Where is the party tonight?...forget it!!

Thats the story these days at planet I. No time left for anything other than the numerous cases, ppts, assignments, reports and not to forget the 'proposals'. TIME has really become the highly demanded commodity at the planet. Then there is IRIS seeking our support, looking into our eyes and we.....just are surviving on hand-to-mouth situation.

The 'GLOBE' has really swept away all sections and subjects in this term, not to mention the omnipresent globbing on 'What a kickass i am and how i am just after 'god''.

Hope everything pays off in this term, else might think of the opportunity cost and opportunity lost in my prior world...yet again!

Shawshank-Speak - 'Hope is a good thing. And no good thing ever dies!'

Hope it wouldnt die!

~nits

IRIS fever arrives on the Hillock!!

Last time, after making a bang in B-school circles; IRIS declared in arnie's style - " I'll be Back!"

Surely he is. The Hillock is now up and roaring with IRIS 2006 preperations.

As they say in marketing lingo, IRIS has captured major mindshare of all of us and the participants from leading B-schools in the country and abroad. The trend of registration counter for various events is northwards and it continues to climb!

To take a glimpse of all the action, get your hands dirty here - http://iimi-iris.com and its blog - http://iris-2006.blogspot.com

It indeed is........>Life!

16.66666667% MBA - Term 1 over!

For all the readers who do check my blog, sorry for no updates!
For those who don't, thats fine...you are not reading it anyway!

I have few good and few bad news for all of you!!

The talk of the hilly-terrain, is that the Term-I is over for batch of 2008. The end terms were fast and furious...and the last friday's kept us guessing(what the hell....). Good news is that its all over. We all went to home with 16.666666666667% of our MBA and the seven days were scarce...thought that vacation is an economic good, as its scarce, and its wanted too!!

Well 7 days were spent idling, watching some K-serials, chit-chat with friends, family, well-wishers, guides (missing some?..no no...philosophers :), and offcourse orkutting. Watched 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' and found it really refreshing! A must watch. Well talking about bollywood...so much is happening...old movies with new actors...same dialogues..and music! What a brilliant idea to kill script writers, lyricists, music directors.....in one shot! But how strange.., a scene done guess 20 years ago with Big-B(DON) cannot be done today with KKk....Khan! Khan...yes from khan i remembered that the Amazing Aamir Khan's 'Rang De........' has been sent for Oscars from India! If it gets nominated..then it would be 2nd one for Aamir! Aamir is special for so many...

Watched some news channels and found Mika-Rakhi talking their future plans about another freaKISS performance and other one talking about Team India losing to Ausies coz DADA wasnt there....and yes LALOOji taught in IIM-A. Thats a cows-2-cowboy story. One shot, one railway and A came calling!!

Sorry for all the 'Globbing' i am doing here..actually its hangover from the end-terms! So, yes i was talking about yes...Orkutting! A new activity developed at orkut when my mom saw this beautiful invention from Google! She said why its not called a matrimonial site? She was amazed by the scrapbook, communities, friends funda..said it actually reflects the bent of mind...but a usual said, fathers name/profession is missing and pics should be mandatory (though she was disappointed with few committed statuses :))

So coming back to campus.....yes we all are back! And today we got new books and they weighed 17.5 Kgs!!

So the stage is set for another term! And this will be special...it has IRIS! Dont know about IRIS?? IT'S LARGER THAN LIFE....................visit www.iimi-iris.com at least once and you will understand, as it represents the 'pulsating, throttling,running blood' of IIM INDORE!!

That's it for now. But....its High Time to come Back....and shine! If Laloo can, why i can't!!

Branded for life??

Some Intra-communication -

The message is clear now: Come out of shit yourself or be labled ' Mediocre for Life'!

Time for Renaissance!!

~nits (thinking Loud)

Self Made Man - Inspiration

"The powerful image of the rugged “Self Made Man,” chiseling himself out of a solid block of rock captures the essence of the freedom philosophy – that left to his own devices, man will use his God-given talents to be creative, productive, and prosperous. Using free will, he will better his own situation and that of those around him, thereby influencing in a positive way his own destiny. "

This is one of the images that have impacted my life a lot and continue to do so.

~nits

credits - www.bobbiecarlylesculpture.com

Dream?

“Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.”

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

“If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today”

Something is better than nothing!!

