Little Miss TipToes!!

In the unlikeliest corner of the world, you find likeminded people with whom you take time to connect with. Similar was my experience with the person whom I am going to talk about.

It all began way back in 2005 when I entered a room full of people late as usual and found myself going at the back of the pack (so to speak). During introduction time, I noticed a lot of eager faces wanting to recognize me, wanting to know me. One of those faces was of the person whom I am going to talk about.

Fate has an interesting sense of surprise. After sending us into different batches, we met again in the same project around 3-4 months later. Slowly but surely, we started interacting and came to know a lot about each other. Here is a minor lowdown on the person whom I have begun talking about.

She is a She :). A typical delhite on the outside but at heart, she has become a typical mumbaite (I know she would deny it). She is one of those people who do not have a normal life agenda. They follow their own thoughts and their own dreams. They are driven by the thought of doing something different in life and while they achieve that they try to do the mundane things which others do – follow a straight life pattern.

She is a girl of many words. Always up for a debate/discussion, she doesn’t take anything lying down. I bet she must have driven her maths/science professors crazy asking/re-asking about how the proof is a proof J.  She can and will challenge anyone whom she feels needs to be challenged! She is up front and direct and will never shy away from giving her views on anything and everything!

Her taste in movies/music is totally different from a typical girl. Actually she herself is different from a typical girl. Atleast for the most part of her character. Her music choice is something I rival – she has introduced me to some really awesome songs! Her outlook of movies and everything related to them is something I really look forward to.

Knowing her for more than 7 years, I would say that it has been long overdue that we collaborated on something as cool as this project. Its exciting to say the least!

So, without further ado, heres introducing the person whom I have been talking about – someone whom I appreciate it as a friend, someone who really looks out for me, someone who has similar thoughts as I get and someone whom I share my birthday with.

Here’s welcoming Divya Sharma and also wishing her a very Happy Birthday while I am at it! :)

Looking forward to this blog collaboration!!! :)

Introducing the Master of Disaster!

Someone once said "From small beginnings come great things". As this blog is a new beginning for my writing dream, I feel the need (not for speed) to talk to about the mastermind behind this project. 

The year 2005 was an important year. It was the year when I got my first job an moved to the fahrenheit city- Mumbai. With Mumbai came the glamor of bollywood and like all Indians, I have grown up watching hindi movies and I had (until I met him) a firm belief that the only people who abbreviated there names were mafia kingpins, drug dealers and/or smugglers  (cue KK, TK, PK) and this person can be accused of a lot of things but being a bad guy is not one of them. I am talking about of course AJ. He, like me is an erstwhile tech mighty and a tech mate contributor. We both started our careers together- in the wide and enchating CRM world of Siebel. Whereas I have moved away from all things Siebel 6.0 (for good I'd say), he is still going great guns and has moved up the ladder and now plays with Siebel 9 or is it 10 now at CapGem. Tech M and writing are not the only things AJ and I have in common. Not many people know that AJ and I share the same birth date (although born 4 years apart- AJ born before me :D)... But we could not have been more unlike and belonging to different genders is not the only difference.

Most people know him as a movie buff/ reviewer, one of the gazillion ManU sheep err follower and a joker/batman fan club member. I dont want to talk about how well AJ can write because most of you already know this. What you may not know is that behind the jolly and laughing facade that AJ puts up in public, is a very profound thinker. His editorials are very well thought out and deal with a wide variety of topics. He is also a great son, friend and I think a-better-than-most husband (Shravas to confirm). There are a very few people who can have a good laugh about themselves- AJ is a member of this exclusive club.  However like all mortals, AJ has his foibles. He is infuriatingly self deprecating and needs constant reassurances about his capabilities. He is grown up enough to know better but still young enough to believe he can get away with anything. 

His dearest dream at one time was to write a movie script- something as good as the Dark Knight (no surprises there). I am sure he can do it... all he needs is a lot of self belief and the will to just do it. On the eve of our birthday, a few words of wisdom- there will be good days and there will be bad days, some days you will be the dog and some day the hydrant. Dont let these things bring you down. Take everyday as a new beginning and make it the best damn day of your life. 

Here's wishing you- a very Happy Birthday... Happy Blogging...!!!