How to attract a girl in India

A woman wants to be touched, felt and teased. She wants to be heard but not judged. She wants to you listen to her but don’t expect you offering solution to her problems. She wants you to pay attention to her – pay attention to details. 

She wants to complement on her looks, her makeup, her dress, her body spray etc. She wants you to make her feel beautiful.  She wants to be valued and cherished. She wants you to say that you are lucky. She wants you to laugh at the silly jokes of her, even though they are not really funny. She wants you to demonstrate trust. She wants to feel secured in your presence. She wants to sleep without any worries when she leans on your shoulder. She wants you to take solace from her. She does not want you to keep any secrets unknown to her. 

She does not want you to talk bad about her parents and family, while she is not governed by the same rule. She wants to exchange little hugs and kisses every now and then. Woman wants your closeness to arouse her sexual feelings towards you whereas you want sex to get closer. She wants you get into arguments, even if it is for fun sake, but she wants to win that by making you accept that she is right. You should not concede for her, but you should be convinced despite being right. She wants you to be interesting. She wants you to make her laugh. She wants your presence to make her happy. She wants you to play pranks with her. 

She wants you to know how to please her on the bed (or on the sofa or under the shower).

From Borrowed Girlfriend  

Borrowed Girlfriend - IT industry based novel

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

I am very happy to share the news about my fourth Kindle book, this time a software industry based novel, Borrowed Girlfriend.

As you may be aware Kindle books can also be read on personal computers and smartphones by installing a small application from link specified here.

Beauty Queen Rosy Senanayake

Rosy Senanayake is not as close to us, the upper middle class Indians,  as Hina Rabbani Khar of Pakistan or Carla Bruni of France. Remarks made at her in Sri Lankan parliament by a Minister in Mahinda Rajapakse’s Government last year has found a place in top 10 sexist moments in politics. Rosy is a former Miss World.

Transport minister Kumara Welgama said he was "choked" by her beauty. "I am so happy to answer a question by a beauty queen," he said. "You are such a charming woman. I cannot explain my feelings here. But if you meet me outside Parliament, I will describe them … My thoughts are running riot … I don't want to reveal [them] to the public."

A different kind of riot from SLFP.

More encounters at the guardian link. What I liked the most was from the Chilean president Sebastián Piñera:

“When a politician says yes, he means maybe, when he says maybe, he means no, and if he says no, he's not a politician. When a lady says no, she means maybe, when she says maybe, she means yes, and if she says yes, she's not a lady."

Beware .. US spy agency is watching you

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

The movie Enemy of the State is about the National Security Agency of the United States. The recent news item indicates that the personal details of people around the world from google, facebook and the likes are accessed by NSA’s spying program PRISM that has direct access to customer personal details. CEOs of Google and Facebook have denied the charge.

The US agencies, any intelligence agency for that matter, is capable of accessing data from the servers lying in that country. There is no wonder if the news is true. In fact it should be shocking only if it is found to be a false allegation. But what makes it interesting is the ruthlessness and efficiency with which US is able to achieve it. On the same notes, countries such as India are struggling with the data collection of its citizen and the ambitious program of adhar card is attempting to bridge the gap.

Perhaps facebook (and therefore the US surveillance agencies) have more personal data of Indian citizens than few government agencies in India. This is perfectly vouched by Barack Obama, ‘ "You can't have a hundred percent security and also then have a hundred percent privacy and zero inconvenience. You know, we're going to have to make some choices as a society.’

Street dog principle in stock selection

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

Street dogs are very astute. They reveal enough facts or behaviours worth many PhDs. If an unfamiliar street dog crosses the border and enters into different territory, resident dogs of that territory furiously bark and chase that poor guy away - back to his street again. Interestingly, these brave soldiers turn submissive if they happen to visit areas outside their border. As a whole, street dogs precisely know their circle of control.

 Majority of the stock investors don’t possess this obvious quality from dogs. Investors should try to assess their strengths in terms of cognizance about a particular industry or companies, and more important they should be able to tell the areas they are not aware of. For example, you might understand the business dynamics of steel industry. But pharmaceutical companies operate under different environment where you cannot deploy same approach. As a whole, we should define an imaginary ‘circle of competence’ and precisely know its boundaries. Under no circumstance, you should dare to cross the periphery of this circle and get bitten strange dogs. If you really need to explore new horizons outside your circle, you should work very hard in acquiring necessary knowledge and courage to expand this border. But for that, I repeat, you should work very hard. 

