Blogspot domains blocked in India!

Hey Folks!!!

Recently came to know about a very sad news for Indian Bloggers, those who are using blogger as a main platform for Blogging.

Blogs are blocked in India

Well I certainly don't think that Blogspot.com
have been blocked in India. I am able to access my blogs daily and not faced as such trouble in using that yet. Might be Indian Government is tried to block Blogger.com in some region/state. Which is also right, coz many terrorist are using such facilities in communicating with each other. Like wise reports has also coming to banned Orkut.com in stopping terrorist hijacking identity of innocent users. But whatever the reason may be, it has been reported by many prominent & Professional Indian Bloggers & raised the issue of this problem.

I am also with them, coz no body has right of stopping Blogger's to write & publish their views. It has become an daily routine for every Blogger & without blogging, it seems something missing in my life. Every Indian blogger or rather say every Blogger is against such step.

I am quoting down the Article which I found through search.

Well, recently internet users in India are not able to access those blogs which are hosted by blogspot or have a domain name which ends with blogspot.com

Jason Goldman has confirmed this in the Blogger Buzz and if that is the case then this is a very serious issue as many well know bloggers from India use Blogger as their blog platform.

Well, people are not sure about the reasons for the block and everybody is keen to know the reasons of it and some of them are relating the ban to the Mumbai Blasts.

Well, whatever the reasons are for the ban, I am sure that Google will try its level best to take this Ban away because they are finding India as one of the biggest sector and customer base in almost every service they are offering.

Also one the first Professional Indian blogger Mr. Amit Agrawal has also quoted and raised his voice against blocking of blogger and other Blog hosting sites in India.

I am very much impressed by him and regularly reading his blog at Digital Point. He has came up with great resource and alternative solution to read Blocked blogs in India. Great efforts dude, you can read the whole article at Blogspot Blogs Banned in India: Read Tricks To Access Blocked Websites

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Narayana Murthy's views on staying late in the office

Dear All

An Office Employee must read the below............

Narayana Murthy's views on staying late in the office


It's half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on... PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing... and who's at work? Most of them??? Take a closer look...

All or most specimens are ??-something male species of the human race...

Look closer... again all or most of them are bachelors... and why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!! Any guesses???

Let's ask one of them...

Here's what he says... "What's there 2 do after going home... here we
get to surf, AC, phone, food, coff ee.. that is why I am working late...
importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices.

Bachelors "time-passing" during late hours in the office just bcoz they
say they've nothing else to do...

Now what r the consequences... read on...

"Working"(for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture.

With bosses more than eage r to provide support to those "working" late in the form of taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback,(oh, he's a hard worker... goes home only to change..!!).They aren't helping things too... To hell with bosses who don't understan d the difference between "sitting" late and "working" late!!!

Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.

So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a family .. office is no longer a priority, family is...and that's when the problem starts... becoz u start having commitments at home too.

For your boss, the earlier "hardworking" guy suddenly seems to become a "early leaver" even if u leave an hour after regulartime... after doing the same amount of work.

People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labeled as work-shirkers...

Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowa days... though) leave on time are labeled as "not up to it". All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on "working" not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they wuld have to regret at one point of time.

* So what's the moral of the story?? *
* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
* Never put in extra time " *unless really needed *"
* Don't stay back un-necessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues.

Learn music...
Learn a foreign language...
try a sport... TT, cricket.........importantly Get a guy friend or gal friend, take him/her around town...

* And for heaven's sake net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low
(plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.

Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *"Life's calling, where are you??"*
Please pass on this message to all those colleagues And please do it
before leaving time, don't stay back till midnight to forward this!!!


ITS A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR LONG HOURS MEANS VERY HARD WORKING & 100% COMMITMENT ETC.

PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SIT LATE IN THE OFFICE DON'T KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME.

Joining Hexaware Technologies

After a long, I am back to my favorite job!!!.....guess what???.............writing my own Article…..it give me an immense pleasure & satisfaction to write something about what’s going at the back of mind. Really was waiting for such news where I can write something creative and absolutely fresh, apart from the articles which I write daily related to my work & job profile.

Gosh….Finally got the subject to write & share with all you people…at first stance you all are stranger to me. Very few of people I knew who read my Blog on a regular basis. But Who Cares…if I feel jotting down the things and publishing it on my Blog to share with whole online community gives me an satisfaction of that someone out here is appreciating & reading my article….is more than enough for me. Even, someone who is stranger to me right now…..can be my friend at some stage of life!!!....What you say???
Well..well..well…it’s all about for my mental satisfaction……
Now what is the news for which I have been propelling writing an article? So, here comes the news …m goanna join Hexaware Technologies at their Chennai office. Counting now my notice period days at SEOValley, which are very boring to pastime, but I am more excited and willing to start a new face in my career.

Before, I go further jotting down the things; here is some information about Hexaware Technologies.

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Hexaware Technologies Ltd is a Specialist provider of IT and BPO services. Hexaware employ more than 5500 employees across 21 offices located in USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Having development centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Pune and a Near-shore centre in Bad Homburg, Germany. For the year 2005, Hexaware posted $ 153.77 mn in revenue and $20.72 mn in net profits.

The Company believes in creating a Fun@Work atmosphere. This environment enabled Hexaware to be ranked as one of the Best Employers by a DQ-IDC survey. The Survey ranked Hexaware 6th on overall satisfaction and on many parameters like Power of Retention (#2), Job Content (#4), Salary (#8) and Dream Company (#9).

Hexaware services more than 140 global clients, one of every three being a Fortune 500 / Global 500. Attaining Leadership position in focused areas, Hexaware has extensive experience in managing large IT applications in real time as well as in
providing high value services around packaged enterprise applications such as SAP and PeopleSoft, Enterprise Solutions, Product Engineering, Testing Services, Business Intelligence and Business Applications.

We are leaders in Airlines IT, HR-IT and recognized for our services in other key verticals like BFSI and Healthcare.

Our development centers are assessed at SEI CMMI-Level 5, and are also ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT certified. These help us to continually provide high value, high quality deliverables to our clients. We have consistently delivered to client expectations and have established long lasting relationships with them.

Information Source: Hexaware Technologies

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Definitely it’s like a dream come true to get hired by one of the Giant Company in IT Marketing. Soon after my Engineering, I was dreaming to work for some of the top-notch companies in country, which is having its own brand value. As there is a saying in Hindi “Intezar ka fal meetha hota hain” & I was waiting from last 5 years to get this opportunity. Even it is not like this the companies where I had worked for during my 5 year working period were not good. They all are also excelling and having its own value but they are limited to small region, also the infrastructure, employee strength and other facilities are limited to small scale. And I am privileged to work with them, after all when I was not having any experience & worth all these companies gave me the chance to prove my abilities and brought me to this level. I am thankful to all of them for helping me & nurturing me through out during this learning period.

But now it’s the time to step forward and show the capabilities, patience of working with minimum resource, working under extreme pressure which I had learnt all from these companies. It will provide me an edge to work for Hexaware Technologies with more power and progress on the ladder of success.

I hope to deliver my best of the best & meet the expectation which Hexaware Technologies is having from my end.

Wish me good luck!!!

Thanks & Regards

Afzal Khan