Marvellous Marriage Melody

Hi Readers,

I am saddened and fed up of the crass, demoralizing and degrading jokes and one liners about Marriage and the life after. It's high time we stop them. It's one of those things which everybody likes to laugh about as if it is a hilarious subject to joke around, without any base or truth in it.

Image. Image building. Perspective about Marriage. Presumptions about the married life. All these are being created and impacted by the negativity and the cruel vilification of the concept of Marriage, consciously by those who could not make their Marriage a success or unconsciously by those who just want to be a stand up comedian and get acceptance among the bunch of guys from the office and in society by quoting a few jokes about how can one get going ruining one's life by getting married. Is it necessary to do so?!

On the other side, the couples who are leading a happy and content life after marriage, will never come out and give speeches of their success stories in the public. They are not meant to do so. But the disgruntled ones will never stop spreading the venom. Even when there is nothing to gain in doing so.

The most popular and unfortunately the most cherished thought about Marriage is that it is such a event in a person's life which introduces complexities, stress, unhappiness, boundedness and compromises in both, day to day life and one's dreams and gives a few happy moments in return. The more saddening fact is that people believe in it without any doubt in mind about its validity. It's because it is very simple to put a stamp on a thing, as difficult and not worthy, which demands commitment and compromise in life.

One need to understand that when one has to walk the path of Marriage and hopes to get the best deal out of it then why to propagate and participate in such negative image building. Yes, true, life changes dimensions after Marriage, nobody will deny! Yes, there are compromises to be made, nobody will deny! But then just like anything else there are cycles of happiness and other things! Invest your best in your thoughts and get the same in action. You will reap what you shall sow!

On raising the topic of marriage in a discussion, all one gets in return is, negative and derogatory comments and observations from all corners. What is the reason? It is because, even though we were born and brought up in a society which marks Marriage as a mandatory and important event, it is mired and submerged in malpractices like the practice of dowry and casteism or the emotional separation of the bride from one's parents and home or the indifferent and under treatment of the bride or the immaturity on the spouse's part, where one allows pre-marriage love relationships to interfere in the marriage.

There has been an observation made. Nowadays, Marriage is attached with the additional and sudden burden of the establishment of resources like, house, vehicle, adequate movable and immovable property and other expectations from both the quarters of the bride and the groom alike. Why target marriage as the final point of growth in one's life? Why burden marriage with financial and material goals which can be accomplished in a phased and planned manner way before or after marriage? Why not view marriage as an enabler of the couple's advancement as a joint force, rather than attaching pounding expectations to it?

Whoever thinks that Marriage is a conversion process of making a person mature, is partially  incorrect. Marriage is for the mature. As two persons coming together for a duration of one's lifetime requires an unimaginable amount of planning, understanding and maturity on one's part.

Today, there are so many cooked up stories about Marriage and many a recipes for a successful one. The person yet to be married is in a delusion of a sort where one thinks that one is equipped with all the knowledge one may require to lead a happy married life. One forgets the fact that just as every person is different, there are as many different ways to make it a enjoyable journey.

You want to know the secret for a happy and successful marriage. Open the doors of mind. Look out. Unconditional Love, understanding, tuning one's ego to a healthy level and caring and pampering the spouse is one of the few things to start with. Invest in marriage with your commitment and of course one need to compromise for the greater good one will be bestowed upon.

Pyaar Ka Panchanaama

Hi Readers,

"Pyaar ka Panchanama" is a sentence in the Hindi Language, which means Postmortem of Love. As in the process of postmortem, a dead body is investigated for the cause of the death, similarly, the intention of this article therefore, is to capture the causes of the death of Love i.e a horrible ending to a love story.

Also to make this article more specific, let me categorize and then point out the specific branch of Love. There are three broad categories of Love:

1. Love for the Elders:
The best example of this type of Love, is the love for your Parents, Grandparents, Aunties and Uncles. It can also be felt for an elder or a senior citizen. Also, love, respect and dedication towards one's Mentor also comes under this category.

2. Love for the Coeval:
This is love for the persons of nearly the same age, give or take, 5 year elder or younger. This type of love falls into 2 sub-types:
   a. Love for the reason of friendship:
      This can be best portrayed between friends and colleagues you like to work      with.
   b. Love for the reason of companionship:
      This is between two persons who share the intention of sharing their life together.

3. Love for the Younger:
The best example of this type of Love, is the love for your child, your nephew and niece. The same can be felt for the person of an age relatively lesser than yours and who either seek your protection and guidance or look upon yourself as an elder.

