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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
GOODBYE 2024
Welcome 2025
As the last day of December gently passes, we stand on the threshold of a new beginning. These moments feel like a pause—a chance to reflect on all that 2024 brought into our lives. The joys we celebrated, the challenges we endured, and the lessons we learned have all shaped us.
Let this last day of the year be the day to let go. Release the burdens of resentment, the weight of regret, and the pain of what didn’t go as planned. Free your heart from what no longer serves it, so you can step into 2025 lighter, stronger, and more at peace.
Welcome the new year with open arms, a hopeful spirit, and a heart full of gratitude. May 2025 bring you growth where you need it, healing where it’s overdue, and opportunities that align with your deepest dreams.
Remember, the year ahead is a gift waiting to unfold. You have the power to write a new chapter filled with kindness, courage, and endless possibilities. So as we bid farewell to 2024, let’s carry forward the love and wisdom it left behind while embracing the promise of brighter days ahead.
Life is too short to carry the weight of anger, resentment, or grudges. It’s too fragile to let stress steal our moments of peace or let pain block our path to joy. Forgiveness isn’t just an act—it’s a gift we give ourselves, a release that allows our hearts to breathe again.
Let 2025 be the year of rebuilding, reconnecting, and rediscovering what it means to live freely and fully. May we all find our strength, our purpose, and our peace in the days ahead.
Here’s to letting go, moving forward, and welcoming 2025 with hope and determination. May it be a year of peace, purpose, and joy for you.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
TRIBUTE TO SIR MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESVARAYA
Engineer's Day
Every year, September 15 is celebrated as Engineer’s Day in India (Sri Lanka and Tanzania too), in honour of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, fondly known as Sir MV, whose contributions to public good have left an indelible mark in the history of India’s development, especially Karnataka. His administrative acumen, attention to detail, vision for all-round development, unwavering dedication and above all transparency in public life, have made his life folklore to not only his engineering profession but also to all sections of society. This proud son of Karnataka refused to be constrained by the shackles of poverty of pre-independence India, and went on to become an icon of public administration, shaping the country’s development. His journey from a civil engineer to recipient of India’s highest honour, Bharat Ratna, has a message for all.
Proving his mettle: After a successful tenure in PWD of Bombay Government, Sir MV was invited to join the Indian Irrigation Commission where he proved his mettle by devising innovative floodgates to raise the level of water storage in reservoirs (first in Pune). The same system was installed later in KRS dam, Mysore. Another feat in his early career was to implement a system to prevent sea erosion of Vishakapatnam port. It was the then King of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, another visionary, who invited Sir MV to lead the development of the then Mysore Kingdom as Diwan. He accepted Sir MV’s philosophy ‘Without Industries India cannot Grow’. Results were spectacular as Sir MV established many institutions for development such as Mysore Soap Factory, Mysore Iron & Steel Works (now named after Visvesvaraya), Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, State Bank of Mysore, Century Club, Mysore Chamber of Commerce (now FKCCI), University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE, Bangalore) and many other industries. KRS dam in Mysore stands testimony to his engineering skills, vision for development and above all an illustrious example for all professions as to how one can contribute to public good and national development.
True patriot: In this regard, Sir MV stands out as a true patriot and no less a nationalist than those who chose to serve India through the struggle for independence. He chose to serve the country as a professional engineer to free India from poverty and take the initial but firm steps to self-reliance. Addressing the Association of Engineers of Mysore (1910) he said, "In the West, expenditure on education is considered a national investment." And promptly followed it up with the establishment of University of Mysore, University of Agriculture, Bangalore, and a Polytechnic in Bangalore. Sir MV also espoused the cause of charity with the purpose of empowerment towards self-reliance rather than supporting individuals, as both the individual and nation grow together productively. Seeds of charity were sown by him early which modern governments have reinvented in the form of PPP. Apart from these widely known facts, Sir MV was an icon of public values. It is known that before accepting the position of Diwan of Mysore, he first obtained the concurrence of his family members not to seek any official favours from him. Many inspirational values he has left for future generations are eternally relevant: transparency, life-long learning, value of time, payback to society, value of planning before execution to prevent wastage and equality.
Sir MV’s birthday should not be limited to engineering profession alone. His life and values in public life and vision to contribute to national development beyond one’s professional field are eternally relevant to all professions. They are the basic ingredients of growth even in the 21st century and beyond, where challenges of the fourth industrial revolution based on knowledge activities hold the key to individual and national success. Sir MV’s messages inspire the youth and convince them about the huge opportunities to contribute to nation-building in whatever profession they choose.
Sir MV was not only an engineering genius, he was also responsible for shaping the country’s development in a big way.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
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