Top influences in my life

1. My Parents – For everything what I am today. I love you mom-dad.
2. Pritha – You have made me calmer, more composed, compassionate…………Love you
   
3. Shantanu, Sayan (Ghosh & Chat), Argha, Barun – friendship is what you taught me. The wonderful adda sessions we have spent for 6 continuous years…they were unadulterated fun. Miss it very much now. Hope someday we will all be in the same city again!
4. Jalu – Well, this is what we call our engineering college…Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College – a place I would never like to go again. But it taught me people skills – be it understanding people, dealing with ‘em, dodging their back-stabbings or mixing with ‘em even if not your friends and so on..
5. Arnab Mukherjee – Although we are not in touch now but this guy introduced me to Pink Floyd which made my college days so memorable. Arnab, a great quizzer, avid traveler but could not bond much with the peers with his urban charm and hence faced with many problems in those 4 years – a learning in itself.
6. Infosys – Despite certain shortcomings, Infy is arguably the best work place I have seen till date. The corporate etiquette, the numerous training sessions, the campuses, the respect you draw as an Infoscion..the list goes on – it transformed me from a college graduate to a professional.
7. IIM Bangalore – It is my first big college where I came to meet some of the best minds in India…Made me more ambitious, focused and aggressive
8. Prof. Trilochan Shastri – He enlightened us about the social sector. The way he taught, the things he taught was something…
9. Mumbai – I never thought I will fall in love with a city in such a short time. Before I visited Mumbai, I never liked it because it was expensive. But after staying there, the cost of living became a non-issue given so many things the city has to offer in its lifestyle, soul and people. I treasure Calcutta and I love Mumbai.
10. Friends, Boston Legal (US sitcoms) – Makes me laugh when I am alone.