Now its that time of the yea’ - its end! 5 more days to go. Some are busy looking back, while some are busy envisioning what lies ahead.

All in all, I see everybody is worried about two things - time (either in retrospection or in future) and what they are going to do with what they think is left of it (for them). As for me, I am worried about #2 more than any other year before. I guess, so is archana.

3 years into marriage, I feel we are blessed to be able to enjoy each other’s company but at cross roads in our life. Now, it comes down to choosing (& for a difference, this time, following) which path we would like to take - is it the professional or is it the free-spirited eagle?

Archana is a dare devil whose dreams are loftier than mine. Technology was my strength; reading, understanding & working with the people in a market was hers.

So, we wanted to try our hand at starting a new venture for sometime now, based on a few exotic/lunatic/idiosyncratic/whatever-you-wanna-call-it ideas I have nurtured since my childhood. who doesnot?

Although, it was not the indian/telugu/desi version of some cool, new technology, which ofcourse is a challenge in itself (and who knows, I might end up on that turf one day), but at something that is truly global & applicable.

But dreaming is one thing; executing it, living it and biting it is another. Two different sides of the brain, two different worlds - one of hope, warmth and possibilities infinite; another of truth, heat, execution and its permutations never ending.

Venture is not part of my blood, so every step I take towards these new worlds is unsettling me. Often in ways, I have thought were trivial. Often, she holds my hand and tells me its going to be OK. But it is a journey that takes years to even realize if we went the wrong way!

That is where I feel the need for a mentor & a good friend. Someone who can hold hands and say it is going to be OK. The wizard who knows it does not matter which side of the road you walk on as long as you know where you are going. Sadly, I have played one in a few lives on a very few occassions but never thought about finding one that fits me! I guess its time for both of us to bend our heads and go back to school - the kind with people & coffee shops instead of classrooms & buildings, the kind that undoes years of what we’ve done in the name of it.

So, my hope, wishes and prayers for 2006 would be to help us find the true mentor, the intellect to search for & connect with one, and the courage to see the glory of his light that turns our dreams into reality, no matter what it takes!