Tagged With: loss
All mixed up
Appu’s dance performance is over. She looked beautiful on stage. It was an honor to watch her performing. She was in the first row of the group and it was easy to locate her. Her grandmother and cousin were also there to watch her and she felt good that there was a ‘ family’ to witness … Continue reading
Jaane bhi do yaaron
No help in the house, No team in the office, The utensils, the filling of water, mopping the floors, cooking of dinner by Appu and me, Appu rushing to college between calls for interviews from prospective candidates, Me running to the office with undone tasks,loss of the team, bills,payments,clients,vegetables, unrepaired heater,curd in my head. Trying to … Continue reading
‘The Race’
IIT ke naam par ‘dhabba’. I used to think it applied to me you know. Because I had not been able to anythng spectacular. Anything pathbreaking. But I can change that opinion now. I may not have done my alma mater proud but I am not a ‘dhabba’. And the change has occured yesterday as … Continue reading
Still on the battlefield
Narendra Kumar Das has left GC. A huge loss. One step backwards for GC. But maybe it was time for him to check out new horizons, new associations. He has contributed to GC for a very long time and all of us wish him all the very best. We collected a few copies of the … Continue reading
A resting place
Two more wickets down. Rajeev, the accountant has left in a cold blooded manner on the day his salary cheque got cleared. Rahim, the HR guy supported him in an underhand way and left us with no choice except that of offering him an exit route. Ankit made a feeble effort to re-join but it … Continue reading
Small mercies
How does it feel when an ongoing war is over? How does it feel to see the loss, the dead bodies littered all over the battle field, the loss of relationships, of sanity, of self respect? Even if the war has been won? Does the victory matter anymore? or the fact that we have survived? … Continue reading
On this Earth
Walkout in a group (bhed chaal), definitely provides one moment of glory. One moment of feeling important. Gives that one moment of revenge. A high. But after that there is still a life to face, a career to build and the real issues. Because the real issues do not walk out of our lives just … Continue reading »