Why Auditors shd be Independent?

I have Studied in CA Exam Auditing Paper that Auditors shd not be Financially Dependent on Client, that is they should not have borrowed any money from the Client.  They should not be Indebted to the Client. 

This is a Real Qualification to be an Auditor.  bcos once u get money u feel Infereior to the person who gave u the money, bcos u have to show him Gratification.

Real Life Situation!

6 years back -

Myself and My Junior, a young boy from Kumbakonam, went to Audit to a Pvt Ltd. Co.  Usually, I dont get reimbursement from the Client. bcos my Father told we are not paying any money to the Principal as Guru Dhakshina, Instead we are getting some learnings from them, So, I shall pay u the Conveyance Money for which u shall stand indebted to me. No need to ask Clients.  I shall give u the conveyance, whenever u want.  So, I had never raised any reimbursement from My clients and Principal. 

But this Junior, started pricking me to ask for reimbursement, as he is away from his Family.

  He said, Idont have money in hand, I shall produce the tickets. get me the Money.  So, For his Sake, I went and stood before the Finance Manager of the Client Company and asked for the Money.

  Having not asked for myself in all the years of my Articleship, I felt delicate but still in order to help this Kumbakonam boy, I had to ask. 

I got the money and suddenly I felt inferior to the Finance Manager, My body language changed, I folded my hands before him and stood before him as If I am indebted to him and I started asking persmission from him - like can i leave the office?  When I analysed the Situation, I cud clearly see the Logic behind the Rule that Auditor should not be Dependent on the Client.  It is so True.

A lie about my Birthdate

I, hereby, confess to the Public that tho i was born on 15.10.1981, My parents have recorded the date as 15.5.1981 in Govt. Records,  Even when I came to know about this False Date, I had continued to keep up the false date in the Records.  I wud like to declare Publicly that My Official Birth date shd be 15.10.1981

Is there any way to change my Birthdate in Govt and Official Records?

My Conscience is Pricking me! Itching and Paining severely!

My Colleague told me, I am also sailing in the Same boat, U ask any Advocate!

Any Advocate who wud answer my question?

I dont want the extension in Official Service which I wud get by registering this New Birth date.  That is the only Punishment that I wud like to go thru for having maintained the false birthdate.

Help! Please!

Living by Principles - Not an Easy Job

A Flashback.

5 years back, I am sitting in T G Suresh Sir, Income Tax Class,
Myself and my Neighbour start chatting to cut the time off till Sir Comes,  My Neighbour, a Male, I dont remember his name, was fat,

 He said " U know one thing, I dont lie"

Bang -  I answered "Even cows dont lie, whats the big matter in it."

 He stared at me.  And out of fear and Understanding " I said, Sorry yaar, But I just studied this line from Swami Vivekananda Book,  U shd live by principles, and that is not a Matter to be Boasted off",  thats why I said so.  He became silent.

Now,  I purchased some Silver Articles, the Shop Keepers who were Young boys asked me " Do u want Bill, Why pay VAT, U can go by Auto by avoiding the VAT" 

I felt really Bad, bcos - bcos of that thought only I had bought some Silver Articles without VAT,  I Felt like a Villain to myself.  I had chosen to be a Villain in that Situation.  But,  I have a Chance to correct myself, Here is my Chance, I said, "OH, Please Bill it with VAT,  and Now I felt relieved and Good"

    I thought to myself, -  " Remember myself telling whats great in not lieing, Here was the situation, where Being Truthful costs me Rs.152/- but What I really lose is Character.

  Swami Vivekananda says - " Character is built by thousands of Stumbles"  But the catch is Thousand.  Not more than that.  So, Better, Dont Stumble in any Situation.  But, when u Stumble, remember his quote and be resilient.  Stand up by your Principles.

 You Earn Your Self Respect.  Self Respect gives u Confidence.  Confidence gives u Good Responses to any type of Situation. 

