Welcome to my home page!
About me
I was born in Chennai and brought up in Bangalore. My childhood,
Education and fortunately my current job is in Bangalore. I have seen the city from 1980 and until now. Bangalore
is close to my heart in many ways.
Work
Started off in TATA-IBM as a Finance Executive responsible for implementing
a BaaN in Finance Department. I was here for 9 months; after which I joined Command International Software. I worked in MS
Access, Cobol, Visual Basic, Oracle, SQL Plus, MainFrame, Crystal Reports etc.
After this I joined Temenos, Chennai. Here, I enjoyed working in
a Banking Software. I was a Programmer, Design, etc. I enjoyed working on the product thoroughly. I was in London for about
a year. I made good friends there in the London office. While, I was working in Temenos, I had an offer from Infosys. It was
a catch 22 situation for me as I enjoyed working in Temenos and Infosys meant joining a great company and also a sweet homecoming
to my dear City. It was a easy decision and I joined Infosys and since then the last 4 years I am with Finacle Treasury at
Infosys.
Food Habits
I am a strict vegetarian. I dont have even egg. I relish South Indian
vegetarian food from TN or South Karnataka. That doesnt mean I don't take North Indian food. I Rotis with good sabjis
and Chaats. I love a good coffee and ginger tea.
My favourite restaurants are
1) MTR,
2) Coffee Bar in Shankarpuram
My Mom's is a good cook; I like the dishes she prepares. Besides, I too can cook OK....!
My Interests
I love tracking cricket statistics, I am/was an avid quizzer. I am
a beginner in astrology. I have been buying Astro CDs but soon realized its too vast a subject but I am still following and
learning in instalments.
I follow Cricket, Chess, Tennis, Football, Cards, Billiards, Bowling,
Formula 1, Synchronized Swimming, Hockey.
I like Quiz, Wildlife, Nature, Mountains, Lake, Aquarium, Astrology,
Hills, Cleanliness, debating, Politics, Good Virtues.
Thanks to my wife, I have started following a little bit of Carnatic
Music -> I have started liking the songs of Jesudas and MS Subbalakshmi.
I consider only the best and I classify the others as rest. For me
singers means Jesudas, MS Subbalakshmi and the rest. Similarly, great achievers in India are Dr. Kalam, Mr. NRN and rest.
I like keeping myself upto date. I am a avid news follower. I also
like following politicians psychology, they way the criticize others, counter-argue, get points effortlessly, wriggle out
of situations, how they gather crowds. Maybe, I will be a politician some day.
Me and Movies
I am very finnicky about movies. My favourite movies include DDLJ
-> I liked this movie a lot; I like HAHK.
Coming to tamil, I like Rajinikanth movies a lot; initially, I raised
a lot of points how can this happen; how can that happen, but over the time; I realised he can do anything....!
Besides, I liked movies Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. I love Tamil Comedies
-> Senthil, Goundamani, Vivek, Vadivelu -> I simply love the charecters.
I love murder mysteries which give work to your brain; the plot should
be workable and the director should a small clue initially itself. I also love horror movies.
One tamil movie which I liked was Sindhu Bhairavi -> I loved the
songs; awesome; Yesudas rule this movie. Its a different thing why Jesudas did not get a National Award which I believe is
questionable.
Others
I like subtle teasers which give work to brain; I like reading Magazines, GK books, Sports magazines,
Amar Chirta Kathas, Tinkle, Tintin, Archies, Astrology books,
I like reading religious books with are crisp. Thanks to my brother who has subscribed a nice publication
from Sringeri - Tattvaloka. This book is too good.
My friends
I have been fortunate to have good friends right from childhood.... I am in touch with everyone of
them but meeting up has become difficult.
A lot to write; I will continue when I find time next.....
till then................
Ramesh
