In Pursuit

A while away, i whiled away

to chase the moving puck

i raced to the edge and tipped over.

i got back in and straightened up

to chase the moving puck.

Two years since I kissed comfort, safety, a good bye, atleast so far.

Journey in a startup has not been forgiving thus far. 

It is a pursuit, a search to find meaning. 

To be born as humans with ability to think, 

to rationalize and ideate is a great gift.

greater and rarer is the ability to find one's calling 

lo! behold, he's a misfit.

greatest and rarest it is, 

to translate to reality, to give meaning to thoughts, 

tangible as they be.

It is a pursuit, a search to find meaning.

                                     

Vote

The entire nation is going to vote. The largest democratic machinery at work.

The political parties of today have tremendous power to malign the minds of voters(you and me)
The discussions that this election; vote for a stable government at the center, stable leadership at the center, a corruption free government , a progressive and able government is baseless, and without any substance. It only goes on to tell how murky our polity has become.

I or you cannot form a government. Government is formed by the legislators.
It is legislators job to do.

Our responsibility is to vote for good, honest, hardworking parliamentarian. One who represents the voice of majority from our constituency.

We need not feel that our vote will go waste if we are not voting where the majority is voting.
It is okay.
By casting a vote, i tell my explicit choice for representation.
It might not be a voice of majority, but it is a voice that has a representation in our democracy.

So, I'll be fearless in casting my vote and voicing my opinion.
I'll exercise my democratic rights, so should each one of you. Vote :)

True Independence

Every 15th August has been waking up early morning, and being forced by dad to watch the National Celebrations and ceremonies.

Waking up early on a holiday every year on this day was also a reminder to wake up from the slumber.

Now more than any other time, I am enjoying my freedom.

Freedom to think and act and influence.

Freedom to choose and focus time and energy and pursue my choice.

I am overwhelmed to see and feel the problems around me. So i choose to act in my own small way.
To take a step in empowering  a fellow Indian and support his choice.

I have chosen not to ignore the problems, the zillion dollar corruptions and scams, the mindless slaughtering and sheer lack of empathy in administration.

but
To act , take baby steps and create meaning.

I have chosen to contribute towards the progress of a fellow entrepreneurial Indian with Rang De.

Our true independence would be when each one of us would be free to pursue his choice with head held high.

thoughts on thought

how many times do we see, that there is no difference of an inch in what we think and what we see.

There are so many actions that I am guilty of; very few I take pride in, I find in the zero sum analysis i thought them all. I fed thoughts with life and energy, and they manifested. There were no surprises.

Animated and expressive person as i am, i make a fool of myself when i see some eventuality, and realize that it was already thought out.

I find it surprising, how i feed energy to a thought, till it expresses in physical form. This dis-illusion re-affirms that thought indeed is real. All external things are manifestations of the thought.

So must be the case with each one of us.

We all have our own unique world and each of us has created it for himself/herself by his/her unique thoughts and the energy fed to it.

Our interactions with the world are but physical manifestations of our thoughts.

So if we think greatness or think downfall, either ways it is right.

I had half-hearted faith in this idea. and never really paid much attention, even after having read long long back the "the alchemist"-Paulo Cohelo, until I experienced. 

So I would continue to believe that we indeed can; and we alone can create and shape the world around us, through conscious thoughts, and enable unique unaltered manifestation of our thoughts.
Good or Bad, they are there and they are right. Always.

Perspective

and then I understand

the alphas , the betas, the deltas and zetas
fumbled my logic, eschewed my care
they were poetic, but logic denied

and then i understand
not out of logic, but by heart

the father's love, the mother's care,
i never fully fathomed,
for all my logic did, it only squared,

and then i understand,
not out of logic, but by heart

the men who walked the earth before
the greats, the misfits, the cockeyed nuts
they chose, and they did

and then i understand,
possibility is a choice

Things to do

Things to do. They get all guns pointed. They burn all bridges. They inspire.

My things to do...

Although, i do not remember how limitless i was feeling to write them down, the feeling is still there.

Few of the  'Things to do' have changed and have transpired into more meaningful goals.
Each day getting back to this list gives me an affirmative.
There is also an awareness when there would be negatives days on end. I'll know it's time to change then

Till then.... it is very much happening

Who's the boss

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises.He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it.We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to serve him.- Mahatma Gandhi

I found this on while I came across Zoho corp's About Us page. Strangely in his own land, how much do we practice?

We always have a choice...whyyyy?

“We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.”-Dumbledore

 My Facebook page asks me 'What's on your mind?': How I wish I could have only a single thought on my mindscape.. so that I could put in one line clean and clear...

With thoughts running like untamed horses driving chariot...my mind is clouded with choices tearing it apart..
As I look back to the time from school to engineering, the clutter has always gone worse...I remember how spot on I was in school.
I remember passionately filing paper cuttings(i still have them), watching space exploration shows and taking notes, reading books and highlighting words with their oxford meanings, playing table tennis at school, chess with father and cricket practice at school and so much including studies and co-curricular activities... yet I had so much time...
I used to imagine myself joining army and being at border in Himalayas (used to play an imaginary mission and always won). I always wanted to work at NASA... but gave up the thought when I realized I cant be an Indian to do that.. I wanted to be a doctor but could not see blood (i still remember the yucccky dissected frog..waack)...I got my computer early on.. and I liked every bit of it.. initially it was all games and paint-brush

During engineering .. see how easy it was to decide then...I always admired Infosys, TCS and L&T as companies that I want to work for due to various reasons
Infosys was a natural choice because of Narayan Murthy(role model), TCS because of the legacy that Jamshedji Tata(i love parsis) left and L&T because of the founders(Larsen and Toubro) who gave everything to India and also because I have grown up watching L&T at Powai...
Among foreign companies.. I still want to work for Google...(no one needs a reason)

A part of me always wanted to work at the grassroots, doing farming, building bio-gas plants, wells...and I still know that I'll end up in a village only.... but that is an eventuality...

I started liking subjects and internet technologies and could see endless possibilities and solutions to problems..And now my mind is so cluttered that I cant even put the confusion in words...

I qualified for TISS rural development programme which would enable me to work directly at grassroots and implement.. here I would be able to test all my imaginary ways of solving problems and if possible provide a technological solution to accelerate change..(no one around me thinks this is the right choice)

I equally love programming, algorithms, data mining, AI, NLP and RFID and know the endless possibilities in which information, services can be organised and delivered..Very few organisations work directly in these areas.. IBM and Google ..I dont know of any....with exception of organisations using them for their application purposes only...

Everyone around me feels that I should be working in a company and gain technology experience and look at rural development at a very later stage...(I already feel I m late)

For the first time.. I m scared...seriously

I imagine working at grassroots and being able to build technology around my areas of interest is a synergy, which is so important if we have to change the world...
We cannot exist as technologists and managers and rural developers in separate baskets... we can exist as rivulets for gaining skills but we have to meet the river to be a part of the big picture.. to make impact.. to make a dent as Jobs says...

I am leaving it at this...I dont have conclusions... but will update definitely... and positively...
In the mean time.. I would appreciate.. your thoughts and feedback in general thanks