Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Shades of Grey...

Last few days have been quite eventful - travelled Indian Airlines, Jet and Kingfisher for the first time being the least of them :)

Got a job offer from a PE firm - rather surprising given current conditions in the financial market. Visited a couple of villages in the poverty-ridden areas of Maharashtra. Met quite senior officials in the state bureaucracy - saw a start contrast in policy making objectives and implementation when it comes to government initiatives.

Traveled for 3 continuous days. Fell asleep during a high profile meeting with government officials. Had a Taste of India - the farmers in the fields we visited prepared tea for us using the traditional cow dung as fuel and shakkar as a sweetener.

And so many more things, probably will write about them individually in detail later.

2 comments:

Gauri Gharpure said...

Hi Vishesh,

I had wandered on your blog two years back (and you had taken part in a heated discussion abt IIT students driving back DOW out of placements) but somehow lost the thread..

am happy to have found the blog again and hope to read often..

it's with some guilt that I realize that most of my work, i do sitting on a desk, assimilating info and making sense of it from the comfort of an AC room.. while people like you, actually get to the grassroots and have a chance to see things as they happen..

Vc said...

Well, I myself had kinda forgotten about my blog, a friend today reminded me of it!