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Hiya there! Roger I am officially blogging! Lol – heck – I still think its funny. I wonder how long I’ll continue with this. Today is a nice quiet Sunday – perfect Sunday actually. Off late I'd been having classes on Sundays. How horrible is that huh? Its like I convince myself that it doesn’t matter which day it is – so if its Monday or Sunday it doesn’t really matter – work work work – like its all that matters. I don’t think I believe that totally but hey when you take such screwed up steps in your life like getting into colleges that well aren’t recognised by the government there’s never enough that you can possibly do. Warped I tell you. That’s what I am. I used to live in Chennai and well I was bored sick of that place so I said lets move! Yea somehow convinced all my family – my ma wasn’t too much of a Chennai lover so convincing wasn’t too tough. I wanted something totally different and new which is why I chose IIPM. Frankly it was like a breath of fresh air and well apart from the few technicalities (like I just mentioned) it’s been all I ever wanted it to be. Its quite unique in fact – in 3 years I finish my BBA as well as MBA – now if that ain’t like winning a lottery ticket! No but seriously it's amazing how someone used to kicking ass can well do it anywhere and with whosoever! Like first we’re this bunch of kid’s outta school and well we hang out at the dhaba (these roadside food joints that North India would be so incomplete without). This college is right next to this forest, where I bullied my friends to go trekking into. We spotted Neil guys (is that how u spell it??) and peacocks and pretty birdies whose names I dunno! And in the winters just sitting underneath the trees slowly sipping at coffee while u continue to passive smoke as usual… awesome :)

So I was talking about kicking ass… from the second year onwards we are all split into groups of 5-10 and joined up with classes where students have joined up IIPM for doing their MBA. Initially it's like a being hit by a lightning or something! But slowly it begins to sink in. You realize that people around you have finished their graduation, some of them a couple of years ago, some of them have worked for a couple of years… yep and here you are fighting hand and foot with this formidable bunch of guys! But like I said people used to kicking ass will do so wherever and with whosoever! I managed pretty well, and so did my friends. It's like the spirit within you that refuses to be left behind because of some statistical differences. Because in the end it is just statistics- or well so it has been for me. But the point where these statistics are going to really affect me is during placements – people aren’t ready for such unconventional methods. People will revolt at the idea that such a course can actually be a jumpstart to a kid’s career. Colleges are something sacred – the intellectuals have spent years in there and they would be repulsed towards a course that sort of jeers at their own years spent in colleges. It's a tough battle IIPM has set itself for, and for which we soldiers have signed ourselves for.

During one of my sessions with my assigned mentor Prashanto sir, he told me that someone like me shouldn’t really worry about not getting a good job. He was like if you don’t get a job with a 17+ packet come back and tell me because I really don’t think that’s possible. That’s a comforting thought. Prashanto sir is someone who kind of made me believe that I was in the right place- a Professor like that wouldn’t be in a college that wasn’t great. He’s responsible for me catching the media bug. My sister used to always tell me to go for it, but I never took it really seriously. And lots of other times people have told me to go vj and stuff, but when Prashanto sir told me very seriously that he sees me more as Barkha Dutt (an NDTV news anchor), I really got thinking. And the more I think about it, the more I wonder why I never thought about it before!

Yes but like all screwed up things in life, there’s just one little bugger in the middle of this o so fascinating idea that I so want to pursue. Turns out I took a loan for the course I'm doing right now. To repay it, I will easily have to continue in this line (Marketing) for like 2 years… fun ha! Yep so lets see which way I allow the tide to pull me….

C ya soon :)