Before I begin my elaborations, I would like to mention a few universal laws of Love:

1. Law of Conservation of Love (Applicable to all the categories):
According to this Law, Love can neither be created nor be destroyed. It is present in all the places and at all times. It can only be focused from one person to another.
Usage: This is useful to understand the importance and significance of love in one's life irrespective of the number of people involved.

2. Law of Love singularity (applicable to only 2.b category):
At a given moment of time, a person can focus the majority of the Love only for one single other person. There may be incidence of multiple focus points but one can only focus the Love to a single other person whose intensity will be greater than all the others. In this situation, the person can be said to be in Love with that other person ONLY.
Usage: This law is used to resolve the issues of multiple love interests in one's life leading to chaos and conflicts and decision making.

3. Law of Love Quantum (Applicable to all the categories):
The quantity of Love and the ability of Loving others by oneself is directly proportionate to the amount of Love desired by one, in addition to the the amount of Love ever focused on the same person by others and was received consciously by the same.
Usage: This law is used to judge the behaviour of a person with regards to the person's compassion levels and needs of the person.


Main Article:

Please note that this article is on the Love of the type 2.b. I would like to begin with the quote:

"Maybe … giving someone all your love 

is never an assurance that they will

love you back. Don't expect love in

return; just wait for it to grow in

their heart; but, if it doesn't, be

content that it grew in yours."

This quote brings the most soothing of feelings for those, who faced many a situations where either they could not convey their love to the other person or the persons involved were not in congruence for the continuance of the relationship, the reason for which can be infinite. We are not going to focus on the reasons not for the continuance of the love!

I hope you have gone through the laws mentioned above.

When we are in love with a person, that moment we are focusing the majority of the love energy upon him/her (Law I). We invest time, attention, devotion, care and money for the same person in the same proportion. We try our best to improve, innovate and project the best of ourselves in the process. We change tracks as well as tune our day to day life to accommodate more time with the loved one.

Alas, many a times the relationship breaks, shatters or diffuses. The reason can be infinite and scale from insignificant incompatibility traits to significant factors which could have caused huge problems in the future for the parties involved. The persons involved develop sadness and gloom. They wail and scream. They are shocked at this abrupt shattering of the dreams and the future, woven with the threads of companionship with the loved one. They blame the other person and back-talk, try to hurt, whom they loved. Sometimes they resort to the weapon of jealousy and imitation of false pretentious feelings and create discomfort for the other.

Now, if we read the lovely quotation mentioned above, it dissolves and washes away all the stains and blemishes resulted from the breakage of the relationship. During the shock stage of the event, it is natural to be swayed with the erupted emotions. At the same time we shudder in sadness at the loss of the all the investment of time, attention, devotion, care, money and love. But Behold, the Love by its nature is indestructible and imperishable. If you disassociate the Love from the person upon whom earlier it was focused and nurture it in your heart, this Love will enable you to Love another person with better mindset, equipped with more reasoning and stability boosters. Love never dies. We just diminish its effect in our heart and focus on the feelings of anger, betrayal and sadness. If we diminish it to a critical extent, it convolves with suspicion and mistrust in future relations.

The best way out of a broken relationship is a 3 step process:
1. Work towards the disassociation of the Love energy with the person in question. And then focus and distribute the same to other aspects of your day to day life.
2. Conserve the positive and constructive values resulted from the relationship which includes the learning about inner self and your strengths and weaknesses which came to light during the relationship.
3. Just as one, who suffers from stage-fright, gains confidence after speaking in front of a crowd, in the same way this Lovely relationship, though broken now, if handled properly will enable you to establish future relationships with more maturity and confidence.

I wish you all the very best.

The Night Sky

Hi Readers,

Since how many days you have not seen the night sky in complete darkness? Have you observed the stars and the constellations they are in? Have you pointed at one of them and wondered that how mesmerizing they look, and pondered upon the thought that this planet is nothing but a tiny speck comparable to a dust particle here. Then think what are we?

Recently I had visited the Birla Planetarium. When I reached there, I was not as excited as the group of children surrounding us. Also I had once, in my childhood visited one such place. We took our places and the doors were closed. There was complete darkness. And then the projector started and there it was. The Night Sky glittering with stars on the dome of the planetarium. Of course one could not make out that it was not the real one. There was a involuntary sigh from the mouth of all the children there. Ohhhwoooow. I too joined them. They were thrilled and so was I.

