Osmosis - Festival of the nerds.... - My First Experience

On 12th December 2008, we would be having our Technology Festival in our company and this is called as 'Osmosis'. MindTree Coromandel is abuzz with lot of activities for the same.

This morning, as I was having breakfast with Dennis, Sangeetha and Jacob, there was a video that was being played, aimed at making people in our organisation to be aware of this festival. So, naturally, our conversation too was around that topic and that basically brought back all the sweet memories of Osmosis, that I have seen.

In 2005, when I was just a week old in MindTree, that's when I experienced Osmosis for the first time. Invitations, Mailers, Posters and what not, the whole of West Campus in Bangalore wore a festive look. As I did not know anyone in MindTree at that time, I was wanting to avoid attending the same, but Mangesh Desai, my colleague offered me a ride and he promised that he would be with me throughout the day.

Probably that was also my first experience of 'Caring' in our CLASS value system, Mangesh drove through our Banashankari office and picked up few more people who were waiting outside our office, hah.. I should say 'MindTree Minds' that's how people are addressed... So, instantly I have already made 3 more friends.

When we went inside Global Village, we could see many people moving around, everyone was busy, but they were all smiles, this immediately reminded me of my close relatives in my wedding, who took ownership and did lot of work, to ensure that my marriage went on well. Did I experience 'Sharing'? Experience was very new, and I was enjoying, I also wanted to do something, but still opted to be a silent spectator, searching for some face, some known face. Meanwhile, I am not sure, if I got lost or Mangesh left me, I was all alone. Mangesh, being a caring person did share his mobile number while we were travelling, so I treaded on my own path.

The stalls were in the ground floor of still under construction, 2nd Phase of the West Campus and I tried to work my way into all the crowded stalls, but was not very successful, as I was seeing a lot of enthusiastic MindTree Minds, trying to understand what various project teams are doing. Did I experience 'Learning'? Then somehow I also had a share of my learning from various stalls and was amazed at the way the Minds in the stall, explained and described what they were exhibiting and the sense of accomplishment that I was able to see, when they were able to attract crowd to their stall and making them happy by providing adequate knowledge made me see what 'Achieving' is all about.

Lastly, the team which was exhibiting the 'Satellite Phone' in the outdoors, gave me also a sense of achievement, as it made me walk with my head high, making me really proud about the accomplishments of the organisation that I am now part of. And certainly don't have to talk about MindTree's 'Social Responsibility'. And no wonder it left an indelible mark in my mind, that in the next Osmosis, I should also play a very important part.

The Fun did not stop there, the MindTree band was playing some wonderful music and the only thing that is still green in my memory is 'Raghav' playing the drums. As we were having sumptuous food for our brain and ears, our taste buds were not left out, even they tasted some amazing food.

Having attained a sense of fulfillment, I left for the day with wonderful memories, which I am able to live through even after three years. Overall Osmosis was a CLASS experience....