Innocent Maestro's views

The State of Odisha has hit with a severe cyclone and   videos of destruction is so chilling and devastating.Odisha has always been cyclone prone state and many cyclone have hit the coastal state like 1999 the Odisha cyclone,2013 Cyclone Helen & Phaillin and Cyclone Hudhud in 2014.The destruction and the damage caused in 1999 cyclone is fresh in hearts and minds of Odia people. Post that the Odisha government has taken some serious steps and ensured that similar damage is not repeated again. In 1999 the Odisha cyclone nearly claimed 10,000 lives of people and huge property loss.Fani which is categorized as extremely severely cyclone had a very minimum human loss which is commendable and appreciable. It’s not easy to deal with the wrath of natural calamity. The preparedness of the Odisha government, Disaster management teams and alertness of Odia people is a template for every state and country which can be easily adopted to tackle the calamity.Evacaution of 12 lakh people is...

There are lot of new age actors  who are getting filmed and very promising.They have chosen very interesting scripts and they dive into the role with so much ease and finesse.Let us look at those promising actors of recent times 1.Nawazuddin Siddiqui :-Ganesh gaitonde,sacred games actor busted off into the scene with Gangs of wasseypur.Previous he was not getting any significant roles to showcase his talent.His long struggle before getting chances in bollywood is not less than fairly tale.His acting is so much to the point not too much more or less.In a very short span he is given bunch of characters which are still remembered such as Faizal khan in Gangs of Wasseypur,Shaikh in Lunch Box,Kick,Bajrangi Bhaijaaan,Raman Raghav,Badlapur,Manjhi-the mountain man.Looking into the varities of roles that he has played it is combination of comedy,suspense,serious and various other zonners.Not to forget he has also acted with big stars and big budget movies and also in small scale film...

2018 for bollywood has been very unbelievable year where Khans films could not create magic and small scale, unusual subjects and content oriented films were the most successful films. Films like Andhadhun,Badhaai Ho,Stree had some unique subject and concepts and interesting picturization. In this year nobody would have expected Rohit Shetty Simmba an out and out typical bollywood masala commercial film would work. What makes Rohit Shetty unique and his brand of films become successful 1. Understanding audiences: -Rohit shetty’s way of storytelling is very unique and he knows what will audience like and dislike. Accordingly scenes are created and there is no film like made for mass audience and class audience. His films a common man can easily understand and it is high on entertainment value. 2. Dialogues :-In all his films be it Golmaal series,Chennai express, Singham   and Simmba the dialogues have been very   powerful and always strike a chord with audience....

Software development has grown at rapid pace.The timelines are squeezed and product lifecycles are trimmed and the need for ready made solutions has come into picture.There are ready made solutions/code available present   for almost every component in internet.It makes the life of developer quite easy as he can access those codes and use it for this purpose.The code is freely available and open without any hurdles.But wait whatever which is free in market is it ok to use? Are there any implications if we use those open code? Is there any risks involved if we use the open code. The answer is no what ever is available in market ,just like that we cannot take it and use it for project purpose.To typically define Open source code means Source code available under terms that allow for modification and redistribution without having to pay the original author. It may have restrictions such as requirements related to attributions, copyright statement preservation, providing a writ...

Indian entertainment industry specifically Hindi channels are flooded with soaps, dance shows,singing shows etc etc.All the shows have actually saturated and made TV viewing boring.There are no shows like Game of thrones,Baywatch etc.Instead all the Indian shows are fully emotional,melodramatic and zero in content.There are very less shows present in Indian TV which   which rise up to the standard of International reckoning.There is same old concept where aspiring singers dancers etc will be in stage and   judges would be judging the shows passing on the judgement.All shows are now a days so boring and repetitive that on weekends you tune into different channels and all will be telecasting singing or dance reality shows.We have different seasons of reality shows coming into the picture.Talking about weekdays oh my god all channels would be telecasting saas-bahu serials with emotional atyachar and camera would be zooming in and out with some really irritating background musi...

