Tuesday, April 20, 2010

He is like the Wind. He used to come when i least expect him, greets me with a huge smile on his face and the next moment he is gone. He is a man full of energy, talkative and believe me he has a great sense of humor. I used to spend only a couple of minutes now and then, sometimes at my cube and sometimes during coffee break, as he has a lot of work to take care off. Prior to this, he used to work in Navy, which he is always proud off. He used to talk about his experiences in Navy at-least once in every conversation that I had with him. By the way, I am neither his friend, nor his colleague. I am actually a friend of his friend but he always behaved like we are close buddies. He used to say that he has to work for very long hours in a day, including Saturdays. I used to appreciate him for his commitment towards work and he used to tap my shoulder and say that “its part of my job”. Anything that we ask him related to WPR, he used to get it done in minutes. He always felt that it is his responsibility to provide proper support to Employees with respect to WPR, so that we feel most comfortable during our stay in office. His name is “Manju Subramanya, Project Manager, Facilities-India-Campus”. He was a building manager while we were in SA and now he was in a similar position in Campus. A week ago, he came near my cube with some other person, checking certain things and I purposefully didn’t bother to talk to him as I was working on something. I wish, I would have behaved in a different way. Today I was communicated that he is no-more. He died of Heart-Attack at his native place K.R Nagar (Mysore). I cannot believe it, neither my friend nor his acquaintances. He will always be remembered as a strong willed, gentle natured, jovial, ready-to-help sort of a person. I whole-heartedly wish that whatever is his after-life, should be good and peaceful.

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