Men may come and men may go but the company goes on forever! This phrase is used to describe how men (and women) are not indispensable.
Work anywhere will go on, even though it may take time, effort, some stumbling, some healing, etc., to get on. It also gives others a chance to prove themselves through such new openings/opportunities. Make way for the down-in-line to prove themselves. Also they need to gain experience even if they need to by stumbling and bumbling!
We hear such good words at the farewell parties when someone is retiring, leaving job, etc. that he or she will be sorely missed, that the person has been indispensable and what will the organization do without him now. But experience tells us that we are fools to even believe such things that the organization will crumble once we leave our jobs. There will be someone who will take on our work - whether that someone is up to the mark or not will take time to tell. Still there is someone who is trying to step in to continue from where we left work.
The organization may have been running before we made our entry. We make a difference to our jobs in the way we best can. Someone else may come in and deliver better or worse goods than us! Soon the company or organization will not have time even to think about us and that's the truth.
It is wrong to assume that we are the only ones who carry the burden on our shoulders and it is because of us that the show runs. How far from the truth!
Today is the last working day for the Infosys founder, Narayana Murthy. Work at Infosys will go on as usual, I am sure, even though he will be missed. His role play has now come to an end as far as the company is concerned. The worth of the company stands at $6 Billion today. It may become $600bln or may also get reduced to $.6bln. He has contributed such a lot not only to his company but to his state, his country and the world of IT. Yet he is a very philosophical man to understand that as soon as he leaves the company he founded and ran for many years will not crumble upon his exit! He seems to be a level-headed person and a karma yogi.
So with human lives. We see around us how a spouse is left alone due to the other's death or due to separation. Maybe for a while, memories will haunt intensely, with time that intensity also gets diluted. Life does not stop for the surviving spouse. One learns to move on by getting more occupied with his or her work or developing a new hobby or interest. This helps to control the mind from dwelling too much upon any sad event often which does no one any good - not for the living and never for the departed, anyway.
The human mind needs to get diverted away from revisiting pain or painful situations for one's own good.
Has life and living ever stopped if the father passed away. Has life come to an end if the mother passes away? Someone else (relatives like grandfather, granny, an uncle or an aunt) often takes over some responsibility to fill the lacuna.
And we think we are indispensable and we are the ones who run the show. Sigh!
Mahalakshmi.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Trip To Satara
Out of circulation for 2 weeks!
Reason was a trip to Satara.
Satara is approximately 124 Km from Pune and nestled in the western ghats.
The weather is similar to Ooty and Kodaikanal. Mahabaleshwar is just 47 Kms from Satara. Mahabaleshwar is a hill resort and famous spot for bollywood shootings. But we could not go there due to constant drizzle.
Besides a cool climate, this place is blessed with fresh air. I loved the just-plucked fresh vegetables from near by farms, brought to the market only towards evening each day. You just had to put the knife and the vegetables would get cut like it were a piece of butter! That tender each one was. I went crazy cooking most vegetables I could lay my hands on, as our family was put up in a company guest house with full kitchen facilities. The cow's milk was good. Its Ghee was even better. So was the malai paneer with which I made some of our family's favorite dishes like aloo-gobi-paneer, paneer-methi, stuffed paneer paranthas and mutter-paneer. It was sad that I found out about fresh paneer too late otherwise, it would have been paneer this or paneer that, all through our stay. Thank God the family escaped the paneer over-do punishment!!
The view from our first floor rooms was too good. Each morning we would wake up to the sight of misty clouds floating over lush green mountains. There would be drizzle but never a heavy down pour. The few minus about this place was that no tar roads are laid except the main thoroughfares resulting in too much slush all over. On top perhaps due to the cold weather, everybody would spit freely on the roads, anywhere and everywhere!!
The area is full of greenery and trees housing parrots, pigeons, sparrows, etc., which could be seen from close quarters. We shot some pictures which I am going to share.
My elderly cousin from Hyderabad gave me a hint to visit the Chinna Chidambaram, the famed Nataraja Temple built by the Maha Periyavaal, Sri Chandrashekhar Swamigal of Shankara Madom, Kanchipuram. I was fortunate to visit it and also recite the Lalitha Sahasranamam as an offering on a Friday to the Divine Mother.
My wish to visit the famed Kolhapur's Mahalakshmi temple also came true and I could sing the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam in HER divine presence inside the premises which was another high for me. Lesser crowd than usual made it possible.
