What struck me most about him when i had first met him was his intelligence, his wit and his ability with numbers. However, I had sensed a slight resistance where sharing work knowledge was concerned. It was much later that he had told me that he and other colleagues had found me to be a bit of a "oh, here comes the ms.know.it all??" and had actually decided to make the going rough for me :-)
I had joined LB from NIIT and there was a marked difference in the work culture. I came with "processes". LB was without one. He had seemed to be the boss's favorite and he was supposed to have been my point for knowledge dump.
Days went by. Unpleasantries at work had changed to comradarie. I realised then that all that was there to him met the eye. Honest to the T. His team used to love him - unplanned work, late nights or whatever. He used to be there for them. Always. He was sensitive to their needs. Infact, i soon relaised that he was quite sensitive as a young man. Period. As for honesty? Boy!! One woman in office in pariticular should have known how brutally honest he could get about his feelings!! Thank God I was not her! :-)
He moved out of LB to the land that was his home. Delhi. He made the younger women in his cirlce feel happy that he knew them! The older women just felt happy for him ;-) And that, included me. He had that charisma about him. Smiling, cheerful, full of wit and full of life.
Here's wishing Arjun and the love of his life all the very best in all that they do. He just got engaged. Lucky girl.
nice blog
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