The year-end synopsis is well due I guess. Also, I should
follow the ritual that I had started about 3 years back—Looking back at the
year passed and end it with an eye to the future.
Well, here goes …..
2015 – A watershed year surely in my life ; a year that
pushed me into the abyss of financial trouble with all sources virtually drying
up. It was an hourly fight for creating funds for survival. Having said that,
this was also the year where benefactors loomed up and lent me their shoulders
to help me scrape through at the very last moment.
Maitreyi De Sarkar, Shubhayu Sengupta, Anannya Chakraborty
and Antora Chauhan—if you are reading this – I owe you all big time and would
pray to the almighty to provide me with the necessary muscle to shore you up
if, God forbid, you happen to land in a dump. Even when the accounts get
settled, these debts would remain unpaid as it was not only the finances but
the psychological boosters given by you which pulled me through.
This year would also surprise at the very end with me
deciding to leave business and take up a job again after 8 long years.6 months
ago, I would have scoffed at the possibility of such occurrence as frivolous
and impossible. This goes to show how the plans for the future are best left to
the almighty.
The consistent positive has been my daughter. She has been a
constant source of joy and fun and has grown every hour. Also, a word for my
family who have really felt the brunt of this crisis without much ado!
That brings us to the next year.
As I said and learnt the hard way, planning for the future
is for fools but I can always hope for an easier time ahead --- specially more
comfort in finances , more work , more joys from my daughter as she grows up and
challenges me to grow up with her and consistent improved health from my now
rapidly aging parents. Also, I hope that my partner in crime, my wife, gets her
due in her career. God knows that she deserves it.
Au Revoir and wish you all a very happy new year.
