The Other Side of Life

(Surprise! Surprise!) People, who know me, would vouch for this better than my own humbled self that I never talk about the "mushy-red-candyland-you hang up first-clichéd teddy bears-heart shaped balloons" kind of love. But, today, I am inspired. Inspired to write about this much eschewed, evaded and frowned upon emotion in my world. Not because I am in love, but because, I spent a few precious hours thinking about this and felt this deserved a space on the blog, which by the way has turned an year old! Yayy for the blog! Here's the deal about love. The understanding of this emotion varies from person to person. What is the definition of love to A, may not hold true for B, C, D or even X. For some, love is about staying up all night and talking on the phone. For some, it is about sacrifice. For others, it is a monetary unit! For some, it is about one red letter day full of Teddys and chocolates. And then there are those who show their love by testing their partner's...

After a super-busy week at work, I have realised the importance of some things in life which I never thought about before. Call me childish, but in my defence, this was my first real world, professional experience! Optimism I have realized is the key to survival. The ship may be sinking, the deal may be on the verge of collapse, the project may look like a leaking cauldron all of a sudden, the team may be losing steam but we can carry through, as long as we have that one weapon - "Optimism". This new lesson in life has embedded so deep in my head that I have reinvented all the perspectives I have towards daily trivial issues. I am jotting this down, for reference. In case I lose sight of life someday, I can come back here and rejuvenate! So here goes, my revised thoughts on: • Work : Work is Good. The more I work, the more I learn. The more I learn, the faster I progress. The faster I progress, the sooner I will be promoted. The sooner I am promoted, the faster I can wel...

Hello Children of the World! We are back - with a new look! I got inspired by so many people who are doing the same. So I tweaked around the HTML and managed to do this little something for my dear blog. To be fair, the previous look was about as bland as it could get. Not that this is any brighter, but it looks better. Me likes. Period! On to the Post now..:) Work. Isn't it the most contentious thing on Earth? Like Kashmir. Like Peace. Like Nuclear Weapons. Except that no one wants work! It's a game of "Pass-The-Parcel" and the poor person caught unawares ends up working like a donkey. It's sad. Really! Now, my experience is pretty limited, but what I have learnt (from experience and friends' stories) is pretty amusing, even to me. I'll explain this through a couple of conversations: CONVERSATION 1 between Highly-Paid Superior Successful Manager (Henceforth referred to as 'Meano') and Young Newly-Joined Nervous Desperate-To-Prove Employee ...

When you watch too many American shows on TV, you tend to form an image of working women in your head - Smartly dressed, running late in the morning, talking on the phone to clients, picking up Coffee at Starbucks, catching an early Train. It's been 3 months since I started my professional life, and I am proud to say, I came verrrry (think nanometers) close to this image two days ago! Except that, instead running late in the morning, I was running late in the evening, trying to make it in time to the office to "Log Out" and hide my absence for the day. Instead of coffee (Which I despise despite being a South Indian!), it was 3 McDonalds Burgers and 1 McPuff and 1 French Fries (Commmmmon! It was lunch time and I was DAMN Hungry!). Instead of talking on the phone to clients, I was talking to my team-mates (Is the Boss back? Please say no!!).Instead of an early train, I was SQUASHED like a mosquito in the Delhi metro! That's right, people - SQUASHED! (PS: Did you notic...

So, my first day in office in 2010 started on an adventurous note. Missed the office bus on a chilly day in Delhi, waded through fog and a subway with no lights, shared the rest of the journey with an irritating office boy, tried the much hyped Noida Metro..You get the picture, right? Not exactly the normal, calm day that I enjoy - which got me thinking about how the daily "nuances" of life have changed in a decade. To be very frank, I don't remember much of the 90's. I didn't have an email Id or a blog back then, to read through old mails and smile at my innocence. I did not have a cell phone, and the landline phone was placed on top of the refrigerator where my hand could never reach. I had never played snakes, and my idea of playing was limited to, or rather not limited to outdoor games! I ran and ran till my legs couldn’t carry me anymore, played stupid games hiding in bushes and plants, jumping across fences, hitting each other with the ball. Oh the times wh...