cold and cough
Symptoms:
Following are the signs that indicate the presence of this ailment:
Running or blocked nose
Sneezing
Sore throat
Congestion
Headache
Low fever with body pain
Loss of appetite
Lethargy
Insomnia
Causes:
The aggravation of kapha due to the intake of cold food, drinks and fried stuff etc causes cough. Seasonal changes is also one of the reasons for cough Improper digestion of food transforms into a mucus toxin (Ama) and this circulates through the body and reaches the respiratory system, where it causes colds and coughs.
Remedies:
The body should be kept warm - especially the feet, chest, throat and head. Sweating is very helpful.
Take half a teaspoon of ginger juice with half a teaspoon of honey, three times a day (morning, noon and night). In winter, warm the mixture by mixing a teaspoon of warm water in it.
Mix half a cup of warm water with one teaspoon of lemon juice and one teaspoon of honey.
Dosage: Take several times a day.
In cases of dry cough (especially during the night), peel a small piece of fresh ginger. Sprinkle some salt on it and chew.
Take equal amounts of cardamom, ginger powder, black pepper and cinnamon (1 teaspoon each). Add sugar equal to the total amount of mixture and grind to make a fine powder.
Dosage: Take half a teaspoon twice daily, with honey or warm water after meals.
In cases of sore throat, a clove or two cardamoms or a few raisins can be chewed.Gargling with warm salty water two to three times a day is also beneficial.
Dos and Don'ts:
The food and activities that are to be avoided are as follows:
Cold foods and drinks
Ice cream, sweets
Fried foods
Milk products (cheese, creams, yogurt)
Sweet fruit juices
Breads
Meats
Nuts
Pastries
Sleeping during the day
Taking a cold shower
Exposure to cold wind, fans, air conditioners
Following are the substances and activities that should be taken in cough:
Boiled or steamed vegetables
Vegetable soup
Spice teas
Herbal teas
Hot milk with a piece of crushed ginger
Half a teaspoon of turmeric powder mixed in milk provides relief.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
cold and cough
Amazing facts about software professionals
**10% of Software Professionals are predicted to be affected by major
diseases like Carpal tunnel syndrome, heart diseases etc
*20% of Software Professionals marry their co-workers
*30% of Software Professionals are interested in Live in relationship
because they tend to hate the responsibility both in office and house
*40% of Software Professionals are confused about settling down (India or
abroad)
*50% of Software Professionals has No savings in their Bank Account
*60% of Software Professionals are not satisfied with their current wages
*70% of Software Professionals work more than 8 hours across globe
*80% of Software Professionals live away from their Parents
*90% of Software Professionals are NOT HAPPY about their Life, meeting
deadlines, client satisfaction, incentives, promotions, increment, onsite
trips, wife, children, visa status, and commitments
*100% of Software professionals wish they had a choice other than computers
in their life at least once in their lifetime
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TCS to increase working hours, may freeze variable pay
KOLKATA: It’s official now. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country’s biggest software company in terms of sales, may freeze variable pay to
its over 1 lakh employees as part of a string of cost-management initiatives to cope with the pangs of the global meltdown. The company has also decided to increase employee working hours from April 1, 2009, to 45 hours per week from the present 40 hours that every TCSer needs to clock each week. This was indicated by TCS chief executive officer & managing director S. Ramadorai here on on Thursday.
"In a bid to rein in total manpower costs and spruce up employee efficiency and productivity levels, TCS will take a relook at its performance-linked variable pay practices. Variable compensation payout accounts for 7.5-to-8% of our revenues and this will now be reviewed," said Mr Ramadorai. Manpower costs account for 53% of TCS’s total costs.
Elaborating on other initiaitives to beef up internal efficiences, Mr Ramadorai also confirmed that TCS is increasing employee working hours to 45 hours a week from the present 40 hours per week level. "We believe the additional five hours can be effectively used to upgrade employee skills wherever necessary," said Mr Ramadorai.
Incidentally, the variable component of a TCS employee’s salary is linked to the performance of the company, the business unit of the individual and the individual’s performance. At present, it ranges between 20-to-35% of an employee’s gross salary. Comprising of distinct `company’ and `employee’ components, the variable allowance payment to each TCS employee happens on quarterly and monthly basis respectively, said a TCS official. More importantly, the variable pay increases with seniority.
