tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211442622024-03-14T19:34:19.198+05:30Sanju's window to the world!!!An attempt to reflect, resonate and rejuvenate my worldSanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-12424495907454027812019-10-31T13:44:00.000+05:302020-04-20T15:39:12.921+05:30My wife's take on Bharwaan Bhindi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am in the mood for recounting some good moments of 2019. </div>
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One of many such things was a rather rare opportunity when the missus got to appear on TV. It was not for singing this time, but of course her ability to sing, which made her friend approach her for appearing on a cookery show called <a href="https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/kitchen-darbar/s-2305/vibha-sharma-on-the-show/1100029270" target="_blank">Kitchen Durbar</a>. The segment which she took part in was called athithi abhiruchi where guest chefs from different walks of life come over and display their culinary skills.</div>
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Traditionally, South Indian palate is what we have grown up on, but since both of us are foodies, she loves to keep trying unique recipes. One such recipe she got hooked on to from some/nowhere was Bharwaan bhindi(which translates to stuffed lady's finger). She had tried it with decent success at home once, but was convinced it would be awesome for the show. </div>
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Having no experience before in front of the camera, thought the missus would be a tad bit nervous, but no sir, not her. She aced it like a queen !!!</div>
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Check out this show on <a href="https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/kitchen-darbar/s-2305/vibha-sharma-on-the-show/1100029270" target="_blank">Hotstar</a>, try it out and do let her know, how it turned out.</div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com1Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.4764182 76.9491157 13.4667792 78.2400097tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-4323939567517092432019-02-28T15:25:00.000+05:302020-03-13T17:57:48.846+05:30Renovation - Not just another undertaking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Been a while you see since you showed up in my dreams, a very long time actually. Knowing your penchant for written communication, here's writing one hoping it will reach you somehow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since you left, we took sometime in steadying ourselves, supporting each other through what not only seemed, but was also a very dark phase of our life. Ironically those things, time and tide that you said would wait for none, which seemed prophetic then, was the only reality that helped us looked forward to other things. I got married and then sister got married and life started presenting newer possibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During all this transition, we moved from upstairs to ground floor and rented out the first floor for a few years, after sister got married. In this time, I did scout for some properties with a hope that I might be able to invest in real estate. But then, didn't see economical sense and dropped the idea. Realized that with the current scenario in Bangalore, there is no better place than what you found and made for us. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks to your bold aspirations, from the humble beginnings(<i>img above</i>) in 1988 you made our abode to what it was in 2001(<i>image below on Left</i>). </span><br>
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Last year I took on an ambitious renovation project of our first floor residence, with objective of making the residence more spacious, modern and a structure that we wanted to wholly utilize. Here's(<i>the image on the Right above</i>) what it looks like in 2019 after completing this major undertaking. Some of the changes that went in making the new structure are listed below- </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Elevated the ground area of the portico, in order to eliminate the problem of stormwater seepage from the street by creating a small elevation starting from the stones that form the pathway outside the main gate until the staircase to the first floor.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Got rid of the open well which was being used as an alternative potted plant. This gave way to an sump with increased storage capacity. Redid our old sump which was around thousand five hundred litre capacity, to get it to almost eight and half thousand litre capacity.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The enhanced water storage of the sump helped in getting rid of the original overhead tank which we had on the landing of the staircase of the first floor. The tank was not being of great help as there was not enough pressure for the ground floor, due to which I had made it defunct and had the overhead tank increased to 1000 litres on the terrace, which was serving as the main source of supply. While the arrangement was working for 8 people who stayed in both the ground and the first floor put together, with rare instances of water shortage, did not want to let go of an opportunity to enhance the overall storage.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As you walk through the staircase, am sure the absence of the main door in its original place will strike you. This brings us to the genesis of the project, the south entrance of the first floor, has been shifted to the east, right next to the pooja room.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As you'd remember we had a tiny 2ft balcony, which is now extended to a spacious almost 5ft balcony, by constructing 3 pillars from the ground floor, one of which originates from the sump. You'll be happy to know all this by staying in the confines of our plot, just used the space better. This additional space has given the balcony a great look and now doubles up as a good portico for both the GF and FF.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This brings us now to the inside of the house, the main door (a 6ft frame which includes long windows) facing east welcomes you to the living area, which now also comprises of the open kitchen. Yes, you read that right, the place where we kept our TV for so many years has now made way to be the main entrance to the first floor. The previous main entrance on the south has been closed and is now part of the kitchen. The older verandah no longer exists, its now the dining area and part of an open kitchen with walls separating the hall, verandah and kitchen knocked down up to the lintel beam level.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The offset that we had near the verandah entrance to the hall has been removed and moved towards the kitchen area to give the kitchen a unique look, resulted from creating a much spacious living area. This new wall is now the TV wall.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The washroom itself is now more vertically spacious, as i did away with the attic, since it had become a dwelling for other creatures alongwith our barely used resources/materials etc.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Other than these structural changes on the first floor, the only other changes are on the terrace, where a new room has been built with access from the terrace. A tiled canopy structure alongwith the room is the new terrace attraction.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No doubt you'd have asked me how much of it was necessary, well i would say I have tried to balance between essential needs and aspirational wants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Could I have been more conservative? Maybe. Did i splurge? Maybe not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When i thought of what you'd feel about these changes, I think you'd be thrilled, and also manage to slip in some changes yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The activity was arduous to say the least while it was in progress. Without your and Amma's blessings, my wife's stellar partnership and most importantly my employer's understanding, it would have been much harder. