Starting with Vinayaka Chathurthi

 

Vinayaka Chathurthi takes a special place in my heart, for the success story related to my career at Northern Lights. Whatever I am today, career-wise at NLTD, the credit goes to our very own Vinayakar.

Here’s a short account of the background and the most recent occurrence, that too, on this very same day, today.

8 years ago, I had a huge responsibility of single-handedly beginning a pilot project – that had to be transitioned from the US team, post my visit to the office location in Toccoa, GA.

When I returned to Chennai post my trip, I felt so lonely and challenged. I was simply not confident about how it would all pan out. However, I was truly blessed enough to get to start the project on the day of Vinayaka Chathurthi. I still remember letting the US team know the significance of Vinayaka Chathurthi and they were genuinely happy for this auspicious start of the project.

Lord Ganesha helped with every obstacle in the way and offered all the strength I needed. Thankful that the project is now successful and we have a team across 2 locations and multiple sub-projects. By far, ours is the biggest team in the office, with what started off as a pilot project. Humble beginnings indeed.

8 years later, on the very same occasion of Vinayaka Chathurthi, a day before I plan to begin meeting my boss on a weekly basis, post a maternity break, I receive a new replacement laptop from office. Like a child, I went running to Amma and told her that I got my new laptop on the day of Vinayaka Chathurthi today. She was resting and almost half asleep – but all she said was – keep it in the Pooja room next to the Ganesha idol where we did a pooja today on account of Chathurthi. I had the exact same thought process as she did.

Although I have a couple months still to rejoin work, I wanted to stay in touch with work and get started in a small way and it couldn’t have gotten better – a wonderful precedence to the very beginning or rather, a comeback, with a responsibility higher than ever before in my life – that of being Amma of Niraamaya.

I am thankful to Lord Ganesha for helping me slowly get back to the groove, that too, exactly a day after Vinayaka Chaturthi. Surrendering all that’s lying ahead to Ganesha and getting started humbly, yet again.

Happy to be writing this piece on the new laptop, my first document on Vinayaka Chathurthi.

Thank you, Pillayarappa!!