As a part of our commitment to expand the extracurricular activities available to D2ians, D2 Football League has been started. This football league aims to promote team spirit among employees and strengthen their sense of belonging to their respective departments through participation.
Total of 5 teams namely from Products, Services, QA, Data and Admin/IT will participate with at least 15 players on each team. The Tournament shall be purely League based (Home and Away) with 11 players on each side. Each team will play a total of 6 matches. The following five teams have been identified for the tournament.
- Data Daemons
- QA Bigfoots
- Products Pirates
- D2 Daredevils
- Verisk Rhinos
A spectacular free-kick from Pratik at injury time saved the day for the Bigfoots as the home side struggled to gain foothold on the sturdy midfield of the visitors. The pirates controlled the game from the start and took the lead after a surge from Vinay from right side found Rajiv unmarked at the far post whose cross shot from close range beat the Bigfoot’s keeper. However, a solo run from Roshan equalized for the Bigfoots within 4 minutes. The Bigfoots forward collected the ball from just inside the visitor’s half and ran past several defenders before slotting calmly past the keeper with outside of the boot.
It was the same story in the second half as visitors controlled passing at midfield kept QA at their own half for most of the time. It was not long before the pirates took the lead, this time from a corner. The QA defense failed to clear the corner from Sajan and Bhabuk latched in from just outside the 6 yards area. The Bigfoots pressed forward in search of the equalizer but failed to create any clear-cut chances creating huge gaps in the defense. However, both the sides were fairly quite before the long-range free kick from Pratik beat the keeper from almost 50 yards and creeped into the top left corner of the post.
Lineup:
QA Bigfoots: 1-Subin (GK), 6-Amit, 2-Aashish, 4-Pratik, 9-Abhishek, 15-Prabhat (3-Prajwal, 40'), 7-Shankar, 8-Prabin (11-Manish, 55'), 13-Prashanta(C), 14-Manik, 5-Roshan
Products Pirates: 1-Keshab (GK), 2-Prajwal, 3-Manoj, 4-Manish, 5-Sudip (13-Binod, 30'), 7-Bhabuk, 8-Rajiv, 9-Vinay, 10-Sajan (15-Ganesh, 50'), 11-Jeevan (14-Raju, 25'), 12-Sakar
Match statistics:
Full time score: 2-2 (1-1 HT)
Scorers: QA Bigfoots: Roshan (21'), Pratik (62'). Products Pirates: Rajiv (18'), Bhabuk (37')
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With the previous cultural fest setting the standards so high, this year’s Nova Fest, started with a lot of anticipation.
The fest kicked off with an ‘All Hands Meeting’. We had presentations by the company’s CTO, Rudra Pandey and the VP, Himal Karmacharya. Himal gave an update on our Nepal office operations especially focusing on the recent IT audit by Deloitte and the findings from Manager’s meeting. Most of the D2 folks in audience took a lot of delight in the requirement that the managers be at their desk by 9 AM. They also applauded the fact that D2 wants to cut the long hours for its employees. Our CTO Rudra gave an overview of our company. He talked about our financial performance for 2008 and our projections for 2009. He also shed light on the company’s vision moving forward. Most importantly, he used the forum to encourage entrepreneurism among all and discuss the traits that make for a good leader/manager.
Then the real program started off with the song “Yo maan ta mero Nepali ho”, setting up the audiences’ mood for the fest. As Luna put it, D2 is on par with Bollywood and Hollywood with its diverse talents. With people excelling in songs, dances, drama and various other performances, D2 is no less than the much celebrated studios. We had superb performances by the vocalists Anish, Suyesh, Siris, Dhilung, Ishwar and their bands. We had rocking dance performances as well. Our very own Shamesh and Tejaswee easily beat the oft-cited celebrities Shiva Shrestha and Kristi Mainali with their Batasaile moves. Most of us will agree that the best performance by far was by the dynamic duo, Pallavi and Surendra, dancing to the tunes of “Rajamati wa”.
“Unity in Diversity”, D2’s cultural fashion round up, was also the first of its kind. Various ethnic and cultural dresses gave a true picture of unity in diversity while also reminding everybody how beautiful our ethnic wears are. However, the biggest laughter was reserved for the spontaneous acts by Rudra, Santosh, and Bhimsen.
Playing the “kanchi budhi”, Bidha whipped the audience into frenzy and, undoubtedly, bagged the best actor award. This year’s event also had a guest performer, Mr. Charan Pradhan, who intrigued the audiences with his complex yet fluid moves. We were really privileged to have shared the stage with him.
Novafest showcased some of the best talents at D2. All the performances were equally good. The show would not have been possible without all of them including the audience.
Of course there were lapses, backstage quarrels, on stage slips nevertheless the performers did put in their best by all means. What people saw on stage was a result of the hard work and the extra effort put in by the organizers, the dancers, the band members, the MCs- everybody.
With every event there is a lesson learnt and so have all of us during the making of the Novafest. The experiences have taught us all a good lesson and next year we promise to be back with more fun. For regular updates please log on to http://www.everestuncensored.org
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