Dear Shirish, Nepalean, Kehoko, Gahugoro, Houston, GP-ji, Samsara and Sajhabusaima  . .

Many, many thanks for your good wishes.
I need all the best wishes I can get. :-)

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Shirish,

I had had a great time working for WB. Learnt a lot. Met a lot of smart people from all over. Worked on some challenging/interesting assignments, and got to travel widely .. .  and I remain very grateful for all that.

It's just that, at some point in life, after one is done chasing prestige, money
and all the 'external measures of success', one has to ask oneself:

What makes him/her fulfilled in life?

Is it by being a productive plugger in a good system that someone else
has designed?

Or, does fulfillment come from being a designer of  systems in a place
where there are no systems to begin with?

Different people  will have different answers, of course, and that's fine.

For me, this chance to be creative to design an effective corporate system
at this company proved ultimately an attractive enough of a challenge
to sink my teeth into :-)

Tetti ho.

Yes, send me your gazals, and -- no promise -- but let's see what
happens :-)

oohi
ashu