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Missing Action !

Action?... no dudes I am not missing Amitabh's Angry-Young-Man-Movies.
Today was Sansmaran the annual Alumni-Fest of NITIE. Though we (PGDIM10) are yet to be officially declared alumni but since we no more attend classes so we did behave like 'real' alumni :D. It was great to see so many alumni from batches as early as PGDIE 7 (1979) and PGDIM1(1994). Many of them are the whose-who of the corporate world now and some are on their way to become so !!
I should commend the junior batch for making the event a big success. They really worked hard and it showed in their performance. Apart from flawless management of logistics there were a stage-performances and among those worth mentioning are Solo Dance by Sugandha Agrawal on the song 'Jiya jale'; and the play by the four - Vidya, Sastha, Divakar and Dinkar. It was really a great script and the fact that it was conceived by these guys themselves makes it all the more great. The play was a comedy on a dialog sequence between 4 mentally challenged individuals. Here are a few snapshots:





But while I was going through the proceedings of the day, I really missed being a part of the 'action' - being somewhere on the stage, behind the stage or somewhere else; managing operations or doing anything that made more sense that watching everything unfold. To be frank I have always been the 'actor' and hardly ever been the 'audience' and I thoroughly enjoy being on the acting side.
In the job of a consultant too, you are an audience (ok.. at most an analyst) and its isn't you who 'call the shots'. I don't know how far I will be able to continue with my job at KPMG . . . well to be frank - somewhere I have a feeling that KPMG is a kind of a make-up room for me. I am just waiting for the greatest director to say - "Lights. Camera. Action !!!!!!!!!"

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  1. Long time no post comments by me on your blog...
    Yaar , I felt you are not happy with your job?? Is it??I never had any touch with you in college but I must say that you got some talent.. So u must be missing the action thats for sure,,
    Action made me to remember.. I got google adsense for our website.. The profits shall be shared equally.. Only if we shall be able to put it on the website.. I tried to copy the code on the wrapper but it didnt allow.. Tried to do it on CSS but the ad didnt show up...Any other way out..??

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