KINGDOM COME

I just walked into one of that old Nationalised bank after a long time, perhaps with lot of apprehensions. Will I get the transactions get done in time. I prepared myself for the worst and pulled in enough air to my lungs so that i wouldn’t suffocate inside that old dilapidated building.                            But lo and behold the inside corridor’s of this 200+  year old bank even in a little city of mine worked wonders. I realised very soon that there was lot of smiles and ample room to skid this beautifully floored miracle.Updated in work and modernised to suit the need! Change We can. By the way some older banks have not just updated their inside but also have changed even from the outside. Changes to be relevant even to a post modern gen to bank with a “nationalised” bank. Some have changed their logo as well-a radical step indeed- and yet moved ahead successfully. So how’s that with us-UESI. Especially when we work with the post-modern Gen- shouldnt that be an Auto-updating? ...

We’d soon be leaving from Haryana after 8+ years of ministry with UESI. So, it’s reminiscence time! My mind recollects a lot of events. Soon we’d be missing this place and its people. But wait a minute did I ever tell you I’ll miss out the Parathas [1] here. Now if parathas taste better here than anywhere else, it’s because of the taste of the Wheat!   Punjab & Haryana for that matter produces the best wheat grain. This golden brown grain shines best only in this part of the country. So 8 years ago I collected a few stalks of this grain right from the field, dried it and these rather proud and tall stalks shares a rather prominent place in our showcase! These few stalks would serve me a memory of those mouth watering Parathas I savored. Except for some cobwebs (our ineptitude) those stalks are as healthy since I got it from the field … and I believe it would remain so for years to come. I would always show my friends these stalks and would also pride in this collection! Yet la...