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National Treasure - Indian Consulate

It has been almost 2 months since I watched (actually, slept through) a movie . I am growing up now, sleeping lesser with more intervals in between. Having observed me that well, Amma and Nanna knew better than to take me to another movie. Did they? It is just after Christmas. Chicago is colder than cold could be. Nanna had a couple of days off. He wanted to use this break to go to the Indian Consulate in Chicago to apply for my Indian passport. Since you already know the story of my introspection, I shall not bore you about that. Nanna thought it would be a great idea for me to go along with him. Since Amma goes everywhere with me, all of us started for the Consulate. By the time we reached the consulate, we were told that the consulate lunch break was extended by an hour - from 11:30 to 2 instead of 12:30 to 2. So we were outside the Consulate on a cold winter day - when most of the other businesses and activities were shut down because of Christmas eve. Nanna and Amma started discu...

Offshoring

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4 months back I told you my apprehensions . They are turning real. A team (Ammamma and Tata) helped Amma and Nanna with "go-live". The first team transitioned support to another team (Mamma and Tata) and left the picture. Yesterday, the second team moved offshore. Yes, Mamma and Tata, left for India. The winter was getting too hard for them. And Tata got sick too. One day I noticed that he missed his usual morning walk. I thought that was an abberation. He missed his evening walk too. That was very unusual for Tata. The next day, Tata was still sleeping by the time I woke up. This was doubly unusual. What I suspected came true. Tata was not feeling well. The cold weather did not suit him. And the fact that Indu Atta was alone in India, nice warm India, did not help. They had to leave. That was how MY support project moved offshore. I can already imagine how things would go on from now. The client (Amma and Nanna) would send my photos 'offshore'. My health will be disc...