The latest developments come at a time when TCS is under increasing pressure from global clients to reduce its cost of service delivery and is even losing clients who are trying to drive a hard bargain. "I cannot share client specifics. But it’s true that we have lost some clients. One client, for instance, demanded a 70% discount which was simply unsustainable," said Mr Ramadorai, in response to a specific query.
Dwelling on TCS’s plans to unlock internal efficiencies in times when the company was experiencing muted growth, Mr Ramadorai said: "Our capex was at Rs 1400 crore in 2008-09. You can now expect our future infrastructure-related spends to either get delayed or reduced. They will be rationalised based on real-time decisions once we take a call on the infrastructure budgets for the next fiscal.
TCS managing director S. Ramadorai, however, is unwilling to confirm whether the company’s Rajarhat software campus rollout will hit a roadblock in the backdrop of the company’s decision to cutback future infrastructure-related spends.
Not too long ago, TCS had indicated plans to unveil a spate of cost management initiatives that included ways to rationalise or consolidate TCS’s infrastructure globally to save costs. Other measures recommended were saving on energy costs through efficiency programs and optimising on travel and communication costs. The TCS management had also indicated that it was re-examining its capex program to conserve cash in the current volatile environment.
Tata Realty Infrastructure Ltd (TRIL), the real estate arm of the Tata group, has been roped in to execute development of the TCS upcoming
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campus at Rajarhat.
Confirming this, TCS’s global human resources head Ajoyendra Mukherjee said: "TRIL has been given the mandate to execute the Rajarhat software campus over the next 24-odd months. I cannot share investment numbers at this point, but I can confirm that 15,000 employees will work in the upcoming Rajarhat campus which will come up at our 40 acre plot. Once the new campus is set up, we may relocate a section of TCS’s employees operating at some of out leased facilities in Salt Lake Sector V."
TCS has some 8000 IT professionals on its rolls in Kolkata who are distributed across the company’s eigth-odd centres in the Salt Lake Electronics Complex (Saltlec). Six of these facilities are leased while two are owned by TCS.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tips to get smarter at work
Here are some simple and effective tips that could enhance your career to a greater extent.
1. Effective communication forms the foundation for a positive work alliance. You need to be able to tell your potential ally what you need and listen deeply to what they need.
2. Treat your allies as equals. No matter their position within your organization, all people are equal; they just have different jobs. Believe this.
3. Exhibit total professionalism. Never participate in gossip or in discussing the business of coworkers behind their backs.
4. Make sure you are not forming an exclusive club that the rest of your organization will fear and resent. But, you must take the time to develop strong relationships with your allies.
5. When working on a project together, always put forth your best efforts. Be the person who is willing to do extra to strengthen the collaboration and the outcome or product.
6. Keep your promises. If you say you will do something, do it. People need to depend upon you and the deadlines to which you commit.
7. Resolve any conflicts or disputes at your earliest opportunity. Unresolved conflict festers just under the surface in organizations.
8. Be an ally. Support your colleague’s ability to accomplish his or her mission, too. Give credit for ideas and solutions.
9. Effective managers delegate and don’t micromanage. Prioritize your tasks to focus on the important ones.
10. Your workspace should keep you motivated, not provide hot spots for daydreaming. Dress up your desk with items that keep you focused.
11. Too much to do at work? Add another task to your list: take a vacation and relax. People can’t operate at full throttle on the job day after day.
12. It’s a fact that taking breaks will increase productivity. It’s been proven in studies. If you need to, find someone to help ensure you take a morning and afternoon break.
13. Establish a routine of planning your week and your day. This will allow you to have your most productive week all the time.
14. Delegate or delete the non-essential items from your to-do list. The best way to do this is to always do your most important things first.
15. Make sure you plan in enough time between activities and appointments, and find ways to fail proof being on time.
16. Choose to enjoy your time at work. Find others who are like this and spread good cheer. It’s contagious and it grows.
17. Deadlines, tough bosses, rude clients, slow computers. Don’t make them into large dramas. Don’t lament the challenges of the world.
18. Try doing something different. If you always go on a trip, try taking a more local vacation, and really get some good rest time.
19. When you complain or fight on everything, then your power to ask for things is diminished. Save it up for when you really need it.
20. Don’t wait for your company to tell you what to do. Think creatively about how you can work with others to generate a greater result than if you had each worked on this alone.
21. If you are asked a question that stumps you or surprises you, never feel like you have to answer it right away. Seek more time to think about or research your answer.
