YDN-2

Hi! Today is Monday, the 10th of April, 2006. And it is a historic day. Read on....

It is 47 minutes past 2 in the afternoon. The sun is at 98 degrees towards the west. But it is still blazing away. The humidity is close to 88%. Temperature would be in the range of 28 degrees celsius. A 10 minutes walk in and around Virginia House will totally drench you.

Yet, 4 of us from the department today took a bold initiative. With strong determination and focussed resolve, we ventured out. Out in the sun. Out in this heat. Out in the humid, polluted, sticky and dusty air.

Nutan, Vikram, Aditya and I. Only for the common good and general well being of fellow auditors, managers, secretaries and Meenakshi.

Vikram was kind enough to be so considerate. He let his work wait, for him to come back ,for almost an hour. However, he was alert enough to send a lotus note to his seniors. This was an important mission. He took it seriously. And rightly so.

Aditya readily agreed to accompany the rest when he got to know that a Shiva mandir would fall on the way. However, to his disappointment, this time Lord Shiva had had a very heavy lunch. Puris with lots of Alu and Gobi. With Gulab Jamun as dessert. He was taking an afternoon nap.

I could hear lots of cars and even a milkman's bicycle screech to halt. None of the drivers however made faces or abused. Nutan was trying to cross the heavy traffic road.

We finally managed to return to office, sharp at 10 minutes past two in the afternoon. Our mission accomplished, we are all very satisfied now. Moreover the endless thanks and appreciation that we are being showered upon makes me feel very proud of myself.

In fact, Aditya vouches for the fact that he has only once felt better in life. That ocassion being when he was born.

So, folks, for the next 15 days atleast, no one in the department will be deprived of mouth freshners after a heavy lunch.

The four of us actually risked sun tan and viral fever from the heat to go to Vardaan Market and get supari and churan!

Warm Regards,
Abhishek Gupta.