Chaos continues

I am amidst the biggest Chaos of all time. Sonu Nigam (don't know how he spells his name at this moment) rocked the show last night. At least that is what people say. While he was at it, I was peacefully sleeping in my room. :) :( Lucky Ali ka ek gana mujhe aaj yaad aa raha hai.. 'jab sara jag ye sota nahi.. neend hame kyun aati hai?' Or was it the other way? Well who cares. I was sleeping and that is the truth. I was tired like a dog. And my sleep is the dearest thing to me in such situation.

Earlier in the day also I had a wonderful sleep of few minutes. Really comforting and refreshing. The workshop with RJ Devaki was wonderful experience. Though I regret that the turnout was not great. Her enthusiasm and passion was really remarkable.There is something in her personality that made me her fan today.And I am pretty sure that it is not her beauty that did this magic.

This year, my Chaos has been very limited and I am really missing the fun I had last time. All the four days, my camera and me had seen and captured each and every moment of the fest. This time my camera is silent. However the excitement of getting things in place is something different altogether. Workshops have been a mix of an experience so far. I have had my learnings from this experience. Will share them sometime. For now, it's time to go to mess to have breakfast (which in all probability my only meal of the day) and then set the stage rolling for Tango workshop. I had hoped to attend this workshop with her. Alas, she is not here and thus I give it a skip too. :(

Chaos in my life

Hold your breath...
Chaos is here...

Tonight Nomadic Band NOW with artists from Rajasthan, Haryana and Egypt kicks off the 4 day long cultural fest. Pt. Vishva Mohan Bhatt's performance will be the attraction of this Classical Night. Lot more exciting things lined up for next 3 days. Keep watching this space for more update (that is if you are not coming to Chaos). If you happen to see this post and arrive at Chaos, do give me a buzz/sms.

Ishqiya is just around the corner and that is one movie I would love to watch first day first show. Tab tak I will keep listening to 'dil to bacha hai jee'...

Watched 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' finally. Lovely movie. I would want to read more about it, hoping to get time for that soon.

Time to go now. See you at Chaos...

Dance workshops @ Chaos 2010

Why you should be coming to Chaos 2010?
Here are reason number 2 and 3:

Salsa Workshop
The most popular among the Latin ballroom dances and a rage that keeps growing in India: Salsa. Let loose your inhibitions and set up a date for the one thing you’ve been planning to do for a while: master the basics of Salsa at the workshop on Sunday, 30^th January. Tease your flexibility with the “123..5678” routine and more. Spice up your dancing skills!

Date: 30th Jan. Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon

Tango Workshop
Fascinated by those sweeping movements that you saw in “Chicago”? Confused by the words “caminada”, “arrastre” and “enrosque”? Dying to learn but don’t know where? Or just love to dance and are up for trying anything new? Rush to the “Tango” workshop at Chaos 2010. Saturday, 10 am.  A two hour workshop where you get to learn the basics so that you can show off at the next party!

Date: 31st Jan. Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon

Man in the Mirror

It's that time of the year when you want to be in IIMA. Why? Here is one reason:

Chaos 2010 presents -
Man in the Mirror 
A Performing Art Workshop by RJ Devaki
 
A 4 hour intensive and entertaining workshop designed to discover the performer within you. Get set for a series of techniques, games and exercises that will sculpt you into a better performer. The workshop is open to everyone and it is a must for those who want to be an actor, RJ, model, singer or a public speaker.

Date: 30 Jan. Time: (2 pm - 6 pm)

To book your seats or for more information
Contact:
Pritesh Jain - 9726646191 (8priteshj@iimahd.ernet.in)

EuroTrip memories...

Finally I got time to some work. To preserve my memories.
Here is a glimpse:

MC2 Class presentations

Here is a list of topics that were taken up in my class for a 4 minute presentation in the course called Managerial Communication.

