I have moved to a new location of my company. The location was about to get functional. For inspecting that the location would be ready before the whole team moves, I was asked to start working from there.
This office was huge, having the capacity to cater to ten thousand people. But right then it was a ghost town. Including me only 10 employees had been working out of that office.
On the first day, I visited the cafeteria to get coffee. I ordered, "strong coffee, make it bitter". The vendor smiled and handed over the freshly made coffee. That coffee was exactly what I had ordered. I informed the vendor that the coffee was perfect and thanked him. He appeared delighted with the compliment too.
Ever since that day, the vendor had remembered my order. Every time I would go to the counter…
It was the year 2013. I have joined my first corporate job at a reputed organization. I had professional experience of working with a small firm, but this was my first high profile job. As a 22 year old young girl, I thought everyone in corporate acted super professionally. Soon that expectation was going to shatter.
In the beginning, I was going through a series of project training. Many senior professionals had been conducting sessions for us. One day our trainer announced, "team, next 2 days, our senior trainer Swapnil will conduct sessions. These are important, ensure nobody misses them". I had heard praise about Swapnil from a lot of my colleagues. My college senior, Sneha who had been working there had also told me about Swapnil. I was eager to meet him.
Next day happened like a sc…
One of the biggest festivals Navratri has already begun. Devi Mata has already taken the control of the planet earth and is spreading positive. Yesterday I visited a Devi nearby and was pleasantly surprised with an unusual experience.
As a religious person I visited a nearby place where Devi was being worshipped. I visited the place and prayed. I prayed for the health and wellbeing of my family and my nation. I closed my eyes and absorbed Devi's energy. I felt as if Devi was ready to grant my wishes. I felt the warmth of the Goddess. I opened my eyes to see the divine Idol of Devi Mata smiling down at me, her worshipper. Beholding her blessings in my heart, I was about the leave.
This is when I saw a group of men. They were dressed up in bright red outfits. Looking at their appearance …
When I was working in the corporate I was the domain and process trainer. Whenever any new member would join our team I would take care of their training needs extensively. I remember once a group of 5 individuals have joined our team. One of them was a remarkable girl whose name was Shilpa.
Shilpa appeared as if she was a girl next door, but in reality she wasn't. Shilpa came from a politically connected family. She was wealthy. So rich the her pocket money from the college was much higher than the corporate salary that she had been getting. She would come to the office in a chauffeur driven BMW car. Everyone had been wondering why she had even been working in the corporate at all.
Once we all girls had been sitting together and discussing our future plans. Shilpa did not hesitate even …
When I used to work with corporate I was a trainer. Whenever any new people would join the team I would be responsible to train them before they hit the production. Most new joiners would be extremely friendly and close to me because of my regular interactions with them. But one person stood out. Her name was Rutuja.
Rutuja had joined our team in May 2024. After joining the team the onboarding formalities were going on. As per my regular interactions I would carry on 1 to 1 interactions with the new joiner during their time the onboarding formalities were underway. I spoke with Rutuja the very first time. I learnt about her tragic life. She wanted to become an artist but her family forced her to study pharmacy. She was in relationship with a guy to home she had given thousands of rupees …
Last year a new family shifted on the same floor where I stay. This family consisted of an elderly mother, her son and daughter who are of my age. When they moved both of the siblings were unmarried. After moving within a couple of months the son got married.
A couple of months ago the daughter Vibha had come to my home. Within last few months their family and my family had been friendly with each other. Vibha who usually dresses up in western attire, that day had been wearing a saree. She looked really pretty in saree and I complimented her. I saw that she had also applied mehndi. She asked if my parents were home. Unfortunately that day my parents had gone to my aunt's place. I told her that my parents were not home and if she wanted to convey any message she should let me know. She sm…
A mysterious person in plain view
I have come across a great experience of one-sided love and it has hurt me in many ways. But now, a new chapter is about be opened i.e, someone new is making obvious signs that they like me. It has been for a couple of weeks, and I always would wonder, "should I get along with them and live a happily ever after? Or stick with the only person I had shown my true love and obsession".
