I'm loosing my AIM

MY future seems to be blurred.

Light is Blazing

hello friends,
everybody on the freeways, superspeeding with HR Share and Chain Act.
Chain Act is round the corner on coming sunday. so preparation is on it's peak. HR Share people working too hard, and I appreciate a lot to them. It's going to be a stupendeous event.

I thing I noticed, people are finding it too difficult to manage between classes and event work. I agree, it's too tangible to manage between both. one can either attend the class or can work for respective event. but not both right ? but see, every college organizes such events with some aim. at the end of the day, it's us who are getting benefitted by it. or say, college management organizes such events so that we people work an extra mile and learn something, somethign real world practices. obviously, no body wants to be a book worm or a bright sun inside the fence. these events are meant for exploring our skill and gaining something new. and this something is the good side effects that we learn during processes we do during actual practical work.

This is the right time, this is right age when we can stretch ourselves. We can go an extra edge, we can burn mid-night oil, we can work for hours and hours continuously, scraping all the rust from our mind and instilling some good karma. believe me, if we wont work at this stage, forget you can reach upto a position where the guest lecture people have reached. it takes ages to reach there, it takes years of butt-bursting efforts under a single roof to reach there. and here, we people crib for single single miniscule things. I hate this. i've heard, many people say, i have never undergone any strees in my life earlier, so now am feeling stressed, i cant work anymore, i dont know this, i dont know that. forget hr share, forget chain act, forget classes. shit. really shit on you people.

belive me, i'm critisizing you people and i'm not at all pin-pointing anybody. but this a general dictum of we all (even i'm included) and we need to sit under a corner roof and need to think "whats happening with me?", "what should i do to improvise my skills?", "where i stand and where i need to go?".

Ask yourself, an umpteem times, who am i?, and what am i doing right now, is it true to myself? see what others doing, ask them how can i do the same thing, practice and develop those skills in youself. Please don't, ever sit idle. this life has cut-throat competition, here there everywhere, and one can't, just can't escape from it. either you remain dull or excel. either or.

stand out, but stand tall.
stretch yourself. work hard.

Loneliness is lost

The moment in your consciousness
When you are utterly alone,
But you do not feel lonely...
Your very being becomes the whole.
This is the longing of man
That is hidden in his deepest,
Innermost core.

Chain Act 2009

Theme this year,

Integrating Supply Chain: The Future Prospectives

Venue: ISB&M Nande, Pune

blog url: http://www.chainact.blogspot.com/

Depressed Rookie to Legitimate Competitor

There's a difference when I used to post on this blog in erstwhile and than of today. Earlier I used to write a draft in MS Office Word, usesd to read it again and again, uncannily tring to find out any mistakes if I have made and tring to sort it out. And see today, understanding the realm, having time the scarce commodity being in MBA course, I juss type it down directly in the Posting area. Time matters a lot. Provided, onself utilizes the time in a fruitful way. That's not a common holier-than-thou verbatim, but rather a hard core truth of everybody's life. There are many people in my class whoes intellectual is really good, that means, they must have worked hard in mathematics and other subjects during schooling, but than has lost the tract somewhere. No doubt, they are good in personality, good in english, but really lacks in ethics. I'm honestly not at al pin pointing anybody, but rather started this post version juss to scale my self. Rather, i'm learning a lot from them as well, obviously positive vibes.

The topic chose, Depressed Rookie to Legitimate Competitor, is supposed to throw some light about the CHANGES that occured in me after coming to isbm. That is what is important to me and my closed one's.

This is the first post under this section. I'll keep on posting.

Life of a CR

for sure, this post is not going to be provide about how my life has been changed, after being the CR.

hey people, before entering in Tech Cell I became the CR of my class.

Section B, asusual never rocks that much, but still, I'm enjoying playing my new role, being a CR. One word I would associate, C'est la vie.

One more thing, I should never forget the sole reason on my being in isbm.

Tech Cell

Finally, I've cleared three round test of Tech Cell.

Now, I'm can be called a pure sheer hard core Geek.

I'm in the Tech Cell. Come and get it all.

We're the techies.

adios.

AAB rocks

three cool dudes: viz...

Anubhav hailing from Raipur

Arpit flying from Kanpur and last one

Bhargav sailing from Veraval....from nowhere to the jubilient honchos of isb&m.

