Thank you

First of all, thankyou. Its nice to know that we are now old enough and have a bit of history behind us. And we have so many of you in big time creative endeavours, who have all taken your first salaries from twistntales !

I have been wanting to put this post on all those who passed out of the twistntales graduation academy !

Starting with Tejal. It made me feel proud to see her name in the papers the other day, going to Sweden on a teacher's exchange prog, esp. for special education teachers. Focussed and clear, she was employee no. 1. We are proud of you, Tejal :)

Mridula - happily married and settled in the Gulf.

Nandana - Wipro Software engr, now in Infy, Chennai - worked in tnt between the 2 jobs ! Hi Nandana, hope to see you in Pune soon.

Shradda - Still very much part of tnt gang, hope we can work together again, once Dhruv starts playgroup !

Rina - married, settled in Ireland - i see your mom everyday !

Ashok Bagade - Due to be a dad anyday ! Congrats !

Nisha - Ira actually calls me ajji ! Yes, Nisha, you are welcome too - If Ira starts daycare !

Shefali - handled our accts in the first 2 years, before Indu aunty.

Sameer - still re-reading Ankit Fadia on hacking computers !

Saroj - A full year, all evenings, while doing her french diploma course. Now teaching in Vidya Valley school. Devotedly brings flowers for our Saraswati every year during Puja, except for this year, when illness took her to ICU. Nice to see you get back to School, Saroj :)

Samar : in different roles, in different times. First worked with us as Summer trainee after Xth class. Then in regular evening slot, the following year after XIIth class. Then, 2005 annual sale time when we needed an extra hand. Now, doing Law, 3rd year. Has started again today in afternoon slot, doing a month long cameo, helping me manage things outside the Store ! Thanks Samar.

Rekha - moved to travel and tourism after graduation, top shot exec. in Travel House, getting married in May. Yes, Rekha, i told you, you would be the first in that group to get married !

Aarti - signs as RT. Our own ABCD, now a top shot corporate lawyer in Mumbai. We have shared many crises together. Even became her aunt and met her evil landlord once !

Geetanjali - Very very difficult to describe her and her transformation. She treated each customer with bhakti and love. Yes, Geetanjali, I miss you the most. Now, a yoga teacher, passes on her wellness to others.

Shrikant - complete madness personified. Our Santa every year. Now a RJ with Radio Mirchi - Hey Quirks 42, why not write for tnt blog ?

Aakash - A filmmaker's director - now Asst. Director in a Bollywood film with Madhavan. Hey Aakash, we misssss you !

Tia - Devoted, passionate, always in tnt loop. doing this blog with me. Will hopefully do content writing for our website one day. Tia, make us your first choice bookstore when your book is ready for launch !

Indu Aunty - Struggled to find balance between work, career, family and home. Picked new skills, learnt driving - Indu, we see you zipping past ... get going with the Stationery Store dream, with the Sunday morning Idli stall idea ! We'll be there for breakfast !

Alisha - Hey u ! when r u getting back ? miss you complete nut case !

Jahnavi - Growing, grown up in twistntales. Learnt to challenge herself again and again.

Jo .... frequent employee status in tnt !

Resh : the maddest of them all. Gone to a heritage hotel .... will wait for her to come back ! Hey Resh.... we miss your tattoos !

Sonali - now two years ! thanks for giving me Sat/ Sun mornings off ! And the black board waits for you, Sonali !

Shama - red hair, mad jokes, hey cool ! that's Shama.

Hmmmmm. Kawstuv and Kshitija have a lot to live up to ! Of course, a whole lot of folks who have grown up/ along with in tnt - Aditya, Vernen, Shibs, Yash, Kaushik, Neena, Anushree .... another day, another post.