Dear bap,…
I’m sitting in your room, typing away at your table. I just remember how you wanted the yellow flowers by the table. They are still there dad….just as you left them.
Your slippers are still under your table, everything’s the same except your chair. It’s too big for me, I’ve got a hard, coffe chair for me.
Dad I miss you. I really miss you. How will I ever talk to you again?
I wish I could hug you dad.
I just thought I should let you know that Bolu dadu is at the hospital, he’s unconcious. Dadi, Shaheda fupi and I went to see him yesterday at Apollo. The doctors have kept him on life support. I don’t understand what’s happening dad….why did you have to go?
Love you bap, miss you so so much…at times it’s simply impossible to cope. Dad I miss you.
Love you dad….come meet me if you can.
Ishita
Dear bap…
Dear bap,
Take my love and hugs.
I’ve caught a bit of cold today, probably also a bit feverish…but should be okay. This is no big deal, it’s probably due to the changing weather.
Ra has gone to uni; mom and I are at home. Love you dad….keep on missing you more and more everyday. Every single day starts with thoughts of you. I guess you know I’ve started Fazar prayer couple of month back, I have decided to do it irrespective of my personal feelings. I want you to be happy dad. I love you bap.
I’ll take some rest now. Stay well bap.
luv
Ishita
Dear bap
Dear bap,
Love and hugs. I hope and pray that you are good. We are not so good.
Things are getting weireder…I don’t understand what your brothers and sisters want, they won’t let us talk to anyone but them, they say it’s family matters. But basically they are bullying us, can you imagine they tell us they know you better than us!! Huh, they are such fabricators….I really don’t like these people dad, they make up stuff from thin air.
Mom is a bit sick, ra has cold. As for me I’m coping, can’t get sick now…I miss you bap, really really miss you. Why did you have to go away bap, Why??? It’s not fair, it’s not right, it’s just not acceptable….
I still have this fantasy that you will come back miraculously!! Can you see us dad? Can you? I hope you are happy dad, love you…
Miss you always, more and more …love
Ishita
Dear bap 11-10-09
Dear bap,
How are you? I miss you. Don”t know what to ask you…miss you a lot.
Let me tell you how we are doing. Ra is doing much better, shes working harder and getting good grades as well. I think this time she has really put her best efforts into studies. This is good of course, but she misses you as usual, probably even more when she gets a good grade and can not share it with you. I know how badly she wants to let you know that she is putting her best effort into her studies, so I hope you can see her working hard.
Mom is doing ok. She misses the times you and mom went out for dinners and functions. I know I can not make her feel any better but both Ra and I try to give her company so she would miss you less. But I hardly think it is working…but we have to try nonetheless.
As for me, well I am getting a better understanding of your company. It is amazing how systematic and standardized you have made it over the years! You are one in a billion dad, I am really proud of you. I am spending a good chunk of my productive time after Agro Solutions and eTutor. They are interesting and challenging, I like spending time with those. I wish I could share my other ideas with you bap,…miss you.
We still have problems related to your property stuff. Uncles are not cooperating at all. At times it gets very hectic, but this is just a sad truth of life. I will remember the stuff you told me dad, now more than ever. I wish you could come back dad, come back to us…
I know I will never get a reply back from you, but I will keep on writing…I very strongly believe you can feel me and guide me dad.
Love
Ishita
Dear bap…
Dear Bap,
I hope you are in a better place than us. I hope you are a lot better than you had been here…
We are getting along…Ra is going to uni and getting pretty busy with her studies. Architecture seems a lot of hard work and a lot of fun as well. I’m going to Bets regularly and trying to gain a better understanding of how thing are run around here. It’s not the most exciting thing in the world but I’m learning day by day…I have divided my time so that I can spend enough time in Agrosol and eTutor. I’m starting eTutor with Tareq bhaiya again 
feeling good about it, and I have few other ideas lurking at the back of my mind…I really wish you were here..I could’ve shared my ideas with you. I miss you dad…so very much, every single moment.
I know you’ll never read this and I’ll never get reply…that really hurts..I love you dad, I love you, I love you, I love you….I miss you so much!!
You were always right about everything, including people. They are what you said they’d be.
I’m so proud that you’re my dad….
Love and hugs as always…
Ishita
The Pain Goes On…
Dear Bap,
It’s been two months now, since you went away…but I’m still in shock and I’m still hoping against all hopes that this is just a really bad nightmare. The pain of losing you is in itself gargantuan, but when all this family stuff gets in the way that really puts enormous pressure on me.
