Yesterday, I attended a dance program as a part of the Faculty Development Program in the ICFAI campus. Appa was the coordinator for the whole show, so basically went to hog good food!! But what I saw caused non-stop crying for a good 2 mins..

The Bharathnatyam dance was conducted by students of the Ramana Maharshi Academy for the blind. There were totally 7 students, all visually impaired, but the perfection they exhibited in their dance made me feel it was me who was impaired!!

The confidence was amazing, the synchronization perfect. All the steps and movements were amazingly coordinated and showed their seriousness in the performance!!

The students have given their "Arangetram" and the main dancer of them is the first visually challenged student to have finished his senior exam in dancing.

The dance lasted for around 2 hours. At the end of it, we all gave a standing ovation. There wasnt a single soul in the entire auditorium who wasnt moved or who wasnt secretly wiping tears!!

I think it is we who are the impaired people. We are blessed with all the perfect senses and hence fail to make use of them!!

God bless all of them!!

 

 

I was away the last week.. Grammatically incorrect, probably..not that I care.

Away from the comp, away from mails, away from Orkut and MTV.. Heartening thing is I am still alive and in a definitely better frame of mind.

The long holiday in Halmutur didnt make any noticeable significance in my life.. I mean, I wasnt struck by a bolt of lightning and realize the value of life or I didnt discover some dark hidden dirty family secret.. However the following points:

1. Being in the company of friends 24/7 MIGHT result in frayed nerves. Frayed nerves are a sign of failing health.

2. I realized I like puppies, even if they were born out of stray dogs and will eventually become stray dogs..

3. When you are 24 and not yet married, you should have a looot of guts to face aunts, grandmothers and members of similar clans.

4. P.G.Wodehouse was truly a remarkable genius.

5. Training freshers requires a hell lot of stamina.

6. Holiday hangovers are terrible..

Probably some more, but I am unaware of them...        

   The thought is exhilirating..(not sure of the spelling).. the thought of meeting a bunch of  around 14+ enthusiastic freshers..the thought of convincing them that the technology I work for is the best in terms of career and money.. the thought of telling them that their career has on the best roadmap ever..the thought of instilling in them the seriousness of the first project..he thought of convincing people with  a conviction you dont feel!!

   It feels great to be on the other side of the fence and train the students.. I am feeling nervous and of course excited.. Just a one day session, but still...

   The future is all too predictable.. the enthusiasm falls down or is pushed down after a couple of months.. blame it on appraisals, managers, cranky clients... blame, blame and blame...see to it that you are justifying ur stagnation..

WELCOME TO THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY!!

 

WELCOME!!!   

at last, made my presence visible on the net....

keep blogging!!