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There is an annual function of Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE) and I got this opportunity to design and develop Invitation Card for the same as well as provide a write-up for the Citation to Godse Sir to be presented to him with the 'Life-time Achievement Award'. Here is the image of Invitation and copy of the Citation.

Citation to be printed majestically and presented to Godse Sir

We, the founders and members of ISSE Pune, with heartfelt gratitude and absolute delight, take this opportunity to present the first ‘Life-time Achievement Award in the field of Structural Engineering and Consultancy’ to our dearest Godse Sir, the Living Legend and Lighthouse for all of us.

The life story and achievements of Godse Sir in the most adverse and discouraging conditions indeed has the potential for a full length featured movie and we have no intention to curtail it to fit in here. All we are attempting here is expressing our gratefulness and pride we share as we enjoy this fortune of being the part of the fraternity our GURU spearheads. In his honour lies our honour.

‘Nothing succeeds like success’ is the notion. Sir, YOU have proved it wrong with a new principle ‘Nothing commits like commitment...!’ With the genius of Engineer and passion of facilitator, YOU hardly ever thought of Structural Engineering as a Profession; it forever was an Obsession for YOU and YOU always went that extra mile for the most rational and not fractional solution to a situation. This will stand as a ‘Professional Ethics Lesson’ for the generations of engineers to come.

Sir, by leading from the front and setting a selfless example, YOU have set the Standards of Practice so high that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to match those, let alone surpass them. We are not only proud and indebted to have YOU as our idol, but feel more responsible to be worthy of the heritage you have structured and we have the fortune to inherit.

While we prepare to present this token of our gratitude to YOU, in the retrospection of your accomplishments, our minds are occupied with realization and our brains are confronting the question – ‘Do we really love and respect our profession like this...?’ Sir, we promise YOU and take a pledge to answer this question positively and proudly for years to come.

Wishing YOU long, healthy and content golden life, we thank you for being there for us... always!

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Rice.. Nice!

Peter Rice, an Irish structural engineer who originally studied Aeronautical Engineering but switched to Civil Engineering and designed the roof of the Sydney Opera House which was his first professional assignment! His poetic invention, his ability to turn accepted ideas on their head and his rigorous mathematical and philosophical logic made him one of the most sought-after engineers of our times. Following is the poem by Peter Rice that he supposedly composed in his last days...!

Tonight I know that I will leave

The fight is done

And slowly as I say goodbye

I need to speak

And say my love for close-knit friends.

Support, support was what they gave

They made me live.

To die, not old, cocooned in love

Transferring through a point in time

To somewhere else

A gift we have no right to ask

And it is mine.

My brainwaves span the cool night air

And tap goodbye to friends unseen.

Will they go on and span in time

My after life

I’d like to know...!

Motivation...!

Everybody has a song or poem of his/her own that continues running in the background of all the undertakings and chores. This is the guiding force and destined approach of that particular individual towards life. Find out what is your tune and meanwhile, listen to mine...! And yes, you can borrow it for sharing :)

The Poem of La Mancha -

To dream the impossible dream,

To fight the unbeatable foe,

To bear the unbearable sorrow,

To run where the brave dare not to go,

To love the pure and chest from a far,

To right the unforgivable wrong,

To try when your arms are too weary,

To reach that unreachable star,

This is my quest to follow that star,

No matter how place, no matter how far,

To fight for the right, without questions without pause

To be willing to march into hell for heavenly cause...!

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Silence...!

There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him. After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn.

He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch. Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought, "Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough."

So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, "I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction."

A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see, how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be...!

Stay tuned and observe sphere of silence...!

Who Knows...!?!

There is a Chinese story of an old farmer who had an old horse for tilling his fields. One day the horse escaped into the hills and, when all the farmer's neighbours sympathised with the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied,

"Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows...?"

A week later the horse returned with a herd of wild horses from the hills and this time the neighbours congratulated the farmer on his good luck. His reply was,

"Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows...?"

Then, when the farmer's son was attempted to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyone thought this very bad luck. Not the farmer, whose only reaction was,

"Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows...?"

Some weeks later the army marched into the village and forced every able-bodied youth they found there by law to serve in the army. When they saw the farmer's son with his broken leg they let him off. Now was that...

Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows...?

Well, Stay Tuned, Stay Cool and Defer the Judgement...!