This piece follows my Blog of the 12th of May 2020… I have been hearing/ reading about this set of people called Migrants every day, actually almost every half hour. So, today, I decided to check what this word means as per established dictionaries – here is a link – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant#h1 – As per the…
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The Retirement Age…
In the older days and as an employee I would be in my last days of my career from today. A few months ago some agency sent me an SMS reminding me to get my benefits as retirement was close by. Me, I wanted to retire at 55. When I mentioned that wish to folks…
Just a bit about today
Hi. I thought I would give the continuing story on my life & career a small break and write a small piece on TODAY. The COVID Times… I do not know about others but I did my best, over the last fifty days, to limit my concern on the effects of the Lock Down to…
Sales – Part 4 – Bombay and then …
In my experience no Indian professional has achieved anything unless he/she has done some kind of work in Bombay ( Mumbai). In the days I talk about , Bombay was frightening for anyone coming from even a large cosmopolitan city in the South. The sheer professionalism of the city and the amazing wealth it had…
Sales..selling a dream – Part 1
Southern Investments (SI) added Sales to my portfolio about two years into my career. I was placed as the Sales Manager along with my old friend J, as my assistant, at our Head Office in Madras. I had been handling, what is today known as CRM, for almost six months prior to this. I was…
A Job..wow…
I can’t express the joy I felt inside me when I got my appointment letter from Southern Investments ( SI) in Madras. Leaving home was heartbreaking for me though. As I look back in life I doubt whether there is a stronger bond than that between a young widow and her young child, staring at…
Dreams…plans…
As we move on…Day Dreaming.. ‘The Place between your comfort zone and your dreams is where Life takes place” – Hellen Keller I never believed in the power of day dreaming till I realized I stopped day dreaming. I realized with that I wasn’t looking forward to anything. My life became a routine passage through…