My Teacher M P Vijaykumar uses this often - "Get ur Fundas Right"  -  Ya, The Funda in Life is Dont Be a Villain in any Situation.

  Strive to be a Hero and u ll find that u start feeling easy as Time Goes.  Ya, there will be situations where U might find urself as a Harry Potter surrounded by Evil Magicians, but the practice of being a Hero in the situations that were given to u in the past, will help u and will allow u to be a Hero. 

Goodness is Important.  Loyalty is Important.  Values are Important.  We Keep on facing Situations.  The Choice is in our Hands.  God Power is there for u, within u, always.

Source of Inspiration: Swami Vivekananda, The Master!

Khoga Pandit - Nana Patekar

This is just a Flash Back in my Life.

5 years ago, I am in the CA Institute, Nungambakka, Chennai,  GMCS Class, sitting in a Class room with 50 CAs.   Our GMCS class was conducted by "Speak to Achieve", Mr. Nedumaran, was the Chief Mentor. 

Mr. Nedumaran, just putforth a question in the class " Which Actor do u like? and for what?"  I remember people answering "Kamal Hassan" .

 For me, Kamal is a born actor, If some body says I dont like Kamal hassan, there is certainly something wrong with him, For the dedication, dedication, dedication ,he shows to acting, If u tell u dont like kamal hassan, it is to be seriously dealthwith by a Doctor to u, bcos Kamal knows how to sink into a Character, he lives as a Character. 

When I was 11 or 12,  when we were living in Indian Airlines Colony, "we" means the entire Airlines Family watched his Movie "Sathya" in the Community Hall.  I jus cant forget that Happy Moment.  It was So secured.   In a Cinema theatre, anything can happen, but when u watch movie, with known ppl, it makes u feel so happy.  No need to be worried about Rogues.

I answered, "Rajinikanth"

 - "Why do u like? " the second question, I answered "Style and Confidence"

 That is the good thing he has, Style will come to u, only when u r fully confident, u can  manage to be stylish by acting, but that will not last long.  The Mask will be pierced by Situation.

 "Nari Chaayam veluthu pochu, Dum Dum Dum" Pls watch, Moondram Pirai, - to know this Nari Chaaayam veluthu pochu" Song.

Coming to "Nana Patekar" 

Mr. Nedumaran, again asks - "Any other Actors"  I said "Nana Patekar"

" Why?"  -  I answered - "Fastest Dialogue Delivery"

I just recounted in my Mind,rather heart, what made me tell this,  10 or 12 years ago, I watched a Hindi Movie, I dont even remember its Name, I had to search in Google by saying its story to Google, and Google gave me the answer "KHOGA PANDIT"

Khoga Pandit --- Nana Patekar was the Khoga Pandit.

It is about a Man belonging to Sudra Community, who gets mesmerized by the Vedic Chants that is being learnt in a Brahmin's House.  Everyday, like Ekalaiva, he being a Coconut tree Climber, he sits in the Palm Tree, and listens to these Chants, being chanted and the meaning of it being discussed among the children.  U ll be knowing that Vedas are not written, they are orally taught, they are passed from One generation to another, Karna Parambarai, Karna Means Ears, Parambarai means the Heirloom. 

This Khoga listens rather sinks in the Vedic Chants and the Veda Matha Saraswathi comes to him.  He is Absorbed by the Vedic Chants, but is afraid that being a Soodra, by Caste, Vedas should not be delivered by his mouth.  The Surprise is He himself does not allow him to chant,  Self Imposed Rule, He thinks, Tho I know Vedas, Let me not bring blasphemy by boasting it.  Its a blessing.  Let me continue to do what I have been forced to do my current situations, that is Tree Climbing.

mmmmm... now is the story  -  Khoga knows Vedas,  Why has God Given him this blessing.  That is the story.

