Raat Kali Hai (Black Night)

It’s RELEASE TIME here at office.

…and all that happens with every release is happening this time too. Late night stays, long calls and blah blah things. Every code that was working until yesterday is not working today. Big daddies have almost deserted their spacious cabins and planted themselves into our bays itself. You have to give same status to three different set of people thrice a day and yet some one or the other will surely drop to your desk roaring those magical three words to you, “What’s the status”. J

“It not because of me, it’s because of someone else’s code…… ”

“How come it caught this late……”

“See, it’s even not working in the previous…….”

“OK, do we have a workaround to it……”

and finally

“Let’s document it. J”

   

These were some of the lines I have been hearing more than normal these days. Thankfully being just an ordinary developer, I’m a silent part of all of it. You only need to be a mute participant into those “entertainment meeting”. Occasionally your name will be tossed up and the word set you are allowed to use are {yes, no, OK, thank you, bye}. The most you need to do is to stay late at the nights and that’s not a big task. In fact the day really goes easy if you know that you have to stay late. You will take an extra 15 minutes at lunch time and honk your skills at foosball table. Your tea time will also be a little longer as you know that the day is not ending soon.

And as soon as sun starts setting down, your kingship over the cubicles will start growing. “Hey, I shall leave now and in case you find any issue just call me anytime”, married members of your team will soon start creeping out. “Koi Nahi Sir. Aaj Raat Kali Hai”, I will smile and grant him bid adieu. Raat Kali, is a popular slang here at Indian office which declares that it’s a long day and you have to be ready to it. Soon you few will be the only humans left in the whole bay or may be in the whole of floor. You are the king now. No Questions, No Answers, No Status. All you need to do is to work and thankfully you have scripts for that too.

Time to unplug myself and first things that will be unplugged will be my headphone. I’m a loyal fan of Abida Parveen. My iPod have a permanent set of gazals of hers and it’s only growing. Her husky voice singing some of the legendry lyrics can make anyone can fall for them. “Ye na thi hamari kismet ki missal-e-yaar hota”, and that beautiful gracious face gets sketched by its own (Sorry, now more details for now). I can listen to her all the day long.

It’s 11:30 PM in the night. My scripts are working for me, legs placed on my desk, sipping hot coffee and Abidaji singing “Ye Kon Aata Hai” for me. You can’t ask any more from life. In fact, a security guy came to me and said “Sir, ye kiska gaana hai , bada accha lag raha hai”. I smiled and continued.

Anyhow this is not all why I’m writing this blog for. “Ye sab toh sab pretext tha”. I know that I’m not the first person to do it also this will not last time. We all stretch some day or the other to make the ends meet. I’m writing this to list down some of the nice gazals I found this release seasons. If you too share some interest in soulful music, I’m sure it will be a good listing for your playlist.

1. O Des Se Aanewaale Bata

2. Sarv-o-Saman Bhi

3. Awwale Shab Woh Bazm Ki Raunk

4. Ye Kon Aata Hai

5. Ek Lafze Mohhabat

You can get all of them on gaana.com.

So next time, when it’s your turn to make “Raat Kali”, do try them. Enjoy and hails Abidaji.