Searching for some meaning in all that i do

"missing in action"..yes true .... agreed

But friends truly i had no choice, not that i have a choice now.. but sometimes the urge to peen down(type).. whatever goes inside the top storey is so strong that opportunities are created out out of nowhere..

Now if u are reading this blog for the first time ...u'd wonder who is this guy and what the hell is he talking about..And your doubts are certainly well placed... So solely for the benefit of such people, I will reiterate the fact, that like thousands(more actually) in this country I had this strong desire to get in to management education(as a student)...Here in India we have an entrance exam called CAT ( common admission test). this is supposed to be one of the toughest or rather the toughest management exam in the entire world; though for 2009 it also nominates itself as the most ill managed one. Now this meant working hard( not exactly.. as it is supposed to be an aptitude test).. But anyone who cracks it would say he didn't work that hard. But irrespective of that here on a public forum I announce that -"yes .. i did work my ass off for this one".. 

and how exactly.. well i joined a local coaching institute in chandigarh- Bull's eye... about an year and a half before the exam... For that too we had to go through an entrance and the an interview.. but none the less i came out with flying colors and got a scholarship of 16000/- which meant that now i had to pay only 4000/-...

though later I also cracked the career launcher and pacesetter tests and got 100% scholarship at both places.

Initially we had 3 classes every week.. about 1.5 hrs each on verbal, qwant and data interpretation.. Through out I had done well in these classes( in terms of the accuracy of answers and the time I took to solve the various problems or answer different questions that were thrown at us.. I was after a long time again being considered 'bright'..( before that partially it was at school.(Oak Grove ,, Mussoorie).and  i was considered really bright when I was a kid- in terms of age, looks, size as well as maturity... and this was ages before ... in KG.. Nursery..Std. 1 etc when I had topped classes on a trot)... In fact recently I found a friend from that prehistoric age.. In those times he used to come 2nd but today he has beaten me and got in to a job with L&T at Surat... Incidentally my summer internship in 2010 is also with L&T .. but I'll in all probability be at MUmbai. 

Now coming back to the topic... We started with test series 6 months before the exam.. Now after getting a full scholarship at CL .. i was attending classes there too.. I had joined their test series as well... As though it was not already enough , I joined the TIME test series as well... my argument at that time was-'i don't want to repent later that something could have helped and i avoided that'... Apart from that most serious candidates were supposed to join the TIME test series... not only because of the supposed superiority of their tests but also get an actual feel of the competition.. as most of the stal warts would also be taking the same tests..

rest later...  

Branding for schools- from good to have to must have

http://knowledgefaber.com/articles/Media-Education/Branding-schools-goodtohave-to-musthave.pdf


well clickon the above link to find the white paper i along with debashish das, fellow pgp 13 mate......which we wrote for them as a live project. for Knowledgefaber consulting group...

Mr. Dinkar Vashishtha's article on the ghosts in Shimla......

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-ghosts-of-shimla/532888/

Mr Dinkar Vashishtha is a journalist with the Indian Express. He hasworked with the economic times as well. He was the one who mentored me for my interview for IIM K... I am forever indebted..

comment on A Damodaran's post

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8152901575140311047&postID=2547248766257490952&page=1

housing prices would always go up....everyone thought so...the banks, the ratings agencies and even the govt., because otherwise a well thought out and prudent legislation would have been in place. The irony is that how such people and organizations with such vast knowledge and experience in finance could think that housing prices would go up forever? That the very concept of a bubble was redundant.... Now Mr. Damodaran what these tycoons of ur country have done is irreparable esp. in terms of the damage that it has caused to the economies that were aping the USA. ..... These economies had lately converted to the open market system.. in the hope that it was the only answer to the questions of hunger and poverty that their economy faced...... After opening up they became outsourcing hubs for the US... most of them couldn't develop their own industries... and their ecopnomies became solely dependent on the performance of the US and the whims and fancies of its policy makers...........Dueto the slowdown it is these countries that have been greatly affected......True the US is worried about its own unemployment problems.... bot what about people who in distant lands work for the US, though not being its citizents,... and earn some amt. of money that is pathetically low to meet basic human necessities....... Instead of being too preoccupied with its own <= 8.5% unemployment rate.....Doesn't it become imperative for the us to do more.......

