Enjoying Extreme...

I am inspired to write this post from the weather around me in Mumbai. As we all know that there are lot of rains in Mumbai as usual. This is june going on, the month in which I use to sweat like hell with all coolers, ACs and what not.This is the month which is not only hated by me but by the entire north India. It is the hottest month of the year. But this time I'm enjoying it-thanks to Mumbai. Monsoon has arrived here on time and it's raining here since last 1 week. I haven't seen Mr. Sun since then. Now it has become my habit to keep umbrella in my bag when i leave for the classes daily. Another good thing is that when if it's not raining then it's cool breeze which is always there and soothes you.

On the other hand, most of the regions in India are facing scarcity of rainfall. Regions like UP, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi are facing summers in its extreme face where it's declared that only 93% rains will be there as compared to last year. I heard from my friends and loved ones that there are 8-10 hrs power cut and no rains. Certain state governments have urged to their citizens to not to use ACs in the workplace and at home so that power can be made available to all. I'm not interested in telling you any weather forecast for entire India. But the same conditions i faced till last year when i was vigorously gearing up for CAT.

So i want to pray to God for rains in entire India since my friends and loved ones stay in those rainfall deficit regions. And above all, many homes are dependent on monsoon in thousands of villages of India. On this ocassion, i want to recall the song from Lagaan which all of us should sing "kale megha kale megha paani to barsao.bijuri ki talwar nahin boondo ke baan chalao". And for Mumbaikars there's a song from The Weather Girls "It's raining men , Hallejulah". Enjoy !!!!

:)

Fun is in getting tired....

So i'm back after a long time.but not with a bang but with a tired face.Finally i reached one of the happening B-schools of India.Really i'm not boasting just because i'm the part of it but because it's true.
So i reached Nitie on 18th morning after a tiring journey and as soon as i reached i got accomodation in the hostel room. After that i got my documents verified and came back to room because it was stated that all 1st years have to report at sports complex sharp @ 6pm for formal induction programme. I was sure that this is going to be really gruelling so i slept before that to get prepared.At 6pm we reached the venue where there were faculty and seniors.Firstly faculty members gave a nice speech which was really inspiring and motivating.After that faculty members left and then started the real fun.Seniors called some of the juniors one by one and asked them to introduce themselves and also give their USP and if they were not able to give then they were asked to do pole dance with real pole made to stand in between.It was fun. After that we played a game again which was in various groups. And finally we got free @12.30am with a assingnment to be submitted till 7am.So we as a group did the job and completed it @ 2.45am and slept @ 3.30am. In all these chain of events i was too tired but was enjoying also.
The next day we were supposed to gather at ppo road @ 7.30am. PPO road has its own story behind this name but for the time being ppo is pre placement offer.Then we had attendance and we were taken for a campus tour which was again fun.After that we gathered @ 10am in sports complex and where faculty members had planned a whole day schedule for us.It was like we were suppose to present a skit,play,song etc. anything on managerial traits.We were divided into groups of 30 and it went till the evening. First time i too participated in a skit though forcefully.But i enjoyed each moment.After all the performances best performance was declared by the faculty and was awarded perk chocolates.And we got shocked when our group was declared the winner.Don't know how it happened.But finally "jo jeeta wohi hi sikandar".Then we had a break and we came back @ 6pm for another round of gruelling fun process.
This time there were seniors who asked us to present a play or skit depending upon the topics given which contained bit double meanings.So here also each group showed their extent of thinking in deriving double meanings.But here i was not in winning team :(
At around 10pm we were asked to play another game which again lasted for around 2 hours.Finally we left @ 12am from whole day of fun and frolic with a case study assignment and till now i'm free thats why i got time for blogging .But whole agenda behind this induction programme is to know each other in the batch.So i should leave now for next gruelling session in the afternoon.But i'm sure that these 2 years of mba @ NITIE are going to be big fun.........

Silsila and KANK

On last official day of our college Panks gifted me two movies KANK which is my favourite and silsila which is also a nice movie. I watched them again at home with my family since they were gifted by best friend :).

KANK and silsila share the same story with different base. In KANK, a post marital affair happens between dev(srk) and maya(rani m) due to some misunderstanding with thier respective partners. When rhea(priety z) and rishi(abhishek B) come to know about their affair, they just break the marriage and then dev and maya unknowingly live apart. But in the end they both get reunited by the help of rhea and rishi.

Well, in silsila Amit(AB) marries shobha(jaya B) after his brother's(shashi kapoor) death. This happens because shobha gets pregnant due to his brother and to save her's name in the society. But after marriage, Amit encounters his early love chandni(rekha) and then starts their post marital relationship.

KANK is mainly about the non tolerance of victims of post marital affair and how they leave the culprits to solitude as their punishment. But in silsila, a silent and charming wife shobha tolerates betrayal of his husband thinking his true love will return back to her.

KANK also gives a message "Love doesn't care about any barriers" as AB in the movie says "maut aur mohabbat dono bin bulaye mehmaan hai, wo kisi ka saath nahi chhodte". And also AB's another dialogue in which he says "waqt ka matlab hota hai ab.pyar karna hai to ab.mafi maangna hai to ab.haath pakadna hai to ab.varna barso baad tum meri tarah hi kisi party mei apne khoye hue pyar se maafi mangte nazar aaonge". I really love these two dialogues.

I really love KANK all because of its story, music, dialogues and above all my favourite star SRK. But I can't Figure out why people don't like KANK. But i Love it and panks too :).

Delhi was fun.now it's Mumbai's turn...

