158.A day well spent!

I hadn’t been able to talk to Fr. Johnson even for a second after the first call. And then I got into a frenzy of activities. Then came D-day. I decided not to go for my routine jog in the morning as I wanted to sit and work ‘cause I hardly had any time between my preparation and reaching DBI.

DBI or Don Bosco Institute at Kharguli is located at a location, which is very close to Paradise. As the Borluit flows at an unpretentious pace, my mind races to give my best. Why best and to whom?

Well, it’s been quite a journey with DBI since the start of the millennium. Fr. V.M. Thomas literally kept me on my toes with the plethora of activities over a decade and now with Fr. Johnson, I knew my schedule was going to be busier than I would dare to imagine.

Incidentally, this is what I love doing. Counselling, talking to people and resolving their problems. So, on 20^th of September, I, armed with my laptop, which invariably is loaded with all sorts of things, made my way full speed to DBI. I had to present or rather animate for 30 odd junior engineers from Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB).

Though I almost always go to present something or the other but I actually come away learning far bigger lessons from the participants and at the same time having a hilarious time.

The mixed participants of young and old laughed, interacted, joked and made my presentation on communication far more interesting than when I started off with the thought that I will stick out as a sore thumb with this crowd. What a group! Hats off to this beautiful team from ASEB.

After lunch, my drive through the road from DBI to Tata Institute of Social Services was a dream ride. I was relaxed, it was drizzling, while I drove at a snail’s pace glancing at the misty-with-drizzle-river once a while to satiate my love for my Luit.

I reached TIS by 4.30 and within a couple of minutes the whole place was swarming with young people only to be joined a few minutes later by the moderator Kula Saikia and speakers Indrani Rai Medhi, Sriparna Barua, Mitra Phukan, Pulak Banerjee and Samudragupta Kashayap and a host of other people from different backgrounds. It was quite an evening as we all talked about whether “Society can change the Media”. Well, I was only of one opinion.... “If we got to see change anywhere, every individual should be the change. Be the one man army.” Wow! Quite a day!