I was having my weekend bubble bath, with a glass of zinfandel by my side to give company - then the red wine stirred up some thoughts on da grapes front and this led to the fox and da grapes story .... great thoughts on a weekend in warm water !!
I had created my own version of "those grapes are sour" story to ease the agony and going on smiling thru my life.Here we go ..I donno when my love towards the uniformed corps started - I remember how excited I felt when my grandfather gifted me an army uniform for my 10th or 11Th b'day; one of my great friends' whom I shared the bed during our summer vacation to hear his INA stories -Subhas chandra bose and Captain Lakshmi became my heroes.. hats off to you grandfather. He had mastery over many languages and his thoughts were crisp, rational and clear - he mastered the languages all by himself through books...
Will cut the story short : I did my engineering and then landed up a job in a software company in technopark,then I got the call for my SSB interview in Allahabad - was so excited to get it as I had given my CDS exams way back and forgot totally about that - cursing my fate of entering the s/w industry like millions when I wanted something else for sure..
I immediately reserved my tickets and attended the SSB interview - spans for 5 days the best I've had - they cover you from all angles and stress interviews are the best in their league. 3 got selected out of a batch of 78 and my grandfather's grandson was one among them.. I resigned my job and landed up at OTA , then I had to resign due to some circumstances ...
One of my friends took me down the memorylane for a couple of mins yesterday during our phone call - so here am making a conscious postmortem effort to ensure that i am free of "regrets" ..
why those army-grapes are sour:
1) No lucrative pay check
2) Element of risk in work environment
3) Minimal Civilian population to mingle with
4) Starred-power politics
5) No chance to Visit different continents as part of work
Everything said - even now when i see an OG / Camos uniform - my heart wanders off to the past with a little adrenaline rush, so i think my mind is not accepting the fact of those grapes being sour ;-) Takes time !!!
I had created my own version of "those grapes are sour" story to ease the agony and going on smiling thru my life.Here we go ..I donno when my love towards the uniformed corps started - I remember how excited I felt when my grandfather gifted me an army uniform for my 10th or 11Th b'day; one of my great friends' whom I shared the bed during our summer vacation to hear his INA stories -Subhas chandra bose and Captain Lakshmi became my heroes.. hats off to you grandfather. He had mastery over many languages and his thoughts were crisp, rational and clear - he mastered the languages all by himself through books...
Will cut the story short : I did my engineering and then landed up a job in a software company in technopark,then I got the call for my SSB interview in Allahabad - was so excited to get it as I had given my CDS exams way back and forgot totally about that - cursing my fate of entering the s/w industry like millions when I wanted something else for sure..
I immediately reserved my tickets and attended the SSB interview - spans for 5 days the best I've had - they cover you from all angles and stress interviews are the best in their league. 3 got selected out of a batch of 78 and my grandfather's grandson was one among them.. I resigned my job and landed up at OTA , then I had to resign due to some circumstances ...
One of my friends took me down the memorylane for a couple of mins yesterday during our phone call - so here am making a conscious postmortem effort to ensure that i am free of "regrets" ..
why those army-grapes are sour:
1) No lucrative pay check
2) Element of risk in work environment
3) Minimal Civilian population to mingle with
4) Starred-power politics
5) No chance to Visit different continents as part of work
Everything said - even now when i see an OG / Camos uniform - my heart wanders off to the past with a little adrenaline rush, so i think my mind is not accepting the fact of those grapes being sour ;-) Takes time !!!
2 comments:
The money is not lustrous, nor is life very gregarious.
But the dignity an army officer has is worth more than anything. The very cause of living makes you proud.
Army officers have never ending heroics to talk about all their life.
On the contrary, software engineers? I don't see any cause of living.
Toast to you former officer~~ I, too, fascinate by the army, marine, navy uniform. In fact I have tried to join US navy but didn't work out due to some requirements. I always turn my head back to look at those in uniforms. Bravo Zulu! From anonymous O.
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