Kaushik never wasted in comparing any activity in life to Bridge. “It is all about vulnerability – you are in a vulnerable position while we are all not vulnerable as we have invested in low-risk mutual funds balancing it with equity and debt”.
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Kingo concluded the discussion saying, “Most of the arguments between people, countries and groups are due to politics, religion or power struggle. If the world had no boundaries, one currency, no military and one religion, we would be living in a different world.
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It was Diwali day and the air was filled with light from the lamps/crackers, noise crackers and razzle-dazzle of the fine dresses worn by everyone. Padma had just been shifted to Quality Management section and had been given the initial training. She was excited as she learnt the difference between Listening and Hearing.
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Our quartet of Padma, Prabha, Kingo and Kaushik were watching the breaking news on the TV and listening to the sad story of a child having fallen into a bore well and efforts were on to bring the child out safely. Padma and Prabha went in unison, “Oh my God. Please do something and save the child”. Kingo blurted “Safety is always compromised in India – an electrician came for repair at my house and he did not have a proper plug and was inserting two open wires in the plug holes. They concretized a road and the edges were a vertical drop of 1 foot – if someone just misses the edge, they will have a bad fall”.
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Sarangapni Club is a weekend hangout of 4 budding youngsters just out management school and trying to build careers in Information Technology Mumbai. Read the link for details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eXKsYJw7BDX-pegg53Acy4k8BVb_xzK7/view?usp=sharing
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Sarangapni Club is a weekend hangout of 4 budding youngsters just out management school and trying to build careers in Information Technology Mumbai. Read the link for details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eXKsYJw7BDX-pegg53Acy4k8BVb_xzK7/view?usp=sharing
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It was the first week of January when everyone had been to their home town and they were meeting a after a gap of 2 weeks. Padma wanted to speak first before any one and burst out saying “I think I know how Bridge evolved in India”. Prabha, Kaushik and Kingo were eager to hear but they had their own findings on how it evolved in India. Ultimately, the four of them decided to do a white paper on trick taking games in India and compare them with today’s modern game of Bridge.
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Prabha had just returned from a day IPL game at Wankhede where Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in the last over in a tight finish. Padma had come after attending a wedding and was all decked up in Kancheepuram Silk saree. Both wanted to talk about their outing but Prabha prevailed and the discussion moved to cricket. Padma quipped chirpily, ”What a difference seeing the match live than on TV – it is a totally different experience”.
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Padma was very excited as she wanted to share with everyone about the lecture she heard in her office today. It was all about completing activities a hundred per cent. Roads are repaired but edges are not done and heaps of mud line up the sides of the road, construction of house is over but furnishing is going on for ever and IT projects, it sometimes takes a very short time to get to 99 per cent but the last 1 per cent probably takes 99 per cent of time. It is like a mountain trek where the last mile is the steepest.
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One of those lazy days when nothing interesting was happening and Prabha was looking forlorn and lost. When quizzed, she opened up about how her marketing department was committing to unreasonable deadlines and the technical team has to struggle with delivery. Kingo, who worked in the marketing department, could not handle any criticism of his area of work. He exploded “That is the universal law. Our job is to get contracts and meet targets. If technical people cannot deliver, it is their problem. If we don’t get contracts, you won’t have projects to work.”
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