This reminds me of my wonderful college days n there was no decorum in my life, but there were lots of joyous moments .I never really got a jist of Onam celebrations till i celebrated one in the God's Own Country.The milieu out there is so wonderful that it just won't go unnoticed.Inspite of the fact that people in kerala are so relagated still this is one such festival which changes the mood and brings them closer.

I shall never forget those beautiful pookalams,which my grand ma, inspite of her old age ,used to put across religiously each day ,i used to watch it while sipping a hot cuppa.Infact i got so inspired from her dedication at that age that i started helping her out in this daily chore of hers.

While I was in Kerala a Pookalam was a dime-a-dozen event , now that i am not in kerala i miss those .

I still miss those bonhomie people who during Onam made Pookalams, prepare ona-sadya , the delicious payasam. :-)

Though times have changed much but still i sincerely hope that this festivity and celebration mood be there till perpetuity.

Happy Onam to one and all !

The person who gave up a 5 Star Job to feed the hungry!

I came across this new article on IBNLive , which mentioned about one Mr.Krishnan.



Krishnan used to work as an Chef at an 5 star hotel , but one day he saw a poor guy who almost ate his waste out of hunger.He immedietly went to a near by restaurant and bought some idli's for him.

Going forward Krishnan formed an NGO called Akshaya , he formed a team of cooks and started helping them with food .Most of the people who are fed by him are mentally challenged



To me it sounds more like a fairy tale , can't beleive that there could be people who might actually give up their luxurious life and do so much for a social cause.



Krishnan looks for contributions and help from people who are willing to donate. His area of work is Madurai.



So just incase u feel that u can as well play ur part then he can be reached at



Krishnan can be contacted at 0452-4353439, 9843319933

My GMAT ..Its Done Finally !

I guess i am a lot relieved today .... after a supposedly rigorous preparation which spanned for over 3 months , finally i gave my GMAT on the 2nd of August.
Believe me although this was my second attempt , but i was as nervous as i was during mine first try :-(
Guess i have a bit of exam-o-phobia hehaa ;-)
Well for me anything above 700 would have made me happy , though like anybody else the higher the score the more happy i would have been.
I scored an 710 the break-up being 49 in Quant and 38 in verbal .Well in none of my GMAT prep i had scored more than 35 in Verbal .So i was glad to see that i had performed better , as for maths i was looking for an 50 as i was more less scoring a 50 in quite a few of my mocks .
The verbal was far far simpler then what i had anticipated ,i guess i made more of mistakes in CR and probably RC , because the SC questions were quite simple , thanks to Prachi Praeekh's yahoo group , Scoretop and Scorechase , who helped me a lot in improving my sentence correction tremendously .The immense way in which these forums helped me can be understood from the fact that in my first attempt i had scored an meagre 28 in verbal and this time around i scored 38.
Though this score might not bring a smile to everybody's face, but for me i am satisfied .Now i need to concentrate on the my application.

People wish me Luck !