This blog posting is dedicated to all the ppal who have ever taken the regular shuttle from Yelahanka or V.Pura to Global Village.
Once upon a time, n tat 2 a very very long time ago, there lived a gal who took a cab to work. The vehicle cud accomodate a total of 9 people n she was the odd one out. Her seat in the cab was subject to change everyday depending on the unavailability of atleast 1 extremely irregular person.
Thankfully, there came a day when the stars shone and Mr.Irregular left the organization. With a confirmed seat and wide bandwidth filters, she spent her time in learning how to nod her head only when required,when Harsha, the route co-ordinator spoke. Parties, as they were referred to then, happened in Kamat, a restaurant enroute, on B'days, anniversaries n most importantly on certain occasions only!
In course of time, the routes were bifurcated. Yelahanka and V.Pura went their separate ways. The gal with the confirmed seat was now the route co-ordinator of the V.Pura cab. We had to go in for a bigger vehicle as our company grew in size. So, a TT it was!!
Then started the amazing journey to work in Ramanna's TT. An excellent driver, who taught the gal the importance of reaching the stop on time and to respect other ppal's time. Ganging up against elements of common frustration like policies, processes and a need to do something other than just sleep, got the cabmates to play DC, antakshari and other games ended in all of us bonding with the other. Who can forget Prasanna's Kannada songs, which always kept us wondering if such songs actually existed!!
This was the time when Yelahanka cab was also going through their good times, Mafia-a popular game doing the clean sweep there. Yelahanka and V.Pura met up at 8:15,that is the late night shuttle to differences of opinions, arguments, fights and a whole lot of fun. all thanks to Harish and Kishore!
With the passage of time and the company hiring the cab DJ, Sid,a lot of campus minds fresh out of college gotin their energy and spirit to the cab. A personal best moment was when the gal had given a dance show in office n had not mentioned it to anybody.When the gal lands in the cab, all of them clap and congratulate her, like she had achieved something in life,:)
Our treats were more frequent. The bakery near our office, our common hangout. We were happy till the tooofan arrived!!
Plans were already underway to merge the 2 routes with a bigger bus n when it did, there was chaos everywhere which has not subsided till date.
Cut back to the present!
Our cab today is the most happening one! The shreyas for that goes to Harsha. Today when he speaks, my filters have automatically vanished. Infact, there are days when we drag Harsha and urge him to initiate a conversation. If there is one person, who can handle anybody-good or bad, then it must be Harsha. Harsha widened the scope for fun by putting together the best of the 2 cabs:)
Be it forcing ppal to treat or holi celebs or b'day celebs or farewell celebs, our cab has a life of its own!
So, be it Suresh aka Mafia king or Shrinidhi aka If looks cud kill:) or Ravi aka chi chi or Mridula aka don or Arpitha aka Matha or Somaiah aka CEO or Chetan aka R2B:) or Sachin aka Sach-in or Prathibha aka GM:) or Jithu aka hasmukh or Uday aka wiki or Yashoda no-aka Aunty:) or Sid aka DJ, or Ravi aka no treats or Sunil aka rice prince or Srisha aka @ peace or Sangeeta aka patience galore or Prasanna aka people's manager or Ashu aka Kishore daaa;each one of us have our distinct identities and tho some of us no-longer take the cab, their memories with Route no.7 will stay on this blog forever:)So, keep reading!
A link to a very very ancient blog posting of mine on our 8:15pm cab. 2 of the tormentors no longer work with MindTree, but the tutor is still hanging around!
9 comments:
Ha ha me the first to comment grt ...
and why Somaiah called as "CEO ".
Plz mention ur name "Radio Galata " always screaming ... but still it was wonderfull time i had with u guys miss u all
I miss the heavenly sleep when great Ramanna was behind the wheels, I miss the moments of weightlessness sitting at the last seat, tuning the FM station as if it was my birth right, miss the samosa's, bajjis and CEO's sprouts, miss gyaan sessions by Uday, Maata’s prescence, chi chi's "touching" moments with CEO! Miss commenting on Cma's getup. Those smiling faces and fun moments. The wait at the bus stop with Kiran and Prasanna. But for Harsha and Cma, this route would not have been what it is. Hats off to you both!
Looks like the gal who she was very very long ago has now turned into a fine writer AUNTY ... hehe
Thanks for the emotional "atyachaar"
heeeeeeeyyyy...ccccccma....what a lovely blog!!! really......Well I agree to every word in that blog...I just want to mention that people envy Route No.7 @ MT. Some of the comments are :
1.WOW...you guys reallly manage to do all this consistently??!!!
2. My God...even after so many years the cab is still so lively..unlike ours :-P...
And yes off course all this would not be possible without you and harsha...thank ya guys...for making my stay in MT more fun, meaningful and lovable :-)
To Suresh:
Everyone wants to know y Somaiah is called "CEO", well I can only hope that Chetan[a new guy in the cab] who gave Somaiah this name takes time out to read this blog n post his reasoning:)
To Sid:
2 much of emotional atyachaar eh:)
To Maaatha,
I echo ur thoughts...there is lots more to write abt ...ppal complained abt this one's length only....let me c...I will try n start a series of cab stories in the days to come:)
N Maatha...thanks for showering ur blessings n ur divine presence:)..My blog will finally have its wishes fulfilled!!
Got to clarify……….i was witness to the chi chi touching moments with the DJ….nd yes…from a safe distance……. chi chi has moved on since……….its ravi (yet another one) now
Nd the radio in cab hasn’t played since the DJ left :)
Thanks Cma, Arpitha, Sid and all others...
The one of the most lovely things I miss is really the travelling in our Route No. 7...so many times, I have tried myself hard to come in the 6:45 bus just to have fun...and in this route (whoever is reading other than Route 7 minds), we have lovely bunch of ppl, who always be ready to treat, in fact I used to get advance booking for treats...
and when Cma is there, the bus would be much more rocking like anything...and I get one bakri to start teasing and pulling her leg and fighting (literally).
Enjoy Cma for now...till I m back..
Have fun guys and gals...
PS: Here I travel in bus to office but its a lonely journey ( can't sleep also in the morning as its not the last stop or no one to wake me up )...but since my office is close to Gymnasium ( its School aka College not Gym), I get to have nice sight seeing everyday ;-) )
@Harsha : U wr the most lucky and the lazy one in our bus ...Bus stops right in front of his house and complained me and Manish for having diffrnt stops at a short distance stating the waste of time ....
Nice read! You guys been having so much fun.
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