Calamus

While sifting through my documents, I realized that I was missing an experience letter from my first employer, lets call them ABC Ltd. I decided to contact them to try to get an experience letter. I knew it wouldn't be easy because it has been nearly a decade since I left the job and the organization has undergone some changes since then. Nevertheless I had to give it a try. I messaged my then boss(Contact 1) at ABC Ltd in Facebook asking him if he can help me. My ex-boss didn't work there anymore but gave me the contact number of one of his friends/peers(Contact 2) who did. When Contact 2 didn't pick up my calls for three to four days, I decided to present my case through an SMS hoping that if I tell him the reason for my call and how I got his contact number, may be he would answer my call. So after sending the SMS, I called again. And sure enough he picked the call this time. I asked Cont...

If you are an Indian, chances are that you love Dosa! Its a dish that is a staple of South Indian cuisine. But irrespective of whether one hails from the Southern part or elsewhere in India, I have never heard anyone say that they don't like the Dosa. To a lot of people, Dosa implies breakfast. These ardent Dosa fans have probably eaten only a Dosa breakfast since they can remember and probably will continue to do so till they die! Many, like me break their fast over Dosa two to three times a week while others make it their dinner. Some like it as a snack to be had along with a hot beverage like tea or coffee, to yet others its an anytime food. For the mall trotting crowd, Dosa is junk-food, while its a quick selling favorite fast-food at the thousands of road side eateries. To me Dosa is comfort food. I love to have it in a wide range of variations. The most popular version o...

Devu was to perform for a talent show at her school. From among the options like Music, instrumental, fancy dress, dance etc, she picked dance. That meant more work for me. So when attempts to convince her to choose music over dance failed, I set about my task. There were two weeks to go before event. My action points were to pick a song, get it choreographed, teach Devu, buy costume and find a make-up artist. After the song was chosen, I requested our Bharathanatyam sir, to help us. He agreed and choreographed it in fifteen minutes, after all the song was only 2:20 mins long. But by now we had only a week to go which means I have six days to teach Devu the routine. It was a song that she had performed for on an earlier occasion, but this time half the steps were different. We started rehersals and Devu was practicing three to four times on a daily basis and I was pleased with her progress and performance. We took out time on a wee...