Parenting

Nobody has an impact on an individual like his or her parents. Doing the wrong thing leaves lasting scars...
And ignorance is certainly not an excuse. Neither is stubbornness and insensitivity in the guise of misguided self-righteousness.
Makes me feel what a great responsibility this is when i look at my kids. Hope i do it right...

Office

Back to office yesterday after a restful day on wednesday. Team brought a cake and had nice little party in the Pantry. Plus the card with everyone's best wishes made my day..

After some tough times this was more sweeter... During difficult times one understands the reality; where we actually stand. Few well-wishers and many who keep a distance...

Silence and Prayer

Today being my Birthday, i wanted to implement something important.

Few days back i had seen an interview on NDTV Profit with Deepak Chopra where one of the suggestions he gave was to try Silence. Not only external but internal as well by actively quietening the inner noise. Try it yourself and you will see what this means...

Anyway today tried it with a bit of Prayer as well and i liked it. Will do this everyday for few minutes at least from today...

Rehman

Rehman wins 2 Oscars!!

Finally a genius gets his due.... The song "Jai Ho" deserves the award.

So, is Rehman the greatest ever Indian music composer? Music is a subjective topic - each one has his or her individual likes. But one fact remains that Rehman has created his own style and has composed in almost all genres; probably more than any other composer that i can think of...

Restarting

Long time had stopped using this blog. Will update regularly from now onwards (i hope!)
What with the recession and uncertain times for IT folks, i am hoping that writing will help in pacifying some of the insecurities....