Some Sad State

It is with very heavy heart that I am writing this. I am not enjoying at all.
What are the reasons? I know. Too much politics in the air. People have their own agendas and how they can go to any length for it.
I am not able to achieve anything beyond a certain point. What has happened? The guy who used to be on top of things at all times now because of the people around him is finding himself very let down.

Again that sinking feeling is coming out as if something bad might happen.
Life is full of crap with no roses around.
Can I fight and if I have to how far can I go?

What is the point in having all these things? Shall I leave all this behind and do what my heart tells me to do? Too much burden of responsibilities on my shoulder and above all that this new agony of not being able to do something on one thing which should have been my Priority no. 1. What has become of me?

A Cynic and a broken person with very less hope? Sad figure.

Indian Elections 2009

The great Indian Election Festival has come to an end and UPA headed by Indian National Congress has emerged as the single largest coalition just a whisker short of the magic no. 272.

Its a good thing that my countrymen have voted for stability and a national party over petty issues of casteism and regionalism. Lalus, Mayawatis, Paswans, etc. of the country have bitten the dust.
Similar is the case with Left parties.
BJP though ignited the hopes of middle class with an alternative have themselves for blame for. Seems like they had lost their plot in between being too extreme on their nationalist policies and their support for communalism.
Not to forgot the fact that congress also is no Pavitra...1984 riots are still the burning issues(remember Jarnail Singh and Shoegate with PC)...
But Dr. Manmohan Singh has emerged as a clean and honest politician and BJP's strategy of converting this election on the lines of US presidential elections has sufered a big set back when Dr. Singh usually a soft person with few words launched a counter offensive against Mr. Advani for his alleged role in Kandhar, Jinnah's tomb mimics etc...

All in all, its a great opportunity for India to march ahead in these difficult times and we do needed a stable and strong Govt for the same.

Long gone should be the days when on every small policy issue, Left used to whip lashes on UPA.
Now they must reassess and its an existential issue for BJP. If they can't bring their act together and look for a generational change, I think they will lose this plot.
Modi cannot be the next harbinger of BJP. If they actually want to be Somebody in next elections, they should act fast.

For congress, though it looks promising with the youth brigade led by Rahul Gandhi ,the cause shouldn't be lost in the dynastic politics and filling their own coffers.

I would be disappointed if this young Rahul fail to deliver what he has promised.
Indians are expecting a lot from him.

In the end, it is a gradual change and people are understanding that developmental politics are there to stay. People are becoming increasingly aware of their rights. Sheila Dixit, Raman Singh, YSR, Nitish Kumar are just a few examples.

Hope to see a powerful India on foreign politics in coming time.We need to assert ourselves on that stage with so many neighbourbood problems boiling in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan.

Cheers and Congratulations India!!!
Proud to be an Indian...

A novel by a PECobian

Checked Tazzy's profile.
His friend of Meta , Harry has finally completed his novel http://iitbypass.blogspot.com

Will read it sometime...again the flame to write something substantial of my own has been ignited

experiences at NCR

I came to Gurgaon for my summer internship. I thought it to be a good break from the college life and Expected too much out of it.

Sadly none of that has happened.

Reducing a few inches, daily fitness regime to meeting all friends at NCR , reliving old times, spending quality times with family...what has happened?

I don't like the traffic. Seriously heavy traffic. people are driving bumper to bumper and its such hot out there.

Time, energy, petrol, temper everything you are losing & going for a toss.

More on it later...Seems like I might finally get a project here afterall...

Summers@GGN

Why do we need summer internship at an MBA school when we have so much of work experience?

This question always nagged me and I was not able to find/search the answer.

Till Mckinsey and BCG shortlists came and it was the first time I realized that I have arrived at an IIM.

It was a major booster and the preps which was a month long affair was a real eye opener.

I felt confident. Though inside I knew that it would be tough to get into the Firm, it showed me insights into things which I had read about only.

Taj dinners, pitches by consults, mentorship program...Whoa...it was some ride boy!

Marketing, consult, finance, general management, over hyped entrepreneurship, operations, I am still confused.

GE Commercial I would say might be a good thing. Working in a fin company and environment in this recession time gives you a totally different perspective about things in a finance company.

Who knows I might be a cunning banker or a PE guy cutting deals, doing M&As, under writings, etc.

Summers now I'm realizing is actually good,

For a single jobber like me I would say it helped me in seeing a different work environment. I now have some yard sticks after working in two Fortune 500 companies in the world.

Its also an experiment. Fin or not? I think at this time we can take this risk rather than later switching within a month for being a misfit in the environment.

You have time to actually do a lot of stuff.

I have read like anything in the past few days, not fiction work. News-political , business, art, technology etc and it is fun. It catapults your thinking to a different level.

