The Charm of Being Plump

Being plump or well-rounded is practical for a family man like Devi because he knows how the world functions, for the most part. It’s not that every day someone is given a fantastic prefix: “Sexy,” a term of affection playfully bestowed on him by a fellow plump man, Mandeep, who shared similar bodily features.

There’s hardly any doubt that Devi would ultimately share a valiant tale or two with anyone willing to listen about how the peculiar title that he had come to receive had stuck on him. On the other hand, Suresh, his financial counterpart, got dubbed with an equally amusing appellation — “Truck Driver” and why to leave GG out, he earned a hefty accolade for himself — “CHICHA.”

Plus, the extensive IT experience that someone like Devi can readily relate with others, but GG won’t listen to anyone about anything: it’s his way or the highway — except maybe listening only to the plastically smiling receptionist, Ann Mary R., whose friendly demeanour he interprets positively: while disregarding our oversights that never worked in his favour. However, it’s commendable that Devi has come to recognize the madness around us, besides the clear and present danger of GG’s narcissism being the foulest among everything else. And how crazy, at times, the world can get to be: populated with seemingly perfect individuals leading flawless lives just like Ann Mary R., the damsel — who, at least, to our knowledge at Satyam, had never known distress to speak of — hung enraptured over the finest chocolates that GG used to bring her from abroad.

Experience teaches; it alone counts, and all else falls by the wayside, and Devi knows that perfectly well. Good things happen to good people, though. The charm of being “Sexy Devi.”

Being known as “Sexy Devi” (thanks to Mandeep’s impeccable comic timing during those beautiful days when we shared in our office on the 5th floor of the TSR Towers. Oh, how fast have they gone!) this fond memory remains a modest yet significant aspect that we, as friends, now forgotten former colleagues, can wholeheartedly acknowledge for Devi the family man!