Should I accept the change ?

Been thinking of it for a long, its a mix bag of thoughts... With increase use of facebook - personal life,story each day activity has become public.. I also login everyday to see other people update and I get to see in my friend group one or the other got married, visited abroad, new born baby pics, or random pics lol...

Two people sit in same bay get to know about each other from facebook.. Individuals have never known each other but become mutual friends on FB and share personal life.. In a way we are connected and express ourself completely.. and other get to know us in terms of our likes/dislikes.. Birthday/anniversary wishes, mood swings everything is expressed on FB...

I misss archies cards, slam books, personal diaries, pictures captured by those analog camera's :-)

So I think should I accept this change ?? :-)

Matter of Faith

While browsing facebook, came across a picture which was posted in album. The picture had two women from different religion and compasion was done to show the grace by the outlook...

Would not like to mention the religions of those women, The guy who uploaded the picture was trying to show that his religion is graceful.Its good to appreciate your religion but not at the cost of other religion faith or outlook. Why do we want to compare ourselves, comparisions has no end.Was wondering outlook and appearance decide the faith, and the one who was appreciated in the picture was definelty appealing in looks...

I don't know why on earth I can't understand differnces in Religions.. I have nothing against it but why people boost about their faith... Experience create faith, and we all have different experience.

I read a thought on Tantra T-shirt and I truly believe in it - "God is too big to fit in one Religion" When people around talk about religion or differences I feel I am caught in a jail, it gives feeling of closed shell.

I wish we could ever be free like birds or air or rivers ...

Missing old times ...

Today I am sad, and for the first time sharing it openly :-) Always wanted to hide, however no use.. Missing old days, time before joining Sapient.. The fun, laughter, excitement, zeal was different...

When I was in 9th standard I use to get the songs recorded on cassettes and use to dance and now I ve laptop/phone/music system, unlimited internet I don't listen songs..

I use to talk to myself for hours in front of mirror, Now I just see myself early morning once..

I use to love eating dairy milk almost every day.. Now I eat snickers once in few months..

I use to make cards, write, spend time at friend's place ....

Need to bring all of it back !!!!

Too much of work is also bad :-) people use to tell me this, I ignored it everytime..

Time has changed

A forwarded SMS, good one..

1 : Before it was like ' Will meet your tomorrow' and now 'Will meet sometime soon'

2: Before - 'I will never forget this day' and now 'when is your birthday?'

3: Before : We use to give silly reasons to parents to hangout with friends and now give those silly reasons to friends

4: Before : 'I will come right now' and 'Now yeah next time for sure!'

5: Before : We use to cancel everything else two make plans and now we cancel all the plans for everything else

6: Time has changed and some meanings also :

Friends forever and has become friends whatever :-)

I know few are still lucky to continue their friendship and cherishing the same bond !!

However, it is really happening and seen very common around !

Be Serious!!

We have heard these two words numerous of times from our teachers and parents etc in childhood... If I go back and recollect the memories of my school days, I can find number of instances where I use to laugh without reasons, use to be happy in the simplest and smallest of things.. Today happiness and smiles have changed meanings, it is more found in shopping malls, great dinning places, branded clothes, new gadgets, big cars and the list goes on.. Today we find reasons to be happy, to smile..
When I look around, I see everyone is busy struggling with one or the other thing.. We all say life is hard, no one is yours, ha ha ha.. We forget we are also one of them.. Since we have been hearing these two words - "Be Serious" that today, even if we want to laugh with the same freshness of childhood, we can't as we are so busy in creating the perfect world around us..

I am one of those.. So I just thought not to be serious anymore and smile again :-)

Cheers!!

Last four months...

