whenever there
is an odd placement in the drawing, they help me out.”
“ Hmm,” nodded Saurav as he
sipped some water. Then he asked “so, are you exploring anything
else in here Laksha?”
"Yeah, everything actually," Laksha
said, feeling comfortable with him.
"We are working with clients abroad as
well; we have a few customers who stick with us, but the
advancement in interiors abroad is still not met. What’s your take
on this?”
She continued, “I am exploring
minimalism now, doing great. I love the concept and am researching
well on that, I usually sit and read about it. I also implemented
the concept in my recent submission. My lead appreciated me for the
same.”
“ Exactly! That’s the reason
you’re sitting right in front of me Laksha.”
“ I don’t get you, sir,” she
stammered.
"I saw your design, and was very
impressed to see the minimalism concept-based models from you. This
is my exploration as well, living well with the least fundamental
things around, constructing designs with multi-functional items
that are pretty important these days. I have seen people
implementing this for other clients, but not in India, thinking
people here loves to live in the most sophisticated way. Your
design attracted me," he said.
She was completely overwhelmed and
failed to respond for a minute, but her smile and eyes spoke about
her excitement.
“ So Laksha, do you know
about Egalitarianism ?” he questioned.
“ No,” she answered honestly,
which got Saurav’s attention.
"It's a term used to denote equality
within an organization. This is followed by the US and other
countries, but not in India. Here we have this power distance,
which I don't care a damn about. I don't want a pyramid structure
in my organization. I want the young talents to pitch in and prove
well. I hope you are one of them. I want you to take up a full-time
job with us. What do you think?" he asked.
"Sir, it's my pleasure! Oh my God, I
didn’t expect this, thank you, thank you so much!" she
said.
"Great, that's nice to hear, the other
terms and details will be explained by HR. Keep up the good work.
Keep exploring everything, and we will often meet going forward.
Just finish this one, and then I will assign you a project
myself."
“ Sure, sir, with pleasure,”
she replied.
“ Okay, keep up the good
work. See you soon Laksha, bye for now, take care,”
"Thank you, sir," Laksha left the room
all smiles and the whole team saw her walking out of the room. Many
comments were passed, which she turned a deaf ear to.
***
Pick me up today, we will
eat at a good restaurant near my hostel, Laksha sent an SMS to Sai.
Done sweetheart, Yamaha is
dying to honor you, he replied.
Sai raced to reach on time. When she
sat on the bike he adjusted his mirror to see her reactions while
he rode. Though she saw this, she pretended to be unaware and made
more cute faces.
“ Egalitarianism, power
distance, minimalism, Saurav sir is the best da,” Lakshasaid after
ordering two cold coffees.
“ Sir huh? LOL!” he
laughed.
“ Shut up! He is my boss, he
is so brilliant man, now I know why he is the boss,” Laksha kept
praising Saurav.
“ Yeah, even I can talk all
this bullshit if I spend an hour googling about interior
designing,”
“ Hmm! I smell smoke, do
you?” she chuckled.
"You're irritating me now, see am
leaving." he said.
"Hey, ok ok, no more Saurav topic. Now
let's talk about us," she said.
“ What? Us?” Sai’s eye
widened to twice the usual size.
“ Hehehe, I mean only things
related to you or me, let’s not discuss others, am I clear now?”
she asked.
“ As always! Surrendered!” he
adjusted his straw to finish the last of his cold
coffee.
“ Drop me back home, I have
to pack,” she said after doing the same.
“ Hmm, to pack?” he
asked.
“ I am planning to go home!
I’m home-sick,”
“ Tickets booked? Which
flight?”
“ My grandpa runs a flight
exclusively, don’t you know?” she