PASSIONS WITHIN-THE DARK HORSE
Author: Uday Agnihotri
prelude.
OJ was an IIT Kharagpur alumnus in India, an undergra , incubated at the renowned talent hub, to win over the world. But that wasn’t to be. At least the way he had woven web of his aspirations to materialization. India’s economic conditions in 1974, resulting from Arab-Israeli war of 1973, precluded any worthwhile gains in his line of work. But, then, he was in a league of his own. He chose to create opportunity for himself rather than waiting for something to happen. He went global in his search and never gave up in spite of many negatives in his way. Taking on odds and running them over was something he had mastered since the very first gateway he tried to open, when pitted against gigantic odds, he won the race to get into the IIT. He embarked on his professional journey in the same vein when he chose to go Iran for his first career assignment. There was an in campus search for a suitable candidate by an Iranian company offering good remunerative job in Tehran. OJ stood up the challenge and sailed through a stiff competition and got the job. This meant that he would have to leave India and move to Tehran. He was now poised to win the war for his family and people, earn a name for himself and come out winner in the true spirit of the metaphor ‘Seventh Samurai-The Dark Horse’. He did it this time and every subsequent time and could successfully take on the large numbers of brilliant guys winning them all as he traversed the road to even higher achievements.
