tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22838364174543022362011-09-25T07:24:24.558+05:30Visheshnoreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-50237935832971768712010-12-15T13:34:00.006+05:302010-12-15T13:51:07.695+05:30

Are you ethical? Or rather, how ethical are you?Is a digital 1/0 response even valid for this, or does one need to bring on the fuzzy logic and scale himself/herself on say, a scale of 0-10?I am personally a strong proponent of either-here-or-there proposition (or, as a learned soul once said - If you are not a part of the solution, then you are part of the problem). Having said that, I have also

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-27805485677521381972010-11-24T16:48:00.004+05:302010-12-15T14:06:36.396+05:30

One makes choices all the time...Trivial ones (which shirt to wear) to slightly more important ones (which flight to take) on a regular basis...Some of these are periodic (juice or milk in breakfast), while some others would not be (gift for friend's marriage). Some might not even be recurring in nature (Science or Arts in 12th?)Two things: Triviality (and consequentially, the importance) of

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-63663475923354714952010-06-02T17:31:00.003+05:302010-06-02T17:32:18.036+05:30

I guess I have ignored this place for quite some time now...would be more regular from here-on... :)

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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

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-25386945152087814312009-01-10T23:28:00.002+05:302009-01-10T23:48:48.978+05:30

Funny feeling one sometimes get....Student life is almost coming to an end for me, filling to brim a reservoir of cherishable memories. So have been the years lit up by the 25 candles that were supposed to be there on my last b'day cake (it's a pity they don't celebrate it the old fashioned way any more, ain't it). And what a journey it has been so far....Visited so many places, made innumerable

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-36034658822696498582009-01-06T20:24:00.004+05:302009-01-06T20:36:44.763+05:30

Birthday alarms seem to be the craze right now in the campus, what with only a couple of months left for graduation and all. I have received several emails in the past couple of weeks requesting my birthday details so that I can be assured of birthday greetings from the sender year-after-year..Pretty convenient, I must say :). All that the sender has to do is just mass-email the request to all

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-69352239827566653882008-12-21T01:05:00.004+05:302009-02-11T02:20:04.389+05:30

It was indeed out of the blue; the analysts tracking this firm were taken completely by surprise. Given the fact that Satyam was recently awarded for corporate governance, it was probably foot-in-the-mouth time for the promoters.Satyam's decision to acquire infrastructure firms owned by sons of the promotor through cash payout has been widely criticized, what with the stock taking a major blow,

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-56022123501110243682008-12-16T00:42:00.002+05:302010-12-15T13:31:55.350+05:30

They put me, of all people, in print! ...with a story on something to do with recession and India! I guess I was the editor's choice of the day :P They would print anything these day :)Someone told me about this long back, but had somehow forgotten. A friend forwarded the link today - it was on the front page in the print, myself not sure about that though (And I thought India TV was the only

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-74019789131988443232008-12-02T08:53:00.003+05:302008-12-03T11:23:40.383+05:30

I am in Singapore these days, on a two weeks trip on an academic project. While its a short duration trip, I will try and cover as much as possible and keep the blog updated.We are a bunch of 22 students, assigned to different projects with companies in Singapore. The Air India flight landed in the Singapore airport early in the morning. The bus ride from the airport to YMCA (where we are putting

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-67328463867311185212008-11-23T22:59:00.004+05:302008-11-24T00:30:51.706+05:30

It was after the CAT exam in 2004, when a member of the faculty from Roots Education, the coaching centre I was enrolled in for CAT, reminded us again of this little, marvelous piece called Ithaka...I came by it again today while visiting a friend's orkut profile....Keep Ithaka always in your mind.Arriving there is what you're destined for.But don't hurry the journey at all.Better if it lasts for

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-64320365215341347692008-10-27T04:09:00.004+05:302008-10-27T04:45:39.125+05:30

Recently, I started watching 24 (A TV series). And what a wonderful experience it has been!Something about the serial - Each season covers one full day. With 24 episodes apiece, it translates to each episode dedicated to one hour. It means, events happen in real time, with the space for commercial breaks made where the characters are doing some monotnous activity, like driving, waiting etc. In

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-19568677846434530942008-09-29T23:39:00.008+05:302008-09-30T01:19:20.206+05:30

Yesterday, we a group of 10 friends, went to Bheemeshwari..It's a small tourist spot around 120 odd kms from Bangalore. We had booked taxis and started around 5:30 am in the morning. The journey has some scenic value, though the road is slightly in a bad shape. Once there, we entered some village to ask directions to the rafting camp. The guys over there charged us 100 bucks as "entree fee" :O,

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-74971936801538656482008-09-12T21:36:00.006+05:302008-09-12T22:49:55.049+05:30

Few posts back, I talked about this place we built here in IIMB.As they teach in any MBA course, assets depreciate. The Peace Lounge too was in bad shape following some heavy rainfalls. At the start of this term, with ample free time in hand, we renovated the place, bringing it back to its pristine glory as befitting the balancesheet of Peace Club. Below is a sneak preview of the same.Apart from

