Of Knighted Greek Gods who Tame Shrews!

So..


He said.. Ria, We are Greek Gods and they are mere mortals. But ,with great power comes great responsibility. Because ,the evil that men do lives after them, and the good is oft interred with their bones..

This gentleman in the red shirt..Yes the one with the seemingly crooked nose, profoundly critical eyes and a mass of crisp kinky hair..is my friend Karthik. Acquaintance as he would put it. "Friend" as I have always maintained!

You see being friends with a Greek god, high on a pedestal isn't very easy. For he is all that I am not. Organized,Intelligent, Analytical,Patient, Meticulous,disciplined...Perfect to the T! Ha! I almost believed it. But you see all good things come to an end (however tall they maybe!).Beneath that "Mister V Karthik to the world" lies an individual who is so much like me! Emotional, adventurous, maddeningly comic.. endlessly talkative and silently loud!
He reads my blogs to say that I have punctuation and spelling mistakes, and tells me "why dont you ever write about me!" His strongly silent persona comes so seamlessly undone when he talks about Sachin Tendulakar being God's gift to mankind or when he sings Jaati Hoon Main Jaldi hai kya. Oh and yes, did I tell you about the disco dancer..the blue mask the silver shoes,the pelvic thrust.(Smirk, guffaw!!!) Nautanki is his middle name,sandwiched between Shakespeare and Batman!

Karthik's claim to fame at Sterling, are his stern eyes, punctuality and almost vampire like fangs.. He is at his terrible best when he needs to collect junta together for an Altus event( preferably Dumb Charades or Pictionary..eww!) or make us believe that Altus is the Managers answer to the employee union (blah!). :P Why else do they call him "Wicked Vampy", I say!!

I was almost scared of him, almost .. But then it is almost always impossible to daunt my fiery spirit! And so ,I spent some of my best Sterling afternoons sketching on his desk while engaging him in utterly buttery nonsensical one sided conversation! Some of my best Sterling Mornings ,were of course when he got those packs of karachi bakery biscuits from hyderabad! Yummy.. He says its his pleasure to see mankind( in particular, ME) to indulge in shameless gluttony! I agree, because I simply cannot think of any other reason on earth which would make anyone part with a huge pack of LinDt chocolates!! My most memorable Sterling evenings, when he gifted me a gigantic bagful of chocolates , an endless supply of Neutrogena and .. a statue of Liberty!

A man of many faces, a singer a dancer a dramatist a watch collector a driver a basket ball player an IIT 7 point somone, a dreamer and a believer. Kar has a streak of unbelievable passion in him( that explains the broken bones!). He shares every small happiness with everyone around him. If you are down and out, he is the best person to go to. He never hangs up if he cant make you smile! Because like he says , "baby I hav a a phd in making a :( to a :) !"

I hope you realize now that the reason I never blogged about you, is because, perfekshun kannot B vorded! :P
Cheers to you and that Glen Morgan spirit! Thank you for all you have been and never "get lost or go jump"!

-Ria

PS:The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Karthik..Its all part of the plan..WHYYY so Seeerious ..I say ;)