My Training in Infosys - kuch yaad aaya kisi ko

now this is complete set ....





Details of Royal Luxury .. words just cant do justice to these ... just to tell how infosys treats you


This is Infy Trio ----------------------- Aby , Andy , LuV GuRu ... for those who remember


aby(top) , andy ( 2nd pic) and me ( just over) at time when all were in mysore. I miss u both very very very much ....

Just like formal intro to any first topic ,let me start ... i joined the big family of infosys on 15th oct2004 , though formal introduction came only in 2005 , and became a member of huge , secure friendly college-professional institute Infosys in Oct 2005. The first four months in infosys was nothing but a very successful mission of making the people not only understanding what is professional attitude , and also shaping us to stand to the challenges the world and the company will throw upon us , and how to successfully conquer all such attempts. First thing i saw in infosys was Huge campus , the golf cart , the security .. and so so lively gardens. The greenery , the mountain lining visible from Infosys Main Gate will surely take anyone's breath away. The next thing that came to my view was a projected pyramid( a building i was going to spend most of my future time in). It looked like a beautiful building , i mean it is . Then next was a huge huge building , magnificient , took out my head and gazed in amazement , at the GEC building. you have to stand in there to understand the mammoth nature of the building. Then came the reception. Me , and anand were looking for a room together , but Setu and sid mishra got the final free room , and so i was given room number 934 and andy got 931.
So here were we looking in our future , went to my room , dumped everything. there was a meeting called in food court at 6pm , and there was some tea and coffee. we were asked to come next day at 8:30 am for the induction , and what .. hey bhagwan itni jaldi kaun uthta hai .. then came the next day . full of work , atleast we thought. But wait , i am still not over on first day.
In evening , Anand DVD ,me , gaurav arora, sumit bhatia , divya gupta and neha went on for a ride around infosys. Andy still remembers seeing me on bike ( dats cycle) with both hand off the handle and zooming in and out of infosys campus .... first day craze that lasts lifetime ...
And then we went to ECC Mysore , fundoo place , pool side , huge gym , bowling alley , Loyal World and TT courts. Baddy courts , volley ball courts , squash courts , Basketball , u name it and u get it . just at the back was a huge free space , big ground and SDBs visible. but not taking the straight route , we took the back door , and decided to go to FC-1 on bike. it was one of the biggest mistakes ( which was good). the route is too steep that it is feasible only to go there on motor bike , and not on bike.Whatever it was , it was a real fun ,and we had a good time together . Then anand and me sat till 1 am or more , talking non-sense about our future lives , and that whatever happens we will always be together in Infosys... whatever be the case ...
and then in deep moon-light , wonderful ambience , we just drew to our separate rooms and slept. Next blog on first 2 days of induction.
Please drop in smilies ( comments) here. The pics below are of room we saw most of our F1 races in infosys .

lone path

See the paths , i have walked ... its a long road , and we have to walk all alone , but to find a partner , a friend , who can with u , share all joys and sorrows alike ,. the path will become rose coloured ..
Me and Dipankar on first day .. we went to a place just opposite Bandipur National park ,but was not the main enterance , but whatever the place was too good
Chinu ... jaan per khel raha hai ,. cauz if he was in water , he wud have swimmed there for the whole day ...

Last Set of Pics From Wayanad

Hi Friends , it has been pleasure writing about wayand , and all the fun we have had there. Like life needs to move on , i decided ,to put all wayand pics i can in this blog , and let it move on ... .So heres the eye treat now ...

Rhythm Divine ( yaaron ka yaar )

Rhythm Diwan .... doston ka dost ..
tere bin mein kuch bhi nahi ,
tere bin mein kuch bhi nahi ,
tere saare aansu mere , meri saari khushiyan teri ....

aur mein kuch nahi bol sakta , kyunki jo jaante hai dosti ke mayne ,woh bayan nahi kerte ,
dil mein mahsoos kerte hai .
Rhythm and me share a Tom Jerry relation , he is like an elder bro to me , very protective and one who stood with me in worst of times , and off course , in best of times also.There will be so so many incidents relating to both of us , from IIT-KGP , Puri , Robo-doc, Cliffhanger , Final year proj ... arrey mein likhte likhte thak jaunga ... wait for more of Ry(D)M(e) kisse ...
"choti baatein , choti choti baaton ki hai yaadein badi ,
bhoole nahi beeti huyi ek choti ghadi ....
"

DVD Continues ...

