The Best Tribute ..!!

As the time passes, my exposure in the blog world increases. Reading blogs of other people has been one of my favorite past times lately... it not only lets me know about the other person but it also makes me knowledgable about various facts especially those related to blogs. I have been following some 2-3 blogs which I feel are somewhat different... let it be the writing style or the blog presentation! Never had a blog touched me so deeply as this one did... yes, the one I just found somehow as a result of my random searches! The blog is titled as "Remembering Nikhil" and one can guess from the name that it's all about Nikhil. When I went through the entries of the blog, it literally made me cry. It's all about a person who is no more but has left a great impact on his family, friends and acquaintances. They have shared their experiences with Nikhil and believe me, at some time or the other, you will surely cry! In order to pay a tribute to their friend, they have raised a fund in his name... the money is to be used for some bigger purpose. Nothing could have been more special than this! The friend won't ever come back, but atleast they can feel his presence with all the activities they are doing in his memories. Nothing could have been better than this last tribute... the ultimate one!


It is always a great feeling to know that you are being missed..!!

Birthday Blast ..!!

Celebrating a birthday has never meant much to me... it's all about visiting the temple in the morning and receiving calls and short messages with birthday wishes. But this year, it has changed and I could say, this year's birthday is probably the best one I could ever have!

This year 5th June was on Saturday, which means I have full 2 days in my hands. I came back from office late for I went with Vip to get movie tickets for Rajneeti, we planned for Sunday. After I came back, Reshma was already there. At around 11:55 PM or so, she took me to upstairs and asked me to see the sky and make a wish. I just finished that, when she wished me and took me downstairs and as expected, Mouli was there ready with the cake. I cut the cake and we took some pics. I was all time busy with my cell when someone knocked the door and truly speaking, I was hell scared! But then, I saw Mouli laughing which gave me some idea that probably, the one outside is for me. But to my utter surprise, it was not just someone but it was my whole group! They were there to surprise me! I got cards and they brought a cake too. Reshma became the winner of "Who gets the cake 1st contest" and then we all settled down. Due to rain, they could not go out and we kept playing Dumb Charade and it was just so funny... we had a very nice laughing time :) Then we shifted to story telling and started with ghost stories. It was really scary... when Vip scared all of us ( he got a nice dealing later too ;)) Finally they all left my place at 5:00 AM and we (Me, Reshma and Mouli) went to sleep!

In the morning, I went to the temple and stayed at home the whole day and in the evening, I treated my friends... in short, my birthday this year was really special, though some very special people didn't wish me :(

If the loser keeps his smile, the winner will lose the charm of victory..!!

Adding Colors ..!!

After coming into this  professional world, I was really missing my AID works. Truly speaking, that has been a part of my life and my life seems incomplete without it. I was actually longing to visit villages, connect with the people there, know about their problems and also do the best possible thing for them. The wish of doing that almost kept me restless and diverted from my work. I was actually looking for an opportunity when I saw a mail from the Ness Sense team of my company. It's the team in Ness which carries out the tasks incorporated under Corporate Social Responsibility. This again performs in two fields, education and environment. Last Saturday, I joined the Education team for a visit to the village school adopted by Ness to do some painting works there (I hardly had any idea of what we were to do then).

The morning was really cool and the whole environment calm and soothing. The team including Me, Vip, Jahnavi, Shipra, Manpreet, Reanna, Asit, John, Ratheesh (all Nessians) and Reshma and Yuvraj (our visitors) gathered in no time and we all set for the village (Dodabelle). The village was mostly like any other Indian villages, lush green earth, clear sky, thatched houses and kutcha roads. The school looked much better as a place. We all set to work, which was to fill colors to the pictures drawn on the wall, so that the children would enjoy once they come to school after the long Summer Vacation! Within some time, we were all busy painting the walls with the help of Prabhu, who works directly with us and also runs a NGO. Wall painting is quite different from paper/cloth painting and believe me, it's not that easy! A bunch of village children surrounded us and the whole place was crowded with their shouts. Some wanted to paint, some wanted to chat, some wanted to pose in front of the camera, some wanted to volunteer by helping us, while the rest chose to remain silent watchers! The lunch was equally good and we all had a hearty time together. There was excitement within us that we are contributing in some way to our society. The best part was the team work, which we all exhibited really well... everyone helping each other (really important when something of bigger purpose are done)! We also had nice photo sessions with the kids (those are really funny). The task was accomplished successfully and we all returned back happily. That night I slept peacefully after a long time indeed!

There only I had decided to be a part of this team then onwards. Hopefully I get my AID days back, which I miss so much!


Apologizing  doesn't mean that you are wrong and the other person is right... it only means that you value the relationship much more than your ego..!!