Never Let you Go

Of the beautiful eyes , the rhythm of silence
the confused soul, the reason of being in love
the dreams that bind us together to the path unknown

Of the past we never had and the future will never have
of the smiling stars in the night
of the pain of the building that is going to be demolised

Of the time that has gone by
of the moment when I first saw you
of the music of busy traffic in a highway

Of my journey to the next lane of future
of my retreat from darkness of my heart
of every moment when I thought of you

Of the distance that separates us
of the moving train passing by the sleeping village
of the moment we wasted looking for each other

Of the desert waiting for the rain
of the bruised relations and broken hearts
of the beginning of my journey and dawn of my realisation

I did never let you go

10 commandments from hel(L)

Three days into term-II, I already feel the pressure of elephant sitting on my head and myself racing to
break the 100m record by usain bolt. If term-I was about standing on the toe , this term is all about
standing on the toe nails and ballet like natalie portman as in Black Swan.

However as the line goes in the Charlize Theron starrer 'monster' , 'The thing that people never 
realise about me is that  I can train myself into anything'. This holds true for the students here.
And I hope that will  also hold true for me in the coming days

So after so much brain scratching and smoke surfing , I postulate the following 10 commandments
for MBA students straight from hel(L)

S No	The Ten Commandments in Bible	The Ten Commandments in MBA
1	Thou shalt have no other gods before me	Thou shall have no other dream or thought than MBA
2	Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is  in heaven above, or that  is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth	Thou shall not remember your family or old friends nor foster any kind of relationship till the day you walk through this hallowed gate
3	Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord  thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.	Thou shall not take your CV in vain ; for the companies will not hold him/her guiltless who taketh their CV in vain
4	'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy	Remember the exam day and appear in it
5	Honour thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee	Honour thy Professors and thy seniors : or the days will be long upon the road you walk
6	Thou shalt not kill	Thou shall not sleep neither in day nor in night
7	Thou shalt not commit adultery	Thou shall not maintain CGPA less than ten
8	Thou shalt not steal	Thou shall not bunk classes
9	Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour	Thou shall not fail to earn CV points
10	Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.	Thou shalt not covet other’s girlfriend, nor friend of girlfriend, nor other’s PPO, nor other’s CGPA, nor anything that is other’s

1/6 TH MBA*

As you already know and must have seen in countless advertisements the '*' at the end of an
announcement suggests that 'conditions apply'. So I thought to put it at the end of this blog's
title as my term-I results are yet to come.

Ideally I should have written this one week back , when the term-I exam was over. But ask
any student pursuing  MBA, about two things he/she would like to do after first trimester/
semester is over , the answers will be 1. Go Home ,  2. Sleep a Lot. Same emotions as a
prisoner first time in parole. So in the spirit of keeping the traditions of those who have
completed this first part of the stint in hell and who will complete in the future , I went home
and slept a lot for last few days.

However while going home , I tried to apply theory of marketing (i.e creating , communicating
and delivering the value) into laws of attraction. At 30,000 ft above ground, I  positioned
my upper part of the body at 21.7 degree angle to show the college logo and name on the
t-shirt to the high cost (pretty) air hostess in the low cost airline. After several attempts ,
her looks conveyed the message that she is not that into me. At that height , I did not have
the option to walk out. So I stayed with a sour heart and as I had nothing else to do I
started to think whether I learnt anything in the last three months from this costly course.
The verdict was 'not much' ( in terms of opportunity cost)

Then I started thinking about 'What to do next'. I remembered what Mr Shivram Apte
(guest lecturer for a course)  had  told about the options after MBA.

The picture , I think is self-explanatory (as it took more than 15 minutes of my time and
patience to complete it in MS Paint). To put it into words , those with high ambition and
ability to withstand pain will constantly change their jobs for better opportunities, those
with high ambition and willingness to do something different  will become CXOs (CEO,
CFO  etc) , those who want to be the change and can withstand pain with no high
ambition will join NGO and at last with all the three i.e ambition , ability to
withstand pain and willing to bring change will become entrepreneurs.

I don't know what I want to become. Beyond the fascinating colors , large white space
remains and  it seems that is my domain.

Another aspect about choosing profession I got while reading the book 'The Black Swan'
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb , where he had postulated the following theory

"The distinction between writer and baker , speculator and doctor , fraudster and prostitute
is a helpfulway to look at the world of activities. It separates those professions in which one
can add zeros ofincome with no greater labor from those in which one needs to add labor
and time (both of which are in limited supply) - in other words , those subject to gravity"

So as the term-II starts I begin to think which profession to chose when the course ends ,
a 'scalable' one ( in which you are not paid by the hour and thus subject to limitations of
the amount of your labour) or a 'non-scalable' one