Humanity

Many times I sit down and think of all the mayhem that is happening all around the world. What specially amazes me is the way humans are harming more & more fellow humans, sometimes for religion, othertimes for language or even for caste or race or color!
Aren't we supposed to live happily with all the others in this world, aren't we also the part of eco-system known as earth? Why can't we put an end to all the discrimination, intolerance and unfair treatment meted out to people by other people?
Why do we want everything rosy and fair for ourselves but don't hesitate to create problem for others? Why don't we understand that humanity must come before religion, country, race or language etc.?
May be we humans don't learn from our mistakes in the past and I sincerely hope that we don't need any bitter lesson to learn the code of conduct known as humanity!

To you Mrs. Bhattacharya!!!

Thinking about you, I remembered in hurry,
When life wasn't easy and all around me worry.
You came into my life as sunshine abound,
Made me happy like I was never around.

Taught me, made me understand the meaning of life,
Held my hands when in difficulties and strife.
It was for you that I could understand myself,
You just freed my soul from darkness of ignorance.

Today you are not with me as my guide,
But your teachings will always show me the light.
My heart often pains remembering the bygone era,
When I had a great teacher named Mrs. Bhattacharya.

--Subeer.

We will miss you Mrs. Bhatta....

She was my class teacher in 5th standard. She introduced many new ideas to improve us, namely Rs. 1 fine for not talking in English and putting up a chart in the class where every students performance will be represented by a star (red - good, white - average, black - poor). That was really a different strategy from the age old way of teaching students. I was really impressed by her.
Then she again became my English teacher in class 9th. Though I sometimes disliked her for bringing the family background into her scoldings but later understood that was part of being Mrs. Bhatta; which was the name we used to refer to her among ourselves.
She not just groomed me into the person I am but also helped me in recognising that everyone is equal irrespective of language, caste, religion or sex.
She inculcated the belief and confidence in myself and helped me in being a good human.
But suddenly I heard the news of her passing away in a tragic way. It is really sad that we have lost her in such young age. Had she been there, she would have helped and encouraged thousands of students in being creative, tolerant and brilliant.
Losing her is like losing the light of knowledge and creativity for students of VSEC.
May her soul rest in peace.
We will miss you Mrs. Bhatta!!!

I am missing Durga Pujo!!!

I had never thought even in my wildest imagination that one day I will be working on a Maha-Ashtami day, listening to the Dhaks on YouTube and RediffShare.
I always knew that Durga Pujos are for younger generation but had never thought that I have grown up so much that I will have to sit in office and work during Durgo Pujo.
Really really miss Pujo!!!

Retun journey!

Just 2 more days left before I return back to India. The last 4 weeks have been very hectic in terms of work but it also gave me some very good experience and I could learn a lot many things. I also got time to spend with my school time friends Varun and Kapil after almost 6 years. Well had a lot of fun...also felt the pain of seperation from my wife.
Life is so strange that I just can't stop being amazed. There is good & bad, life & death, happiness & sadness, pain & smile, hatred and hospitality etc. etc. All spread across the planet but in varying proportions. Even Australia is no different in this respect.
Wish I could travel around the world extensively and mingle with people from different countries, learn about different customs and beliefs.
I liked Australia and would surely like to return back here. Yet home is where the heart is and my heart still beats for India. So start packing the bags and be ready for flying back to India.

Australia

It happened suddenly and I didn't even get time to either pack my belongings properly nor shop properly for my first overseas trip. I was told on Friday that I had to leave for Australia on Sunday afternoon. Yeah just one day to get ready for a 1 month long overseas trip. And yes the travel itenary was nothing less than amazing. I had to fly to Mumbai and from Mumbai to Sydney and then from Sydney to Melbourne. I also met an accident on sunday afternoon, well that's a different story altogether. And yes I reached late in Sydney and missed my connecting flight to Melbourne. Finally when I reached Sydney around 7 PM in the evening I heaved a sigh of relief.
The city is really clean and nice, with its high rises, trams and people with good sense of traffic. I like the place though I feel lonely. The place where I am staying is also good and I get Indian food also quite easily. Well it is just 1st week and apart from work I have been doing nothing. Let's see how the next 3 weeks turn out to be. Hope I enjoy my stay here.

USA

Everytime I think of writing a new post something comes in between the post and getting posted. Anyways today I have decided to finally post something on my blog lest the Blogger people shutdown my blog :-)
The last 4 months have been quite dramatic and full of events. I got the VISA for USA after getting rejected once. The VISA officer didn't find me convincing enough to give the VISA and hence I came back from Chennai dejected. The heat and humidity of Chennai had made its way over my nerves and I sounded a bit nervous. Though I got the VISA in my next try but this incident tought me how to keep the confidence level up, even in adverse conditions.
I still don't know when will I be travelling to USA but yes it will surely be a great experience to put my foot over the vast expanse of land known as America, the country of opportunities, of silicon valley and the major business driving force in the world. Yeah I missed out the millitary and policing part, but that was intentional.
So I keep my fingers crossed for my voyage to the continent which was discovered because a sailor named Columbus wanted to find a shorter route to my country, India!

Happy B'Day...

It was my B'day yesterday (blogspot shows US time...so to make things clear 25th March is the date) and after soooooo many years I could celebrate it with my parents once again....Though I missed my friends.....During school days we had real fun on B'Days....In college B'Day meant giving a chicken party to friends....Oh how I miss Butter Chicken of Delhi...
This B'Day was quite peaceful as I celebrated it with my parents and my wife....Didn't eat non-veg also...though Mom cooked delicious Khoya-Paneer....
Time is running at very fast pace and sometimes it becomes difficult to maintain rhythm along with it...Yet life has been beautiful for me with its usual ups and downs....
So welcoming with open arms and warm heart one more year to not just live but make it memorable and lively.....
Happy B'Day to me!!!

Time and tide wait for none...

This is the most basic rule of the World, yet we never ever try to completely agree to it.....we hope that time should stop at some instant or the past can be re-lived. We expect to be given one more chance so that we can correct the mistakes that we made in the past....But there is no such thing as 2nd chance....a mirror once broken can never be made un-broken without some marks on it....Still things can always be made better and life is there to be lived, then why not do it happily and with grace...
I don't know why am I writing all this....I am feeling confused...
May be life's like that....

Transition...

This is a new phase of life. I have moved on from Infosys to Subex Azure Ltd. and this transition is not easy to say the least. In-fact transition or change has never been easy for me. When I completed my schooling I felt that there is no life beyond that. Same way I felt after my college, but there always is something which keeps your string attached to this game called life.
It has been two and a half years since I joined Infosys but the day is still sketched clearly in my mind when I boarded the taxi from Gurgaon to go to New Delhi railway station for my train to Hyderabad. The pain of getting seperated from NCR, my home for last 4 years was accute but there was hope in my heart that I am going for a bigger cause. The way to Hyderabad was quite long and all the time I missed Delhi, Gurgaon and my friends. Yet I made new friends in Hyderabad some of them are still there with me in Bangalore. Though transition from Delhi to Hyderabad/Bangalore was very difficult yet the faith that future has something good in its womb always made me excited.
Now I am in a new company in a new job with new people around me but I still have the faith that everythings gonna be good. The old ones I have not forgotten, they will always have a special place in my mind and my heart.