And now coming back to bond ratings.....it seems much like astrology .... where that astrologer commands respect whose prophecies are more consistent than others..... the very nature of the market should be to encourage more no. of agencies rather than just S & P and Moody's..........In this pool soon will emerge an agency that is consistent and demands the respect of the market.

Another worry area is why change in ratings lag the way markets see things... doesn't it also mean that the ratings are just a reflection of what the market already knows......... Rather it also implies that the kind of insider info that the ratings agencies are supposed to obtain fron the company management.. is not done... and what they get is just rosy news....


And about mortgage backed bonds...the lesser said the better....the very evident lack of info... makes the ratings extremely vulnerable......i would even think that in this particular segment.....ratings are lobbied for and much influenced.........comments Mr. Damodaran

October 18, 2009 1:46 AM




And this is what Mr. Damodaran replied


Aswath Damodaran said...


Sounds to me like selective rationalization. If the market system is to blame for whatever pain has been inflicted in these countries -I presume that you are talking about Asia - then it must have been also to blame for whatever gain was generated in the previous two decades. You know what! Most people would take the trade off. India and China operated for millenniums under your alternate government-controlled (elite run) systems and what did they have to show for it? In two decades, the market system has changed both countries in immense ways. Has all the change been for the better? Of course, not.. But consider the millions of people who have been raised from poverty to the middle class in both countries before you decide the old system worked better.

One more thing.. When you point your finger at the "tycoons" (I presume you are talking about investment bankers here) remember that four fingers are pointing back at you. Anyone who bought a house bought into this vision of everlasting glory as well..



October 18, 2009 7:18 AM



Well you see he does have a point.....

Conclaves at K

Management conclaves at IIM K. One of them is horizons, which is going on today. We have really distinguished speakers. But one question remains is that, ' can they be really classified as speakers?'
Many would agree because the first speaker was the CFO of TATA Capital. He had done his MS Finace from LBS; what else is requisite for a qualification?
 The answer is soft skills and the ability to bind your audience to the very flow of your thoughts. If somebody had beeen actually listening, whatever he talked was so full of wisdom, and coming from a man of his stature it must hold importance specially for management students like us. He talked of some things which are really worth talking about in the current scenario. But I wilnot be able dwell much on that as I was party to the crime. The crime of sleeping in an event like this. The crime of pretending tobelistening when actually my thoughts were far away. But yes things I can recollect include the idea of free markets, how indian banks cater to the risk averse segment and are not very much pro investment: they are rather pro savings. He talked about the history of markets and regulation that have governed them. The thought process and the rationale that that has gone beyond these regulations. How we again moved towards free markets during the times of Regan and Thather, both of whom were essentially for free markets and against regulations.
   And this is all he talked about; how the derivatives market was just coming of age , when the sub-prime crisis struck. I may be possible that what I state in this post is an interpreation and very far from what he might have meant. And so it went on. The speech or rather the ordeal was over and the esteemed gentleman was rather impatiently waiting for questions. And none came. The someone after much deliberation and thinking and realizing that the ver reputation of an IIM was at stake came up with a question and thank God a sensible one; this so because the guest seemed pleased to answer it. Most of us didn't have a clue of what the question was all about and so was the case with the answer......... to be cont.

knock...knock

all i have is a clouded vision...


of the unforeseen and unknown..

i hear knocks at my door...

don't know what awaits me...

shall i open the door...

or wait for it to pass..??

a fairy and the book

like monsoon she came...
like a breeze she was gone....
i couldn't even lift my eyelids......
i had my glasses on...


she sparkled like the spring....
she blossomed like a flower......
but a bit odd was that hour....
and I kind of felt her power....


she smelled like fresh air.......
so glowing was her hair.....
she whispered like a morning prayer......
but i kept rocking on a chair.........


time was good for a fling......
it felt like to let off the hook.......
she was lovely like a fairy.....
bt I was happy with my book

ashwath damodaran's blog

well certainly read this blog because this is much better than mine........

http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com

Fin God Damodaran

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/temp.html

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/biomission.html



One of the  many guys to have awe inspired me....i believe he is one of leading investment thinkers of the age.....and yet his simplicity and the missionary zeal with which he goes about his profession is amazing.

to fin enthuziasts.....please read every word listed by the guru on the links posted above.....knowledge unfortunately is not free....but here is atleast one person who has already initiated some great transformation..........hats off

Anjaani…Pehchaani

Main akela hi chala tha,

Sochta tha kab hoga savera,

Raat kaali kab ghategi,

Door kab hoga andhera…….