Till that time I did not know that the serene scene of the night sky will bring my mind to the ecstatic levels. My mind became calm and thoughtless. I stared at the dome which, now, was pitch black with the tiny stars spread across it.

Then the tears started to flow. I realized something so huge that my mind was overwhelmed by that. The tears found their way to the inner curve of the ear lobes and started to get collected in them as the seats were inclined to at least 150 degrees. The great thought which came to my mind was that: as compared to the Universe, I, a human being on this planet, sitting here right now, just will not fit any scale. We being so minuscule in the Universe, carry so much of worries and stress on our shoulders. We think of the future and worry about it. We think as if we the most important of all and the centre of all the things.

It has been a long while to have watched the night sky without the interference of the artificial light sources around you! Opportunities do come though. Whenever a major blackout occurs, we can still witness the awesome view of the starry night sky. Best, when the Moon is not in the view. But alas this situation does not occur as there is always a power cut in localized area in the city and the towns. Light sources even at a distance of few kilometers robs the view of its awesomeness and serenity. Most of the stars lose their sheen and twinkle in such conditions and therefore are not visible. Also the pollution levels of cities and nowadays, towns combined with natural conditions such as clouds, dusty winds and rain hinders the view.

Lucky are those who can still just look above at night and find the stars twinkling in their eyes.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,

How I wonder what you are?

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky!

Dowry Quotes

Hi Readers!

Owning the "War On Dowry" campaign, I have created a few quotes for it:

DOWRY = Death Of Wedding Responsible You

If you are Man

Enough for Her,

Stop right there,

Say No to D.O.W.R.Y!

You know right, Bro?

"First Impression is the last Impression"

Then Don't make D.O.W.R.Y one!! ok!

Disobey your Parents,

When it comes to Dowry and

Be an example of a Good Son!




Always thought of social work?
Why not start at home?
Stop Dowry, for your own!
Live a happily married life after!




Don't choose to be a Criminal,
Of Murder of a girl cold blooded and brutal.
Stopping DOWRY is the key,
Neither ask nor give,
Set her free.




Going to Marry,
Set an example.
Been Married,
Create examples.
Mother India needs you.
This is least you can do.
Neither ask nor give Dowry.
Her Daughters will be,
Proud of you!

DOWRY = Death Of Wedding Responsible You

Hi Readers,

We are living in times, where we are staying in the midst of social criminals! Unity in diversity! The crimes are such which are not only sponsored but also promoted by criminals and greedy minds in the name of tradition. A person, once a victim burns in violation of his dignity and sets out for the revenge. One such crime committed is the malpractice of Dowry in India.

India, a country which boasts of its colourful tradition and culture, is mired with heinous and malicious social practices which amount to destruction of human lives, particularly females. The practice of Dowry amounts to:

• Female foeticide,
• Domestic violence and
• Merciless physical torture and cold blooded murder of newly wed brides, every day.

Shocking, right? But, did not we know this from a long time as it was taught to all of us in schools and shown in the Mass media? So, we ask, why a child who grows old to be a fine Man or Woman, keeps mum and becomes an accomplice to the crime of Dowry at the time of its own Marriage and of its relatives, friends and acquaintances? Does the child observes a contradiction in the content of texts and the social acts in his surroundings and therefore is confused. Absolutely not - no it cannot be! The practice of demanding a sum of money, property and favours as a prerequisite for the final acceptance of a Marriage proposal by the Groom's family must not look like a natural and well matured tradition, one will cherish and boast about! Does the concept of Marriage sounds like a endowment plan for the greedy and criminal minds? I fear not so!

Dowry started as a traditional practice of exchanging gifts and baubles as a mark of the formation of a new bond between two families. Then slowly, it was twisted and distorted to fulfil the ever increasing greed of the families. The balance turned against the Bride's family as after Marriage, the bride is supposed to stay with the Groom's family and therefore the quantity and importance of Dowry was skewed against them. Malicious reasoning were developed and embedded in the minds of the Society members. From then on, Dowry developed as Social Malpractice and a Poison for the Female generation.

So, you must be thinking, aah, this happens only to the uneducated and the folks at remote villages where people still believe in such stuff. I am very sorry, but the facts show a complete reversal in reality. The most horrendous and monstrous acts of bride's torture leading to murder and cases of domestic violence are registered against the folks who have the highest of degrees and the widest of education. The education imparted has failed to evoke an iota of human values and the courage to go against the malpractice of Dowry. Dowry is now one of the most widespread crime which dictates the atrocities on woman in particular.

