Voice of Swami Vivekananda

Thundering Lion voice of Swami Vivekananda

nalladhoar veenai seydhae....

nalladhoar veenai seydhae - adhai
nalangedap puzhudhiyil erivadhundoa

(nalladhoar)

solladi sivasakthi - enaich
chudarmigum arivudan padaiththuvittaay
vallamai thaaraayoa - indha
maanilam payanura vaazhvadharkae
solladi sivasakthi - nilach
chumaiyena vaazhndhidap puriguvaiyoa

(nalladhoar)

visaiyurup pandhinaip poal - ullam
vaendiyapadi seyyum udal kaettaen
nasaiyaru manam kaettaen - niththam
navamenach chudar tharum uyir kaettaen...uyir kaettaen...uyir kaettaen
thasaiyinaith theechchudinum - siva
sakthiyaip paadum nallagam kaettaen
asaivuru madhi kaettaen - ivai
arulvadhil unakkedhum thadaiyuladhoa (2)

(nalladhoar)

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Motivated by ....

I was inspired for writing poems by kannadasan , bharathiyar and Tagore . I may have to add keats or wordsworth, becoz of school english books which are ofcourse boring. I thought I will post my favorite lyrics here for everybody to enjoy.

Over a period of years I found that I also like to play with words one for humour and another for just stop thinking/getting involved deep emotions/manipulations

After all a thing of beauty is a joy for ever

In Love

July/21/1990

We are away by miles
We are too near by smiles
We can easily hurt
it is painful for heart

we have an obstacle of hair
we meet by being a liar
we walk hand in hand
on grass, floor and sand
we sin by hint
we are sinned by mind

our heart is a peaceful dove
when we know we are in love

Miserly pleasure

19/july/1990

There is pleasure in pain
There is love in hate
there is generosity in greediness
there is food in poison
there is greatness in smallness

but

there is no peace in jealousness
there is no happiness in hatred
there is no success in cruelty
there is no honor in laziness
there is no greatness in cheating
there is no wealth in miserliness

Silence of Peace

the beauty that is truth
that duty that is sincere
the silence that is peace
are of the heart that is great

the fortitude led by prudence
the conscience led by heart
the thoughts, Not led by desires
are of the body led by a great soul

The greatness of a plant
the greatness of a bird
the greatness of a animal
are all the greatness of the creator alone

I want this post so it will inspire forever

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Discovery

15/july/1990

My soul is singing

my hand is writing

my thoughts are light

making my poems bright

My thoughts are wide

that I forget the sides

I never believed it

Now I feel it

thoughts are like wind

that shows the infinity of your mind

mingling yourself in arts wholely

you can see your soul

Everything and Everyone

13/july/90

Everything has beauty
everything is nice
everything has energy
only if everything is in its place

Everyone is great
everyone can excel
everyone has creativity
only if everyone is unselfish

12/july/90 &

Animals need food
Plants need sun
Man needs communication to grow

Animals need mates
plants need roots
man needs love to be happy

Animals depends on plants
Plants depends on light
Man depends on justice for survival

animals preserves food
plants preservers water
Man preserves honor to live

10/July/90 - Day of my life

day is bright
wind is strong
sun is warm
and hopes are high

Knowledge is sound
confidence is more
concentration has doubled
and courage is always there

duties are there
problems are here
worries are anywhere
But Happiness is everywhere

Life can be smooth
planning should be correct
success can be sure
for God is love
and Love is God

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very beautiful , most of them

Enjoy

Behold My Mango

July 9th 1990

Behold!, how sweet is fruit called the queen of fruit
it is my favorite fruit and is called the mango fruit

Fruit is of four taste
Ripen Mango is sweet taste
Green mango is of bitter taste
and it can be made into pickle of every taste

Some Mangoes are like the cheeks
Few Mangoes are like round face
Many Mangoes are like sharp nose
Mangoes make watering of mouth

