The Ex Roomie...

I reckon you already know who am i talking about.... it's Deepesh Shah.... उर्फ Chheda.. now in VJTI I kept my distance with this guy... may be even he kept his.. but the destiny had some other plans in mind ... at first when he told me the story behind his name "Chheda" , obviously i did not believe him.. that's one of his qualities...people just don't have the ability to determine the truth in his words... specially when he is serious....

when you meet this guy ... his hairs lurking out of his shirt will greet you first... i mean if ever Anil kapoor needed a skinny body double... this is the man for the job... and may be that is why people call him "Baalu... "

This guy can also be called a "Psuedo Gujju".. Most of the time I heard Gujjus in the local train compartment... if 2 of them meet, they'll bombard each other with the words like "Interest.. byaaj.... takka... capital..." and as neighbor you have to take most of the heat from that bombardment... like all Indians can make out Punjabi.... most of Mumbaikars can make out Gujarati and of course Marathi... and always the gist of the above conversation is money... I survived such occasions most of the times but the precious half an hour's sleep which we mumbaikar crave for in the local train's compartment is already lost.... and here i met a gujju (I even doubted that at first).... who does most of his talking in Hindi... and almost never said above mentioned words... and may be he was one of the first guys who called me "Aap".... and i was like "WTF?? Do i really look that old?? A little less hairs does not mean i am in the "Aap wala" category...

before coming to Pune i heard so many things about chheda.... "The master of triangle conversation with swapnil" and the "Best interpreter of the language gooda" are just few of his early achievements... But soon his popularity saw new heights when he was awarded with the title "Kamina" by the god himself ... even vishal bhardwaj was tempted to make a movie on such a title....

So when i came to pune i saw his hidden passion to bargain was surfacing with every broker he met... though he seldom talks about those 14 days ... I believe he lived his life in those 14 days.... here i found Deepes bhai in his fullest form and trying his bestest to get us a room... chheda has this knack of gifting the new words and phrases to the language.... Bestest is one of such words... Well i can say chheda can write his own dictionary....

whenever someone mentions chheda.... he cannot refrain from talking about gooda.... even the superhero needs a supervillain likewise gooda had his share with chheda... but in this case chheda seems to be hiding kryptonite underneath his hairy body.... what else can be the explanation of god's defeat.... their early conversations were extremely fruitful to the Hindi language... so many idioms were produced during the intercourse between the two.. and the conversation ended with "Chheda kamina hai..." it was always chheda who had the last laugh.... Waisebhi Jahan AP khatam hota hai wahan Gujarat shuru hota hai.....

Chheada's affection towards the south-indian states... it started with shiv... it florished with gooda and it saw the peak when he met praveen kumar V... Now praveen is one of the guys who'll never believe what chheda has to say.... even in chheda's farewell party he was not convinced.... and the problem with chheda is that he understands south indians very well but may never be able to convince them....

Photo which Jeetu bought for his collection

This is the guys who takes share market very very seriously... We know what not to buy when chheda does the share shopping... though he looses most of his money in the share market he never quits it.... that "never say quit" attitude is not only limited to the share market.... but he even shows that quality in some other areas... sometimes for 100 $.... madness of course but only chheda has the guts to do it... and sometimes due to this attitude , you can even find him sleeping in between the door and his bed.... sometimes while asking the names of the girls even to their mothers... and sometimes eating papad from a total strangers plate... he tried to keep that attitude even in amdocs but while working behind the enemy lines of C, he could not keep up with his own attitude... Still i'll say this is one attitude which'll make him successful in future (Just trying my best to be good...)


Listening is one of his hobbies.... he listens to whatever is there in his hearing range... with a playlist which never ends... he is always listening something.... When i felt frustrated about a whole lots of things... he was always there to listen (again just trying to maintain the goodie goodie)... and when he stops listening... the critic in him is awaken.... and then you'll never have any diplomatic replies... you just have to face the wrath of a critic... after listening to each of the roomies he motivated everyone enough to quit the company before him but all his efforts were in vain .... and then suddenly he left.... just like that.... whatever i thought of doing for over 3 years... this guy did it...

Drinks usually bring out the true feelings which are burried in the bottom of the hearts... and therefore the applause and the salutes Chheda got on his farewell cannot be forgotten... Chheda... a vegetarian who survived with a bunch of pure non-veggies just cannot be forgotten.... (This is my bestest effort to write good for him... hope he does not forget it and keeps a place for me in his company once he is a successful entrepreneur....)