And I was Tagged ! It seems that there is no escaping the Blog It Forward phenomena and I was honored to be tagged by frank.koehntopp who'e been one of my inspirations when it comes to DSLR photography.
(Image Courtesy : Wikipedia) [The Squirrel reference]
That's me and and if the image above gives you the impression that I am generally always very busy you should see my mom :smile: . I was born, brought up and schooled in the small, sleepy Steel Township of Durgapur. My dad worked in a bank and my mom was a teacher and they always encouraged me to take independent decisions right from a very small age. As an effect I've been very comfortable taking decisions on my own and in the end live with the consequences. I think this is one of the greatest gifts that they gave me.
(My parents with Jim, at our house in Durgapur)
Though I have a Mechanical Engineering degree, I've always been fascinated with computers (First brush was when I was in my 9th standard and I owned my first ever PC, my first laptop in 2006) and hence I quit my first job with a manufacturing company and jumped into software. Before I knew it, I was working for SAP and then IBM and now, after 9 years I think it's been a hell of a ride. I've joined SCN (which literally changed my life), co-authored a SAP Press book on SAP MII and became a SAP Mentor, things that I'd never expected I will do/achieve and have gained knowledge, love and very good friends all over the world.
Stuff that you might not know about me (Frank's questions).
I have a lot of hobbies that I actively pursue. I am a gadget freak and an Android fanboy, my latest acquisitions being the Nexus 7 tablet. I am also a gamer and own a Gaming laptop, a PS3, a PS2, a PSP and have already pre-ordered a OUYA.
I am into literary events for e.g. Quizzing, What's the Good Word, Dumb Charades etc. and have participated and won events since school (I, obviously, had very good teammates)
I am a movie buff, not as hardcore as my good friend martin.gillet2
I also love listening to music, mostly rock and metal from the 80's and 90's but listen to anything that appeals to my ears even if I do not know the language. Love Pink Floyd, have watched Roger Waters live in concert and my still unfulfilled dream is to watch David Gilmour live which I am not sure is going to ever happen :sad: .
(With Jason Wade of Lifehouse at the Berlin Airport)
I have a lovely wife and a one and a half year old son, whom I wanted to name "Roger Keith Syd Barrett Bhattacharjee" but was vetoed out by almost everybody... sigh :sad: . We finally named him Ahir. (The longest time that I gave up gaming was after my son was born, for almost a year and a half. It's been a month that I have dusted off my Laptop and started gaming a little bit again, though all of my consoles are still packed.)
Now if these were not embarrassing enough here are a few more :
I love the gadgets I own and am very possessive about them, sometimes maybe more than human beings. I lost my cool and blasted my wife Haimanti (then fiance) when she dropped one edge of my laptop from about an inch off the ground. I was meeting her for the first time.
I have trained to play the Tabla for 6 years when I was a kid and the drums. I can sing (I think) and have been a part of the SAP band called SAPTAK. I was supposedly a western vocalist and the only song number that I sang was RHCP's Californication for the band sound check.
I have acted in multiple plays since school and have also participated in the amateur theater scene in Bangalore where we staged Woody Allen's God. I played Trichinosis if you wanted to know. I apologize to everyone who had to endure my acting skills over these years but if they knew I was acting and still attended the plays, they deserved it :wink: .
(The cast and crew of the Woody Allen play - God. Me - extreme left)
Two Very Random Facts about myself
- My favorite games of all time are : Half-Life (was incidentally the first game I ever played in college on dipankar.saha3's computer. Yes he was my senior in college) , Half-Life 2 and the God of War series.
- The most played song on my iPod which trumps every other song in terms of play count is Creep by Radiohead.
Tag it Forward
I would tag it to dipankar.saha3, somnath.manna, craig.cmehil, martin.gillet2 and graham.robinson. They are some of the few who have inspired and mentored me over the years and I couldn't thank them enough for everything they did for me.
Questions
- If there was something in your life that you could change what would it be ?
- How has the SCN or the SAP community influenced you or played a part in defining who you are today.
- One embarrassing incident that you would remember your entire life.
Bonus Photo
Me, with the coolest CEO that I have ever met.
(Photo Courtesy of the awesome Martin Gillet)
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