This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
We left Kalpa on the 9th of May and drove to Shimla …. We were certainly sad. Kalpa just captivated us with its beauty. The route we took was, Kalpa-Tapri-Rampur-Sainj-Narkanda-Shilaroo-Fagu-Kufri-Shimla. Shimla was the last stop in our Himachal travels and we got a bonus of reliving old memories from 1998… In April of 1998, we … Read more
When I got married, for the first few months we stayed with Amma, Appa and Nachi. Everyday in the afternoon after lunch was done, Amma would take out a huge “tambalam” … Basically a huge plate with sides and a hollow space in between. She would pour a few cups of rice or pulses or … Read more
ManSingh Yadav … Wish your daughter many many happy returns of the day !! That you came to wish me on her birthday just makes me feel super special. Thank you and tell your daughter that she is lucky to have an awesome man like you for a dad :). Am now preparing for the … Read more
Today was my last day at Aon Hewitt… after eleven and half years. Just feels like leaving home for the first time and you leave your home for studying further or joining a new job or you get married – well, this time its none of the above, except in a way, I am leaving to … Read more
Nearly 90% of Indians would have travelled by train, once or several times. Till Air Deccan happened, we were blissfully unaware of “low cost” flying and went long distances by train or car or bus … I remember the first time I travelled “First class” – one of the summer vacation trips from Guwahati to … Read more
Gurpreet was part of the second batch of customer service colleagues that I had hired way back in 2004. She has learnt, adapted and has built a great career for herself in Aon Hewitt. The reason am talking about her, is because last week after nearly two years she got me her famous cake from … Read more
I worked with Spectramind from 2001 to 2003… And the team I had there remained mostly unchanged for the duration I spent with the operations team. I had named the team “crazy” because we were crazy ! Then Peter came along and renamed the team to “Dellnuts” and the name stuck. Such special memories of … Read more
I didn’t recognize him when he came to join the firm …. I had hired him and then I had rejected another candidate who looked like him. When he said hello to me at the 5th floor reception, I said hi and went and asked the hiring team, “why did we hire the person I … Read more
When Mohit told Ashok and I in Jan 2004, that a new cluster manager would join in Feb and that we would like him… We didn’t know that we were to meet a lifelong friend. We also didn’t know then that all three of us will be in the same city, as we celebrate ten … Read more
The Bangalore gang of 2013 and 2014 PGPMAX batches met today for lunch… The pre-reads, assignments, professors, Dean’s list, Bean’s list and mini regression to being students again :). It has been four weeks since our classes are done and everyday I have withdrawal symptoms – even now if I watch a movie, am thinking … Read more