Thursday, January 30, 2020

NRN & Infosys Days - Simplicity & Humility

Nov 2004. Infosys Campus , Mysore.
   It was a normal day like any other day. I was in my hostel room inside the campus chatting with friends.
    Then around late evening felt like having an early dinner ( our classes use to start quite early ) .As I entered the canteen and ordered for a south indian thali ( mostly it was either thali or paratha or just Maggi for me as options were limited ) , I sat down on a vacant table.



    Suddenly I saw an aged person wearing pure white kurta and pyjama walking in , ordered food and sat down at a distance.
   I was awestuck.Time has slackened it's pace for me.
    The man was NRN. That's how we lovingly called NR Narayana Murthy.Founder of Infosys.
   I couldn't eat properly.I was soo much gripped by that great man's simplicity.
   I mean , come on , you are the CEO of Infosys and you just walkin , smile at all and have your meal .I mean ,How !!!
   I was soo much dazzled , my heartbeat going hayward.
    Here sits the man who had been my idol , Here is the man for whom I left my departmental mech engg job just to learn from him , and he is having a dosa in front of me !!!
  OMG!
    He quickly finished his dinner and quitely walked back to the guesthouse.No one took selfie with him , 2004 was not selfie era.
   The very next day NRN addressed us all.
     Those were the time when even freshers like us had the independence to ask questions and tough questions.
  Someone asked  " Sir , it is said that you ruined Patni computers .Is it true ? " .
  NRN didn't lost his cool.There wasn't an iota of anger in his voice.
    Even after 16 odd years , I still remember what he said.
   But that's will be a different post altogether.
    Today , when I see NRN touching the feet of Ratan Tata , that simplicity and humility which I saw 16 years before , echoed infront of my eye.
    To everyone who does want to create a difference in others lives ( including me ) , let's start with humility.
    All other things will eventually fall in place.

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Childhood Memories

Just before going to bed , felt like writing this.
    There are soo many stories embedded in our lives.Each story have a smell , you still remember even after many years.
       Today while walking back home watched a little puppy playing around.The faded colour of dusk has given it a darkened tinge , chestnut brown might be.
      As the little dog played it flooded my mind with memories.
     When I was a kid and a very naughty one , I do remember that in winters everytime whenever I use to see any nice looking fluffy puppy on the road , I use to carry straight to my home.
       I loved dogs like anything. My beloved mother would at first scold me lovingly and then take the dog in.She never asked me to take them away...
We use to stay in Govt.Quarters which had a nice garden in front.
The first night the puppy would spend inside and the very next day me and my friends would build a brick house for him.
    Love would pour in from different corner , Papai my friend would bring a large packet of biscuits stolen from home & Ganesh had brought a fresh new soap.Others joined with toys , balls ...the little dog seemed soo happy...soon he became so obedient and my Mother's beloved.
    My mind would flutter in school thinking when I can go home and play with the puppy.
    The time spend with him was soo precious one.
One day I came back from school and couldn't find him , searched everywhere.
My mother said she had searched for long but no luck.
    Someone might have stolen the little puppy.I remember I cried a lot for few days , and after that again got hold of another street puppy and brought it home.
      Today as my eyes set on the puppy playing on the road , I remembered...it seemed the joy in their sparking eyes were of same depth.
    But my eyes have grown old , I have matured and my heart has shrinked.
                 I don't possess that innocence of my childhood to  carry a puppy back home without the slightest thought.

      Childhood winters were soo warm I felt  !