a true leader... maan gaye Dada!

century in the first innings, duck in the last!
good luck for the 'after-life' :)

That day….

While I was reading college stuff about spiritual leadership and encountered a Kalam story about Vikram Sarabhai and a Rev. Father I got reminded of that day. The day I woke up to Church bells and music, the day I felt at peace with God.
I vividly remember the peace that spread through me when I woke up from my cubicle chair one Sunday morning. I was alone on the Saturday night shift and might have slept off around 2 or 3 in the morning. Here I was blissful in sleep and dreaming about soft clouds possibly. The first few dongs of the bell woke me up. I sat up groggily but the bells started ringing louder and suddenly a mellifluous tune started playing. I could not help but get out of my seat and follow the tune. The small chapel was right behind the office compound and few tens of devotees had assembled for mass.
I walked right up to the gate of the chapel, mulled entering but decided not to. But I wanted to keep hearing the music and so started walking around the housing just across the road, always within hearing distance of the music. Reading about Abdul Kalam and his story, the same sense of peace filled me now! I remember only very few times in life when I have felt that way. And I would keep reminding myself how music, God and bliss are synonymous.

Poi...

nijam pole thonrum nizhal vaazhkai, oru poi.

life is one humongous juggernaut of lies.

Only us...!

Down the road we walk together
My hand holding hers,
Something she said a moment ago
Got lost in this moment’s silence!

On the road we drive along
Her heart in mine,
The song she is singing
Is better than the last one!

In the mall we coochi-coo
Her eyes in mine,
The cola swig I jus had
Tasted sweeter than the last!

The movie hall is dark
Her head on my shoulder,
The couples’ seat we took is cozy
The movie hardly mattering at all!

Along the coast we glide
No me no she only us,
The waves tease our feet often
We are lost in the serenity!

When I am with her
The whole world ain’t there,
Nothing else seems to matter
I am happy to breathe my last!

and then ...

he said.. 'i do'...

and sat there silently in the dark, beside me... thinking whether he had taken the right decision. the most important of his life...

it was a serene, pious, contemplative few seconds. life changed that moment for him...

At the end is the beginning…

It is always so. Four and a half years ago I became an employed youth of this country. It is time now to be a student again. I never though stopped being a student of life. I will carry the memories along…

Now is a new chapter. In one years time a step up the ladder is imminent. God be with us…

Passion is useless without compassion.

That is except in a sports arena...

Great Lakes - Class of 2009

I have had sore throats before. And I have had really bad sore throats. But this time I have such a sore throat that I am incapable of even talking about this result aloud!

Talk about letting the ‘result’ do the talking!!!

Yes people, made it through to the Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Mahesh Balaji B - Class of 2009 PGPM

two quotes... recent and relevant

It takes a lot to stand up to our enemies, but it takes as much to stand up to our friends.
- J K Rowling, Harry Potter

There are four essential questions - what is sacred? what is the spirit made of? what is worth living for? and what is worth dying for? Answer to each is the same. Only love.
- Jhonny Depp in Don Juan DeMarco