Heya....it was my first day of internship at ilogo,the pvt startup company and yeah what a day it was.....here it goes...
I was supposed to report to office at 1000hrs and dot i was there (surprise!!surprise!!!)...the Dadar-Kurla route was as usual choc-o-block with people or rather sea of people....but i managed to wriggle my way out ...i reached lokhandwala towers and was quite happy with the office setting and my workspace.
Amit(MD) did not waste a moment and tried fanneling work through my system,he introduced me to my guide/subordinate/help/GOD introducing THE Sukku!!!(i know...weird name!! :)).....Amit then briefed me about the events that we are supposed to handle and the point from which i will be taking over the reins for next 08 weeks.
There was this Barclays Capital event where all the top investment bankers of the company(India) are supposed to come together for a fun filled weekend comprising of a sailing expedition/competition for which they have hired 4 yatchs(trying to make sense to you,the magnitude of the event)....and yep we had screwd up the first batch of caps ordered,they did not turn out to be as expected and were to be replaced and I (with Sukku) had to go to the manufacturer and convince him to deliver the goods in this short span of time,simple???!!!...everything but simple!!...my first visit was to the embroidery man Naseem Bhai's place in Madanpura who takes care of the embroidered part of the cap and any other promotional item to be embroidered and hez one tech geek you cannot imagine exists esp looking at his 6*6 “factory” in a place like Madanpura,hez got the latest machines for embroidery and he has all jazzed it up with wi-fi and gadgets you n i can only dream about...so it was quite a surprise to actually see a "bhai" speaking and living the filth have knowledge about the tech world atleast in his domain....After giving him instructions about the changed look of the cap for which he abused poor Sukku and Amit for delaying his work and not knowing what they were doin!!!
Soon after which I moved to the Crawford marketplace in CST area to buy a 2*1.3 mt of satin cloth for another of ICICI event to be held soon,i was admist cloth merchants in one of the biggest bargain house of India and tryingto get a deal that will save some change and make a value for money purchase,to which i did do justice(quite debatable),after the purchase i took the cloth to Dharmesh the designer/printer who does amazing printworks for us and soon between the weird gupshup with him we took the much needed chai break and then the call came....
Amit had this "brilliant" idea/wave of changing the color of the cap and embroidery to Barclays color(turquiose) and silver color respectively came and for that we had to speak to the cap supplier Shabbir bhai i.e. if he can get the material right away and start the work as well we would be sorted,to check on that i made a call to him and asked him the same to which he said...."dekho bhai,tumhara seth paisa utna hi deta hai par kaam jyada karata hai..wahi baat hai...jitne ka murga nahi utne ki masala rehta tum logon ko,par phir bhi tum log dil ke acche log toh ajao factory pe ...dikhata hun maal(cloth)" and after this amazing convo i was so not thrilled to go to his place but Sukku assured me of shabbir bhai being a cool dude and he would actually finish the deal quickly so i was like okie i need the work to be done anyways...so we head to this place called ******** and this place is like ringing in my ears cos i have come across this name somewhere very recently and lo when i reach the place a trumpet blows across my face...KAMATIPURA.....the area for eunuchs and CSW...god i was scared to the core and did not have guts to climb the stairs of the building,i stayed down and asked shabbir bhai to come down and show us the material which he gladly did...and actually shabbir bhai turned out to be real nice guy who knew what he was talking....after the shocker that was the area...
We went back to Naseems place to collect the embroidered samples of the Tshirt and caps which he had not done yet so i had to sit on his head and get him to do it so i could leave for the day,finally after good odd 45 min the samples were ready and absolutly according to our needs,Amit was glad the work got done and he asked me to leave there and guess what after such a tiring day i did not have the energy or the motivation to go back to my office and collect my bag!!!...i left Madanpura to Mahalaxmi to Dadar to Kurla to Vashi!!! phew...a long day indeed......
I would really think twice to buy a reebok jacket/bag or any other branded accessory for that exhorbitant price!!!!! especially knowing at what rate these things are made and the cut given to the karigars involved......!!!
I loved this day to the core,loved it for the simple reason that i was in Bombay for 6 months now but i had never visited these places(Mahalaxmi/Worli/Prabhadevi etc) which i covered in a day!!!
Tomorrows gonna be not just another day but another day of learning!!!
:)
