My Take on Jargon

It is a really strenuous task being a biotechnology graduate looking up an IT company website, where certain terms like 'domains', 'verticals' , 'markets' , 'upturn' , 'venture capitals', etc pop up in most of the pages.When I am doing this I feel  learning basic communication English is insufficient for an individual to enter the REAL Business world. There is this arena which a college student never comes in contact to- the industry requirements, which is actually true. We are too busy with 'olarifying', 'bulb kudthufying' , 'Smalichifying'  half the time that we are looked archaic in the beginning in the biz world .But after all, what is college life without all these 'typical' jargon, the next 20 years your are destined to be thrusted  the responsibility of using it either at office or at least to understand what your husband or brother comes home ranting about from his office.

Secondly, there is a gadget language being spoken today , where you have terms like  speed,  microprocessor, RAM, Battery life time, support features, Android-Smart phone,Touch,Tab, Pad( I have picked up the simple ones, because I am very bad at equipping these terms myself, thanks to God for blessing me with the ability to understand things, but I find it difficult to use such jargon ,if truth be said) Being a person who is really not keen on learning this kind of jargon at school, I entered college, but never did I think that after handling my pal's mob would I turn out watching a 'Gadget Guru' or a' TechnoHolik', which was a show i used to skip, it was like Greek and Latin then.Following technical blogs for past few months, may be a transformation to suit a new field I am heading towards. Or have I have turned out to be a victim of the technology revolution , it should be an "Artificial Evolution'' ?

 Artificial Evolution!

Everything at home seems to be 'S.M.A.R.T.' - something which can do a job on its own with few instructions. Washing Machines, Televisions, Automobile, Mobile phones , Microwave ovens, Refrigerators, Air Conditioners, the list seems to go on. Just imagine how a idiot box working with an antenna had to be kept steady with a piece of steel rod, after a gentle wind made it wobble, is now DTH connection based! Amazing is the HD television, giving you a real time picture clarity. Of course all this happens at the cost of investment and not all Indian homes can afford it, but its happening everywhere, India is heading towards the great technology make over, which is sure to bring India to the top very soon. When the west comes hunting for recruiters to our nation , the super power dream is not far behind folks! 

So ultimately coming to the point, an individual cannot remain oblivious to the jargon anymore, its better to know the basics of it. Happy Jargon!

Aish Replayyy

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turned 37 this week, the diva seems to rule the box office even at this age, with eyes popping out irrespective of age and gender captivated by the beauty and charm, she may well continue to rule the film world in her forties as well.This year the Mistress of Spices has four films in her kitty, Raavan, Endiran/Robot, Guzaarish and Action Replayy , every movie is special either for its magnificent star cast or director's cult status. The lady who began her career under the direction of Mani Ratnam in Iruvar along side one of the most talented actors of the country, Mohanlal and then went on to mesmerize us as the Madhumitha in  Shankar's Jeans, seems to have either a Midas touch which turns most of her movies into landmarks in Indian Cinema. Aishwarya may be the most beautiful face of the Indian cinema but that doesn't put her acting skills under question. I personally feel that her acting talent is hidden by the kind of charm her face bears, many films stand a testimony to the same: whether its the role of the love lost woman in Kandukondain Kandukondein,the abused wife in Provoked, the reverent Jodha, the married woman who searches for her boyfriend along with her husband on the streets of London in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, a
hot babe in Dhoom2, the cop in Khaki , the Manasi of  Taal or the rustic gangster's sister in Josh.

The role she essayed should be envied by every actress, having  played dramatic roles such as Paro of Devdas to the item girl in Shakti with Shahrukh Khan, she seems to have checked most of the list of characters an actress would love to play in her life. She has acted with every top actor in Bollywood starting with the Khans, Govinda, Akshay Kumar ,Ajay Devgan, SanjayDutt, Akshay Khanna, Bobby Deol, Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan to the South Indian 'superstars' like Rajnikanth, Mohanlal, Mamooty Nagarjuna, Vikram, Ajith and Prithviraj.

If the roles are not sufficient to seriously be impressed by this lady's luck, she has danced to some of the best tunes churned by the top notch music directors, songs which exploit her dancing prowess and create magic on screen. She creates a kind of illusion on screen which makes us watch the video of the song with rapt attention.The elegance and limber in her dance makes us stop wondering on why she is always the beauty queen despite having won the Miss World title nearly 18 years back. It take a lot of attitude and persistent hard work both on the physical and mental front to be still treated as a Diva, when young and vivacious actresses are entering the market.

Having essayed many of these roles,a billion people are  waiting to watch her play the most special role any woman on this planet is blessed by Him to play! Good Luck ASH!

The Lapse of a Capricorn

OCT 23 rd: On 18/10/2010 I was roaming in the corridors to stealthily escape from my college to prepare for my exams. It was then that i was informed of a placement by a US based Biotech company the subsequent day. For a person like me who is waitng for every opportunity to escape to the US without an inch of financial trouble to her parents...my dreams vroomed to a lab in the neuroscience department in a university where i was testing the possibility of simulating a human brain with circuits! Awesome it sounds na! Thud! Everything fell down like a cloud burst....washed off the way even Brahmaputra would be kind enough not to if it had met me....! 

All dreams transcended the speed of light with a false promise or rather an offer for an interview by a company to make my professor's students their " workforce" !  I piled up my documents for the INTERVIEW with the 'coveted' company. I browsed through their website may be 'n' times , where n is greater than 24 hrs! I  looked up Naukri.com , Jobsahead, and all job search engines to identify the job profile.Then got a profile of a HR staff of that 'expertise' demanding company on FB through my friend and looked through every comment and post for the slightest hint of the company's expectations. My hopes started turning into multistorey buildings ( the way our CWG complexes were constructed).

 On 23/10/2010 , ready to attend the interview and post the ' PLACED' term that evening on my Fb wall...to announce to the world of my financial security o n the cyber space. And their after 15 min of my arrival at the hotel for an interview....my friend bombed me with the news of the interview unlikely to happen.It was then that I was slowly laughing at myself like a nut , unable to see all the castles and advanced wishes of a job fall one by one...!!!Hmm...may be lesson learnt is don't Dream too BIG! :)

The Capricornian Nature seems to be too much in me - The ambitious nature! Need to change a bit! :)

Better luck next time to me and my friends!:)