The beginning
Its been about 9 months sends up with my job. I was working for a government refinery. Previously, I had a dream with two of my very close friends So actually, if it a job in startup business, something to do with the automobiles. That thought process was about 10 years back when we were sitting across each other in paratha place And we were discussing about opening a restaurant called wind chill.
It seemed like a wild idea at the time And that idea never left us. As time passed on, both My friends realized that the amount of time that they are spending and their work who is so much more than how much they wanted to spend there. We all spoke about how, if we can spend our time doing business instead of what we are doing we would be able to achieve much more.
So about 7 years back we planned, pooled In money and started for detailing business At that point of time, we didn't know anything And I was still doing my job in the government sector And both my friends had quit their jobs to pursue this full time. Since this is my blog, I will be writing only about myself For me, the government jobs limitations were not something that has to bother about. And I like the freedom that I was getting there, However, every now and then not get frustrated with the work that I'm doing. And I would always wonder if this is what I want to do for the years to come ahead.
Frankly speaking, I was not too involved in the business activities that were going on. I was in my own world, and I was separated by about 350 kilometers. And hence, as not too influenced by what is going on here . There are a lot of snippets of what have happened between which would take maybe another blog in itself to actually post and talk about. But I am going to just jump ahead to the time when both my partners felt it is time for me to quit my job and come here to take care of the business with them.
It certainly was one of the most difficult decisions that I ever had to make in my life. And one of the main reasons I can say that I took that decision was because I had given my word. Both my friends told me that, since I had told them that I will quit my job and be here it is imperative that I do. We were going to start something new, something much bigger and hence they needed me here for it.
There is another deeper angle to it, I come from a class of people who were called shudras, and I know we were treated as such. I have faced casteism in my life and I have been informed about the difficulties that my previous generation had to face. But that again I guess is for another day. When I look at my dad he is a self made man. When he was young he worked daily wages and carried all sorts of things right from the age of 10 to make ends meet. There are days and experiences he has had where he had to sleep on the foot path and go to interviews where people have laughed at him because he didn't have pants and chappals to wear.. Compared to that I have had an easy life, never went without food even for a day. I know of stories where dad left home for attending a wedding which was kilometers away from his place. They all left by walk and walked three days straight and the last day there was no food because they didn't have enough to pack anyway when they left. And they thought anyway its a day and walked to the marriage and had food there.
Basically when I was presented with this opportunity to quit my comfortable life and join here into the business. I knew that without any business experience it will be difficult for me. But then I have the feeling that I want to become a better person and I haven't faced enough difficulties to become a better person yet. This might sound stupid but this was one of the driving factors for me to quit my job and join here.
Looking back, i can clearly see that those were the times when I grew alone and I grew the most. Those where the toughest times in my life, I could grow out of the shells which I was in at that time.
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