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Disorganized… it is costing us

January 18, 2010 by itaurus

As I run this translation services company, from its inception to where we stand now i have noticed our translation services industry is totally disorganized in India. As we grow in our Industry  we see a lot of  individuals claiming themselves a company by designing a good looking website contributing to this perception . Many customers from the west  complaint, saying…”Oh…i thought he was making sense”…”yes, I am going to get it cheap” finally what has happened, the person has switched off his phone, now Lyric can you help us..

I don’t see this isolated incident, I see this happening very often, Customers fail to see the certifications, reference, etc, they says we are running out of time…ultimately the vendor ran out of business…

I also see another peculiar thing happening in our industry, eg.  once individual calling a company in the past 3years have changed his company name 3 times. As they get black listed, they keep changing their names. Our industry works on outsource model, any job that you undertake has to be outsourced, there is a risk for the resource to work, as collecting money from these so called companies will prove to be more expensive. By saying this I also confirm that, I have not seen anyone who has grown from an individual’s stature to an organized company, they should realize there is more money and satisfying work when we get organized and work towards our promises.

A lot of individuals either a journalist or a translator comes to know about the potential in the industry. Its easy to find the potential as you interact with companies like Lyric or Lion bridge you will know the potential one works on, Than investing on the facilities and expertise, these individuals go to get orders, and when the order comes in with money, they are nowhere in the scenario….in some cases the individuals try to do the job, but fail to understand the domain, requirements and its usability, this again puts the customer in trouble.

At least in Lyric, we find it very difficult to cope up with such a situation when a customer narrates his problem like the one mentioned above.

One thing I can tell you guys there is more money in our Industry if we stand by what we promise in our website, the customer is ready to participate in our growth, they know translation is as critical as marketing to their products and services

Good Luck

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Coorg, wayanad and malapuram on Budget

January 5, 2010 by itaurus

Coorg, i was told a lot about this place, friends of mine use to tell me about this hill station. thought will try this december. will write a little about my experience in Coorg, wayanad and Malapuram.

Honestly the roads are bad, not just bad its horrible, if you are driving from mysore, till upto Kusal Nagar the roads are too good, then after..its bad, i think nobody wants to go to Coorg, atleast the guys incharge of roads.. my suggestion is dont go till you hear that the roads are good to travel.

Me, Priya and Arjun went from coimbatore to Mysore and then to Coorg after spending a brief time in Mysore palace, samundi temple, etc we headed to Coorg.  In Coorg we stayed in a Coffee plantation about 9kMs to the capital Madikera, its a lovely thing, if you are going to Coorg, stay in a Coffee Plantation estate, you will get to smell the real life of the coorgis. Kids will love it.

People suggested me to see  some places like the abby falls, raja seat, etc. honestly you dont expect these from a hill station or rather my expectations where different. the best thing that i liked is the “thalai Kaveri”. the heart of South India. i wanted to go here, as i personally have a traveled to a lot of places where kaveri flows and i use to get thrilled with it and here i had a chance to see where it all starts. you have to travel about 40KMs from Madikera, to “thalai Kaveri”. it worth. the roads are not that good. people also travel to “Thadiyandamol” you can do trekking. i have also listed a few places to visit when you go to Coorg. they are Omkareshwara Temple, Abbi Falls, Talakaveri, Bhagamandala,  Dubare Elephant Camp,  Raja Seat, etc

We bought some honey from the market, believe me one of the best i have tasted and all other hill station items like the pepper, coffee, etc.  you stay in Coorg in a coffee plantation for a family will cost you only INR1500/ night, which is a steal..right. good ones.  and the food is as cheap as India would have had in 1970’s. it is that cheap. two days in Coorg, its was too long for me…

We went to Wayanad from Coorg, roads where OK, good places to see including the “tholpetty” wildlife sanctuary, there is one more called the “nagarhole” near kota. we only went to “tholpetty” as we where heading to “maggi” from wayanad.  If you are planning to visit a wild life sanctuary my suggestion is please visit “tholpetty”- wayannad. its a 28KM drive inside the forest in your own vehicle with a forest guard, its adventures. you will never forget. i have been to Bandhipur, masangudi sanctuaries earlier, but tholpetty is truly a thrilling experience.

From there we went to “Kurva Islands” in wayanad. it was late evening when we finished “Kurva Islands” this is not a great place, wish i avoided this and headed to Kannur where we want to stay for the night, we  couldnt reach Kannur, could only make it “thalassery”. we  stayed in a hotel called ” parks residency” a decent two start hotel, and started in the morning to the near by beaches and then to Maggi. Thalassery has the long scenic coastline. you have plenty of beaches on your way to kannur or if you are going to north Kasargoad, your camera will love these places.  we made it to few beaches near Dharmadam, kabad, etc and came back to calicut for that day night.  In calicut, i had two options to consider for stay, one is Asma towers and the other one “the malabar palace”. i decided on Asma towers as it was near the downtown area so we would walk around to see the places. The hotel is worth for INR1700/. a night with a complementary breakfast.

In the morning, we went to the calicut beach  aquarium, it is a “Must Watch” for kids and elders too, where in our lives we can see such varieties of fish. it is breath taking. I have only seen such fish varieties in the text books. We visited Pazhassirajah Museum and an art gallery where the Raja Ravi Verma paintings are displayed very close to Pazhassirajah Museum.