Har ghadi , har mod par main,

Humsafar ko dhoondta hoon

Aanchalon ke chod par main,

Pyaar ko tatolta hoon………

Hai nahi saathi na sangi,

Hai nahi humraaj koi,

Baj rahe hain sur aur saaz,

Par nahi aawaaz koi……

Main use pehchaanta hoon,

Naam uska jaanta hoon ,

Hai khayalon me basi wo,

Masoom si ek kali wo….

Khoobsoorat ek bag si wo

Ek dhadhakti aag si wo

Jaaane kyon anjaan hai wo

Ab meri pehchaan hai wo…….

                                                                                      

Main akela hi chala tha,

Sochta tha kab hoga savera,

Raat kaali kab ghategi,

Door kab hoga andhera…….

dil ki baat...

dil ki baat...

hidden ....

dil ki baat...

babaji bhailog

dil ki baat...

star fish....

dil ki baat...   there were lots and lots of these i the sea

kappad beach again

dil ki baat...

kappad beach

dil ki baat...

kappad beach

dil ki baat...

fin imp links

http://www.econlib.org/library/Mackay/macEx2.html#Ch.2,%20The%20South-Sea%20Bubble

http://www.econlib.org/library/Mackay/macEx3.html#Ch.3,%20The%20Tulipomania

http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html

visitor count

jimmy and johnny

Jimmy Please Say You’ll Wait For Me
I’ll Grow Up Some Day You’ll See
Saving All My Kisses Just For You
Signed With Love Forever True

Joni Was The Girl Who Lived Next Door
I’ve Known Her I Guess Ten Years Or More
Joni Wrote Me A Note One Day
And This Is What She Had To Say

Jimmy Please Say You’ll Wait For Me
I’ll Grow Up Some Day You’ll See
Saving All My Kisses Just For You
Signed With Love Forever True

Slowly I Read Her Note Once More
I Went Over To The House Next Door
Her Teardrops Fell Like Rain That Day
When I Told Her What I Had To Say

Joni Joni Please Don’t Cry
You’ll Forget Me Bye And Bye
You’re Just Fif-teen I’m Twenty Two
And Joni I Just Can’t Wait For You

Soon I Left Our Little Home Town
Got Me A Job And Tried To Settle Down
But These Words Just Kept Haunting My Memo-ry
The Words That Joni Said To Me

Jimmy Please Say You’ll Wait For Me
I’ll Grow Up Some Day You’ll See
Saving All My Kisses Just For You
Signed With Love Forever True

I Packed My Clothes And I Caught A Plane
Had To See Joni I Had To Explain
How My Heart Was Filled With Her Memo-ry
And Ask My Joni If She’ll Marry Me

I Ran All The Way To The House Next Door
Things Weren’t Like They Were Before
My Teardrops Fell Like Rain That Day
When I Heard What Joni Had To Say

Jimmy Jimmy Please Don’t Cry
You’ll Forget Me Bye And Bye
It’s Been Five Years Since You’ve Been Gone
Jimmy I Married Your Best Friend John

About Potter, Stress....and etc.

dil ki baat...

frustration ......a lot of frustration....its bangig the insides of your head. There is so much inside me that I want to discard....but am not able to. These things do come out.. sometime like tears at the end of a moview or when you are in a completely inabberated state...under the influence of alcohol or even without it. We  all like to speak.. not let others speak....to be heard and not hear  others... to succesful in the pursuit of things which are of miniscule eminence if life's canvas is viewed as a whole.

It is als about perceptions... how they change with time....the world may see you differently with each stage that you conquer or succumb to... but personal challenges always remain..... the challenge to raise nations out of their economic slumber....... or just to open my own sleep-heavy lids at midday.....now can be thought of as being of lesser consequence... atleast as far as I am concerned and I am sure many would agree....

