Introduction

[Guest guest]

A while ago, Mani Varadarajan had requested me to send my intro

out to the group, but given schedules I'm only now getting around

to it.

 

Here it is.

 

vaadinEn vaadi varundhin En manatthaal

perunNdhu yAr (u)dumbaiyil piRanNdhu,

I was born in Madras, went to Don Bosco Egmore, the highlight

of an otherwise tough childhood was playing Manuel Aaron(Then

India's No. 1 chess player) to a draw at age 12, moved onto

Don Bosco Bombay and the SIES college,

koodinEn koodi yeLa yavarthamm Odu

ava tharum kalaviyE karudhi,

joined the Merchant Marines at age 18, than came to the US at

25, hacked my way into software, wrote X/Motif/C++ code and

architected a couple of high-profile projects at Salomon Bros,

OdinEn Odi yuyvadhO poruLaal

vONe venum perumpadhanN therindhu,

built a computer consulting company with offices in Chennai &

Chestnut Ridge, NY, packed up and moved with family to California,

raised money for an internet start-up, did the exec program at

Stanford's GSB, rode the bubble down and than in an EIR'ish role

nNaadinEn nNaadi nNaaNn kaNdu koNdEn

naaraayaNa avennum nNaamam.

helped a small venture fund founded by a Prof of CS at Stanford,

and am currently working on a business plan, living in Los Altos

with my wife and two daughters.

 

English Translation of Periya Tiruvaimozhi 1.1

By Srirama Bharati

 

I wilted; wilting despaired in my heart,

born in the pain of a dark womb.

I mingled; mingling with lurid young dames

seeking the sex they did give me.

I ran; and running by grace of Good Lord

probed into the nature of mind

I sought; and seeking found for myself

Narayana the good name.

 

Thanks

Srinivasan Sriram