After 2 years of Dormancy!!

Its been 2 long years since i updated my blog. Lots has happened in between. My dad escaped jaws of death, and is crippled now because of a chronic Ischaemic Stroke, my younger is sister is now married and settled in the US, I applied for an MBA in US, got through in Joseph M.Katz (PITT business) & HULT but was denied Visa, Quit HeyMath! and joined Ford in India. Phew.....Its been quite a hectic ride and i guess and i am settling down for good here. Want to be as regularas possible with the blog

Chennai Sangamam

Chennai Sangamam............yes of course this is a brilliant way of teaching our culture and tradition to the younger generation. Traditional food, folk lore, traditional art forms all in one place and the most intelligent part of it is using the 'already forgotten' parks of Chennai.

But i have started thinking that this is a reflection of extreme 'urbanization' which leads to forgetting the core tradition and core values, in turn returning to finding the roots again. My question is why should we loose to find it again.

A Mammoth Opportunity!

After turbulent months...after times of agony...i guess i have seen the light and I am starting to run towards it, yes! it is a mammoth opportunity.

The company is a small one and i need to instill and start the HR team there.....wooow isn't that a whooping opportunity, i have charted a plan of action, and i firmly believe that this role is in line with my long term aspiration of pursuing a Global MBA, building a global network and in turn start a 'Parallel Government' Organization'

Two months/ one month from now i will be heading the HR team of this company...let me share my experiences then.

Finding Myself!!

Where have i been?....I dunno... i was everywhere.... i was lost....i was found...i worked, i travelled, i moved teams, all in one place - my work.
I was part of this wonderful team which did lotta Human Capital Analytics and I found that Analytics, innovativeness, manpower management were my core strenghts and when "THEY" decided to move me to a different team, which involved lot of relationship management, documents management, mere replying of mails there by adhering to the value of responsiveness........well i thought i should get out of this at the start and be part of ateam which alignes more with my long term aspiration of pursuing an MBA from a Top B-School in US.
Will i get that opportunity? Will i continue with this current role with no inclination towards it?
Wait and Watch............

I know its been a long time!!!!

I know its been a long time since i have blogged, thats primarily due to my tight schedule and my frequent trips to Singapore .... keep guessing as to what iam gonna write about....will come up with a good one.

Boulevard of Bowling Green and Raffles Place

Bowling Green and Raffles Place? Well....let me not confuse further, am referring to the MRT's of my workplace in two of the greatest cities in the world that i got a chance to visit this year.
New York and Singapore, one from the eastern and the other from the western hemisphere.
Two Great cities with amazing culture, people and warmth.

New York - This city which needs no introduction, a buzz ling ma(e)ga-polis, which has been the treasure chest of opportunities for people around the world, extremely diverse, which has faced the worst of market crashes(1930 - 1933), terrorist attacks but still bounces back to normalcy within no time, the place where i stayed was a service apartment at Lexington Avenue at the 21st Street, where i board the train, alight at the 14th street station, switch to the opposite platform and travel towards the Bowling Green for work.

One interesting person whom i met in NY is Jerry Ortiz (of coarse he also happens to be my ex-colleague @ Goldman), A person at his early 30's (but still looks like 22) having his roots from Texas-Mexico border (which should explain 'Ortiz'), married to Tenel Ortiz. Jerry is quite influencing but also complaisant in his approach. Jerry is an ardent fan of Ice hockey and hates, if I tell that I watched a ‘feminist’ movie over the weekend.

Singapore - Also called as the ‘New York of the East’ or the ‘Eastern hub’. One of the most developed economy, which also acts as the gateway to North East Asia and Australasia. A city-country with fantastic planning and stunning architecture. It has got a fantastic diversity of Indians, Asians (Mongoloids), Australians and few westerners. I was surprised to learn that Singapore is ever prepared for any kind of nuclear attack, with underground bumpers with all facilities like rest rooms and beds; of coarse they learn from the western mistakes, one more thing that surprised me is the highway which leads to the airport also acts as a substitute to the runway. I board the MRT at Dhobi Gaut and alight at Raffles Place to get to work.

Well…Kanika Maheshwari is the friend that I gained in Singapore, quite an interesting personality and I would say a ‘rare breed’ (that’s what I call her) is an INSEAD MBA and IIT Grad, being a lady – probably she depicts the evolution of a ‘Global Desi Nari’. This lady lost (who gets easily lost in thoughts amidst conversation) is a definitely a pretty dame and very good friend to be with. I have this habit of performing a cricket action and eventually bump a passer-by and Madam Diya Mirza/Riya Sen look alike (at least 50%) is sharp in spotting me and taking me for a ride.

The Essence of Carnatic Music.

This is something i have experienced personally and would want to recommend to all.
Let me start with an incident ...a couple of months ago i was highly agitated because of a financial crunch and was shouting at my family members and my friends no one was spared from my wrath of anger....that was a phase where i broke up with a couple of my friends.
Incidentally, i checked my BP and it was on the higher side 84/145...my family doctor was pretty upset about this and he said, i was very young to have such a high count on BP. He asked me to wait in the reception. The doctor being an aredent listener of Carnatic music, was playing the same in his clinic. I slowly started concentrating on the music....and to my surprise, i found out that, my nerves started easing out, i was relaxed and the music completely soothened my senses. I was thinking of effective solutions right now instead of complex financial problems.

I enquired thw doctor about the who-abouts of the carnatic artiste and surprisingly...he was an american born...called John Higgins.