The year 2010-A Recap....

A brand new year came by and before we even realize it, we are 16 days into it…It just makes u wonder if time actually flies…



So I decide to evaluate the year gone by..Ummm…where to begin …to start with, the year began with me getting my first salary at the end of Jan 2010...The first salary got debited to my account and I remember feeling like the king of the world…I guess that’s something everybody feels on getting their first salary, but it was remarkable for me after the uncertainty we faced during the recession period in 2009..I remember each day was a night-mare as I waited for my joining date, with the fear lurking in the back of my mind that it might never come…But it came, and in view of what a pampered girl I was at home, it’s nothing short of a miracle that I survived through my training period in the cold north-east and did not miss a single day of training in spite of the chilly weather(on that note thanks to my roommate Purba)…

Then Chennai happened…Blazing sun, blandness of the cuisine, experiment with all brands of sunscreen available in the market, yet getting a tan, covering my face like a terrorist whenever I go out during the day and last but not the least getting used to using an umbrella (trust me, in Kolkata I won’t be caught dead with an umbrella ever;) ) and a dire language problem later ,I can say I have come a long way from the ever pampered single child to being a self-reliant woman…Now I have the confidence to take the world by myself, maybe I cannot make the best of all situations, yet I have learnt enough to not make a complete fool of myself in any situation..(so I believe..)..Chennai made me stand on my feet….



2010 made me realize what I could be to my family..my parents have been by me through thick and thin, but I felt good when I could assure them the same in their hard times…I felt proud of myself to be able to tell them that they don’t have to worry about anything…I am there for them….It kind made me feel that the emotional fool and impulsive buyer that I am, my life has finally come to some use:) and for this, I am thankful to my parents for making me this capable..(err…however little capable I am that is….let’s not get into that now!!!!)…..



2010 also taught me the value of family…I realized that the existence we have, amounts to nothing in this huge wide world and to its ever-growing population unless you decide to do something for somebody..and what better place to start than your family….They are the ones who give meaning to your life and since it’s my mom’s birthday today…I take this opportunity to say “love u ma and baba”..I am not the kind who tells the words “miss u” or “love u” too much..yet you people complete me…



Talking of how insignificant I am, as any human being is, I realized something very important in this year….a human being is as valuable as the work he/she does…living and working in a city far away from home…I used to feel very lonely at times..sometimes on evenings I would wonder if anybody here will miss me when I am gone…it’s then that I realized that they won’t..Unless maybe someday someone would refer to me w.r.t my work (however insignificant it might be to the outside world)..so all that matters is giving your best to whatever you do…I don’t know whether I am meant for great things…neither do I know if I will ever be someone worthwhile…but what I do know is my work marks my contribution to this world/industry and I don’t want to regret that I did not make an effort when I could have…..



On this note, I want to share a little story with all..I was on my way home last month when I came across and edition of “The Week” and bought it ..It was some anniversary issue to celebrate some of the greatest achievers( who are physically challenged) of our times….as I went through those tales of people with disfigured bones and bodies overcoming all obstacles just by their will-power, I did not know when I started thanking god for making me the way I am…I realized that I am indeed blessed to have a sound mind and body…because there are so many out there who are declined by fate the very things we take so much for granted…And thus as I read about the girl whose whole body is paralyzed except 1 finger in her hand and she has a book to her credit, I found myself folding my 10 fingers in a prayer of thanks …..Indeed, I am blessed…..



This year is the first one when I felt the need to know about all that goes on in the world…I became conscious of it in the wake of the hearing for the BABRI MASJID case..the Cauvery issue tribunal decision and so on and so forth…I had heard of the saying “the only blessing is knowledge and the only curse is ignorance”…..and so I promised myself to make a more well rounded decision when I cast my vote the next time…



The last month of the year was when I got my confirmation and became a part of the brand that is Tata..and however much we complain about TCS, there is no denying the fact that I am proud to be a part of the Tata group…In this one year, I have come across the TATA’s efforts at making a better world in so many ways that I am proud to be a part of all these endeavors in my own little way (though I do not deny that I curse them no less, every time I see a reduction from my salary for anything like this..shame on me:()…..

So all in all, this year has been an enriching journey and I look forward to having many more such years of learning in my life…