Tag: nostalgia
Posted on September 20, 2018
by Sumir The Seeker
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Circa 2007/8: Krishanu takes a liking to photography. Cut to September 2018, Krishanu opens up his work, albeit a limited selection, to one and all. He actually says we are free to share, so sharing I am.
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Category: adventure, Blogs, Bombay, family, father, generation gap, hindsight, la familia, life experiences, London, Mentoring, papa, parenting, photography, relationships, sister, son, the familyTags: adventure, challenging, determination, education, emotional, family, la familia, life experiences, nostalgia, parenting, UK
Posted on April 1, 2017
by Sumir The Seeker
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What was amazing was the way people looked at me. This was probably the very first time they had laid eyes on an Indian, or for that matter someone colored like me. I exaggerate not, when I say that whole villages came out just to get a look! I could now understand what white skinned people feel when they visit India, and everyone is just staring at them, nudging each other, and passing remarks.
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Category: adventure, austria, Blogs, Culture, czech republic, dolny kubin, driving across europe, eastern europe, european union, family, france, friends, friendships, germany, gl 450, life experiences, mercedes, mercedes benz, photography, relationships, Slovakia, the family, Travel, UncategorizedTags: austria, czech republic, dolny kubin, eastern europe, eu, european union, family, france, germany, GL, gl 450, London, mercedes, mercedes benz, nostalgia, relationships, Slovakia, Travel
The only real question that matters is the one that the CEO asks. “You seem to have done a lot in your life, is there anything you can’t do?”. Instinctively I knew that the answer to this question would be the clincher, and my answer is, “Rumi, the only thing I can’t do is Kiss Ass!”. Little expecting such a response, (you had to be there) there is a look of surprise all around.
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Category: adventure, adversity, Blogs, Bombay, friends, friendships, HSBC, India, International Mobility, jobhunting, life experiences, Mumbai, relationships, Relocation, UncategorizedTags: Charleson Varghese, Consulting, friendships, HSBC, HSBC GLT, Mumbai, nostalgia, relationships, Rumi Contractor, technology, Travel
This true telling, begins with me having been out of work for several months now, and I am getting rather desperate. Family to support, mouthis to feed. It was the bottom of the spiral caused by tech bubble that had gone bust, and jobs were not easy to come by. I literally sat each and every day and scoured every advertisement in various publications, and finding anything remotely suitable, I applied, crossed my fingers, my toes and pretty much everything that could be crossed, so much so that reading, and working long hours at the computer, did leave me blurry and cross-eyed at times.
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Category: adventure, Blogs, Culture, friends, friendships, India, International Mobility, life experiences, Maharashtra, Mumbai, relationships, Religion, spiritualityTags: 3i infotech, adversity, banking products, Consulting, freinds, friendships, humility, icici, icici infotech, intellectual property, international travel, investment management, nostalgia, radhakrishna pingali, relationships, Religion, technology
It was 3 AM, and I was jolted awake. At first I couldn’t place what had awoken me so abruptly. I turned to check on the baby. He was sleeping peacefully. With a shrug, I laid back down to catch a few more moments… Continue Reading “The Day He Spread His Wings”
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Category: adversity, Blogs, family, la familia, life experiences, parenting, relationships, the family, UncategorizedTags: family, nostalgia, parenting, relationships
The era of the monarch or king or ruler in general being the representative of God has ended in most countries, and where it does exist, it is mostly in title only.
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Category: Blogs, Culture, economy, life experiences, Religion, socioeconomical, sociopolitical, traditionTags: community, Culture, education, family, nostalgia, Religion, society, socioeconomical, sociopolitical, tradition
Posted on March 11, 2017
by Sumir The Seeker
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Its all about timing. Let’s start out by saying that men have no clue what they want until at least the age of thirty if not more. Perhaps it has something to do with the way we’re constructed. Well most men. There may be other men who are completely together, and focussed, and who know exactly what they want, but lets just say I’m not one of them. We want different things at different times. I even believe that we want several things at the same time …. it’s complicated! But allow me the latitude to explain.
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Category: adventure, adversity, Blogs, life experiences, relationshipsTags: adventure, bonding, community, Culture, daughter, education, family, Indian, marriage, nostalgia, parenting, relationships, society, Traditions, wedding, western
I believe that unwittingly we have set them up to deal with a whole lot of things that we haven’t equipped them to deal with. We expected that our values, our beliefs, our culture would somehow be passed on to them without actually taking the trouble to impart any of it.
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Category: Blogs, generation gap, gratification on demand, instant gratification, life experiences, parenting, photographyTags: Culture, determination, education, family, gratification on demand, Indian, instant gratification, nostalgia, parenting, relationships, society, true grit, western
Life is strange, it likes to do strange things. It plays with you, toys with you. It can make you, or break you. Some call it fate, others call it destiny. Everybody is challenged by it, and none have figured it out in totality. None can control it, but some think they do.
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Category: adventure, adversity, Blogs, life experiencesTags: adventure, Culture, education, family, life algorithm, life experiences, master programmer, nostalgia, relationships, society
Posted on February 28, 2017
by Sumir The Seeker
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However, once I knew that I was going back, I was a mix of emotions, apprehensions ….. would I re-adjust, would I like it, would I get used to the heat, dirt, etc, all associated with Bombay and India.
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Category: adventure, Blogs, Bombay, Gateway of India, India, International Mobility, Mumbai, Relocation, UncategorizedTags: adventure, bonding, Continents, Culture, Customs, daughter, family, freindships, Horizons, Indian, International Experience, logistics, London, marriage, Moving Country, nightwing, nostalgia, Overseas, relationships, society, solomon the wise, Stints, sulamif, Traditions, UK, wanderlust, wedding, western