1. Working for the Pharma Industry
2. Cross Cultural Communication
3. The Indian Yes
4. Brands
5. Business Ethics
6. Haiti
7. Value Investing
8. Alcohol Prohibition in India
9. Citi Recruitment
10. My Favorite Basketball Players
11. Art of Movie Making
12. DHMO (dual hydrogen mono-oxide aka h2o)
13. Live India Traveling
14. My Favorite Movies
15. Viral Marketing
16. Pee Dee Cee (Phoenix Dating Club)
17. Game of Ultimate Frisbee
18. Recruitment Presentation by Al Queda
19. Dreams
20. 4 Most abused words in IIMA lingo
21. Why to go on Student Exchange
22. Birthday Celebrations in WIMWI
23. Global Warming
24. Media Stereotyping
25. Spaghetti Monster
26. Most Difficult Job in the World
27. MC2 - learnings
28. Swearing in Modern Communication
29. Arrange Marriage as placement process
30. 6 Important tips for success in an organization
    

And this is just the list from my class. An equally interesting list from the other section too. We at IIMA can be creative and funny too. Ossum work everyone. :D

1 TB of Memories

I am all set to take away 1TB of IIMA memories with me. Movies, music, photos, videos and lots more. I don't even know if I will ever get time to browse them, but I am carrying them nonetheless. It's a feel good experience. I am feeling assured that I have at least saved some of those unforgettable moments for future.

Calvin has stolen my brain again. I guess it is better to be like this than wasting my tiny little brain analyzing those hundreds of random thoughts that make a living in mind of jobless guy.

I am still not done with sorting EuroTrip photos. I guess this is the toughest part of having a camera. Sorting and labeling photos takes literally a lifetime. Every time I promise myself to be a little considerate before clicking a photo, but it just does not work. Imagine, I have got more than 400 photos from Diu trip. The photos from Shwetank's camera are not yet counted here. It took me more than 2 hours to choose some of the best shots and put titles on them. You can check out the album here.

In Bruges is a beautiful movie, probably as beautiful as the town of Bruges itself. No wonder it ranks high in my "Best Places for Honeymoon" list. We should have spent more time in Bruges, it really has a lot to offer than what we had seen.

ps: Suggestions/recommendation are welcome for movies/songs/artists etc that I should collect from the network here in IIMA.

Let the CHAOS begin

Jason Bourne, Mahatma and 3 idiots

In short I am back on Campus.

Here is a short review of the movies I have seen in recent times:
1. Making of Mahatma: Nice storyline covering some of the forgotten incident in the man's life. I have nothing else to compare it too. Still need to discuss the movie and the characters in the class so will update once I have more concrete opinion.

2. Bourne Series: I watched all the three movies in last couple of days. Just irresistible I must say. First movie got me really nostalgic about my stay Paris. It was a feeling like "I was there". Really nice pace in all the three movies.

3. 2012: One of the shittiest movies that I have seen so far. Nothing new. I tried so hard to watch it completely but just could not keep myself enthused for that. I wonder what did the world like in this movie!

4. Avataar & 3 Idiots - still to see. :D

LVMR

LVMR - Leadership: Vision Meaning and Reality

The Beginning of the End

Today is my first day of classes in this last term in IIMA. Another 70 odd days and I will be done with this vicious circle of classes, casemates and exams. Am I happy about it. I really am not sure. The senti nb is well on its way. I may not be those most vocal there but I know I am getting emotional about my time in IIMA. I missed these classes so much when I was away from the campus. I missed my dorm room and all the friends. They have been my life for last one and half year or so. They defined my life to a great extent.

Today I had three classes to attend and I really enjoyed each moment of those. I don't know why but classes here generate a wow feeling for me now. I see an awe-inspiring aura around my professors, something that I really did not feel during my stint in ESCP. This one last term is going to be a defining point for my career and life in general. I really don't know how much justice will I be able to do to it. Just hoping that I make the best use of it so that years down the lane I tell everyone "those were the days."

It's not the beginning of an end.
It's the return to innocence.

Just a couple of days more

Before I leave this campus. I am going home for a long well-deserved break. 14th Sept I fly to Paris. So that gives me exactly 16 days at home. This sounds a long break. I haven't had such a break for ages now. Ok ok, those of who you know me might want to count this summer in Mumbai as one long break. So well, I don't disagree with you here. Atleast the result of the trip do support the fact that I did not do anything except taking a break. I don't regret.

