When Silence Speaks...

कुछ ख्वाब ऐसे थे जो हकीकत को गुमराह कर गए कुछ साथी ऐसे थे जो राह चलते अकेले छोड़ गए कुछ मंज़िल ऐसे थे जो अपना रास्ता बदल गए कुछ मोड़ ऐसे थे जो माझी से जुदा कर गए कुछ लम्हे ऐसे थे जो यादों के शीशे में कैद होते गए कुछ जश्न ऐसे थे जो अपने पीछे आँखों में पानी छोड़ गए कुछ फासले ऐसे थे जो अपनों को दूर और परायों को अपना कर गए कुछ लफ्ज़ ऐसे थे जो बस आखों से बयान कर गए कुछ उम्मीदे ऐसे थे जो आज जीने का सहारा बन गए - सरिता  Dated - 25th February 2017

ए वक़्त अपने कुछ लम्हे यहाँ भी बिखेर दे तनहा खड़े है कुछ देर साथ तो चल ले कभी डूबे तो कभी तैरे है तेरी लेहरों में किनारा तो आज भी दूर तक नज़र कहीँ आता नहीं मझदार में फसे तो है पर मुस्कुराना अब भी हम भूले नहीं तुझपे या है खुद पे इतना भरोसा की टूट कर ही सही मंज़िल तो पाएंगे हम ज़रूर ... - सरिता  Dated - 25th February 2017

Have you ever felt an instant connection with some as if you have known them forever? You chat freely about anything and everything without any filters on. This week was a week well spent for me, because I met 2 such wonderful people and it was an amazing experience.  One of them, my colleague with whom I have been interacting for almost a month now. But yesterday night, when we came back to hotel from the client office and we just sat in the lobby for a round of tea, the conversation made its way through our pasts, our families, life in general, philosophical analysis, our struggles, hardships and what not. There were a lot of similarities in our upbringing and we were able to relate to each other's situations much better. When we paused and looked back at that 1 hour, we realized how much we had opened up to each other. She and I kind of felt that bond of comfort, that we could share our pasts and thoughts without any hesitance. I cannot be more thankful for getting to know he...

Earlier this week, an incident rocked the little world of us ex-infoscions. A female employee was strangled to death by a security guard on duty at around 5 PM on a Sunday evening in Pune Phase II Infosys office. Infosys being our first company, holds a special place in all our hearts. We were not ready to believe that something like this has happened in what we considered one of the safest place on earth. And it was. We used to happily roam the abandoned streets of Mysore DC at 3 AM; the feeling of being out so late and not scared made us feel proud to be part of Infosys. And we still feel the same. A friend sent a message; about one of the reactions to this incidents - of course by all the so called Feminists; that women should be allowed to Work from home; should not be forced into night shifts etc..etc... He asked me - "What do you think?" And here's what I think. "What happened in Infosys is unfortunate. Both for the company and the girl's family. But...