Just for you

7:52 pm

I have feelings for you

More intense

Than I ever felt

For anyone in this lifetime

Or ever would.

Don’t ask for logic

As this is beyond it.

Love does not have reason

If it does

‘tis not love

But lust,

for money,

 for beauty

for fame.

I need none of it
in lieu of love.

I have all

And seen the

Transience of them all

It is that deeper feeling I’m after,

That will not wither with time,

Does not have the ebb and flow

Of the tides,

That which always withstands the

Test of time.

When life is at its prime

Let’s journey together

To seek that permanence

There’ll be change of weather

But that change is not for us

Change of nature

But that change is not for us

In our finite love

For each other

Let us

Seek and find

That Infinite.

Come let’s

Start the journey

Let us not apprehend disaster

We are strong enough to

Surmount

Whatever befalls us

Provided we are together.

The anthology which includes my poem 'Tale of a Parrot'.

http://in.linkedin.com/pub/medha-bhattacharyya/15/a9b/aa6

An experience

Exams are Over!!!

Practical examinations are over. Had to evaluate about 200 B.Tech students (technical/ non-technical powerpoint presentations) in the course of the last three days.  Luckily the fourth year examination took place last week. Pheeew it's over!!!! But I enjoyed the phase thoroughly. Such is life!


At any given semester I handle around 550 students. But that doesn't mean that I am alienated from the other 550.

The previous two weeks just flew by with students coming to deliver mock ppt presentations before me. My feedback session was longer than the duration of the presentations themselves. Everything had to be monitored. At college I was completely surrounded by my student teams. It was great fun.

My students keep me on my toes. When they are around energy levels are bound to be high. So, throughout the day, even when I'm at home I'm full of energy. I try to make the best out of every situation in life and that is what I 'preach' too. Hence, I'm highly optimistic.

Now is the time to add up marks and fill up the tabulation sheets when they arrive from the university.
Awaiting the next session and new batch of students.

Auf wie der zein.

    

Do not Bid Adieu

It's that time of the year when our hearts are heavy--it's the 8th semester and one after the other I have to wish my students well and bid adieu to them, and continue with life as if everything is normal. But this phase is a difficult one. For 4 years to share their hopes and fears, trials and tribulations, joy and success, both personal and official, and then a time comes and you know it's time to let go and to smile and be happy for them. Today was one such day. It was the 'Bolonaa Bidaai' ['Do not bid adieu'] party for our ECE 4th year (2009-2013) batch. I'll miss the batch like I'll miss all the other 4th year B. Tech and 3rd year MCA students of our college. They said certain things about some of us [profs]. Regarding me the student representative of the class said that as a person I'm extremely supportive, helpful and am a problem-solver. He said that no matter how critical or diverse the nature of problem/ issue was, I always had solutions to them, that I encouraged students to come to me for any assistance they needed, etc. I feel blessed that I have such students. The first class I had with them officially was on 14 February, 2011. Perhaps that made it more special.

I had taken the IT 4th year examination on Wednesday (8 May 2013) after their examination they came and shook my hands and touched my feet, I was so moved. Some of them chatted with me and we cracked jokes and shared past experiences. They were so happy to see that I remembered what they did when they were in 1st year. In fact, they didn't want to leave the Language Lab where I arranged to conduct the examination solely for them as that would be the last time they would be sitting there. They wanted to stay more. With the completion of that examination the official ties with them were severed.

My students have made me more caring, patient, persevering, calm, dependable and responsible. They are one of the greatest gifts life has given to me. And being with them I have learnt a lot and will go on learning.

May they all fare well in life.