Once upon a time in ONIDA
I had always believed that everyone serves a purpose in your life, weather you acknowledge it or not!! Today my blog is not a blog, its a small story, it’s a real story of 7 people working in ONIDA.
Vikas, Jitu, Pooja, Sameer, Lalit, Amrisha and Sudhir.
Some time in mid feb of 2006, I got to know that I was selected for ONIDA, I had mixed emotions, I didn’t knew, how to react, it was my first job, I hadn’t worked before.
14th April, 2006 was my first day in office, corporate headquarters of ONIDA ( seemed like its army headquarters), People were looking at me with weirdness as if I have sent proposal to marry their daughters.
But to my luck and their disappointment, it was not the case, As I saw my appointment letter again some bold letters shouted “ Executive-SCM”….. I checked it again, it was the same, I thought why I am being put in SCM being MBA in marketing, then I cursed my engineering background, I had made up my mind, I will leave the organization soon or I will demand right role for me.
The solider ( me!!) went to HR and asked” I want to get role in marketing” , with a gabbar smile and political correctedness , HR replied “ it will be done in sometime”
Luckily that “Sometime” lasted for 15 days , and I was put in Strategic Marketing Project “ On Idea”
I was on top of the world , the animals that we read in the classrooms with one eyes on girls in classroom were coming true.
Branding, market share, presentations, these words entered my world. I suddenly went into my dreamy world of becoming VP Marketing in just 3 weeks of joining.
It was declared that a girl named “ Pooja” will also be there in the project, I met her don’t know when, A very simple girl from Chandigarh ( my dream city then).
Queen of Pjs ( read Pjs raised to power of n) were her strength, you could expect anything from her, sometime I used to wonder is it a talent or natural characteristic?
An example which I will never forget in my lifetime is when I asked her “ Chalen” ……she replied “ Chane to main khaa kar aayi hun…… I was speechless on the reply….it haunted me till ages in my dreams …..how can somebody repliy this……..
Then I was able see the other side of this amazing girl, the understanding, caring part ….and also what I liked was the authority with which she used to deal with me……I had found a very good friend in her……we went together to many trips to Bangalore, did researches together, without any blink of an eye, she was matching with my pace.
She knew astrology, which always has fascinated me , not the curiosity of knowing future, but science itself, I always requested her to see my palm and tell, and she always used to do the same. I used to witness the changing structure of lines on my palm, like a kid I used to run and ask her “ what does this mean now” and with smile I used to get the answer.
Now too, whenever accidently I see my palm, I remember her.
Time was running like a horse, I don’t know when a group was formed, a bunch of different people with different backgrounds,
Vikas, Jitu, Pooja, Sameer, Lalit, Amrisha and Sudhir.
While I knew Lalit and Amrisha from my college time as we were batch mates, Jitu ,Sameer and sudhir were new animals to me.
Jitu was the kinds I observed was most helping guy I have met, with these helping characteristics he was father figure in the group, his verdict used to be final, if he declared that we will go to this place in the eve, nobody used to vindicate his lines. i learnt power of politeness from him, and art of loving people, no matter what other thought…
He was always right, liked, loved ( among females too but due to his fatherly status, every girl looked at him as good friend, so all hopes of flirting would go in vain even if he wanted to try). Wish had I grown up more than him at that time, I would have pleaded to any girl he liked to become his girlfriend.
With the hopes that that he will lose his elderly skills and wishing that he will go to a pub and request the bartender “ a drink for a lady sitting next to me “ but it didn’t happen …I wanted him to be shahrukh but he was happy being Sanjeev kumar.
Then there was guy “ Sameer” ……as light as air, in lunch time, he used to come in and used to sit next to my seat for a while before leaving for his building as he was sitting under different roof.
A day dreamer ( and night dreamer also), fun loving, easily adjustable person, a talent to understand quick humor was there in him, he had two agendas in life
1. To leave onida as soon as possible
2. Telling Point no 1 to each and everyone in the group thousand of times.
A emotional, true hearted guy with lots of unclear dreams ( still not abt any girl!!) , a go getter with lots of laziness, I always knew he will be good fun when drunk.
Then there was silent and invisible man “ Sudhir”……I really used to like him ( not that way!, I had clear cut interest in girls who were exciting, fun loving) ……..i was amazed at his soft spoken nature…he was clear it seemed to me ……one thing I really liked about him “ his choice of days when he will drink and when he will not” and with whom.
I always knew he had hidden characteristics, very deep and shy.
Lalit and amrisha were from my college, lalit was younger brother to elderly jitu, next to father figure, always thinking what will happen next, but very planned, calculative emotional good guy to hang out with, he was the one who introduced alcohol to me in college time, then after showing me the path of wisdom , he took another path.
I always used to tease him” yaar teri biwi bahut sunder hogi” …..and he used to repel and I used to wonder why “ achi baat hi to bol raha hun”
He taught me meaning of planned savings, calling multiple times at home.
Amrisha ke bare mein jitna kam kaha jaaye utna jada hai, a deep understanding figure, only few could understood her laughter! Chirpiness was her strength.
As camera of life was rolling on we had our won differences in the group with all taking their own misconceptions for a longer duration.
We had stopped facing each other!
Even summer trainee “ kajal” could help us talk beyond a point, me and Sameer were faking astrology to kajal that she has split personality, she looked serious ….and then we laughed, but we had a message that don’t look sad, share your life with us ,I still have sher written by her with me on a paper
“ Maloom hai mujhe nahi mumkin tera mujhe milna, phir bhi har ghadi mujhe tera intezaar rehta hai”
We all parted in sometime in our destiny, Pooja left ONIDA , I didn’t like it as I was so used to her, then I left and then all I don’t remember.
I was always accused to not calling, I got busy in my own life, with longer durations, I used to fear what will they think if I call them ( this is for Pooja and lalit)
I was very much in touch with jitu and Sameer!
I was part of many great people in my journey of life then but this one group remained special.
I am sure sometime we just require a hug to forget all bad memories and revive new relationship with same people, A big Hug to you all, lots of love
Rest in my next
Vikas sachdeva
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