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do let me know in some way, what you think of all this ? </span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After yearning to go on a Himalayan trek for years, it finally happened one evening during the summer this year and to think of it that it would happen while we(missus and I) were out to make acquaintance with my wife's cousin's fiance, was a bit of surprise. What was meant to be a meet, greet and eat session turned into a rendezvous of getting to know each other and talking of common interests. Scuba-diving, travelling, anything that we spoke struck chord. It was almost a topic that was waiting to be touched upon, as soon as trekking was uttered things just fell in place one after another. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: Oh I love trekking, have done quite a few treks. [<i>Before going on any further, the mind provided an exclamatory statement as if to remind me of <a href="http://metalbook.blogspot.com/2010/04/trek-it-is-then.html" target="_blank">2010</a></i>]. Just that work has taken toll on all extra curricular stuff, i said at the risk of sounding old and mundane.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">SN didn't say much, he probably wanted to hold his cards close to the chest, probably vary of the fact that we were after all relatives of the family he was to wed into, who might subtly scrutinize him. While we didn't harbor any such intentions, the questions that were posed to us at the end of the day by the more older folks surely made us think if we missed an opportunity to don this hat. But then it was like meeting a friend, and we don't judge friends, do we ? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Day 1: </b>On reaching the hotel Keylinga, the congregation point before the trek we quickly freshened up and were ready to gobble up the meals before heading out for the trek at 2.30PM. The next 5 days was to be without getting a chance to shower unless someone was to be extremely adventurous in braving the cold winds and the water. We <span style="color: #333333;">started for Jobra immediately after lunch and reached there in an hours drive. From here the trek to the Jobra campsite was more of an acclimatizing half an hour trek which we took about 45 mins to cover. Rest of the day was spent getting to know the trek group, the modalities and what was ahead of us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Day 2: </b>Trek from Jobra (9,800 ft) to Jwara (11,072 ft); 7.14 km, ~6 hours. The day was meant to be very difficult as there was going to be steep ascent, so per out trek leader we had to follow a 6-7-8 schedule (Freshen-Eat,Pack-Leave).<i> [Packing a 60L trek bag to its brim was not something I'll take away with pride, however over packing layers is something I'll take any day to being cold]. </i>We reached Jwara after some heavy duty trekking in constant rains .<i> </i>The Jwara campsite was extremely pretty with the whole valley looking like a carpet full of lavender flowers, tall pine trees and a few maple trees making it a perfect setting for impromptu photo sessions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Day 4: </b>Balu Ka Ghera (12,411 ft) to Shea Goru (12,254 ft) via Hampta Pass (14,035 f); 6.65 km, 9 hours. This day was the toughest day of the trek and we were on 5-6-7 schedule today, the altitude gain was rapid and the ascent extremely tough. Added to this, sparing oxygen and the altitude was giving many of us altitude sickness. Thankfully, Diamox tablet used for high altitude acclimatization was majorly helpful in dealing with this. Beyond all this, the views of the valleys enroute the summit point was the highlight of the day. We reached the summit point by around 12 and stayed for sometime before proceeding to the Shea Goru campsite, after a descent of about 3 hours again. The whole experience was chilling and thrilling in the true sense of the words. The Shea Goru campsite was so scenic and the best of all the campsites. The tents were pitched next to the flowing Beas and when the sun was out, it was a sight to behold.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Day 5: </b>Shea Goru (12,254 ft) to Chhatru (10,898 ft); 6.87 km, 5 hours; visit Chandrataal lake and return to Chhatru camp. This was the last trekking day, and again after a descent of 4 hours, we reached the last point of the trek. All along the way were tremendous valleys, so scenic that a lot of pictures were clicked. On reaching the last point there were Tata Sumos waiting for us, which took us to Chatru campsite. This camp was right besides the road which connected Chhatru to the civilization. The day also saw us taking a tortuous journey to Chandrataal lake(due to the roads being in very bad condition). But then weren't expecting any better, with landslides similar to weather change in Bangalore, its not difficult to understand why. After a journey of almost 3 hours each way, we saw the most pristine and thankfully well maintained lake again at an altitude of 14000 plus ft. After some pictures and reflection time(both figuratively and literally) at lakeshore, we headed back to Chhatru. Here's a timelapse video shot near the lake.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The trek other than it's natural beauty on offer, also gave us an opportunity to meet some wonderful people, along the way. The entire group beautifully mingled and encouraged each other at all times both tough and easy. Of course, a lot of credit for the fantastic team of </span><a href="https://indiahikes.com/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Indiahikes</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> who made the trek an unforgettable experience for us. </span></div>
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Freefall has always given me a high, whether during a ride in a theme park or a pool. So no wonder that I got instantly driven by the idea signing in for a skydive during my recent trip to the US.</div>
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Before I go any further, a little flashback to 2012. While on the UK secondment in London, a friend and I were thinking of what to do for the weekend. My friend suggested that we sky dive, I looked at the prices and decided, that I'd much rather spend it on buying a D-SLR camera, which I was getting on investing a little more. Felt proud about it for the moment of being so prudent, but it didn't take me long to realise that may be I let go of something that I was to rue for a long time. Every other time, the thought of sky diving came to me, I had something else to think about. It just never happened. </div>
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I'm a firm believer of not just being at the right place at the right time, but also doing the right thing for something to transpire. Almost as a converse, not wanting to make it happen, and not overthinking about it, on a Sunday morning in an alien land where nothing other than breakfast seemed interesting, a quick WhatsApp conversation with a cousin and his wife got things rolling. A quick google search for groupon deals and 20 mins later, we were already signing online waivers for the 2PM slot at <a href="http://bayareaskydiving.com/" target="_blank">Bay Area Sky Diving</a>. </div>
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This was finally happening, and the first person I could think about was my wife with whom i had shared the longing to do this for so long. All she asked in reply was <i>"Have you decided", "Please do it safely for my sake". </i>Answer to both were <i>"Yes"</i> in the heart, but the mind wouldn't allow me to respond. Thanks to the timezone difference, being non-responsive didn't hurt.</div>
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What followed was a quick visit to the temple at Livermore, enroute to the location almost as if I were to subtly make my peace with God and seek blessings before the dive. On reaching the location the process was rather smooth, but the wait was long, with so many divers (tandem jumpers, solo jumpers, photo/videographers) waiting for their turns. By around 4PM, we got briefed as to what actions were expected of us midair, and we were harnessed on to the safety equipment. The guide shouted 10 mins before we took off and there we were, waiting with bated breaths for what I was counting to be a once in a lifetime experience. </div>