From 'Behavioural Finance' chapter in the book The Science of Stock Market Investment - Practical Guide to Intelligent Investors

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Imran Khan on Nawaz Sharif

From the biography of Imran, the cricketer turned politician:

Just before the World Cup in October 1987, when I was captaining Pakistan, we played a warm-up match against the West Indies at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Moments before the match, the secretary of the cricket board, Shahid Rafi, informed me that the Chief Minister of Punjab, Nawaz Sharif, was going to captain the team that day. I was taken aback but then assumed that he would have a non-playing role and waned to watch the match from the dressing room. Therefore I was shocked to see him walk out to toss the coin with Viv Richards, the West Indies captain, dressed in his cricket whites; but there was a bigger shock to come. He won the toss, and returned to the dressing-room and started putting on his pads. None of the team could believe what we were seeing; he was going to open the innings where with Mudassar Nazar against the West Indies, one of the greatest fast-bowling attacks in cricket history. Nazar wore batting pads, a thigh pad, chest pad, an arm guard, a helmet and reinforced batting gloves, while Sharif simply had his batting pads, a floppy hat and a smile

For those who are not conversant with cricket history, it is important to know that this was a fast-bowling attack not seen before or since in the cricketing world, such was West Indies' blistering place, with four bowlers bowling above 90 mph. It was the sort of attack that had destroyed the careers of many a talented batsman. International batsmen, professional cricketers would have sleepless nights when they were due to face the West Indies. And here was Nawaz Sharif, who had no experience of playing at this level of cricket, walking out unprotected, to face this deadly attack. Clearly he would not have the reflexes to defend himself if a short ball was aimed at his body, so there was a risk of a serious injury. I quickly enquired if there was an ambulance ready.

As we watched the ball - by a six feet, six inch West Indian fast bowler - hit the wicketkeeper's gloves even before Sharif could lift his bat, the team sighed with relief that it wasn't straight. Mercifully for Sharif, the second ball was straight at the stumps, and before he could move, his stumps lay shattered. For those who don't understand cricket, Sharif was trying the equivalent in academic terms of a child, having just finished primary school, attempting to write a PhD thesis.

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- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

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Bollineni Hillside Problems

Bollineni Hillside is a township proposed in 92 acres in Nookampalayam village, 5 km from Sholinganallur in Chennai. It is promoted by Bollineni Krishnaiah, a politician from Andra Pradesh. In the 92 acres, only 50% is getting constructed now. In this first half, known as phase I, about 1300 houses are planned. This land and building plans are said to have been owned by a famous Tamil film personality, who subsequently should have sold it to Krishnaiah’s company, known as BSCPL.

Back in 2009, BSCPL advertised that the township is situated adjacent to a crystal clear lake. They also promised to build 7-storied clubhouse with tennis court, half Olympic sized swimming pool and many other amenities, which would easily fill 7-8 lines. RO water was also promised.

The owners who bought their dwelling units allege that they are in a fix now. The builder delayed the delivery of flats and villas. In one example, a software engineer booked a flat in October 2009 and the builder promised to deliver it in December 2010. But his key was given to him only in February 2011. The residents allege that every individual has a story to share.  

The residents were hoping that the builder will honor his commitment one day. The clubhouse, which was advertised way back in 2009, had not taken any signs of coming up. The residents claims BSCPL had cheated them, by luring them with some false promise with something in 2009 while it was yet to be approved in 2013. The builder had advertised their ‘clubhouse’ as a prime facility for many months. After sufficient number of houses were sold, they stopped highlighting the clubhouse and continued to advertise ‘join and enjoy the luxury that 500 families already enjoy’.

The builder claims more than 500 residents started occupying their units. On top of failed deliverables and false promises, many of these 500 + residents are in a state of shock due to exorbitant maintenance bill that BSCPL started charging them. There are people who are charged Rs 5,000 as monthly maintenance – akin to paying rent for his own house. One residents has confirmed that his water bill alone is Rs 880 per month. (His canned water expenses are extra because of BSCPL’s cheated him by not building RO water plant)

The builder claims he is buying water in tanker lorries, despite Nookmpalayam area being surrounded by paddy fields and a hill. People allege BSCPL is using the water for its ensuing construction work. Some people have taken the matter to consumer court and one individual is said to have taken criminal case route for cheating. The court is understood to have asked the police to file FIR on the builder.

