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I got this video forward on Whatsapp - by a Teacher giving advise to her kids - might be on graduation or a reunion. It was in Tamil. Here is the gist of her talk which resonated with me. "I wish you lot of problems. Life is not easy. I wish you failures. You might wonder how come I am wishing you failure. There is a reason. Success does not teach you anything. Success puts you in a drunken state and you will settle for less. Failures will keep pushing you forward. Go after a bigger challenge. Bigger competitor. You should fight big and fail. It is ok if you do not get the Trophy at the end but you should have fought hard." I totally agree with her. If I brand myself a failure and say I keep searching for bigger and bigger battles to fail - how awesome it will be. I have seen this from people with early success in life - the toppers from colleges.They do not take risks as they are afraid to fail. They are not ready to take a cut on their salary to work on a ...

We were watching one of the live performances of Hotel California on YouTube.  The boy was with me and we were seeing the crowd go crazy. Being a responsible Dad have to use every opportunity to  show him the path.  I told him, “I want you to be a great guitarist or musician and form a band like the Eagles. But on one condition.” He asked what. I said, “If you become a star, you are not supposed to get into drugs and commit suicide - because most musicians cannot handle the fame and fans and do stupid things.” Pat comes the reply - “Nana, But not AR Rahman. I will be like AR Rahman.” Thank you AR Rahman. 

Our vacation revolves around school vacations. Last October 2018 during Dussehra I had planned a trip to Darjeeling. Booked tickets but people discouraged saying Darjeeling is over crowded and has lost its charm. So changed plan to Sikkim and re-booked rooms in Gangtok ( pro tip : Agoda allows free of cost cancellation upto a certain point ). Took Yeshwantpur-Howrah Duronto Express. Love long train journeys. Can sleep as much as you want and read as much as you want. I had off-lined a few movies in Prime - and family were entertained. I saw Dhalapathi with San - after 26 years - what a kick-ass movie. Last time I saw Dhalapthi was in my 10th standard summer holidays - a 2nd show that too in a movie theatre near Railway station. To kill time because we were to board the Cochin-Howrah express at 3:00 AM in Coimbatore. We were going to Cuttack, Orissa. The Howrah Connection! Started Sunday 11:00 AM Bangalore. Reached Monday 5:00 PM Howrah. We took a break. There are ...