Friends from various ends - Chapter 1 of 6
This is a story about a group of new IT employees from different parts of the country and how they developed friendships among them during their first month of training.
Every new joiner to a company can easily relate to this story.
Author's note:
I wrote this story in 2014 when I joined TCS. This was my first story and I did not have any writing experience before. I am working to update this story now in 2021 to minimize the errors and enhance the reading experience. Your valuable feedback will also help me here.
Editor: Neha Christina
Chapter 1:
TCE Solutions recruits graduates every year to work in their company. This corporate company had pride in recruiting Mr.Jayanth who was from Tamilnadu. He was the best fit graduate for an IT company. He had a wide knowledge of C, C++, JAVA, and INFORMATICA. It so happens that whenever a company has brilliant associates then obviously there would be at least a few below-average associates. This corporate company was not an exception for that. Mr.Jayanth was the head of those below-average associates. Ms.Neha, Ms.Ramya, Ms.Fariha, and Ms.Suchithra were a few of those associates. Yes, all were female associates and Mr.Jayanth was their guide.
All these associates were being trained in the BIPM stream. This stream included more than 30 associates from various states of India. It was the first day of their training.
“ Hey Neha, have you watched '3 Idiots'? ”Jayanth started.
“ Yeah Jayanth, around 5 times ” Neha replied.
“ Oh!!! Around 5 times?? So you have wasted...... Hmm 5*3,15 hours of your life Neha ”.
“ Hey Jayanth, that is my favourite movie. How could you say this?”
“ Favourite?? But still... How could you watch it more than once? “
“Thank god! I watched it only once.” Fariha whispered to Suchithra.
“ Hey Jayanth, 'Let us C' was your favourite book and you had read it 7 times right? “ Neha said smartly
“ Yeah, but... hmm that comes under education and you have wasted your time in entertainment! “Jayanth argued.
“ Oh, God!! Can you send someone to stop this unworthy argument? “ Suchithra prayed
Her prayer was answered immediately.
Another Trainee of that stream reached the training hall and walked towards Jayanth. Yeah, that associate was also a female associate.
So what next ??
As soon as she reached Jayanth, she said,” Excuse me, may I know in which hall the training for BIPM associates will be held? “
“ Yeah... You hmm..” Jayanth started.
“ In this hall only, it might take 10 minutes to begin,” Suchitra replied fastly to save the new associate from Jayanth.
“ So, will you be joining us for the training? That's great! Let's rock!” Jayanth said happily.
“ Thank you, I am Shanu. May I know all your names? “ Shanu said.
Everyone exchanged their names and settled down for training.
Arun and Soundhar entered the hall.
“ Soundhar, try this. kachcha pappad pakka pappad. kachcha pappad pakka pappad. kachcha pappad pakka pappad. kachcha pappad pakka pappad,“ Arun said within 2 seconds.
“ That's it. Very easy. Kachcha pappad pakka pappad. kappa pachchad kappa kachad pacha pakad,“ Soundhar collapsed.
“ Can I give it a try? I know Recursive function very well” Jayanth interrupted them.
“ Sure “ Arun nodded.
“Kachcha.............pappad............pakka..............pappad..............kachcha.......... pappad.........pakka............pappad....kach..” Jayanth tried slowly.
“ STOP. I think we need a speed breaker to control your speed. No. You are rejected “ Arun said as the meaning of tongue twister was spoiled by Jayanth.
“ kachcha pappad pakka pappad.. kachcha pappad pachcha kappad..cha Oh shit!! “ Suchitra tried.
“ I think we are having the best entertainment with these guys,“ Soundhar giggled in Arun's ear.
“ Ok guys, go home and try this. Now let us introduce ourselves “ Arun said.
Arun and Soundhar gave a handshake to all and sat near Ramya.
“ Mr.Arun I think only you can do the tongue twister very well. Will you practice daily? “ Ramya investigated.
“ KACHCHA PAPPAD PAKKA PAPPAD.. KACHCHA PAPPAD PAKKA PAPPAD.. KACHCHA PAPPAD PAKKA PAPPAD.. KACHCHA PAPPAD PAKKA PAPPAD.. KACHCHA PAPPAD PAKKA PAPPAD.. KACHCHA PAPPAD PAKKA PAPPAD.. “ a voice near the door sounded.
Arun was eager to see the one who could recite the tongue twister better than him.
Ramya was more eager than Arun and she was waiting for the door to be opened.
The door creaked. An associate entered the hall staring at everyone already present there.
Ramya was eager to know his name.
“ Hey KACHCHA PAPPAD, You are doing great dude! What's your name?“, Ramya eagerly inquired.
“ What's your employee ID? “, he questioned her.
“ 86325 and my name is Ramya. What's your name? “
“ Ramya, you are finished. He is our Technical lead, Karan.” Fariha whispered into Ramya's ears.
“Oh, God!! I am sorry Mr. Karan. I thought you were one among us. Please ignore this. “, Ramya tried to manage and immediately went back to her seat.
Mr. Karan noted something into his notepad. Then he introduced himself and asked the trainees to select the Module Spoc for their Learning Group.
After few suggestions from the trainee associates, Ms. Shanthini was appointed as Module spoc. She was very good in technical skills as well as in communication skills.
“Excuse me, May I come in? “, Rohit interrupted the session.
“ Ya Sure. Do you belong to this LG? “ Karan questioned.
“Maybe “ Rohit replied, which amused Karan since it was unexpected.
“Maybe?? At least do you have your Offer Letter?” Karan questioned again.
“My Friend has it “, Rohit replied.
“Who is he? Is he present here? “
“Ya, the guy who is sleeping in the second row? “
“Sleeping in the second row? How smart is he? I didn't even notice him sleeping. “
“You would not find him even if he was sleeping in the first row “, Rohit proudly said.
“Wake him up. What's his name? “, Karan's voice stiffened by Rohit's reply.
Who was that daring guy sleeping?
Who was the boy sleeping?
“Sumit!!!! “, Vasthav, Adithya, Bhargav, Bhanu, and Harish called out in unison.
Sumit was still sleeping.
“Is he still sleeping? “, Karan's anger aroused.
“Karan, only a female voice can wake him up. “, Tarun said as planned earlier.
Continue reading here - Chapter 2 of 6
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