12th May 2010. The day, everything will stop finally and officially for XL GMP. For some of us, it is the day on which freedom will be achieved and for others it is the day, freedom will be lost again! Every thing will stop for 96 odd guys and gals. No more 9 to 9 back to back classes, no more class participation, no more before class participation, no more after class participation, no more assignments, no more last minuit preparation for presentation, no more 11:59:59 project submission, no more fight over task allocation, no more attandance, no more proxy for attandance, no more HBS case studies, no more GE or Xerox example, no more latenight parotha, no more teas at dadoo's, no more spat over mess food, no more controversies, no more midnight birthday celebration,no more sleep during gas sessions, no more "get my point",no more mimicry,no more gassssss, no more "I mean that way", no more DC++, no more garam masala press ....The list is endless. The 96 years investment of life will end on that day. The brave guys and gals who took the decision to leave their jobs to do MBA from XL in one of most tumultous times of history will bid adieu to XL on that day. It is the day we have waited for so long. But when that day is too near how are we feeling ? We are managers taught as the smartest of the breed. We are the professionals. But some where inside at one corner of our heart, we are feeling bad and really bad.

This is something different !! Parental Guidance Advised.

Do you want to help me out of this hell or do you want to have fun with me for this night ? Who am I ? I am one of the innumerable so called "bad" girls who are forced into the world of darkness at our tender ages.

Don't I have the right to play? Don't I have a dad or mom like you have ? Don't I like to have some chocolates ? Don't I have the freedom of speech and expression in the world's largest democratic country?

What is my crime ? I am a "girl" ; Is it the my only crime ? or more specifically I am a "virgin girl " that is my crime ?

Don't you have mother or sister or daugther at your home ? Don't you have feelings for them ? Don't you think I am from a similar family ? Don't you feel angry when somebody misbehave with your near and dear ones ?

What is my crime ? I am a "virgin girl from rural family"; Is it my crime? or more specifically I am a "virgin girl from rural poor family" that is my crime ?

No I have not committed any crime. It is you and your lust and your one day(or night ? to me it is all same) fun that is making my life hell.

If you have STD then it is not going to cure at the expense of my virginity. It is me who will be traumatized and perished at the end. Think it before you do anything to me.

Please stop trafficking girls to the redlight districts. Support NGOs who are fighting against this crime and prevent this heinous act. It is not "FUN".

World Of Finance

World of finance like a disco where the dancers aka investors are dancing to the tune of music aka stimulus or news played by the dance jockey aka regulators,operators,external world. The dancers don't have any idea about the next music played by the DJ. They are indeed facing the music !! But aal izzz not at all welll. This is not an ordinary disco theque. This is a complex space and here is no room for failures. The the poor dancers hit the floor very hard(in other way). Sometimes, it is so hard that they can not even in a position to dance to the tunes in future. So, beware of this world which is half real and half virtual. Here you can dance on the floor in whatever way you want but when you fail there will be no body to take care of yourself. So be your own guard. Develop the capability. Play the music. Let others dance !!

1+1 = ?

Each one of us has our own way of interpreting symbols or equations. To some of us 1+ 1 is really 2. But some of us will interprete this 1+1 as 0 or 1. Yet there are some people among us who are interpreting 1+1 as -1 ( I am not going to explain it). It's all binary made of 1 or 0. Either you are in or you are out. But optimistic people like me will hope for the best and will look forward to equate the seeming not equal but otherway equal two expressions i.e. '1+1' and '2'.

Cheer up guys !! We can make it. What do you say?

(NB: This post is meant only for my freinds at XLRI)