SRI'S Blog

The Medical Camp -- Success The medical camp at our Rotary Medical center on 26th July was a grand success -- Success because we managed to get in around 75 ++ people at the venue to have them screened free of cost for Diabetics and Ultrasound and if needed for X rays and ECG-- We have never seen that many people at the center except for the Inauguration function where it was our own crowd that came in !! -- Couple of reasons for the event being a success : 1. We wanted to make it a success and nothing else other than this attitude will create success mind set. 2 We were helped by Volunteers from Ford Warranty team who over the past week end , distributed Flyers of the event to areas around the medical center -- they were outstanding and went beyond expectations -- the flyers were on Share Autos , Metropolitan buses route buses that plied in the area , Housing board flats in the area-this contributed a great deal to the people coming for the event. One flawed effort was on marketing

Quotable Quotes of the week This menace called naxalism is spreading due to large scale corruption in our society -- Nitish kumar Bihar Chief Minister An 18 year old girl and a 21 year old boy who haven't achieved anything in life are not meant to get married. They also have to understand the world to realise what producing babies mean - Ghulam Nabi Azad Union Health Minister A female too , can be a Dalai Lama. It is for Tibetan people to decide - The Dalai Lama If talks are on pause , it benefits only the terrorists -- Yusuf Gilani -- Pakistan PM on Indo - Pak dialogue THE IPL --- a insider perspective I had the good fortune to listen to J.Krishnan ( JK ) who was the CEO of Deccan Chargers team for 2008 and advisor for 2009-- I say good fortune because the talk by him really gave a inside in to the functioning of the IPL and some close news as he was at the dugout as well --- The IPL cannot be just treated as a sports event alone , it is becoming a sports business and this is

Quotable quotes of the week The United Nations needs a reform so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth -- Pope Benedict XVI The poor pigs got infection from humans and not the other way around -- Maneka Gandhi BJP leader on the Swine flu -- Sri : I agree that there is always a another view for every issue !! I found him tough, shrewd, very unsentimental and very pragmatic -- Barack Obama US President on Russian PM Putin My party has too many spokesperson these days . All they are interested in is seeing their names in print and faces on Television -- BJP Leader L K Advani ( h..mmmm ) The Music show by my Nieces Some bragging that i have to do .... This should have appeared on the last week blog but there were too many topics -- My nieces ( wife's sister's daughters ) have been learning to play the violin ( carnatic ) using the internet for the past few years-- the teacher is in Chennai and they learn sitting in their homes in Minneapolis -- They visit

This is for Fedex the champion of all times I had my text ready to go on Saturday itself for this blog -- It was structured for Federer to win --- But the actual match went in a different way to the text but the end result was in my favour -- Earlier late on Friday Indian time , I watched Andy Roddick (caught up in the second set ) win past Andy Murray , the great British hope to enter the final ( mind you , not win the final but enter the final )- For the first time , I watched the crowd at Wimbledon was " human " after all - There were catcalls , someone yelled "fault " as Roddick was serving and any error by Roddick was greeted by thunderous applause -- I can understand this sentiment for since 1936, no Englishmen had come this far and Andy Murray had the chance to create history -- But Roddick was too strong -- not just for Murray but for the crowd as well - Roddick once the hot headed American was cool , did not show any emotion or reaction to any of the crowd

Quotable Quotes of the week He is a strong man and an ideal ruler . I congratulate him for what he did - Bal Thackeray on French President Nicolas Sarkozy' s ban on burqa We cannot remain oblivious to the conventional threat from India - Qamar Zaman Kalra Pakistan Information Minister I have no regrets for what all I did in Babri Masjid. I am ready to be hanged - Uma Bharti Bhartiya Janshakti Party Leader West Bengal government's indifference is to be blamed for Maoist problem in Lalgarh -- P.Chidambaram Union Home Minister Marketing for a Charitable Cause It has been a slow start to the Rotary Medical Center that is well equipped with a lab , X Ray machine , a Ultrasound machine , ECG-- All these are the latest in terms of technology and can give the very best of results to interpret medically-- however due to road work on the Highway that caused a access block to the centre , we had very few patients trickle in -- The rates that are charged are at cost and they will be at lea