About a month back, I dedicated my 25th post to my mother. Today as I write my 50th post, I want to share a vision that I have for myself. It has always been my aim to be versatile in life, to be good at multiple things and harness different talents that God may have blessed me with. I have never wanted myself to be perceived as somebody who can only solve engineering problems in MNCs.
I have always loved to write and hence I created my blog on the 24th of June 2010, but even on 23rd I could not have even thought that eight weeks down the line I would complete 50 posts. Well, that is exactly what I have done. During this sojourn, I have received constructive feedback on the style that I pursue for my writing, the vocabulary I use and the themes that I choose for my posts. All such inputs from my respected elders and my loved ones have encouraged me to harness this skill of mine.
I love to sing as well, although I have never been trained on any form of classical music. There are many people who enjoy my renditions on stage as well as inside a drawing room. When I used to be IIT, I have always sung at every opportunity in front of an audience, not necessarily on stage every time. Such performances have helped me shed inhibitions, and now, I have no jitters when I face 3000 people in the audience here in GE campus. I feel that I have reasonable knowledge of the different aspects in eastern music like beats (TAAL), scales and expressions, and have the confidence to sing any type of eastern song in front of an audience. I want to persist with it for as long as I can.
It has also been my obsession to be equally versed in both English and Bengali, which is my mother tongue. I have always wanted myself to be outstanding at both these languages, by building a strong base in grammar and by having a sound vocabulary and use them effectively in both written and spoken forms. Over the years, I have always made a conscious effort not to overlap the two languages while speaking, as many Bengalis do. I continue to do so.
When I talk of languages, pronunciation has to be one of the talking points, as that is the greyest area among English speakers these days. I have always strived for perfection in this aspect, although there is always scope for improvement. Even now, I look forward listening to speakers like Karan Thapar on television to sharpen my skills.
I would also like myself to be seen as someone who is very comfortable to be with, who is friendly and jolly, and can transform somber moods to ecstatic ones through anecdotes and energy. I never want people to be in awe of my professional achievements, nor I want them to be bogged down by my financial strengths. I want to be one among the many common men around who can give a comfort zone to people, with a smiling face.
In a nutshell, 25 years later, I want to be seen as an individual who not only passed his exams well, but also as somebody who has been outstanding in numerous other soft skills, somebody who has managed perfection in whatever he has done, and somebody who has brought a smile to the faces of people every time. I wish mom’s blessings, God’s hand and Kuhu’s love and affection empowers me to reach my destination.
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