Chinese New Year

Today we celebrated the Chinese New Year with a lunch and all colleagues went out of the office in a bus. This is the year of the snake. The ritual is for people to be seated around a round table with a large plate full of different coloured vegetables that have been grated and then … Read more

Adeeti @ 8

The Changi airport looked the same and it felt familiar after 7 years but it also felt small :):) because in the past seven years Delhi has got its own swanky new huge airport ! How perspectives change. Singapore was the first foreign soil that I had stepped on and it has been a lucky … Read more

Immigration

The day started with breakfast at Veena stores with my step-brother 🙂 now dont ask me how he can be my step brother even though he would like to have my mom as his mom ! we hogged as always and then went shopping for a backpack and a slim belt for the slim Kabir. … Read more

Veena stores and Vedavalli

Vedavalli’s birthday was celebrated in style … We went early in the morning to “Veena Stores” that claims to sell the best Idlis in India and nearly bought the house !! So we bought Idlis, pulihora, khara baath, kesari baath, bisibele baath and vada that lasted us the entire day and my mom enjoyed every … Read more

Organization stories

All organizations have a history and the stories that make the history are priceless – especially as new people join the firm. The culture that an organization has, also has to do with its history. Just like the collective memory of humankind is the collective history that we pass on, the collective memory of colleagues … Read more

Highlights !

The day started with highlights… We did a 45 Km ride through beautiful roads, all the way to Nrityagram. For all the irritation yesterday with the traffic, this was a scenic ride. Beautiful Eucalyptus groves, teak groves and then huge banyan trees. And add awesome weather ! On the way back I got really tired … Read more

Just stay at home

Yes am really pissed off – in the IT capital city of this “great” country in the 21st century, on a Saturday morning, I cannot ride a bicycle at 10 am. We put our bikes on the cycle carrier and the plan was to drive out of the city and then ride in the wide … Read more

Privilege of watching transformation

When I was asked to summarise what my corporate life stood for, after looking through my career graph, I said its about “Making a difference”. I love the whole process of unlocking potential. It’s a gift that you are able to spot potential and then it becomes a responsibility that you help the person live … Read more

Feeling at home

The full moon was orange and the smile came as always when the plane started the descent towards Delhi. I love this city, with all it’s warts and I know the warts are big and ugly… There are beasts in the garb of human beings, Damini happened here and there are Daminis everyday, people are … Read more