After four months I am back, to share to express and to put my thoughts... Well last four months were crazy, full of different experiences.. It had work pressure, social pressure, family pressure and travel.. Ha ha ha.. September I got to know my track got changed, which was not a good news for me.. I was unhappy about that change due to couple of reasons, It somehow affected my work as well, however the best part is despite all this I managed to perform pretty well in the last quarter of the year. I realised when I saw the number of people I hired in Q4... Well, social and family pressure is obvious :-) where other people want you to get married, its strange.. During the process of finding the right match, experiences were funny, strange, different and wiered at times :-) It was interesting to know different people and their thought process after interacting with them. Nice to see - people showing their best and lie so beautifully. Recruitment gives me lot of opportunity to see variuos characterstics of human beings, but this process was enlightening for me. I definately gained to learn people behaviour. I plan to put it together and share it sometime in the near future..

After Jaisalmer, visited couple of more places in the month of December and January. In November attended recruiting workshop, which was fun with learning. Created couple of video presentations for the team!

Want to share about my recent travel to the centre of the country - Madhya Pradesh. Went to the Bandhavgarh National park and Jabalpur. After visiting mountains, beaches and historical monuments, this was new for me to go for a Jungle safari - we were loaded on a green jeep - it was two hours ride into the jungle in search of tiger. Couldn't see tiger but all other animals, trees and birds :-).. Just got to see the palm print of the tiger on sand.. It was damn cold in the forest.. Next day we went to city - Jabalpur.. There we went to see the popular place known as Bhera Ghaat - River Narmada passing from Marble Rocks - spectacular sight, tasted local food from streets, the regular poha and jalebi - uhhh Yummy.. Khoya jalebi.. kachori.. fulki.. All possible street food... Due to fog the right train got late by 15 hours.. :-0 We came from a different train and missed our office on Monday.. All in all the travel was fun, full of adventure and beautiful sights..

Now I wish to go to Leh-Ladak.. Lets see when I plan it...

September 2009

Well, the month of september offered me travel and a super hectic schedule. Guess all my thoughts and experiences are almost lost, so thought to share the summary of all that I was doing this september. Like last year, this year in September again I was travelling. The month started with a International travel. Attended a wedding of a cousin in Singapore with family. It was a great fun, a different experience. Sikh wedding in one of the Gurudwara of Singapore. It was almost same way from customs standpoint with few minor differences. Wedding took 2 days, after that we visited other places in the country.
Soon after I came back from singapore, travel was planned for bangalore. Its my favorate city and I was visiting it after 8 months. I remember the moment when I reached airport. The weather was mind blowing. When I sat in the cab, I asked the driver to put off the AC and open the glass window. I love it. Had a super hectic stay with official stuff, still managed to visit Ana's place and see her cute little angle. This visit was fun, after 1 hour travel in Auto rickshaw I found her place, but it was worth it. I had super tasty Aloo partha's with mirchi's achaar..
Also in the evening before my flight I met Laxmi at brand factory, offcoarse I quickly bought some stuff for myself while waiting for her... Ha haha..
The month end with a travel to Jaisalmer, stayed at Fort Rajwada, visited Thar desert.. Saw some more forts in the city.. Amazing fun.. Traveled by train, had pakorey, kachori and chai.. I was missing it from a long time, because of by air travels.. I was always fasinated by Rajasthan culture and this time I saw a different city - with all brown architecture..

Visit to Kathak Dance School

Last friday I visited Kathak dance school - run by Mrs Malli at Fbd.. She is a trained Kathak dancer for close to 20 years. She choreographed two songs for me when I was in college. This time I went her to choreograph a Rajasthani folk.. Its been long that I performed on stage.. I remember, my last dance performace at my favorate Ficci Audi - Stage, those lights, huge crowd and cheers.. I loved it all.. Initially the audiance was not supportive, since they were gradation students, they wanted some western performances and I was dressed up in a folk dress, and song was also not very popular amoung this generation audiance. I performed on Navrang movie - holi song.. I had to play a role of girl and as well as for boy. So the moment I turned back and performed the boy's part, there was loud cheer from the crowd and my energy doubled.. :-)

Anyways, This school had small set of girls who learn Kathak dance from Mrs Malli, So what I noticed were the different age group of girls performing Kathak, starting from 5 yrs to 22 or so..
I am aware, even girls with age of 3 start learning Kathak. But I was really happy to see it live a 5 year girl performing Kathak with such a beauty and she remembered each taal. So it was amazing to watch that. Mrs Malli is still using that old phillips casette player.. :-)
I always wanted to learn Kathak, I hope I get chance to learn in the near future...

