As I told you a few days before, I am not a mother to a wonderful wonderful kid... Sometimes it all seems like a dream. Am I really married? Is this kid really mine? Have I come so far in life?
It seems like yesterday - I was refusing to walk and was adamant that dad or mom carry me around? Maths and 7 table seemed so tough... Board exams - cramming up all those questions and answers... Engineering - a blur of practicals, papers, thesis, project work. Infosys - a cauldron of projects and deadlines. Did I not just arrive in Australia? Has it really been a year? And am I really twenty seven years of age? Do I really have a family of my own now? A husband who needs me to around to look after him. A daughter whose every waking moment has to have momma in vicinity...
Time flies people... It really does!!!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
In God we trust!!!
There was a dictum I heard long long ago...
In God we trust, everything else we test!!!
It seemed hilarious at the time. Not so anymore... The news of the multi-million scam in Satyam has left a bad taste in the mouth. Blue Chip company. A star on the Indian IT horizon. Fudging the books, showing assets and deposits where there were none?
I always wondered what would have happened to the lakhs and tonnes of engineers churned out by the Indian education system were it not for the IT companies. No reservations, no quotas, no recommendations, just merit. Indian IT has brought such a major change in the lives of so many people. In my IT career spanning over 6 years, I have seen numerous such examples. "Son of a temple priest is a PM and the whole family now lives in pucca ghar for first time in decades.", "Only son to a widow gets his sister married in aplomb, builds a formidable asset bulk for the mother" etc etc
My naivety - I thought the sector that has done such good for the general aam junta is beyond such dark activities. Bribes, corruption etc was not for IT sector...
One incident and the whole perception crashed. I just wonder what this means to the image of "IT from India" per se!!! As it is, the whole world is moving in to the darkness of economic recession the likes of which have not been seen since the days of "The Great Recession"... For many of us, this is the first financial crunch we would be living through. Things were gray enough without skeletons from the Satyam closet tumbling out...
Who can say what is to come over the next few days!!! Wait and watch and PRAY people!!!
In God we trust, everything else we test!!!
It seemed hilarious at the time. Not so anymore... The news of the multi-million scam in Satyam has left a bad taste in the mouth. Blue Chip company. A star on the Indian IT horizon. Fudging the books, showing assets and deposits where there were none?
I always wondered what would have happened to the lakhs and tonnes of engineers churned out by the Indian education system were it not for the IT companies. No reservations, no quotas, no recommendations, just merit. Indian IT has brought such a major change in the lives of so many people. In my IT career spanning over 6 years, I have seen numerous such examples. "Son of a temple priest is a PM and the whole family now lives in pucca ghar for first time in decades.", "Only son to a widow gets his sister married in aplomb, builds a formidable asset bulk for the mother" etc etc
My naivety - I thought the sector that has done such good for the general aam junta is beyond such dark activities. Bribes, corruption etc was not for IT sector...
One incident and the whole perception crashed. I just wonder what this means to the image of "IT from India" per se!!! As it is, the whole world is moving in to the darkness of economic recession the likes of which have not been seen since the days of "The Great Recession"... For many of us, this is the first financial crunch we would be living through. Things were gray enough without skeletons from the Satyam closet tumbling out...
Who can say what is to come over the next few days!!! Wait and watch and PRAY people!!!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hi to y'all!!!
Hi Folks....
Hasn't it been so long since I wrote... I wonder if any of the regulars still check out this place... Have been meaning to get back for quite sometime now and never did find time... Reason: MOTHERHOOD :))))
And am I loving it?!??! Its such an adorable phase in life... Having a bundle of joy in your arms. Though she is barely over 2 months of age (today happens to be her 2nd month bday in fact) she still has her dad and me nicely wrapped around her little chubby finger. Friends who know me can vouch for my jest in surfing and ORKUTTING... And imagine the same me - I refuse to check the scraps from 5 to 7 in the morning because that's the time she spends giggling and cooing... Wouldn't miss one second of it for anything else in the world. One yell from my mom,"Ishu is smiling" and I leave all I have in hand to rush over and catch her in that mood...
Infants are really tempting... Have always been so for me. But that was so different. That was just fun. I used to think many a times. "Its OK to have neighbor's kids drop in for an afternoon play session. That's so refreshing. But having a kid of your own... Its just such high maintenance affair. Diapers to be changed. Feeds to be given. And then the sleepless nights.."
But know what - Its just the same things that give so much joy now. Having someone else's kid over means you get only the fun part of it. Not the sense of belonging. With Isha here, I feel I have finally gotten home :)
Anyways, motherhood's sinking in and am enjoying it... Now its about time I got back to the other aspects of me, least of which is not writing... Hope to hang in here a bit more than the past few days... Meanwhile drop in to say a hi fellas!
Hasn't it been so long since I wrote... I wonder if any of the regulars still check out this place... Have been meaning to get back for quite sometime now and never did find time... Reason: MOTHERHOOD :))))
And am I loving it?!??! Its such an adorable phase in life... Having a bundle of joy in your arms. Though she is barely over 2 months of age (today happens to be her 2nd month bday in fact) she still has her dad and me nicely wrapped around her little chubby finger. Friends who know me can vouch for my jest in surfing and ORKUTTING... And imagine the same me - I refuse to check the scraps from 5 to 7 in the morning because that's the time she spends giggling and cooing... Wouldn't miss one second of it for anything else in the world. One yell from my mom,"Ishu is smiling" and I leave all I have in hand to rush over and catch her in that mood...
Infants are really tempting... Have always been so for me. But that was so different. That was just fun. I used to think many a times. "Its OK to have neighbor's kids drop in for an afternoon play session. That's so refreshing. But having a kid of your own... Its just such high maintenance affair. Diapers to be changed. Feeds to be given. And then the sleepless nights.."
But know what - Its just the same things that give so much joy now. Having someone else's kid over means you get only the fun part of it. Not the sense of belonging. With Isha here, I feel I have finally gotten home :)
Anyways, motherhood's sinking in and am enjoying it... Now its about time I got back to the other aspects of me, least of which is not writing... Hope to hang in here a bit more than the past few days... Meanwhile drop in to say a hi fellas!
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