Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Just received a mail from Steve. Back in London Steve and Synah loved the Raajma (the runny curry as Steve called it then) I cooked for them and they bought me Italian fare for lunch as they bade farewell to Bangalore a couple of years later.

Steve and Synah are among the most endearing friends I have found from colleagues and they at the moment are doing something I have always wanted to do but never found the time because of other priorities. I have known them since 2002 and have always found them eager to travel to far away places and meet people from different cultures. Back in 2004 they decided to move to Bangalore where Steve's firm was setting up their India operations. In the bargain Steve got to work in India and get first-hand experience of an Indian workplace. They have arguably seen more places in India during their year long stay than me. Now they have moved to the African continent for 8 months and they spend their time looking after AIDS affected people and visiting all those places they always wanted to visit.

Do I really need to wait for my sabbatical to travel to all the places where I have always wanted to go? Would it not be too late then?


http://www.stevesynah.co.uk/index.htm

The week before Diwali when I visited Gujarat, I brought along my Naani with me to Mumbai for her to spend some time with us. She does not love the city in particular, but she does enjoy spending time with me and my maa.

She has found something interesting this time. She makes it a point to watch Big Boss, the Indian adaptation of Big Brother. It is not the idea of subjecting the house guests to constant scrutiny and voting them out that appeals to her though. She just finds the guests very strange and interesting. She loves Rakhi Sawant and her nautanki for sure.

Big Brother houses are certainly meant for the Rakhis of this world and I would not be surprised if she emerges a winner !

I am surprised to find how very similar the exit conversations are in every organization after a employee conveys his decision to separate !

Be it the line manager or the HR manager, almost everyone is interested in finding out what the last straw on the proverbial camel's back was ! Is it always the last straw that counts? What about the penultimate straw and the ones before that?

I am sure camels all the world over do say it was not just the last straw !

Yesterday I drafted my third resignation mail in a career of little more than 8 years. I must say I am getting better.

6 AM Pacific is the best time for a global conference call. Who would know this better than those who contributed in making India a software services offshoring destination of choice?

6 AM Pacific also happens to be the blog of Basab and is now one of my daily reads.

http://6ampacific.com/