Sapient at Facebook

Really thrilled to see this, Always use to think of such a forum/club by which we can share real good stuff happening at Sapient... So here we go ...
Log on to facebook and visit the Sapient India page to catch on the events/activities/hiring related stuff.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Sapient-India/104897406991?ref=nf

Cheers
Rupinder

Is your client too demanding?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwqPYeTSYng

You need to watch this video, hillarious and true.

Visit to Government Primary School

An attempt - to bring smile on the faces of innocent kids.. It was so fun to be with them. I am so glad, that I am part of such a great initiative. I always wanted to be a part of such an activity. At Sapient we have come up with this initiative to associate ourselves with a NGO which is providing literacy to kids who cannot afford education. We have volunteered to visit this school to run activities to add fun at school. The kids belong to slums and have zero resources, they have never gone to school.

The experience of the visit cannot be expressed in words, it was so beautiful to see smile in their eyes... We gave them basket ball and net. They were so thrilled to see the basket ball and net, and played it with full enthusiasm. Kids love to dance, sing and play. They don't have enough resources so they are really excited about such activities.

Every alternate friday one group from the hiring team visit the school and run activity. The next group, is going to teach them importance of hygine and will be helping them prepare a hygine kit, which they can use in future.

Check out video to catch the glimpse of our recent visit on 8th may..

Life at Sapient !

Work is going at a full pace, I am enjoying each bit of it.. Sapient is back with the hiring mode, with new work, we have too many needs to work upon. It just took me back to Q4 when, Hiring team was on Road to 210.. I,Nikki, ana, jana, ash use to Rock.. It was so much fun.. I never got a feeling that these guys work from bangalore..

Well now again we are on hiring spree and I am loving it.. It just thrills me, phone screening, lining up candidates, last me mins back outs, salary negotiations, RP tension ha ha ha.., vurv tension, hire losses, offer losses all that will happen aagain... and it will be fun :-)

Between couple of things which went good for me in last week is- I have been a winner of Sapient core value (Creativity) at India level.. It was so unexpected, when in the morning meeting it was announced by P, I was so happy to hear that.. Next day K shared the email with Sapient India mentioning the winners name with a brief write-up on each winner. My mailbox was full of wishes, I got mails and wishes from unexpected people from different teams and projects.. Its a great and big thing happened to me. I will remember it for my whole life. The second new thing is my new role.. I am enjoying it, so all that make my life at Sapient ROCKS !!

Creativity and GOD

I saw white peacock/hen in the zoo in Nainital, it was as beautiful as an angel.. It has pure white feathers which has a beautiful pattern. Its white colour made it look really magnificent and elegant.

Great fashion designers claim their designs to be the best, they just copy God's creation.. God already created that we are still exploring, finding and copying ideas.. :-)

Move On !

We oftenly say move on in life.. So we are moving on.. we loose people, relations and things.. We put all of them in one bracket.. I always believed - Life is a journey we meet and depart"

People are practicing this - "Life is full of choices" so what if one relation is lost, I have always a choice to make a new one.. However was just wondering that why don't we make an effort to make that one particular relation work. A new relation will always be good at the introductry stage, as soon as it will reach to the maturity - it will decline.. :-) The stages of life cycle, so decline has to happen, which will bring a new beginning..
We have a huge friend list on orkut and facebook and the real touch with friends around us is diminishing.. So the true things, feelings, freshness, the happiness has lost all around.. We have forgot those golden school days when we use to enjoy at the school canteen.. We use to dream together to enjoy with the money we would earn. Today when we have started earning money, we enjoy the great food outlets more than the company..
We send virtual roses, hugs, love and smiles.. And say move on in life ....

