Back to roots!!

Recently went to chennai,a place which some years back I hated to go.But as saying goes life takes a full circle,it seems same for me.Dates back to my childhood when in every summer holidays i would along with my mom go to my grandmom's house.The excitement of going in train,sitting next to window(that was very important),wearing the prettiest frocks for travelling and getting lot of scolds from mom for that and ofcourse the delicious mangoes all part of memories of going to chennai.Playing with my cousins the stupidest games in the world,getting scared when a street vendor screaming for old bottles and the sweet smell of jasmine.The love and care of my grandmom who is no more with the kindness she would serve all of us food,make delicious sweets and savouries and my grandfather scolding for getting ourselves dirty in mud and the era of songs of illayraja in the background allpart of my memories of chennai. Circa 2008 things are very different but what hasnt changed is the thin but prominent desire to come back to roots,to come back to this place which in no sense heaven with lot of things, issues fitting to my desires but still a place i would love to go now with no reasons in mind but just an indepth desire.

Onbench or out of bunch!!

Well as part of a large software fraternity(useless) to be precise,i now find the word onbench very troublesome and worrying.Well when you get your first job,the pleasure of earning by yourself and ofcourse a life full of aspirations does makes you feel good.But that very happiness goes into drain when your skills are not utilized and kept "onbench".Agreed there can be recession,downfalls in every company but keeping someone idle for almost 1 year and paying them for nothing is something like sweet poison.It is sweet in the beginning but later it is as bitter as it could be!!People may say what you have done to increase your skills.We try our best to be in touch with what we are good at but unless you have hands on experience of something then whats the point in mugging from books.Nothing is better than practical experience.You cant learn cycling reading from a book unless you learn by riding it,falling,hurting and then you learn!!Same for work.Only practical training will help you learn.Ofcourse onbench is an illusive word whose meaning nor does the heads of S/W co. know nor the employees themselves.And thats what makes you out of bunch where you are out of the group luckily who are having some work to do.