WEEK 1 at Wipro Technologies, Bangalore

The first week passed rather eventfully. DAY 1 had some g8t speakers coming up on stage especially the mallu Major Rakesh Pillai. Goodness gracious, he was awesome. His mastery over Hindi, choice of words, frequent banter, it was a laugh riot. 3 cheers for him. Day 2 was more of school days coaching manual. We were taught how handle fire, use fire-extinguisher, first-aid etc etc. The venue for the 1st days remained the same, the sprawling Wipro Campus at Electronic City. My My , the cafeteria out there is huge, extremely huge. The rest 3 days, our induction was to be held at PESS College, EC. It reminded us of our college days big time. Nice campus, the small canteen, guyz-gals bunking classes, it was a short trip back 2 old memory lanes. Our trainer was a surprise package. He happens to Rahul Dravid’s old buddy. Mr. Sujith Somamsundar, ex-Karnataka and Team India player was disappointing. I knew this man since his name frequently appeared on newspapers bcos of exploits on the cricket field. But he lacked the spirit to invigorate freshness amongst which eventually lead to dull boring classes. Back to my peers. Dude they are awesome. Strong representations from Bengal, UP, Tamil Nadu, AP, Orrisa. My fellows Bengalis r really peculiar chaps. Some how they r overshowering praises on me just bcos I know n speak 5 languages. Strange adulations. The best of the lot , Rahul Matoo from Jammu. He absolutely extravagant. He brings smiles to our faces by literally every word coming from his mouth. Also my fellows Northies r very friendly batch. Its nice to mingle n roam around speaking Hindi at will even in a corporate field. Also have to mention some Tamilians n AP guys. Alas no mallus to b found around. Just hoping the 2nd week which starts off the formal training will be good.

Exodus from Cal- a footnote

Another few momentous months have passed away…It was a journey through my 24th year, a month well spent off working hard at the gym, celebrating Durga pujas after a long gap, finally getting my joining mail from Wipro, the buildup to my exodus from Cal etc..

In chronological fashion-after resigning from BNKe I finally put on my thinking caps and contemplated to hit the gym. Body Shapers Gym, Manton was a blessing in disguise. My trainer Kanchan Da happens to b one of the most helpful n caring person around. Folks it was an excellent time at the gym&the bottom-line was that I finally somewhat achieved in losing 1.5 kgs in 25 dys…not a
big achievement I presume. But the effort involved was really exciting. Working out is just loads of fun & I got to meet some strange characters there.

Then came my b’day & Pujas coinciding with each other. My heart-felt thanks to Simi, Gillian, Suraj, Pooja, Geethu, Babu, Sandhya, Yash, Udit & my bro for remembering me on my B’day & making sure that the calls started pouring right from the midnight. Thanks a lot guyz. It was the day of Navami too. Finally me,Babu&Sanu decided to check out for pandal-hopping purposes. It was strange meeting Sanu aftr a gap of 5 years. An un-opportunistic rain did try to play the spoilsport did try to ruin the party but alls well dat ends well. We somehow managed to watch some good pandals n worshipped Ma Durga. Reminiscing the days from our childhood we also made it a point to visit a mela and get into the Giant-Wheel. Like young kids Babu could be seen shouting n howling all-along. The rest of plans for pujas were ruined by Cherry’s famous dhoke-baazi.

Then came my joining mail from Wipro. Yipee!!! Back to Bangalore. My prayers were heard. Its g8t to b back der. Another chance to meet up with Margarat, Abhi, Carolyne di, Pooja & my school buddies. Guyz Astala Vista, im back. A new innings is on the threshold & I sincerely hope its on the better side. The last few days hre in Cal have been very eventful. Had to vist all uncles-aunties, infrm them about my exodus, hella lot of shopping etc.etc. After 5 years I also met Subhasis. Dude hes a changed a lot. Another very strange incident was meeting up Simi at CCD, Park Street. After years of keeping contact via the virtual world of chatting n scraps, I finally met her. She comes across to be one of those diminutive, vivacious & extrovert characters who happens to think out of the box unlike normal Mallu gals. A welcome change is well appreciated. Also dis gave me opportunity to revisit Park Street after so many years. I made it appoint to visit Music World n listen through the latest songs.

So “Here I am, this is me
Theres no where else on earth I rather be,
Oh ho, here I am
just me & u,
2nit we make our dreams come true,
It’s a new world”

My favourite song from Bryan Adam.