July 8th 1990

I am a poet and my letters are poems
I am a Indian and my heart is India
I am a Hindu and my duties are important
I am a man and myself want to be chivalry

I am going to be a engineer and my future is bright
I am going to be a painter and my drawings are my soul
I am going to be a adult and my dreams are of youth
I am born great and my feelings are of pride


( just note these are poems written by teenager and produced here in Verbatim)

Mother Therasa ( July 14, 1990)

Oh! what a great resource
for how many beings you are the source
Dangerous is your course

for great is your cause
for only few knows because
you never care for your health


ofcourse,this land is blessed
Because of your love and sacrifice
oh blessed one,
blessing one

you should live for years
as your deeds

July 7th, 1990 - My first poem ( I think this is my 3rd one after 2 attempts)

This is my third poem
After the second and
First rhymes

All I want to say his that I want to PRAY.
What I want to pray is
Whom I want to pray to

Just began, I pray my God,
and to my lord , I asked
Oh Lord, help me
Oh God Help them ( -:)_
Oh Lord save me
Oh God, Help them
and just remember this is my first poem to be saved

I decided to post all my poems that I worte during 1990. I do not write much poems now. Hope it is enjoyable as it was for me at that time.

Do live your comments

Thanks
Sridhar

They are birds after all

They are birds after all

It was a gloomy Saturday afternoon. A flock of birds was spending great time searching for food and playing on the main road. Out of the sudden, a big truck sped through... sad thing had happened again.



Birds can feel too. Although this bird had already died, another bird flew over to her immediately, just like a family member, unable to accept the truth.




Not long after that, another car stormed in causing the dead bird's body to whirl with the wind. The spouse noticed the movement. As if she was still alive, he quickly flew beside her again.
He stayed beside her and yelled ... "WHY ARE YOU NOT GETTING UP!?"


Unfortunately, she's no longer able to hear him. In the meantime, he's trying to lift her up.


He, of course, was unable to bear the burden. Another car soon passed by. He quickly flew off. Once the car had gone, he came down again.


Although other birds told him its useles, he never gave up. He was trying his best to lift her up to see her flying again. Another car passed by, her dead body whirled again as if still alive and trying to fly.

He had used all of his energy, however...

The photographer said he couldn't shoot any longer. The photographer was so worried that the living bird was going to get hurt by passing cars. So he picked up the dead bird and left it at the roadside. The live one still lingered at a nearby tree as if crying with his singing and refused to leave.

Do humans have the same feelings nowadays? I wonder

This is a Great Article on Mr.Oberoi in Rediff

On Leadership ,as Published by Rediff

A leader is an agent of change, and progress is about change. In the words of Robert F Kennedy, 'Progress is a nice word; but change is its motivator.'

Leadership is about raising the aspirations of followers and enthusing people with a desire to reach for the stars. For instance, Mahatma Gandhi created a vision for independence in India and raised the aspirations of our people.

Leadership is about making people say, 'I will walk on water for you.' It is about creating a worthy dream and helping people achieve it.

Robert Kennedy, summed up leadership best when he said, 'Others see things as they are and wonder why; I see them as they are not and say why not?'

Adversity

A leader has to raise the confidence of followers. He should make them understand that tough times are part of life and that they will come out better at the end of it. He has to sustain their hope, and their energy levels to handle the difficult days.

There is no better example of this than Winston Churchill. His courageous leadership as prime minister for Great Britain successfully led the British people from the brink of defeat during World War II. He raised his people's hopes with the words, 'These are not dark days; these are great days -- the greatest days our country has ever lived.'

Never is strong leadership more needed than in a crisis. In the words of Seneca, the Greek philosopher, 'Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.'

Values

The leader has to create hope. He has to create a plausible story about a better future for the organisation: everyone should be able to see the rainbow and catch a part of it.

This requires creating trust in people. And to create trust, the leader has to subscribe to a value system: a protocol for behavior that enhances the confidence, commitment and enthusiasm of the people.