And as the great KWATRA writes........ new semester ..new challenges,... wahi 'ghisai'  fir se....

Yes i am reading a book called liar's poker....am watching Potter's movies......half blood prince...order of the phoenix....etc...and must asy its qwite an experience..... I was really touched by the way Hermione Granger cried for Ron weasley........and the greatness of Albus Dumbledoor....... the wickedness and folly of Malfoy.....the horrrific death eaters and what not....

And Hogwarts reminds me of my school.....what grandness.....british setting.... typical stone architecture..... Girls' and Boys' Dorms......... not Qwidditch but Hockey.....and lots of stories...... ma'ams and sirs... not proffesors..........and a slightly less flamboyant life style..... but it was fun.....and I bet it was

There are other things i do too....like feeling sleepy as of now

passing thought.....

dil ki baat...

A man was polishing his new car; his 4 yr old son picked up a stone &

Scratched on the side of the car. In anger, the furious Man took his

child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures.

When the child saw his father....with painful eyes he asked

'Dad when will my fingers grow back?' The man was so hurt and speechless.

He went back to the car and kicked it many times. Devastated by his own

actions... sitting in front of the car he looked at the scratches, His son

had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'. Next day that man committed

suicide...

Anger and Love have no limits...Always remember.... .
Very important

"Things are to be used and people are to be loved"

But the problem in today's world is....

"People are being USED & Things are being LOVED"

it so happened....

dil ki baat...

An Interesting Joke

A stranger was seated next to Little Johnnie on the plane when the stranger turned to the boy and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights will go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger."
Little Johnnie, who had just opened his book, closed it slowly, and said to the stranger, "What would you like to discuss?"
"Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "How about nuclear power?"
"OK," said Little Johnnie. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat grass. The same stuff. Yet a deer excretes little pelleile a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?"
"Jeez," said the stranger. "I have no idea."
"Well, then," said Little Johnnie, "How is it that you feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?"

And so i pondered

dil ki baat...

kyun chalti hain pawan ?

Because of evaporation.

Kyun jhoome hain gagan ?

Because of earth's rotation.

Kyun machalta hain mann ?

Because of disorder in digestion.

Na Tum Jano Na Hum!!!


Kyun gum hain har disha ?

Because u have poor sense of direction.

Kyun hota hain nasha ?

Because of drug addiction.

Kyun aata hain mazaa ?

Because u enjoy the situation.

Na Tum Jano Na Hum!!!


Kyun aati hain bahar ?

Because of change in season.

Kyun hota hain karar ?

Because of taking tension.

Kyun hota hain pyaar ?

Because of opposite attraction.

Na Tum Jano Na Hum!!!


but
SCIENCE HAS ALL THE SOLUTIONS

http://172.20.5.146:8080/PlaceComPortal/htm/placecomHome.htm

dil ki baat...
place com ka portal

http://www.zeenews.com/video/showvideo3736.htmldil ki baat...

Eye of the beholder

dil ki baat...
This has been good here for qwite sumtime now.
there are batch parties...... and we all have hell lot of a good time....... the party extends in to the night and then on to the cars,,, buses ,,, beaches and then merges with the morning
i am always confused about the place i m in .... whether i like it... whether i like it because every1 else is doing it.... am i steriotyping myself,,,,........ am i moving away from the very notion of 'MAVERICK' that i cherished for myself


SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN INDIA CLASSES....... they are goig on well... with a lot of heated debates.... that go on 
and then there's Managerial Accounting..... in which i have been consistently pathetic...... and as if to  add insult to injury... i applied for the CFA( chartered financial analyst) level 1 exam 2..... ... This probably is one of the riskiest decisions i have ever taken.... and current trends point to an unavoidable disaster.


Mean while IIM kozhikoode is revealing itself in its many forms to me...... i am gradually getting used to the academic rigour...... and may be sooner than later ii start performing well in exams too..... yes this place is beautiful,,,,... its situated on a hill.. full of palm and coconut trees.......... and yes there's the sea near by.........but who has the time and patience to go there.....i have of course formed a few friends.... and unusually though the bonding is good...... seems like  a long run is in the offing...........lets see how things unfold gradually


Then there's the OB(organization behaviour) class..... and the proff teaches no one else bt me...... let the whole class go to hell... if i understand ,,, iits implied every1 does.... if i don't ... he explains it again..... he  puts all the questions to me....and expects answers and the best part is  that i usually have the correct answers... anyways he'd extract it from you....................... and then he is so very docile... always greets us with folded hands at  the end and beginning of the class.........may b a modern day GAndhi....
Though his attention span hasn't brought any benefits....... since all of proff Pawars focus totally on me.....rest every1 can sleep..... while i study.... in every1's place.....i envy the BACKBENCHERS

and he continues to make us uncomfortable....

dil ki baat...
this is about dear PROF> MATHEW only..... guys these days we are having movie screenings..... some of the finest films i have ever seen....the central station (spanish)........grave of the fire flies(japanese.. animation).....all about my mother(spanish again).................and today documentaries..

1st documentary:- About the caste system... religion... communal riots... and gender bias..I was horrific when i saw how Bal Thakrey was playing cheap politics .... arousing public sentiment against muslims.."i will put an AK47 in every hindu's hand"..... some of the real inflamatory speeches by Saadhwi Ritambara..... Shiv Sena... is detrimental to the state of well being and happiness of this great nation. A sociologist way back predicted that yugoslavia and  india... wd disintegrate with time..every1 mocked him.. but yugoslavia did break up... conditions in india are very similar....
   These parties take the name of Shivaji, rana pratap etc . for so called hindu nationalism..... but shivaji had so many muslim connections... and Shivaji wdn't be shivaji if the muslim connections hadn't been there..... Rana pratap's friend in in his worst times was a muslim........ mardana accompanying Nanak was a muslim..
  Same is the case with muslims... they believe.. the golden age when muslims ruled India is gone... they aren't getting their due... elements in their community too continuously pester them in to communally biased approach and thinking.

2nd Documentary-
titled 'LESSER HUMANS"...www.ektaonline.org/events/stalin/index.htm.. it was base on the scavengers.. the pathetic state in which they live... they actually have to clean up what we throw up... from top or bottom.... human and animal excreta... dead bodies...There are old type toilets that are DRY and can't be flushed.. they have clean them.. and carry the 'night-soil ' on their head to the dumping site.

• Their state over the years hasn't much changed.. because if they don't do it... WHO DOES IT???
• they are the BHANGIS... or the Valmikis
• They are systematically kept away from all Govt. jobs.Almost all of them are  on daily wages at different municipal corporations, gram panchayats.... families etc.
• They are paid about lowest possible wages..according to the documentary in 1997 it was INR50/month.... it can't be too mch now either... may be
• A lot of them are paid only in kind.... like left over food... and grain etc.
• Their main grduge is against the other lower castes.... the other 'dalits'... who avail most of the benefits for reserved categories....
• They are preferentially kept away from availing benefits... as otherwise who wd do their jobs...
• They are not alloted plots on housing sites.... bt in areas away.. where there's no basic amenities.. no water.. electricity
• UNTOUCHABILITY is still practised against them....in villages actively.... while educated ones...do it subconsciously too... c'mmon be thruthfull....will  u be comfortable with the 'safaiwala'.......Wd u hug him and share ur food with him?? The BHANGIS are even more unfortunate.
• Its not that that the GOVT has been silent.... Atleast 5 times "cleaning of night-soil' manually has been banned. Picking up of human excreta on the head has been banned too... there is actually so much that has been done ON PAPER
• BUT its a lower caste vs higher caste problem.... and all important offices..infact the Govt. is controlled by higher castes... and so the implications
• The truth is .....REMOVING a stigma 1000's of yrs old "the varna syatem'.... isn't easy.. But what's appaling is the lack of efforts.... though some NGO's are doing a commendable job 
• and what abt issues like resevation   

                                               A scavenger

i am a scavenger

they call me BHANGI

they keep away from me

the smell of shit emerging from me may corrupt their souls

and i clean up a lot

their shit.. their animal's shit

their dead... whom they find lying about

its we who give them their salvation

and the dead cats n' dogs n' cattle

 
in villages we carry bad news too 
news of death to all other home

n all other villages

accumulating curses

this makes our smell worse

do u think its easy

doing such stuff and getting almost n'thing in return

no.. actually there are returns

and 1 too many

In return u keep away from me

preferencially u keep me backward

and away from education

u can't do without me..

actually u can .. bt u don't want to

u r so used to this barbarism

that u can't forgo it

u can't build automatic toilets

but even if u build them

like they have in cities

we have to go in MANHOLES

man .. they are full of shit

and i m immersed in that shit from head to toe

some times the toxic gas can even kill me

now is that HUMAN

even remotely so??

