Balaji Ramakrishnan

Tech companies like Oracle, Amazon, Google, Microsoft keep laying off its employees. These guys have worked hard to get into these companies. These fellows are very pissed off with US or foreign companies. They have the capability to do research and create products. Premier institutes like IITs, IIITs and NITs should use their skills to their advantage by recruiting them and use them to build our IT muscle including vlsi, AI, etc.

Hemanatha Bhagavathar arrogantly invites everyone to challenge him in singing in Madurai. The king, a Pandiyan, invites him to his court as a good geasture from a lover of arts. Hemanatha Bhagavathar performs in his court and challenges the ruler to stage a performance with an artist who sings better than him. It was a matter of prestige for Pandiya naadu. The ruler accepts the challenge and asks all his ministers to bring a better performer than Hemanatha Bhagavathar. Not finding anyone, his ministers said they could only find Paanapatharar, who while no match to Hemanatha Bhagavathar he was their best bet. King orders Paanapatharar to come and compete with Hemanatha Bhagavathar. The king also asks Paanapatharar to give his best and the prestige of Paandiya naadu lies with him. Paanapatharar was no match to Hemanatha Bhagavathar. He know that himself. He didn't know what to do and cursed his fate. He decides that only Shiva can help him in this situation. He sings "Isai thami...