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I recently got to see a recent bollywood flick, Rock On. It won't be fair to post a complete review given the inexperienced me, but I really liked the movie for two things.One, things were kept simple. No random love-songs or senti dialogue when freinds, exes, meet after so long a time. Two, no overacting, the bane of current bolly scenario. Acting was not superb, so to say, but no one seemed

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Nothing is going as you planned. Forget about the plan, everything is going exactly the opposite you wanted them to be heading. Nothing you do seems to be an iota of help. Friends, family and relatives none seem to be capable of offering any help. Every second that ticks by seems like a day long of agony. Every face you see seems like the devil himself. Is this life, you wonder, then I better be

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-45103280327364164942008-08-05T23:54:00.006+05:302008-08-06T01:30:40.918+05:30

Recently, several bomb explosions rocked the cities of Bangalore and Ahmedabad, while many others were prevented in the city of Surat, thanks to faulty circuit design and vigilant public. While casualities were in signle digit in Bangalore, over 40 were killed in Ahemdabad. These incidents were covered in ample detail by the media for several days, and the government was quick to blame terrorist

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-45799523800647287122008-08-03T16:03:00.005+05:302008-08-04T03:32:59.194+05:30

IIMB, as is the case with several other colleges, has a small, 24 hours canteen called Athikas, where one can go get tea and some other eatables as sandwitches, maggi etc. Nothing hi-fi, the people manning the shop are complete desi; no wonder Athikas is the favourite hang out place for us students. Notwithstanding the problems caused by the unprofessional managements (huh, that's an MBA speaking

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-11980682576829547412008-08-03T00:22:00.008+05:302008-08-08T20:31:49.718+05:30

Pagalguy.com recently had this as the main story on its home page - a video showing IIMC girls mouthing choicest of expletives during the IIMC-XLRI sports meet followed by long paragraphs on why this is unacceptable, how this classifies as the lowest level college culture could ever stoop, and that the IIMC girls (being girls and students of IIMC) should have refrained from this henious act..PG's

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-85756786125519750202008-08-02T03:43:00.009+05:302008-08-02T23:11:39.918+05:30

I have deleted my orkut profile..Orkut was fun, scrapping friends all sort of weird messages was a good enough timepass activity. What with the cool applications orkut just added (someone told me they stole it from facebook), it was just awesome. .More for me came from the communities. For example, I joined the so-called India Pakistan Friendship Club (IPFC) just to bash some Pakis around.

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-67584753579667513392008-08-01T21:03:00.004+05:302008-08-01T21:10:51.537+05:30

Yesterday, ony of my friends turned 25. Celebrated it in the pure IIMB ishtyle, but also served to remind me that I too am gonna touch the same milestone a couple of weeks down the line. 25...Whoa! One hell of a ride so far...So many things in life seem set to change at this juncture - college life is almost ending, the nite-outs with friends gonna be a distant thing, carefree laughter might also

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-41113109860285783482008-07-31T13:30:00.004+05:302008-07-31T13:38:27.171+05:30

These are some excerpts from a friend's blog I really liked.."...So, whether we love or not is not important. What is important is whether we make appropriate pairings and add to our already excessive population..."."...Another thought: In Mahabharat, Kunti has the blessing that she will forever remain young. Somebody asks, Yudhisthir, "Don't you lust after your mother?" Yudhisthir says, yes, but

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-29445061008344614462008-07-31T03:38:00.006+05:302008-07-31T04:08:31.840+05:30

R(elative) G(rading) - giri, a common phrase used here in IIM Bangalore - almost always in a derogatory sense, i.e. when some students try score points through some seemingly unethical ways over their peers. Well, each to his/her own place :).But then, several students (including yours truly) have taken a seemingly high moral grounds on this issue, ridiculing these RG-giri-doers. And yet, I

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-52605787506206063512008-07-16T02:19:00.006+05:302008-07-16T21:30:19.311+05:30

It's a common practice in IIMB to party around on the drop of a hat. Now that the new batch has joined, the seniors are busy partying with these guys on pretext of some or the other common ground. For example, today, the 2nd year students in IIMB who graduated from IITD threw a dinner party to their counterparts in the 1st year - kind of a welcome gesture for the newbies. Slightly amusing too, as

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-19022133811511330282008-07-02T02:00:00.014+05:302008-11-13T12:50:37.053+05:30

What's Peace Club?"Peace Club was founded by its board members with the single, holy mission in their selfless minds - to spread peace in this war-torn world using the tried and tested medium of alcohol...Till date, several General Body Meetings (GBMs) have been conducted on the roof-tops across various hostel blocks to spread our message of peace emphatically and efficiently. Night outs have

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-33956286051802618532008-06-17T01:41:00.009+05:302008-06-17T02:37:15.102+05:30

