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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Page 221 of my 300 page auto biography...

I wrote this article for one of my interviews ...sharing it here....

"everyone burst into laughter. Hahahaha…..What a nice hairstyle I had….

As she was flipping through the pages of the album, a rush of nostalgia hit me that took me back in time. There were Posed class pictures that never quite came out the way they should have been. Pictures of the party that we had on the day when we started a new club in our college, pictures of the football match played with the Differently abled children of Deepalaya school, Pictures of Yasmeen, Pictures of me receiving an award from my first team lead, Pictures of the day when I was given the ‘best innovator’ award, Pictures when I felt satisfied donating money for education, Pictures of my first promotion, Pictures of the achievements on work.

Ooh!!! What a life it has been
at various junctures. At 23, it was about getting placed. At 30, it was about playing with my little daughter who was growing up. At 36, it was about appreciating the progressive social context that India was encapsulated in.

At 45 today, it holds a very different meaning for me.
Today, happiness means feeling worthy, responsible for having a job done, and done well at that, for having achieved more than I had aimed, for having made a difference to the lives of people around me. Despite all this, there is something missing. A gap I need to fill in. Having changed the fortunes of the companies I worked with, I guess I need to do something for the people now. A big day ahead. Tomorrow’s visit to  "

ended it abruptly because it's just one page and one page ends abruptly most of the times...:P

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