Compliance to a value system creates the environment for people to have high aspirations, self esteem, belief in fundamental values, confidence in the future and the enthusiasm necessary to take up apparently difficult tasks. Leaders have to walk the talk and demonstrate their commitment to a value system.

As Mahatma Gandhi said, 'We must become the change we want to see in the world.' Leaders have to prove their belief in sacrifice and hard work. Such behavior will enthuse the employees to make bigger sacrifices. It will help win the team's confidence, help leaders become credible, and help create trust in their ideas.

Enhancing trust

Trust and confidence can only exist where there is a premium on transparency. The leader has to create an environment where each person feels secure enough to be able to disclose his or her mistakes, and resolves to improve.

Investors respect such organisations. Investors understand that the business will have good times and bad times. What they want you to do is to level with them at all times. They want you to disclose bad news on a proactive basis. At Infosys, our philosophy has always been, 'When in doubt, disclose.'

Governance

Good corporate governance is about maximising shareholder value on a sustainable basis while ensuring fairness to all stakeholders: customers, vendor-partners, investors, employees, government and society.

A successful organisation tides over many downturns. The best index of success is its longevity. This is predicated on adhering to the finest levels of corporate governance.

At Infosys, we have consistently adopted transparency and disclosure standards even before law mandated it. In 1995, Infosys suffered losses in the secondary market. Under Indian GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles), we were not required to make this information public. Nevertheless, we published this information in our annual report.

Fearless environment

Transparency about the organisation's operations should be accompanied by an open environment inside the organisation. You have to create an environment where any employee can disagree with you without fear of reprisal.

In such a case, everyone makes suggestions for the common good. In the end everyone will be better off.

On the other hand, at Enron, the CFO was running an empire where people were afraid to speak. In some other cases, the whistle blowers have been harassed and thrown out of the company.

Managerial remuneration

We have gone towards excessive salaries and options for senior management staff. At one company, the CEO's employment contract not only set out the model of the Mercedes the company would buy him, but also promised a monthly first-class air ticket for his mother, along with a cash bonus of $10 million and other benefits.

Not surprisingly, this company has already filed for bankruptcy.

Managerial remuneration should be based on three principles:

• Fairness with respect to the compensation of other employees;
  
• Transparency with respect to shareholders and employees;
  
• Accountability with respect to linking compensation with corporate performance.
  

Thus, the compensation should have a fixed component and a variable component. The variable component should be linked to achieving long-term objectives of the firm. Senior management should swim or sink with the fortunes of the company.

Senior management compensation should be reviewed by the compensation committee of the board, which should consist only of independent directors. Further, this should be approved by the shareholders.

I've been asked, 'How can I ask for limits on senior management compensation when I have made millions myself?' A fair question with a straightforward answer: two systems are at play here. One is that of the promoter, the risk taker and the capital markets; and the other is that of professional management and compensation structures.

One cannot mix these two distinct systems, otherwise entrepreneurship will be stifled, and no new companies will come up, no progress can take place. At the same time, there has to be fairness in compensation: there cannot be huge differences between the top most and the bottom rung of the ladder within an organisation.

PSPD model

A well run organisation embraces and practices a sound Predictability-Sustainability-Profitability-Derisking (we call this the PSPD model at Infosys) model. Indeed, the long-term success of an organisation depends on having a model that scales up profitably.

Further, every organisation must have a good derisking approach that recognises, measures and mitigates risk along every dimension.

Integrity

Strong leadership in adverse times helps win the trust of the stakeholders, making it more likely that they will stand by you in your hour of need. As leaders who dream of growth and progress, integrity is your most wanted attribute.

Lead your teams to fight for the truth and never compromise on your values. I am confident that our corporate leaders, through honest and desirable behaviour, will reap long-term benefits for their stakeholders.

Two mottos

In conclusion, keep in mind two Sanskrit sentences: Sathyannasti Paro Dharma (there is no dharma greater than adherence to truth); and Satyameva jayate (truth alone triumphs). Let these be your motto for good corporate leadership.

The author is Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies.