Ronnie Rodrigues, a man with a ‘Heart of Gold’!
It was a chilly London weather but all of us were warm enough in the banquet hall of #TowerSuitesByBlueOrchidHotel, in #London. The occasion was Mr #RonnieRodrigues’ birthday bash. Ronnie sir had flown in his family, relatives and entire staff of #PearlGroupOfCompanies and #CineBuster Pvt Ltd to London for this birthday party. An unique feat by Ronnie sir as none of the bosses around the world has done it, so far. Obviously everyone flown in to the United Kingdom’s capital city and one of the dream cities on most of the Indian’s wish list.
On 18th September, last year, everybody mentioned above were flown in to Goa as the International borders were closed due to corona pandemic attack. But this year the things seem to have changed for better and ‘We’ could fly to London this time around. So on 18th of September, 2021 Ronnie Rodrigues made a grand entry with a bunch of foreign damsels amid a special song ‘We Love, we love, Ronnie sir….’ created specially for this occasion. After the cake cutting Ronnie sir gave a huge surprise to one of our colleagues, Sonali, who’ll be getting married soon. She was presented with a diamond choker-necklace worth half a lakh of pound sterlings, yes, you read it right, GBP!
Everybody present were having a gala time and everybody, including your’s faithfully, shared the dais with Ronnie sir and expressed their feelings. Due to shyness or fear of public speaking, a lot from the lot were scared to go to the dais and many barely said few lines. One of them was Sangita who was not expected to say more than couple of lines. But she surprised everyone, including Ronnie sir, when she spoke at length about her place in Rodrigues house. ‘I have been working with Ronnie sir for the last 8 years. He and his family treat me like a family member. When I started working I did not have anything but today when I visit my village, everyone is in awe of me. I wear choicest of clothes today, just because of him and his family. Ronnie sir treats me like his daughter and when I was getting married he gifted me gold ornaments and many other things, selling his own gold ornaments. even after suffering huge loss in his business.
He even attended my wedding in my village to the dismay of many villagers who could not believe that Sangita’s employer was actually attending her wedding. Unfortunately my marriage failed last year and I lost my parents too. I was depressed and down. But Ronnie sir re-employed me and I am treated just like family. I am extremely grateful to him and wish him long, healthy and wealthy life.’
Important thing here is that Sangita is a house-keeper in Rodrigues household and looks after Ronnie sir’s four children. She travels with the Rodrigues family wherever they go, in India or abroad. Sangita’s emotional speech brought tears to many eyes and her words once again prove that Ronnie Rodrigues has a ‘Heart of Gold’!