As a child i was good at studies

sat on the 1st bench

but i was an untouchable

i made other kids impure

they made me sit at the last bench

i wanted to become a DOCTOR

the guy pursuing THE NOBLE PROFESSION

but they said this time n ' again

Wht's d use.. a bhangi shall remain so

there's shit u have to carry

shit's ur destiny.. u can't run away

in the end fed up.. broken

i dropped out...

even i couldn't play with other kids

their parents told them not to

and washed their own kids with water 

when they came in contact

or touched them with fire

this wd make them pure

If sum1 accidently touched me

they wd apply GANGAJAL

or any water which they found

even drop their toes in the nearby drain

so u see...

even drain water is purer than us


if i m a woman 
imagine my plight
i m a slave of the slaves

so is there any real incentive for us to continue living

but we continue to live..

so that we carry ur filth.. 

ur shit on our head

ur shit in our lives

ur shit all the time

it trickles down through ages

in to our destiny.. that's all shitty with ur shit

bt do we have a choice

certainly not

so we keep quiet

and carry on with our very own NOBLE PROFESSION

this is how u locate me.....

http://iimk.ac.in/pgp/pgp13.php?min=65    


this is the way they present me on iim k website..... but u realize there's more to me after reading this blog.... keep reading.... this will help u in the long run....     of course i m kidding......  :)  :)

Prof. A. F. Matthew

http://www.mica-india.net/AcademicsandResearch/Profiles/Profiles%20new/Mathew.htm
http://www.portalcomunicacion.com/bcn2002/n_eng/programme/prog_ind/asp4.asp?id_pre=824
http://www.mica-india.net/AcademicsandResearch/Profiles/Profiles%20new/Mathew_publications.htm


Guys.. you defintely have heard of siddhu and siddhuisms
..... now i will introduce you to our teacher of ' Social Transformation in india'. ...
When your Prof. had a FATWA issued against him.. In addition had sought protection from HC against Bajrang Dal in past..this was all because of his inflamatory thoughts and ideas.... his father was the the Deputy Commander in Chief of IPKF  in Sri Lanka....and yet he hates most of what Indian Army does....He was refused visa to Pakistan because of his  views on Kashmir...... When he teaches you, you realize.. how good or bad religions are... how biased society is... and the the truth behind simplest of events could be bloody and horrendous.....Only he can really teach you about SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN INDIA!!

Mathewisms :

"I am like a ray of light in your wretched lives.
I feel like a genius everywhere I go because you people know nothing"

"u dont read newspaper, u dont watch TV, so wat u do all day, watch Porn.... "

"god is standing in front of u
don worry now i hav come
everything will be alright...hmmm "

"If I had not come to teach you who would have emancipated your wretched souls"

"If a girl sleeps with ten boys of her class, she's a slut. If a boy does the same with ten girls, he's a stud. This is the bang-on-target example of gender bias.."

Addressing a lady: "Do you go home and declare, Mom ! Great news !! I'm a lesbian !! "

"some 40 % of the students, I interview say Hitler is their role model. I normally select them coz I realize that they need me more"

"I will declare I will screen a Lesbian film in auditorium and when all the seats are occupied, I will play the Gay Film"

"Of course I don't believe in that rubbish that all men are equal..You can't be my equal"

"Young people are same everywhere...one big koodadan"

"In Mills & Boon, hero plants a kiss on heroine's forehead and she faints. I think she'll have epilepsy during intercourse"




I can't tell about others but prof. mathew is brash.... but he is one guy u feel is talking utter rubbish until unless u pay attention and start listening..... and worry he is extremely interesting ... and the wierdest person you will ever meet...... but he does enlighten our souls in so many ways......

And as time went by.......