Three jubilient stars of the college in three different Cells.

Anubhav in CRC, 

Arpit in Sporties and

Bhargav in Tech Cell.

For any assistance, bindass contact we people anywhere in the college. We'd be heavily helpful to all the isbmites.

If you can't find out in campus roaming around, come you one and all to Boys Hostel Room No. 13. Open for all. 

Hats Off to all three stars.

too many days

Ghosh...too many days and I have not posted anything over here. Shame on me. Seriously, I never dreamed of such a life, I'm passing through. I won't say, it tough, it's juss one needs to push oneself a bit more and one can easily achieve it. 

Some time I feel, gone are the days of creativity, gone are the days when we folks in engineering used to think and act weird, masti and goof-up, jagda-masti seems to be all over. 

But wait, life has juss started. Life has juss revved up and is yet to turn up in 6th gear. It's juss the starting of my professional career, where I'm going to fly with all the jubilient colours. Now the connection comes in, if I wont' work right now with full force, how m gonna work in corporate. If I won't be having good enough knowledge at this phaze, how would I manage myself later on.

But, the thing is, what 'bout my personal life. Which is too, of utmost importance. If I'm working too much, day in and day out, and not able to provide sufficient time for my family members, than damn of me. 

Challenge against me: I really need to learn time management, as to how could I distribute time for work and well as for familiy members.  i.e. differentiating professional and private life. 

What I learned after coming to isbm is...Multitasking is the order of the day.

Au Revoir.

Revoir 2009

All(means all) alumnus are cordially and heartily invited to Grand Revoir 2009 - Alumnus Meet @ ITC, The Maratha, Mumbai on 12th of September.

ISB&M and Alumini Cell is bubbling to meet their feathers @ Revoir. We'd be there to welcome you with flying colors. Believe us, it's going to be a rock on party.

Note: No fees, just come and enjoy. 

regards,

see you all there,

adios.

Somebody says...

1. Be the change you want to see in others...said by M.K.Gandhi

2. Ask not what your country can give you, but ask what you can give to the country ...John F. Kennedy.

It's obvious, if one thinks to change the system or wants to introduce something new in the existing system, he/her self has to bring that change in the system. A person, inorder to make that change happen, has to mould him/her self according to the demand of that change, not forgetting that he/she has to cope with teh demands of the existing mundane system aswell.

But belive me, as far as India is concerned it's too difficult to bring some change. I'm, for sure, not being narcissist or negative for anybody. Let me give a real time example, that will satisfy my above saying.

In our Lok sabha aka Lower House ...which is People's representative (Elected Body of Indians) to Central Government has many rules to pass a bill. Right ? Now, to pass a certain law there has to be 50% majority in the House. Now, sometimes, during passing of certain Bills, it seems that it would have been good if needed percentage of majority could have been rose to 75 %. So as to keep passing of the bill nice and sober. But you see, now to change this percentage of majority needed to pass a bill, again 50% of majority is needed in the Lower House. See the week links.

But still, who knows, your views can bring a change in lives of some one, or bing solace to the other, or bring a windfall to someone else, or trigger a thought to innovate or simply spin a thread for some one, which can become an enlighted path for the wary. Opportunities and Change are not to be wasted, and it is better late than ever.

Be the Doer.

On India's B'day

From India's Shining Slope, we have started trudging on our way to India's Declining.

What India Needs:

1. Accountability of Government
2. Proper Mindset of WE People
3. Responsible Youth
4. An end to Moral Policing
5. Overhauling and Proper Maintenance of Educational System
6. Responsible and Better Mass Media/Cinema/Journalism

India: a Sphinx

One India lives in the Optimism of our hearts, the other India lives in the Skepticism of our Minds.

Go Go Goa

Due to swine flu epidemic/proliferation, Government of Maharashtra announced to shut down Pune for a week. Specially educational institutes, colleges, schools, malls and multiplexes should remain close for a week inorder to prevent people to come in crowds and stop spreading of flu. Government still is not capable to get a proper med (except of Tamiflu) to curb the flu.

Now the good news is now and then, since last a few days, we being in isbm, were getting news that, this college got closed for a week and a half, that college shuts off for a week, etc etc. And we used to wonder, kya salla, apni college kab bandh hogi re !!! We continuously asked to college authorities about the same, and we got the reply from President: if Government of Maharashtra officially anounces shut down, than and only we'll be closed. Phew !!!