Dowry in most parts of India is still discussed as a subject of boast and pride by the Groom's family (disgusting!) and at the same time as a subject of worry and fear by the Bride's family. I have been a part of many a conversations where I have heard the men of this generation, the generation which boasts of technological advancements and High education, discussing the the matter of Dowry with a laugh and were thrilled and enjoyed the prospects of getting various degrees of wealth from the alliances in discussion. I was horrified! I was in disgust! I was shocked! I almost choked! Is this the same India which plans to be a Super-power in 2020. I do not think so with this ideology and mindset.

When a beautiful and cute little baby is born, and then, it is revealed to the parents and the extended family that it is a princess, a goddess, who is born to them, the malpractices like Dowry existing in the society, they are in, turns this boon to a bane. Its a shame on such a society!

There are about 3000 marriages taking place every day in India and it increases to 15000 in the peak seasons depending upon the availability of resources and auspicious days all round the year. In India, the scale of celebration on the days of the Marriage takes higher priority than the Marriage itself. More emphasis is given on the festivities of the event than the event itself. I have visited many a Marriages, where I have seldom found the families involved including the bride and groom to be content, at ease and enjoying themselves. There is chaos, pomp and show everywhere. Snobby folks are heard complaining of the so called shortcomings in the arrangements. I have always felt that the Marriage as a event has been disarrayed and disfigured beyond the scope of enjoyment and as a event of fun and frolic. As the Marriage is projected as a show of pomp and stature of families involved which at most of the times is out of place and capacity, any matter related to it, such as Dowry, takes a bow in front of other things and the Bride's family has to budge.

One must wonder, if Dowry is such an awful practice then why do not the hot-shots and the people with minds in the right place, speaking up against it! Let me tell you why!! Its really simple. Lets suppose, a crime is committed. Now in the crime one's family members are involved, maybe one's own brother, a cousin, their parents. Do you think, one will be able to say anything in this matter now. One will keep quite and rather develop an ideology to feel comfortable after witnessing this crime. The event of Marriage happens in every family, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, blue collar or white collar folks. It is omnipresent. In this crime one's own are involved making it a very emotional and personal instance where one chooses to remain silent rather that uttering a single word in protest. Also Greed is Good, as Gekko Gordon has said. Who does not like money. Show me one! So the problem is very difficult to erase due to a full support from the Society members to let this crime continue with its fangs stretched out and sharp enough to continue killing more female foetus and brides in the future.

Taking Dowry as an example, I fear for the future of India and her daughters!

Say No To Dowry, Say it now!

Ekalavya Learned from a Distance!

Hi Readers!

I recall, one of the stories in the Epic of Mahabharata where a boy named Eklavya, a young prince of the Nishadha tribes, was mesmerized by the sight of the Pandava Brothers learning the skill of Archery. He felt a strong urge to learn and master the same. Alas his status and the situation could not allow him to be a part of the elite. What did he do? Eklavya learned from a Distance!

In this world, where humans are ranked and judged on the basis of a number of factors and basis, the most visible is the the educational credentials of a person. Be it a job, their social position, the proposal of Marriage, the question a Five year old child is asked about the education of its parents during the school entrance interview, or the prejudice of mental agility and knowledge one has, Education Credentials controls them all.

Each and every human being is not the same. They are not the same because of the follwing factors:

• The era one was born, 
• the family in which one grew up,
• the number of siblings one had,
• the kind of social surroundings one had, 
• the number and kind of friends one made,
• the opportunities of education and development of Skills one received.

Ones attitude towards life and conscience develops mostly from the above factors. (OFF Topic)

As everyone is different, there has to be equally numbered ways for doing things for obtaining the same results.

Distance education was started with the intention of catering to the demands of a wide class of aspirants of education who cannot be physically present for the same.

From the begining of the post independence Indian culture, the attitude towards the distance courses has pretty much changed. 

Biking Log_22_MAY_2011

>> Start of log event <<

Hi Fellow Bikers,

Had an awesome Biking session today, yuhoooooo!!! Did something which I never dreamt of doing so soon!!

Today's accomplishments:

a. Broke the Track Lap record, 6 Km in 9 minutes and 40 seconds!!

b. Broke Overall 3 Lap record, 18 Km in 29 minutes and 47 seconds!!! (9:40, 10:02, 10:05)

Biking Objective: Speed Training.