After a couple of hours shopping in calicut, we finished our lunch and started to coimbatore.  i realized that we are travelling for more than 5days when Arjun asked me “to which are we heading now from here?” i said we are going back to heaven….Coimbatore

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Why didnt the mumbai attacks influence the Indian elections?

May 17, 2009 by itaurus

November 2008, people of India said congress over saw the internal security. failed to protect the lives of innocent people and foreigners who are killed in the attack. The Times of India commented on its front page that “Our politicians fiddle as innocents die”. The anger against the political class in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack boiled over with slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s father literally shooing away Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan”. Public furor was further exacerbated with Mr. Achutanandan’s statement in a television interview that “If it had not been Sandeep’s house, not even a dog would have gone there”. This statement was highlighted by the television channel video interview. After this became a major controversy, The chief minister later issued an written apology stating that his remarks were misunderstood.

All this is forgotten, people want the same congress to continue…some say the financial muscle power of congress could have bought the poor Indian votes. For them terrorism is very easy to forget, but to earn food and shelter is the biggest challenge.

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The dynasty is part and parcel of Indian democracy

May 8, 2009 by itaurus

Dynastic politics seems to have been the flavour of the election 2009 with sons, daughters, sons-in-law’s., all fighting.Will this change in our country? or why should it?..may be its their birth right…this is what a poor in our country thinks…

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dont tell my mother….

May 7, 2009 by itaurus

shows what life is really like in a war zone. In each episode, host Diego Buñuel goes on a behind-the-scenes journey through regions with bad reputations, including: Afghanistan, Iran, Colombia, Congo, Gaza, and North Korea.

A show worth watching, which otherwise is not possible through our mainstream media…

do you follow Diego Bunuel….write to me at sasidar.r@gmail.com

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incredible india!!!

May 6, 2009 by itaurus

For all its bureaucracy and violence, India has had a remarkably successful past few decades. The question is how it will cope with an economic downturn?

When the elections are in midway, India’s coalition government will face the judgment of 700m voters. Being mostly poor, they will not be happy. Recent months, moreover, have brought particular hardships: high inflation, a patchy monsoon, a slowing economy and vanishing jobs.

For most poor Indians, terrorism remains a small part of their troubles. To deal with those, our politicians have reissued a lot of unkept promises. Now that the election campaign has began : to bring everyone electricity, piped water, schools and jobs. They will say little about what they have actually done: there hasn’t been much.

At the same time, we should also agree that Mrs Gandhi and her prime minister have presided over the biggest investment-led boom in Indian history. In the past five years the economy has grown at an average annual rate of 8.8%. Services, which contribute more than half of GDP, have grown fastest, above all India’s computer-services companies. Indian manufacturing has also done well.

A world of fewer opportunities

India is now facing harder times. Its stock market has been sliding all year. As global credit has dried up, even Tata Motors has been struggling to lay its hand on capital. Indian economy is slowing rapidly and confidence is fragile. Previously soaring foreign investment in the country is expected to dip. Nobody yet knows how serious the slowdown will be, but in theory a recession in the rich world should hurt India less than other emerging markets: exports amount to only about 22% of India’s GDP, against 37% of China’s.

In recent years India has been creating more jobs than the gloomier scenarios suggested. Between 2000 and 2005 its rate of employment growth doubled, to 2.6% a year. But that is still insufficient, and there are also fears about the quality of jobs being created. To escape throttling labour laws, Indian entrepreneurs tend to keep their operations small: 87% of manufacturing jobs are with companies that employ fewer than ten people. These tend to be both less productive than jobs in bigger companies and less protected by the law.

If India is to sustain a growth rate of 8% or higher, as it aims to do, it will need to manage four potential constraints. The most pressing, its rotten infrastructure and the dreadful quality of its education, are, alas, not new. But the government’s response has long been inadequate, and with India’s burst of high growth these two problems have become more urgent than ever. India’s other big constraints, its cumbersome labour and land laws, should be easier to fix. But there is depressingly little sign that this will happen soon.

India is getting stronger, but its problems are also growing. In the end, the pattern of its progress suggests, it will succeed. But it may be a long and painful grind.

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Sri Lanka seeks military support from India

May 5, 2009 by itaurus

I am sure this attack was not possible without the neighbor’s military help. In 2006 the srilankan govt was seeking military arsenal and support from India and was promising that Indian weapons will not be used against Tamil civilians.

Today, it is evident that it has used the weapons on the innocent civilians after the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme had released satellite evidence stating craters had been created in the No-Fire-Zone.

god save tamils in srilanka.

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Say no to Bangalore and yes to Buffalo

May 5, 2009 by itaurus

US President Barack Obama said ” no to bangalore and yes to buffalo” as he struggles to bring the ailing American economy back on track.

Certainly a bad news for all of us completely focussed on offering offshore services to the US companies. i remember reading the economic time a month ago quoting the BPO industry in Bangalore having 33% grow inspite of recession allover. more companies where ready to take advantage of smaller towns and rural areas and establish businesses in this sector.

This is a bad news for even the entrepreneurs in smaller towns. smaller companies will be much effected by this move, as it is very easy to replace a smaller facility or integrate it or establish in an onshore location.

The infrastructure and telecommunication facilities in India are getting cheaper day by day should only help the industry gain more grounds and move forward and not just depend on the US business.

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