
I also experience frequent bowel movements daily and uncontrollable bowel movements at times. It causes it's own set of problems (some occurring almost daily and some others at different intervals of time). But, the extreme severity^ of Colitis (coupled with extremely acute Amoebiasis/AmoebicColitis many a times) for more than a decade (until 2003 or so) and due to the intake of steroids/antibiotics during the treatment of the disease, and because of mild# exacerbations of Colitis once in a while, my immune system is not normal, so to say. Well, by God's grace, I am quite fine now, 'relatively'. If you have reached this section directly without reading my excruciating past on the health front, then kindly read this and then read the following. For more details, read the last section of this page. Special note: By God's grace, I am quite fine now, "relatively". "Why did he name the software Azhagi? 'Because, it symbolises my wife's `beautiful` heart', comes the reply."įull story - here | ALL about me, a NOTHING entity - here In 2000, he successfully put the project to bed. "A software professional with the Tata Consultancy Services, Viswanathan turned in his papers in 1997 because his illness interfered with his work.

As there is no cure for this disease, he has learnt to live with it. Viswanathan loses about 10 kg during an attack. He often becomes skin and bone overnight. There is no telling when a sufferer will get an attack.

Approximately, four months separate two attacks. Viswanathan can lead a normal life between bouts of illness. Colitis is the inflammation of the lining of the colon, which constitutes the major portion of the large intestine.

"This 35-year-old suffers from a debilitating illness, colitis, which affects one in a million. He has developed Azhagi, an English-to-Tamil transliteration software that will be useful for Tamils the world over." "Viswanathan, who suffers from a rare disease, has developed a user-friendly English-to-Tamil transliteration software." 2003 Nov - The Hindu ( Innovative, despite odds)