Equipment: BSA SLR Photon Ex Single Speed Bicycle, a set of wrist guards, a set of elbow guards, a biking helmet, a pair of biking shoes.
Precondition: Above normal air pressure in the front and rear tyre air tube.
Time Line: 0720 IST.
Time Elapsed: 60 minutes approximately.

Weather condition:
   Humidity: Hot and Dry.
   Wind: Gusty.
   Temperature: 31 deg C
Road condition: Dry tar road.

Biker's experience:  None.

>> End of log event <<

The Pain Of Love

Hi Readers,

How r u? My friend Nobita is not fine!

He is inconsolable. He is in great pain! He is complaining of a pinching pain in the left side of his chest! I am worried for him. He is not telling me, how and why it is happening? He is requesting me to leave him alone for sometime. I do not want to, but I do leave him to his thoughts for sometime.

Next Morning:

I asked him, as he came out of his room, "Hey Nobita, what happened to you last night? You were not your usual self?"
He said, "Have you been in love?". I answered in negation. He then said that I cannot understand then.

Nobita had been in love!! Nobita was now heat-broken. His heart shattered of all the hopes of the future. The same future which he had woven in his mind with the loved one, he loved so much. The comforting feelings had now become the uncomfortable pain in his heart. His conscious confused. He has been questioning God, the almighty, why me? Why it was happening to him? Is there no love in his life? Is this the end of all the good things in life.

From the past few days when ever he sees a happy couple, he turns his face away in disgust. This heart-break has uprooted all the faith in love and life. I cannot see Nobita like this, so I confronted him. I asked him to talk to me in detail. Nobita then broke like a dam full of water!

I loved her! Yes I did. I did not expect this to happen. I expected too much. Shah!! It is true that love is blind. Mine was too. I thought that this is the end of the search of my soul-mate. I have been eluded by love for good till now but then I saw a glint of light a few months ago. I felt the warmth and comfort in her eyes. I heard the voice I wanted to hear all my life. I smelled the excitement in my brain whenever I used to be with her.

She was all I wanted as somebody to be my soul-mate. I could listen, her talk for eternity. I could do whatever needed to be done to be with her on her side. Her presence made me nervous for a second or two but from then on it gave the moment a special spark. My smile came out with more shyness when she was there. My eyelids fluttered like the butterfly when she was in front of my eyes.

She was a Goddess. She was plain and simple. She had the most beautiful smile in the whole world. The world smiled along with her. It shined bright when she was out in the sun and it was breezy when she walked lightly, her hair tangling and untangling in the wind. Her stare could disarm an army. Her poise and posture exuded confidence. Her aura touched all those around her. Her eyes big and bright, set all the things right. Her eyes calmed the seething mind. Her expressions expressed positivity and spread vibrations of liveliness all around.

But she loved someone else. And this is one of the darkest side of love. Love, by virtue of its enormous emotive power happens with one at a time. Love is one to one. Therefore I was to be moved behind the lines of Love Land where I had no rights. I was to be discarded to let me burn in pain and agony for the innocent crime of trespassing in the Love Land. I was an outcast. I have now to bear the brunt of the laws of Love Land.

Ah, the pain of Love!

Bhadrachalam

Introduction:

Located 312 kms from Hyderabad.
Bhadrachalam Temple is the main attraction.
Situated on the banks of the river Godavari.
Gopanna (1630 A. D.) known as Bhadrachala Ramadasu, composed innumerable number of songs in Telugu in praise of Rama.


Travel:

Railway:
If you want to go to Bhadrachalam from Hyderabad by train, you have Machilipatnam/Manuguru express(Train No:17050/12752) at Secunderabad Station every day at 10:45 PM.
You should buy a ticket upto Kothagudem (Bhadrachalam Road). The train reaches Kothagudem at 04:45AM. From there you can take a bus to Bhadrachalam.
There are lots of buses from just outside Kothagudem station. Bus fare is around Rs 20. You can reach Bhadrachalam Town in 50 minutes.
While returning you can take Train No:0340(Link Secunderabad Express) from Kothagudem. It departs from there at 10:15 PM.

Road:
There are a number of APSRTC busses which ply to the place. The tourism department buses also ply to Bhadrachalam. It will take you non-stop with a break at the Guest House on the Highway near Narketpally. It will be a 7 hours journey from Hyderabad to Bhadrachalam. Suppose if you start from Hyderabad at 10 PM, you will reach by 5 AM the next day.

