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i enjoy the company of people who are no-nonsense types and the ones who have a good sense of humor :-)

he falls under the latter category.

he can never stand still. reminds me of a rocking chair. or of someone who is old and trying to learn Tap dance in slow motion. short, lil bald, resembles more like Rk Laxman's 'the common man'.

he narrates his woes in a comical way. just today when i asked him why was his telephone connection acting funny. his response was amusing that his aircell, and not airtel, signal changes when he lies down or is sitting or standing! he added i could perhaps hear him with the phone at a consedrable distance if he were up on terrace. unpredicatble aircell connection!

in his current job he is working both as a pm and analyst. has cristened his colleague as 'school boy' and the school boy's supervisor as 'cow boy'! says he, 'the school boy is supposed to lead, but because he lacks experience, he leans on me. the cow boy only believes in using the 'danda' technique to get work done! i am running a circus and have multiple roles to perform...'

he has moved to a new city and tells me half the city is now looking for a house on rent for him - that's because he has been unable to find a decent one for himself, and by now the entire office knows it. 'i have very few worldly possessions with me. so any day i can roll my bag and decamp!'

he and i met in delhi where we worked as instructional designers in the same team. we used to run macros on word document which used to take ages to run and complete whatever they were intended to complete. he used to get up every now and then and crib and complain. he is a little impatient with almost everything.

when his child was born, we asked him how does the kid looks like? 'difficult to tell whether she has my or her moms features, but when she cries she resembles boris yelstin - all red!'

another incident that i remember he told me about was some incense stick that someone sold to his mother in kolkatta. 'they had some frightning fragrance!' 'the dog ran out of the house along with us, the parrot started fluttering his feathers inside the cage, and everyone shouted on mom to 'extinguish' the damn incense stick!'

'so sindhu, if i understand it correct, and were to draw an analogy between the hieracrhy in church and where we work, project manager=priest, division head=decan, xx=bishop, and chairman=pope! sindhu was offended, but all this was so amusing.

'people in calcutta are football fanatics. even a chai wala will talk about pele and his life story as if pele himself came to his shop and told him all the incidents in his life!'

'i don't like traveling in the local bus when i have to reach office at 9. it takes everyone to the interiors of okhla, as if all passengers are tourists and we are on a guided tour of okhla!'

there are many incidents which i don't remember, but which have provided me and all who know him much amusement.

working with him has been fun. knowing him has been wonderful!

he is a great pal!