Being father for the first time

Nine months long wait is over and my junior has arrived. I was scared, nervous and excited of my junior's arrival, and this was running in my mind through out, for past few months. It was a amazing experience.
Recent advancement in medicine provides dozens of tests. And as and when these test results were positive, the rush of feeling that pounded through my entire being - my baby is doing good and growing.
Finally, my junior day came. when it came out of operation theatre, seeing my little one, it's nothing short of amazing!, truly memorable moment

Mahishasura Statue means Mysore

Every place we have seen has its own identification in our mind. One such place I wanted recall is Mahishasura Statue in Mysore. Every time I see this statue, it reminds me of my previous visits to Mysore. I am sure whoever visits Chamundi hills in Mysore, would definitely take a snap in front of this statue. And so, even me too, when I recently visited Mysore!!!
During my childhood days, I remember visiting few of my relative places which are in remote villages in Karnataka. In most of the houses in those villages, I could see photos of Mahishasura which is properly framed and placed on main door. For them it is like proof for having visited Mysore. Even now if we go to villages, we would see people hanging this photo in their houses. This statue would certainly make a mark in mind, for those who have seen this statue.

Remembering college days

Last weekend, I was on my way back to Bangalore from my native. I choose to take the train (Hampi Express). In the train, I was surrounded by a bunch of fresh engineering students, who were returning to Bangalore after their first semester holidays. It truly reminded me of my college days, when I was studying in Belgaum. During those days, even I too, used to travel in train with few of my friends after semester holidays.
That day, while I was sitting in my berth, I had a continuous, non-stop chat with these college kids. Each of them had a story to tell about their college, hostel, mess, ragging, internal exams, professors and also how they choose to join their engineering college. I met one guy, whom I found very interesting and funny. The boy is doing engineering in Computer Science. He has his own tale to tell. This guy told me how he did research for two months in selecting the college. He was interested to join engineering in relatively small towns in Karnataka such as Mysore, Davanagere, Hubli , Belgaum and other similar ones. He had a fight with his family members for not choosing Bangalore colleges. The reason he stated to me for not choosing Bangalore was traffic. He said, instead of killing time on roads, he can use the same time in other constructive activities. He also gave me the examples of successful people who were from small towns. It made sense to me as well. But ultimately he had to change his decision at engineering counseling day. He thought that he must not hurt his family members. On his engineering counseling day, he called up his cousin and asked about the colleges in Bangalore. His cousin suggested some college (which this guy thinks not up to the standards). With no second thoughts and with an intention not to hurt his family members, he took the admission there. He has to change his mind at the last moment. Poor guy… All these days, I had a mindset that this generation college kids would like to study in big cities. But this guy changed my way of thinking.
This guy was also upset over the computer based education these days due to recession in IT industry. I gave him little piece of advice and explained him the current scenario in the Industry. I also told him that recession would not last for long time. He got all cheered up...
I could connect to my college day’s stories from the stories these college kids were narrating to me. All the stories of theirs cherished my memories of college days. I miss my college days... :-(

Balance Sheet :-)

There is enough covered on Satyam’s scandal these days. I keep hearing lot of funny things on Satyam. On last weekend I found a catchy line on Business Times in TOI newspaper. It says about balance sheet of Satyam, here it goes, “There is nothing right on the left side, and there is nothing left on the right side”.
There is one more... it says definition of True Love: Love is when u tell the girl that u work in Satyam and she still accepts u.....!!!