If God Was A Banker (30 page)

Tears rolled down Natasha's eyes as her dream of returning to her homeland was about to come true. She knew the background to this all along, but didn't want to embarrass Sundeep. She was confident that, with Aditya around, they were all in safe hands now.

S
undeep now handles business development for Aditya's BPO in India. He travels all over the globe, but irrespective of where he is, he calls Natasha every night to say
'I Love You'
before he hits the bed.

Swaminathan is still the Country Head of Retail Banking for NYB in India. He is in line to become the CEO of NYB when Kailash retires. Kailash is expected to retire in another three months.

Swami and Sundeep today admire each other. Sundeep really looks up to Swami and holds him in high esteem. He is now genuinely trying to emulate Swami in his personal life as well.

Natasha and Kalpana are today the best of friends. Kalpana couldn't conceive in the normal process. Swami and Kalpana went to the UK to undergo an IVF and are now proud parents of twins—Akruti and Jagruti.

After Karuna attempted suicide, Nitin understood the true meaning of love. The very thought of losing her shook him up. Both of them have quit NYB and are now in Florida with their son Ayush. Nitin teaches at a university there while Karuna works in a local bank. They are very happy to be together.

Naresh was the worst hit. All the business that he was doing with NYB has been withdrawn and passed on to another vendor. Given his background, Swami made sure that he did not get any business from any other bank in the country. He is struggling to make ends meet now.

Aditya, the God for both Sundeep and Swami, leads a contented life. Both Sundeep and Swami are his closest confidants, despite the fact that Sundeep works with him. He is the affectionate grandpa to their kids. He makes sure that the five of them and the kids spend at least one weekend in a month together. What he doesn't tell anyone, because everyone knows it, is that his company, which recently got listed, has become one of the largest and most admired software services and back office processing companies in India.

Life goes on, but everyone has become smarter from the learnings at NYB.