To Sharan, with love.

Sharan, tomorrow you are going to be 2 months young. This is my last resort to speak with you. I want you to read it when you learn to. All my past attempts have been in vain. Either you are busy with breakfast, lunch or dinner or you are smiling in your dreams, and I do not feel like waking up the little angel in his cradle.

As time progresses you will realize that you are born to the most charming and loving parents you could have bargained for (though they promise me today that what ever you wear or carry will be bought specifically for you, but the experience of being the second child makes me believe in inheritance), you have grandparents who will pamper beyond the definitions of pampering.

And you will also realize that you have an insane-uncle who cannot make out the difference between magenta and mauve for nuts, but yet wants to describe the world to you with his limited writing skills. If you have read this far you might have also realized I did write to discard my worldly wisdom to you. Here you go!

As you start wearing clothes bigger than baby size and start to think for yourself, you would want to do a whole bunch of things which may not be taken very well by your parents and their parents. You can bank on me; I will always support you in each and every endeavor as long as you are willing to ache, bruise and toil and accept the consequences like a man. This will make your self a man of not bookish knowledge, but first-hand-experience because sound judgment comes from experience good or bad. I will work with you to make your every dream a reality.

Welcome to this world where your dreams and aspirations should become your religion!

PS: When you are reading this if your name is not Sharan, the men of the family lost the battle in naming you. It would have been an experience nonetheless.

Da Vinci Code -- Movie Review

“Ron Howard was making another movie!” That was good enough to get me excited. Master pieces like Apollo13, Ransom and a Beautiful mind made by this genius. And this time it was an adaptation of Dan Brown’s controversial novel “The Da Vinci Code” made it the most electrifying movie to watch this monsoon.

The 2 hour 29 minute Action/Adventure/Thriller though with a brilliant star cast lead by Tom-Hanks (of Cast Away and Forrest Gump fame) and Audrey Tautou (of Emilie fame) give an ordinary performance.

Akiva Goldsman, the script writer for the movie tries to cram every single detail of the novel in the movie; making it a long wait to the finish and difficult to comprehend for the viewer esp for ones who has not read the book. Thus proving the popular belief that the screenplays for adaptations if written by the author (like Mario Puzo for GodFather, the movie), keep the true essence of the novel alive.

The Dolby/Digital effect would have been an added attraction if the music was catchy and appealing. The sale of the music as ring-tones for mobile phones does not seem to do any good for Sony, the production house.

The cinematography and the direction give the feeling that the movie is based on fiction rather than a true story. The biggest letdown is the deviation of the ending in the movie from the gripping novel. The suspense and the drama created by book surpass the one created in the movie. Thus also proving that reading a book is any day better than any movie or stage adaptation.

Just another editorial

“A generation awakens”. It now seems like Deja-Vu; as if the movie makers had an intuition of what was to follow – an united India. To keep up the “level playing field” that all companies and visionaries dreamt of, Indians are standing united as ONE agaist the tyrannical and overbearing policies to be passed in the parliament.

This unity is the essence of any great nation and any great organization. Infosys, today has reached the No.1 status only because of the unanimous and undivided belief in the value based system inculcated by Narayan Murthy.

The same unity of vision along with a new hue of consciousness, one based on love is what is driving “Team Anukruti” to present you this newsletter. This edition commemorates and celebrates the spirit of unity.

Also, please give us your valuable comments to make this newsletter a more memorable and enriching experience for you as a reader.

Thank you and Happy Reading!

Team Anukruti