Sunday, April 5, 2020

Let there be Light, on the problems too

Corona virus is slowing spreading across the country & we are staring at a bleak future.

Of the many problems that we are facing, a few it could immediately think of:
- There's acute shortage of protective gear for doctors & other front-line workers. Do we plan to import equipment? If yes, will anyone give us now? What’s the plan?
- We haven't tested enough. I don’t think we have tested even 1% of our population is tested. What’s the plan for this?
- What's the plan for providing financial assistance to the daily labor & crores of common people who lost their livelihood.
- With shutdown, states are deprived of revenue & are staring at a huge mess. Many states stopped salaries to Govt employees & even pensioners.

Counter 1: FM Nirmala Seetharaman has announced a package of 1.7 lakh crores.
    - Go through the details of it & you will realize how big a joke it is. Not sure if even one citizen of this country benefited from it. And regarding the moratorium, Banks have understood from their own perspective & framed the rules such that no one will opt for it.

Counter 2: Aren’t the state CMs responsible for handling this?
   - Most of the problems mentioned above fall under the ambit of Central Govt. Many state governments have already stopped salaries to Govt employees & even pensioners. With empty coffers, they don’t have any bandwidth.

When PM announced that he will be addressing the nation, I was expecting that he will provide answers to these pressing problems. Instead, he asked to light diyas & explained the process of how to go about it. Had he addressed these issues first & then asked us to light diyas to show solidarity, I would have happily done it. Instead his speech is only about diyas. As citizens of this country, aren’t we supposed to know how these issues are addressed?

Dear PM, we have had high expectations on you & with things like these, next time when you announce that 'I will address the nation tonight', people started wondering & even predicting what could be the next ‘Big Boss’ task.

Yes, we may be doing better than many developed countries like UK & USA. But, shouldn't we compare with the ones doing better than us like Singapore, S.Korea, etc.

Am I asking too much?

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Next enti?

Year: 2000
 Date: Don’t remember
 Location: Hindupur

Intermediate results vachaay…. Bota boti marks tho pass ayyanu (Chemistry lo 17*/60 vachaay) Total Inter marks: 616/1000…. Intha thaakuva vachaaye anukunna  Elaagolaa…. okka subject kuda fail avakunda Tenth & Inter complete chesanu 

Cut chesthe…. Scene shifted to Anantapur. Marks intha thakkuva vachinandhuku Pedhananna & Venkatesh chinnana class peekaru. Appudu theliyaledhu kaani…. Career per se, Intermediate is a very crucial. Nenemo friends, cinemalatho kaalam gadipesaanu. EAMCET short-term coaching ki Hyderabad vellaam….2 weeks anukunta – Me, Tinku & Vikram vellaam. Akkadiki vellaaka thelisindhi… manaku emi theliyadhani; ivanni time & dabbulu waste yaaparaalu ani. EAMCET 2000 exam – location: JNTU, Anantapur. Manam elaagu ikkade engineering chadhuvuthaam kaabatti manaku ee center vesadu ani friends andharu navvukunnam.

EAMCET results repu vasthaay – evening friends andharu.. 1st road lo bajjilu konukkuni. PTC ground ki velli… raaboye results gurinchi maatladukunnam. D-day: Results vachaay – naaku 39,000+ rank vachindhi. Tinku ki 50k+ anukunta. Maa friends andhari lo naadhe Top rank  Evening friends andharu kalisi… 1st road lo bajjilu konukkuni. PTC ground ki velli… vachina results gurinchi maatladukunnam.

Next enti?
Appatlo mana CM Chandrababu punyama ani there are Engineering colleges coming up in every nook & corner of the state. Maa friends lo kontha mandhi opted for Long-term EAMCET coaching. Mana thelivithetalu gurinchi baaga nammakam undhi kaabatti & already short-term coaching experience valla, ivanni manaku endhuku le… dabbulu bokka anukunna. Appatlo, BSRB bank exams baaga famous – edho oka Degree chesi….elaagolaa aa exam clear chesi, Bank employee aypovaali ani fix ayya. Meanwhile, Tinku kuda long term ki fix ayyadu. So, intlo andharu nenu kuda anthe anukunnaru. But, I told my decision – koncham shock ayyaru; but, nee istam annaru. Mana relative okathanu (Sid Justice) adhedho degree college lo lecturer gaa work chesevaadu. Don’t remember how it happened – but, aayana oka roju intiki vachi, vaalla college lo seat fix ani cheppadu.

Thalachinadhe jariginadhaa…. Daivam endhulaku?
Murthy mama ki matter thelisindhi – Anantapur vachaadu – oka araganta high range lo class… Inter lo marks gurinchi, ippudu decision gurinchi, ilaa rakarakaala topics meedha chedugudu aadesi…. Final gaa nannu kuda EAMCET long term ki vellelaa fix chesadu. Cut chesthe….Vijayawada - Sri Chaitanya college – Benz circle – Soudhamini Soudham (building peru) First day – Study hours anta… 5 floors building.. bayata varusagaa chairs vesi kurchobettaru….. Asale home sick – manaku ATP thappa bayata prapancham pedhagaa parichayam ledhu kadhaa. Inter lo sarigga chadhuvukuninte ilaa vache avasaramundedhi kaadhu kadhaa aniinchinchi. As days passed by, Hostel baaga alavaatu aypoyindhi….made lot of friends…racha rambola chese vaallam.

Chusthunda gaane EAMCET 2001 vachesindhi…. Exam baane raasanu. In fact, Chemistry (appatlo, 17 marks vachina adhe chemistry) became my favorite subject. Periodic table ayithe namili mingesa :-) EAMCET lo ee saari 14k+ rank vachindhi…. Gooty GATES lo free seat vasthundhi anaru – but, finally opted for payment seat in Intell college, Anantapur. Alaaalaa…aasuthu paduthu….asalu em jaruguthondho thelisilope 4 years aypoyaayi.

One more time in life….. Next enti? 
Mana thelivithetalaku, mana marks ki pilichi job iche naadhudu ekkada untaadu. Hyderabad velli Java course lo join ayya – okka mukka artham ayyinte ottu. Chaala interview attend ayyi – reject ayina tharuvaatha…. Sathy suggested me to join in TESTING TOOLS course. Tools ante edho mechanical related matter anukunna…. Kaadhu software lo idho rakam ani tharuvaatha thelisindhi. Appudappude Swaroop ki Bangalore lo job vachindhi. Few months later, Bangalore velli…valla company lo interview attend ayya. Adhentho, chaala smooth gaa interview aypoyindhi – nannu chaala intelligent anukunnaru akkda vaallu :-) Cut chesthe…. Job vachindhi. Scene shifted to Bangalore. Almost 4 years akkada work chesina tharuvaatha, August 2010 lo…shifted to another job in Mindtree. Luckily, Mindtree lo I got in to a Banking project. Manam anukunnattu Bank employee kaakapoyinaa kaneesam Banking project lo ayinaa wok chesthunnam le ani happy gaa feel ayya.

2010-2019: life lo another period of sleepwalk. 9 years alaaalaa aypoyaay. October 31st 2019 – got a call from my previous manager (he resigned Mindtree a few months back) : “I have an opening in my project, would you like to join” ani adigaadu. I said yes – CV pampncha….edho formality ki interview chesaru & BOOM…… I got the offer.

You know which company it is? SVB – Silicon Valley Bank. And yes… I will be a Bank employee.