P1 - The ice-breaker!

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Princess to her father, brat to her mother and almost narcissist about her name – Sakshi. Here I am finally to break the ice. :) Good evening TM, fellow TMs and dear guests. I was born in the desert land of Bikaner, Rajasthan at my maternal house. After three months of all the celebration past my birth I went to Al Saud, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; where my parents both being medical professionals were serving there at a local hospital. After three years of service there, and failing afterwards to get released from their job, my parents with me absconded to India. In motherland, after hopping from towns like Ludhiana (which was then as disputed as Kashmir has always been), we all finally settled at Khetri Copper Complex, for next 10 years to come. Khetri, is a small public sector enterprise in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. I had the best time of my life there. Studying in prestigious and reputed school like Sophia, I was active in way too any activities. Apart from all the illegal ones, I was into dance, drama and sports like badminton and basketball. I was the rough and tough kind. I almost loved bruised ankles and elbows. After all I didn’t know till then that people normally have to pay for the bandages and the dressing of the wound. After living there like little spoilt child, my parents decided that it was time to move on to a bigger city so as to provide me with better education and broader vision. It was my time for the reality check. New place new people and a school with only girls. This was abnormal for me. Seeing my past records of all the adventure trips on cycle.. None of my plan has ever been without a guy. And now here I was in this vast pool of girls. I almost failed at making friends for 2 years and then the school was over. But nonetheless I always had my best friend by my side, my mother! :) Meanwhile I fell in love! Fell in love with this new city, which I still am. Am all consumed in my love for Pink City - Jaipur. Me and my friends state this too often.. “Roam all the places possible, nowhere are the right thick and thin of Jaipur” I took admission in a city engineering college after my 12th; and dedicated four complete years in learning, discovering and spreading all the pathways and hangout places in and around Jaipur. In college I was the leader who made sure that once planned no one ever dares to attend the college on a mass bunk day. My cupboard proudly donned 2 denims and a dozen of Tees with witty lines on it (of course). I had a total of 4 Indian suits for 4 practical exams every semester. That is of course until I joined Infosys! To sum up what all I am today, would be incomplete without me mentioning my 2 brethren for life: First being my college room- mate Anjali, my partner in crime @ Hostel.; and an amazing clay animation artist, professionally. And then is Gola, for the world - Utkarsh. My partner in crime @ college. And seriously we were criminals to our lecturers. There was one particular lecturer who modified a very famous and archaic African legend to make our college mates understand the gravity of our crimes and its impact on them. The old legend is - “one rotten fish in a pack causes all the rest to go rotten” He made some minor but vital changes and said - “Two fat rotten fishes in a pack causes all the rest to go rotten” Well one fat fish is standing here and the other one is presently an intern at O n M, I hope he will make it big in the advertisement world some day. It is less to say when I say that, I cannot do without these two amazing people in my life. I left behind the comfort of my dear family and friends in August 2009 to start my career with Infosys knowing not what I want and I am still without a clue.
But for now, the criminal has made it to Infosys. One word: Beware!