When Debojyoti Halder becomes Dave Haldermen
Debojyoti …or Dave as he is now known to most of his friends, enters his office 1 am at night after sharing a smoke with his friends. His office is huge; it has 5000 people working in it. The side of the building is made of glass; transparent …you can see through it. Dave’s PC is near the glass side on the 4th floor. He is a Team Leader in a call center called Synergy.
He comes from a middle class family, father is a civil engineer working with Indian Oil, and mother is a full time housewife. His father always wanted him to study engineering on the other side his mother wanted him to study medicine. In 11th standard, trying to fulfill both his parents’ wishes …or rather which he now thinks. …being confused ended up taking Science with mathematics and biology both. Ended up with 70% in 12th. This was the starting of his parents so called nightmare, he didn’t get through any professional course, neither medicine nor engineering, got admission in DU in B.Sc in Venkatshawara because his father knew some professor there…for this favor …for last 3 years everyday (once in the morning and once at night) his father reminds him
“ had I not know Professor Dutta there…you would not have even been studying… Shame on you…could not even get through an engineering college. Look at Mr. Sharma’s daughter….…….shame on you.”
Mother on the other hand has gone the spiritual way …
”whatever is happening … Ma Durga wants it that way … no use scolding him… its ok…. I am sure MA has kept something for him”.
How he ended up where he is today is more like a bollywood flick.
Debojyoti’s friend Hussein was going to give an interview in Synergy, he asked for a lift and Debojyoti readily agreed. Both of them went to Gurgaon and the moment Debojyoti dropped Hussein at the gates of Synergy, it started to rain. Hussein asked him to wait with him in the lounge, since he had nothing else to do that day he went inside with Hussein. Debojyoti was taken aback by the sheer size of the company; Glass everywhere, glass doors, glass walls, glass table at the reception… everything was so transparent… u could look through them. The lights in the lobby were like that he had seen in USA where he went to visit his uncle after his 10th exams…never thought Indians could have the same. They sat in the lounge and started to chat ….the HR executive came, introduced herself …
“Hi! I am Bindu. Are you both here for the interview?”
She was a South Indian, little on the darker side, big glowing eyes …her smile could kill a million in a second … Before Hussein could say something Debojyoti said in a loud voice “YES”. Hussein looked at him and smiled. Bindu guided them to a room where another 15 candidates were waiting, then Bindu said,
“ First we will have the Group Discussion round, those who pass will go to the next round… Topic for today is Kashmir: What would be the best solution”
…rest of course is history … Hussein no longer works in Synergy; he went to US of A last year.
Debojyoti joined Synergy while he was waiting for his 3rd year results, as an agent in a customer service process. When he told his folks that he was going to work in a Call Center, his dad was furious
“ … is this the reason that you studied science…no never…. you will go no where…prepare for GRE and TOFEL … you are going to US … me and your uncle have decided it all …MS is what you will do…. No call center shit.”
And mother on the other hand was surprisingly supportive
“…Let him do what he wants to… still 3 months left for his results to be declared … what will he do sitting at home…”
In this confusion of “To be or Not to be”…. he joined Synergy…. Happily…
He comes from a middle class family, father is a civil engineer working with Indian Oil, and mother is a full time housewife. His father always wanted him to study engineering on the other side his mother wanted him to study medicine. In 11th standard, trying to fulfill both his parents’ wishes …or rather which he now thinks. …being confused ended up taking Science with mathematics and biology both. Ended up with 70% in 12th. This was the starting of his parents so called nightmare, he didn’t get through any professional course, neither medicine nor engineering, got admission in DU in B.Sc in Venkatshawara because his father knew some professor there…for this favor …for last 3 years everyday (once in the morning and once at night) his father reminds him
“ had I not know Professor Dutta there…you would not have even been studying… Shame on you…could not even get through an engineering college. Look at Mr. Sharma’s daughter….…….shame on you.”
Mother on the other hand has gone the spiritual way …
”whatever is happening … Ma Durga wants it that way … no use scolding him… its ok…. I am sure MA has kept something for him”.
How he ended up where he is today is more like a bollywood flick.
Debojyoti’s friend Hussein was going to give an interview in Synergy, he asked for a lift and Debojyoti readily agreed. Both of them went to Gurgaon and the moment Debojyoti dropped Hussein at the gates of Synergy, it started to rain. Hussein asked him to wait with him in the lounge, since he had nothing else to do that day he went inside with Hussein. Debojyoti was taken aback by the sheer size of the company; Glass everywhere, glass doors, glass walls, glass table at the reception… everything was so transparent… u could look through them. The lights in the lobby were like that he had seen in USA where he went to visit his uncle after his 10th exams…never thought Indians could have the same. They sat in the lounge and started to chat ….the HR executive came, introduced herself …
“Hi! I am Bindu. Are you both here for the interview?”
She was a South Indian, little on the darker side, big glowing eyes …her smile could kill a million in a second … Before Hussein could say something Debojyoti said in a loud voice “YES”. Hussein looked at him and smiled. Bindu guided them to a room where another 15 candidates were waiting, then Bindu said,
“ First we will have the Group Discussion round, those who pass will go to the next round… Topic for today is Kashmir: What would be the best solution”
…rest of course is history … Hussein no longer works in Synergy; he went to US of A last year.
Debojyoti joined Synergy while he was waiting for his 3rd year results, as an agent in a customer service process. When he told his folks that he was going to work in a Call Center, his dad was furious
“ … is this the reason that you studied science…no never…. you will go no where…prepare for GRE and TOFEL … you are going to US … me and your uncle have decided it all …MS is what you will do…. No call center shit.”
And mother on the other hand was surprisingly supportive
“…Let him do what he wants to… still 3 months left for his results to be declared … what will he do sitting at home…”
In this confusion of “To be or Not to be”…. he joined Synergy…. Happily…
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