Yo Gops! This is awesome. An online virtual melting pot of ideas and visions, dreams and nightmares; just anything and everything under the sun and beyond.

I share my nickname with the father of our nation (at least in my office), although I fall woefully behind him while trying (hardly ever) to emulate his ideals. I love working and perfection is my motto. However, I do find not working on 2nd October a bit strange. We tend to idolize our leaders and love to put them on a pedestal and worship them instead of following them earnestly.

Had Gandhiji been alive today, I am sure, he would have suffered a shock to find the nation he dreamt of and strived hard to free from the clutches of British subjugation, in such a mess. We just look for excuses to stay away from work. A fitting tribute to that great man would be to work more (I don't mean working late). It can also take form of working differently, say for example, go and do some charity work. Sitting at home and watching the idiot box never did anybody good.

I may have hurt somebody somewhere, but that's the way I am. I like to be true to myself. Let's see if we can do something for the world around us, for the generation that will inherit from us. That I think would be a good tribute to our leaders.

Till then,

Keep Smiling (it boosts your face value)

Girish Chandra