The First note

Dear Sonal

It has been a while since we have met and shared a thought or two. Writing to you is indeed an experience for me, as I wish to consolidate my experiences in these few odd pages. I have named it as the First Note, hoping sincerely that you would trust me to consult in times to come.

The last few months have seen an end of an era for me, personally as my undergraduate studies draw to an end, and socially as new teams assume the reign, and promise to continue with the responsibility albeit more diligently.

I could clearly comprehend the need of a team for a group to succeed. For the success of the team, a pragmatic approach is needed. It is difficult to head a team, but it is more difficult to take the team as a single entity forward. Let your team not be a group of individuals. It would require support from all quarters, one of them will be you. Your support for the team would be indispensable. You will have to choose between the two: importance of work for team or the importance of team for the work.

Through these years, I have been a witness to both successes and failures. As I write, I expect you to witness the same, but I also wish that you may never get demoralized by your failures. Treating them as stepping stones in your stride towards success and fame would only help to achieve the goals. At the same time, I would miss out on my duty by not warning you against getting complacent at the prospect of a short term success. Never let your ego grow so high that it eclipses the very reason of its existence.

At times you may find yourself at conflict with your responsibilities as a team member and personal priorities. I attended to the former. But lately I have come to know that too much of goodness is also a bane. I may do well to warn you against your work becoming your personal life. This will come up as a remedy to lot of troubles which I only wish you never have to face.

I never had an opportunity to learn with you. I look at you as one of the most promising juniors with the vigor and the zeal to achieve the targets set up for you. Your work for website, research papers, tutorials and alumni portal is highly commendable. Indeed, it would have been my good fortune to learn so much in so less time. You owe it your determination which I wish would never erode.

As I end my “First Note”, I wish that you fathom greater heights of success. Let success never elude you. Please feel free to get in touch with me, both for a reason and without one. It would be nice to hear from you regularly.

It was indeed an experience to write to you.

Vivek Sharma