Women Friendship

Our eyes met when I was searching the entrance of the conference venue, actually the exact room which i's going to be held. It was a surprise to see a smiling face in this unfamiliar environment. She was wearing a security uniform but the face was filled with kindness and warmth which is unusual for such a profession. I manged to find my way to the hall myself and we departed with just smiles shared.

We met as strangers during in next few days as well. Finally on one morning she came to me and asked politely " Are you also from India?". Well , I was not from India and I had to explain my origin. The conversation continued . She is from Fiji and speaks Hindi and celebrates Deepavali. She had left her country around 14 years back . However it was quite evident that she has not forgotten her Asian upbringing while earning her life as a security officer in Sydney.

There were many people I met in the conference, many nice people came from around the world. They all were sharing common interest - the theme of the conference. This lady knows nothing about the conference topic yet the nice way she treated us make her one notable character during the journey.

Later we shared some ideas about our lives and got to know she's a happy and proud mother of two kids. What challenges she might have faced while working as a migrant worker , then getting PR? Doesn't she miss her relations in Fiji ? Her guess of me being Indian might be due to the fact that Fiji is also an Indian Island.

How interesting it is to find friendship with a Fijian security woman in a technology conference held in Sydney ?

How small am I?

One evening last month , got a chance to spent some hours by the beach . It was just before the full moon poya day. The moon light on the waves gave a magnificent glory .The silver shadows moved up and down with the waves . The mother nature was blessing the sea with no greediness.

The mere emptiness of the sea and the sky stretched far away made my heart lighter in few minutes. How small am I; How small am I compare to this massive world; I questioned myself. May be not larger than a tiny stone in the beach.

The place was only an one hour drive from my home. However the last visit happened more than several years back. Were I that much busy ? How much of real life we are missing in our so called busy lives ?

"Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?"
T. S. Elliot