This post is on popular demand of my friends:Its been 10 days now, out of my comfort zone (refer my last post). And as I sit back on the cushioned chair in ‘my’ EVS office, on ‘beach time’ ( which means free time) after a long, tiring & relatively boring project ( all those adjectives are very carefully chosen), its time to introspect, circumspect & retrospect on the chain of events & their consequences too!Exhilarating: They say you have to see it, to believe it. Before joining EVS, I had a very positive feedback about the no.1 KPO in the world… & I am glad to say that EVS has lived up to its reputation! Once you enter into cyber park, gurgaon into their offices, you can almost feel the difference. Their motto is: Quality & its almost remarkable how they not only follow...

“ Ting ting ting ting…It’s been 20 min. since the alarm clock is ringing, the snooze-mode is on…Finally at 7:35 am, a still tired soul moves out from bed after sleeping for 200 minutes or so… but there are no regrets (it’s a routine now)…At a speed which would put Schumacher credentials in a jeopardy, the guy is moving out of his PG room at 7:58 am, the bus stop is not exactly a 2 minute walk, but the poor soul sprints like a would be Gatlin to reach there at 8:01 am & to his relief the company cab has not left yet…He reaches office at 8:30 am, reports at the main desk & starts working at 9am after completing yesterday’s work in a hurry! He works continuously for 10 hrs with a mini-lunch break in between. Gets out, absolutely distressed not only by the workload but also by the scorching...

Samuel Johnson, the 18th century English poet & critic, once said:“Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance”.Now, this post is on TENNIS.But it is not about the ‘genius’ of Roger Federer.It is not even about the heroics of the glam girl Maria Sharapova ( two sportspersons I have written about earlier).Nor does it deal with the Roddick’s, Hewitt’s or Safin’s of men’s tennis.& Neither it describes the exploits of the Williams sisters or former no. 1 Amelie Mauresmo or the Russian brigade: Kuznetsova, Dementeiva, Myskina, Chakvetdze etc… (this is a long list indeed).Infact, this is about the quotation of Samuel Johnson…And this perseverance was on show aplenty during the French Open’07.As for three years running now, the tennis folklore has been amazed by the sheer...

Question: “How would you describe your stay in Thapar in three words?”Answers: A Sine CurveRoller-coaster rideA learning experience…B L A C K & W H I T E…That last answer came out of the blue or did it? Well, these two colours represent the two extremes. The end-points of the line segment which started its journey sometimes during September’03 & came to a halt at the end of May’07. Now ‘Black’ refers to the minima’s of the Sine curve, lows of the roller-coaster ride & bad experiences of the learning curve. ‘White’ is the spectrum of my colorful days at Thapar, the maxima’s, the highs & the good experiences!!! So here it goes…B L A C KMy very first day at my alma mater: I had just left my parents & home far behind. I was about to enter into a new world. The fear...