Having left my elderly mother alone for a full 13 days was indeed worrisome, yet all of us sisters kept talking to her on the cell. I had also made arrangements with my neighbour to visit her at least twice a day. She did that wonderfully well because I and my husband have never hesitated to help her whenever there was a chance to help them. The servant also never let me down. My mother has always been the independent type and she must have loved to be on her own and do her things her way for 2 weeks! In fact when we arrived, she prepared crisp dosas with very good chutney and sambar. It was heaven to be back home and see mother. I have never been away from her for longer than 1 or 2 days at a time.
Mahalakshmi.
Reason was a trip to Satara.
Satara is approximately 124 Km from Pune and nestled in the western ghats.
The weather is similar to Ooty and Kodaikanal. Mahabaleshwar is just 47 Kms from Satara. Mahabaleshwar is a hill resort and famous spot for bollywood shootings. But we could not go there due to constant drizzle.
Besides a cool climate, this place is blessed with fresh air. I loved the just-plucked fresh vegetables from near by farms, brought to the market only towards evening each day. You just had to put the knife and the vegetables would get cut like it were a piece of butter! That tender each one was. I went crazy cooking most vegetables I could lay my hands on, as our family was put up in a company guest house with full kitchen facilities. The cow's milk was good. Its Ghee was even better. So was the malai paneer with which I made some of our family's favorite dishes like aloo-gobi-paneer, paneer-methi, stuffed paneer paranthas and mutter-paneer. It was sad that I found out about fresh paneer too late otherwise, it would have been paneer this or paneer that, all through our stay. Thank God the family escaped the paneer over-do punishment!!
The view from our first floor rooms was too good. Each morning we would wake up to the sight of misty clouds floating over lush green mountains. There would be drizzle but never a heavy down pour. The few minus about this place was that no tar roads are laid except the main thoroughfares resulting in too much slush all over. On top perhaps due to the cold weather, everybody would spit freely on the roads, anywhere and everywhere!!
The area is full of greenery and trees housing parrots, pigeons, sparrows, etc., which could be seen from close quarters. We shot some pictures which I am going to share.
My elderly cousin from Hyderabad gave me a hint to visit the Chinna Chidambaram, the famed Nataraja Temple built by the Maha Periyavaal, Sri Chandrashekhar Swamigal of Shankara Madom, Kanchipuram. I was fortunate to visit it and also recite the Lalitha Sahasranamam as an offering on a Friday to the Divine Mother.
My wish to visit the famed Kolhapur's Mahalakshmi temple also came true and I could sing the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam in HER divine presence inside the premises which was another high for me. Lesser crowd than usual made it possible.
Having left my elderly mother alone for a full 13 days was indeed worrisome, yet all of us sisters kept talking to her on the cell. I had also made arrangements with my neighbour to visit her at least twice a day. She did that wonderfully well because I and my husband have never hesitated to help her whenever there was a chance to help them. The servant also never let me down. My mother has always been the independent type and she must have loved to be on her own and do her things her way for 2 weeks! In fact when we arrived, she prepared crisp dosas with very good chutney and sambar. It was heaven to be back home and see mother. I have never been away from her for longer than 1 or 2 days at a time.
Mahalakshmi.
Trip To Satara
Out of circulation for 2 weeks!
Reason was a trip to Satara. Its approximately 95 Km from Pune. It is nestled in the western ghats.
The weather is similar to Ooty and Kodaikanal. Mahabaleshwar is just 40 Kms from Satara. Mahabaleshwar is a hill resort and famous spot for bollywood shootings. But we could not go there due to constant drizzle.
Besides a cool climate, this place is blessed with fresh air. I loved the just-plucked fresh vegetables. The milk was fresh and good too. I went crazy cooking most vegetables I could lay my hands on as our family was put up in a company guest house with full kitchen facilities. The view from our first floor rooms was too good. Each morning we woke up to the sight of misty clouds floating over lush green mountains.
The area is full of greenery and trees which house parrots, piegons, sparrows, etc., which we could see from close quarters. We shot some pictures which I am going to share.
Reason was a trip to Satara. Its approximately 95 Km from Pune. It is nestled in the western ghats.
The weather is similar to Ooty and Kodaikanal. Mahabaleshwar is just 40 Kms from Satara. Mahabaleshwar is a hill resort and famous spot for bollywood shootings. But we could not go there due to constant drizzle.
Besides a cool climate, this place is blessed with fresh air. I loved the just-plucked fresh vegetables. The milk was fresh and good too. I went crazy cooking most vegetables I could lay my hands on as our family was put up in a company guest house with full kitchen facilities. The view from our first floor rooms was too good. Each morning we woke up to the sight of misty clouds floating over lush green mountains.
The area is full of greenery and trees which house parrots, piegons, sparrows, etc., which we could see from close quarters. We shot some pictures which I am going to share.
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