Thought Factory

I was in the boat with other tourists. I was enjoying the view where boat was passing through a passage between two high lands. Suddenly my friend called, "Hey, come to the other side". The moment I reached other side of boat, I looked at the scene in front of me and I froze.  All I could see was large blue sky, water falling from fifty feet height covering my eye site, making so much noise that I could not hear any other sound. Misty fog was created right in the middle of the fall as if there are clouds forming in front of my eyes. Water was so violent, I felt like I was in the middle of a storm.   I had never seen anything like that in my life and the whole experience gave me goose bumps. That was my first experience visiting Nayagara falls.   I was never much of a traveler . All the travel I did was visiting relatives or traveling for study or job purposes. That moment at nayagara changed my perspective about travel. I made a decision, that I will visit as ma

Software Dairies Mahesh is my colleague working in IT industry for past 15 years. He usually spends 15 hours a day at work. He is professionally successful, Got promoted fast and he gets a hefty pay check. However, Recently he was diagnosed with diabetes. He is only in his mid-30s.  Today I want to talk about a problem that is more frequent in IT world.  Work induced health issues for IT professionals. Software industry boomed during 90's. Many people got benefitted economically. Most of us earn more than what our parents used to get and we Live a comfortable life. However, we are paying a price for the life we live now. We are doing stressful mental work sitting in front of the computer day after day. Demanding work and work schedules are putting health of software professionals in danger. According to a research conducted on IT professionals in major cities, some of the top reasons are Long working hours, Prolonged sitting, Interacting with visual display

Ice Breaker Recently i started my journey in toastmasters. It has been a wonderful experience so far. I would like to share my journey as part of this blog. I still remember the day i woke up on the first day of hostel, my parents were not by my side. I was 10 years old, alone and terrified. I was 2nd born of 3 children in a middle class family from a small village in Andhrapradesh. My parents sent me to a residential school in hope of getting quality education for me. I struggled initially. However,  slowly i learnt to be on my own. Apart from providing quality education, my residencial school also provided good sporting facilities. It was a good distraction away from home. I enjoyed playing games a lot such as kho-kho, kabaddi, vollyball, cricket, athletics etc. My interest in sports has only increased over time. I had carried out this habit of playing for the large part of my working life as well. Sports taught me the importance of team work, leadership, taking responsibil