State Bank of India

YE MUMBAI HAI MERE YAAR.. BAS ISHQ MOHABBAT PYAAR..

Band Stand... Mumbai.. What a great time we had.. Yes.. this was my first trip to mumbai.. 7th june, 2009.. It was my first job.. First time ever I sat on a plane.. First time in mumbai.. wow.. it was really exciting.. I went with one of my colleagues.. Tushar.. He had studied in mumbai and helped me a lot.. Landing in mumbai at the airport was really an amazing feeling.. Even in the plane, tushar slept.. but i was sitting by the window seat... looking at everything i could see.. it was just gr8.. Then we landed up and he dropped me to my College friend's house.. Praveen.. My best Buddy.. I salute this guy.. He is a scholar.. World is a small place for him.. Then i stayed at his flat with 5 of his office colleagues..5 of them were off to Ghana for a month on 14th june.. Then came 8th june.. My first day at job.. I was the first one of the 9 Management Trainees to reach the office... I felt good.. Andheri was the office.. House was in Bandra.. I took an auto and it took around 35 minutes.. So slowly slowly evry1 came.. All 9 MT's.. We sat and had little conversations.. was fun.. Then we completed our formalities and were free for the first day.. Then evryday we used to come in morning and go in evening.. Training happened with John Sir and Nikhil Sir.. They helped us a lot.. Then came our first weekend.. Me, Akhil, Shoibonti and Tinsy.. we 4 went around and had some fun in two three malls.. I even went to see shahrukh khan's house and salman khan's house also with them.. Then one fine day we decided to meet up at band stand.. It was me, akhil and shoi.. It was fun.. gr8 fun.. and one eve when it was the State Bank Day, All the MT's went to Nariman POint.. After the show, Me, Shoi and Tinsy went to marine drive.. and I tell u.. It was one amazing Evening I had.. Gr8.. The water flowing, cool wind.. and we were walking walking.... I was out of my senses that day and i was singing on the road, dancing.. I wanted to stay there all night.. But then we had to come back as it was getting late.. Then came a letter stating that i am being posted to chandigarh now.. My home town.. I was happy.. But same time sad as would miss my friends here @ SBI.. So 10th July,09..I came back to CHD and a new phase started.. But I still miss the time i had spent in Mumbai.. Thanks to PD.. SHOi.. Akhil.. Tinsy.. Tushar.. Amlandeep.. Apoorv.. Anushree.. Pankaj Sir.. :) .. NIkhil Sir, John Sir.. Gupta Sir.. and Datta Sir.. :) .. Miss you all..

Love is beautiful

O my love, you are like a red, red rose... that’s newly sprung in June. O my love, you are like the melody, that’s sweetly played in tune. You are my lady sweet and kind; your face pleased my mind. I see you always passing by, for I will love you even after I die. Winters are here, but you still feel hot, we have two souls but with a single thought. Your eyes kill me as if they are like a gun; we have two souls that beat as one. If love were what the rose is and if I were like the leaf, our lives would go together, in sad or singing weather. I love you by my smiles, my tears; I love you by my breath. If GOD allows me, I shall love you better even after my death. 

THE SHOW MUST GO ON...

The day was the alumni meet in Asia Pacific Institute of Management, from where I did my PGDM i.e. MBA as many know it. 7 days b4 the event was scheduled, we were called into the auditorium and were told about the event and we were required to give our names if we were interested in giving any performance. The moment I heard this I said yes.. I am definitely going to perform Dance. Then the seniors (Gaurav sir and sakshi ma'am) told me that it has to be a group dance and we have to show them the dance in 1 day. 

I was excited and tensed at the same time. But then when i had a word with Sakshi, Rohit and Shanky; my classmates, they were ready to be with me on the stage and that was it. We practiced together in the college classrooms on a laptop ( i guess it was sakshi's) , and we were ready with the dance performance. We showed the performance the next day to everyone in the auditorium and evry1 stood up after seeing the effort we had put in. 

we were all happy. We wanted to be in good dresses too. Proper bhangra dresses would be the best. So me and Rohit went in the night to some shop in south delhi, tried our best to find something, but we were not able to locate anything. Then Rohit saw a band shop. We went there and we finally got what we wanted.

We were ready with our performance and everything was done properly. Then the next moment we heard the announcement that called us on the stage to perform. We danced our lives out.. It was the song from the movie 'Bend it like Beckham'. I chose the song: "Tere hoye sware darshan' . Just at the end of the song, when we had to go out of the stage, something happened. I was embarressed like anything. My Dhoti fell down. :) . It became lose and it came down on the stage the moment i was about to leave the stage. Rohit was behind me and he picked it up and brought up.

Evry1 was so happy with the performance or with what happened to me? I wondered. But then evry1 came to me and congratulated our group for the best dance performance they had seen on that night. 

I was relieved by the fact that not many people noticed what happened with me as evry1 was dancing and was happy with our performance. 

I wore trousers beneath the dhoti and that reduced my embarressment..

Just after coming down and meeting evry1, I went to change my clothes. But as i was going I met, Ludovic and Mathilde. My Best friends form france, who came to our institute in an exchange program form France. 

They wanted me to be clicked with them in the dress which i wore when i was a kid and I was looking a proper sikh. I loved the turban which i wore. Just as when Mathilde was standing with me, Ludovic asked her to kiss me and the moment she was about to kiss Ludovic clicked the photograph. I was happy and surprised by a Foreign kiss. But to my misfortune and urs too, she never kissed me. Just a pose for the photograph..:)

Well all that I learnt that day was that  ' THE SHOW MUST GO ON' .. 

Miss college dayz in Chandigarh

I never imagined the college days would come to an end one day. but all good things have to come to an end. actually I dont agree with this statement. Good things never end. April 2007 was the last time I had been to my college in Chandigarh. After giving the B.com exams I was curious for what lied ahead. Then on 26th Jan 09, I went back to my college for the alumni meet. I was surprised and was feeling good to come back to the campus. but this time i was here as an alumni. The moment i entered i smiled as i came across the same parking area where i had fun with friends in those 3 yrs of my life. The 3 yrs (2004-07) were amazing. i cherish each moment spent in the college. made friends, had crushes, fell in love :) (as my friends said), and then I was here as an alumni. Saw my friends sitting inside and enjoying the function. A smile came as i wanted to go to the stage and tell them that hey guys, i am here. Back again. I miss this college.. But as i entered i saw that formal behaviour had come into all of the friends. Things change with time. I feel everything happens for good. and even this happened for good. The day was republic day. So we friends saluted the National Flag and then had the photos clicked. It was really a gr8 time to be with those old pals. Seeing them after 2 yrs and being with them was fun. 

Sandeep Bogra, a good friend, amazed me when he told me about his desire and initiative to help people in stress. www.someonelistening.com. This is what he told me he is working on and the moment i heard it i wanted to be a part of this noble cause. I mailed him immediately when i came back to delhi that i want to be a volunteer. Now lets see what comes forth. Hoping that i can help anyone feel good and be a helping hand to anyone. God bless such noble causes and efforts. God helps those who helps themselves. .. :) ..