The Walk

Walk, walk and walk till sun shines
Walk and walk again when moon shines
Walk, and walk even when only stars twinkle
Walk till you reach the pinnacle
Breath if you must at pinnacle
Set sail again to reach another pinnacle

Walk, walk and walk till the end
Walk and walk even when no one understand
Walk and walk with willing people along
And Walk alone if nobody comes along
Walk passionately in the journey
Without waiting for any dear or honey

Walk, walk and walk when path is rough
Walk, and walk even when everything seems tough
Only a determined wanderer can understand
Your walk for which you stand
Walk and keep walking because it’s your life
And you are the creator and destroyer of this life

my favourite quote of JRD Tata

RM Lala - "There was a certain largeness of heart on your part, you were not holding the past against him "
JRD says -"There was no largeness of heart on my part because it was obvious that he was misinformed and had got a totally wrong idea about me. Don't forget it's easy to have largeness of heart when you are indestructible yourself in this sense. When a man like him was fighting me, it was not a question that he could destroy me. He could be destroyed. He was the weak one , he knew all the time that he was vulnerable. So it's easy for me whenever I have a thing like that happen to me - what am I afraid of? All they could do, was get rid of me.Largeness of heart is required when you're vulnerable."

the fight

In the darkness of night
We have to continue this fight
The situation is tight
Hope is the only light
Voices are telling us to quit
But we have to persist
Its life's toughest test
Let us put our best
It's the journey worth the fight
In the end we will see the light
Whether we pass or fail
We will leave behind a trail

Dare to Dream

Dare to dream, even if it lets u scream

Follow your heart from the start

Let your intuition guide you

And Help sail you through

It takes courage to resist the temptation

Focus on goal will bring the passion

And your heart will earn the satisfaction

Satisfaction and joy comes hand in hand

So keep hold of you bastion

You will loose many battles

With every battle lost you will earn the strength

Strength to keep fighting and dreaming

So dare to dream to keep the life flowing

Concern should lead us into action and not into depression

I recently came across this quote and could not stop thinking how useful it is. Depression is twenty first century’s most common problem. Each one of us come across this problem frequently and if you are working in knowledge industry risk is higher. People rush to doctors or anti depressants but get only temporary relief. While pondering over above quote I realized it is the remedy of the said problem.

Before asking why, stop and reread the quote and think over it . On giving serious thought we realize we get depressed when we are tense and we get tense when we feel deeply about something, in other words when we are concerned about something. Its good to be concerned about things because it motivates us to action and when we act we resolve the problem. While on the other hand if we are concerned about things but we are lazy enough to act on it things, accumulate and leads to tension and then depression. Since laziness is such an incorrigible disease or habit we do not realize what the problem is and then we blame world for stealing our happiness when the problem is created by our own dear habit!

But now you would say “I am not lazy, I act the moment I have some concern still I get depressed. Why?” well to this we have other quote from “Gita” which complements the above quote, its, continue doing your duty without thinking about fruit. This clarifies why even when we act on time sometimes we get depressed. When we are acting on something the thought of result continues to plague us.

In short to remain on track and motivated the moment you have concern start acting for it without wishing for the expected result and result will follow the suit !!

Choice, not chance, determines the destiny

Choice a very common word probably one of the first words which we learn when we learn language. But my first understanding of the word choice came just two years back. I had started reading Harry potter series, in the last chapter of the first book when professor Dumbledore explains the reasons of events happening around he emphasizes the importance of choice between good and evil. This last chapter acted as tipping point and by the time I finished reading sixth book “Harry Potter and half Blood Prince” the idea of choice was engraved in my heart.

Choice is the miracle world. Within this easy six letter word, world’s mystery resides. We make choice at every step of life. Be it simple choice of eating what and when or the complex choice of marrying someone. We keep choosing one thing or the other. This everyday choice makes up the path of our life and on the death bed when we will look back at our life we will see the cloth of life is woven by the fabric of choice.

The idea of choice is very well explained by Richard Back in his book “One” , though I did not understood the book when I read for the first time and chose to quit in middle !

Many a times I have heard people talking about destiny. One set of people say God or almighty has predefined everything and human being has no say in it and other set of people say we human being make our life. But as Richard Back explains in his book “One”, we human being are given millions of alternate paths, we can say this millions of options are given by God and then its we human being who chooses one of the alternatives and determine our destiny. Hence essentially it’s we and our choices that make our life. So what is my next choice?

By the way I am anxiously waiting for last potter book to know where does his choice takes him now!

Skit - a day in life of Onshore s/w engg.

Background: The skit is presents a normal (crazy) day in life of s/w engg at onsite.

Roles:

Onsite Coordinator 1 - SHRUTI

Onsite Coordinator 1 - GITA

Client - Tom Cruise

Cab Company Operator -- CO

Offshore Team member - SALMAN

Commentator

Time 2:00 AM

Commentary – When does your day begins 7 am, 8 am may be even 6 am. Lets see what happens with the person representing GLT at client side.

(Behind the scene time 2 am and Phone Ringing – tring tring)

SHRUTI – (picking up in sleep) Hello

SALMAN – Hello, Can I talk to GITA

SHRUTI – hello that is calling

SALMAN – I am SALMAN from GLT, Can I talk to GITA

SHRUTI – Oh Hi how are you, one min I will wake up GITA

SHRUTI – (Calling GITA) – GITA wake up your call

GITA– hummm

SHRUTI – Wake up, your call

GITA– what I don’t have call at this time it’s in morning

SHRUTI – tere liye phone hai offshore se

Gita– o achcha phone hai …..uthati hoon….

