Wednesday, March 01, 2006

hail fellow, well met

Kaveetaa and I met on the net.. a stormy beginning it was..

Yet when two people meet and sparks fly.. it is always a good sign as out of the sparks emerges a mellow fire that brings warmth and good feelings..

And then I have always held that nothing in life is fortuitous.. maybe this fiery beginning had to happen so that things could take off faster and grow.. I was deeply moved when Kaveetaa invited to write on her blog and told me I was the first to be asked..

I hope to be able to share my dreams and hopes for India, my admiration for its incredible women, my pride in the work I do and maybe sometimes my despair..

I am indebted to Kaveetaa for having helped me make a course correction in my twilight years: that of bringing the good things in the limelight and turning the spotlight on them.. something I always preach but sometimes fail to follow..

Before I end this first post i would just like to share a quotation from a woman I admire:

"I always introduce myself as an encyclopaedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am."

Oriana Fallaci

2 comments:

mapiprincesa! said...

I look forward to following what you both have to say--words of wisdom from the world's women are what I carry with me each day and have helped create who I am. What would we do without our (world) community of women?

Kaveetaa Kaul said...

Mapiprincesa,

we hope to kindle your interest in life and its vagaries, always, as it is meant to be.