I was selected. I joined the company on 10th October 1990.
My journey in Punjab started. In 1991 I met Monica the girl who made my life went steady with her for almost 8 months and we were engaged to get married on May 10th 1992.
March 25th 1992 I resigned from my job at Jalandhar and took up a job at Bangalore. Married Monica on May 10th 1992 and went back to Bangalore. We were there from May to November.
I still recall our neighbours were mostly students and we used to play cricket outside our house every evening me, monica and the students. One student was from North India I do not remember his name but there was a cook by name Krishna who used to cook in his place and at times used to cook at our place just for the heck of it.
November 1992 I resigned and off we went to Ludhiana. My wife took up college life again and her friends used to come home and we used to visit them. One girl by name Sukhi and another Lekha. Sukhi was a very pretty girl she was a sikh girl where as Lekha a Bong her father a SAIL officer.
After 2 years and 8 months I took up an assignment at Jaipur. This was the first company in my career wherein the employer invited my wife for a two day trip along with me to visit Jaipur and the CEO Mr. S.D. Mathur and his wife who lives in 1 Bani Road made sure we fell in love with Jaipur and would certainly work with them. This company was in the making.
That was in 1995. Vanshaj my elder son was born that year in December. He was born in Jalandhar after a couple of months we brought the frail boy to Jaipur after which we had almost six months of a torturous stay as Vanshaj never kept well those six months. I finally in consultation with my better half found a job in Jalandhar and resigned from my job at Jaipur.
Jaipur was one place where our friend circle started. Devendra Sharma - a nice well spoken gentleman married now. I still remember his parents very - caring and gentle. B.P Singh (the Rajput) - another wonderful person to be with but never ever heard of him after I left Jaipur but do have hopes of meeting him sometime. Rajesh Sharma - He his wife and two children I meet them when ever I go to Jaipur. He is one who became very attached to Vanshaj and Vanshaj to him. Vanshaj used to always call him Jaresh when he was small. Rajesh hails from Karouli thats where the Red Sandstone quarries are in Rajasthan and they are called the Karouli stone.
During our stay at Jalandhar we stayed at 5 different houses in the 5 year 15 days of stay. the first house we stayed for one month as a makeshift house where we never slept even one night. It only held our luggage. From there we shifted to Jain Colony to the family of Jathedar Jaimal Singji where we had one room a kitchen and an attached bathroom. There was an attached bathroom which was a link to the family of Jathedar Jaimal Singh. The family which consisted of Jathedar Jaimal Singh, with his wife, their son Amarjit Singh and his wife and three children - Jasmandeep Kaur the eldest daughter, Amandeep Kaur the second daughter and Simarjeet Singh the youngest child and the only son. Jasman and Aman used to come home to clarify doubts in mathematics and the two girls and my wife used to chat and chat endlessly. That was the first time I came across such a wonderful family that has become a part of my own world. That was the beginning and I never ever imagined that this family with whom I stayed only for a year would become an intricate part of my life at that time.
They decided to sell off their house and we had no option but to move when they sold off their house with a promise to us that they would be most pleased to have us back once they had their own house.
We shifted to a Jain family house in the first floor. Where we stayed for two years. Vanshaj Joined pre-nursery here and that was where he learnt the first few lessons in life. We were just two blocks away from Monica's parents house.
When Amarjit Singh my ex-owner built his own house in Guru Gubind Singh Nagar Colony and one fine day Jasman, Aman and their mother whom to this day for some odd reason we call didi called upon us and told us to shift we did, to once again become a part of their family - Ties grew into strong bonds and to this day we maintain the bond the relationship that took us years to build.
Although we were there with them for only an year I remember every detail there.
Although we were there with them for only an year I remember every detail there.
Of Jasman there are many things that need mention - oops Jass sorry that I forgot to put in earlier - this little girl now engaged on the 27th May 2007 in Jalandhar - had managed to convince Vanshaj then in IInd grade that he ought to be a chemical engineer to be eligible to get married and lo when I was home from work Jasman and her pretty young sister pushed Vanshaj to me. Vanshaj came upstairs and said confidence fully boosted, "Papa main chemical engineer ban na chahata hoon", when asked why a chemical engineer - the beans was spilled. The pretty pair laughing practically fell on the floor.
Jasmandeep Kaur - before marriage
Jasmandeep Kaur - before marriage
We moved to the last house in Jalandhar where Sushrut was born and the movement from Jalandhar then began - the quest to search for a new place a new land far from the wonderful list of friends we had gathered - there are many whom I have not mentioned. The most remembered are the only ones I have mentioned in my pages.
The quest in Hyderabad will take on a new chapter in my life.
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