Thank u All

I wanted to write this blog way back when i was leaving infy .Needless to say my last day Iwas all sad and just holding myself up .I dont know why, even though there was so much cribbing and issues and everything ,there was in minfy which made me sad.One of my colleagues said..neha its not abt the place its abt the people who make the place.May b its true..May be my intial exp were a bit different which gave me a different image of the place.

Well whatever that was what counts is the ending .And for me i would definetely call it terrific and faboulous .Specially the people i met during the last 2 yrs were just too good . I really wish i would meet each one of them at some point of my life. I definitely do not know how to thank them . May be i can start off by thanking them thru my blog ..may be they will never read it ..or may be they will laugh if they read ..but its ok i guess .

So my starting thx u person or rather persons are gonna b kevin and abhishek who braved the chilling chicago winter at 5 am in the morning that too on the coldest day of theyear to pick me up from the airport .And as if this was not enough they were aware of that i would come in typical desi style ..with a thin jacket they even brought a big heavy jacket and gloves for me ...only thing i can say is thx u guyz ..if it wasnt for u too may be i would have taken the next flight back :)

The next person i met who i got really close and frds with was namrata ..though she was not from infy but still she was the best roomate and frd i had met till date .Thx namri for making my 1 yr stay in chicago so memorable

Next person and i guess the most imp person who is actually responsible for all the transformation (i know big word ..heard it from my dean today :) ) is rohit .We never went along well with each other initially ..am a bit difficult to adjust with thatz y :D , but still later on in my second project he was my unofficial mentor .for every issue i used to go and take his opinion ..as to what i shd do , how shd i do , everything and anything related to scv .If no for him may b i wouldnt even have been in mba .i really wish he is not exhausted and mentally tortured after training me ..so that he can change many more nehaz and give them a new direction .thx rohit for giving an ear to my issues and helping me bring a total change from a stupid , naive , wierd person to a less stupid , naive and wierd person . i do hope that even after my mba we keep in touch with each other ., not to forget the deal ;)

After coming back in feb when my mgr told me to go back again in may for scv i wasnt vey much inclined .in fact i had even asked him to give me some other work , but then since the prj was for short duration he finally goaded me to go .Thanks Sampath for that , coz if it was not for scv i wouldnt have actually discovered my potential and hidden talents ..not that there were much of them .And main thx for giving me the oppurtunity to work with the best of the minds of infy .I assure you the learnings from each one of them is going to remain with me forever .

During my second short stint i met and interacted with a lot of people some outside of infy too .People who have now become very good frds of mine .As i write this i am again reminded of my deans lecture today of not to digress from the topic .So am back on track .

Scv people with different backgrounds working together for a common goal .Each one of them special in one way or the other .Sachin whose head i have eaten the most since i handled his application the most patient guy even when u have bugged him for those strange calculation 10 times already he still clamly explain them to u .Lanka that is what he used to call me :)
Then comes pg or palash ..we always used to have that little bit of chit o chat among ourselves ..some small fights over trivial issues for fun ..issues mainly sweets both of us had a common love for sweets ..so if one person used to get and other dint there used to be cursing of stomach upsets going all way ard .
Durga the omnipresent chef .i guess his real calling is biryani .Almost everyday i used to land up in his place for my dinner ..so much so that Sid and Raja aand Sachin said to include me in grocery bills ..i miss ur biryani and halwa dude ! u better come to spore for some project
The calmest of the calm person who doesnt get pertured by anything is Chaitanya .I have never seen such a person .Not sure why he never lost his temper or anything .I just wish i was like him all calm and composed and not hyperactive .Atleast would have been more sensible then ..hopefully .SCV thanking wont be complete if i dont mention Ashu ..the person who triggered the transformation .he is the one who assigned me to projects which helped me interact and develop as a person .Thx Ash ..

Well that was abt people whom i met when i was in Chicago ...Therez an equal big list for my offshore exp too . Starting with the trinities that is Ajith , Amith and Ranjith .Each of them the most humble , modest , down to earth , approachable person I have met till date as SPM's .
In my short stay of 3 months its all bcoz of you people that i have started loving mangalore.I seriously wish i would have met u all before .There was so much to learn from you all .I do hope that i have learnt atleast some of it . My thanking wont be over if i wont thx Amith and Ranjith for dropping me to my place which was totally roadless and stonefull after the parties .And if i dont come back to Infy i wld definitely steal u into my future company :)

Shvetha or SST as i call her has been the most reasonable frds i have made.Whenver i was all phsyced out ..which was always though ..she just helped me see the logical side of the problem .With her dimpled look and ultra white face i am sure she could give Rin and Surf a run for their money :)

Manju, Sowmia,Vernon,Ravi thx a lot guyz for tolerating me thru out the 1 yr stint of npi .I know i was real bad and hard and harsh with u all and apologising wouldnt rewind the time , but i do hope that my sponsored ooty trip and numerous parties and intolerable movies which we all went thru would have helped mitigate some of the damages done .Thx u guyz for being my frds

Miss u all guyz a lot !!!