As a climax, on 20^th April, a person responsible for recharging piped cooking gas at the Facility Management Office of the builder assaulted a resident breaking his nose and left arm. The resident received multiple fractures and recovering from the bone injury. This atrocious activity has angered many home owners at Bollineni Hillside.

To top up the prevailing dissatisfaction level with current customers and negative news floating around, few builders have come up with projects at Perumbakkam – just adjacent to Sholinganallur. Considerable units in Bolllineni Hillside are not sold and what is said to be 'phase II' of this proposed 92 acre township.

Now, you know why we see TV commercials for Bollineni Hillside showing up in Vijay TV for the past few days !!

Prabhakaran's Biography

The biography of Prabhakaran, titled Prabhakaran: The Storyof his struggle for Eelam,  is now available as a kindle book.

It can be read with Kindle device. Otherwise it can also be read on your desktop or laptop by installing free ‘Kindle for PC’ application that can be downloaded from http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download.

For detailed information about how to read kindle books in PC, please refer to this previouspost.

Though the Sri Lankan Tamils began the struggle for their rights in Sinhala dominated Sri Lanka well before Prabhakaran was born, Prabhakaran’s life is inextricably linked with the struggle. This book provides an account of the life of LTTE chief Prabhakaran, who led an armed struggle against the Sri Lankan state to create Eelam, a separate nation for the Sri Lankan Tamils.

The book on Prabhakaran’s biography begins from his childhood days in the aftermath of India’s and Sri Lanka’s independence from Britain. The Sri Lankan Tamils were following Gandhi’s non-violent methods to fight for their rights as citizens of Sri Lanka. Prabhakaran, an ardent fan of Bhagat Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose, felt that non-violence would not work against a Sinhala dominated government and began experimenting with violent acts against the Government to send a message. His initial success became the nucleus for the formation of LTTE, which became the quintessential guerrilla organization fighting the State.

The book details various incidents of Prabhakaran’s life including terror attacks, assassination of politicians, heads of States and militant leaders; India’s role in the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict; Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka; the Eelam wars, negotiations, betrayals and elections; through to his killing in May 2009.

Stammering Cure in India

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

I have no hesitation in admitting that I am a stammerer. Of course, there is a no denying that it is an impediment, embarrassment and a block in freely mixing up with people. It is a like serving a prison sentence for a crime someone did not commit. Very recently it has dawned on me that it is curable and it is gradually getting overcome.

Everyone of us might have come across a person, be it a friend, classmate, colleague, neighbor, known contact or a popular person,  who stammers. Many people think that it is a disease. Some suggest to take medication to get rid of it. If you know anyone who is suffering from this speech impediment, just tell him or her that it no a disease or disorder.

Indian movies always ridicule stammerer, next only to transgender. If you stammer – don’t worry. You are not alone. It is estimated that almost 1 % of the population has this problem. Mostly men have this problem – men account for 80% stammerers.

Here are some famous personalities who stammered.

Actress Marilyn Monroe, British emperor King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill who led UK during second world war, film star Hrithik Roshan, first communist Chief Minister E. M. S. Namboodiripad, US president Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Darwin who presented evolution theory, great English writer Somerset Maugham, scientist Isaac Newton, French emperor Napoleon, Greek philosopher Aristotle

Stammering usually occurs when speech muscles and organs become stiff. This happens when the person becomes tensed and filled with anxiety. You might observe that the same person who stammers would sing flawlessly. Usually stammerer are fast thinkers. Their speech system does not match up their speed in thought process . They think very fast and try to deliver it at the same pace.

Stammering is after all a bad habit strongly programmed in mind. The happy news is, habits can be learnt and unlearnt – with effort and consistent focus and self direction. 

If you are looking for stammering cure, here are some suggestions to overcome stammering

• Talk slowing – reduce the speed
• Do slow reading practice
• Never user techniques to hide your problem (such using alternate words, giving a pause)
• Always say your name while speaking on the phone
• Hum a song or try to drink a glass of water when you are tensed
• Take a deep breath before talking
• Try to listen to your voice while speaking
• Ask your friends and family members to stop you whenever your speed increases or you talk tensed

These are only a few suggestions. Most important is to develop a self direction that you can overcome this problem. You may also join some stammering cure center, where all these therapies are conducted. Please approach The Indian Stammering Association(TISA) for any further information.

