Contents ( 212)
- PENGUIN BOOKS DORK
- Contents
- 1. DISCOVERY
- Under the Sink
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- 2. DUFRESNE
- Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese’s Diary
- 2 April 2006
- 4 p.m.
- ROBIN WERE GEESE—WIMWI
- 3 April 2006
- 3 a.m.
- 11 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
- 6 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 10 p.m.
- 5 April 2006
- 11 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 6 April 2006
- 11 a.m.
- 3 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 10 p.m.
- 11.24 p.m.
- 9 April 2006
- 10.23 a.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 10.55 p.m.
- 11.26 p.m.
- 10 April 2006
- 8 a.m.
- 11 April 2006
- 11.13 a.m.
- 12.15 p.m.
- 4.20 p.m.
- 6 p.m.
- 15 May 2006
- 8 p.m.
- 11.23 p.m.
- 16 May 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 12.34 a.m.
- 17 May 2006
- 7.45 a.m.
- 7.53 a.m.
- 6.15 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 8 p.m.
- 8.15 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
- 9.43 p.m.
- 18 May 2006
- 10.10 p.m.
- 10.34 p.m.
- 20 May 2006
- 9.46 p.m.
- 21 May 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 22 May 2006
- 10.15 p.m.
- 23 May 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 24 May 2006
- 8 p.m.
- 11 p.m.
- 11.23 p.m.
- 11.25 p.m.
- 25 May 2006
- 2 p.m.
- 7.43 p.m.
- 8.13 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
- 9.32 p.m.
- 26 May 2006
- 8.30 p.m.
- 27 May 2006
- 7.23 p.m.
- 9.15 p.m.
- 28 May 2006
- 6.45 p.m.
- 29 May 2006
- 11 p.m.
- 4 June 2006
- 7.15 p.m.
- 9.20 p.m.
- 5 June 2006
- 7.13 p.m.
- 3. PANCHATANTRA
- 11 August 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 3 a.m.
- 3.32 a.m.
- 4.20 a.m.
- 12 August 2006
- 9.20 p.m.
- 13 August 2006
- 8.25 a.m.
- 18 August 2006
- 8.50 p.m.
- 24 August 2006
- 11.12 p.m.
- ANALYSIS
- PRESENTATION
- CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
- LEADERSHIP
- SUSTAINABLE PROJECT EXECUTION AND DIVERSIFIABILITY
- OVERALL
- 26 August 2006
- 7.38 p.m.
- 11.45 p.m.
- 27 August 2006
- 8.30 p.m.
- 28 August 2006
- 9.10 p.m.
- 11 p.m.
- 11.20 p.m.
- 3 September 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 4 September 2006
- 8.07 p.m.
- 10.20 p.m.
- 5 September 2006
- 11.09 p.m.
- 8 September 2006
- 1.02 a.m.
- 11 September 2006
- 8.02 p.m.
- 13 September 2006
- 2.16 a.m.
- 14 September 2006
- 10.35 p.m.
- 17 September 2006
- 12.14 a.m.
- 19 September 2006
- 11.15 a.m.
- 30 September 2006
- 10.30 p.m.
- 11.02 p.m.
- 4. EOQ
- 12 November 2006
- 8.20 p.m.
- 13 November 2006
- 10.23 p.m.
- 12.15 a.m.
- 14 November 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 12.30 a.m.
- 15 November 2006
- 8 p.m.
- 16 November 2006
- 7.40 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
- 17 November 2006
- 8.22 p.m.
- 20 November 2006
- 7.56 p.m.
- 10.20 p.m.
- 1 a.m.
- 22 November 2006
- 9.13 p.m.
- 26 November 2006
- 10.12 p.m.
- 12.05 a.m.
- 1.23 a.m.
- 27 November 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 12.15 a.m.
- 28 November 2006
- 9.36 p.m.
- 11.20 p.m.
- 29 November 2006
- 8.32 p.m.
- 30 November 2006
- 10.03 p.m.
- 5. ASSOCIATE???
- 11 December 2006
- 7.20 p.m.
- 13 December 2006
- 2.20 a.m.
- 15 December 2006
- 10.10 p.m.
- 20 December 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 22 December 2006
- 9.03 p.m.
- 24 December 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 3 January 2007
- 8.43 p.m.
- 4 January 2007
- 10.03 p.m.
- 3.40 a.m.
- 6 January 2007
- 2.23 a.m.
- 4.15 a.m.
- 8 a.m.
- 9.14 p.m.
- 7 January 2007
- 8.15 a.m.
- 2.23 p.m.
- 10.23 p.m.
- 8 January 2007
- 11.54 p.m.
- 10 January 2007
- 11.07 p.m.
- 11 January 2007
- 12.35 a.m.
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
And then I saw the last CD. Which helped me make sense of all the CDs before.
The last CD had three years of diary entries, typed in several MS Word documents. They were the funniest things I’d ever read in my life.
I immediately ran with the samples to the Penguin India office. They were apprehensive. My previous book proposals—a comedy novel, The Kungpao Tiger, which comprises letters and legal notices sent by the Chinese premier to a domestic help in India asking him to cease and desist from writing to him, and a horror thriller erotic novel set in a branch of Saravana Bhavan, Pongal ‘O’ Pon-Girl—had not gone down well. But they instantly knew we had a winner with the diaries on CD no. 7.
But while the feeling of becoming an author was awesome, I was also concerned for the privacy of the protagonist, not to mention potential legal hassles. Therefore at the advice of the wise people at Penguin, I have changed all the names of the characters in these diary entries. However most of the plot and biographical data has been left untouched. And none of Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese’s unique approach to life has been tampered with at all.
Varghese, I hope you enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed cutting and pasting the text and changing the font to Georgia. (Comic Sans? Really?) Also Varghese, remember that a good book is seldom about the royalties or the rights to the story, but about the story itself. The joy of storytelling is what is paramount.
Still if you do have any issues at all, all legal proceedings will be subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts.
I welcome all other readers to enjoy this book. While many people have helped to make this book a reality, remember that the responsibility for any error, oversight or omission anywhere is entirely Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese’s.
20 November 2009
Sidin Vadukut
2. DUFRESNE
Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese’s
Diary
2 April 2006
4 p.m.
I HAVE DONE IT! I AM THE KING OF THE WORLD! THE UNIVERSE EVEN!
Bow to me, Diary! I am now officially a Business Process Analyst—Trainee.
Who knew, three months ago, when I got a C minus in advanced business strategy that I would join the elite international strategy consulting firm of Dufresne Partners one day? The world mocked me when I sent my résumés to consulting firms and investment banks. Rahul Gupta’s exact words were: ‘Einstein, you are a complete idiot!’
IN YOUR FACE, RAHUL GUPTA! PODA PATTI!
Bastard. Just because you topped the batch does NOT mean you can screw around with Einstein.
Phew. Wow. I need to hold my breath. This is a big moment—my first job. And that too a Day Zero job. Wow.
I called Dad on his cell three times but he cut the call each time. He’s started taking tantric yoga classes in the evenings. Perhaps I caught him during his ‘Sensory Deprivation Kriya’.