22. Don’t immediately reject critiques from others, even if you don’t like or respect them. Sometimes people you don’t like may be giving you more honest feedback.
23. Be open to change. Give it a chance. Adapt to new things while using your experience to guide you, and you will have great success.
24. Always be on the lookout for opportunities to learn and improve your skills. Look for good seminars and training.
25. Set up a routine for “busy days” - perhaps you work 2-4 extra hours, and stick to that schedule, working nothing beyond it.
26. Schedule things like “break”, “coffee”, or even “video games” into your calendar just like you would a conference call.
27. There is a time and a place for perfectionism - when things are busy, consciously choose the areas in which you are willing to slack.
28. Whether it be business or personal support, busy times call for a morale boost on a regular basis. Hire a temp virtual assistant or call a good friend.
29. Everyone has a few things that are guaranteed to bring your stress level down to normal. Know your ‘relax buttons’ and get them on your schedule now.
30. For many people, a computer is the central tool at work. Optimizing the energy settings for computers and other devices can be more than a modest energy saver.
How to manage meetings
Meetings: What is My Role?
Every professional who conducts or chairs any meeting or attends any meeting as a participant of the meeting should ask himself:
Which meetings or what types of meetings do I attend?
What is my role in the meetings? Chairman of the meeting, facilitator, participant, supplier, customer, consultant, expert or any other?
What can be my contributions? To achieve what objectives?
How can I bring about improvements in managing and conducting the meetings?
Do have I some specific ideas of improvement and can I implement them?
Do I possess necessary skills/competencies in managing and conducting the meetings and can I improve upon them?
How can I make the meetings- their process and results more effective?
Can the meetings be made more interesting and bit of fun?
Critical Questions Prior To Meetings
Before managing, arranging, conducting or attending any meeting find the answers to the following critical questions:
Why meeting?
What is the subject matter/agenda?
Who are attending the meeting?
When is the meeting?
Where will the meeting take place/venue?
Where to: expected outcomes/results of the meeting?
Also answer one more question: Is the meeting really necessary? what will happen if it does not take place?
Planning a Meeting
Agenda preparation
Agenda to be brief
Duration of meeting
Time allocation for each agenda item
Decision on names of participants
Date and time of meeting
Venue of meeting
Communication about meeting to all the participants
Role of the Chairman (or Facilitator) of the Meeting
Welcoming the participants
Communicating the purpose of meeting
Managing agenda and agenda items
Managing participants
Controlling difficult participants
Equitable treatment to participants
Motivating the participants for contribution
Appreciating the participants for good ideas
Clarifying
Summarizing
Managing time
Making sure that documentations/minutes are being recorded
Role of the Participants
Come prepared for meeting
Be punctual
Be enthusiastic and show it
Take active part
Contribute by sharing information, ideas and solutions
Contribute to the process of meeting
Do speak and take your chance to speak
Listen attentively
Appreciate other participants for their contribution
Be flexible about the acceptance of outcomes if you are convinced
Accept your role as an implementer of the decisions arrived at in the meeting wherever required
Types of Meetings
Statutory
Formal
Informal
Business
Team Building
Physically together
Video conferencing
Skills/Competencies Required for Conducting Effective Meetings
Planning
Organizing people
Communication
Assertiveness
Time management
Motivation
Leadership
Controlling
Factors effecting job satisfaction
In today’s competitive environment organisations thrive and survive on their human resources. Values, attitudes, perceptions and behaviour, which form these resources, influence employee performance. It is a key factor in realising organisational and individual goals that in turn greatly depends on individual’s self-motivation and job satisfaction.
What is job satisfaction?
Job satisfaction is one’s attitude towards his job (positive or negative). Satisfaction in work and the work environment is the basic constituent of employee job satisfaction. Employee attitudes and values influence their behaviour. Positive outlook and backup from HR helps modify behaviour resulting in higher performance levels.
Crucial
HR must ensure pursuance of right assignment by the employee at the recruitment and selection stage itself. HR should consider value systems as key credentials along with abilities and experience to be compatible with that of the organisation.
Organisations, which give due recognition to the perceptions, attitudes, motivation and learning abilities of employees, successfully create an efficient workforce. Efficient workforces identify themselves with the organisation’s mission and aid in its success.
How to achieve?
Attitudes influence behaviour and are the indicators of potential problems an organisation might encounter. HR must help employees to cope with frustrations and sustain job satisfaction.