~nits

Introspection = Confusion (phew)!

These days i am suffering from a syndrome called lack of 'drive for anything'. Every now and then, time draws a blank against you and you sit dumbfounded :). No..no its not the more-often-than-not-suggested 'Love Syndrome' as per bollywood thinkers. Its something grave. After some serious research, and the battle between the many school of thoughts inside...it was found that it is futile to do further research..as the matter is simply an unending labyrinth. Excerpts from the research about the probable culprits -

1. A constant thread of 'Why I am here?' running against all the processes in your system!

2. Opportunity Cost of being here? Is this what all i dreamt of??

3. Is it about DREAM? Do you have one? Till this point it was about to do an MBA...from an IIM (thats what you were left with)..Ok. Now what??

4. 'Who am I?' - What is the ultimate role for which i have descended on this planet and whether i want to achieve anything?(As per the syllablus of one of the courses) If yes, then what?

5. No, its not about the job! Then what? Its becomes so simple if you tag something as the 'dream job' and here you go - you got the sole idea for being here at this hill station :). But why not job??

6. If not job...Then what? Are you here for 'enlightenment'?? huh.....dude then you are the ONE!!

Conclusion??? Dude, you need to define some constraints, decision variables, objective function...if you really wanna optimise for the reason of your existence here?? (dont sleep in class..i told you!)

Neverthless one conclusion i have is that...'Everytime i do introspection i come out confused(see below)!'

~nits

P.S. - The first picture of this post is just a 'hook' as told in class ;)

SWAC elections, Placement Committee & Me!

These days there is a new frenzy @ planet I. Its not about World Cup, not bcoz of any term exams or quiz or assignments...then?? Its about SWAC Elections!

SWAC is the Student Welfare Activities Council @ IIM I. There are various committees in SWAC umbrella which delve in various functions/feilds. The most critical of these committees is 'Placement Committee' for the obvious reasons. So, what the title of this post has to do with me. Well i have nominated myself for the same committee.

Coming straight to the point!

What I bring to the table as a
Placement committee member –


1. Work experience of 43 months in Infosys

2. Exposure of international work culture of 15 months

3. 100% Commitment & Sincerity


No tall claims! You & I understand its serious business!


Make an informed opinion & then vote!

Addendum1 - Results have been declared and i made it to the selected 7. Hope, the best 4 of us get thru....for sake of our future!! Thanks for all the people who voted for me!!

Addendum2 - The best four have been chosen and i realized on the way that i am not supposed to be in them. Self-realisation on the way......! Good! Lots of food for thought!!

~nits

Mid terms Over!!

Its party time again for the pgp-1 guys here at planet I bcoz the first mid-terms are over!! Have jotted down few thoughts on the proceedings of the 3 happening days -

Once upon a time, on a cosy little hill
when participants were doing bit of chill
there came the clouds of mid-term,
to add in their lives sorrows & bit of thrill!
first came JApaani, and it did create a kahani
good or bad, we dont know yet...no time to think;
then came phatta's revenge and we surrendered,
against the a,b,c,d and e(s) of the paper
in which i saw phatta's cruel BHINK*!
Finally PK tunn saved the day,
when in OB each one of us was in disarray;
Acctg made me believe something is bound to happen,
given my unbalanced performance in quiz,
but we all smiled, MAC guy never used any weapon!
With all joy & happiness, i printed my report,
on Master Terrorist Operation and submitted in time,
its bliss spilling all over..as mid-terms ended today,
i dont care...........even if this poem doesnt rhyme!

*read wink in the most sophisticated accent!


~nits

Maana Bikhra hoon mein....

Current mood:

Maana bikhra hoon mein abhi
Mein nay khawab piroay thay
Teri saanson mein gum hoon abhi
Meri chaahat adhoori hai

Mushkilain jab bhi aa ja-ain gi
Dard hudd say guzar ja-ay ga
Koi ghum na phir ho ga mujhe
Gar khawabon mein tum aao gay

Ab tho aadat si hai mujh ko aisay jeenay mein
hey hey heyayayayay ooooo oooooo........

Duur jithna bhi tum mujh se Paas teray mein
Ab to aadat si hai mujh ko
aaaaa hoooooooo aaaaaaa
ho ho aaaaaaaaaaaa

~nits