“Life is not a matter of
milestones but of moments”
The venue was superb, the
nestle staff were sweet enough to send a
pen drive to furnish us with details of previous forums and yes the “the water
blog &the water resources group” and “The moga story”
The pre event lunch was wow
and yeah I donned a skirt for it J Janet Voute from Nestle explained us the way nestle
was involved in CSV followed by Mr Sanjay Khajuria ,India head after which the
spectators grilled him on various issues especially Maggi being a healthy snack
or not for which the only thing that satisfied me was Janet’s statement ”We are
not projecting Maggi as an apple and saying- a magi a day keeps a doctor away”
Amid the expert panels ,enlightening
talks ,bullshit talks by politicians and representation from all walks of life I
was sitting there as The CEO-NAARI and some superb topics were touched upon be
it water crisis ,malnutrition ,rural development ,beyond philanthropy with
budding social entrepreneurs ,social leaders ,business tycoons from all over
the world sharing the stage
To talk about all the panel
discussion would make the blog hell of lengthy but let me share with you some
experiences that left me smiling:
POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA- Social
media has reached upto exemplary heights today ,realized this when I met “Peter
Blackshaw-the social media leader” and his team he is a complete sweetheart
,ready to absorb ideas, a wonderful person to discuss global changes and he
asked “Is half of the India owned by tata???” I smiled –thought about the reach
of tatas saw the taj hotel.mineral water bottle and even the table cloth which
said”A TATA product” and I replied “Kind of” .Secondly the media section didn’t
comprise of conventional journalists but the bloggers and twitter celebs from
all over the world
MODESTY IS THE JEWEL OF
ACHIEVERS- I met many delegates there be it from Thailand or the darling Ruth
from Kenya who have achieved volumes of respect in the social sector and whoa
they were so modest –sharing lunch, having coffee ,Ruth invited me to Kenya, hugged
me and said “Blessings little girl ,you are doing a noble work” .The one who
was brilliant among panelists was #Harish Hande ,CEO – SELCO who was the man of
action because he had spent his prime in working at the grassroots explaining
me the perfect financial management of vegetable vendors in villages ,you
remain in awe of harish when you talk to him
The day ended with some new
ideas, enlightened thoughts, many visiting cards ,enhanced contact list in
phone and the most important thing-friends for life
These are the days when u can
sit back and say to yourself that may be life is throwing up new challenges every
other day, you managed to sustain yourself strong amid the tides and as I always
say “when you do something for someone without any self intrest in return ,the
heart felt blessings give you a larger return some day”……………Sehar
"“A sacrifice
you make today
Will never ever be goneA sacrifice you make today
Will soon be passed on
A sacrifice you make today
Will stay in many hearts
A sacrifice you make today
Help many play their parts
A sacrifice you make today
Will never be forgotten
A sacrifice you make today
Will never be mistaken
A sacrifice you make today
May even change history
A sacrifice you make today
May be kept in someone’s memory
A sacrifice you make today
Might light someone’s day up
A sacrifice you make today "
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