Motivated employees stay on for long to achieve their goals. Job responsibilities, achievements, growth, self-fulfilment and recognition enhance job satisfaction levels. A candid interaction of managers with employees helps develop good relationships. Continuous coaching and genuine appreciation by the managers also enhances job satisfaction.
To cultivate an attitude of excellence in their employees, managers must provide a certain degree of autonomy. Organisations and managers desirous of excelling must therefore, work toward ensuring employee job satisfaction.
‘A happy worker is a productive worker’. The Hawthorne studies conducted at an electrical plant in Chicago from 1924-1932 revealed that employee morale and satisfaction increase productivity. Since then, management has pursued the topic of job satisfaction, as it is believed to enhance performance, reduce absenteeism, retain qualified workers and establish smooth employment relations.
Job satisfaction is a ‘pleasurable or emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job and experience.’ (Locke: 1976).. It is important to realise that these attitudes vary according to individual experiences and expectations and hence there is no single unitary concept of job satisfaction.
Measures of job satisfaction
Unlike other psychometric tools, used to test a sample of behaviour, measures of job satisfaction are prone to subjectivity. However a battery of tests can be conducted to make accurate predictions. One approach is the Global Measure, which measures the overall satisfaction of the job. The second approach is the Facet Measure where satisfaction is measured on each aspect of the job.
Causes of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction
Since job satisfaction is subjective to individual experience and expectation, personality often plays an influential role. Stable personality traits could influence satisfaction or dissatisfaction at work. Type A’ personalities tend to be more aggressive, set high standards for themselves and therefore are more susceptible to job dissatisfaction. In contrast, Type B’s seem to be more relaxed and, this may reflect on their attitudes towards work. Today, there is an increasing interest in the concept of the ‘person –job- fit’ theory. The managerial implications are that people who get themselves into the right job that fit their attitudes and personalities seem to be more satisfied.
The characteristics of the job may also influence one’ is attitude towards it. This could include the physical environment like lighting, temperature and space. Work, when too difficult or easy can lead to dissatisfaction. Reward is viewed as satisfactory only when it is equitable and is in line with expectations. A friendly and supportive group at work is conducive to job satisfaction.
Consequences of job satisfaction/job dissatisfaction
Work Performance:
Though job satisfaction leads to efficiency, recent findings indicate that other factors are responsible for work performance. Today, technological and market forces play a major role in organisational efficiency. Stockbrokers, for example, would depend on the results of the stock market where a rise in share prices would probably lead to satisfaction.
Absenteeism and Turnover:
This causes tremendous cost and loss of investment. An interesting finding is that absenteeism followed by negative feedback like, loss of pay might lead to dissatisfaction and in turn a high rate of absenteeism.
Commitment:
Organisations today have expressed a lack of loyalty and commitment from employees and hence are unable to retain qualified professionals.
Recent concepts of job satisfaction
There is a growing recognition that external environmental factors play an influential role in job satisfaction. Another concept is that performance depends on the overall effectiveness of the organisation.
In today’s competitive world, management needs to continuously emulate practices that will attract and retain a highly qualified and skilled workforce. Dissatisfied employees may be forced to work due to unemployment or insecurity, but this is not in the interests of the long-term success of the organisation. Dissatisfaction may be expressed in other forms like internal conflicts, poor interpersonal relations, low trust, stress leading to workplace conflict, violence and low productivity.
Though job satisfaction is difficult to measure and is dependent on a number of factors, management may reduce levels of dissatisfaction and control workplace conflicts through common objectives like career development, training, appropriate rewards and improvements in the quality of working life.
This is a lot of latest information on Job Satisfaction. It will surely help you.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Type's of Pc's...........
Types of PC's
There are a lot of terms used to describe computers. Most of these words
imply the size, expected use or capability of the computer. While the
term computer can apply to virtually any device that has a
microprocessor in it, most people think of a computer as a device that
receives input from the user through a mouse or keyboard, processes it
in some fashion and displays the result on a screen.
* PC - The personal computer (PC) defines a computer designed for
general use by a single person. While a Mac is a PC, most people relate
the term with systems that run the Windows operating system. PCs were
first known as microcomputers because they were a complete computer but
built on a smaller scale than the huge systems in use by most
businesses.
* Desktop - A PC that is not designed for portability. The expectation
with desktop systems are that you will set the computer up in a
permanent location. Most desktops offer more power, storage and
versatility for less cost than their portable brethren.
