Now that’s Funny!

Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, “Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job.”

Mujibar said, “I am ready.”

The manager said, “Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green.”

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, “Mister Manager, I am ready.”

The manager said, “Go ahead.”

Mujibar said, “The telephone goes green, green, green, and I pink it up and say, ‘Yellow, this is Mujibar.'”

Mujibar now works as a technician at a call center for computer problems. No doubt you have spoken with him.

Joking aside, the whole outsourcing to India has been the brunt of many jokes, especially in the area of call centers.

The question I have is, why try to mimic someone else? why not be proud of who you are and say, “This is Thenali Raman, you have reached XYZ Customer Service in Bangalore, India, How may I help you?”.

Then if they make fun of you, at least it’s not because of trying to put on an act, at least then you can defend yourself better. I feel some of these call centers need to rethink their strategies, focus more on training Indian call center workers to be better at their job, rather than put all that effort into trying to sound and be like an American, a British, or whoever they are serving!

Moment of Zen

Nowhere!
Not in the sky,
Nor in the midst of the sea,
Nor deep in the mountains,
Can you hide from your own mischief.

Nowhere!
Not in the sky,
Nor in the midst of the ocean,
Nor deep in the mountains,
Can you hide from your own death.
– Buddha

Asha for Education – Support a Child

This is the first program to be added to the Good Karma section.

This program makes it possible for an individual to sponsor the cost of education or total living expense for one underprivileged child in India. The aim is to support this child financially till he completes college or vocational education and is able to support himself. You can become a sponsor for a child in India for as little as $10 a month.

Currently this program is being run by several Asha chapters. This program is solely meant for individual donors to be directly connected to a child at an Asha supported project. Asha for Education is not involved with any adoption process through this program.

For more information on how to support a child, visit the Asha for Education site.

You can track the progress of the donations and children being supported here.

Ajay is a six year old from UP, India. He is from a family of seven, who is supported by an annual income of Rs. 8000 ($180).

What started out as a donation to support the education of one child, now supports 7 children for $5 per child per month. Here are the children currently supported:

Km. Chinta Madan Rajbhar Class 1
Neha Ganesh Rajbhar Class 1
Sunita Algu Rajbhar Class 1
Ritik RajKumar Keshari Class 2
Harendra Mohan Sahani Class 2
Nitu Chhiteshwar Rajbhar Class 3
Ajay Ramakant Rajbhar Class 4

4 Things

Four jobs that I’ve had

• tutor
• computer lab assistant
• software engineer
• graphics & web designer

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Good Karma

Inspired by “Sponsoring Charity” section in Thame’s blog, erraticwisdom, I am adding a Good Karma section to the blog.

Starting today, all ad and affiliates revenue from the blog, will go towards charity programs listed in the Good Karma section. I believe in an interactive form of charity, where you can see where your contributions are going, how it is used, and track the impact of your contributions. The section will be transparent; you can view the status of Good Karma in this post.

If you are interested in sponsoring or advertising on Karmadude.com, get in touch with us through the advertising section.

If you have come across a charity program, which you think needs to be on here, add a comment with details. The charity program will be reviewed, and upon approval, it will be added to the Good Karma section.

Donations 2009

Karmadude – $360
Feb $150 | Jul $210

Donations 2008

Karmadude – $450
Jan $50 | Feb $50 | Mar $50 | Apr $50 | May $50 | Jun $50 |
Jul $50 | Aug $50 | Sep $50

Donations 2007

Karmadude – $480
Jan $40 | Feb $40 | Mar $40 | Apr $40 | May $40 | Jun $40
Jul $40 | Aug $40 | Sep $40 | Oct $40 | Nov $40| Dec $40

Donations 2006

Karmadude – $203
Jan $12 | Feb $12 | Mar $15 | Apr $15 | May $15 | Jun $17
Jul $17 | Aug $20 | Sep $20 | Oct $20 | Nov $20 | Dec $20

Charity Programs

This program makes it possible for an individual to sponsor the cost of education or total living expense for one underprivileged child in India. The aim is to support this child financially till he completes college or vocational education and is able to support himself.
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Worth a 1000 words

Alaska – A Glacier
by KarmaDude

Did you know

That the word sugar comes from the Sanskrit word sarkara pebble.

The process for creating sugar by pressing out the sugarcane juice, and then boiling it to crystals, was developed in India around 500 BC. It was knows as, “the reed which gave honey without bees�. This crude form of sugar was called “gur� (sweet tasting)

While most of Europe was still using honey as the sweetener, it was the Arabs who introduced sugar to Europe in the middle ages, and later Columbus introduced it to the New World. It was in the 1700’s that a German scientist developed the alternative to use sugar beets, instead of sugar cane.

Here are a couple of resources for more information about sugar: Canadian sugar institute, Sugar coated truth.

Ecological Footprint

I came across this interesting stat today�if the whole world had a consumption rate equivalent to that of the US, then we would need four Earths to sustain that kind of consumption. That makes the future look very bleak, maybe not for us, but for our future generations. With population growth, and economies like India and China on the rise, there is no end in sight to our level of consumption.

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Moment of Zen

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
– Napoleon Bonaparte

Akarna Dhanura Asana

Akarna Dhanura Asana – The Shooting-bow Pose

Give it a try