I think in many ways this is a perfect time to find true friends and fake well wishers. I’ve been astounded by the reactions and attitudes of my uncles (your brothers), specially the eldest, whom I’ve been really close with. I feel really sorry to say this, but he’s a pathetic loser for grabbing your stuff like this. I don’t know if it’s greed or need that’s driving him to behave this way, but either way, this is so disgraceful I can hardly accept it as reality. He’s been so nice to us always and I’ve always found an emotional connection with him, but having said that, he’s the one making life hell for mom, ra and me. He’s the one behaving like a man desperately in need of money, maybe he is- he’s lost any sense of self-respect whatsoever. In a way I feel sorry for him.
Well anyways, right now I have loads of other things to worry about and I need to focus on those completely. Life will never be the same again, it will never be easy again like it used to be…..but I will survive and thrive. Nothing ever stopped me from doing what I wanted and nothing ever will. It’s just a matter of time and temperament.
Dad, wherever you are don’t worry about us, we are doing ok. We will be ok in the end, we are stronge like you are.
Love from the deepest core of my heart…
Ishita
The Science of Marketing
There is a thought provoking albeit short excerpt on the nature of marketing and what it says about the marketers by Seth Godin, the marketing guru. From time immemorial we’ve been fed the idea that marketing is an art and that either you get it or you don’t, but Seth comes out and put a different spin to it. He claims, marketing is both ‘science’ and ‘art’, it’s just a matter of figuring out which hat we intend to put on for which purpose.
I guess implicit in his post is the fact that different projects require different perspective, and one is wise to chose from the two methods, based on the nature of the product/services and its associated target groups.
I think it makes sense, analytical /scientific marketing has the potential to identify and engage target groups (as long as the target groups themselves are analytical) more meaningfully but it also can backfire. As psychological and emotional elements at play make it hard to reach or motivate some members of the target group by pure logic. We after all are humans, and even the most stolid person has emotional weak spots.
Read Seth Godin’s blog post here.
Children Washing School Benches After Hit By Cyclone Aila
This is the picture of the day…it moved me. I can’t explain why, perhaps it’s their motivation to keep on having classes in the face of natural calamity, perhaps it’s their determination to not give in to indolence, I don’t know why but I love this. This is my inspiration of the day!
I’ve taken the picture on my mobile from a Daily Bangla newspaper, called Prothom Alo. I tried finding the actual picture on the online version of the newspaper but yielded no result.
These children live in a district in Bangladesh called Patuakhali. One morning after the storm they come to the school and found their classroom wreaked by cyclone Aila, which had caused much damage and distress in the south-western part of Bangladesh and certain parts of India. So the students got involved in cleaning and restoring their classrooms, so they could study!
I am inspired!
Revising eTutor Plan
Ok, now is the time I revise plans for eTutor. I think we need to revisit our SWOT analysis and reflect that change on our Phase one plans for scope of development, marketing plan, product development guide and HR management.
It’s been over 4 months that the SWOT had been done and think we need to re-assess our course of action given certain changes in our operating environment.
PEST is on the road to completion, I think I need to put on more hours into this. Can’t seem to get enough time to give proper attention to PEST, it’s been in the writing stage for few weeks now. Not good.
There are few other issues that need to be resolved in consultation with Tareq bhaiya. Will do that today…oh wait today is Friday! Well, I guess he might have family plans, but I’ll see if he’s available. Things always get a bit weird when I come back from Australia, because I expect to work on Friday before the Sat, Sunday weekends. Anyway, different places have their unique situation, just need to get used to it.
Revising eTutor Plan
Ok, now is the time I revise plans for eTutor. I think we need to revisit our SWOT analysis and reflect that change on our Phase one plans for scope of development, marketing plan, product development guide and HR management.
It’s been over 4 months that the SWOT had been done and think we need to re-assess our course of action given certain changes in our operating environment.
PEST is on the road to completion, I think I need to put on more hours into this. Can’t seem to get enough time to give proper attention to PEST, it’s been in the writing stage for few weeks now. Not good.
There are few other issues that need to be resolved in consultation with Tareq bhaiya. Will do that today…oh wait today is Friday! Well, I guess he might have family plans, but I’ll see if he’s available. Things always get a bit weird when I come back from Australia, because I expect to work on Friday before the Sat, Sunday weekends. Anyway, different places have their unique situation, just need to get used to it.