 The Brahmin Pandit;s daughter is in love with some other boy and I think she gets pregnant or something of that sort, and the news that the daughter has done a Mistake, that is loving some other boy of some other caste, the Brahmin tortures her and punishes her.  Then, comes Nana Patekar's Turn,  - 

Nana recites Vedas - that too, with Full Spirit, With Full Eagerness to help the  young lady, With Fear that he is a Soodra who is normally not allowed to chant, With Trembles (Udharal), with the Motive to say that His daughter is not to be punished, but to be saved.

  The Bhava, that is The Emotion which Nana Portrays with his trembling body, with his Trembling but clear and Fast Dialogue Delivery,

-  Oh! I just Cant forget!  Me, being a 15 or 16 yrs old girl, by that time, Tho I cudnt understand the Hindi Dialogues he delivered at that time, was Mesmerized by the way he portrayed the Character i.e Khoga Pandit bfore me. 

Man, Nana Patekar is a Tremendous Actor, -  Who makes u feel the AAKROSH that is hidden in every man. The AAKROSH -  The AAVESAM, The THUDIPPU, 

He portrays what Subramanya Bharathi says - 

BHADHAGAM SEIVORAI KANDAL, NEE BAYAM KOLLAL AAGADHU PAAPPA,
MODHI MIDHITHU VIDU PAAPA, AVAR MUGATHIL UMIZHNDHU VIDU PAAPPA,

u DONT KNOW tamil,  then this is for u

Oh Little Kid,

IF u see any person doing some Detrimental Acts, Dont be Afraid,
Just Strike and Stamp the person down, Just SPIT ON HIS FACE,

SO FORCEFUL, ISNT IT?

THAT IS NANA PATEKAR - FOR U,

 HE HAS ACTED IN MANY MOVIES, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE "OH, SUCH A MENTAL CASE" BCOS OF HIS STEREO TYPE CHARACTERS in Kranti Veer and another Marati Movie, that is Madhav or something - It came in Tamil, "Evano Oruvan" or something, where he gets angry for not getting the 2 Rs. Change.

BUT HE SHOWED AND PROVED "HE IS A VERSATILE ACTOR"
 IN "TAXI NO. 9211"

He knows how to portray a REAL ANGRY YOUNG MAN.
RATHER MIDDLE AGED, MIDDLE CLASS MAN


Evergreen Director Bharathiraja likes him the most, A Trendsetter knows to appreciate an Other Trend Setter.

Kudos to NANA, we like u man!

CASTEISM

 I am a Non Brahmin.  My caste name is Agamudaya Mudaliyar.  If u ask, about this caste, I ll not know how to explain.  I know the name, thats it.  We are allowed to eat Non veg food.  But I am a Vegeterian from Eightth Standard.  Got Inspired by the sentence "Why are u burying Dead Bodies in ur Stomach"
Cateism, I shall now tell u, how casteism had made some scratches in my heart. 
But now, there are no scratches, bcos I have learnt to respect their beliefs.

First, Go to their house, ask for a glass of water, U should not sip the glass, u should hold the glass little far from ur mouth and pour it in ur mouth.  After u keep the glass down, they will spill some water on it, and clean the place where u kept it.

Then, u talk with Brahmin friends, out of curiousity and excitement, u too talk like them.  Some times, u make fun of them for their language.  But, for me I literally copied the way, they spoke, bcos how they talked was really decent and nice for me.  So, I wud talk like a Brahmin, using their Jargon, like ukkum, kaarthale, then many words, I dont remember them now. 

Why?

 Bcos, I was just asked,

 enquired,

 questioned

 "Are u a Brahmin?" 

So many times,

 So many places,

So many persons,

 So many Situations,

  ARE u a Brahmin?

Neenga Nammalavala? 

Neenga Iyera or Iyengara?.

  I would be fair and tall.
  and my language, as theirs, 

so Everytime, I should tell them.  No, I am a Non Brahmin. 

They feel sad and bad that I am a Non Brahmin. 

and I wud also feel some what bad for that.  But, what can I do, Its by Birth, u cannot become a Brahmin by ur choice.  U need a Bharathiyar, to Initiate u  as a Brahmin.


oh! Neenga Nammalava nnu Nennachen, I wud feel inside, "Oh, now they dont like us, like they dont feel that we are one of them" 

I just decided that I should never talk like a Brahmin.  Started talking the language used at home and like other Non Brahmin friends wud talk.  Slowly the question stopped. 

