My friend is also my new teacher...

Meeting friends after a long time is always fun, isn't it ?

But if they add some value to what you are doing it makes the meeting even better :)

Today was one such day...

A very good friend of mine came down to Mumbai today. He called me and asked if I was in...

I did not have much to do and so when he called in asking about my plans for the day , I immediately asked him to come down to my place.

He came and we caught up on several things. 

He loves trekking and travel and has passion for it, and hence started his own venture and is now doing what he loves doing the most. Yes he too is now doing what I do, following one's passion. The movie #3idiots is my all time favorite and I learned some very good and important lessons for life after watching it, following my passion being one of them. 

My friend is an events organizer at Hyderabad Trekking Club -HTC and does off site programs for corporate clients and also for individuals in small groups on weekends in and around Hyderabad.

Having known this, I asked him how is he managing to get the crowd and all....

Although he had a bus to catch in about two hours, he was kind enough to share with me his learning's. I am very grateful of him for doing that.

In very simple way and just few minutes he showed me how he created his facebook page and promotes it. He gave me a tutorial on this and that helped me in understanding the basic idea behind creating the page and how it helps get a bigger audience :)

He also shared with me his other social media presence where he can be found and he was all over, and now I know his twitter handle is @itzmesrikanth , and click here >>> for his Instagram where he shares the photographs from his travels and events.

I was always media shy, so much so that I do not like posting even my own pics anywhere on social media or in personal collections of even my friends and families.

I started writing as a hobby and it turned into passion which I pursued and this resulted in my writing blog posts. Initially my audience were limited to my few friends and clients through whatsapp, but very recently I did took to social media platform.

I try to share my experience and learning's and want to help others in the situations who find themselves where at some time in life I was in, and the things I did to sail through them and emerge out as a better and wiser and stronger individual. The things which worked for me may or may not work for all but it will give the readers a certain direction to move forward.

So in order to reach out to a larger audience I took to social media and now I have my facebook account and have created a twitter handle too :)

Today my friend helped me with how to create a facebook page tutorial so that I can reach out to even wider audience globally. So yes, do not be surprised if soon you receive note from me about my new facebook page :)

But I first need to do some more researching and exploring and experimenting before I finally launch it.

Keeping oneself open to new learning's not only expands our spectrum but also is a great adventure and fun. And in doing so I can see the child in me again who is ever curios and excited to know more.

The journey so far was very exciting and fun, and I look forward for much more adventure and new learning's as I travel this path of life with you all as my fellow traveler's and companions :)

Please leave your comments on this page before leaving this page :) Thank you so much for reading this post and even bigger thank you for sharing this post with your folks.

P.S : Do watch this video in case you want to find out how to figure out your calling. I loved seeing this video.

Source: Priya Kumar youtube channel

#Studentoflife #friends #love #teacher

Woh ek tara

Chamakte chand ko tou,
har koi dekhna chahta hai,
Main dhoondta hoonn,
Uss sitare ko.....
Jo tim timata rahta hai,
Ghane andhiyaron mein bhi.

                                                        - Nilesh Sharma

PTA meetings ...

A friend called me today to tell how she raised some issues at her child's #PTA (Parent Teacher Association) meeting in the school, and now she is concerned, what if her child might be subjected to ill treatment from his teachers ?

I could see that she was worried and all...

I asked her if the points she raised were just her views or other parents also agreed to it ?

She said, others also supported.

Good I said, then what is bothering you ?

She said the class teacher with whom they were interacting was not taking the issues seriously and this lead to heated debate.

Incidentally the school's principal who was passing by the class heard the commotion and came in asking about it. 

Parents informed him what happened and the principal took charge of the meeting from there on.

He asked all the parents to jot down there concerns on a piece of paper along with their contact details and their kid's name and class details. He assured them that he will personally go through all of them and will try to arrive at a mutually favorable decision. 

Now since my friend was one of the parents who had submitted her issues/ points on that piece of paper along with details of herself and her ward, she is worried now, "WHAT IF" ???

Have you as a parent also faced the same situation ?

If yes, this is what I would like to ask you as a parent ?

Why is the concept of PTA meeting evolved??? Is it just for the name sake or is it truly a platform where in you parent and the teachers can interact with each other and try to acknowledge and help improvise your wards overall learning experience ? 

Also is it not the responsibility of the school to ensure that your child excel in whatever they do ? Please remember these kids are not just your ward they are also the representatives of the schools. 

