Ratan Tata turns 72

Dear Mr. Tata,

I would firstly like to wish you a very happy 72nd birthday and advance new years wishes. May this new year keep you in good health and help the TATA conglomerate flourish as always.

I have off late been hearing that you are to retire in the coming years and your in search of a successor. I don' know if I am eligible to apply for the post ;) .

I am a final year student of engineering , will be graduating in 2010 majoring in IT. I have been deeply bit by the business bug and has always been inspired by the TATA group for the ethics and values they bring in to their employees and their management systems. I am also looking to do an MBA course in the coming years which I believe would feed my quest in know about business and management.

It was some four years back that I decided I wanted to become an entrepreneur and that time around I got to read your biography and that was it and I decided then that I should definetly meet you atleast once in my life time :) .

I read in a business magazine stating that you aren't particular about any constraints for applying for the post of the chairman , though the designation sounds a little contradicting with me being a woman , I wouldn' really mind it ;)

Many happy returns of the day to you Sir :)

Happy 40th bday Internet !

Wohoo!! Internet is 40 years old .. :)

Internet , now a house hold name in most parts of the world was first used in University of California, Los Angeles when two computers passed test data through a 15 foot long grey cable. It was then called ARPANET and was widely used by the Department of Defence in the United States. But now, right from toddler to senior citizens everyone s got something to do with the Internet.

My Internet story

I'm happy to be in the Internet age , the time it got popular and the way it has turned out to be an incredible part of all our lives. I was first introduced to the internet when I was in my 3rd grade, when my dad and mom used to spend long evenings trying to connect to the internet and I used to fall asleep in my mom s lap since it used to take so long to connect (definetly not less than half an hour). It used to feel like celebration if we could actually get our laptop connected to the internet.

I started using the internet all by myself when in 6th grade when a friend of mine in class asked me if I had a mail ID ?? I knew my parents had one , so that evening when I got back I asked my dad to help me create a mail ID and that was the start . Those days we had vsnl connection and my parents let me know the username and password so I could check my mails when required. Since then most of my saturday afternoons were spent pondering over the internet .. those were times when online chatting was getting popular .. And I remember spending hours together in various chat rooms .. Thou' not directly but indirectly these time spent chatting with random strangers has helped in so many ways ..

Then came our own social networking, blogging, tweets .. what more ??? Now , for years together I don' remember a single day I haven't been using the internet .. Hats off to the inventors, this I consider to be one of the greatest inventions of my time :) A very happy bday Internet , may you rock as always !

Happy B'day Mr.Tata - Ratan Tata turns 71

Ratan Tata is my favourite global icon and I look up to him in more ways than one. Today is his bday - he turns 71 years young and I'm sure the TATA conglomerate will see a lot more new businesses coming up in his leadership . Many Happy returns of the day to you Sir :)

Happy B'day Appa and Thatha

Today it is both my dad's as well as my maternal grand dad's birthday. As long as I can remember this is the first bday my dad is away from home on an official work and I'm pretty sure he would read my blog when he gets time there.. So here I go.. Appa, Wish you a very happy bday.. Have a great time there :)

Today is also the day my grand dad is turning 75. I pray both of them are blessed with good health and a happy life! :)

Happy B'day Chennai :)

Chennai celebrates its 369th B'day today. To commerate with this a lot of events have been planned starting from heritage walks to contests of variuos kinds. To check out more details on this you can visit my blog on Chennai - In and Around Chennai.

Like my Monday Morning Inspiration, I have planned to write a weekly column "Food Factor" in In and Around Chennaistarting tomorrow. I will be posting about the various eatries and the love Chennaities have for their food every friday. Don' miss to check them out :)

RATAN TATA turns 70

India's most dynamic business tycoon Ratan Tata celebrates his birthday today. He has also been my role model from the time I wanted to be an Entrepreneur and the products from the House of TATA s(Taj hotels, ginger,westside,titan,tanishq,tetley,tata motors, titan + and more to come) has been a part of my life from the time I can remember .

I wish him a very happy birthday and very long life . May the house of TATA s and India grow with his guidance and support . Wish you very many happy returns of the day and a happy new year Sir :)