Brahmins have so many functions, so many festivals, so many rituals, I like them.  But for us, no rules,  pray to god, pray to god, thats all.  I like Brahmins, and wud like to take birth in my next visit to this world as a Brahmin. 

Attending Marriages

I have barely and rarely attended Marriages,

I still remember the first marriage in which I got some excitement, It was My latha Akka Marriage, she was clad in Silk Saree, with lot of ornaments, she looked her best, with Big Eyes, I love Big Eyes, Beautiful, As if I am seeing Chelli Amman Eyes, They took us to Chelli Amman Temple, Offered Prayers after the Marriage was over. I like her eyes, some call it Muttai Kannu, but I like large and lengthy eyes, Bcos eyes talk.  She wanted to listen to one song from  the movie Agni Natchathiram - "Ninnukori Varnam "  That is  my Favourite Song Till now and will be forever.

Then I have attended My peripa;s Sons Marriages, He had Six sons, he will come with sweets and Invitation, If he comes to our house, it means he is getting his son married. Otherwise, he wont come at all.  I have cried there in the Marriage hall, nobody scolded me for crying, I wud cry like a Mental case, something wud force me to cry, Particularly, my Appa and Peripa were not in Good terms, they are brothers, thats it.  My father told me that, they dont respect him or consider him as their relative.  The thought of my father being ignored will occupy my mind and I will start crying.  Rarely, In one of the marriages, I felt happy, and I stood in all the photos taken by them, tho I dint know any one of them.  For me Mingling with people is easy, I am an Ice Breaker.  I volunteer more often.  Thats my strength and weakness. 

Then, apart from that, one Muslim Neighbour's Marriage.

Then, in my friend's list, I have attended only two marriages.  One was Hemadurga,her marriage was good not very grand, I love her wedding photo kept in the hall of her House.  At the time of her marriage, I had cleared CA Inter.  I still remember, Saravana Prasad Sir, warning us in the class, "Till u finish CA, dont attend any social functions, ONLY STUDIES" I strictly followed. Hema was an exception bcos she has been my Best Friend.  So, I had to, that too hers was a Love cum Arranged Marriage.

Then, Nalini - hers was a Simple Marriage.  Hers was a Intercaste but Arranged Marriage.

Then, Pavithra, My GMCS friend Marriage, Hers was a Grand Marriage.  Nice One, So Much People, Really So much People.  When I went on the stage to greet her, she said - "Enakku Onnum Theriyadhu, Kalyanamnu solli Nikka vechitaanga" So lucky she is, No Need to worry of being not getting married, Actually It is a Blessing.  In thamizh, they call it "Amaingidhu" that is It happend on its own.  It is a Blessing.

Then, Shri Bharathi, GMCS Friend, Hers was a typical Iyer Kalyanam, I relished the food, so nice it was, with sweets, I love Avial and Paruppu Usili, they prepare.

Then, Our Office colleagues, Sampath Sir Daughter, Good Food, Good Kacheri, RAjendran Sir Daughter, Getti thayiru, and Lots of Rituals, Jain Marriage, then Rajeswari Madam Daughter,-
Good Food, Then, R L Narayanan Sirs Daughter, Lalitha, Lalitha, was sitting like a Child in the Chair.  She had Innocence.  No Laughing, No crying. A Simple Smile.  Banu's Brother in Law Marriage - Muslim one, attended with Dhivya.

One kalyanam I relished was the Marriage of Gods, In Nanganallur,  Sri Narsimhar and Navaneetha Krishnan Temple is there, there they perform Perumal Kalyanam, It was just nice.  So Good.  The rituals, I just enjoyed it,  The Bride Goddess and BRide Groom, played Poo Pandhu, that is Flower Ball, then they exchanged garlands.  It was like a Kondattam.  What they say for Kondattam?  I still try to rewind it in my mind, as to what all I saw there.  Seer Thattu, Paattu, DAnce. mmmmmm so nice.

