This one is for you, Uncle...

Atthi, You were an unsung hero,
You never got your share of recognition,
You never asked for it,
But you needed it, atleast for your family.

You forgave betrayers,
As you always did...
You took tough times with a smile,
And toiled with the same zest,
You were a puritan at all you did,
Perfection in even the mundane chores was your trademark.

You always had a word or two of motivation for all of us,
Your kids were lucky as hell to have you groom them,
Your spouse and relatives adored you for the smile you brought to their faces,
Even when you had your own troubles.

You lived a noble and meaningful life,
You deserved a better end,
God shouldn't have snatched you away from us....
So soon, and in a flash....like he did.

May your spirit guide your children and my aunt towards peace,
And happiness,
And success.....
Afterall, thats what you always wanted,
A peaceful and contented family.

I hope you saw from up somewhere,
The tears and cries of despair of all of us,
We just couldn't think,
That you aren't with us anymore,
Don't play your pranks uncle,
Bless us with your jokes, ideas and bread sandwiches sometime soon....
Atleast bless us with the tonnes of goodwill you always had.

Let the world be cleaner,
And let more of your innocence fill this,
This mad, bad world....

Why did that raging Scorpio have to lift you to heaven?
You had so much to offer this impure, opportunist world.

You were a rare GOOD man,
And now you are extinct....
But your spirits and memories live on,
To haunt me and so many of us....

The tie you gifted me last is still my favourite and is a lucky charm,
I will preserve it...like never before, its a promise...
Will I ever do as much to people as you?
I know the answer...and that is what hurts....

Harish J
in memory of a departed, LOVED uncle,
30.11.2005

Fast and Curious..

Life is fast...I am curious to know whether am makin the right moves in the frenzied activity where more often than not I am just hurried into a decision with minimal cerebration.... "Movin on with the crowd who always seem to want to catch a next flight to paradise in five minutes, rather than THINKin and plannin the next decision" - this is what I am doin...but guys, Playin catch up with an F1 car is not my definition of FUN....

Well, this rather incoherent start is not an offshoot of another of my shots of tequila...Summers happened at IIMB... Midterms, unforgiving as ever, happened a day after the placements' invasion into my time was over....Even the so-called celebration of gettin a place to go for the summer was short and yet again hurried.....
Yeah at this not so appropriate juncture, lemme say where am goin for my internship...Microsoft, Location to be known, either for a consult or a marketin role.....And BK, had to refuse ur ex company in the process;)
Now, after all the waves of frenetic activity have died down, I am still not sure whether I chose what I wanted or whether it was "take what comes ur way and get the hell outta the process"...I am definitely happy and relieved abt the placement but whether it was the best i could have mustered, I dont really know...
Not so long ago I seemed to have decided to go all out for the biggies in marketing, and then this happens....
Que sera sera....I am gonna take this by the horns and see whats in store.....Life is definitely better than it was last week with the uncertainty that had clouded over IIMB junta...cus summers and the midterms are over....Midterms were not as bad as term 1...which is good for India;) AND yeah Here's an official congrats to my dear pal Sab, aka Garbaa...who made a dream offer at HLL...Vindi Banga...watch out...our man is gonna gun for u...

And term 1 CG is also out in the open...I am not one of the toppers at IIMB, That was no surprise to me....But I aint a misfit here either....Lets see what terms 2 n 3 have to dish out.....Was particularly happy with comin out on top atleast in one course...I do hav an A to show my grandchildren;) See, I am gettin better at being satisfied by whats on offer....Life goes on...Albeit too fast and with so much in offer that I end up missin more than what I take....

Heaving a sigh of relief....and signing off...