Magic

The wand of the winds have started to blow
There is this unique feeling that has started to grow
I thought, picked and throw
Ideas resulting in high and low

Never had this magic on me started to spell
For past two months Hazira is the place to dwell
Learning always happens through creation
This is the place where there is all the action!

Magic has got to me right to the Core
Essar has made me look away from the shore
Solitary is what I never endure
Meeting with humans is the only cure.

Problems are plenty which we think
Gets solved by Magic in a wink
All businesses here are link
Hope is the only prospect which never gets sink.

Wizard of words is what I dreamt of being
No one knows the potential of doing
Magic does not let you sleep, walk or run
It lets you fly enjoying all the Fun!

There is never this “right time of doing things”
All you need to do is your heart which sings
Believe in yourself and magician you become
One of the take-away I have taken from some!

Hazira is sported by Cricket matches
Filled with colour the Dance completion lashes
Theatre play makes us all laugh here
Pool takes at night all my care!

Induction is keeping me up and down
It feels this company has been always my own
The magic of working here has started coming to me
Essar is the place where I should be!!

I Hope

I hope to hope that hope is not hopeless

Life is a cream live it without stress,

Love live life wife wine dine done

This is what you get by changing one (letter)

I hope I was Vasco de gama last life

Travelling is what I believe is life..

I hope to travel to 20 countries overall

Counting has started and I m sure I shall..

100 bn dollars is my vision

I hope to get it without much tension…

I hope all my friends are always there for me

Still searching for the special one who is the She !!!

I hope it was cold out in Hazira here

I am rising competitors beware:

I hope for me there will be more than just Prison ( Break )

people will start understanding the language of the human

I hope i can make myself famous in this mysterious world

Make money not only in equity and debt but also in gold:

I hope to meet Deepika ( padukone ) a day

how big a fan am i can say:

I hope never to lose hope

I wish to live fullest and not just to cope:

I hope I become an Extrovert someday

To have a lot of friends to celebrate on my bday:

I don’t wish to hope anymore

Coz I will be perfectionist people will chore:

Looking down the line 10 years from now

I want to see myself more eager to grow:

Now I will try to understand more people

"Coz relationships matter" says the Holy Bible

Original Thoughts

Gaurav

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TEA AUCTION@ IIFT

Thursday, August 9, 2007

"Musings at Tea Auction "

Visit to TEA AUCTION – IIFT TRADE CLUB MEMBERS ----

31st July 2007- Early in the morning around 7 am we started our journey to the TEA BOARD AUCTION near Dalhousie from respected hostels. My first impression about the event was that it would be a boring one and as seen in the movies and heard by peers.However it was just the opposite of the impression I had in mind.

As we reached the auditorium we were seated in the last 2 rows and were instructed not to make any kind of noise because it could hamper the auction process. Then the AUCTION process started. There were 3 people sitting in front who were conducting the auction process i.e. the auctioneers and on the other side of the desk were around 70 people, i.e. the BIDDERS who included the high profile tea sellers like TATA , Hindustan Unilever Limited, DUNCANS, GOKUL, PREMIER group, OMKARA, JAGGU, KESARIA group, BALA group, MKL group, TEWARI group. The interesting part of the auction was the behaviour of the bidders and the auctioneer.

The process-

Tea is sold in lots with each lot being given a unique number and there was a price associated with each lot and details of the lots like the quantity and approximate price was already with the bidders. The bidders can take the whole of a lot or can divide among the bidders at the settlement price if required. Then the bidders have to take the physical delivery of the tea lots as per their bidding. Once the auctioneer banged the hammer on the table the lot was finalised and nothing was to be done regarding that lot any more.

PARTIES IN THE PROCESS

1-The AUCTIONEER,

we had the privilege of seeing 2 of them, the 1st one for 7 minutes and the next one for around an hour. Certain characteristics of the same were: he was a very fast speaker with ears of precision. He was the one who was interacting with the bidders and writing down the orders as per the price settled of the lot and then banging the hammer on the table. The best part was that he was able to identify which company had bid at the instant second, as for a single company 2-3 representatives were present who were sitting in different parts of the auditorium and he was pushing the bidders to offer better price. And one thing that strikes out was that in such fast hue and cry he was able to make jokes..(It was outstanding).

2-The BIDDERS, who were around 60-70 present that day, were the real ones to make note of and be analysed. One feature which I noticed was that 3-4 people of an organisation were present but were not sitting together, actually in different parts of the auditorium. They had code words like a typical shriek and making different kinds of noises which were tough to crack. They had all the required information of the lots and accordingly they were bidding. They were also making notes of the party and the rate at which the lots were sold.

Overall it was a great experience and it was the first time I saw a live auction been held. We were there for around and hour in the auditorium during which around 300 lots were sold, obviously not all lots were sold, for some bidders were not interested. Staying in Kolkata for last 22 years, I haven’t got such an opportunity as this one which I have got after joining IIFT. After it we along with some of the seniors went to Victoria memorial and thereafter returned to home