A similar post in Tamil at www.tamil.chellamuthu.com

Dhanushkodi Photos

Dhanushkodi was a coastal town in Rameswaram island, hosting a railway station, a pier that ran ferry across to Sri Lanka. Now most of it is under the sea and the rest is only seen as a collection sand dunes, due to the total damage caused by 1964 cyclone.

In 2004 December tsunami, the sea around Dhanushkodi receded about 500 metres from the coastline exposing the submerged part of the township for a while.

Some picture from Dhanushkodi, the tip of India & mid point between mainland India and Sri Lanka..

Campus recruitments in India

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

With more engineering colleges than decent primary schools, India is producing countless engineering graduates primarily aiming at the lucrative IT industry. These guys look forward to their campus recruitment drives to land up with Infosys, Wipro, HCL and the likes - much to the envy of their parents and uncles next door.

What would these uncles and fuming distant relatives do if they learn about IIT campus recruitment (whatever they call it) outcomes in IIT. Of course, they might have heard about big ticket salaries for IIM gards, but for techies ..

Yes, guys are booked from IITs in the mid Rs 20 lakhs range. No need to be hyped about Samsung's annual package of $150,000 (Rs 81.6 lakh) offered to IIT Madras students. The posting is going to be overseas. But offering more than 20 lakhs tells why we have mushrooming IIT coaching centers in every city right from 7th standard.

Parenting is consumed by envy and greed. Not easy being a parent and good person at the same time, like you are either happy or right in marriage.

News about IIT placement

New book 'Warren Buffett - an Investography'

I am very happy to share the news about a new kindle book Warren Buffett - an Investography. It can be read from amazon.com site. It can be read with Kindle device. Otherwise it can can also be read on your desktop or laptop by installing free ‘Kindle for PC’ application that can be downloaded from http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download.

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Writing a new book on Warren Buffett is a challenging things since volume of books are already written. Like sex, reading

Warren Buffett biography

, is never going to bore.

Now product description of the book from amazon site.

Interesting account of world’s most successful investor. The book gives a detailed information on how a boy from Omaha became most revered man amongst investors around the globe. 

Warren Buffett had been the wealthiest man in the world. He has been number two and number three. He accumulated every penny of his fortune from the word go. Not only that. He multiplied in many times and helped whole lot of his shareholders becoming millionaires in that process. He is a standing example that success in stock market is nothing but manifestation of commonsense and high school mathematics. 

Contrary to the popular belief that you should be in Wall Street to operate in financial world, he stayed back in Omaha and inspired average men and women like us that any one of us can beat the market filled with self-styled experts. He mockingly said, “Omaha is as good a spot as any. Here you can see the forest. In New York, it's hard to see beyond the trees”

He focused his time, energy and capital into meaningful investment opportunities. In his own words: “I'd rather have a $10 million business making 15 percent than a $100 million business making 5 percent”

He developed a clear conviction which directed his investment decisions. He kept on remembering the words ‘You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you’ of his mentor Benjamin Graham, and acted upon his ‘Buy when others sell and sell when others buy’ mantra. He said, “You are dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; its like a great big casino, and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be okay.” Buffett strongly recommends to turn a blind eye to all stock recommendation from brokers. If asked why, he would say: “Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.”

When the markets peaked he had the mental strength to hold his nerves by saying, “I feel like an oversexed guy on a desert Island. I (didn’t) find anything to buy”. When everyone shied away from equity investment he jumped in declaring, “I feel like an oversexed guy in a harem. This is the time to start investing”

Though he kept on saying that a fat wallet is the enemy of superior investment results and his past achievements could not be replicated in the future, he kept on beating his own estimates and continues to add wealth to Berkshire shareholders.

Perhaps no other practicing capitalist has done so much towards investor education and improvement of corporate accountability as Warren Buffett. On top of that, he has pledged to give away his hard earned money back to the society through philanthropy, instead of passing on the estate to his heirs. 

Buffett said, “The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.”

This book chronicles his transformation from a little known boy to world famous investor, both in terms of wealth and wisdom. Should benefit common public and investors alike in helping themselves.

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- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

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Foreword for 'The Science of Stock Market Investment'

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

Mr.Nagappan is an eminent speaker cum writer when it comes to stock market investment.  His profile goes like : “Stock Broker, Investment Doktor, Writer, Author, Columnist, Director, Madras Stock Exchange Ltd and Chairman, MSE Institute of Capital Markets; Vice President-STOWA, Chairman - Expert Committee on Capital Markets, Hindustan Chamber. . . .”

