MY EXPERIENCE AT BLUELOTUS

Blutterfly Parinaz is the newest member of the team Blutterflies. She shares with us her encounter and experience at Bluelotus.

My first day at Blue lotus was great. It started with making frantic calls from home to Pooja and Shefali until I came to know that the day was declared a holiday owing to heavy rains. The next day when I entered office I had a lot of things running on my mind. I wondered how the office would be like, how would the staff be whether I will be welcomed or not. But everyone was great, especially Subhash, Anuja, Isha and Vinayak. The moment I stepped in, they made me feel a part of the team. Shefali gave me an informative orientation of Bluelotus.

I cannot but mention my first day lunch–break encounter. During lunch time when I entered the pantry and took my seat, I saw someone quietly standing in a corner and having his lunch. I urged that person to take a chair while having lunch because I did not like someone standing and eating. But he politely declined and continued with his lunch. I persisted and he declined yet again. I then introduced myself and asked him casually for his name as I did not remember him being introduced to me. He then told me he was N. Chandramouli and his designation. He also told me that next time he will make sure that he is introduced to the people who join Bluelotus. I simply nodded and continued to have my lunch silently and let him have his in peace.

Since the weeks I have been here, I have noticed Bluelotus to be a place with a positive vibe and everyone tries to do his or her best. It equally encouraged me to give my best. The number of places I have visited in the past three weeks, for media rounds, I had not visited in the past whole year. I saw the strength and professionalism of the Blutterflies team when I was introduced to Ipsita and Yatin.

It came as a shock to me when Subhash announced that he was leaving. Even in the little time I spent with him, I loved his attitude and style of working. I was really looking forward to learn from him. We, as a team had our great moments of fun and bonding and we are surely going to miss him a lot. We just hope our next team lead is as good.

I too want to contribute to the benefit of our company in this difficult time for our group. I am positive we will do great and be the pride of Blue Lotus and help the company in the near future!
Thank you friends for this memorable experience...

WINNING FRIENDS

Blutterfly Isha conveys through her article how believing in someone's ability instills confidence and self- belief in the person and makes one a winner.

It was an extremely difficult task to get her out of her shell. It’s not that she was a shy woman or a person who has no intelligence. Something was stopping her from taking that chance. Her friends and family were trying to build her confidence and urging her to face the camera and make that appearance. Probably, she was afraid of fumbling in front of the camera or how she would look on screen. Unfortunately, she wasn’t aware of her potentials.

Here, let me introduce YASHIKA SINGH, an Economist with Dun & Bradstreet. Newspaper journalists and news programme coordinators were bombarding me with innumerable calls. They wanted to feature her on their talk shows. It is naturally not an easy task to sit among the stalwarts of the finance industry and discuss economics. These people have been regularly coming on television. But this time I was confident of convincing her for the live talk show.
11th July 2008 is definitely a red letter day for both Yashika and me. Parinaz and me were rushing towards CNBC office on a cloudy day to witness our very first live talk show. The topic of discussion was the current economic crisis of Inflation. Yashika had finally agreed to face the camera. Reaching forty-five minutes earlier, we were trying to lay our hands on every bit of information on inflation and intimating Yashika. She was on her way to the CNBC office with her close friends Metabelle and Lavina.

Yashika was wearing a maroon crisp shirt and beige formal pant and was looking very smart when she entered the office reception with her friends. But I could tell from her face that she was nervous to the core. We were taken to the guest room before the shoot. We all started encouraging and pepping up Yashika and got so carried away that the programme coordinator had to come in and calm us down. In some time Yashika went in for the shoot.

Within twenty minutes Yashika was on national television doing a live talk show called Aakhri Sauda. We all informed our respective offices and asked them to tune in and check out the show. Everyone came back with positive feedback and told us that Yashika was exceptionally good. All of us in the guest room were elated and waited eagerly for her to come out.

It was a new Yashika who came out. We saw a media shy person transforming into a person full of confidence and positive attitude. Today Yashika does not shy or hesitate in talking to the media.
For all this I feel proud of myself and my ex- team leader Subhash who had the confidence to motivate and convince Yashika to face the camera.

ROGER AND RAFAEL -- A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

With Federer winning the US Open, Blutterfly Anuja relives her Wimbledon 2008 moments and transports us to Centre Court with her.

Wimbledon has a new king - Rafael Nadal. The match was a grueling 4 hours 48 minutes duel between my hero, defending champion for 5 consecutive years, Roger Federer and Nadal. The previous night I dreamt of Freddy creating history by lifting the Wimbledon trophy for the sixth time. The dream was so vivid that I opened my eyes to darkness and immediately closed it, imagining myself being on the centre court cheering out for Freddy.

Coming back to the excitement of the game, though Rafa’s performance throughout the tournament was magnificent, I never thought he would lift the trophy. I felt Federer would continue to reign the grass court. Unfortunately, one of them was in a better form than the other. Freddy might have been himself amazed by Rafa’s dominance in the first two sets. This was the time I thought Freddy would lose. His first serves were weak but the rains proved to be bliss and he fought back gracefully to take the game to the fifth set.

Meanwhile, my house had turned into a battle field. The atmosphere was tensed with me in Freddy’s camp and my sister and dad in Rafa’s. No one was allowed to make noise or even walk in front of the television. Each camp would rejoice with their respective side’s win. Even my ‘usually not so interested in tennis’ mom got caught in the madness and frenzy and started enjoying it as much as we were.

