Close to two months after college closed, Subhashree got the joining call from IBM – Pune it was. I went to the Chennai Airport to see her off, reassuring her that I would be joining pretty soon.
Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months.. Still no calls from Syntel. The recession wreaked havoc on my life.
In the meantime, Divya had got a call from TCS. Two months later Wipro folks too joined in.
I was sincerely waiting for the Syntel HR to call.
Parents became desperate. Relatives again started comparing Divya and me. To add to the list, my parents started comparing me with Subha and Devi. “You are useless, and the company you get placed is just as you are. Look at your friends – your best friend is a topper, and look where you are!! You are a shame to the family. You ought to have become a school teacher. Waste of 4 lakhs of money. I could have invested this elsewhere”
I was sharing my insecurities with Subha and Praveen, whom else could I turn to?
Both of them were very supportive, encouraging me that Syntel would eventually call me someday. Let’s wait hopefully.
Praveen was trying for the MS CSE course in IIT-Madras. He will be attending his interview tomorrow. I was so excited. I wished him good luck nervously.
He had already tried for NIT Trichy and failed. I only wished that his wild dream would come true this time.