I have known Mr.Nagappan for quite some time now and he gave me the opportunity to present a guest lecture in the regular Investor Awareness Program conducted at Madras Stock Exchange. Despite his tight schedule, he agreed to read the book ‘The Science of Stock Market Investment - Practical Guide to Intelligent Investors’ and write a foreword. My sincere thanks to the director of MSE.

Now over to him..

15-Nov-2012:

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
― E.F. Schumacher, British Economist & Statistician.

Fascinating world of Stock Market is normally considered as exciting but, a complex animal. CK is more qualified to write this book than any other “Intelligent Expert”, as he always has the knack of looking at things from a learner’s perspective, than from a top down approach.

Chellamuthu Kuppusamy - somebody who blogs on investments: this is how I know about him in the beginning/earlier days. But when I started reading some of them, I got glued on to it. Not even in my dreams I thought he is from IT Industry. Only when I invited him for the monthly meeting/Talk at the Madras Stock Exchange, I learnt about it. I was surprised when I read out his profile to the audience while introducing him and wondered what made a technology geek to take interest in stock markets. But, he kept the audience spell bound throughout the session.

My disbelief is not without reason. IT in boom in India is leaving a huge disposable surplus at the hands of the younger generation; it is extremely important that they should know how to save prudently and invest wisely for their own betterment and for the betterment of the future India. But, talk to young people from the IT Industry – most of them below the age of thirty five - on investment planning or financial planning and you will realise that they immediately go to sleep mode. Still worse is, when you start talking to them on stock markets – they go to a total switch-off mode. I won’t blame them while the reason being that not many books are available on this subject, which talks in their language.

After reading “The Science of Stock Market Investing”, I sincerely believe that CK must have realised it and decided to write this book on stock market investing, from the learners’ perspective.

Leonardo da Vinci said “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” This book is written in an easy to understand format, with numerous illustrated examples in current context, plenty of helpful hints and useful tips you will find along the way, which is bound to make the learning process more fun.

The best thing about this book is that it is one of the rare/few books written in the Indian context, with Indian audience & Indian markets in mind. Practical and more recent examples from Indian markets are used to explain the pitfalls while investing. The handholding is done by fictional characters like Mr Money & Mr Market.

Apart from the customary learning of the basics of fundamental analysis and technical analysis, including EPS, PE Ratio, Face Value & Book Value, etc., the concepts and techniques explained in this book, using sports and science as learning tools, are captivating. It tells you what you can learn from Rahul Dravid and his style of batting. It also tells you what you can learn about stock market investing from Newton and his laws! Have you ever thought that you can learn about stock markets from a scientist and a cricketer?

Timing of the book is great! The book is more relevant today, since the launch of second phase of reforms by Government of India. Following the latest set of reforms & policy initiatives, FIIs faith in Indian markets have gone up and have started pouring in money into Indian stocks. It is pertinent that our younger generation should also actively participate in this wealth creation, by learning the ropes of stock market investing.

In the long run, Stock markets are the best way to earn the extra bucks, beating the high inflation. With no job guarantee and social security, it is essential that the gen-y starts saving & invest it wisely in investments which will fetch them better returns.

On personal front, for a person like me who has co-authored 6 books on personal finance & investments and written hundreds of articles on this subject, reading this book was a pleasure and in fact, a relearning process on many counts.

The books are normally written for day traders, jobbers, brokers, analysts, et al, with an overload of information, which can be overwhelming for a discerning learner. In contrast, this book is written by a passionate learner cum expert, with both the learner and expert in mind.

Arming yourself with this information can help you take decisions that will build a strong foundation for your peaceful future/financial freedom. Endless possibilities are open due to technological advancement; You can now trade online, sitting at comfort of your home. Roll up your sleeves, get ready to dive in and get started.

Cheers!

Kovalam - Beautiful beach

- Chellamuthu Kuppusamy

When you hear the name ‘Kovalam’ you would only imagine the beach on the Arabian Sea in Kerala. There is a Kovalam on the eastern coast as well. It is a beautiful coastal village almost 40 km south of Chennai.

Wikipedia says that the place was developed by the Nawab of Carnatic, Saadat Ali. It was taken over by the French in 1746, and destroyed by the British in 1752.

                                                                                                                   

This is not an erotic beach filled with white skinned women on their bikinis basking under hot sun – yet an exotic one.

Some pictures taken at Kovalam beach this evening… (time stamp in GMT)