So what do I plan to do in this break? As usual I have no clue. And more than that I have no control. When I go home, my time is not my time. It's everyone's. That's the magic. You don't feel so important anywhere in this world except at your home.

I have to do lots of shopping for my trip. Roti Kapda aur Makan (ka saaman). The basic elements required for surviving anywhere in this world. More than that, I have to prepare myself mentally for the trip. It might sound trivial but it is the most important thing for me. Let me know if you have any "Foreign Trip for Dummies."

ps: Today's BGL exam had a question giving us 20 terms that were used as part of discussion in last three months. We had to make relevant pairs and then write coherent essay involving those pairs to give essence of the course. I wonder from where do our professors get such creative ideas. :D

College ke gate ke is taraf...

Thoughts these are days are anything except structured.

I am listening to "Still Loving You" by Scorpions and reading a boring article on "Ideology And The Missionary Organization."
WTF!! I never imagined studying strategy can be so boring.

Last night, I realized that I lost some of the most precious photos during recent hard-disk screw-up act. I can not curse myself more. I just can learn from this mistake and take backups from now on. :( RoDe's word don't seem to go out of my mind - "We may stay on here... But these moments may not... So hold on to them... Coz we have got nothing else..."

In less than a week I will leave this campus for a long 4 month break. It feels odd to even imagine that. Last 14 months or so, life has been revolving around these red brick walls of WIMWI. Life here has been a comfort to say the least. When someone says it is a lifetime of joy bundled in two year, she is not exaggerating.
It will be a new start again. A sense of nervousness is engulfing me. It's going to be new place, new country, new people. And I will be on my own again. It takes time to build a support system. And it is not the best feeling to build one as frequently as this.

ps: "Mein ye college nahi chodna chahta... yaha DJ ki koi aukat hai.. College ke gate is taraf hum life ko nachate hain aur doosri taraf life humko nachati hai. " DJ to Su in RDB

ABSOLUTly rocking Aandhi

Finally we did it!!!

Some Conversations

Me and N
N: Isn't it amazing to know that after fighting battles and war with the outside world, at the end of the day there is someone to whom you can run and just be yourself!
Me: Who is that someone?
N: It's your love...
Me: hmmm... My experience says that to be in the world that you are talking about, it takes a lot of effort.. and lot of time... And don't take it for granted in a relationship.
N: Very true, You know everything.
Me: Not everything... But kuch galtiya to ki hai past mein.. so kuch to seekha hai...
N: any experience that does not teach you anything is a mistake, all others are lessons.
Me: Vo bhi hai...

Me and P
P: Somehow, the only thing i feel like doing these days is = :) read your blog today after long!
Me: Which one? I have almost stopped writing. Today I was wondering "why that happened?"
P: Probably because you've got too much on your mind off late
Me: Actually yes..But its not productive.
P: Most thoughts aren't. Weirdly, isn't this when you should be blogging the most? I have a personal blog on which I blog only when I have a million thoughts on my mind
Me: hmmm... I do that too.. But then it becomes a crib post. And after an extent I start hating myself for such posts.
P: When you're the only one who's reading your blog, six months later, the crib posts become funny, and you realize how much you've matured.
Me: Haan may be...
P: But i guess you're past the wait-i'm-still-growing-up-stage!
Me: Hmmm... Who knows...

Me with R
R: My first boss had a year's experience of ABC before he started his own. It took 7 yrs for the organization to reach to break even point.
Me: Oh my god... That is long. To sustain and keep the enthusiasm going for that long must be a real tough task.

In the class
Who amongst Jai and Veeru (of Sholey fame) was taking a discretionary decision and who was taking an arbitrary decision? Answer is Jai was taking decision based on his discretion. He knew what decision he wanted to take and acted accordingly. While Veeru did not bother about it. He did not have any logic to his choice. He was taking arbitrary decision.

ps: 700th post.

End of TNite

TNite fever is over. My apologies for not giving reports of last couple of days of activities. Somehow my involvement reached such an extent that I just could not find time for anything else. It was an amazing experience. We, Aandhi came third. It did break some hearts. But then we realize that it was not about winning only. The fun we had in last couple of days or so was just unimaginable. I got to know a bunch of super enthusiastic people. I don't know how much time I will get to interact with those due to my exchange program. Still, atleast ek kadam to aage badha...

