Monthly Archives: January 2009

Raise of Rahul Gandhi

Posted by toalakan-web on January 26, 2009 None comments

Rahul GandhiThe whole world knows that one day he will become the Prime minister of India but when it will happen is the question. Especially with the parliamentary elections coming up in April 2009 and considering Mr.Manmohan Singh health condition  the question will be speculated by every media org.

Irrespective of who wins the election Mr.Rahul Gandhi will be a winner because all his moves are carefully planned and backed up by Ms.Sonia Gandhi the advantage Mr.Rajiv Gandhi lacked and we all know his end.

My personal opinion is Congress would allocate him the much hyped Information and Broadcasting ministry which was held by Ms.Indira Gandhi if Congress forms the government in 2009 which would get him the much needed experience to control the coalition parties.

If congress looses the election its actually better for him since he would have the much needed anti-incumbency factor from the 2009 goverment which in turn would get him the majority to form goverment in 2014 or earlier.

Until then the PM/opposition leader from congress will be Mr.Pranab Mukherjee or Mr.Manmohan Singh if his health permits.

We Indians are so used to the dynasty culture that we choose to elect kings in a democracy.

தை பொறந்தா வழி பொறக்கும் தங்கமே தங்கம்

Posted by toalakan-web on January 15, 2009 3 comments

Thai Piranthal Vazhi Pirakum is an old tamil saying which means as the tamil calendar month of Thai is born you will find solutions to all your problems.

This year its true in my case since I finally got out of my cycle of cold -flu – bronchitis with this new month. Although doctor prescribed the medicine and I took it but still it counts as an solution right ain’t it.

Happy Pongal..

Here is the original lyrics from the song. Video Link for the song.

தை பொறந்தா வழி பொறக்கும் தங்கமே தங்கம் தங்க‌ ச‌ம்பா நெல் விளையும் தங்கமே தங்கம்

ஆடியிலே வெதை வெதைசோம் தங்கமே தங்கம்
ஐப்ப‌சியில் க‌ளை எடுத்தோம் தங்கமே தங்கம்
கார்த்திகையில் க‌திராச்சி தங்கமே தங்கம்
கார்த்திகையில் க‌திராச்சி தங்கமே தங்கம்
க‌ழ‌னியெல்லாம் பொன்னாச்சி தங்கமே தங்கம்
தை பொறந்தா வழி பொறக்கும் தங்கமே தங்கம்
தங்க‌ ச‌ம்பா நெல் விளையும் தங்கமே தங்கம்

க‌ன்னிய‌ரின் ம‌ன‌சு போலே தங்கமே தங்கம்
க‌ல்யாண‌ம் ஆகும‌டி தங்கமே தங்கம் ஆமா !
க‌ன்னிய‌ரின் ம‌ன‌சு போலே தங்கமே தங்கம்
க‌ல்யாண‌ம் ஆகும‌டி தங்கமே தங்கம்
வ‌ண்ண‌ம‌ணி கைக‌ளிலே தங்கமே தங்கம் ஆகா !
வ‌ளையல்களும் குலுங்கும‌டி தங்கமே தங்கம்
தை பொறந்தா வழி பொறக்கும் தங்கமே தங்கம்
தங்க‌ ச‌ம்பா நெல் விளையும் தங்கமே தங்கம்

முத்துச‌ம்பா நெல்லு குத்தி தங்கமே தங்கம்
முற்ற‌த்திலே சோறு பொங்கி தங்கமே தங்கம்
குத்து விள‌க்கேற்றி வ‌ச்சி தங்கமே தங்கம் ஆமா
குத்து விள‌க்கேற்றி வ‌ச்சி தங்கமே தங்கம்
கொண்டாடி ம‌கிழ்ந்திடுவோம் தங்கமே தங்கம்
தை பொறந்தா வழி பொறக்கும் ….


Nathigar Vizha 2006

Posted by toalakan-web on January 14, 2009 None comments

I have always wanted to do an podcast about superstitious beliefs that we have in our society and existence of god himself but Director Seeman has given a better speech with more facts.

If you know tamil and are atheists or a person looking out for an answer then you might like it for others its abusive so please stay away. You should have patience as well bcz seeman brags abt himself a lot in his speeches.

I wonder why the so called pro-ltte sites which carry all speeches of Seeman didn’t carry this one. May be they aren’t atheist who just need the support of Seeman’s speech alone.