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Oh God, Repair My Fate...

Arziyan saari main,Chehre pe likh ke laaya hu,
I've come with yearnings on my face

Tum se kya maangu main,Tum khud hi samajh lo,
What can I ask you, why don't you yourself understand

Ya maula.. maula maula..Mere maula..maula…

Darare darare hain maathe pe maula,
my forehead is creased [with worries]

Murammat muqadaar ki kar do maula,
Lord repair my fate

Mere maula..

Tere darr pe jhuka hu, mita hu bana hu,
I've been made by you, I surrender to you

Murammat muqadaar ki kar do maula,
Jo bhi tere darr aaya, jhukne jo sar aaya,
Whoever came to your door, whoever bowed to you
Mastiyaan piye sab ko,jhoomta nazar aaya
he appeared to all happy and making merry
Pyaas leke aaya tha dariyaa wo bhar laaya,
He came thirsty, he returned with riverful
Noor ki baarish mein bheegta sa tarr aaya,
He appeared to have bathed in shower of happiness
Noor ki baarish mein ohhoooo,
Noor ki baarish mein bheegta sa tarr aaya,

Hooo ek khushbu aati thi,Hooo ek khushbu aati thi,
Main bhatakta jaata tha,
One fragrance from you would make me wander
Reshmi si maaya thi,Aur main taktaa jaata tha,
your mesmerizing wonders kept me hooked
Jab teri gali aaya,
sach tabhi nazar aaya
When I came to you, I saw truth
Mujh mein hi woh khushbu thi, Jisse tune milwaya,
You introduced me to beauty/truth within
Toot ke bikharna mujhko zarur aata hai,
Hoooo toot ke bikharna mujhko zarur aata hai,
I know how to make mistakes

Warna ibaadat wala shahur aata hai,
I know how to pray to you
Sajde mein rehne do, ab kahin naa jaunga,
Sajde mein rehne do, ab kahin naa jaunga,
Let me be in your grace, I will not go anywhere now
Ab jo tumne thukraya to sawar naa paaunga,
If even you reject me then I will be doomed

Sar utha ke maine to kitni khwahishein ki thi,
I desired for many things haughtily
Kitne khwab dekhe the, kitni koshishein ki thi,
I dreamt of many things, I desired much
Jab tu rubaroo aaya, aaaa,Jab tu rubaroo aaya,
nazre naa mila paaya,
When I faced you, I couldn't look you into eyes
Sar jhuka ke ek pal mein,
hooo Sar jhuka ke ek pal mein maine kya nahi paaya,
What have I not found once I decided to surrender to you

Meeting with a Leader !!

We planned to meet at 9.30 AM, ping him at 9.31 AM. Entered the war room, he opened the door, switch on the lights, cleared the whiteboard and placed the markers at their right place. I myself went to that war room couple of times before this meet, but never thought of cleaning the whiteboard :-)
While having a growth conversation with P, I got the opportunity to know him a little more as an individual. As he has inspired each one of us on the team. I always wanted to know from him, what's his secret to be focused, where leaders are into spirituality, meditation, workouts. But he is not into any of it.
To my surprise he is not into any meditation, spirituality etc.. He just follow discipline and work. Though his major source of inspiration or knowledge are books. Apart from that one distinct quality I found was to introspect, talk to himself.. Where he is quite and listen his own voice. I think thats the most important thing.

He is known as a fair leader, believes in people growth, engage team, respect their aspiration, non-diplomatic. Promote fairness and think out of the box. He is always prepared or geared up, has great sense of homour. Endless list, thats why the entire team admires him and believe in working in a synergy model. He inspire each moment and their is so much to learn from him.

So introspection is one..We get all the answers as our heart is like a ocean where pearls are waiting for our hands to reach..

