From Harsha, with Love
"Sandeep, you guys were really good"
As someone who gets his fair share of compliments (Modesty is not really my forte, if you haven't guessed), this would not have been the most earth - shattering statement if you don't consider who gave it.
If Shah Rukh Khan had given it - Ho-hum.If Aishwarya Rai had given it - Ho-hummer
I have never really been a fan of anyone famous. And having got to know more about the media, even less. The egotistical asshole I am, I think it’s rather juvenile to take autographs from anyone famous.
But there is one man whom I am an unabashed fan of. He has such an awesome presence.
He is one of the wittiest guys I have seen.(BTW, I consider wit to be the single biggest indicator of IQ and EQ).The combination of his brilliance and humility makes him even more endearing -
His name is Harsha Bhogle.And I haven't even mentioned cricket yet
So when we went for the debate in Acumen 2005, hosted by Harsha, I wanted to tell him so many things
"Harsha, you are the best thing to have happened to Indian Cricket after Sachin"
"Harsha, you are one of the biggest reasons I am here"
"Harsha, keep inspiring"
Instead I mumbled something about marketing and advertising! Like I don't do that enough in life anyway. For the first time in my life I didn't know what to say!!!
So when he took us aside and said that he thought we did extremely well in the debate, and I asked him to write that down in the autograph, I forgave myself.
I forgive the fact, that after a rather good performance we still came only second in the debate... I forgive the possible bias the judges might have had.I forgive the fact that we might have got the wrong end of the topic.I forgive the judge who asked me to come up with an entire marketing strategy to brand Nariyal Pani in 10 seconds..and that too in a rebuttal of a debate!!!!.I forgive my dhobi who made sure I wore a ridiculosly oversized,borrowed shirt on national television.I forgive the guy who decided the host (harsha) cannot judge
Because I now have a personal autograph that says
"Sandeep, you guys were really good" Signed.Harsha Bhogle
I feel like God
As someone who gets his fair share of compliments (Modesty is not really my forte, if you haven't guessed), this would not have been the most earth - shattering statement if you don't consider who gave it.
If Shah Rukh Khan had given it - Ho-hum.If Aishwarya Rai had given it - Ho-hummer
I have never really been a fan of anyone famous. And having got to know more about the media, even less. The egotistical asshole I am, I think it’s rather juvenile to take autographs from anyone famous.
But there is one man whom I am an unabashed fan of. He has such an awesome presence.
He is one of the wittiest guys I have seen.(BTW, I consider wit to be the single biggest indicator of IQ and EQ).The combination of his brilliance and humility makes him even more endearing -
His name is Harsha Bhogle.And I haven't even mentioned cricket yet
So when we went for the debate in Acumen 2005, hosted by Harsha, I wanted to tell him so many things
"Harsha, you are the best thing to have happened to Indian Cricket after Sachin"
"Harsha, you are one of the biggest reasons I am here"
"Harsha, keep inspiring"
Instead I mumbled something about marketing and advertising! Like I don't do that enough in life anyway. For the first time in my life I didn't know what to say!!!
So when he took us aside and said that he thought we did extremely well in the debate, and I asked him to write that down in the autograph, I forgave myself.
I forgive the fact, that after a rather good performance we still came only second in the debate... I forgive the possible bias the judges might have had.I forgive the fact that we might have got the wrong end of the topic.I forgive the judge who asked me to come up with an entire marketing strategy to brand Nariyal Pani in 10 seconds..and that too in a rebuttal of a debate!!!!.I forgive my dhobi who made sure I wore a ridiculosly oversized,borrowed shirt on national television.I forgive the guy who decided the host (harsha) cannot judge
Because I now have a personal autograph that says
"Sandeep, you guys were really good" Signed.Harsha Bhogle
I feel like God
posted by Sandeep at 8:02 PM
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This was a nice post Sandeep. Enjoyed reading it thoroughly!
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