Who is Lata?

This happened few months back in my office.

A conversation between me and IT guy for installing MS Access.

Me: I want to install MS Acess in my system

IT Guy: Dont you have MS Office

Me: Yeah I have but I dont have Access

IT Guy: I am busy now.

Me: But I want it now. I have work

IT Guy: I am busy, Lata will install

Me: Ok ask her to install as soon as possible

IT Guy: No, only I can install.

If only this guy can install then why did he say Lata ll install. I am confused only to find out that its later and not lata (typical singaporean accent) :)

தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்

இனியே தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள். இத்திருநாளில் அனைவரின் அறியாமை ஒழியட்டும். அனியாவருக்கும் சந்தோசம் பெருகட்டும்

The great man..the great soul.... the MAHATMA

On this day, 140 years ago a great soul in the name of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born. He was a man of principles, who fought the guns and daggers with non violence and succeeded in doing so. His principle of tolerance for all and non violence are still being followed everywhere. He led India to independence through his ahimsa and satyagraha. He stood by what he said. Unlike today’s politicians, he praised his opponents as well. One of the greatest traits of this man is he by no means a hypocrite, because of which he even had a bitter relationship with his sons. He spoke truth and fought for the people of India. He was born as Mohandas and left us as Mahatma. I am sure none of us can become Mahatma but atleast hope we all follow his principles.

Some examples of how he influenced the world:

“America has its roots in India through Mahatma Gandhi”- this was said by none other than the American President Mr.Barrack Obama.

For a question from a 9th grade girl Lilly on “If given a chance, with which person (dead or alive) would you like to have dinner”, he said it’s Mahatma Gandhi.

These are some of the examples of how much this man is revered all over the world. Some of the greatest followers of this man are Mandela and Martin Luther King. Mandela fought discrimination against blacks in South Africa so as Martin Luther King in America which led to the 1959 civil war.

What a way to bring my 100th post. This was sheer coincindence to write about this great soul and it being my 100th post. It gives a nice feeling..