Photography Fan

A photography competion run at Sapient by ZoomIn.. Sharing couple of my favorites, visit the link to see more..
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/thyagaraj.annaswamy/ZoomInAPhotographyExhibitionAtSapient#

Feeling of Pride..

When dreams come true, it becomes hard to believe if it is real or I am dreaming? This was my reaction on friday, 23rd Jan,2009... When I won Sapient core value award - "Creativity", "The Best Sourcer of the Year", an iphone for achieving 200%.. What else could I ask for ? Being part of Cheers4peers initiative (recognition programme within Hiring Team) I use to think that God I wish I could get one of the award. When day started I was all set, thinking on the logistics that everything was in place. M's card n flowers, P's surprise plan, flowers for the team... When N kicked off the event, I was sitting in the corner, thinking now my job is over.. Now the show is in P's hand, let me sit and clap... First announcement was made for the iphone winners, P called out names, and second name was mine.. well it was not a surprise.. Then came the turn of half yearly award which started with core value winners, When P called out creativity, he mentioned shaadi.com, I realised it was none other than me, He mentioned other stuff also, which I ve been doing.. I was overwhelmed, tears in my eyes, almost about to cry.. I felt so nice.. to recieve the "Creativity" award. The memento says- " Sapient recognise Rupinder Kaur for living and displaying core value creativity" .. :-) Again i sat and thought now its over for me.. Then came the turn of Yearly awards, Rookie was announced, and then Best sourcer guessing started, I left the room to arrange flowers for P, I entered the room and I could hear my name as guessing from few people in the room. With the basket in my hand, I could listen P calling out my name as the winner... It was the moment of esctasy with surprise. I couldnot believe it, for a moment i just felt its a dream. I got the award from K (MD).. I was so happy... Later, I was smiling at myself, I worked out with the CD guy for the certificates of Core value, Then also got changes in the certificates of Best sourcer from the vendor, didnt know I am doing it for myself.. Ha ha ha.. Only thing i could thought after all this was to Thank God for bringing such a day in my life..

Alumni Vs Alumni

Being sagitarian I like events, changes and unpredictability... Last weekend was alumni weekend, For the first time ever Sapient India came up with the Alumni meet. This meet was a reconnect between the alumni's and leadership.. It was a good show.. Was initiated by us and well organised with proper execution.. The event was run by me, as an MC.. After two long years I was on stage, anchoring a show.. I was nervous :-).. Though managed well.. I remember my college days, when I use to speak on the stage of FICCI auditorium.. anyways gone are those days, and I have present in hand.. Well to talk about the meet, it was a great experience listening about sapient and its good things from the people who are not associated with it anymore.. They talked a lot about sapient culture, which they miss.. Alumni's mentioned name of the people or team members with whom they were associated with during their tenure in Sapient .. So organisations are made by "people"....
Soon after it got over, i left for Jama Mazid to meet 'S' and his frds... it was a different experience for me to be at Jama Mazid.. its a complete different world I would say.. i really enjoyed my time having food at Karim's and the sight around in the market.. Took some interesting pics, will place it soon on my blog as well...

Sunday, Another alumni meet, the MBA batch alumni, though very less number of people turned up, however it was nice meeting few of them and touchbase on where we are after 2 years since we left our college... We met at our old favorate place - NFC, with a shorma treat, some gol gappa's, coffee at barista and finally meetha paan..
Interesting part of this meet was, discussion on salary, couple of people cribbed a lot on their current salary, since the cribbers - were from the HR domain :-), as they saw their fellow frds who opted for marketing were earning more than us... So I questioned, why is it that you want xxxxx salary... She replied, when relatives or society ask, I feel ashamed... So we dont want money for ourselves we want it - to show others... We have enough to have good food and leisure time.. I am not denying the fact to not work for good amount of salary.. but we should not get depressed for irrelevant things .... Wat say ?

So this was my last weekend, full of new experiences, small and big, interesting and strange...