I emerge like a tree from a dirty seed;

You are meant for greatness Your trails create myths and stories Don't slow down Don't off-road When the terrain gets slippery Your shoe spikes grow with it When slithering leeches get too close You will know them by their stains When your falls push you down the valleys Remember who you are Your leaps take over the mountains Light up the trails and keep walking

The stork paid a visit with its twin on June 16th 2015. The babies share their birthday with the day of Magna Carta and this does open a new chapter in our lives.  They shall be called Castiel San-Saj (Cass) and Seraphim San - Saj(Raph). Castiel means Shield of God or God is my cover. It's been a while since I wanted to give a child this name.  Seraphims are angels that are closest to the throne of God. (Isaiah 6) Sanju chose this name.  Incidentally, Isaiah 6 was the Bible reading in all CSI churches in the Diocese the weekend they were born. Isaiah 6 is the only chapter in the Bible with a reference to Seraphims. What a cool coincidence! When we saw the babies for the first time, we instantly knew what to call them. Seraphim cannot lay still unless he is swaddled. Well, not even then - He turns  a complete circle like an arm on an imaginary clock. Castiel is grounded and has very few complaints in life.  This is Castiel ...

There are times when we understand the gravity of a situation without letting emotions cloud our judgement. It helps maintain our objectivity to support a friend. Rarely, that someone is you and that moment makes you an observer too. This also showed me what authentic leadership is. I had a presentation to the Global CEO Ben Verwayen. My reporting manager is Vishy Poosala, the CTO of Alcatel-Lucent Messaging and Head of Bell Labs. I asked him to present and he chose to cancel it because he wanted me to take the credit for my work.  We visited Dr. Disha Sridhar at Motherhood, Bangalore with a positive on the urine pregnancy test on 6th Oct. We made plans to manage the pregnancy. Since  the ultrasound slots were full at the hospital, we got the TVS done in the nearby test centre Clumax. The ultrasound couldn’t detect the gestational sac in the uterus yet though the urine pregnancy test was positive. There was nothing to indicate a tubular pregnancy either.  Dr. Dis...