OK-first thing first.What is a Memoir ?
It is a piece of someone’s life-memory(not whole ,but portion of it),which is something true.Remember,It is not a autobiography.
So whats this “My memoirs of fascinating/magnificent memories” all about?
OK-on 27th June 2013,I joined Netcracker along with bunch of known and unknown characters(14 of those).It’s been now a year I have been with them,played with them,laughed with them,danced with them and did some stupid things with them.
Through this memoir I want to tell my life story of past 1 year---My observation of these 14 individual and intriguing characters,lessons I have learnt,my little secrets and much more.Everything you read next is straight out of my heart,no twisting of someone’s character and as apt as possible.Some of you might not like reading this and it may annoy them.But hey,I dont give even a dime of a damn about it. :) --because it’s my story and I am not in to the business of dramatizing my story.
I believe by writing this Memoir it will help me in enhancing my life and to be able to say “look this is what I experienced ,and this is what I am and this is what I did.And this is the wisdom I got in return”.
Without any much ado,shall we delve deep in to my “Memoir” :) ?
For the starters,just want to let you know that my writing skills and command over english is not impeccable as someone would imagine.But I have added enough juice and masala to make this story as compelling as I wanted it to be.And at the same time no over-exaggeration about myself.
I wanted to write about myself first,but then my alter-ego prevailed and I realized that I am not over-obsessed about myself.And it will be too mainstream and cliched to do so.
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My encounter with the unknowns in to an unfamiliar Territory
Ohho ,Ohho,yeh Dekho--
Now I am here at Netcracker on 27th June 2013,2 months after being carted off out of my College. Let me tell you, that morning I woke up at 5am(One of the earliest I had in my whole life,pchhhhhh) and I seriously didn’t get enough sleep-- because I was very apprehensive and tensed and my stomach full of butterflies,as it was first time I was encroaching into un-tested zone(yes,the IT industry)
Soooo, there is sometimes quite an awkwardness for me when I meet new people,as there is always a feeling of being in “strange” atmosphere.It was nothing new that day too.But I expect even strange people to talk nicely.
Reached office at 9am.Stood there and saw Atmanand(AKA Atty), from VCE ECE,who was accompanying his big bro.I knew little about this guy,since I hardly had any interaction with him in college(for a matter of fact,I hardly interacted with anyone outside the herd of CSE nerds).Anyways,I dont remember what I talked that day with Atty.
After watching lots of thriller movies and Sherlock TV series,I got influenced a lot in how to see and perceive people.So I started deducting things in my mind and I sensed that Atty is kind of that personality who wants to enjoy and live bindaas life(more about him follows as we go though this journey).
Then,there I can see never seen human faces-they both for me looked very big and tall and it turns out they were Srinivas(AKA Srini or Deepthy ke hone waale “WOH”) and Pavan(AKA Pavi or sabhi ladkiyon ke bhai)--- both hailing from from JNTU(yes, the quintessential paradise of EAMCET toppers where only “Padantus” gets admissions).
Warning:Mujhse naa poochho mere EAMCET ke marks…..
Now I am In the reception hall and came across two good looking and familiar faces Nitya Meneni(AKA Nimmy.And Manaswi Valiveti(AKA:Mannu).Waved by hands to both of them.
Trust me and believe me,with all due respect to both,I dont remember that I had talked to them throughout my 4 years at college.May be once or twice?or few times? that’s it.I had hardly talked with any girl in my class and that awkwardness showed up for me there.Same goes with our handsome Sreedevi(AKA Syd or Syddy) and Vikas Gupta (Vikky or Viks).I will talk more in detail about them in as I proceed.
Then there was our Smarty too(and now he is cutiee too)--Yes My lord,I am talking about one and only Sai Kovuri(AKA Sai or Smarty or Cuttie).I knew him much better than most when I joined NC.
He always came across to me as good guy you can hangout with.I remember he was our class representative and did many works which went unrecognized.He always talked nicely to me then.
In between “Nuvvu chaala cute saaaaaai” :) .(thats how nimmy says )
I also saw few more naturally beautifully newly faces--Tanveer(AKA Tannu),Samatha(SAM),Pallavi(Pallu),Pratyusha(Patty), and handsomeee tall boys Ramky(Ramky only),Karthik(Karru or Karthi).
Again, not talking much about them,because they were blank page for me when I saw them.Watch out for more below….
Some Vasavi College Memories in between:
1) I remember Mannu wrote on my farewell T-Shirt “We didnt talked much,but we will make you talk in Netcracker :) “ ...Awww I didnt imagine it will happen soon mannu.
2)Me and Nimmy was in same team along with Abhinav and Ruchi for “TechScape” event.(It is a different thing that it was completely shitty event for me).
3)I remember Atty dancing on Traditonal Day(zapak zapak moment).And I still remember he was so thin that time(french cut anyone ? )
4)Syddy always there to appreciate me on my technical PPTs,and some other minor achievements.And then for no reasons she will shake hands with me and say “all the best IRFAN”. Wonderful!!
5)Boys in my class were my whole source of entertainment and I had good rapport with almost all of them.
All fake couplings---Dixth and Summu,Sashanka/Harsha and Sindhu,Abhinav/Abhishek/Irfan and Ruchi...SYD and Maddy.Then real Nimmy’s Fan Association…………
OMGGOOOd I can go on and on……….(I miss those bantering moments very badly)
6)Proof that Sai has more fan following than me.See below pic,“Sai jaisa koi nahi”
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| On left hand side of pic is our Hero Rakesh(One of Sai’s bestiee).On right is Handsome hunk “Abhishek Lakhotiya”(One of my bestiee and SYD’s Crush).Behind Abhi is “Venkatesh Badana”.He is a good guy,works at Wipro now. |
Now that I have given overall picture of it.Lets move further.
Hmm,nothing special to talk about introduction and all stuff on day 1 and 2 at office.skipping this part…(but yeah I liked when I first saw Gunjan on day 1 :).
Bhaware Ki Gunjan Hai Mera Dil.Kab Se Sambhale Rakha Hai Dil.Tere Liye, Tere Liye.
The Training Days were the most happening days:
Ohh yea:
Lessons I learned so far
1)Always be good to people.Because your goodness will always come back to your rescue some day.(I know you can’t be good all the time)
2)Now matter how far you go and achieve in life,remember to be always humble and down to earth.
3)People who shows attitude are biggest turn-off for me.So better to ignore them.
