Why and How?

IMG0041A Yesterday, a colleague showed me a photo in his mobile. The photo contained a whiteboard and it was taken almost a year back. The whiteboard contained my caricature!

I was irked to find myself depicted with a big black wart on my face. The wart made me resemble a Daku Bhairav Singh. But luckily, it was a caricature of somebody else. Below the Daku Bhairav Singh, there is another caricature that is difficult to see because of the flash from camera phone! That is me!

My curious self wanted to learn the identity of the artist. But my colleague kept his lips tight about the artist fearing repercussions. Generous doses of persuasion and threats did not yield any result. But I was able to narrow it down to a handful of people by questioning the time frame of creation and location of the whiteboard.

The inspiration for this caricature was the constant nagging by me. During those days, I was working out of Gurgaon and all my team were located in Bangalore. When an issue arose, I immediately called the the perpetrator on phone. The perpetrators may differ. But my questions were the  same.

I had only two sets of questions to ask. Why did this happen? How are you preventing this in the future? The problems were dime a dozen during that time. After being questioned a few times, the artist drew the caricature as a form of relaxation. By this time, the artist had given up on curses and prayers for my early demise.

I insisted my colleague on revealing the identity of the artist for the rest of the day. After going through the picture on the mobile, the date of creation was identified by looking at the time when the picture was taken. So, a friend suggested to look at the emails sent on that day. If I find why and how in one of the emails directed to a team member, the artist can easily be found out.

It is too much of work and not a foolproof method. I have the shortlisted the probable artist to an handful of people. So I have decided to penalize all of them!

Tags: Musings,Colleague,Gurgaon,Bangalore,Caricature

Comments

  1. it wasn't me...I had only one "unniyappam"...

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  2. Oh come on people pay $10/$20 to get the caricature done....guy did it FREE for you.... :-)

    Method wasn't "foolproof" or "full proof"? ;-)

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  3. this is the only pleasure ICs get out of their professional life ... leave them alone ... thats the curse of being an mgr ... :)

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  4. Who's the guy with warts and why isn't he joining you in the spy game? Or is that the portrait of the artist himself?

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  5. It will be good if you clarify who the guy is and whats the reason for not joining in spy game.

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  6. Ohh dont be harsh on the poor fellows..he was just having a bit of fun..but the flash killed your carricature..would have loved a closer look

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  7. @Anil - So you are exempted! :)

    @Arvind - The photographer goofed up! You are right! I could have saved $10/$20!

    @Laks - The I(ndependent) C(ontributor)s should also be mindful about the manager! :)

    @Aparna - Their lips are tight about the "wart" guy too. If you know of way to extract information, let me know. I'm exhausted here! I need all the help.

    @Babli- "sab mile hua hain" (Forgive my Hindi if there are grammatical errors)

    @Sujata - :) The darn flash!

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  8. I am pretty sure... It wasn't me... considering my drawing skills are a little better ;P
    And maybe this was after I left... ?

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  9. all is fair in friendship . what u say ????

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  10. ya dear..Ohh dont be harsh on the poor fellows

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  11. @Sanju - You are off the hook! It was a few months after you left!

    @NitusCorner- Thanks for dropping by. All is fair in friendship. :) So vengeance also should be fine. Just kidding!

    @Ramesh - Not to worry! I will be a degree below harsh.

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  12. Just relax and enjoy your moment of fame!

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  13. I do not think you should give it the importance you are giving.He is either a close friend or someone who is not really fond of you.In either case,it is not important

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  14. hehe..some really interesting colleagues you have got..i love doing carciatures btw..;-D

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  15. @Sucharita - :) I'm doing that now! I have not forgotten retribution. Instead I have put that on hold.

    BKC - Point noted! :)

    @Mathew - You should start posting those on your site.

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  16. :-) forgive him for he knows not what he has done!! did u find the artist?

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  17. Nona, "ma" "ma" "da" are malyali expresions ?? If yes...we can zero down the search to ..... ;)
    If you think the expressions are marathi, then u know who it could be.....
    Definately these are not punjabi expressions..otherwise the ending words could had been....Nope not in this blog, will discuss this offline :)

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  18. Nona, "ma" "ma" "da" are malyali expresions ?? If yes...we can zero down the search to ..... ;)
    If you think the expressions are marathi, then u know who it could be.....
    Definately these are not punjabi expressions..otherwise the ending words could had been....Nope not in this blog, will discuss this offline :)

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  19. @Tarun - Thanks for dropping by.

    Hmmm.... Thanks for the clues. :) Well.. We need to discuss this offline.

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