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The journey was a unique experience, taken upto 13000ft in a small plane, with around 10 people on it seated like army troopers on a mission. In 5 mins, we were upto 13.5K ft and the experts felt it was good to let go. A couple of girls led the way and it was my turn to go second. Being tied to the expert jumper with the safety equipment, felt like the umblical cord that an unborn shares with its mother, so safe and so enriching. I guess the fear of the moment was manifesting through these thoughts, while I felt a tap on my shoulder and thumbs up from my expert jumper with which all thoughts subsided into submission. A submission to faith, efforts and perseverance of human race to get all things right. The tap, followed with a slight slide, and a little sway back and forth that the expert demonstrated like that of a high jumper raring himself to go, and in the blink of an eye, when the heart skipped a beat and I was freefall. The air hitting vigorously against the face, and the body forcing into submission against the nature. The minimum I could do was to enjoy, and that's all I did, all of which the videographer tried to capture. The minute and half free fall, after which the parachute opened gave me a sense of calm after the storm, and the landing followed. With clear instructions to get my feet as high as I could, or forget about them helped me land almost perfectly. </div>
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A rush of emotions, jubilation and sense of having overcome loomed large for the next 15 mins. Thanked God for being there on my side and immediately messaged my wife "<i>I'm Alive</i>", to which she responded "<i>woah</i>". </div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-68273554036552772882016-03-26T13:38:00.002+05:302018-08-06T22:10:37.818+05:30My dad's retirement address<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="en-IN" style="font-style: italic;">This epilogue was written by my dad, he shared this with his colleagues the day he retired. Every time I read this, I question myself, is it really possible to ever have such devotion and loyalty towards one's employer in these days. </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">He's long gone now, guess finding out an answer is not always an easy task.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೧೯೫೦ರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜೂನ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೩೦</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರಂದು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶ್ರೀವೈಷ್ನವ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಧ್ಯಮ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವರ್ಗದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕುಟುಂಬದಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜನಿಸಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲೇ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯಾಸಂಗ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾಡಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೆರಳಚ್ಚಿನಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪರಣಿತನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿಜಯಾ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಭೌತ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರಸಾಯನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯಾಸ್ಂಗ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾಡಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೧೯೬೯ರಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪದವೀದರನಾದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೂಡಲೇ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮದ್ರಾಸ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆಟೋ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸರ್ವೀಸ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎಂಬ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆರು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತಿಂಗಳ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾಲ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: 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</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತಿಂಗಳ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಒಂದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಂಜೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">’</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೆರಳಚ್ಚು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಗುಮಾಸ್ತೆ’</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹುದ್ದೆಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಂದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೈಸೂರ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> 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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾರ್ಕೆಟ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಖೆಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಲೆಖ್ಖ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತನಿಕೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾಡಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವೇದಿಸಿದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತಪ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾನೇ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಬೇಕು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅನ್ನುವಂತೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೦೧</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೦೧</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೮೦ರಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅದೇ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಖೆಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಹಾಯಕ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯವಸ್ತ್ಪಕನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪದೋನ್ನತಿಗೊಂಡು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅಧಿಕಾರಿವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪಾದವಿರಿಸಿದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">. </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾರ್ಕೇಟ್</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮುಖ್ಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬಡಾವಣೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹುಬ್ಬಳಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಲಯದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೊದಲ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಡಿಸಿಪ್ಲಿನಿಯರಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆಕ್ಶನ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸೆಲ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿಶ್ಟೆಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿಶ್ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸೇವೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬಳಿಕ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆರ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪೇಟೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಖಾಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">. </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆನಂತರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಐ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎಫ಼್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಾಫ಼್ಟ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವೇರ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಪೋರ್ಟ್</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿದೇಶಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿನಿಮಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆಮುದು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಉದರಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಮರ್ಥತೆಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೧೯೯೪</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾಹೆಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ಕೇಲ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೂರಕ್ಕೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪದೊನ್ನತಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪಡೆದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೧೯೯೬</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೧೯೯೯</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವರೆಗೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದಾಂಡೇಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಖಾ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದಮೇಲೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೂರು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವರ್ಶಗಳ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾಲ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಲೆಖ್ಖತನಿಕಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತನಿಖಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಲವಾರು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತನಿಖೆಗಳನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜರುಗಿಸಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮತ್ತೊಂದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಲ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಐ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎಫ಼್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಲೆಖ್ಖಪತ್ರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">,</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಲೇಖನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಾಮಗ್ರಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿಭಾಗದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೆಲಸ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">. </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆನಂತರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಖಜಾನೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಖೆಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಲೆಖ್ಖ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾರ್ಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿತ್ತುರುವಾಗ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶ್ರೀಮತಿಯವರಿಗೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೊಳಕಾಲು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೇಲು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬದಲಾವಣೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಸ್ಥ್ರಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾಡಿಸಿದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆತಂಕಗೊಂಡು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ವಯಮ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವ್ರುತ್ತಿಗರ್ಜಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದೈವಾನುಗ್ರಹದಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶ್ರೀಮತಿಯವರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆರೋಗ್ಯ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸುಧಾರಿಸಿದಮೇಲೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ವಯಂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವ್ರುತ್ತಿಯರ್ಜಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಾಪ್ಸು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪಡೆದು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸೇವಾವಧಿಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎರಕಮಾಡಿದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೇಲೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾವೇರಿಕಲ್ಪತರು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಗ್ತಾಮೀಣ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮುಖ್ಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿರೀಕ್ಶಕನಾಗಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎಂಟೊರ್ಷಕ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ಮಗ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದಂಟೆಂಬಂತೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೂರರಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾಲ್ಕರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪದೋನ್ನತಿಯನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಒಂಬತ್ತನೇಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದಂಡೆಯಾತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೨೦೦೭</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">೧</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪಡೆದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾಲ್ಕರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪದೋನ್ನತಿಯನ್ನು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆದರದಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮುಖ್ಯಕಛೇರಿಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅಂತರರಾಶ್ಟ್ತ್ರೀಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅತ್ಯಂತ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಂಕಷ್ಟ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಗಳ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಡುವೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮನೋಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯದಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೇಲಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅಮೂಲ್ಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾರ್ಗ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದರ್ಶನದಿಂದ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆತ್ಮ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಾಕ್ಶಿಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕಾರ್ಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಂತ್ರುಪ್ತಿಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಇಂದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ರುತ್ತಿಜೀವನದಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವ್ರುತ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹೇ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ನೇಹಮಯಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾನಿನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಗ್ರಾಹಕ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸೇವೆಯನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಲವಾರು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ರೂಪಗಳಲ್ಲಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಾಡಲು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನೀನೆನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಚೈತನ್ಯಮಯಿ</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನಗರಿಯದೇ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನಿಂದಾಗಿರಬಹುದಾದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತಪ್ಪುನೆಪ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮರೆತು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನೀನೆನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪೋಶಿಸಿದೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನೀ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದಯಾಮಯಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಔದಾರ್ಯತೆಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಂಸಾರ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಕ್ಕಳ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವ್ಯಾಸಂಗ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಚಾವಣಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜೀವನದಾಯಕ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮೈಸೂರ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಗೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಈ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶ್ರೀವತ್ಸ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅವನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜೀವನಪರ್ಯಂತ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಚಿರಋಣಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾಟಕದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಎಮ್</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅಂದರೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">’</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಗುರುಮೂರ್ತಿ’</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೂಡ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಮ್ಮೊಡನೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವ್ರುತ್ತಿಯ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಹಪಾಠಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಈ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಭಾಂಗಣ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತುಂಬಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ತುಳುಕುತ್ತಿದೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅಂದರೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅತಿಶಯೋಕ್ತಿಯಾಗಲಾರದು</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">. </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹೂವಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಾರೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅನ್ನುವಂತೆಇದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸುದೈವ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಅವರಿಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಇಂದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವ್ರುತ್ತಲಾಗಿರುವ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಇತರೇ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಹಪಾಟಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮಿತ್ರರೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದೇವರು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸುಖ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಶಾಂತಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಹಾಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಿಂದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೂಡಿದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ವಿರಾಮದಿಕೂಡಿದ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿವ್ರುತ್ತಿ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಜೀವನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೊಡಲೆಂದು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಭಗವ್ಂತನನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಮುಂದಿನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಚುಟುಕು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸಾಲುಗಳನ್ನೋದಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ನನ್ನ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸವಿನಯಪೂರಕ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಬೀಳ್ಕೊಡುಗೆಗೆ</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಪ್ರತಿಕೊಡುಗೆಯನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ಧೇನೆ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಇದನ್ನು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು</span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span