The sunny night of 2008

here is one of the finest moment I have lived in my life.... in the runup to that moment is shall take you through the journey that was really interesting and bengan on 14 Dec 2007.....

it was the time just when i was done with my 5th semester universtiy exams..... expecting of enjoying the holidays my father asked me to join a 10 day workshop on aptitude development and as soon as it ended I was to join PT. ( place where I learnt so much even in the coming year) Soon the workshop ended and I got the mark of appriciation as "The male best delegate" ....
"I am sooo so happy that I cannot express in words" - these were my usual words till my life changed drastically on 9th Feb......
So the college started somewhere in the month of January with a lot of bunks.... and then the title which i wore was being fluttered a lot everywhere and then was our annual fest on 26 Jan and it ended on Feb with a bang ... ( in opinion of some people it was okish type nothing to be so happy about it .. and I was one of them) In the mean time our Training and Placement had issued a fatwa kind of notice as it expected everybody to be ready for the battle that lay ahead.. Yes it was the first company in our college The TATA Consultancy Services or TCS and everybody irrespective of their branch was adviced to appear for the selection trial...
In the mean time PT was polishing my basic skills in aptitude and creating a synergious attitude in me.......... The D Day came that was the 8th of Feb any everybody were charged on the otherhand I was very calm and not excited as others were ... Everybody were asked to report at the Auditorium of our College and not only friends from YCCE but also from other local colleges were present.... Soon there was a buzz around and the Team from TCS reached then there was a presentation that moved everybody... it focused on saying that every Indian is a Tata Customer all his day is Tata centric it was a bit exagerated but was the theme of presentation and then was the question answer session where a bit of Bakwas from different students went on ... notedly I really thought Avishek K. Prakash shall come up with a question and he did so.....
Then the names were declared who were eligible and had to queue up for the apti. names were according to alphabetical order nd i was in the first list itself.........
Most of my friends were revising whatever they had studied and there came a big funda from one of my good friend he literally mugged up a few answers and said "sala kuch bhi pooche main ye hi jawab doonga".... everybody was laughing where as I and another friend of mine Abhishek Nagpurkar left the hall for my test.....
It was an online test and was a typical apti. with a bit of questions here and there.... I sat through the room for full time and was very calm .... this was because I never had built a hype around the company.... as soon as I came out there were numerous friends of mine who literally pounced on me " Kya poocha kay vicharla ..... " and we were asked to sit in one of the hall beside.....
Just discussing around when next batches were going inside for there apti. a person in Red shirt zoomed with result in his hand.... all of them just ran as if he held a sugar ball and we were ants and noteably i was the slowest of the lot........ to my surprise my name in the selected candidates for the interview sprung up in first few and i was like " thik hai age dekhte hai " and soon abhishek and ambarish nd some other friends of mine who were with me got through .....
They asked us to submit the C.V. and everybody produced it in an instant as if they were getting their offer letter signed .... I signaled to abhishek " yar mere paas to C.V hai hi nai kya kare " he said as them I did have that courage t0 ask and they gave me time for the same.... Soon I and abhishek rushed to a nearby Internet Cafe ..... in the mean time rest of my friends were appearing for apti..... to everybodys surprise all matter in my C.V were topod ( copied ) from nagpurkars C.V except personal details ..... even the objective of joining the company.....
It was evening by then and everybody was selected except a few of my friends ... I then submitted the form and my C.V and we were told that interiview were scheduled the next day ...
i did go home happy and thinking ... happy coz i ws selected and thinking that should i join....
then back home there was a lot of brainstorming................
Next day everybody was in their full vigour and i was stand alone an off white shirt and an old pant.... with a borrowed jhankar red tie and and old phati purani file....... my friends are so supportive that they asked me not to wear the tie and arrange for the new file..... I did so and went in for technical interview..........
It was simply great when i had expected a volley of technical questions i got a few simple question related to mech. engg. and i got through then there was one question that i think tested my vision and determination to excell........ the person asked me " If u r rejected and u establish urslf as a mech. engg what shall u do ? " I said in my characteristic style " I shall Design a REVERSE GEAR for a bike.........." both the panalist burst into a laughter and askd me to leave with a modest salutation i left ........ result followed me ........ i had to soon appear for my HR interview... even that was a great experience..... shall narrate it sometime later....

Then came the evening I had left back home by then and had dinner as results were to be declared late in the night... I reached college library where 58 students were seated with a pin drop silence.... soon there was a buzz that only few were selected ... some said all were selected....
To my surprise by now my mind said " Modak kahihi zala tari tula select zalach pahije " and then people from TCS entered with our college teachers and princi.

There was a bit of bakwas..... followed by declaration of results where we were to be handed over the letters........ it begen with a list of students and first amongst my friends was Shri. Rohan Kekatpure (srk) then it was myself .... i burst into tears as my name was declared and soon i thought time was still and not moving but we were waitng fr VIRAJ and Vaibhav.... our wait ended and both of them got selected......... then i thought that This was the finest moment of life........... Thanks TATA thanks YCCE thanks MY PARENTs and last but not the least my best friends..............

Had a sleedless night with only phonecalls to attend...........