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“Kosto Chha?”
(“How are you?”
in Nepali) is our way of striking a
conversation with this very dear friend of
ours – Avinash Khadka. A person with multiple
talents, a Gentleman with Class and someone with a smile
on his face even in times of distress, Avinash is posted as
a Welfare Officer at Phillobari T.E., Doom Dooma,
Assam.
Born on 6 July (Two days after America got its
Independence?? Okay, he is not that old!!) in the country
through which flows the mighty Bagmati River and
houses the imposing Singha Durbar – Kathmandu, the
capital of Nepal – Avinash studied at Shivalik Public
School and then graduated from DAV Chandigarh.
Like everyone else, he was at the crossroads after
completing his graduation and like me, he joined the Tea
fraternity with his first posting being at Majuligarh T.E.
under the umbrella of M.K. Shah Ltd in 2008. In 2010 he
bid adieu to his parent company and decided to join our
Company. He created a niche for himself when our
Company
posted him at
Halem T.E.
I met Avinash at Bishnauth
Gymkhana Club on a club day and the first
impression I had of him was of a jovial person with
a great sense of humour. To be honest, I felt I had met
someone of my own kind. Since then we’ve become good
friends and have been having a great time together.
Avinash is an ardent
music lover and
enjoys singing and
playing his guitar. He
has composed many
a song on his own
and loves singing
them at house parties
and get-togethers.
His passion for
music is such that he keeps practising the guitar for hours
whenever he is free. On many party nights one finds him
with a guitar, ready to rock and roll.
This soft-hearted, ardent
soul is passionate about
adventure sports and that
too of the extreme kind.
He has gone bungee
jumping! (I mean, who
wants to jump without
hoping that he won’t
die!!) He did the bungee
jump from one of the
~ Siddharth Thapa
Beesakopie T.E.
Avinash Khadka
– a profile
Siddharth Thapa is a keen sportsman and excels at football.
He trained at the Williamson Magor Football Academy
which used to be at Monabarie T.E. and then at the Mohun
Bagan Academy in Kolkata . He played professional football
for Mohammedan Sporting Club, and later for Eveready
Sports Club, both in Kolkata , before joining the Company as
an executive on the estates.
40 July 2016