Though I would say doing these things with a project at hand would be more fun , but then who says you get everything you want...

Kuch start

2009 will be a defining year for more than one reason.

 

 

First the General elections 2009.

There are 3 major coalitions this time around and who knows what will be the situation after the polls.

Indian politicians have reputations as Thali ke baigan.

 

The new govt will have many challenges of course. Most importantly how to face this global recession which has hit India touted as virtually non affected by crisis because of certain decoupling theories.

 

But as we see now as the days and events are unfolding that there is more to this recession that just financial system failure.

 

May be globalization.May be not. Past few years each country has become so much dependent on global events that it is impossible to be an island.

Global markets are run mostly by sentiments and with FII/FDI the biggest players in the capital markets the fall was imminent for Indian stock market as well.

 

We as a country has to see if we are resilient enough to bounce back and continue to the path to growth projected by some optimists at 9-10%.

 

India shining and for a moment I thought yes we have acheived something. Now no one can stop us from becoming the next world power.

 

I was wrong and so were the political & media pundits who were fooled by the NDA's surfacial and farce campaign.

Rosy pictures of India painted , the growth measured by the stock market thermometer and true bharat lost/hidden in the publicity blitz.

 

It led to BJP's fall & people understood the power of the common man.

 

Inclusive growth...We will see how this term became talked about in a later post.

 

 

 

Mount Abu: A walk through the memory lane

Why now??? Was just going through old photographs. Tried making a collage...
No doubt this trip of the 4 muskeeteers Ammu, Pulli ,Kannu and me was one of the best trips ever.Start was we booked 3-4 train tickets and in the end we all went by one reserved ticket-from Delhi to Mount Abu. Its a nice place. Serene and in the mountains. Got to see a culture different from Northern India...Gujju Samaj. The Thali system, boat ride, dilwara temples( miniature art work of modern Akshardham, but then it was all man made and w/o machinery, tussle at Brahmakumari HQ at Mt Abu , Highest peak of Rajasthan, Darghah of gareeb Nawaz, Muchhar photos of me and Ammu, sunset point, Ghats at Pushkar, Brahma's only temple in India, tanga ride, guided trip of Mt Abu...Nice place to be for 3-4 day trip, though we could have gone to Dwarkaji as well...All are now memories. And they will be forever.

Industry Interaction Committee

As part of IIC, IIM Lucknow our work includes organizing Industry events at campus and outside.
We are the face of IIM Lucknow and are involved in any kind of industry interaction barring placements.
We arrange industrial visits, talks by eminent personalities from industry, functional workshops, competitions , case studies, live projects for students and what not!

Its been a great exposure so far. Good learning and working in such a dynamic team has its own experiences.

Summers@Hell

Last few days have been crazy...
Summers @ B school.
There are many aspects of a B school life which came to the forefront in these few days.

First of all , frankly I don't understand the use of a summer stint( 8 weeks) for a person who has already spent around on avg 3-4 years in industry.
But then there are so many things here which are old and have been left as such.

Got dinged by my dream companies.The Firm! Though if I look back, the effect it had on me was immense.
Such great people.Taj parties. But then some things are not meant to happen:( May be some day...May be some day in future....
I knew that I am not going to make it.Such inherent flaws in my approach.And its good that these things came out.
Now have an idea as to what I am lagging behind in...

Besides, they truly say that IIM L summer process is one of the best designed process.
I like the way senior batch is putting in their efforts for us (barring a few selected...no need to mention their ulterior motive)
Kudos to Sir Rocky to design such a huge operations process.

Coming down to friends.
I hate when such brilliant people are finding it difficult to get summers.
These are bad times.
Really bad times. But then is it our fault? Who is responsible ? With each passing day the frustration level of the batch is going up.
I dunno for how long will they be hiding the true facts.They will have to face the batch-either for their incompetency or the true scenario.
Either way its my batch which is at loss.
I sincerely hope that the whole batch gets placed.Desperate times need desperate measures.Lets all stand together.

Good to see that the students who are getting placed are putting in efforts for other people.
This is human spirit.

But overall, this summer experience has left many questions and has made me think as to what it will lead to?
Will I be a misfit in my summer job profile.
What was it that I wanted? And where I landed?
No regrets.At least it is there.Rite.That was the prime objective.
Now I should be more proactive in my approach.

My attitude needs an overhaul.There are many things which I need to work upon.
Sooner the better.

Lets Rock IIM Lucknow!!!
The return of the king

Jashn and Varchasva

Last two days were full of hectic frenzy.
And I was doing wat?
Movies in my room.Sometimes I do act like an A**
Anyways ,tough times ahead.
With summers approaching and all people gearing for their dream jobs, its going to be a li'l difficult if not outrightly
impossible to get a good summers
Only the brave and most diligent will survive.

Fight hai!