lang="kn" style="font-family: "tunga";">ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ</span><span lang="en-IN" style="font-family: "calibri";">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಪುಂಗನೂರ ಮದುವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರೆಸ್ಕೊಳ್ದೆ ಹೋದವರು, ಹಳೆ ಚಪ್ಲಿ ಕದ್ದವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೇ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಕದ್ದು ಸಿಕ್ಬಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮರೆತು ಕಾಲಿಟ್ನೆಂದು ಪೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ನಿಂತವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಬಿಯೆ ಪಾಸಾಯ್ತ್ಂದು ಬುರುಡೇಯ ಕೊಚ್ದವರು ಶುದ್ಧ್ ಶುಂಠೀ ಕಾಯಿ ನೀವಲ್ಲವೇ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ನಂತಮ್ಮ ನಿಮ್ಹತ್ರ ಡೂಯಿಂಗ್ ವೆಲ್ ಎಂದಾಗ ಟುಸ್ಸುಪುಸ್ಸು ಎಂದವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಭಾರಿಮಳೆ ಬಿದ್ದಾಗ ಛತ್ರಿ ನೆನೆಯುತ್ತೆಂದು ಬರಿ ಕೈಲಿ ಹೋದವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಮಳೆ ಸ್ಟಾಪಾದಾಗ ಅರ್ಧ ರಾತ್ರಿಯಹೊತ್ತು ಛತ್ರಿ ಬಿಚ್ ಹೊರಟವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ? ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳ್ಳರು ನುಗ್ದಾಗ ಮುಸುಕನ್ನು ಬೀರ್ದವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಮನೆ ಲೂಟಿ ಆದ್ಮೇಲೆ ಮಡಿಕೋಲ ಬೀಸುತ್ತ ಮೀಸೆಯ ತಿರ್ದವರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ? ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಎಲೆ ಮುಂದೆ ಕೂತಾಗ ಚಿರೋಟಿ ಬಡಿಸ್ದಾಗ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೂ ನುಂಗ್ದವ್ರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೂ ನುಂಗ್ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯುಬ್ಬರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಕ್ಕೀಟ ಹಿಡ್ದವ್ರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ? ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಸಿಟಿ ಸೈಡು ಹೋಗ್ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಸ್ವೀಟ್ಸ್ ತನ್ನಿ ಯೆಂದಾಗ ಬ್ರೂಕ್ ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್ ತಂದವ್ರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಯಾಕೆಂದು ರೇಗ್ದಾಗ ಬರೀ ಬ್ರೂಕ್ ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್ ತಿಂದು ಸುಸ್ತಾಗಿ ಮಲಗ್ದವ್ರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ? ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ಕರಿಸೀರೆಯುಟ್ಟವಳ ಬಳೇಪೇಟೇಲ್ ಕಂಡಾಗ ಲೇ ಲೇ ಲೇ ಎಂದವ್ರು ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.6667px;">ಕೆನ್ಗೆರ್ಡು ಬಿದ್ದಾಗ ಅಯ್ಯೋ ಅವಳಲ್ವೆಂದು ಗೋಳಾಡ್ತ ಹೋದವ್ರುನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ? ನೀವಲ್ಲವೆ?</span></div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-91509399339916302362015-04-26T23:33:00.000+05:302015-04-26T23:55:22.687+05:30Work anniversary- A ticking counter or accomplished milestone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wow, its
five years already, 60 months since I first landed a job after completing my
MBA. Feels a tad unreal to imagine the kind of journey I have had. No, I don't need to pinch myself, its not that unreal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The
amount of time I've spent in my company, may raise quite a few questions in
your inquisitive minds. As it is not considered normal/usual in this day and
age to have the kind of stability in one's professional career. I'm sure the word 'stability' will have
different interpretations for each of you. Risk averse mentality, staying in a
comfort zone or it could be the plain fact of experiencing growth while being
stable in the current job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'Growth'
again has multiple dimensions to it. While it obviously means growing strong
financially, there is an undeniable fact of growing as a professional. The
wins, losses, associations, disassociations, appreciations and escalations, all
come together in making the fibre of a professional's character. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In many
cases though, professional anniversaries could prove to be that ticking counter
that one needs to consider, and take the next course of action in their
professional lives. For all you know it might be the next big opportunity is
waiting to be unearthed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For me
though, I believe every year accomplished is a checkpoint in the journey of a
professional's career, where one may want to stop, reflect and progress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Long ago
in college during a so called 'employability skill enhancing workshop' they had
a question for us, which I had answered as below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Q: How long would you be associated with our company
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Me: As long as I am adding value to you and </i><i>benefiting</i><i> myself, I would surely work in your company. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While
this answer might seem rather idealistic in today's world, I believe I still
standby it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, is it your work anniversary ? If it is, how do you feel about it ?</span></div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com3Radha Krishna Layout 1st Stage, Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.914413554428254 77.556912774868812.913930054428254 77.5562822748688 12.914897054428254 77.5575432748688tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-8872727988689745612015-02-14T00:00:00.000+05:302015-02-14T00:00:00.872+05:30Néen Oru Kaadal Sangeetam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ever wondered how a song you hear on the radio, see on television seems to perfectly what you are going through in life.. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No, None ? Hmm.. Do give it a thought, you'll probably realize a tune, some lyrics seem exactly cut of some situation in your life and present itself in the form of music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, now why this thought suddenly after 1 year and 3 months since my last post. Hmm, I can say it in short and finish. But then, that's not my style here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are times when life sweeps you off your feet, when priorities change more often than changing outfits and when the bells ring. <i>Ghanti, Dil waali yaar</i>.. Wedding bells! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't start off now, saying, "<i>Ah, look there goes one more guy who changed after marriage</i>". The hiatus from blogging is attributed more to the pressures of work and lesser to the pleasures of laziness, which you may want to call "marital bliss". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Coming back to the point, the title of this blog post - '<i><b>Neen Oru kaadal Sangeetham</b></i>', a famous track from Mani Rathnam's "Nayagan" is the song that seems to be playing non-stop in my mind. It literally means you are a love song. I always thought when I'd meet my to-be wife, it would be some psychedelic Pink Floyd number that would play in the background in my mind, contrarily meeting her felt nothing short of a beautiful sonnet Ilayaraja would score music for, hence the title. The feeling felt so natural and smooth, that we never realized we were falling in love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For me the feeling of loving, being loved has always been some sort of music, which turned out sad many a times, but this time happy, very happy. Energy levels suddenly surged, time became a premium, and the surroundings blurred like it does when you use a camera lens with a F-value of 1.4 or lesser. (Agreed, that was a bad one). But then that's what love does to you, makes your heart go wild and head crazy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fact that I'm writing about this feeling should be proof enough to indicate how well the cupid succeeded when he struck me with his bow, which had my wife's name written on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">@Wifey, Cheesy-Max eh ? G</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">uess this is pretty much, the long and short of the post. </span></div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com2Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.59456269999998312.4764182 76.949115699999979 13.4667792 78.240009699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-251218363197119622013-11-25T16:13:00.001+05:302013-11-26T14:08:16.105+05:30Old poem re-entry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sometimes just like thoughts and feelings that resurface from time to time, there are blog posts that resurface too.<br />
