MY XPERIMENT WITH TRUTH(s)

Initially when I started to pen-down this article,the only name which struck to mind is Gandhiji's "My Experiments with Truth".But then I thaught may be Gandhiji might have copyrighted this name .In that case,the gandhi's might sue me & to be sued at this tender age of writership wouldn't do any good to me.So, as Shahrukh khan starer "ASHOKA" became "ASOKA";so did "MY Experiments with Truth" changed to "My Xperiments with Truth(s)".

After waiting anxiously and finally desperately for 2-3 days during my summer training, at last I asked my mentor(Pravat to be precise),"Sir, after all what is the need of a Civil Eng. at the site?Are we involved in anything technical?"He replied, rahter gruelingly"As a Civil Eng., Will you tie-up the reinforcement or lay down the P.C.C.(read it as plain cement concrete).These are the works of labours and masons.We are not supposed to do this kind of stuffs.And we have foreman to guide them & supervisor is also there in case there is shortage of any ingredient."I got my answer & smiles were there on the face of both of us.

Then suddenly as if he discovered some gem which he missed out telling,"yeah, you can also check if the construction is going as per the dimensions & you can even cross-check the Levelling etc done by the foreman." This time the smiles grew bigger.

Throwing light on the whole process of Construction at the site:- the drawing comes from some architectural firm(they were generally good,and at least my eyes couldn't figure-out much flaws as I have some special affection to architects unlike other civil engineers....:-) ).If you can understand the drawing,its fine;otherwise it is the foreman's work to make it understand to the supervisors,labours and masons. Thus in nutshell,you will get a piece of paper, pass it on to the foreman & your job is done.

So,everyone used to get 20 -25 thousand bucks just for standing in the sun.And for a guy like me who has got this habbit right from my school days because of one punishment or the other,this was no big deal.Ohhhh!!!! how can I forget our favourate time-pass.Just after lunch or whenver we got bored, we used to stand outside ur site gate & glare at the chicks(air-hostess to be precise).My flavour was Kingfisher,pravat liked Air-India as he liked traditional girls.

When I joined,I was told that pravat was to leave in 5 days & after that I was to look after the site. That thaught even braught shivers to me. But after I got to know about my job from pravat,I was relieved :P.

Finally,those 1.5 months went by.I went to my project-head to take my certificate & I got a pleasant surprise when he applauded me for my work(which work????) & gave me a PPO(Pre Placement Offer);not to forget the stipend too.

I thaught,after coming out,"What in me did impress him?Was it standing tall & strong in the scorching heat of delhi from 9 A.M.-6 P.M. or my choice of kingfisher matched with his :P?"