Twinkle Twinkle Bright Stars!

Almost entire world is under lockdown state to fight against deadly corona virus to spread. In India, PM Modi announced 21 days of lockdown, and finds itis only solution to control the pandemic. 

Almost last 10 days I stopped going to office and started working from home over laptop digitally connected to all office members. Sametime, keeping myself and my family busy with some household activities, games, watching tv etc.

Today evening I was just neck out to my balcony to experience the view without traffic in lockdown state. Truly it appeared that my all five senses are active and finding new dimension unlikely to happen earlier. There is a silence in air and I can smell air of purity. Even it is so pure that the aroma of evening snacks cooked in nearby made my palate salivating. I can feel the breeze touching on my face as smooth as silk and passing to my ears with a meditating sounds. My eyes took off to top of my head and I observed unbelievable sparking and twinkling stars. I was surprised as if I am at different part of the world. Earlier I hardly could see any stars twinkling in smoky and foggy sky as if it appears only sun and moon have place to live in the sky. But in last few days our eyes are getting brighten by seeing many twikling stars that reminded my old days of my childhood.

I can recall when I was 5-6 years old and along with my other siblings, we used to sleep on rooftop in summers. In summer days roof top becomes hot so we sprinkled water on rooftop in night to make it cool down. Once it is done we prepared the bed and my father comes from shop and have meal together and go for sleep. All siblings were excited to listen day to day wisdom from my father and mother presents the meals for us. Before sleep parents narrated a story of their life and experiences, mythological stories and fables under very bright and twinkle stars. These stars were so bright and twinkle that as if they were talking to us and ready to listen to story.

Most important part of those stories was to impart the values within ourselves. Learmigs from those stories remained with me forever and always give direction and actnas a torch bearer in my life. 

So my connection with bright and twinkle stars etched in memory and I always look forward to these stars as bright and twinkle as in my old days. Seeing these stars it also led me instrospect that to what extent we are sensitive to our environment. It is man who made uncontrollable pollution and population causing withering the shines of stars.

Thanks for lockdown period, it cherished my sweet and beautiful memories and ponder to care the environment. My transition of mind might not have transported or instrospected the caring for nature if lockdown not happened and evironment could not reset it original form of existence. So let's the stars bright and twinkle all the time forever.

~K.K

Adding Flavour To Someone's Life!

Almost everyday when I get up in the morning, first I show my gratitude to God, my parents, family, friends, teachers, mentors, many people and nature who brought me to this level. I am highly grateful to each of them for making my life happy and prosperous. After this exercise I do my affirmation exercise for myself what I want to be. Positive affirmation reminds my mind to manifest for appropriate action.

My wife also gets up with a beautiful smile and requests me for morning tea. So I go to kitchen and prepare tea with tea bag from varied flavour. Flavour that we like earl grey, moringa, jasmine, lemon twist and hibiscuss. Among them I like earl grey the most because of its aroma and flavour. While making tea, it reminds me that how tea bag is making a difference to water. Learnings can be drawn from the tea making with tea bag:

1. Leader is like a tea bag, he brings colour and flavour to life of others like water

2. Leader's life is incomplete without followers. His importance of life is demonstrated when he always ready to make a difference to life of others as tea bag does to water

3. Leader knows when to motivate and inspire the followers and how much he should involve to the life of others. His leadership should be balanced the way tea bag does. Low dipping of tea bag can't add flavour and colour and too much dipping may spoil the taste of tea. 

4. Leader is remembered and respected for exceptional qualities like earl grey tea bag is.

So we should always try ourselves to add flavours to the life of others like a tea bag. It may cost nothing but gives immense gratification and mental pleasure to the life.

~KK

Positivity Around In Lockdown!

Last two months, corona virus has made the entire world at grinding halt. It started from China and spread across the world. Now India is also under its grip spreading epidemically all across the states. Govt is taking stringent action and asked the citizens to lockdown. This is only solutions to break this epidemic spread. Govt has strictly asked the citizens to maintain social distancing and only solution PM Modi suggested to break the chain of spread by staying in home for 21 days, a complete lockdown in entire India. 

