Shopping Experience at WalMart (ALP)

This weekend we were running out of inventory in our house. So my friend (Bala) and me thought to replenish the stocks from Walmart. Quickly we grabbed a car and off we went to WalMart.

Really WalMart is a cool place to buy groceries and food items. You would get everything there. Anyone would love to buy things at WalMart.

But does WalMart really gives items at a cheaper price than other retailer? ALP - their slogan "Always low Price" Do we really get items at low price? I was with this mindset the moment I entered WalMart.

I suspiciously noticed one strategy by WalMart. They seems to have all the items on the shelves. There seems to be a price tag stuck on the shelf which is of too less value (1$ to 5$) but the items that have been stored in that shelf is way above (9$ to 15$).

So I somehow get the feeling that WalMart is adopting a Marketing Strategy to attract customers by their low prices (prices on the shelf). But the actual price is there in the bar code of the item being picked up by the customer which may be of more value than the price stuck on the shelf. And, mostly the customers buy a whole lot of things at WalMart with the ALP mindset and they endup in a big list that they hardly check while leaving the counter and pay the bill.

Now I am not sure if any of you guys have noticed this. If so, please comment upon your experience.

-Suresh Gangadharan

LokParitran - Is it Lok Parivartan???

There's a buzz among student community especially college guyz and gals. Also the busy software engineers find their time, chatting about the political proceedings of one national political party in their leisure coffee time. Ya I am talking about the recent craze of youth
"LOK PARITRAN".

From my view point this party is really a good initiative from the students community. In a country where parties are born just like that for no reason, LokParitran seems to be a party with a noble cause. I hardly believe that India is ruled by a party which is full of intellectuals, because doesnt look like all the partymen in a ruling party is an intellect. Taking into consideration of this point, LokParitran has the fire in itself wherein all the partymen are intellectuals and scholars.

There are instances in the past where India has been ruled by ppl who are not educated I mean ppl who have not even passed upto high school level education. They have ruled India with their political party and I donno whether they have made any difference to India as such. But comparing India of past and now I see some improvement in her. I am not against any party as such.

But I wonder if ppl who were uneducated could make such a big difference to India, then think of a party like LoKParitran wherein all the partymen are intellectuals ruling for 5 years and the amount of difference that they would make(ofcourse in a positive sense)!!!

My point is why dont we give them a chance to rule this democratic nation. Anyway we dont care about who is in their at the centre but the country needs to develop and for that we need someone who is really intellectual ruling and also his party members. So lets give LokParitran a chance after all their party name means "Lok - World , Pari - Relieve, Tran - stress or pain".

Also India is such a condition because intellectuals dont come forward to politics. Neither they care about voting since they always feel that they dont have a choice among parties to chose the right one. For those who boycotted or who didnt exercise their voting rights for the above resaon here is a party which is bound to be a good choice with full of intellectualls who when elected could be the architects of developed nation.

Is Lok Paritran a stepping stone for India becoming a super power in 2020??? Only time is going to let us know about that....

For now to me LokParitran has the fire in it. A good intiative and a opening. I personally feel that Lok Paritran could make the difference of creating a developed India. Yes indeed, Lok paritran is going to make a Lok Parivartan!!!

- Suresh Gangadharan

What I know about Suresh

He and myself joined on the same day in a Indian MNC. That was 15th Sep 2003. I dont remember exactly on which day we spoke. We were put into training and both of us shared a lot of our technical expertiese whatever we knew at that time.

He is a nice guy to hang around with. Dedication and commitment are 2 of the words' meanings I learnt from him. He is more of a jolly guy all the time and stands up straight and gets ready when there is call for duty.

He is a great slogger in his work and takes up all critical works in his project. I wish him all the best in Dallas.

And by the way, if you are wondering who is this, I am Sriram one of those honoured persons in the list good friends of Suresh. Visit me at http://lifeistoenjoy.blogspot.com

Life at US - A comparison with Indian Life

Really calm and silent life in US. Here ppl tend to be very quiet and silent. I hardly seen my neighbour living next to my house. Such is the life here at US.

There is a sense of urgency in ppl wherever u see. They seem to be living in their own life and just being a part of social life. Strange for ppl like me who had lived right from my childhood. Everything looks strange to me.

But there is a strong lesson that everyone has to learn from US citizens. The tendency of ppl here to live their life in their own way not caring about anybody. PPl here live for themselves whereas ppl in India live in a society and they are cautious about the society in whatever they do, ofcourse I meant ppl who are considered as respected individuals.

Amercians do their work themselves they don't depend on others which is not the case with we indians. Really we depend on others be it our loved ones or strangers. It all started from our childhood when our mom used to do all the things for us. We were dependent on our mom at childhood stage and then for the rest of our life on our beloved ones.

So there is a lesson to be learnt from US culture. We should try to appreciate the differences between US and Indian culture. Some of the above mentioned points are really good ones in US culture and we should be in a position to appreciate and imbibe it to our culture.

Comments welcome on this topic...