Then came the second bout of rains. It temporarily doused our excitement until the game resumed back after half an hour. In the midst of the audience were one time arch-rivals Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. Watching the finest athletes ever produced by tennis was like icing on the cake. Being an avid tennis fan since childhood, I have always been a great fan of Borg, McEnroe, Sampras, Agassi, Navratilova and Steffi Graff. Over the years this list has become longer. As a kid I would always make it a point to never miss a single match of theirs which was packed with excitement, energy, passion and true spirit of sportsmanship.

When the game resumed after the rain break, I was skeptical who would win till the last ball of the game. The last set was so nail biting that I almost fell off my bed when Freddy missed the shot and hit the net. But I was also proud of Rafa! A brilliant performer, a true fighter and finally an achiever. A third time face-off with Freddy, he thoroughly deserved every bit of his victory. Being a 22 year old he displayed an outstanding attitude, footwork and composed emotions, unlike the former players who in their early stages showed aggression. On the other hand Roger has grown out to be a mature and competitive player, one who knows to control his emotional side. He is one player who has tremendous potential and truly No. 1. Just one loss does not make him a lesser performer.

Tennis has been, was, and will always remain my best sport. I had once an ambition to be a tennis player. I know it’s not too late and I will one day accomplish my dream.So what if I don’t play against the world’s best. But there is a chance whomsoever I play against could be tomorrow’s world no.1!

NKOTB - INTRODUCE YOURSELVES

New Kids on the Bluelotus Blog introduce themselves and allow us a peep into their colourful personality.

Prateek
Though ‘I, me, myself’ are the most over-used words in the present day world, when asked to write something about myself, I find it difficult.
Anything to do with creativity, humour and people, interests me. I love to read, blog and be on stage. Last seen working at ICICI Bank, I have earlier handled freelancing assignments for Cartoon Network and Bindaas TV. A new member of the Blue Lotus family, I wish to make a mark in the communication industry through the platform of PR.


Ishani
A typical Leo by nature, I am loving, caring, understanding and talkative. In all, a dynamic personality, yet simple and down to earth.
I am a gossip queen, a know-it-all and a chatterbox. I love to watch movies and am a hard-core John Abraham fan. A shopaholic, I like to hang out with my friends and explore new and happening places in and around Pune. I am trustworthy and appreciative and believe in returning kindness.



Poulomi
I am Poulomi. I joined the Blue Lotus family on the 21st of July and am finding it really nice working in here. I hail from ‘The Scotland of the East’- Shillong.
My hobbies include reading books, listening to music and cooking. People, who overact, pretending to be very cool and smart, irritate me to the core. I like to hang- out with friends and at times prefer to spend sometime just with myself. My family is my biggest asset and my communication skill, my strength.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

The Blutterflies team successful organised the Independence Day celebrations, which included the ruffling of school-day history textbooks in the form of an enlightening QUIZ and a best dressed traditional wear contest. Both got over whelming response with encouraging participation from one and all. The quiz was won by team Mustard and the winners of the Traditional Day Contest are-

The best dressed man on Tratitional Day

Amol

The best dressed lady on Traditional Day

Pournima

THE NEW JOINERS

Vaishali Ranjan
Date of Joining: 8/ 1/ 2008
Vaishali joins team Blue Print as a PR Executive. Vaishali was last associated with The Source Strategic Communications for a year and a half. She handled clients like ICICI securities, ICICI direct, Edelweiss Capital etc. Vaishali has also worked with Perfect Relations for 2 months in the Accounts Dept and that is when she learnt about PR and was interested and chose PR as her career.

Prateek Shah

Date of Joining: 7/ 31/ 2008

Prateek joins team Blue Flame as a PR Executive. Prateek has over a year of experience in marketing (banking sector). He was last working with ICICI Bank as a Solution Manager. He has been an avid blogger and that’s where his interest in PR started.

Dhananjay Bhole
Date of Joining: 7/ 17/ 2008
Dhananjay Bhole joins Team Blue Bytes as an Info Log Trainee. Dhananjay has completed his B.Sc. in IT and has also worked as a faculty in V.Tech Computer Education for about a year. He is currently pursuing a course in Networking.

Poulomi Bhattacharjee
Date of Joining: 7/ 12/ 2008
Poulomi Bhattacharjee joins team Blue Flytes as a PR Executive. Poulomi has completed her Post Graduation in PR. Poulomi was earlier working with a PR firm, Communications 2.0. In her free time Poulomi loves to cook, read and listen to music.

Ishani Nigudkar

Date of Joining: 7/ 7/ 2008

Ishani Nirgudkar joins Team Blue Saints as a PR Executive. Ishani has done her Masters in Communication Studies from Pune University. Xebec Communications and Innovators Pvt. Ltd. are the companies she has interned with.

Parinaz

Date of Joining: 7/ 2/ 2008

Parinaz Shahlori joins team Bluetterflies as a PR Executive. Parinaz has completed her PG in Adv & PR from KC College. Parinaz was earlier associated with Concept PR for about a year, handling clients like Avon, Lotus Eye Care and IPO’s. She loves traveling, reading, playing table tennis and socializing.

Ankita Sen
Date of Joining: 7/ 1/ 2008
Ankita Sen joins team Blue Flytes as an Info Log Trainee. Ankita is pursuing her MS in Finance from ICFAI and has completed her PGDBM. Her areas of interest are listening to music, following cricket, tennis and keeping fit.

Jayesh Gawhane

Date of Joining: 7/ 1/ 2008

Jayesh Gawhane joins team Blue Bytes in Mumbai as an Info Log Trainee. Jayesh has done his Bachelors in Mass Media and has completed his Post Graduation in Adv and PR from K.C. College of Management Studies. He was earlier working with Sagrah Advertising Agency as a trainee in Client Servicing.