Moments of Bliss - 19 ::: "Too many moments to share"

Dear Gowri
It is time to record the moments - aplenty - today at the Sunday Class. I am sure I am going to lose in this proposition.....because I may not really gather and pile them up in this posting....BUT, I am sure you will appreciate with a wide smile that I dont make this statement in agony......!!
Well, There is some uniqueness in the composition of this class week after week....there are atleast 40 % of the people abstaining every week and the beauty is that it is not the same people who keep abstaining repeatedly..... Even the Chief faculty admitted that this has not happened to him until now...and today he was sharing few words with me in private.....and he was quite puzzled about this factor though the group as a whole is quite enthusiastic....and are doing quite well...(By the by, I am getting quite close to him....let me catch it up later)
Well, I have been interacting and exchanging smiles with most of the participants....and considering the number of absentees every week, really not sure what is the total strength if all of them decide to come on a particular sunday (should be between 35 to 35)....but every weeek we see only 30....!! I at least remember 6 - 8 very good active participants who have not come for the past 3 weeks continuously !! (Excluding the talkative man who is not to be seen after the first class !!)
I got connected the magic of Isha program where a commitment is taken to attend all the 13 days as a part of FIRST day syllabus....and the importance of having such self improvement programs in short span of time.....8 week ends....spread over makes all the reason for such failing absenteeism and to me naturally it (that is the current average strength) is quite justified....and the complaining tone of the MD alone is quite puzzling....(Perhaps he keeps lamenting like this...taking into account that I am not sure about the average strength of previous batches !!)
LETS leave it there any way...
Every week I keep talking to at least 3 - 4 new people quite systematically..there is one little girl who has just finished 10th standard but physically appears to be quite big (looks like a college girl)...whom I keep playing lot of pranks....(Her father was a student of the MD's Father 25 years back...and he was there on the first day...introducing himself to all of us....he is a DGM in one of a leading corporate houses of India). There are two old aunties in their early fifties...or late forties...both are extremely friendly and warm with every one around .... one is a school teacher and another is supporting her husband in his business...Infact one of them acted as my wife in today's session of Drama.....!! (I kept calling her by name...and Eendi !! as many times as I wanted to !!)
Further there are 5 - 6 boys finished their +2...every one is quite familiar to me....the only sore point is that these thugs call me as "uncle"....!! I had to warn them before it becomes a disease....!!
There are few other people like me...one working as a manager in some IT company, two / three software engineers, 2 people in big positions of HR team of some small company....one self financed business man.....and half dozen boys who have finished MBA and waiting to join their first employment....
It is a very good mix of people....and fortunately or unfortunately I think I am in the toppest rung in terms of social exposure - rather - having MNC experience...and contributing mightily when ever there was an opportunity for me to mingle with people...and showcasing myself during the practise session...
Today, in particular, I was in full flow as I had set a target to inspire every one to join the cultural events which I am supposed to organise next week for 1 - 1.5 hours.....and did not want to leave any one who is interested but feeling hesitant....!! With this goal in my mind, I ensured that I sat bit casually with most of the people...for the past two weeks, but I need to peak this particular sunday and the responses were overwhelming.....!!
Many of them got very closer to me today.....and since after the session today, the MD handed over the mike to make planning for the culturals....., before he left for the day, the entire group remained in our hall to decide upon few aspects of the culturals....I had rehearsed the points to be clarified and told them the info about few people who have already appraoched with their ideas..and welcomed for any further items / suggestions to me.....!! All of them observed me while I spoke and they all noted down my contact number as we had to leave the hall in short time....
The MD has welcomed us during next saturday to their resi cum office at Adyar, for having practise sessions....and during the course of next 5 days, I am supposed to keep following up the people on their items...and also have told in clear terms that they will reach the venue next sat for a thorough rehearsel and we cannot come on the stage without having a rehearsel on saturday in front of me and the core team....!!
Half dozen of my organising committee mates stayed with me at the reception sofas of the hotel where I consciously spoke about few things to be taken care...and ensured that each one is clear
about their roles......I am sure they are all charged up now.....very similar to how I got charged up 2 weeks back itself for this occassion.....the moment the MD requested me to coordinate the whole of culturals....and told me its for 1 hour.....but it should be "professional"...
That brings this posting to the fag end..., the MD with whom I did not share much words during the first 5 classes and could not even recognize me by name until then, slowly started taking note of me....and today when we had lunch (at venue itself), he was talking lot of things to me himself.....telling me about few nuances of the classes and his earlier experiences...While I was all ears in front of him...
A man who is perhaps in late 40s or early 50s, father of a girl who is doing CA (forgot to tell, he has suggested to make use of his daughter for training people in dance.....seems she is good at it !! I need to get introduced and talk to her too ...& to book her time for next saturday...too many things to do) and another teen age boy.....!! This person hails from Palakkad basically and due to his Mumbai brought up in his childhood speaks Hindi just like Tamil....This man though a qualified finance professional, decided to take up his father's legacy out of the reverence that he have for him (& of course to maintain the huge demand for his fathers' classes), involving his mother still who has completed 4 decades already in this type of programs and also his wife.....!!
I started loving this man...his spontaenity...simplicity and most importantly, his sincerity..(appears he had learnt Telugu himself during the course of his career...just to be informal with the participants in the classes that he conducts in and around Hyderabad !!).
During today's video shooting, at a particular moment of break, there was an interesting dialogue that I heard between him and one of the participants.....This man was giving feedback to a particular participant who completed his video shoot...he was telling that the participant did very well.....and asked for opinion with a senior lady who is another participant like us...!! In an emotional voice, she told back to the MD that she really had learnt a lot from the class and admire a lot about the manner he gives a positive feedback to every one.....She was vocal in thanking him right in front of all of us.....telling that she will remember him for ever for such positive qualities of appreciating people....He candidly responded to this quite simply without wasting much time...."You should only thank God..."......!!
A great connector I am, I got the message straight......YES......!! I wish to become another GOD like him....as soon as possible !!!
suchoo
ps:- forgot to tell, I did quite well in 3 1/2 minutes video shoot....The topic is not some thing that I wasted much time in choosing....making a sequel to my earlier speech on SILENCE, today I spoke about SPEECH !!.....Vallavanukku pullum aayudham, right ???