I bought him a pad……

1992

A dining table which roughly measured 7x5 ft, which sat in the corner of our house, suddenly was occupied by a set of mammoth boxes. The center one was tall and bulky, I guessed he was the all in all alaguraja. For some reason I decided it should be he and not she!!!!!!!!!!well not a chauvinist….but well…whatever…..To his left sat a small television and I decided it to be his’ she!!!, my dad told me it was B&W and not color and to the right sat another bulky flat but weird fella with a long black teeth, I figured he was the sidekick.

That is where it all began. A child’s play started with a 1.5lac toy at that time. A play which eventually became an obsession, then carving a dream out of the obsession, then making the dream come true. As a child I was never shooed away when I tried to play all sort of my pranks with the toy. No he had a big  heart to let me learn what I wanted, let me break what I wanted…..be it the printer/cpu or even the monitor.

2012

It was a small sheet of rectangular plastic. All it required was a place in the palm or lap, and one in any of the ten fingers to command it. He was over joyed to check his mail, read his regional newspaper and he gave a childish smile when he learnt he can make video calls across globe and how easily he can increase or decrease font size.

A small token of gratitude for a man who bought me 1.5lac rupee worth toys and allowed me to play with it freely. An investment with which I have made my education and career with ease than anyone can think of, even though people say anyone can work in IT today….but there is always the degree of perceiving and learning things with ease….

 

Thanks to Steve Jobs for the iPad and thanks to Kalyan for all his blessings.

Let glory be with Kalyan.