Running a startup is not everybody’s cup of tea.As an entrepreneur you need to believe on your idea and foresight on the potential of market.You need to have tons  of  courage and determination to take  some  brave decisions which change the game of  market.There  are 5 startups which I believe are kind of  disruptive innovation and highly successful:- 1.Pepperfry :-Well past 5 to 10 years back nobody would have thought that furniture could be ordered online.Although flipkart and amazon were selling furnitures but I believe there would  be less people who would have bought via flipkart and amazon.Pepperfry’s unique entry into the unorganized has given new option to vendors and customers for their furniture needs.It has lot of offerings in the product portfolio and expects to reach breakeven by 2018-19.Seeing the potential of market similar players like urban ladder,furlenco have also entered into market for getting a pie of market share ...

Every big and renowned actor now a days is owning a production house where they produce their own films or other actor films.Few years back yrf,tips ,T-Series solely where the production houses ; but now a days since the budgets are sky rocketing it has become important to distribute the risk.So now a days many actors collaborate with films and jointly produce in order to delimit the risk.Every big name in tinsel town is having a production house 1.Red Chillies Entertainment :-SRK owned Red chillies entertainment has produced many of the SRK movies post   year 2000.Movies like Om Shanti Om,Happy New year,Chennai express,Raees are some notable mention.Leaving SRK starrer movies Red chillies also co produced with other production houses to produce movies like Student of the year,Kaal etc 2.Aamir Khan productions:- Aamir khan perfectionist of Bollywood who has acted in many of path breaking movies in bollywood.The charishma of actor to go into the character and do complete ...

IPL enters in 11 th season and there are many reasons to get in tuned for this season.As the league is just  2 weeks away.There are many reasons for this year to watch IPL 2018.Listing out few reasons for which cricket lovers will be tuned to see IPL. 1.Return of 2 franchises :-Lot of drama and speculation is expected   as both Chennai Super kings and Rajasthan royals make their entry to the league   after 2 years of ban.Both CSK and Rajsthan royals have been ex champions of the league and have given exciting memories in past few years.It will be great to see Dhoni wearing his yellow jersey and Rajasthan’s nail bitting finishes 2.Media and Sponsorship :-As the nation most loved event enters into 11 th year.The sponsorship and broadcast rights are sky rocketing and over the top.While the   league’s primary sponsor is VIVO the chinese mobile manufacturer for a whopping 2199 crore.The broadcast rights are with Star sports network   with a bid o...

As we all know audiences have rejected big budget movies with big stars,sleazy item numbers and rauchy music but a weak script.Now a days content is the king.Gone are the days when people use to go theatres because of khans and superstars. This week’s release  “Raid” of Ajay Devgnn starrer is purely content based movie .Content plays a pivotal role in today’s success of film . The movie starts directly into the plot with a engaging story line and gripping.The movie from the beginning is able to create lot of suspense and engrave the audiences.Coming to the strong points of the movie 1.The ensemble cast: -Raid starring Ajay Devgn,illena , Saurabh Shukla and amalgamation of various theatre actors fit it to the role superbly. The chemistry between “Baadshaho pair” is very little and its namesake for the movie.Illena role is very small and to be frank enough there was no heroine in the movie.Singham lead actor fits perfectly into the role of perfect government servant ...

Auditing is not everybody’s cup of tea. It’s a job where person has too understand/grab very much in a very short span of time.People say that Auditing is a post mortem activity too an extent it is  right because of how the auditor conducts the audit.A Auditor is one who is like a police inspector trying to solve a case.So let us focus on the traits of Auditor that he/she must possess in order to be successful. 1.Knowledgeable:-Auditor should have understanding of product, service and industry of which he/she is auditing so that he can ask the right questions to auditee. He should not only have understanding of product but also about the standard so that he can start mapping in the audit itself to various clauses and make notes. 2. Attention to detail:-Auditee generally tries to give lengthy and detailed answers for a particular question So a good auditor is one who pays attention to detail and is able to filter out what is required for him. Attention to detail trait will a...

