Ekta | wisdomekta

  On a thrilling, cloudy morning in Mumbai, the skies opened up with heavy rains, declaring it a perfect “rainy-day” at school. Since the school was closed and the office was open, we had to make a decision. Due to our prior commitment, we decided to leave the kids at home with clear instructions, a mobile phone, and plenty of food. We felt confident they would use this vacant-home feeling with little adventure at home! However, as the day progressed, the rain underwent a drastic change, and there were alerts for flooding. And on top of this, the phone calls to home went unanswered. My heart sank . After the fifth call went unanswered, I began my worry-filled journey back home. I asked my neighbour to check in, and she also rang the doorbell, but no one answered. My taxi driver was hesitant to take the main road due to severe waterlogging and dropped me about 2 km away from home. I was in such a state of panic that I didn’t even think about the potholes or bumpy roads. I just went...

Professional life is just a scheduled array of tasks. Reaching office, switching on computer system, drinking a cup of coffee, reading daily reports and completing jobs. During this pre assigned routine, sometimes it happens that we get to touch some peoples’ lives and make a little difference in the world.  Mine is not a unique story but it is very close to my heart.  ONGC pays its part of contribution to the society towards building a better world in form of CSR. During my posting in CSR Section, Ankleshwar (Gujarat), we used to mainly focus on the projects prioritizing education. Several schools, majority of which located in remote locations sent their proposals for either school building renovation or RO plant establishment etc. This one request came for funding for construction of library in the building of a school. The proposal was sent by a Junior Teacher and not the Principal of the school. I could not meet this teacher during school site visit although pr...