NATHIGAR VIZHA 2006 SEEMAN 1
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NATHIGAR VIZHA 2006 SEEMAN 2
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NATHIGAR VIZHA 2006 SEEMAN 3
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I’m not Sita – ur not Rama either

Posted by toalakan-web on January 7, 2009 4 comments

I have faced this situation n number of times every where I lived in United states of America whenever there is a talk about India or going to Hindi movies.

I’m going to redirect them to this post to find my answer because I’m tired of telling each of them individually.

There is a wide spread accusation that people from Tamil Nadu (India) don’t speak or hesitate to learn Hindi and they should speak it since its a national language. I can’t talk for the whole tamil speaking people but here is my answer to it

  1. If the need araises then I will learn hindi which I don’t see happening in near future.
  2. I’m too lazy to learn and Hindi would be the last thing I would even consider learning.
  3. I tried learning once hindi as a kid and failed miserably hence I’m staying away from it.
  4. I don’t have to prove my nationality by learning Hindi.
  5. I’m happy watching Hindi movies using sub titles.

No offense guys we can always communicate in english which I beleive every one of my friend knows.

How did my blog perform in 2008?

Posted by toalakan-web on January 5, 2009 1 comments

Well here are the statistics that I got from Google Analytics for my blogs during the period July 9 2008 to December 31 2008.

I’m actually surprised and happy after going through the statistics and thank you for taking 2 minutes off your precious time to read my blog and listen to my podcast.

This year I would like to extend my visitor base from my family/friends to common users which would be a tough task to do but will it give it a shot.

Well the next goal would be to get my name added to Google Suggest.

Please do leave your comments especially when my posts are bad.

Visitor Statistics

  • Total no of visits – 1232
  • Total page views – 2743
  • Pages/Visit - 2.23
  • Avg. Time spent on site – 2 minutes 5 seconds
  • Total no of Unique visitors – 856
  • Blogs visited from 45 different countries (PDF Report). The top 5 countries  and the no of visits associated with them.
    1. USA – 651
    2. India – 295
    3. Germany – 51
    4. Austria – 35
    5. Canada – 33
  • Highest no of Unique visitors : 23 on Dec 18 2008. Not a day with out a unique visitor.
  • Browser Statistics:The Top 3 browsers with their visits
    1. Internet Explorer-577 (46.83%). People please use anything other than IE :) .
    2. Firefox-529(42.94%)
    3. Chrome- 52 (4.22%)

Top 5 Content and their no of pageviews:

  1. Root – 487
  2. Yahoo Power user – 131
  3. Thanksgiving trip 2008 – 83
  4. Kathal mannan – 76
  5. Raman Andalum Ravanan Andalum Ennaku oru Kavalai Illai – 65

My Podcast Statistics:My Podcast Statistics

Adiós 2008 and Plans for 2009

Posted by toalakan-web on January 1, 2009 1 comments

Adiós 2008 and welcome 2009.

Well 2008 year had its good/bad in its usual way for me. Well I can split the last year in to 3 periods

  • Jan – April 2008 was a good one with me settling @ my job and finally getting over my debts back in India. Not much of activity going on here except I learned Adobe Spry.
  • May – Aug 2008 was the slow period or the bad to me since I gained a lot of weight around 10 pounds which was basically since I lost a lot of sleep during this time. I learned Coldbox during this period so its not that bad.
  • September – December 2008 was the best period since I had a lot of things to do like the trip to grand canyon,joined ESRI as a full time employee,posted lot of my podcast, won a Adobe web premium suite and got myself a new home back in India.

I pretty much expect the same kind of cycle in 2009 as well with less no of bad days. I don’t have any big plans for 2009 but here are some that I believe I could achieve in the next 365 days.

  1. Lose that 10 pounds that I gained last year. I have already started working on it and lost 3 7 pounds in a month so I expect to lose that 10 by end of April 2009. Its slow but works for me.
  2. Get my parents to USA one that has been failing for the last 2 years.
  3. Jump into Adobe Flex.
  4. Talk/read less about the srilankan ethnic issue which I was doing a lot during 2008. Its just too dragging and I have strong appetite to read about it so I’m planning to reduce that appetite.
  5. Increase my blogs viewers base and posts more on tech rather than on politics. It would be hard since 2009 is a election year in India.

Lets see how much I can do in this year.

I will release my blogs stats for 2009 by this weekend.

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