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Here's one such post that's stood the test of time, feelings and storage. Yea storage, because if it wasn't for my hard drive I'd have lost this poem which I had penned way back in 2011.</div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-23686617189490385452013-05-19T18:15:00.000+05:302013-05-20T12:19:51.606+05:30Our Kashmiri Sojourn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A small travelogue of our trip to Kashmir where we covered Srinagar, Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg. A family trip after almost 3 years. If ever there can be a verdict for a trip, it can only be epitomized by this saying some great soul said about Kashmir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Started from Bangalore early morning 4am to reach BIAL. Started to Delhi, by 6.10am to reach by 8.30am. then after a waiting time of 3 hours started to Srinagar and reached dal lake. Stayed there overnight. Highlight of the day was the amazing shikara ride which lasted for almost 4 hours. Pakodas were had with kashmiri kahwah, kashmiri poshak were worn by all the three of us. The ride then stretched through to the beautiful Meena bazaar, a floating market where the ladies of the house shopped for a lot of stuff (read as sarees). The day culminated with a warm dinner arranged by the team of makemytrip team, which I have to tell you is really good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A night spent at the Honolulu houseboat which was once in a life experience really. Woke up to the magic of the dal lake. Its serene waters, amazing sights and sounds is sufficient to make you forget any worries you might possess between those ears. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We then proceeded to Gulmarg and reached there around 12.30 PM to quickly freshen up and get on to the world famous Gondola ride :-). The journey from 4000ft to 7000ft was one exhilarating experience, from the greens of pines to the seamless whites of the snow. This was only phase 1 of the gondola ride, unfortunately we were not lucky enough to get tickets which were sold out by the time we got there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">That didn't stop us from having maximum fun skiing and riding the sledge on the snow. It was like a huge canvas full of snow where you can be just be yourself and trust me, when you have experienced snow for the first time, there is hardly any sanity that prevails. Mom, sis and I surely and sorely missed Dad. Rest of the day had in it, riding down to gulmarg on the gondola and bracing up to the cold cold night at Gulmarg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our next journey was to pahalgam, we reached there after almost 4 hours of journey by road. The route from gulmarg to pahalgam enroute Srinagar is a highway, but it's single laned and a lot of trucks ply this route. After check in at the himalayan house hotel which is situated right on a stream that originates from the Himalayan glaciers overlooking mountains with pine trees and snow capped mountains, almost a common sight across the valley. The key activities of the day included riding up on a pony almost 7 kms in distance to what's called the 'Switzerland' of pahalgam. Two parts of this activity was amazing, one the ride itself on the pony which challenged every inch of flesh on the buttocks, and the scenery at the actual site which actually feels like God forgot to grow trees and instead grew grass of the greenest kind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lots of pictures were clicked and rode back all independently on Bulbul, the pony I was on. All the exertion was so much worth it as so many firsts were achieved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Day 4 was also at pahalgam spent going to chandanwadi(the starting point of amarnath yatra), slid merrily on the snow, fell down as many times on it to the hearts extent. We also visited the 'betaab valley' made famous by the movie of yester years of the Sunny Deol & Amrita Singh. The temperature was at its coldest in the whole trip and we slept a lot owing to it . Some shopping ensued in the rest of the day and back to the hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a chilly frosty stay at pahalgam, we were all set to head back to Srinagar. We started by 9am and on the way did something that we'd not expected to. White water rafting at the lidder river. It was a fun experience, however I was left wanting for a lot more power. On reaching Srinagar we went to chashme shahi garden which has a source of natural spring water that alleviates ailments of the body, that's what they say :-) then it was time to check in to the hotel for lunch and then we headed to Adi Shankaracharya temple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The penultimate day saw us spending our day in travelling to sonamarg, around 90kms from Srinagar. Access to snow was around 3 kms away from the base camp which we traversed through on ponies. This time mummy also came on one, took a lot of cajoling from my side and more importantly a lot of will power from her side. Sure it must've been a little discomforting, but she did something she'd not expected to do. At sonamarg we got access to pristine snow, bright sun and the clearest of skies unlike in Gulmarg and Chandanwari, what followed next needs no prizes for guessing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We started early from the hotel to proceed to the airport, and almost after never ending security checks we left to Delhi where we waited for another 4 hours before we could head back namma Bangalore. And reach we did after experiencing turbulence which was a first for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But like they say all is well that ends well, it was an amazing trip with mesmerizing memories from the paradise on earth. No line could ever do justice to the beauty and tranquility of the place that this probably does...</span></div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com24Jammu and Kashmir34.1490875 76.82596519999992830.776161000000002 71.662391199999931 37.522014 81.989539199999925tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-53559643842665718502013-04-22T23:16:00.001+05:302013-04-23T10:15:42.260+05:30ಬುಲ್ಲೆಟಾಯಣ<p dir="ltr">ಮಾಗಿಯ ಬೇಗೆಯ ಮಳೆಯಿದು ಬರಲು,<br>
ತರುತಲಿ ಇಳೆಯಲಿ ಹರುಷದಿ ಹೊನಲು.</p>
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ಹೃದಯ ಬರೆದಿತು ಪ್ರೇಮದ ಓಲೆ.</p>
<p dir="ltr">ಧಡಧಡನೆ ಮಾಡುತ ಗುಡುಗುಡು ಶಬ್ದ, <br>
ಮರೆಸುತಲಿ ಮನದೊಳಗಿನ ದುಗುಡ.</p>
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ಕೆಳುವಿರಾಗ ನೀವು, ಇದೆಯೇ, ಸ್ವರ್ಗಕೆ ಯೆಣೆಯು ?</p>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-71111984017188176572013-01-14T20:57:00.000+05:302013-01-14T20:57:43.797+05:30Photopages from metalbook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the outset, wish you all a very happy new year. Hope its going fine with all of you, you see I had put in a personalized word with 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In yet an other attempt to explore the lesser explored side of me, I have decided to post under a new series of posts I've decided to call 'Photo-pages from metalbook'. As a part of it, fortunately or more fortunately this blog will now have a few pictures that i deem fit to post here. Disclaimer: I am not a pro, nor do I want to be one at this point in time. All pictures posted here are purely the output of my efforts, interests and moods. However, you as a reader have all the liberty to convey your feelings thoughts on the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of hopefully many to come are a few pictures of some commonly sighted birds and animals, in and around the forest range of K Gudi near Biligiri Ranagana Betta, commonly known as BR Hills.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pond Heron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crested Serpent Eagle</td></tr>