They had been following me on instagram and had quite times that they wanted to talk to me about their feelings and make it up to me. But I have been rejecting them as I always isolate myself from them and didn't want them to be hurt. The pain I carry everyday in my life.
But a part me says if I ever love this person what would others think of me, the me that had loved someone…
Who is someone new in your life lately? What drew you to them?
... coaching me meko Jo ladka Mila tha na to hum dono ab kafi close hogye h andd we were talking just a few minutes ago so he said bye then I said bye love you and he said love uh too darling and I said love uh moree t
Fir usne kaha love uh infinity times or mene kaha love uh till the end of the universe then he said aree shadi hi krlo merse mene bola okiee he said chalo mene kaha socho real me Krna pda too 😭🤧 usne kaha me krlungaaa but apko jb ek baar glti se hath touch krne se dikkat hui ap itnaa shrma gyi to aage kuch kese hogaa or me apko bina permission ke touch bhi nhi krne vala 😭😭 mene kaha abhi pdhlijiye to bolta jii ja hi rha huu omg I'm blushing while writing thisss...😭🤧
Who is someone new in your life lately? What drew you to them?
Ohh my gosh I'm so excited to telling uh all about this.. actually from last 1 month I have talked someone in my coaching AND HE IS A BOYYY 😭🌸 HE IS REALLY GOOD not by looks but by his personality I love him I mean like his personality he is not my crush but we're pretty close now but still I can't trust him so much right now let's see what happens in future but ikr he's very gud yk he also gets a little jealous of other boys but don't show it he stays in his boundaries he is introvert but I'm tooo tooo much extrovert so I started talking at him firstly then we became friends he is also comfortable with me now and doesn't talk to others that's why I think he is good and he also behaves very well I don't feel uncomfortable abou…
Destination elevator an innovation to prevent stopping of the elevator at each floor because some brat decides to press every button. A panel less elevator. Before boarding the elevator one has to decide their own destination and the system tells which elevator needs to be boarded. This is an innovation that is useful but also causes confusion. Here is a story from my office.
My corporate office had been using destination elevators. People like us who would visit that office everyday were comfortable with the concept. But then there used to be some visitors who used to get utterly confused because of it.
It was a regular Tuesday afternoon for me. I wanted to have coffee so I boarded the destination elevator from my 7th floor office to the first floor Cafeteria. As I entered the elevat…
Today I was going through my Souvenir box. I was going through that not because I wanted to throw anything but I wanted to see what I have kept in my box. In away I wanted to relive the memories. I was checking every item that was placed neatly in my box. I was reading through every letter that I had received. I was checking the names on friendship bands which were faded. Reading every card that I had received. While doing so I stumbled upon a greeting card. This card was a dressed to me and was mailed at my office address. I tried to remember who that was from before opening it. I could not recall when I had received, it who had sent it, and for what it was send to me.
I did not want to live in the suspense anymore. I opened the envelope and took out the card. It was a 4 by 6 sized gree…
Its strange and crazy what you’ve done to my heart. Little did i know that the letter you gave me would heal the part that was never broken by you. It was never just a piece of paper that you handed me but the effort, love an thought that you put in.
In this fast moving world who would ever put in the effort to write something soo meaningful when everything is on the fingertips.
It was just about few conversations, little laughs and maybe a few moments of silence and suddenly i found myself already crazy about you. I do not know youre entire story, i dont know what kind of childhood you had, what keeps you awake at night or what dreams you quiety carry without telling anyone. I dont even know which songs remind you of people that you have lost the past that you carry or what weather kee…
It happened several years ago but it was significant enough that I still remember this incident as if it happened yesterday. I used to take the office transport to commute to my office. There would be a "barely operational" bus which would take me to and fro. I was required to wait at a designated spot at the highway where the bus would pick me. My halt was one of the most used one where other colleagues would also board the bus. I being a quiet person would not speak with them much asides discussing if they knew where the bus was stuck.
One day a very unusual incident occurred. One of my colleagues was carrying many bags. I knew him by face but I had never spoken to him. I saw that he was struggling to hold the bags and a couple of bags were about to fall. I sensed it and like a seasone…