By road from Hyderabad follow this route: Hyderabad – Suryapet – Khammam – Kothagudem– Palvancha(This Is Beautiful Town In Khammam District, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station-KTPS Located in Palvancha Town.) - Bhadrachalam.



Accommodation:

For the Accommodation you have lot of Devastanam Cottages and Private Cottages. Devastanam cottages are available from Rs 80/- to Rs1200/-. Its some thing difficult to get accommodation on weekends. You can also utilize locker facilities.
SitaNilayam is one of the better cottage. In this you will get rooms from Rs 200/- to 600/- and it is also near to temple and Godavari.



Sight-Seeing:

Visiting places in and around Bhadrachalam are:
Papikondalu Hills (60 km) - a steam boat ride on River Godavari enjoying views of the River and setting sun. Available as a package of one day including 5 to 7 hours of boat ride.
Parnasala (35 km) -- The spot where Sri Rama spent his time in exile, foot-prints of Sita, Abduction of Sita, happened here.
Jattayu Paaka (Yetapaka) (2 Km) -- Jatayuvu
Dummugudem -- Rama killed 14000 demons headed by the brothers Khara and Dushana.
Gundala (5 km) -- springs of hot water.
Sree Rama Giri (55 km) -- The deity of Yoga Rama Temple.
Gannavaram (25 km) -- Botlamma.

3 Prayers to God

Hi Readers,

When I reach Chandanagar MMTS, the local train station -- near to which I live -- from my work-place, I touch the Yellow Station Name Board -- there is a black tar hand imprint there --and say three things to GOD.

1. Hey Almighty, thanks for gifting me this life. I am grateful.
2. I have lived and enjoyed this day to the full, and have not left any stone unturned and have put my full efforts to the best, therefore there are no regrets. I have been humble and polite to others.
3. I shake hands with Death as I do not fear it rather gather courage and zeal from it, and embrace you God as my Friend as there are matters and things which are beyond my control and understanding.

May the Almighty Bless you All!

Master of Science, BITS Pilani Distance Learning Program

Hi Science Enthusiasts,

The admission notice for the Distance Learning Program for Master of Science for the year 2011 from the prestigious institute, BITS Pilani is out now. Click here for more details.

Key Points:
Last Date: 31st May 2011.
Types of Programs: BS, MS, MPhil.
Types of Specialization:

1. Engineering Technology
2. Information Systems
3. Manufacturing Management 
4. Software Systems
5. Consultancy Management
6. Quality Management
7. Hospital & Health Systems Management   
8. Optometry (Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai)
9. Optometry (L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad)
10. Physician Assistant (Madaras Medical Mission, Chennai)
11. Medical Laboratory Technology (Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai)
12. Optometry (Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai)

Best Wishes!!

Sunit

GlassFish 3.2

Hi Java Enthusiasts,

I am including my notes on the release of GlassFish 3.2.
GlassFish 3.2 kicked off with a first Milestone:

• Mostly about integrating some bug fixes and has no major new feature
• Defining Virtualization Support and PaaS Enablement as the main two goals
• Total of 8 milestones leading up to October 2011
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• This feature will provide a Java EE centric solution to cloud computing that enables a user to deploy a Java EE application to the cloud.
• It's basically allowing GlassFish to be plugged into an existing virtualization infrastructure.
• Offers a Java EE centric way of deploying and managing applications without deep understanding of cloud infrastructure.
• PaaS feature
• Is set of services that will be available within a single process or as a set or processes running on different machines or virtual machines communicating with a well defined set of interfaces.
• It simplifies application deployment, application management and domain creation.
• The user is obviated of the need to manage the system at the infrastructure (machines, networking, software, storage) level.
• Architectural Components
• Orchestrator -- provides the ability to deploy an application to the cloud. Responsible for Service Dependency Discovery, Service Provisioning, Service Association and Deployment .
• Elasticity Manager -- responsible for providing elasticity to the deployed application, Metric collection, Scaling decisions and Action execution.
• IaaS Management Service (IMS) -- provides an abstraction of the IaaS cloud to the GlassFish software.  This abstraction encapsulates various APIs that are available for managing cloulds.
• Groups -- Machines are divided into groups. 
• Domains Manager -- responsible for automating the process of creating a domain within the cloud.
• Domains Manager Data Store -- stores user store configuration, IaaS management service configuration information, per-user domain configuration information.

Have Fun!!

Sunit