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The Rains in Chennai which started this year during mid October had me worried a lot but it didn’t baffle me till 30 th Nov, Monday. 2 quick personal trips to Chennai during month of Nov, gave me a sample of what the city was witnessing and I came back to Bangalore on 29 th Nov. A narrow escape for me. 30 th Nov saw the worst rainfall the city is ever going to witness for some years(hopefully!) All the network connections went crazy. One quick call from my mother informing me that power is cut and network is also going down and not to worry about my family at Chennai made me realize the week wasn’t going to like previous ones! Different whatsapp groups were created by to quickly check on our Chennai colleagues of our department as no mails/calls were working. A few others from different locations were also added to check on their Chennai counterparts and then started a marathon tracking mission of 2200+ folks based out of Chennai. Similarly other department folks also g...

Present Day : She looked around her as women sat in groups working hard on getting the final touches of their entrepreneur journey ready! One of them looked up and spoke,” Ma, Am very confident we will do well. Thank you so much for teaching us, showing the path and helping us.” She smiled looking at the confident women around her, who once were meek and quiet and facing their own sets of challenges at their home. Each woman in this group of 20 were from different background and of different ages from 17 to 55 – newlywed, widow, abandoned wife, happy mother, grandmothers, single women – from all the walks of life but in one small village. The only common thing they had was dreams of doing something of their own! Another woman got up and said, “Yes Ma. Your family is so lucky to have you. Am so happy you came here to our lives. It feels like we are going to fly!” A tear came from eyes as she turned to hide it from them and looked out of the window, remembering her families...

The silence was deadening as she slowly opened her eyes. She looked up to see her attacker’s triumph face while the only sound came from the sword which slashed through her stomach . Undeterred she got up raising the nearest blood stained sword shouting – Jai Hind! And the curtain fell with loud applause from the audience!

Being a known as blogger in the company has its own perks. One of the evenings when I was just getting into the bus I heard my name being called! Being in the new place, when someone calls you and asks about you it feels so good. It was another fellow blogger who called me while I was inside the office bus recognizing me. For a second I was wondering who he was till he introduced himself and asked about me. It felt so good! :) Networking and getting to know people always help. My transition to Bangalore office, did not pose any concern because when I entered the office, I figured I knew 70% of the folks already – either I had interacted with them for work at some point of time or met them when they came to Chennai. And there is a group here who just took me in when they go for breaks and lunch and also helped me with everything that one person should know in the location to be comfortable with! I read a very interesting article recently about the people whom we feel...

1992-1993 : It was the time when Television came to our Home and became a part of our lives. The cricket and tennis matches shown in Doordarshan made me a fan of these 2 sports forever now! So the era of sibling rivalry of supporting the favorites started. My brother chose Seles, I chose Graf. My brother chose Sampras, I chose Agassi!  But then the way these tennis players inspired us, it was very tough to not like them! So when the news of Monica Seles stabbing incident came, it shocked us! There was a gloom in our house as if a member of the house had been stabbed. Why the hatred for a tennis professional! Later only I would get to read more such freaking incidents courtesy insane fans of sports world. I had always wondered what went through Seles mind and even when she did come back, how she was coping with all this! We can’t imagine the kind of lifestyle they live in and can only be envious! So finally I got a chance to read Monica Seles’s book : Getting a Grip ...

The way the private transport works here in Bangalore is so different. It’s going to take lots of time for me to understand it. In Chennai we used to have specific numbers for each route and we had to take that one bus only in the morning and evening. In Bangalore even though you are tagged to one bus route, it seems with that bus pass you can take any of the office buses and if you get the extra bus pass id, you can use in the normal bmtc Volvo buses also which is super cool! But this has a flip side. For some one new and getting in the bus from one of the crowded bus stops, it’s very tough to stop any one of those office buses and since daily you end up taking a different number thanks to the Bangalore traffic which ensures bus don’t come on the designated time, you can’t even befriend the drivers to ensure they wait in the bus stop! If office bus pass is one story, the 2 days that I have been waiting for the bus, I hav...

Dawn of the New Year Beckoned new beginnings Rising hopes and reasons To cherish and enjoy The new journeys of life With YOU & ME in the center P.S – The quilled rings were made for one of the blogger friends-couple last year!   which I can use virtually now for my own life    P.S 1 – V-Day Special! 

That’s it! We were excited and shouting as we all entered the train. Head count was done to realize that all of us were here except Dan. Picking up the phone and dialing his number, Me – “Hey, where are you?” Dan – “Am in station only. Which platform?” Me – “Platform 10. Come soon. Train will leave in 5mins” Dan – “Ya ya almost there.. hmm hey wait.” Me – “What?” Dan – “There is no train in platform 10″ Me – “huh, we are in platform 10 and got into the compartment.” Dan – “but there is no train here.” Me – “Where are you exactly.we have only 5 mins.” Dan – “Am in platform 10 at egmore station” Me – “What?! why are you at egmore. its Central station” Dan – “No its Egmore only. I only booked tickets right!” Me – “Dan, don’t tease now. Just come and get in the train” Dan – “Am serious am at egmore” Me- “Its Central station and train is leaving in 5mins. Come fast” Dan – “Ok fine. Ask some one to come to entrance of platform.I forgot to wear lens!” ...