Daughters are always special to dads !!!
The past few mornings, thanks to my laziness, I am waking up along with Prarthana and how very heavenly it feels.....
There are very few things in this world which are as delicious as being able to see your girl still sleeping all curled up (the countours of my princess' lithe body make me wonder if she will make the next nadia comanechi, I hope I have got the name of the athlete correct)....
Her small acts of discomfiture ( those lovely grunts, the graceful body stretches, the ever-enjoyable grimaces).....
And then, with great difficulty, she opens her little little eyes and viola, the one-man entertaining troupe comprising dadda is ready for her...
Making her give out the beautiful and cute first smile of the day ( god bless you) and later cuddling with her, kissing and prrring (i dont know a better word) her bare stomach, her soft hands and palms, her angelic cheeks n chin, she is adorable.....
Slowly I realise that the honey moon is over... We both have to get up and get ready for the day... Mom makes an entry and wishes my baby gal 'good morning', she obliges mom with luminous smiles (but turns n winks at me as if saying, " the best is only for you dadda."
I wake up, only to wait so eagerly for tomorrow morning.... I love you my dear.... Let the choicest of blessings be bestowed on you....
Would it be too foolish to wish that you stay as a 7 month old for ever?????
Friday, October 28, 2011
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Thanks IIM Bangalore
Tonight I make the confession that took a long time coming....
I THANK IIM BANGALORE, my ALMA MATER....
There are four emotions I had felt so far towards IIMB.
1. Utter Joy when I saw the letter stating that I am granted admission. I was in heaven....
2. Naked Fear during the first two or three terms.. I was so scared of my class mates, their IIT backgrounds, their extroverted and childish (this I realized later) nature...
3. Disdain and Revolt during the second year, when all I did was to inwardly down play the school, my fellow students and lived in a cocoon.... (I remember mentioning in one of the final interviews that whatever i learned is not because of IIMB, but because of my common sense... how so foolish of me...My placement reps will remember this, I bet)
4. Guilt and Regret all the years ensuing the graduation till yesterday, remembering the missed opportunity, the wasted time, the friends that I did not make, the grades that I did not try for, the portals of learning that I denied myself to touch, the profs that I did not reach out to...
However, today and now, I have a fifth and immensely liberating emotion...
5. Gratitude and Reconciliation... IIM had made me what I am today... It is one of the most important pillars of my strength... By not totally seeking shelter under its branches, I now know how much more it is capable of. By not completely illuminating myself under its lights, I now know how luminous it is.
I thank all people and all the circumstances which made me worthy of studying there for two years... My family, My school, My friends, My railway colleagues, Everybody @ Time Hyderabad, All other people who believed in me.
I THANK YOU IIM BANGALORE... I will be eternally grateful to you and proud that I was once with you.....
I THANK IIM BANGALORE, my ALMA MATER....
There are four emotions I had felt so far towards IIMB.
1. Utter Joy when I saw the letter stating that I am granted admission. I was in heaven....
2. Naked Fear during the first two or three terms.. I was so scared of my class mates, their IIT backgrounds, their extroverted and childish (this I realized later) nature...
3. Disdain and Revolt during the second year, when all I did was to inwardly down play the school, my fellow students and lived in a cocoon.... (I remember mentioning in one of the final interviews that whatever i learned is not because of IIMB, but because of my common sense... how so foolish of me...My placement reps will remember this, I bet)
4. Guilt and Regret all the years ensuing the graduation till yesterday, remembering the missed opportunity, the wasted time, the friends that I did not make, the grades that I did not try for, the portals of learning that I denied myself to touch, the profs that I did not reach out to...
However, today and now, I have a fifth and immensely liberating emotion...
5. Gratitude and Reconciliation... IIM had made me what I am today... It is one of the most important pillars of my strength... By not totally seeking shelter under its branches, I now know how much more it is capable of. By not completely illuminating myself under its lights, I now know how luminous it is.
I thank all people and all the circumstances which made me worthy of studying there for two years... My family, My school, My friends, My railway colleagues, Everybody @ Time Hyderabad, All other people who believed in me.
I THANK YOU IIM BANGALORE... I will be eternally grateful to you and proud that I was once with you.....
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