Frangipani

I click therefore I am My values are but a mouse-click away All desired skills have boiled down to a component ID The LMS – a record keeper Sole proof of my values existence Back and Next – two entities of my life So close, yet so many pages between them Loading at 40%, then 60% …my knowledge never reaches 100% I drag and I drop unhesitatingly Hoping that these activities get me recognition I wait for my development plan to fade away And to evolve into a certified valued professional I cross all hurdles and reach the assessment Never has a 90% meant such joy and relief And as I return gleefully to my seat with my name printed in b/w My thirst for knowledge And my will for development is all but extinguished There in my inbox sits another mail … it is IT Security week next and the darned online trainings are back!!! I click therefore I am - Written in blood after putting in 16 hours trying to finish certain ‘mandatory’ online training

I’m very fond of watching the various music-based reality shows that are being shown on all the TV channels these days. I’m referring to the more serious ones – shows like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Voice of India, and the latest to join the bandwagon – Junoon. (I will not name Indian Idol in the same breath simply because I think it is blasphemy to do so.) I think all these shows are brilliant in the way that they look for such amazing talent across the country and across the continents, in many cases as well. I think Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is the one that began this trend of music-based shows and we have quite a few voices in the music and film industry now, voices that have found their audience and limelight, through this show. It used to star Sonu Nigam as the host, who did a splendid job of it too. The voices were all so fresh and so beautiful. Some became popular and some not-so popular. But, each one did find the confidence and I’m sure this was one of the shows that proved to all the young ‘h