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To spot a leopard, that too within first 10 minutes of a safari doesn't always happen .</div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-69350163046388674302012-12-31T23:38:00.000+05:302013-01-03T23:47:38.904+05:30Goodbye 2012, Hola 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This new year's eve, a friend had this thought of how big 2012 was for him. While it wasn't a question I had to answer, it surely brought up a few thoughts in my mind.</div>
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When it came it surely was big for me, for it was taking 2011 away from me. It brought with it, things I hadn't imagined would come along. For instance I would always remember 2012, for the first professional abroad assignment in my career. Got to visit Philippines for a short duration of 7 days and London for a comparatively longer duration of 45 days. Work provided me a lot of professional challenges, learnings and some rewards with it. </div>
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Above all 2012 gave me time, patience and perspective. Time, which i was critically wishing would come by and heal my wounds, patience that told me things will get better with time and in the midst of all this, a perspective of life in general. And having one with a positive outlook in life is something that definitely comes with time and a lot of patience. Guess I can say so, as a lot of time is elapsing and patience luckily isn't running out, helps when it is not an option though.<br />
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2012 was memorable for many of my friends, many of them bit the bullet and got hitched. Many others are still on the bullet :) On that rather silly note here's wishing you all a beautiful 2013.<br />
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-87166709858049332842012-12-13T18:02:00.000+05:302012-12-13T18:02:38.665+05:30London dairies-3: Pre Christmas Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My Penultimate week in London and it couldn't have been any more untimely. There is an air of festivity permeating everywhere. Beautifully lit up trees, artificially setup but naturally looking ice rinks, winter fairs with screaming children,giant wheels, merry-go-rounds, little stalls selling wines, waffles and wax candles. </div>
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Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a Happy new year. I know its a tad too early, but then it's my last day here today. Thanks for the all the memories London. It was good to meet you.<div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5073346 -0.127683151.3492066 -0.4435401 51.6654626 0.1881739tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-63738734795141319672012-11-06T18:19:00.001+05:302012-11-06T18:19:50.467+05:30London dairies - 2: Skyfall the IMAX experience<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Have always been a movie buff and when I realized skyfall was releasing in the first week of my stay at London, was secretly thrilled. Not so much because of the movie, but because of where I would be viewing it: IMAX</div>
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Not that India doesn't have one, but it feels so amazing when an opportunity presents itself and you are there to take it up. Things fell into place like it always does when you least plan for them.</div>
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With a show starting at 12am in the morning, it was a few firsts for me alright. First time at IMAX, first time a movie started with an announcer making an announcement before beginning of the screening, first time a movie this hour of the day and first bond movie in a movie hall. Yea! Really.</div>
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And the rest of it was pretty much speechless, partly due to the wow experience of viewing it in an ambience there was at the BFI London IMAX and partly due to the time of the day where my sleeping sense started to kick in ever so potently. Movie was okay... No great expectations, hence no disappointment.</div>
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-19263621533053038812012-10-31T18:14:00.001+05:302012-10-31T18:14:50.262+05:30London dairies - 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A few images clicked during first 3 days of my stint at London. More to follow!!!<br />
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Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-71993522606183075822012-09-02T22:09:00.002+05:302012-09-02T22:09:46.733+05:30In your eyes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A year rolled on the calendar, a silent prayer on the lips, a not so evident tear in the eye.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>5.45AM: </b>Ghaaannnnnn... Ghaaannnnnn... Ghaaannnnnn... Ghaaannnnnn... That's how my alarm sounds! And its titled 'swimming time'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>9.45AM: </b>9 kms hence, almost close to Silk board, and snap goes the accelerator wire of my Enfield. And when it did, i suddenly ceased to move, and a fellow biker, couldn't be patient enough or be empathetic and thought he could chug along not withstanding my little finger on the leg. After successfully showing my middle finger on the hand to him, i started retracing back towards the interior areas around silk board. The quest was for a mechanic who could replace the accelerator cable. The push must've helped me loose some 500 calories easily before i could find a garage and he asked me to fetch a new cable. I parked my bike and started my quest, walking for around 40 mins up and down to the garage losing 200 more calories, thanks to the laptop bag I'm equipped with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>11.30AM: </b>While the wait was on for the client to escort me in, it was now time for something more to go wrong. This time it were the stitches on the pant, and it was a No-Go situation. Gearing up all the situation readiness skills, bought some time from the client escort, went back on my way and landed up in Big Bazaar express.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>12 PM: </b>Who'd have thought of landing up in Big bazaar at this time of the day, unless it was one of those 'sabse-sasta-din' or whatever names they call it with, quickly picked up an other pant, wore it, paid for it and back i was at the client place again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All through the day I displayed an unknown sense of patience and calm and realized, sometimes its best to leave things to unfold for you, because <i><b>What-what-has-to-happenO-happenE-Happenu</b></i>.</span></div>
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It's not really easy to cope up with a sudden event that abruptly forces you to stop using a particular word from your vocabulary. ''Dad, appa, and pa'' words which used to come out with every breath, now feels new and I rarely use it while I converse. A year it will be very soon and it has passed by, as if those <a href="http://metalbook.blogspot.in/2011/10/reminiscing-those-last-few-days.html">few days</a> were just an aberration in our lives. We've been living as if the particular segment of our memory has just been wiped out just like in Men-In-Black. But then, they probably haven't made them of the kind which can erase memories from the heart. Father's day never felt so hapless.<br />
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During my growing years whenever I witnessed days with some tension, like an agitation, bandh or something that would have some violence, I used to <strike>dream that dad wouldn't come back home</strike> get nightmares that dad wouldn't come back home. Thick skinned that i was, always used to wake out of it, slap myself and go back to sleep thinking the slap would take care of it. I have been trying to slap the daylights out of me and make myself believe that what has happened, hasn't really happened. It's a different thing altogether that neither have i been able to slap myself nor make myself believe of anything. Somebody please shake me out of this nightmare of a slumber that won't let me sleep. This has gone on for way too long.</div>
