Looking for a change........

So here I am back again at my forgotten blog again! May be it will be live again when I will start my next round of preparations for ISB. Well as of now, let me throw an update here about my snail-paced life.

News is that I have taken first step of change management and I have resigned from Infy. I will be joining another IT company in MAY. So finally a way out from BBSR. Apart from that, my track record on MBA quest has improved a bit. As after I got the call from NMIMS, mumbai and IMT Ghaziabad; I have managed call from ISB this time. So, overall being an optimist I would say the way to go is only up.

On the personal front, not much change but the inevitable is not so far. Parents have started working on my matrimonial chances; as I couldn’t manage one myself.
And since I will be near my hometown, hence the odds against my bachelorhood are really high. But lets see!

Doing a lot of orkutting and blogging these days. One of the newest blog I have come up with few more friends is – ‘MERE DO PAISE’ – http://www.meredopaise.blogspot.com/

That’s it for now. Lets see what life has to bring for me!!

~Nits

Mission Impossible - 3 (ISB)

28 Febraury 2006
15 March 2004
09 December 2001

Once again he won over my dream!

I guess the only word starting with 'I' in my life is 'Infosys' which resembles a bit of a golden run. Be it 'IIT', 'IIM' or 'ISB' all sound synonymous to another I-lettered word called 'Impossible'.I am reall sorry for Mr. TOM CRUISE, that though you have been doing the movies under 'Mission Impossible'; but the brand fits to me more effectively. You have given MI, MI-2 and MI-3 is yet to come; but i have already done three super hits - 'MI-IIT', 'MI-IIM' and 'MI-ISB'.

Last but not the least, I am also an Indian - which is i guess my consolation award.
~Nitin

Fumbled............yet again!

21 Jan 05. Taj Bengal. City of unfound Joy!!

Want an update? Here it is.

Your friend has failed yet again on his way towards the elusive MBA.

What happened?

Fumbled for words! Got numb in middle! what else...

Enough I would say. I should quit seeing this dream all-together.

Two dreams.....both elusive....wanna more??

chalo yaar, thanks for all the support that my friends gave me during this whole process.

Not at all waiting for results.

~Nits

YEsssssssssssssssssssss!!

YEsssssssssssssssssssss!!

The interview call from my utopian world of ISB arrived in my mailbox last friday. Its on 21 Jan @ Taj Bangal, Calcutta, the city of joy.
May be this city is really getting into literal sense in my life……city of JOY!

Hoping to do good enough to get a ticket to Hyderabad.

Pray for me!!

Ufffffffffffff!!...submitted

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfffffffffffff!!

That was my response when I submitted my application for R2 of my dream, ISB. There were some last minute changes based on the feedback I got from Anita, Sameer and Atta-girl.

Thanks to all you folks that you went through my app at the last minute and suggested some crucial feedback.

Finally relieved after so much has been done for this dream. Literally fought with my manager to come back to India as there were no nights and hence free time. My dad supported me a lot while this application process and kept me in check as to whether I have got the recommendations, whether I have paid the fee, etc…This made my dream much more special.

Recently heard that my friend Mahesh has been wait-listed; and given the profile and total application package of his, I am now feeling that its gping to be a big battle if I get a call for interview…

Lets see how the story unfolds…and whether the existence of this blog is feasible or not!!

............still Alive!!

Dear Blog,

Nice to see me back? Yes i am still alive...The work pressures havent yet decreased nor the spate of escalations and virulents from my managers!! Still living...

So coming back to update you after 4 months! Sorry for that. Now as far as the motive of this Blog is concerned,i am having cold feet and sore throat as to what to say now...

will try to sleep less and spend some time on this 'forsaken dream'.


~Nits

MBA, Lies and Essays!!

This person comes back again to this Blog, to write another senti story! What i found recently is that writing essay for Bschool admissions is all about lying. No matter what you are and who you are, your essay should be something that gives a great impression that this person is born to get into this school!

I would not get into whether it is justified to do it or not. Who said that you cannot lie? What matters is that its the result that should matter. If you are succeeding, then no body cares you wrote the truth or not. And yes who told you that you should be a satyawadi harishchandra....

Its all about business and free markets and competition. Whatever sells is true! As simple as that. And who said that life is fair. One has to deal with it. If there are 100 copycats and one 'real' thing; if the real thing cannot sell it to the audience despite of being true!! Its your fault, you aren't a right person to get into this business!

The bottomline is - Whatever sells is 'real' and not the otherway round.

Neighbour's envy, Asia's pride

They are trying really hard!!

What could be the hottest selling item in china these days? Electronic gizmos, handsets, video-games? Nope.

Its the english dictionary!! Thats real good competition between the two neighbours. Asia is in, world is out! Catch the full piece here

India rocks the world with Aloo Tikki Burger

Nice news of a different kind making rounds in circles other than IT. I guess more of these will be arriving soon as ever-increasing indian middleclass becomes an awesome-eye-catching proposition for the MNCs of the world.

And yes do note the fact that by 2010, nearly 55% of indian populace will be in the earn-spend-and-make-merry age group of 25-35. Time now to convert the nickname of 'Land of snake-charmers' to the 'land of MNC-charmers'!!

Here is the news item of AAloo-tikki

The EXTRA mile

It has been said and said again and again. But to no avail, this god damn person seems deaf. Man you have enough guidelines, strategies, tips, inspiration, statements of the people who have been there and done that. Enough of it. Enough of Gyan!!

Believe me or not, even i can be a counseller for an MBA preparation, be it GMAT or CAT. Kab tak radio sunte rahoge?? Walk the Path now, what are you waiting for? If it requires to be a personality for getting into ISB, then do it now. Be what you always wanted to be. Till what time will you compromise and keep giving non-sensical excuses for not realising your dreams?

What it takes to be a winner in life, the extra pound of guts to cross the thin line between a hard-working-participant and a winner. Its always have been that extra mile that you never trudged, it always been that extra hour that you missed to put at the last moment....why the question always comes for that extra? Lets finish it this time. Do whatever it takes to grab that extra to reach the destination...to achieve what you always wanted. Why YOU, who has to stand in the crowd and clap for the winners? Why you stand there perspiring thinking in awe, that what this guy or gal is having in him/her that you lack?

The bottomline is that you are the owner of your own dream! If you cant arrange enough resources to make it happen. Then be damned! Dont crib afterwards. Its you and only you who is responsible for this. If you dont have enough to show off in your essays, then find out what can be achieved in next 4 months, which can help you stand out of the crowd. If you cant manage that then get a score of 750+, so that people wouldnt ask much of our extra-s. Its up to you HOW YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN!!

So now, forget about the damn job of coding you have been doing for last 3 yrs and will keep on doing if dont get it right this time. Get that EXTRA into your life. THAT EXTRA that will help you stand on the podium wearing that gold medal or that EXTRA that will help you discuss your success story rather than the midnight oil you burnt only to find that this way doesnt work...get that EXTRA which will help you throw that black hat into the sky when graduating out of the most hallowed B-school in India.

Dont be a commodity....be a brand. Find ways to create a brand of yours!! Its time now you become a person driven with a killer instinct OR forget it for this lifetime!!

written in full sobriety,
~Nits