Thank you Mansi!

Your smile, and work, would be missed

It’s a Saturday, a dull one I reckon, as one of our dearest young colleagues Mansi Agarwal bids us goodbye today as she prepares to tread a new path in her life.

I feel like I should begin my farewell note with a sweet compliment.

Mansi has a beautiful smile. A smile that adds to the lingering feeling of a resilient bonding that Via Media has nurtured through the years; a smile that would speak nothing yet speak a lot; a smile that would soothe soaring tempers and add meaning to calmness. Mansi’s smile has been contagious and I have quite enjoyed it all these months I have had the privilege of working with her.

As Mansi gets ready to prepare herself for a new stage of her life – she weds in November – I must confess she has the tenacity and zeal that will take her places. She works diligently and is extremely methodical. Though she loses patience at times, and it’s so human, given her age, she is quick to siege opportunities and make amends.

Mansi somewhere you will be missed for your smile and much more.

For we at Via Media do not relate to each other like professionals would do – Swadeep Ji has imbued in us all the value of ‘family-like-living’ and we have lived that in deeds and spirit. I am glad there is not even an iota of deviation in his resolve despite Via Media growing from 2 to 100 in eight years.

Mansi’s momentary loss will be a significant one for Via Media. But does a family bonding die? I think ever not.

Swadeep Ji has already offered Mansi to manage our Canada office, once she settles there early 2010. Mansi shall continue to live the spirit of Via Media wherever she goes. I truly hope.

Mansi, I join my colleagues in wishing you a very happy, successful, meaningful and fulfilling life.

Navneet Anand