Now i am almost 2 months in this splendid institution. Sometimes I really feel proud of myself to have made it despite all odds(no work ex, no flashy tags like iit, a two yr dropper after +2, a modest cat percentile, and above all a filthy gd; but more than decent interview)

You of course are the least interested. I mean first of all you take pity on me and read this crap... and its even not interesting.. but then guys bear with me.. may be with time i polish my writing skill and specially my typing skills...

Midterms happened .. and my grades are out.. at least for one subject and i got a pathetic B-. May be trailor about the things to come or its just a passing phase. But it scares me as I have never been great at studies, and more so in a place like this, I think I'll have to work extra hard. If I don''t may be survival is the issue I am facing a few months from now.

Lets talk about the ratio (gender ratio ). Its probably about 12:1. Now why we have to face all of this all the time. I really hope that the women of this country become totally liberated and join in more numbers those courses and workplaces which I am destined to join as well.

But yes again I reiterate as I have done n number of times before, that this place rocks, with all its natural beauty, the nearness to some aw sum beaches, and that its actually situated on a hill. Also sooner than later you happen to find those venomous reptiles usually called snakes crawling around leisurely.. and you realize that the place actually belongs to them and you need their mercy.

Broadly speaking it a heaven for nature enthusiasts, with innumerable coconut/ palm trees and absolute sereneness. That's why they call it ' GOD's own country' and my IIM-' GOD's own IIM'.

And then there are thoughts about recession and how its going ti affect our summers and our senior batch's final placements. That i have take about a million rupees as loan is worrying, but other wise life is good... very good... much better than what I have had till now.I am actually looking forward to days getting better and better.

and so i started to settel down

initially it was tough... there were classes during the day...and in the name of induction, studcon i.e. the students' body(of course managed by the seniors) made us under go some real tough times.There were classes till 3 am, all taken by senios in the name of clearing of concepts. And they gave us tasks.. real big tasks..like preparing ppts. on various topics.. assignment submissions.. and everything with a deadline , which would read something like 23:59:59.

soon the curtains wre off. Weactually got toknow that we were being fooled.. and that this wasn't official(as we had been told till now). Wewere even told that these tasks would contribute to our grades.

It all happened like this. One night we were called for a baatch meet @ 23:59:59... and there was all this talk about how people had copied their assignments. They told us that plagarism was astrict issue and may even lead to expulsion. And that sofwares could be used to check and analyse assignments.. and find any traces of plagarism. They asked people involved to own up. Afew of them did. Then they said that they had no choice but to make the names public. The projector came in to action. It said-" LOOK BEHIND".

And there were our seniors, all mocking us and capturing the moment of this surprise with their camera kliks( the moment of our salvation from slavery... that resulted from foolish ignorance). It was an exquisite moment.

In the name of induction we were being made to sleep < 4 hrs a day. People were made to jog n exercise(armylike), prepare n number of assignments, power pt. ppts. In the nameof NSS some of them were even asked to prepare a play...which they did and even presented. It seemed that slowly life would get back to normal... :)

its not what you expect ...... its even better!!

I arrived at the Kozhikode station. IIMk guys , members of stud con i.e student concil were there to receive us.. and a bus to carry us to our dream destination.. All we guys were new and probably expecting a lot of new things. The bus ride was good, with some really 'happening' south Indian probably Malyali music playing in the background. And gradually 'The GOD's own kountry' unfolded its pristine beauty; rain forests with coconut and palm trees, lush greenry all aroud. It was intoxicating .... but it was just the beginning.

Suddenly the gates of 'God's own IIM' welcomed us. Initial formalities done, we were escorted to owr hostel rooms. And...... what lay before my eyes was.. just unimaginable. It wasn't a room at all; it resembled a suit. Fitted with ac , attached bath , geysers, well furnished with genuine rosewood furniture. That was not all, all the fittings.. lan ports , lamp shades , a number of copboards , dressing table and God knows how many drawers were exquisite and just where they should have been and not to mention the bath fittings and overall lighting was majestic. Added to it the quiet balcony and the picturesque view it offered... couldn't ask for more.

Also here people don't lock their rooms.... unbelievable?? But here they don't... with all their cash and their laptops and stuff lying around. That's the honesty of the most educated state in India.