I dint attend Marriages in my Teen Age,  I had to prove myself in Life, Like, one or the other, there was some fight going in our family.  Relative's Marriage, so many Marriages I have not gone.

I attended my elder Sister Sumathi Kalyanam but left it on half day itself, saying I have school.  I had to study.  After Finishing CA, only I had the guts, Dhairiyam, to attend Marriages,  Till that time, I felt uneasy and insecured to attend Marriages.

Attending Good Marriages are Blessings.  My Blessings has been countable only.  I love the Rituals that are done in Marriages.  Particularly, Hindu Marriages,  I wud remember, the Song "Ragasiyamai Ragasiyamai punnagaithal, enna porulo" From Dum Dum Dum movie, where, Jyothika and Madhavan, get married in all types of Indian Culture that is, Muslims, Christians, Bengalis, Tamil, So nicely picturised.

World is a Stage, We are Actors

Once, I saw in TV, Director Gautham Vasudev Menon, talking about his Movie, Vinnai Thandi Varuvayaa?, Movie, He told that he would just let act Trisha And Simbu as it is, that is,candid, he will explain the situation to them, make them stand near to each other, and just Throw the Dialogues on them.  That is No screen play will be given to them in advance, so that, they can by heart it. It is direct acting, no rehearsals, they have to react to their Dialogues then and there, The Actors told that given the situation, they too did what they could do,.

Likewise, in our life also, u can notice that, God writes the dialogues and is throwing the dialogues on us, we catch the dialogue, which best suits the given situation.  This, I have noticed in my life, Like when I want to give an Impressive answer, I just pray to God and within a second or minute, I get the exact dialogue, that i should recite there. 

One Example, My father worked for Indian Airlines, So we were given Quarters, it was called I A Colony, It was a extended family of all the employees working In Indian Airlines, A closed Surrounding, I just Miss it a Lot.  My childhood was spent there only.  A silent and Secured Place.  I am coming to the Point.  There the Pilot, Air hostess, Flight Assistant, Supervisor, Traffic Assistant, Ground Support Dept staff i,e. my FAther, he worked as a Senior Push Back operator, everybody lived in the given quarters.

In that quarters, one day, One Airhostess named Reshmi, asked me like "Would u join Indian Airlines Limited" , I just wanted to give her the correct answer, and so just prayed God, immediately the answer came in my Tongue, "Dheedi, If God Wishes" and she was so impressed, and just shouted, "What an answer"  "Good one" she said. 

I have seen many of my friends giving out such dialogues, Apt Answers, very apt to the Situation.  God is a Great Dialogue writer.

Bcos of my Constant visiting of God men, and reading books of Spirituality, I have learnt that If u just keep on Chanting God's Name, u can realise that Within U, A Silence Exists, Yes, A Silence, Though, u may be surrouned by Pandemonium, every body shouting around u, u can realise that A Calmness, A Silence is there within u.  I assure, everyone of us, would have realised it, atleast once in our Life time.  That Silence will make us understand that we r mere spectators, and we are watching the situations in our life, when the dialogues appear in our mind, we react aptly with the dialogue.

It is said, that whatever Jesus Christ spoke is still in the Air,  It is True, Hundred percent Truth.  We are just catching the dialgoues that we want to tell from the Air and delivering it.  But we can realise this only after certain Amount of Mind Training, The training could be in this birth or in the Previous Birth. I say Previous Birth, bcos u might see some friends will say, I know this without any Training, means the Training has been given already, now it is just delivery.

Similarly, In Hindu Mythology, It is said that Vedas, are there in the Air, Rishi means the person who is able to See the Thought. that is, he is able to hear the Truth and recite it as a Sentence, Mantra.

World is a Stage, We all are Actors.  30/10/2011 11.37 pm