Feb 28, 2008

Mr.Sujatha (a) Rangarajan

Probably for most of the people who know Mr. Sujatha, today would have been the dismal day after knowing about his demise. Though, he was old and suffering from several ailments, the news was shocking. His demise is a great loss for Indian Science and Tamil literature world.

Having great depth in the Tamil literature, he had written a number of great novels and stories. He pioneered the field of science fiction novels in Tamil. Spread the knowledge of science by writing lot of columns in various magazines. His 'En. etharkku. eppadi' was a great work in explaining the world of science to common people in a lucid way. His work of coining equivalent tamil words for new science words was a great effort.

Having vast knowledge in almost all fields and an admiring personality, he inspired lot of people to learn and also cultivated the habit of reading among them.

In the cine field, he was unparalleled for his great dialogs as in the movies like 'Gentleman' and 'Anniyan'.

His loss left a void place which could not be filled by anyone


Feb 22, 2008

Consumerism

With more retail stores are in line, the success of them lies with the service they provide. I had a strange experience with one of the leading retailers of Spencer's located near my area. I purchased one kg of 'Picric' basmati rice which says buy 1 get 1 free. Thinking that the free rice pack will be given near the billing counter, I did not pick the extra pack. While billing, the store person next to the billing person said "It has a free pack" only to get a reply "Don’t tell, he did not pick the extra one. Leave it". After billing, I told him that I want to talk to store manager and he immediately said I am new to this store and I am under training and I don't know about the offer". An insane behaviour never expected from one of the reputed retailers.


Will India wake up on consumerism!!