Touching people's lives by simple gestures
What a personality he is .. At his age, at his position - how can he be so simple, humble and so hospitable. I am talking about the great Dr Bala Balachandran. There can never be such a noble soul at all.
We were in Chicago on Friday to meet up with a client in the morning and my husband wanted to meet Dr Bala to get himself charged and motivated to tackle things head on. So Ramani wrote to Dr Bala on Wednesday saying that he would like to meet up with him. Pat came the reply immediately asking him about the whereabouts of our meeting. Once Ramani wrote back, Dr Bala wrote back, it will take you around 3.00 PM to reach my place after your client meeting and is my house is just 30 mts from the airport.
So you can come over to my house and we can get together over a cup of coffee. So Ramani calls up Dr Bala's residence after the meeting is over to find out how to reach and believe me his wife picks up the call and tell him to take the train and be at the station where she said she would come and pick up, though Ramani said he will come to their home by taxi. She said a big NO and when we got out of the station, there is this black car with Dr Bala himself coming over to pick us up. He who hosts top business leaders and people like MGR, plays a perfect host to little unknowns like us in the same manner treating us as royalty. His wife, not to be left behind, makes us delicious dosas, packs them up so neatly saying that in US flights, you dont get anything to eat, and I dont want you to be hungry. What an extraordinary couple. Not only that he drove us to the airport and when he said he would make sure he would drop us at 7.00 pm, he made sure that even this promise he kept.
So you can come over to my house and we can get together over a cup of coffee. So Ramani calls up Dr Bala's residence after the meeting is over to find out how to reach and believe me his wife picks up the call and tell him to take the train and be at the station where she said she would come and pick up, though Ramani said he will come to their home by taxi. She said a big NO and when we got out of the station, there is this black car with Dr Bala himself coming over to pick us up. He who hosts top business leaders and people like MGR, plays a perfect host to little unknowns like us in the same manner treating us as royalty. His wife, not to be left behind, makes us delicious dosas, packs them up so neatly saying that in US flights, you dont get anything to eat, and I dont want you to be hungry. What an extraordinary couple. Not only that he drove us to the airport and when he said he would make sure he would drop us at 7.00 pm, he made sure that even this promise he kept.
The ability of Dr Bala to treat each and every other person like he or she is the King or Queen is something very rare quality you can see. He is so genuinely interested in people around him to succeed in life and makes it a point to give time to any one who wants to take his guidance. Few years before, when we asked for his guidance, he readily agreed to be an Advisor to our company and Year on Year he comes on January 1st to address our leaders. Sir, we are very very fortunate to have you as our advisor
There are a lot more things that I can go on writing about him - his humility, his great reverence to his Motherland, his dedication to his profession, his love for humanity, his ability to spot the best things in each and every person and encourage and foster to bring that to the fore, etc.etc.. I can go on like this........................
You are the Great Lakes. Thanks a lot for all the support you extend to all of us. We owe you a lot in life Sir and we promise to follow in your footsteps and give back to the society whatever we can.
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