A portal for cinema tickets, onsite-offshore polambals, Thanksgiving Hols
I am really pissed off that there is not a decent portal which sells cinema tickets online in India.
Now people, don’t give me that ‘Oh sathyam sells tickets online’ refrain.
I know Sathyam, Mayajaal and INOX sell tickets online (with their lousy websites).
What I am referring here is the yatra.com or makemytrip.com equivalent for movie tickets.
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I was talking to one of my managers about the pains involved in running onsite-offshore model and he had a very candid comment to make.
“Prabu, If the Indian developer supports US operations by working in US timings, he is getting killed in due course. If the US business person sits late in the night to discuss project issues with the developer folks in India, he is getting killed too.
The alternative is to hire a coordinator who will be in US and works in India and US timings and surprise surprise he gets burnt out and quits soon.
Idhu dhaan niyadhi..”
I could not help but agree.
I am yet to find someone who is entirely happy with the onsite-offshore model but yet millions work on this.
It cooliedom vazhga! (includes me)
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I am writing this even as I am on the road to Phoenix, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas for
thanksgiving vacation. I may not know the history or the background of Thanksgiving fully but 4 days off from work, politics, mails, India dev center calls - I am not complaining.
Thanks to thanksgiving!!
Folks anyone who knows any other interesting and less comercial places to visit near grand canyon and vegas, do drop a line 
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Offshore Models - PIA for most part for employees. I hate working like this. I am glad I am in a project with no onsite co-ordination . But the truth is ….and the way things are moving….there won’t be a chance in IT..without Offshore interactions ( both ways)…unless ( I ) people change their lines totally!!
November 22nd, 2007 at 3:57 pm
PK-enna unga phone-um voice msg poguthu..weekend call panna porreebgala ?
Return varum podhu enga veetuku varavum !!
November 24th, 2007 at 12:38 am
go to bryce canyon via zion national park!
you can make it there and back from Vegas in a day.. absolutely breathtaking.
sundar.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
narayanan sir,
I agree for the most part.
prabhu,
thalai, unga call enakku reach agalai. anyways me called after seeing this comment.
naan nallavan nu othukonga
sundar sir,
thanks for the suggestion. en friend kitte sonnen.. avan,’Dei, 4 naal la amerca vaye parkanum na nadakaadhu da’ nu sollitaan
maybe some other time..
November 27th, 2007 at 6:36 am
“4 naal la amerca vaye parkanum na nadakaadhu da”… LOL.. true!!
January 9th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Well in fact there is a website to book online tickets now - > www.bookmyshow.com
I am sure there are some theatres in chennai also included in the list, INOX for sure
happy booking…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:16 am
saran,
i checked out. when i select chennai, the tamil movies listed are:
evano oruvan
billa
i think this is a good start. but they have to scale well .