Am I ready to blog about
the theme for Week 35, “If I could do something other than what I do now,
what would I do?” Yes, albeit a few
weeks late!
What am I doing now is something
I keep wondering a lot of times? Such thoughts were probably one of the reasons
that I gave up my job as Principal of an Engineering college. I thought I was doing
nothing constructive except spoiling my health and doing mundane things like
worrying about water in the college, current in the hostel, stupid fights
between students over IPL matches where none of the teams have players of that
state playing and parochial feelings running high among the students. I thought
I would be better off not doing administrative things and it would give me a
lot of time to do things I would love to. Those days, blogging was definitely
one thing which I would have liked to have been involved with. And thanks to
this project, that did become a reality.
What are the other things that I
would have loved to do which I am not doing now?
When I was just completing
college, I used to teach dance and had about 10 students with me. And then, I
started working as a lecturer in a Polytechnic college. There were a few
polytechnic students for whom I would take tuition classes in the evening. And
slowly my dance teaching faded away and dancing took a back seat as engineering
college lecturing took the front seat.
I would love to go back to
dancing.
I loved watching dance. Photography
has been close to my heart and I would have loved to become a good dance
photographer. I miss not becoming one though. I love listening to devotional
songs and these days, I feel I should spend more time, understanding the
meanings of those songs. I would love to supervise and guide at least one PhD
student to complete his degree and I would love to get at least one project
sanctioned in the field of Mechanical Engineering. I am planning to start an international
journal of engineering sciences and industrial applications. My list of what I would like to do is never
ending. But at least this post gives me an idea what I should be doing for the
next few years or so!
