Days of my life!!

Over the past few months, the job market here in India has really opened up and every company has had to let go a bunch of good and bad employees, while gracefully welcoming a new batch. Every employee comes up with his or her own reason for quitting – better prospects, new profile, chance to work closer to home and many more; but chances are that almost 90% of the employees leave for only one reason – more money!! With this background, allow me to introduce you to the hero of our story – Sreedhara Venupillai (name changed). I have no idea why I had to change his name; no one reads my blog anyways…but still. So, Mr. Sreedhara Venupillai quit his job in a big firm and went on to join a even bigger firm without knowing that the formalities of the exit interview had been outsourced, by his previous employers, to a HR Analytics Firm. Hence, the news of our hero’s resignation travelled through the world wide web and reached an excel sheet which was being maintained by this HR firm...

After a more than exciting match last Wednesday, between India and Pakistan, it was no surprise that the last day of the financial year was spent on discussing literally everything that occurred on the fateful night in Mohali. India won the match by 29 runs and booked a spot in the World Cup final, thanks to a 85 not out by Sachin Tendulkar and some lusty blows by Suresh Raina in the death overs. Credit must also go to the Indian bowlers - Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan and Yuvraj Singh, who picked up 2 wickets a piece and ensured a sweet victory for the dignitaries, from Delhi and Islamabad, who had tuned up for a crunch semi-final. However, it was the mannerism in which he game was played that brought a doubt in everyone's minds and became the lead topic of discussion for a billion people in India and abroad. Sachin getting dropped 5 times, Haffez's shot selection after his fluent knock, Younis Khan's and Misbah's strike rate as they chased 260 all ...