"At the end of the day. the biggest takeaway for you from a business school would not be the academic gyaan from classrooms. Rather, it would be the network you build across three batches; the immediate (senior + junior) batches along with your own." .Thus spoke a senior during one of the facchha interaction/gyaan session when I joined IIM Bangalore. Makes sense, and have seen some examples too

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-83620145637645147432008-06-09T02:03:00.014+05:302008-11-13T12:50:37.591+05:30

Desi News Channels have long been serving as your friendly neighbourhood laughter clubs. Lately, however, it seems that these channels have taken up this (corporate) social responsbility in a much more serious manner. .Aaj tak has been screaming for past 3 days how the fake video of Sai Baba is fake (the irony of the poor grammar construct, surprisingly, completely misses the production team).

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-11060416689711778132008-03-25T21:00:00.004+05:302008-03-27T18:54:49.118+05:30

Moonlight bathes the road aheadStars shining their glory brightLittle blades of grass pave the wayAs one sets the next foot in the night.Breezy air brushes against the skinA touch so sublime; One wonders,This journey seems so aliveAnd the past just flashes byThose days in school, kids around you,Dreamy eyes; Slurping away the candy barsThe bell goes, it's time to trek backAlone, as we have

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-75189233680301168262008-02-11T19:00:00.000+05:302008-02-12T04:38:10.370+05:30

I was going over my macroeconomics book while preparing for an exam, and something caught my eye - "Disadvantages of using GDP growth rate as a yardstick to measure economic welfare of the residents of a country" - one of them being GDP not being able to measure income disparity. 'Aah', I said to myself, 'some frank admission!'My mind went into a flash back - last year, there was a huge uproar on

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-20527869932890201912007-11-28T23:20:00.000+05:302007-11-28T23:25:47.656+05:30

What is up with this world, seriously? I thought it can no longer surprise me, but no - here comes one more treat, after another...it's like an out-of-control bullet train or something..A group of friends go out on a trip, apparently enjoy themselves and then come back openly bitching about each other. Another group furiously defends its "group image" in front of others (Yo, we are a team, alrite

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-14804414971557617862007-10-30T20:00:00.000+05:302007-10-31T01:23:25.530+05:30

I was talking to a friend today. Her dad is into real estate business bigtime and conversation somehow turned towards it. She told me how her dad's partner has observed some really profitable real estate opportunities in J&K, but their firm can't invest in that state owing to regulations imposed under Article 370. "That article is another specimen of minority appeasement and cowardice of Indian

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-66780665144428546372007-10-29T17:57:00.000+05:302007-10-29T18:24:16.804+05:30

Under the authority vested in me by The Firm, I place you under shortlist..You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you during the interview. You have the right to speak to your PGP-II mentor, but cannot have him present during any questioning in the interview. If you do not have a PGP-II mentor, one will be provided to you at The Fim's expense..In due

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-90118914858177245292007-10-05T19:33:00.000+05:302007-10-06T17:31:42.668+05:30

I feel like a prophet these days....MBA education uses levers as class participation (CP) and relative grading (RG) for effective classroom experience. Both mediums are powerfully effective when used (by students!) in the true spirit of learning, but have quite distasteful outcomes when the same students indulge in what they call RG-giri, i.e. trying to portray each other in negative light to

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-76650329220587169422007-09-21T19:49:00.001+05:302007-09-21T20:42:16.995+05:30

While reading and muggofying reams of photostated material and books for my final examinations, I couldn't help but think - would I ever apply this in practical life? Reframing the question, would I ever get a chance to apply this theory in practice? Is real life a simple intersection of the demand and supply curve, so neatly drawn with no single data point violating the elasticity slopes?..A

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-2463905928317234032007-09-16T01:32:00.000+05:302007-09-16T05:12:49.384+05:30

Yesterday, I came to know about something interesting. My university has an exchange program in management discipline with LUMS (Lahore University of Managment Studies)!These four guys were cheering the Pakistani team in their 20-20 match with India last night in the hostel mess cum TV room, and that's when the entire audience over here in the campus came to know about them, or rather, their

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-90310622633526930822007-09-12T17:12:00.000+05:302007-10-29T18:28:43.074+05:30

While working on a report in one of my course assignments, I came across an interesting observation made by a celebrated personality in corporate circles. I am unable to dig out the exact words, but the gist went something like this - Almost all the successful people whom we generally hear about all the time were really subdued personalities in their early life. Majority of them received quality

Visheshnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283836417454302236.post-47216401415397470412007-09-10T23:49:00.000+05:302007-09-11T19:54:29.204+05:30

My fellow human beings bring a smile to my face everyday. Without them, what would I be. Every other day, I wake up, thinking this would be the day when I won't witness another unseen aspect of Homo Sapiens in its prime. And I am proved wrong, yet again...And I keep smiling... .So whats funny these days? I recently indulged in a small, harmless sport: to observe people's reactions to different

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