The day had begun leisurely with Mohan and I discussing various things over the morning cuppa which got extended with a piping hot cup of coffee. We, then, got ready and left for visiting the Resil factory at Domasandra. It was an educative visit and I found Lekha, too, enjoying the visit despite the distances that we'd to walk to see the facilities. Guys were deputed to explain to us about each of the activities and the end products. After almost two hours at the plant, we'd headed for their second facility at Malur.
In the meanwhile, I could get the printouts of the papers of the JSS, Kollam, affix my signatures and resend the scanned papers back to my outfit. I felt light after that, having accomplished the task without any hitches!
We traversed the 50 km through rural Bangalore and reached the second facility by about a half past 2. Was a bit worried about the delayed lunch as Lekha could end up with an adverse abdominal condition but thankfully, nothing of that sort took place. Lunch was served at the canteen for the three of us and it was scrumptious. Meanwhile, I'd called up my friend, Ravi Ponapa about the changed programme and rescheduled our visit after 1600 hrs, over a cup of tea(We're supposed to have met for lunch according to our earlier plans!)
The Malur facility of the Resil concentrates on the ingredients for the pharmaceutical needs along with the Silicon based polymers. The visit to the Resil was an educative experience.
The outfit produces quality products like Silver based polymers, Silicon based polymers and certain essential ingredients for the pharmaceutical field as well as for the tyre industry that are exported and passed on to the company's core customers within the country and their numbers are picking up. Felt proud that my classmate was accomplishing so many things and is poised for greater stuff and yet, he remains humility personified despite the fact that his business empire has an annual turnover of over Rs. 250 crores.....success has not spoiled him!
We'd, then, made a dash to their corporate office at KR Puram where Mohan had got himself dropped and sent us with Asokan, the chauffeur, for our rendezvous with Ravi Ponapa. It was at the Mac Donald's on the Brigade Road and we could, finally, make it by a 10' to 5 through the exasperating traffic. Meeting Ravi Ponapa, after so many years, was a great experience and we caught up from where we'd left last. He'd got Priyanka, his adopted daughter doing her final year BCom and the four of us chatted through the one-and-a-half hours that we could manage in the circumstances. He's grown leaner and has a prostate problem that necessitates frequent visits to the rest room and is managing it well thanks to sound medical advice! That, indeed, was the dampener of the evening.
We broke up at a half past 6 and took about another hour and a half to reach 18, Sunny Brooks to spend a quiet yet interesting with Mohan and his family.
Tailpiece.
A day well spent and Mohan's children, Dhanya and Vivek, bade us good bye as we're scheduled to depart early in the morning. They'd soon be going off abroad to do their specialist studies and return to take on the reins of the industrial complex set up by their dad.
PS.
I would be failing in my duties if I did not mention about Asokan, the chauffeur. He'd a long day, in driving about a 150 kms, so that we could accomplish all that we'd wanted to do for the day. And mind you, the traffic was the lousiest! He has been with Mohan for the last 20 years, ever since he'd left Madras,
In the meanwhile, I could get the printouts of the papers of the JSS, Kollam, affix my signatures and resend the scanned papers back to my outfit. I felt light after that, having accomplished the task without any hitches!
We traversed the 50 km through rural Bangalore and reached the second facility by about a half past 2. Was a bit worried about the delayed lunch as Lekha could end up with an adverse abdominal condition but thankfully, nothing of that sort took place. Lunch was served at the canteen for the three of us and it was scrumptious. Meanwhile, I'd called up my friend, Ravi Ponapa about the changed programme and rescheduled our visit after 1600 hrs, over a cup of tea(We're supposed to have met for lunch according to our earlier plans!)
The Malur facility of the Resil concentrates on the ingredients for the pharmaceutical needs along with the Silicon based polymers. The visit to the Resil was an educative experience.
The outfit produces quality products like Silver based polymers, Silicon based polymers and certain essential ingredients for the pharmaceutical field as well as for the tyre industry that are exported and passed on to the company's core customers within the country and their numbers are picking up. Felt proud that my classmate was accomplishing so many things and is poised for greater stuff and yet, he remains humility personified despite the fact that his business empire has an annual turnover of over Rs. 250 crores.....success has not spoiled him!
We'd, then, made a dash to their corporate office at KR Puram where Mohan had got himself dropped and sent us with Asokan, the chauffeur, for our rendezvous with Ravi Ponapa. It was at the Mac Donald's on the Brigade Road and we could, finally, make it by a 10' to 5 through the exasperating traffic. Meeting Ravi Ponapa, after so many years, was a great experience and we caught up from where we'd left last. He'd got Priyanka, his adopted daughter doing her final year BCom and the four of us chatted through the one-and-a-half hours that we could manage in the circumstances. He's grown leaner and has a prostate problem that necessitates frequent visits to the rest room and is managing it well thanks to sound medical advice! That, indeed, was the dampener of the evening.
We broke up at a half past 6 and took about another hour and a half to reach 18, Sunny Brooks to spend a quiet yet interesting with Mohan and his family.
Tailpiece.
A day well spent and Mohan's children, Dhanya and Vivek, bade us good bye as we're scheduled to depart early in the morning. They'd soon be going off abroad to do their specialist studies and return to take on the reins of the industrial complex set up by their dad.
PS.
I would be failing in my duties if I did not mention about Asokan, the chauffeur. He'd a long day, in driving about a 150 kms, so that we could accomplish all that we'd wanted to do for the day. And mind you, the traffic was the lousiest! He has been with Mohan for the last 20 years, ever since he'd left Madras,
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