A few weeks back as I was walking across the aisles at Fremont Costco, I hear a soft chanting…. ‘Narayana… Narayana…. Narayana..’ I look around but there was no one around…. After a while it started all over again…. but this time I was able find the source…. Rahi walking next to me has been chanting all the while… I was very amused because one … Continue reading Tolerance above Everything else…
Something woke me up.. a familiar face flashed before me, one that I could not place in my mind’s album.. but very familiar…. I got up and walked over to the living room…. before I could switch on the lights, my eyes caught the sight of a part of Bengaluru…. through the window opening into the sit out…. I had to step out and take … Continue reading Waking Up
Arrived at Bangalore Airport yesterday and I went to the Vodafone store in the Airport and got a Prepaid SIM card. INR.1200 per SIM card; one for me and one for my Wife. so INR.2400 Net. It takes 2 hours to activate. I have done this before in Kochi Airport in January this year. So should be a breeze My Wife’s SIM gets activated soon … Continue reading Good Customer Support does not necessarily mean your problem is solved
There are many first experiences for people and some first experiences get phased with time because experiences are morphed into defaults. Like a Mouse. Not the mouse that you see running around. But the mouse that you hold to move your curser. Yes, I know many of us don’t any more, we are quite used to the track pads. I switched from Mouse to Trackpads … Continue reading My first experience with a Computer Mouse
This is not a post of tips on navigating the first week on a Job. Just to celebrate the several first weeks we all have had many a time in our career. And to post a flashback of an interesting ‘first week’ in my career. . gone are the days when people joined a job and retired in the same job/company. But we all still … Continue reading First week on a new Job – Observe and Ask Help……..
OK… so I gave my resignation. Not today.. I gave it two weeks back and yesterday was my last day at work. Heading for a new adventure on Monday. Yes… A weekend and then anew onto a new role. I sent my farewell email with a Trey Parker quote.. “Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we … Continue reading We all get better (only) by getting better at embracing change
Today is the day I was born… Today is also the day my Grandmother passed away. I am told she died the exact same time I was born. I think I was in 5th or 6th grade back then. No, this fact that the dates coincide, does not bother me at all. Because there is no relevance to things like the time when a person … Continue reading When your birthday coincides with your Grandma’s death anniversary
Thought of doing a quick review of my Poetry month activities in 2018. This year I did two projects. One to write a poem in English everyday and the other was to do the translation of an international poet’s poem to my native language ‘Malayalam’. The English Poems started with a poem called ‘Today I write’ and ended with the poem ‘The End’. In between … Continue reading Review of my National Poetry Month activities in 2018
When you were fifteen you were thinking of sixteen and then of eighteen and then eighteen is done and now you are on to nineteen. And I really don’t know what you look forward for a nineteenth birthday…. You don’t seem to say what you want. So when I was wandering in the hallmark store.. I did not know what to pick… I was so clueless… … Continue reading Happy 19th Birthday Rhea!!!
I am a feminist, but the last thing I want to get is an approval from other feminists. I am a liberal, but I don’t need the blessing of other liberals. I am an Atheist, but I do not need the validation of other Atheists. And I can be a real asshole at times, but wait… I am not in any search for other assholes … Continue reading It’s a busy street and we don’t need any endorsements
Vinod Narayan 