With this unpredictable and unprecedented lockdown in India is creating panic and fear among Indians. It is true that when we are in fear and panic our mind also manifest our action in same way. So now it is important for all of us to be in positive mind frame for next 21 days. It reminds me the statement of PM Modi that Mahabharat war was won in 18 days and war against Covid 19 can be won in 21 days if people ready to support govt with right mind set and action together. So I decided myselft to write for 21days that would spread positivity, hope, love, family bonding. Aura of positivity will keep us stay calm infectiously in this difficult time. I have strong believe that in 21days we will make Indians life far better than fear is being created now

~KK

Riding Bicycle

When my elder son,Satwik was growing up and he was five year old. I thought of buying new bicycle on his 5th birthday. I surprised him with it and he was at cloud nine. He expressed his feeling with love and hugged me. 

Since he never ride a bicycle so I put side wheels stand fitted in rear wheel. He could able to ride it and enjoy bicycling. Everyday when he came home after school, he ran for riding his bicycle.

Days went away, one day I thought of taking out side stand and asked him to ride without it. He had shown resistance and feeling uncomfortable riding without side support. Since he was very well used of it and considered it as a part of bicycle which is non detachable part. I pushed him to ride by giving support but he could not able to ride it. Even I encouraged him by showing him in park how others are doing it but he could not able to ride it without stand. He had feeling that he may fall down and his fear continued. 

After few years we transferred to Bangalore and lived in big complex. He was excited to see many of children staying in the complex of his age. He made good friends and started playing with them. He also noticed that some of them have their own bicycle without side stand and enjoying the ride in the complex. After observing for some days he thought let me try bicycle of my friends. He tried and he could able ride it in very short time. Even some of his friends encouraged him to break his limit. It gave a lot of confidence & courage to do it.

When he learnt to ride he came to me and expressed his excitement and took me to demonstrate with joy to me by riding the bicycle.

If I recollect my thought on this experience I learnt a great lesson. Many a times in life learning by ownself doesn't push ourself. The confidence and courage are limited in our mind and in our action. But observing others and learning from them make ourselves to cross the limitation. This is beauty of working in team that pushes our own limits. 

So if we are struck somewhere in life and trying hard to achieve something but could not able to do it, let's try to be part of a group. By observing others make our stereotype mindset futile and inspires to achieve what we set the goal for ourselves. 

~KK

3rd March- A Special Day!

3rd March is a special day for us in the company. Today we celebrate birth anniversary of our founder, J N Tata. It is celebrated just like a festival in Jamshedpur and we gathered to sales office across the country to pay homage to a great man. 

Just two years back I was in Bangalore and I joinned in for paying homage to founder. Ex employee of the company along with other colleagues also joined in. Even our Ex MD of the company, Mr B Muthuraman had also shown his presence. After paying homage to founder by us, Mr Muthuraman spoke few lines about the founder and about the company. Few of us also spoke few lines on this ocassion. All of sudden, I was also asked to speak something. Although I didn't prepare for the same I gathered my courage to speak out. I was fumbled and felt myself dejected. I was taken aback. I felt that I am destroying my value. If I can't speak fluently and confidently then how I could do well in career and how I could able to lead a team. For few days I had sleepless night and instrospecting myself how to improve upon it. I also realised that it is me who is responsible for my state of being not even the company. I decided and promised myself whatever the means I am going to change myself and hence, I knocked the door of Bangalore Toastmasters Club. When I attended weekly meetings, I realised that this a perfect place to improve my confidence and communication. Without any delay I became member of club. Over the period of time I regularly participative and I could see the gradual improvement within myself.

Today again I was partipative in paying homage to our founder. Today, I was decided myself to speak something. After speaking by few of attendees, without any provocation, I took the chance to speak. I spoke few lines with context. I spoke how ex employees of the company contributed in line of vision laid down by founder. The company could stand on its feet for more than 100 years because the contribution by ex employees was immense. 

This time I was very confident and bold. My thoughts was very clear and crisp. I was delighted to see the change within me. Everyday I see the change in search of new version of myself.  

So 3rd March is really important for me to trigger for self development. On this day, a birth of a great man our founder took place several decades back, but just two years back on same day new version of myself was also born. 

What a fantastic day for me. It is also said that mother gives birth to you once but you have ability to give birth several times. I feel I have given birth to myself on this mementous day. 

~KK