When they complete there education and move out into the real world the question will come, where did you study ? And at this moment it is not about you but the school where they studied. So the schools image is also at stake.

School is the place where a child is taught so many things. And this usually includes imparting bookish knowledge, monitoring their moral conduct, identifying their talent and creative interest and chanelising and developing their recreational faculties. 

A school is not just a place to earn a degree, its a workshop and an institution where kids are prepared and trained to transform into not just good students and better human beings but they are also prepared to carry a certain level of conduct which will help the nation and the world to be a better place to live.

After your home, school is the second best place which not only offers education it also instills value system into your child. 

My humble appeal to you all, the members of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) [anywhere and everywhere on this planet]. #PTA meetings is your chance to interact  and work with each other and ensure that the welfare of your child/ student is supreme. 

P.S: This post is also my gratitude and tribute to all the teachers and the educational institutions all over the world.

Mausam ki Bahaar...

Paani ki fuhaar, aur hawaon ki guhaar,
Barsaati hai kudrat, humpe beintehaa pyaar,
Baitho jo zara tham ke, dekho tou khile mann se,
Har taraf nazar aayegi tumhe, mausamon ki bahaar..

                                                           - Nilesh Sharma

Lamha...

Jo beet gaya, vo lamha tha.
Jo tut gaya, vo sapna tha.
Jo thahhar gaya wohi apna hai.
Bas ise jatan se rakhna hai...

                       - Nilesh Sharma

Marriages are made in HEAVEN !!!

I have often heard the saying ‘MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN’ have you too??? Yes.

And if this statement is as true as it is meant to be, then why do people tie the Knot here on Earth???? 

Probably because it is the norm of the society. Everybody is getting married so I should too, right? 

Well I don’t agree. You may ask me why? It is because I have my own reasons to say so and if you want to know what makes me think so, then please continue reading…..

I am always interested in learning and understanding about lot of subjects and things of which I know nothing and the ones I am particularly interested in. So I ask questions sometimes to myself sometimes to others, and sometimes observing from nature all around us. 

The questions I asked with regard to Marriage are as below:

Who created this norm? The obvious answer was us the humans.

So why was this institution created? Probably because we were moving towards civilization, and civilized beings like to have things in order, or else what will be difference between humans and animal’s right?

Okay got it so far, so what is a marriage? This I asked to people, some friends, relatives, colleagues and likes in general. Almost everybody except me seemed to know the answer.

Some said marriage is a bond where two strangers come together and decide to spend rest of their lives together. Stay together take care of each other in good and bad, rich and poor, health and suffering and so many more things, the more I asked more were their opinions. Good, so what are the core ingredients of a marriage? Again the unanimous answer mostly came down to the following four things:

LOVE, TRUST, UNDERSTANDING and RESPECT.

Wow, now this is a sure shot recipe for a successful marriage and it sounds so right and logical too, isn’t it? So, my next question was, if people already know so much about marriage, then why are most of the couples not happy??? Why do I see so many sad faces of married people? Why are they not happy? Why are divorce rates going up? Why families end up as a broken family…..Why??? This is one side. But on the other side I also see some happy families too, very happy in fact. And when I look at them I feel as if they are made for each other. And looking at these kind of families and marriages, I understand the meaning of the saying “MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN”

So what is it that these people are doing differently which others are not because of which some are

happy and most of them not ??? Listed below are my observations, let me know yours:

When I observed closely, this is what I found common, in all the Happy Marriages. And it all works on the same four ingredients which I mentioned earlier. 

Each of the partner LOVES each other unconditionally, So LOVE is…

They TRUST their partner completely and support their every decisions even if sometimes they do not agree with them. They understand each other so well emotionally, intellectually and physically that they sometimes do not even need words to convey what they want. And lastly but most importantly they RESPECT each other for what they are and treat each other as equals.

 It does not matter who is earning how much? Who has what educational qualification? And who is managing the house? Each one shares the responsibility equally.

What all these happy couples do, and have in common is the knowledge, understanding and application of all the above four basic ingredients. So in my words, I like to put it this way, LOVE, TRUST, UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT, are the four pillars on which stands a very strong building of a relationship called MARRIAGE. At least one of the above is needed to sustain a Marriage, and if you have all of them you will be one of the happiest and the best couple, the blessed ones who are made for each other “TILL DEATH DO US PART”. Happiness Forever 