* Laptop - Also called notebookslaptops are portable computers that
integrate the display, keyboard, a pointing device or trackball,
processor, memory and hard drive all in a battery-operated package
slightly larger than an average hardcover book.
* Palmtop- More commonly known as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs),
palmtops are tightly integrated computers that often use flash memory
instead of a hard drive for storage. These computers usually do not have
keyboards but rely on touchscreen technology for user input. Palmtops
are typically smaller than a paperback novel, very lightweight with a
reasonable battery life. A slightly larger and heavier version of the
palmtop is the handheld computer.
* Workstation - A desktop computer that has a more powerful processor,
additional memory and enhanced capabilities for performing a special
group of task, such as 3D Graphics or game development.
* Server - A computer that has been optimized to provide services to
other computers over a network. Servers usually have powerful
processors, lots of memory and large hard drives.
* Mainframe - In the early days of computing, mainframes were huge
computers that could fill an entire room or even a whole floor! As the
size of computers has diminished while the power has increased, the term
mainframe has fallen out of use in favor of enterprise server. You'll
still hear the term used, particularly in large companies to describe
the huge machines processing millions of transactions every day.
* Minicomputer - Another term rarely used anymore, minicomputers fall in
between microcomputers (PCs) and mainframes (enterprise servers).
Minicomputers are normally referred to as mid-range servers now.
* Supercomputer - This type of computer usually costs hundreds of
thousands or even millions of dollars. Although some supercomputers are
single computer systems, most are comprised of multiple high performance
computers working in parallel as a single system. The best known
supercomputers are built by Cray Supercomputers.
* Wearable - The latest trend in computing is wearable computers.
Essentially, common computer applications (e-mail, database, multimedia,
calendar/scheduler) are integrated into watches, cell phones, visors and
even clothing!
Time Mgt: Never save something for a special occasion..!
Please do read this ... do not be too busy Earning a Living an
d in the process Forget to Live.
Here is a hair raising story which shows the importance of
Time Management and understanding what Life and Priorities
are all about.
Trust you will enjoy the read and start Living each day..
each moment...!!!
A friend of mine opened his wife's saree drawer and
picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package." He unwrapped
the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
"She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago.
She has never put it on. Was saving it for a special occasion.
Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift
box next to the other clothings he was taking to the funeral
house, his wife had just died.
He turned to me and said:
"Never save something for a special occasion.
Every day in your life is a special occasion".
I still think those words changed my life.
Now I read more and clean less.
I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
I understood that life should be a source of experience
to be lived up to, not survived through.
I no longer keep anything.
I use crystal glasses every day.
I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket,
if i feel like it.
I don't save my special perfume for special occasions,
I use it whenever I want to.
The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary.
If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.
I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew
she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.
I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.
I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food.
It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends
I would meet, letters... letters that i wanted to write "One of this days".
I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my
brothers and sons, not times enough at least, how much I love them.
Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could
bring laughter and joy into our lives.
And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day.
Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and
because, probably, there's someone you care about.
If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you
say to yourself that you will send it "One of these days", remember that
"One day" is far away... or might never come...
Live everyday .. every moment as if it is your last day... last moment....!! !!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
7 Good Books to read
Good Books:
1. The mind of the strategist
a guide to the strategic planning techniques used by japanese business
executives explains how to identify the customers needs. evaluate the
strengths of the company. and overcome competition. by ohmae
2. How to talk to anyone
how to talk to anyone by lowndes reveals the secrets of successful
communication and provides 92 little tricks for big success in relationships
3. Jack welch and 4es
jack welch and 4es of leadership krames. a comprehensive guide to the
strategies and initiatives of legendary ceo jack welch
4. Six thinking hats
six thinking hats is about improving communication and decision making in
groups. edward de bonos style is accessible. succinct. well structured and
easy to follow.
5. You can win by shiv khera
taking the reader from ancient wisdom to contemporary thinking. this work
aims to dispel the confusion in daily life and clarify values
6. Who moved my cheese
with who moved my cheese. dr. spencer johnson realizes the need for finding
the language and tools to deal with change an issue that makes all of us
nervous and uncomfortable
7. Lateral thinking
edward de bono defines lateral thinking as methods of thinking concerned
with changing concepts and perception. lateral thinking is about reasoning
that is not immediately obvious
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Simple Facts
1. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world?
2. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
3. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
4. Banging your head against a wall uses an average of 900 calories an hour.
5. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
6. The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
7. "I am ." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
8. The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
9. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
10. Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
11. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
12. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
13. Every time you lick a stamp,you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
14. Cat's urine glows under a black light.
15. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
16. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
17. Babies are born without knee caps.They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
18. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
19. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
20. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
22. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30's lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.
23. You know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
24. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
25. There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.
26. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
27. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
28. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
29. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds,dogs only have about ten.
30. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
DAILY ROUTINE OF TIRUMALA TEMPLE SCHEDULE
DAILY ROUTINE OF TIRUMALA TEMPLE SCHEDULE Sarva Darsanam(Open to all)
Monday
6:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
8:00p.m-10:00p.m
Tuesday
6:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
8:00p.m-10:00p.m
Wednesday
6:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
8:00p.m-10:00p.m
Thursday
8:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
8:00p.m-10:00p.m
Friday
9:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
9:30p.m-10:00p.m
Saturday
6:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
8:00p.m-10:00p.m
Sunday
6:00a.m-11:00a.m
12:00p.m-7:00p.m
8:00p.m-10:00p.m
Note: The procedure of Sarvadarsanam has been simplified with the Su-Darsanam.Click here for details
Special Darsanam:There is a special entry tickets priced at Rs 50 and Rs 40.This ticket enables the pilgrims , a less circuitous route to the Lords darshan. On normal days ,one can finish the darshans in about two hours.The Rs 50 ticket holders are given two laddus free as prasadams and Rs 40 ticket holders are given one laddu free.This laddu prasadam can be collected from special counters right in front of the temple.The pilgrims have to present the counter foil of the ticket in order get the laddus.
All the pilgrims regardless of whether they opt for special darshans or free darshans have to get themselves the su-darsanam token tied round their wrists.Only infants and those who have booked special sevas to the lord like kalyanotsavam are not required to get the token.
Apart from these all pilgrims coming out of the temple after darshans are given a free meal coupon which enable them a lunch/dinner under the Nitya Annadanam scheme.Also All the pilgrims are given prasadam like tamarind rice , curd rice or laddu which had been offered to the lord on that day.
SUPRABHATAM
This is the first Seva of the day and takes place between 3:00 to 3:30 A.M daily.
THOMALA SEVA
This Seva takes place between at 3:45 to 4:30 A.M daily.
SAHASRA NAMARCHANA
This Seva takes place between at 4:45 to 5:30 A.M Saturday to Thursday.On Friday it takes place between 7:00 to 8:00 am.
EKANTHA SEVA
This Seva takes place between at 10:30 P.M. daily.
Note: For all these sevas , the ticket can be obtained by writing to the executive officer,TTD well in advance with the relevent amount in form of DD or Money order.Subject to availabily , the tickets can also be purchased from Canara bank counters ,a day before at tirumala.
Self Appraisal
A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits (phone numbers).
The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation:
Boy: "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?
Woman: (at the other end of the phone line): "I already have someone to cut my lawn."
Boy: "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now."
Woman: I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn.
Boy: (with more perseverance) : "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of Palm beach, Florida."
Woman: No, thank you.
With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy.
Store Owner: "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."
Boy: "No thanks,
Store Owner: But you were really pleading for one.
Boy: No Sir, I was just checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!"
This is what we call "Self Appraisal"
Highly Recommended.....
Facts of life
A professor stood before his Philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full.They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.Of course, the sand filled up everything else.He asked once more if the jar was full.The students responded with a unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table andpoured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed."Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
"The golf balls are the important things-your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions-things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
"The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.
"The sand is everything else--the small stuff."If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
"The same goes for life."If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are
important to you."Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.Play with your children."Take time to get medical checkups.
"Take your partner out to dinner."Play another 18."There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter."Set your priorities.
"The rest is just sand."One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked."It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a cup of coffee with a friend."
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Love = Wealth+Success
A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."
"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.
"No", she replied. "He's out."
"Then we cannot come in", they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!"
The woman went out and invited the men in"
"We do not go into a House together," they replied.
"Why is that?" she asked.
One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How n ice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"
His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"
Their daughter was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"
"Let us heed our daughter's advice," said the husband to his wife.
"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."
Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, t he lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"
The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!"
MY WISH FOR YOU...
-Where there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy.
-Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through it.
-Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength.
-Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage.