I still remember the day Anand Dwivedi got posting as Pune and me as Mysore. There was a tension in air , i can be smelled , felt and a sense of something dearly going away made us nostalgic. We wanted to change it , refused to believe that Infy can separate two friends , i mean brothers , together since 2nd semester to training in infy. How far is very FAR .... me in bangalore , he in europe .. my heart wid him , his wid mine ... friend of friend , am still waiting for you to come back. I dont find someone to pull a leg , not to laugh on , but to laugh with ...
"As per popular public demand , here is more of Andy DVD .... "

Anand Dwivedi -- DVD

Anand , just like name ever-smiling and happy person. I have known him since 2nd year in college , and belive me , he is gem of a person. Not only he looks good , he also is a man of words. One thing i always appreciate about him is his varied taste , he can take in anything u want him to , but only thing is it should be sweetened by love. In frienship for friendship , he can cross any limit. May b , I dont consider him as a friend , because that wud mean me cheating myself , cauz he is like a brother to me , and the pain i incurred on losing him to pune and then to amsterdamn can t be understood by anyone other than aby or rhythm , the sections to them will be coming soon , and so will be many more sections .
Anand and me had best of times , we watched wresting together , and even when Evolution was at top , then we loved it . Can we forget Batista, Shwan Michaels ,John cena ..the time we spend with each other.
The times we went to college together , gave exams together , failed together , passed together.
Some things are never said , and i dont take the credit .. can go on record. Anand got 80% in 1st sem , and that time we didnt knew each other. next sem he got 90%. I still remember in exam i used to guess 5 questions and that set always came , but i never studied and realised it very late.khair , i still remember i used to drag him out of comp lab and shikha gandhi maam used to let me do that. we sat together , and prepared together for each of our success.
our memories grew deeper in infosys. we didnt got the same room (thank god ) , but adjoining room. there is a good thing (best indeed), i used to study from him for 1 hr before the exams and used to pass. I still cherish moments i spend with anand in mys and bangalore , and in Delhi.
I still miss him , and he is one knowing all my secrets , and best part , there is no thing in world which he knows and i dont and i know and he doesnt. Lemme tell u , i can read his heart , and he can do the same for me ....
" Aa mera haath thaam bahut ho gaya nasha ,
yaaron ne meh pila di bahut tere naam se .. "

what i wud like to conclude for andy , DVD , nandu ...

" Deepak Jalte hai , Fool Khilte hain ,
Badi Mushkil se Duniya mein Dost milte hain ,...
Is rang roop per dekho , hargiz naaz na kerna , jaan hi maange yaar to de dena ,
naraaz na kerna ..
rang ud jaate hain roop dhalte hain ,....
"

All Pics other than one with me are him in Netherlands ....

Eddakal Pics

The Deadly Gang at edakkal ... All Roaring to go . Pic in Order from right ( Nikhil , Me , Dipankar , Neeraj , Chinu , Siddhi , Rajat,Ashis ) .. Ashish is the one taking the pic ;) ... woh bhi hai team mein ,.... Ashish pata nahi kahan tha , yeh Pic Rajat ne li thi ... Sorry Yaar , Bhool gaya tera naam likhna , u were so much in my mind that i really thought to have written your name ..
Our Slogan ( me and Rajat's) --> Jai Budhapa ... Decode it ..

I am here with my promise of more pics , i really want the pics to do all the talking. These are those pics which are the real memories , and there are so thousands of memories that will flourish my mind right through my memory and life .

edakkal caves

the first phase of my Kerala ... was edakkal caves , means hanging rocks , but it seemed to be a long one. The journey started with having a heartful breakfast in mysore , and then moving to kerala. En route the forest area , we saw lots of deer and sum elephants . stopped the car to have a pic or two , and by end of morning , we were in kerala , and by 12:30 in edakkal caves. But at this point is where a strange incident happened. As soon as we reached the caves , the fellow cab driver from other person , told that Saddam has been hanged in a wrong way , and as such there is a strike in wayand and everything will be closed from afternoon 3 to 6 , so we had time till 1:30 pm to go and come back. 1 km steep uphill track on road , followed by another 300 meters mountain trekking with no life support , then followed by 100 feets of pure rope climbing, which we had to leave cauz of time constraint. but the beauty of place still grips the heart and soul. and i will upload loads and loads of pics tomm or day after

wayanad .... Suchipara waterFall

... and after brilliantSo Full Morning trekking in Eddakal Caves , and we though going to waterfall should be a good idea one indeed .... suchipara means water flwing from a needle like rock . The waterfall was not so impressive , which many told is so as have not come in monsoon scene .. den also it was fun ... many of the ppl just took the shore and enjoyed from side , but it was daring duo of me and rajat who went to scale the waterfall from tip to toe ....

