter way than this.

Huh! Finally i bloged something after a long time (meta again!)

 

Funny Car Parking

Images of some drunken drivers who parked their car. See these parking pictures looking very funny as drivers are drunken. Watch these pictures at Funny Car Parking

 

Effortless

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his
followers. This was in the initial days. While they
were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped
there and Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do
get me some water from that lake there.

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that
right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As
a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The
disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha
to drink!"

So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I
don't thinkit is fit to drink." After about half an hour, again Buddha
asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to
drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake.
This time too he found that the lake was muddy. He returned and informed
Buddha about the same. After sometime,again Buddha asked the same disciple
to go back.

The disciple reached the lake to find the lake absolutely clean
and clear with pure water in it. The mud had settled down and
the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some
water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and
said," See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be…. and the
mud settled down on its own – and you got clear water.

Your mind is also like that! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it
a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don't have to put in
any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.

"What did Buddha emphasize here? He said, "It is effortless." Having
'Peace of Mind' is not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process!

KEEP SMILING……………………. ….not because of something, but
inspite of everything.

 

Sleep deprivation – worth reading!

Ranjan Das Passed Away on Wednesday, 21-October-2009

http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/1628/ranjan-das-passed-away 

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SAP India CEO Ranjan Das Dies After Gym Workout

http://www.indiatvnews.com/main/newsdetails.php?id=277&mod=1&smod= 

Ranjan Das, CEO and MD of SAP Indian subcontinent

died after a massive cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Wednesday.

One of the youngest CEOs, he was 42

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Carried : Wednesday, 11-November-2009
What killed Ranjan Das and Lessons for Corporate India

http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/general-discussions/3198-lack-sleep-cardiac-problems.html 

A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India . He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra's Carter Road . Just after Diwali, on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.

It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India . However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner ( in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away ), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.

Was it the stress?

A couple of you called me asking about the reasons. While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.

The Real Reason

However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program 'Boss' Day Out': Boss' Day Out: Ranjan Das of SAP India<http://connect.in.com/ranjan-das/play-video-boss-day-out-ranjan-das-of-sap-india-229111-807ecfcf1ad966036c289b3ba6c376f2530d7484.html>.

Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep ( and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled ).

The Evidence

Last week, I was working with a well-known cardiologist on the subject of 'Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep'. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives.

Some Excerpts:

* Short sleep duration ( <5 or 5-6 hours ) increased risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night. Paper published in 2009.. As you know, high BP kills.

* Young people ( 25-49 years of age ) are twice as likely to get high BP if they sleep less. Paper published in 2006.

* Individuals who slept less than 5 hours a night had a 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks. Paper published in 1999.

* Complete and partial lack of sleep increased the blood concentrations of High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-cRP), the strongest predictor of heart attacks. Even after getting adequate sleep later, the levels stayed high!!

* Just one night of sleep loss increases very toxic substances in body such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein (cRP). They increase risks of many medical conditions, including cancer, arthritis and heart disease. Paper published in 2004.

* Sleeping for <=5 hours per night leads to 39% increase in heart disease. Sleeping for <=6 hours per night leads to 18% increase in heart disease. Paper published in 2006.

Ideal Sleep

For lack of space, I cannot explain here the ideal sleep architecture. But in brief, sleep is composed of two stages: REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) and non-REM. The former helps in mental consolidation while the latter helps in physical repair and rebuilding. During the night, you alternate between REM and non-REM stages 4-5 times.

The earlier part of sleep is mostly non-REM. During that period, your pituitary gland releases growth hormones that repair your body. The latter part of sleep is more and more REM type.

For you to be mentally alert during the day, the latter part of sleep is more important. No wonder when you wake up with an alarm clock after 5-6 hours of sleep, you are mentally irritable throughout the day (lack of REM sleep). And if you have slept for less than 5 hours, your body is in a complete physical mess ( lack of non-REM sleep ), you are tired throughout the day, moving like a zombie and your immunity is way down ( I've been there, done that ).

Finally, as long-distance runners, you need an hour of extra sleep to repair the running related damage.

If you want to know if you are getting adequate sleep, take Epworth Sleepiness Test below..

Interpretation: Score of 0-9 is considered normal while 10 and above abnormal. Many a times, I have clocked 21 out the maximum possible 24, the only saving grace being the last situation, since I don't like to drive ( maybe, I should ask my driver to answer that line ).

In conclusion:

Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising ( marathoning! ), maintaining proper weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours. In my opinion, that killed him.
If you are not getting enough sleep ( 7 hours ), you are playing with fire, even if you have low stress.

I always took pride in my ability to work 50 hours at a stretch whenever the situation warranted. But I was so spooked after seeing the scientific evidence last week that since Saturday night, I ensure I do not even set the alarm clock under 7 hours. Now, that is a nice excuse to get some more sleep.

Unfortunately, Ranjan Das is not alone when it comes to missing sleep. Many of us are doing exactly the same, perhaps out of ignorance. Please forward this mail/article to as many of your colleagues/friends as possible, especially those who might be short-changing their sleep. 

 

Random thoughts

எனக்கு ஏதாவது தேவை நா, Google ல தேடுவேன்..ஆனா, அதுல அமைதி மட்டும் தேடினாலும் கிடைகல..

 

Blogging

This year I would like to blog more. Let me see and try to ensure that this too not like my previous year’s resolutions.

 

Ramdom thoughts on the top of my mind

• Festival – the day to renew many friendships
• I love to be a good soldier than a lieutenant or a commander; in my work I am telling
• My world is too small. Thanks for the best innovation of the millennium – mobile phone
• I am not 100%. But still, I am not the one who is less than better
• Limiting myself in many things - need to avoid this habit
• One thing I don’t like is the false smile
• Got struck into various assumptions
• Certain qualities I am not having are the one which I do not want
• Effort; what comes at the end of the day matters
• I should not give up my priority for whatever – may be this can be my resolution – which I think I should continue following for life time
• I want to be more clear in what I am saying
• Need to be more stronger than what I am – I am not telling physically
• Whatever the work we doing – only aggression matters
• The thing which is most important or emotional to someone is not necessarily important one to the person listening to it. Everyone is having their own priority and that is how everyone should be
• Some people will be more happy when they express hate on someone. It is yet another quality of human being
• I wish I should be a better listener than what I am
• Tough love is the one I use to follow and thats what creating problems many time
• Words are the most powerful weapon with which  I had ever got hurt

Certain things above are negative; but bitter truth.

 

Our nation in 1835