From Indore to Tokyo...

“Veni, vidi, vici ” which means-He came, He saw, He conquered!!!(A famous Latin phrase coined by Roman general Julius Caesar in 47 BC).Didn’t know how to start this blog, and being an engineer I am remotely associated to philosophy.This is the only quote I could remember(it’scommendable that I could remember one).

One man came from the city of POHAs and Jalebis, a city that presents a happy blend of historical past and promises of rapid future modernization. (Oh Yes!!! I am talking about Indore) His goal was to make people understand whatever he wanted to just by uttering these few words: - "मतलब समझ रहा है ना ?” But, we Indians are highly unfortunate that we could not understand even these few words of this wonderful lad, which he used to say in our national language itself, for the sake of understanding of lesser mortals like us. But, Japanese are a bunch of intelligent fellows, they even understood the implicit meaning of what this lad had to say and here he is, zooming on his way to Tokyo. Yes I am vocalizing my thoughts on none other than, the greatest consultant ever, tang tareng,dhik chik,dhik chik- ROHIT JAIN!!!

PS: Today I came to know about a major advantage of blogging. People will read any non-sense that you even think of in your mind…:)

The most genuine reaction that normal human beings give now days is when they hear about some good news and yes a hundred million dollars to you for guessing their reply when they hear it: - “So, when are you giving the party?” Yes there still are some bunch of fools in this world who try to do something different by going ahead and congratulating the person for his or her achievement. But, we( We thorough out this post will refer to people from I-Leap batch 9 and who are in Mumbai), since we are all normal people, thought of starting a trend of RECEIVING parties from the people who are getting ‘freed’ from this fantastic place. A date was decided in the daily general body meeting of the board members of i-leap 9. And this date was Sunday, 15^th of April, 2007 of course!

We always have had some minor niggling issues regarding the venue of our get-togethers, so the BOARD decided that it would be a befitting good bye to Rohit if we had the ‘party’ at POP-TATES, a place where it had all started. Anyways, the real reasons behind any decision are never disclosed in public by the BOARD!! The time decided was 8 PM (well here I will disclose one of the reasons behind choosing this time, 8 PM is popular brand of whiskey!)

So, as decided we reached the venue at around 9 and courtesy our group manager, we got the table very soon. And then it all started, (Oh! Believe me I am getting into tears while writing this).

Our in-house poet Nishant, had written some lines for this occasion, and what a beauty it was! It encompassed every single emotion that he felt for all of us in these one and a half-years. I would like to quote a few lines of his creation, 'रोहीत भाई जापान चले ' :-

“ स्वदेश की वो Russian बाला ,

Glamourous Anshul लाला ,

Nagpur की प्यारी सी 'हाँ रे ',

वो जय जबलपुर के नारे

Baiju के बेसुरे स्वर

Niraj की ७नमबरी बकर ,

Bhopali mysterious युवती

Tan-meet ke love lecture की अति

Ankur Pandey का जीवन ग्यान ,

Sharma, Mayank, Kuldeep the DON,”

© Nishant Maheshwari-JB (full part of this poem in a different post)!!

So, it all began with praises being heaped on these rather touching lines by Nishant and video recording being done by our in-house (Oh! I love this word) cameraman, Mr. Anshul. Then as we had come to have a party, it also included some amount of food and alcohol consumption (who said we go to Pop Tates coz of this?). Some starters were ordered along with a minimal amount of alcohol (Ankur and Niraj decided against alcohol consumption that day, keep it up guys!!!).

Jokes apart our in-house diplomat (you know who), was consuming alcohol as if there was a bonanza discount offer going on in poptates, and if he did not made use of the offer he would be crucified!! Some people also did what they had always wanted to; anyways who said smoking is injurious to health?? And the best part was that our in-house consultant (are apna Host), also showed glimpses of a change in his campaign of “Say No to Alcohol” by sipping in a drink here and there. This is an ugly world man, once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic!!!

And then came the best part of the evening. And it was an initiative of none other than our in-house (yet again) fantasy man, Tanmeet aka R.F.Hussain (This is the last blog I am writing!). Our own in-house (counter+1) beauty queen, Rakhi was asked to comment on one positive point and one negative point of each of the partyholics present there. And then it was decided that each one of us would carry on this exercise. This was an opportunity for all of us to express our feelings for each other, and that was what it exactly turned out to be.

This exercise showed how well were we able to connect in these two years as to speak about the qualities of a person you have to have a certain level of interaction with them. It always feels good when you hear nice words being spoken about you and that too from people who ‘claim’ to know you well.

PS: One of the major changes that were observed this time was that the disruptions due to the cell-phone were quite less. Good job people!!! (I Loved the Alibaug trip too much)

We missed the presence of two lovely ladies out there- Bhavana (Jaiiiiiiiiiii Maharashtra) and Smita (Jai Jabalpur) and our in-house DON, Kuldeep (Hello Amitji) due to some unavoidable reasons. I must say that a void was felt due to their absence but the Moon will shine brightly even if it is cut into two (what a rubbish analogy), and in the same way we tried to enjoy to the maximum and made it sure that our host does not feel the absence of some of his friends.

So, the time has now come to wish all the best to Rohit for his future assignments and for whatever he does in life, personally and professionally. The time that we have spent in these two years have been wonderful, so wonderful that myself and my other room mate, our in-house thinker, Ankur have decided that we will never bring a third room mate. After all no one can take the place of Mr. Rohit!!

I also would like to take this opportunity to present our in-house awards to the deserving people out there.

Ankur- Mr. Thinker(Had to give some decent award, afterall he is my roomy)

Anshul A- Mr. Smiley (Keep it up)

Anshul S- Mr. Cool Dude (Chill man)

Bhavana- Miss Cool Gal (Well, I think so atleast)

Hiren- Mr. Bholu(I thought I came a close Second)

Kuldeep- Mr. DON (No competitors)

Mayank- Mr. One Liner (Golden words are not to be repeated, man)

Niraj- Mr. Diplomat (No Comments)

Nishant- Mr. All Clear (as clear as a mirror)

Praveen- Mr. Body Builder (No one dare touch him)

Rakhi- Miss Leg Puller (Be on earth, you are being allowed to do so till now)

Rohit- Mr. Consultant (No one came even close to him in this category)

Sakshi- Miss Punctuality (Sorry Sakshi)

Smita- Miss Bluetooth (well this is the way she communicates with her Mr. Perfect)

Tanmeet- Well the most talented guy of our batch, he has to have so many awards. Mr. Chance pe Dance, Mr. Fantasy man, Mr. Agreed and it goes on.

PS: I am going into solitude after writing this blog. This Blogger is a history now!Why did I start to blog for God’s sake?