So this is my final post being in Delhi for now. First of all cheers to Delhi which gave me my career. Well, my 4 years in Delhi are over and finally I’ll be going Mumbai. I know this is not the end of my Delhi days because i may get a job in Delhi but I’m still sad since I’m in love with Delhi. Sometimes I sing that song from delhi-6 “yeh delhi hai mere yaar, bas ishq mohabbat pyar” and I think that it's true with me.

Another reason due to which I love Delhi is that it’s close to my home place. Had real fun in all these 4 years. Whether it is ansal plaza or city square mall; cp or dwarka sec4,6; iitd’s rendezvous or LHMC fest; India gate or lajpat nagar; new delhi station or airport; dc or pitampura; and at last but not atleast NSIT or DCE; had masti everywhere. Well, I’m not trying to show that I know each and every corner of Delhi but I did nothing in these 4 years except roaming here and there.

But since I’m going now it’s like leaving my home place. But at the same time I’m happy too that I’m going another nice place- Mumbai or bollywood or mayanagri (as S said today in lab). I’m really excited. I have big plans for Mumbai but also I’m worried thinking that I’ll be very far from my mom n dad and my frens. But can’t help it. Kuch paane ke liye kuch khona to padta hi hai.

Delhi was real fun and let’s see what Mumbai offers me. I know this post is getting really boring so I should quit.....but Delhi rocks !!!

Kahani khatam, feeling sad but finally engineers....

So again I’m writing another gloomy post. Actually today was the last official day of college for us. We had our major project ppt and after that we went to have party for mine and my classmate’s B-school admission. It was fun and I took pics with all my frens , but P went bit earlier by his fake excuses (want to kill him).

Still can’t forget those counselling days when I use to catch 4’o clock train from my city to reach here at 9 and go back by 9’o clock train in the night with dad. Then finally got BT in DCE and mom and dad came with me on first day of college and when they left mom cried, since I’m mama’s boy. Then started that chain of wonderful events which I still miss, that masti and all. In jan, 06 I came in NSIT and then started a new path to my destination with new frens, new college and new masti. Still can’t forget those parties with frens, mess’s worst food, P ke saath fights and then cold war, fest mei masti, frequent visits to DCE, then came gre and cat days with lot of hard work, hostel ke gossips, lover’s lane, hostel farewell, job party and what not. There are lot of events which I didn’t mention since I thought it’s getting boring for you.

Actually I’m really in pain since college is coming to an end because this college gave me the zeal to do work hard, to be more focussed and after all my destination. I really love this college and going to miss it very badly. And not only college but the entire fren circle of mine. I really don’t know when I will be meeting them because i’ll be in Mumbai, D in gurgaon, S in noida, H in Chennai, V in US and P in delhi. I want to keep all my frens by my side and hug them so tightly so that they can’t go. Still want to have endless gossips with them. But I think good things come to an end early. Actually once our school teacher told us that school days are the golden days and they are never repeated. But today I want to add that college days too are the golden days and will never ever be repeated. Finally, I’m proud engineer of NSIT.

I know it was really boring post as usual but was not able to stop myself to frame these gloomy thoughts into words. Will miss you DCE and NSIT....somebody please bring back my 4 golden years of life. 

Are failures the pillars of success ?

I have a fren and looking at him, i really wonder that are failures the pillars of success? Actually he is not able to do well in anything he tries. This is not because he is not good or lacks any kind of aptitude but he has accepted that he will not be able to do it. I will not say that he was the same since his childhood but he became like that in his graduation. In fact, he was very good in his school days and also got very good rank in the entrance exam for graduation. But he opted for the subjects which are considered to be the last option. He explains that he was getting various good subjects but didn’t opt for them thinking he will not be able to do well in them.

I really don’t know what went wrong with him that it completely transformed his personality. In the final year of your graduation when everyone is expected to be highly mature and responsible, he stands out from the crowd. There may be failures in his life but the best way to tackle them is to fight back. But it seems he has accepted them as his fate. He even sometimes praises me saying that I’m too good and i am completely speechless thinking how I should make him understand that he too is equally good. Only effort required is to change his perceptions about life and failures and be confident. I explained him many times about my own failures and how I faced them (actually panks made me realise that i am very brave in facing life, thanx panks). But he sticks to his own pessimistic notions.

After staying with him for a long time I realised that no doubt failures are the pillars of success but if failures exceed a certain limit as in his case, then really they can make the victim stagnant. It’s really not easy to face that horrible chain of failures. But it’s not impossible too since it's  rightly said “if you have never failed, you have never lived”. 

What matters: JOURNEY or DESTINATION?

From past few days I was in a dilemma.  Actually I got admission in a B-school(N) which is not an IIM L.So what I thought was to drop this year and give CAT again to get into an IIM. I thought this not because N is not good. But because most of my frens like P,A,R and panks will get into an IIM next year surely. So it created a feeling of inferiority in me that next year I may feel bad. But yes I want to clear that I will not at all be jealous of my frens because they are really good and deserve to be in an IIM.

I think what matters is the position which you get after you complete your education and not the name of the school or college or the university. It’s true that if you are from a good college or school then it matters. But if you can still prove yourself being in a school or a college of moderate level, then it’s really worth because then nobody asks you how you managed to be at that position because it’s your own calibre and potential that matters. There are so many people in good educational institutions and are not able to reach upto that level which is expected from them.

Actually these were the cerebrations which came into my mind. After all, my frens, parents and seniors also gave me the same advice i.e. to join N and I accepted it. Some of the people may think about me that I have accepted “angoor khatte hai” .But what I think is that the DESTINATION matters more than the JOURNEY. I don’t say that journey is not at all important but in the end destination is praised J.