This picture which seem to be some rock was at very high point , and two other of the crew ( the GPM ) and PM , failed in attempt to reach there .... And on top we both went , with slipping rocks , but holding hands. It was indeed an example that if u have faith , nothing in world can stop u from doing anything . I remember one saying from movie Border " hum hi hum hain to kya hum hai , tum hi tum ho to kya tum ho " ( whats the use of being me and me only ) ..
There are many more pics here ( which will deemed to be censored ) , and let me make them censored and put up in next post.
Then after having done climbing for 2 hours in waterfall now , which seemed more of of Trekking-II after morning saga , i was thinking of one more think. To come to Suchiparra , it was 1 Km doownhill walk , but going back wud mean ... yes , 1 Km uphill walk. thank God , the route was good , but legs were so tired , we decided to walk backward . and it indeed helped . see the pic ,and the route .. dont forget to see the steepness. This is entire Team , and me at back ..

Partners in Crime ( New Year Series -4)

The Crew With Captain and Team .. All 8 just ready to roar in Kerala .... had a delicious Breakfast ( really fast fast ) in Mys before we shot off to Eddakal Caves ... in Kerala

On Return from Suchipara to sultan Batheri .. ya .. ??
Here are pics of all of us who enjoyed and rocked Kerala ... started with the song -- Welcome to The Hotel Kerala-fornia ... Such a lovely place ...
And These are pics ... like .. jahan chaar yaar mil jaaye wahin raat ho gulzaar , jahan chaar yaaar ....

New Year -3 ( pookote lake)

Here is 3rd combo .... in wayanad .. we went for Pookote lake . This is a vew from the boat , and only one of the team members came down to the boating. Initially ppl were thinking of doing the row boating , but since the staff needed to sit with us , our eligible team members thought they wud not sit at all , and with all day trekking last day , who had guts to do it ... me , of course , and rajat ..

So the lake helped me did lot of wonderful closeup pictures ..

New Year -2

Pic on the Left is the View From the Balcony of the room we shared in Wainaad ... and guess , what could be the price for a room attached to such a lovely background .. Rs 60/Night ..
and above is me ,,,.. right in nature's view ... abhi abhi so ker utha hoon ... pic le le zara ...



and belive me ... the rooms were not so bad . and below is my shameless partner ... who took the only blanket provided .. dekho kaise muskura raha hai .. like a 10 headed person who won a battle of toot-brush over teeth by winning the lobe blanket ... See , 60Rs / night , and the owner said something in mallu tongue , that he will give one blanket per room , and we understood something else .. I ( not we ) repented later , as my friend took the blanket .
The blanket also was having holes , so he repented later in the night ..


On left is the bed .. dont look at it in inspection mode , there is only one blanket ...

New Year Memories -1

I have been to Calcutta , Kharagpur , Siliguri , Puri , Konark , Bhatinda ,Churu , Pune , Darjeeling , and a host of other indian cities .
For past one year , i have been in Mysore ( which i consider The Best Place ) and Bangalore ( opp. to mys ) , but this new year We 8 friends went for a ride of lifetime . Its true we go places , but few will always remain in our heart like the beats in living human heart , like music in nature. My golden days have been in mysore in infosys , with friends like aby , andy , buddhia , sid mishra .. and list wont finish. so year ending we decided to make a trip , and since memories never die , i called up all my friends to ask if they can come for a long week end in new year, and response was awsome. so we had a trip booked .
Members In Crime : Ashish , Chinamay, Deepak , Dipankar , Nikhil , Neeraj ( laziest of em all ) , Rajat , Siddhi.
Places : Wainaad ( Kerala )
The time is less , and instances and memories more . It will take me some few more days to complete this message , so this is first part of multi part series which will complete soon. And most of my future blog posts , i will let the pics do the talking .....


And believe me ,,,,..... u will be jealous of me after this blog ...

pics will float for a month now

Now this is me doing speed boating .
.. and also i did some cool fotography .. juz look at this water lily .. from my Mobile cam ...

Do Tell me If You like it , i will appreciate the comments ....
Deepak Gupta
Time Traveller