Half a bottle of wine and a whole lot of Truth!!!

Ashok in a confessional mood on Friday evening!

Anil Ambani couldn't have been more happier. What with the business opportunity that Ashok's profound statement had predicted for him in the telecom industry. It's people like Ashok who would ensure that the Telecom revolution that India is seeing would continue for quite sometime in the future albiet a little help from IT giants that are ushering in the "offshoring" model.

Ashok had a strict routine during his onsite assignment.

6:00 Am - Up & Ready
6:07 Am - Offshore Status call ( Read offshore as Wifey)
7:07 Am - Breakfast Time
7:30 Am - off to office
9:00 Am - Offshore update call ( This is a standard call to inform Wifey that he has reached office safely)
11:00 Am - Work Actually begins. ( thats cos offshore has to get some sleep )
5:00 Pm- Start back to home.
6:00 Pm - Back home
6:15 Pm - Start preparing Dinner ( you dont have a choice if you have a social animal for a roomate who refuses to stay in the house)
7: 37 Pm - Offshore status Call ( Note the time is 6:07 Am at Offhore)
9:30 Pm - Time to get off the phone and catch a Quick dinner allowing Wifey to get to her office.
10:30 Pm - Offshore call again untill as long as offshore work environment permits.

Photo evidence at : http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ekkannan/album?.dir=f598&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ekkannan/my_photos

• This routine would be modified during the weekends with all the office related activties being replaced by prolonged offshore call.

On Friday 9\30, Ashok in an Candid interview over a bottle of wine confessed to spending half his salary on Calling Cards. His explanation " for the state I am in now, seperated by seven seas, priorities have changed and I would rather be on the phone with my wife rather than do anything else ". This kind of behavior is commonly seen among people with any one of the below mentioned conditions.

1. Wife at different location
2. Girlfriend\Boyfriend at different location
3. Just engaged ( forget the location - they could be still be across the street but need to be on the phone)
4. Just married - These wouldnt report to work.

Telecom companies would do well to pay IT companies in India a share of the spoils so as to ensure they get more people onto any of the above categories to keep the telephone lines busy.

In the mean time Ashok is making plans to get himself a direct hotline to Hyderabad what with the amount of business he has given in the past few months. He is being treated as an High Volume Preffered Customer by Reliance.