GITA– (Picking up the call) Hello

SALMAN – Hi GITA, We called you up for understanding the defect 007 requirements you sent in mail today.

GITA– (in sleepiest voice) which defect? Did I send mail?

SALMAN – yes, the defect number 007.

GITA– (woken up by now) oh ok ok. Give me 5 min let me connect to office network.

Commentary - The call continues for an hour and finally gita goes off to sleep at 3 am.

Time 6:00 AM

Commentary – Morning 6 am, the alarm rings and the day begins again for the ONCs

(Alarm goes off (pip pip pip))

Shruti – (Wakes up and awakens Gita) Gita get up its 6 O’ Clock

GITA– Why is it 6 O ‘Clock!!!!!

Shruti – hummm now get up and when do you have call today?

GITA– at 8

Shruti – and I have call at 8:30, hummm so to reach office before 8 let me book the call for 7.

Gita– OK

Commentary –You think everything in US goes smoothly just try booking a cab, Lets see what happens

CO – (Picking up call) Yellow Cab, the number you are calling from please!!

Shruti – Hi this is Shruti Calling from 813 651 3624

CO – Hang on sweetie; go slow, the number again

Shruti – Its 813 651 3624

CO – OK and who is this for?

Shruti – Shruti

CO- shu…. what?

Shruti – Its S for Santa cruise, H for HSBC…hey rather can you book it for Gita

CO- ya that’s an easy one, when do you need the cab?

Shruti – 7 am

CO – OK (Sound CO hanging up the call.)

Commentary - Shruti’s cab is booked and lets see how does gita’s call with offshore go.

GITA– (Calling Offshore) hello can I talk to SALMAN

Offshore another person - SALMAN is not around, he has gone for meeting

Gita– Do you know which meeting?

Offshore another person- I think its for defect 007

GITA– OK, no problem, I will call back after half an hour.

Commentary – (Behind the scene its 7:30) its 7:30, Gita and Shruti are still waiting for the cab. Shruti is again calling cab to check status.

CO – (Picking up call) Yellow Cab, the number you are calling from please!!

Shruti – Hi this is Shruti Calling from 813 651 3624

CO – OK and who is this for?

Shruti – I had already booked the cab at 6 for Gita.

CO- OK let me check the system.

Shruti – ok

CO- OK cab 178 is on the way.

Shruti – ok thanks a lot.

Commentary – Cab finally arrived and both the ladies have reached office safely after their hilarious journey. (Behind the scene phone ringing) Looks like Gita has to rush to her desk, her phone is ringing

(Behind the scene time 8:30)

GITA - (Picking up phone) Hi good morning Gita here

Tom Cruise – Hey Gita Good morning, how are you?

GITA- I am fine, how about you?

Tom Cruise – Oh Don’t ask me, I am so tired was working late yesterday, BTW how come you are late today?

GITA– Yeah the cab arrived late.

Tom Cruise – Oh that’s the problem, you know you should buy a car in US its really difficult managing without car.

GITA– yeah I am looking for that option.

Tom Cruise – well its past 8:30 you were supposed to give me deliverable.

GITA– Ya offshore is done with the fix but they are stuck because they are facing some network issue. They will check in the code as soon as this network issue gets resolved.

Tom Cruise – hummm ask them to hurry

GITA– ya ok

Tom Cruise – Ok then, Call me once you get the deliverable and I will be in office a little late today so send me release note in mail.

Gita– OK.

(Call ends)

Time 9:30

Commentary – its 9:30, network problem has got resolved just now and offshore is working to send the code. In the mean while client has called Gita again.

Tom Cruise – (Calls GITA) hello Gita

GITA– Hi Tom

Tom Cruise – what happened I have not got the mail yet?

GITA– give us 15 min, the network issue has got resolved just now, offshore is sending the mail in next 15 min.

Tom Cruise – Ok, It was an hours job offshore should have fixed the defect and checked in code in their day time only, anyways ask them to hurry.

GITA– ya ok

Commentary - finally the delivery was done and its noon now, Shruti and Gita are ready to go for lunch but the moment they get up lunch Tom Walks in

Tom – Hey Gita, how is it going?

Gita– its going fine!!

Tom – hey I was going through release note and I am seeing some pop ups are missing

Gita– ok but they are not part of this defect

Tom – oh is that so…. I have already committed to business that we are providing pop ups too. Can you quickly add that too?

Gita– ok I will do it. I will provide you pop-ups by 4 pm.

Tom- that works. Thanks!! I appreciate it.

Commentary – Gita is busy with her task again, Shruti has gone for lunch alone. Lets see what does she get to eat

Shruti – Reading aloud the food stuffs

(Behind the scene its 4 pm)

Commentary – Its 4 pm now, Gita has just given the fix to Tom, and Tom is leaving for the day now and Gita has gone to him to check if he has got everything he wanted.

Gita–(walking to Tom’s seat) Hi

Tom – Hi, I was reading your updates only.

Gita– OK, so it has everything that you need

Tom – Yeah its looking good, I am calling off the day, will check it further at home.

Gita– ok

Tom – ok then see you tomorrow, and do not over work!!!

Commentary – Gita and Shruti finished called off for the day at 5 but again with the exiting cab booking affair they have managed to reach home at 7. Now lets see what do they have for dinner

Shruti – Oh we have nothing in vegetable today… what should we cook?

Gita– ah I am tired aaj khana banana ka mood nahin hai

Shruti – same here …chal khichadi hi bana lete hein

Gita– thee hai.

(Behind the scene the cooker whistles)

Commentary – After dinner they are ready to sleep at 10 but has their day ended yet?

And phone rings again.