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An year normally enough to change the course in a person's life, has done so to mine in just a fortnight. When i was wading through all of this, i did think that spending some time away from writing might help me gather my mental space and one day i'll write my dad's eulogy.<br />
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Credits of the video and the sketch go to my sister.</div>Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com10Padmanabhanagar, Padmanabha Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India12.918014 77.55621112.902536999999999 77.536470000000008 12.933491 77.575952tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-48308463596693737802012-04-07T01:02:00.000+05:302012-04-07T01:02:40.311+05:30Of moving on and Resignations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There are a lot of changes around me these days. This is one mail I wrote once upon a time, when change meant a hell of a lot to me.<br />
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This post is dedicated to everyone who is smitten by change and is embracing it on the way.<br />
Happy exploring!!!</div>Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-52328047896786291532012-02-21T00:30:00.000+05:302012-02-21T00:30:24.230+05:30Cricketalicious Shivraatris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well... wait... this isn't how it sounds. Even though in normal parlance it would seem so, there are times when what time of the day it is hardly matters. Giving job interviews during the placement season, attending a business fest, getting the stage ready on the previous day of a major event, getting things ready during your sibling's wedding, and many more such occasions are good examples of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While the above are memories each and everyone of us had nights to remember, this night long ago used to be a night full of passion, intensity and vigor. Night to remember, full of passion, where am i headed, eh? If its not about sex, then in India it has to be about cricket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am talking about how spirited the nights of Maha Shivaratri used to be, just some 8-10 years ago. The locality where i stayed, then used to be a hotbed of gully cricket. A compound hexagonal in shape yet looking like a huge square, it had coconut trees on the left within two arm distance(my size :P) of one another, an open well on the extreme right corner and a depression of 4 feet just after the playing square. Yes we had a proper bowling square of 22 yards, that's where I learnt my trade of fast bowling running in from the toilet end. The boundaries in operation were 2d and as many as you ran. So the deal was that if you happened to pierce the field and ensure the ball got out of the compound after pitching within, you were assured of 2 runs declared. If you happened to hit it out of the compound you were given OUT. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you are wondering what's all the fuss about, you only have your lame, boring childhood to blame. Ask any kid what his passion was while growing up in Bangalore or for that matter anywhere in India and getting anything other than cricket for an answer, would be like finding a dead black ant in a bowlful of sesame seeds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With such already existing craze for the game, the pinnacle for us used to be the Shivratri night out or 'Jaagarane' as its called in Kannada. It was not joke after-all, we played for the Maha Shivratri cup. Cricket here was so popular that it brought a lot of people to our road striven locality. On this day especially, there used to be so many players in the field that you even had teams with substitutes after the 11 members and the number of teams ran up to as many as 4-5 in the best Shivratri nights. And then there was my best buddy lakki's house, from where there was a constant supply of water and other refreshments not just on the festival, but every single day we set out to play. I have this <i><b>Those-were-the-best-days-of-my-life</b></i> feeling right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We shreevaishnavites don't celebrate much of Shivratri due to statutory purposes at home, but i have never again felt the joy of tying shoe laces by 9.50 PM in anticipation of 10PM. While the larger purpose of the night out on a shivratri was to pray the lord and seek his blessings, we only prayed the lord to help us win his cup. Passion, Intensity, Vigor, Aggression. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And there is now, 21st February 2012. Its so easy to stay awake all night, I don't even have to try. Isn't this post an example ? Har har Mahadev. </span></div>
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</div>Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com0Bangalore, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.910419699999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-9029360850644581972011-12-28T20:40:00.000+05:302012-01-06T00:28:34.007+05:30A year that shouldn't have been2011 was an year of dichotomy of emotions for me. An year that brought me together with my 91' Royal enfield and fiat Palio-my first car, A promotion at work. Unfortunately had the latter 2 come any earlier, it would've had a totally different significance.<br />
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Be that as it may, 2011 is an year that has basically been before <a href="http://metalbook.blogspot.com/2011/10/reminiscing-those-last-few-days.html?m=1">June22nd-July 7th</a>. World was still a beautiful rosy place with everything to look upto, when June 22nd brought a turmoil in the form of an accident that snatched away a pillar of my strength, my dad! 16 days of my life was spent sheer helplessness against HIS will. All I could do then was to pray, pray and finally ask GOD to have mercy on dad. Looks like God sought the easier way to do so and took him away. 6 months hence, I understand what it means to go into an absolute mute mode. A shell I'm now trying to break away from. <br />
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Will I, won't I ? <br />
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Honestly, I don't know and don't bother any longer. All I want to do now is to be the best son to my mom and a responsible brother to my sister. <br />
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It's not about me anymore. Is it?Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-74062491726635588462011-11-20T01:19:00.000+05:302011-11-20T01:19:20.981+05:30ಮಸಣ ಯಾತನೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ<blockquote>ಮಾಸದೊಂದು ನೆನಪನೀಡಿ, ಕೈಯ ತೊರೆದು ಹೋದೆನಿ,<br />
ಏಕೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಎಂತು ಕೇಳಲಾಗದೆ ಬೀಳ್ಕೊಟ್ಟೆವು.<br />
ಕಣ್ಣಮುಂದೆ ಕಾಣೆಯಾಗಿ, ಕನಸುಗಳಲಿ ಬಂದಿಹೆ,<br />
ಕಣ್ಣ ಹನಿಗಳಿಂದು ಸುರಿಸಲಾಗದೆ ಬತ್ತಿದೆ, <br />
ಕನಸುಗಳಿದ್ದ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಲಿ ಮಸಣ ಯಾತನೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ, ಮಸಣ ಯಾತನೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ!!!</blockquote>Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com7Muddenahalli Rd, P Ranganathapura, Karnataka, India13.341520159660119 77.75024414062513.094078659660118 77.434387140625 13.58896165966012 78.066101140625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21144262.post-78604832472467198082011-11-13T18:38:00.000+05:302011-11-13T18:42:59.458+05:30That was so little time...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some pics taken during my dear friend Baby's wedding (also sparingly known as Sharath) , married his sweetheart Manasa, in a joyous ceremony in Sullya, very close to Coorg and not so far from Mangalore.<br /><br />They say in India, a wedding is never complete without its elements, and this one sure did have every single one of them. But the best part of weddings are I guess, at the end it all works out and beautifully. These unprofessional pics, are but a small proof of evidence of the joys and happiness that the new couple are going to find for themselves.<br /><br />Wishing you a blissfully wedded life ahead guys.<br /><br />Cheers.<br />Sanju</div>Sanjaya Srivatsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177748242170990195noreply@blogger.com0