Abhi, time for some crazy assignments. And some planning for Eurotrip :D
In the mean time, do fill in the survey that I had floated yesterday. I promise to treat each one of you for this generous gesture. Here is the link to yesterday's post.

Aandhi is here...

Aandhi has stormed the WIMWI campus. Their enthusiasm is simply superb. The green wave rocked the LKP amidst the darkness that has been spread by Barood, Dare-in-day and PGPX (I am forgetting their names - it was a no-show from them last night. Here is a glimpse of the sections that are fighting for the glory this TNite:
1. Aandhi - APos to Anthrax and Aandhi. Was it a smooth transition. Cannot say. But they did create a great amount of excitement. With their section flag, CR as Aandhiman (with this red chaddi above the jeans pant), cheerleader girls with pompoms, 2 huge dhols, superb turnout on Pubrun and afterwards, they put a really good show. They were able to make the most of the day with securing the best positions in mess. Now the onus is on creatives to do the justice to efforts put by Pubrun guys and gals.

2. Barood - They have a fire-spitting dragon as their logo and put threat which sounds something like 'ab sabki jalegi.' My sense says that with their black tshirt (which incidently is being used by two more sections), they stand to face an identity loss until they do something substantial. The big banner was good idea, indeed. Will watch out for some more dhamakas from them. Bichchoos must be working hard, I am sure.

3. C'zzlers - Dressed in fluorescent orange, they stand out. Yes, they stand out. Their entry was made special by the super-enthu dancer who was leading the march. Amazing stuff from him. Otherwise, they disappointed. They tried to RCP Aandhi by getting some cheerleaders on board. Alas, they did not know their job at all. And the rest of section was too indulged in their dance party.

4. Dare-in-day - Also called as Darinde, section D is another of the black tshirt gang in the town. Nothing new on offering as from what we saw during Pubrun. Their Tshirt seem to have copied atleast one design element from D3 Tshirt that Rajkul papa had designed. However, I will give them the benefit of doubt. "Dare-in-day ... Rule-d-nite" is what their Tshirt reads. Hopefully they will put a good show in next couple of days.

5. PGP-X - They rocked last TNite with their enthu and creativity. I have full respect for them. Alas, did not see much of it last night. I am hoping, they have something good to offer. As of now, I am not able to recall their name. Will write about them soon.

So now that I have talked about all the teams that are in the race, let me talk about the first stage of the game. It's called LKP Nite. For those of you who know about WIMWI, LKP is the the heart of this campus. This feature is coming back to TNite after a long break. It will be interesting to witness it in evening. Tonight, the events include a fashion show and some dance performance. As usual, entries and exit sequences will be thing to watch out for too. So hoping for a good fun filled evening. And I sign off.

Aandhi it is...

And here is the news...
Anthrax was just another hoax... It's Aandhi that is storming the campus. They rocked in pub-run. Here follows the tshirt designed to mark the birth of Aandhi...

Anthrax Threat

Today morning I received an envelop on my door. It contained a warning message from SAO* regarding Anthrax threat on campus. Apparently I was not the only one. The entire campus was stormed by these threats.


So A+ was a hoax!!! And Anthrax is the reality. Section A is going strong. Specially in creating buzz. There have been criticism specially from the tuchcha batch that it is RCP of bichoo plan from last year. Well, as long as it creates buzz, who cares. Sometimes tried and tested formulae are the best solution.

Rise of A+

A+ is envy of every student here. The ultimate truth, it is the sign of the best of the best. Absolut gave way to A+ today. From the 98% purity to the purest. They stormed the mess at 8:20pm. First to storm the mess with their tempo shouts of "TNite ka kaun hai boss... Apos Apos," they have started the war. Others are still to follow.

The campus buzz says Sec A is filled with muggus. I hope they keep thinking this. We will show them who we really are!




ps: TNite reporter Boondiii will bring you the latest and hottest stories from WIMWI campus. Keep looking at this space.