Definition of Done is highly essential for an efficient scrum based development.It actually helps in judging the status(completed/resolved) of work items.The status and completeness of work items can only be judged by Definition of Done.DoD actually helps in making the item potentially shippable.The definition of done is different for function,feature and release.In order to avoid confusion or make it more clear what scrum team/master can do is further breakdown the definition of done for better understanding. Imagine scrum team has a coding task,design task requirement task etc .In that case for each different types of task the DoD can be arrived and can be tracked for the success of sprint. Definition of Done for various lifecycle tasks are listed below which in turn can result in success of feature    Design task ·       Has the design undergone review and whether all review comments are closed or not? ·      Does the design...

Agile software development is not an easy methodology to adopt. There are lot of things which Agile demands and asks for faster execution and more micro level management .So traditional metrics which yields results in traditional software development may not be the best indicator .Agile development I would say more a mindset change rather than a methodological change .So the metrics which would help in defining the health of sprint are:- 1.Burndown chart :-Burndown chart is representation of amount of work completed across time.  It is useful for predicting when all of the work will be completed. It gives a predictability variant and indicates to scrum master about the progress of sprint. Normally work in agile is computed in form of story points 2.Capacity :-This is one of key metrics which needs to be computed in start of sprint and needs to be computed in planning ceremony of sprint.Based on the capacity scrum master and project teams discuss and take up the ...

1.Usage of tool : Whenever team decides to go for Agile .Team  decides and hunts for tool for Agile implementation. To be fair enough agile is more like a methodology, approach rather than tool. Yes there are tools which simplifies Agile implementation but as an Agile team is not mandatory 2.Agile Manifesto:- There are 4 principles present and Agile methodology preaches for successful Agile teams but most of team misunderstand the principles like they do not do documentation, they do not follow any processes and tools. But that is not what Agile preaches .To explain it more in precise way. Agile manifesto says ·          Individuals and Interactions  more than processes and tools ·          Working Software  more than comprehensive documentation ·          Customer Collaboration  more than contract negotiation ·   ...

Estimation is a rough calculation of work that can be done.So traditionally in software industry there were many methods for estimating the work or a activity.The estimation techniques like COCOMO,Function point were mostly used during previous times for estimating tasks.These were all statistically techniques and formulas were used in order to come to a rough value. Then came the  era of Project Management and almost whole industry quickly moved towards WBS estimation. WBS commonly known as Work breakdown structure is a method of breaking down the larger activities to smaller sub-divided executable tasks .WBS estimation based on the smaller tasks a time boxed duration and effort is assigned and then estimates are arrived. Mostly WBS estimation is done in a Microsoft project plan and done by Project Manager. It is recommended that he/she  should discuss with team and come up with probable estimates but hardly there would be very less project managers who follow this. Ultimat...

Before marriage I used to wonder how a husband wife relationship will live for years.They are strangers and mostly opposite minded personalities how can they stay for lifelong and spend their life.It is said that marriages are made in heaven and mine was no less than that.The time from when I saw her I actually started realizing that I also have a romantic side in me .i never in my wildest dreams believed that I would be having romantic side but it all happened It’s very early days in our marriage not even a year to be precise but the way you have understood me,taken care of me,loved me,cryed with me and enjoyed with me is incredible.There are so many memorable moments ,my sweetu has given in this short span that I wonder during my old age I would be confused to judge and recall which is the most wonderful memory.There are tons of happy and memorable moments which you have given for which I will be always happy and thankful to you sweetheart.Moments like when you take the pics...

Kabadi has got its much needed make over with the start of new league. India the home of Kabaddi got its much needed make over and style in form of Pro Kabaddi. Previously kabbadi was played in sand and and open air and for now it is played in closed arena and on mat.Pro kabbadi is in its 5 installment and buzz and hype is amazing among audiences. So what makes this sport and league so special and let me ponder into some of reasons for success of Pro Kabaddi 1.Contact sport :-People always think Kabaddi is a contact sport but to be fair enough .I do not believe it is contact sport. It is a sport where each player should have strength like a wrestler, physique like a boxer and should think like chess player. Notion of kabaddi being a contact sport is held back as kabaddi is  a game of strategies, innovative thinking and some much needed skills.There are some skills like dubki(escape),dash ,block etc which when showcased by players increases the levels of entertainment amon...