Thank you and Goodbye

Some people come into our lives and have an immediate impact for the good. This might be the case both in our personal and professional lives. One such person is Neeta Seth.

She had joined Avaya, Pune as an Editor around eight years back. She was an experienced editor and was in her mid-50s when she joined. She was the first professional editor with whom I got a chance to work with. Since she was a few years younger to my mom, I always treated her with the same respect.

Despite her age, she was able to get along with the much younger team very quickly. We as humans are usually resistant to changes in our lives. However, she adapted to all the new editing software tools very fast and became quite proficient at that. During her tenure at Avaya, she was instrumental in making writers follow a few editorial practices.

Many of us who worked and still work at Avaya will always be indebted to her for where we are today as professional writers. Her continuous feedback, sessions, and guidance have been very helpful.

I chatted with her on Friday to check if she is available during the Diwali week as I wanted her to review a few topics. After her confirmation, I assigned these topics to her on Friday. 

She passed away on Monday evening. However, we got the news about her demise only on Tuesday afternoon. In fact, I assigned more topics to her after her demise and before we got the sad news. That's how unexpected the news of her passing away was to us.

A person who seemed so hale and hearty until a few days back passed away suddenly. Life is so unpredictable.

Thanks for being the “Editor” in our lives. We will miss you Neeta. RIP.