So then, we started keeping tab on rediffmail and google (shaakal news, zeenews, TOI, et al), and continously watching the latest upcoming news. Whether Government of Maharashtra is officially announcing the shut off or not; the day was Saturday I guess.

Sunday Passed, Monday broke. We came to the classes. Attended the college, and were giving the presentation. Myself being too curious about the holidays, always seats at the last rows keeping my lappie on and keeping tab on news. Suddenly, on zeenews, something flashed. And there was it. Government officially announced Pune to close down for 10 days, inorder to stop further spread of proliferating swine flu. Hip Hip hurrey.

I had two plans to follow. And, I had one plan to not to think off.

1. I had a plan to go to chennai, madurai and rameshwaram.

2. I had a plan to go to Goa.

1. I didn't wanted to think about going home, Veraval, Gujarat.

I started thinking about rough ininerary to go to chennai. (btw, this was the time when we were in Vineeta ma'am's class giving WACC presentation). Unfortunately, nothing turned up correctly. Sam and Tarun were forcing me to enjoy Goa. Its jubilient, Sam said. It's my home, let's go there and enjoy, Tarun said. I was confused now. After a little thought and much of a time, i finally decided to bang of Goa. We foursome. Myself, Sam, Gagan and Tarun - all Sec-B mates. Tarun being the host, he's a localite of Vasco-Da-Gama.

Go Go Goa. It's scintillating.

Drink...eat sea food...hookah...sun bathing...playing with waves...tatoo on the neck...wandering...cool chicks...that's exquisite and ravishing Goa. And WE enjoyed it till the fullest. We'd all the extremes.

We went to the calenguet beach and had tatoo on our neck. I had a chinese sign symbolizing "DREAM", an Gagan carved an "OM", we did all this while gulping Haywards. Then, we went to a near by beach-hotel and had delicious sea food. Our cusine: shark gravy and prawn biryani, isn't it mouthwatering ? Yummieeeee...

Calenguet beach is captivating. We had a graceful and bewitching experience in Goa. We love you Goa.

And there you go, everything was going fine untill Home came calling, and I had to go to Gujarat. Everything vanished and I booked ticket from Goa to Rajkot. My Goa sojourn ended with a lonely beach, were Tarun took us; that place also known as "Ghanta Goa". ha ha ha.

P.S.

Myself, on behalf of whole ISB&M family, heartily mourn and pray for all those who died of swine flu. Our heavy grieverances to their families. May God bless their souls and they receive heavenly peace. Amen.

Bhargav'izm 5

Time is the best healer

Bhargav'izm 4

Fuck-o-laugh-o-logy.

Bhargav'izm 3

I am what I am.

Bhargav'izm 2

I don't givev a shit for others.

Bhargav'izm 1

I myself is never alone.

Bhargav'izm

Here with I'm starting "Bhargav'izm".

Please bare with me. And Read On.

Friendship Day Bash

We'al ISB&M ites had a great friendship day bash in the campus. Students of our campus (Nande) and those from Viaman Nagar came over here and had a dance party in our Audi. DJ from Viman Nagar (jr batch) was playing mostly bollywoody songs. Beats were not up to the mark. All were complaining 'bout it. Green lazer and Red & Yellow flash lights blurring over Sutta Smoke created nice ambience. White flicker was creating tranzic atmosphere. A typical disc atmosphere was created by LSD (Life Style Development Cell) members. Kudos to them for all the arrangements. 6:30 was the official reporting time, but party actually started at around 8. Viman nagar girls actually made the floor vibrant (Oops!). Party lasted till 10, and we all got busy with monday's presentation of WACC.

See you folks.

!ndia till now

visited 13 states (37.1%)

Get you own Travelled !ndia Map

New Cell called CEN, coming up in ISB&M

We're starting a new Cell-cum-Network in our College.
CEN - Consultancy and Entrepreneurship Network

www.toot-box.blogspot.com

My idea, since last three years and today at somewhere 11:45 pm, it got a sudden birth. With the help of Sumit and our Vikas Sir, let's move on.

bhargav at Cult...isbm Starting a new life

Growing Curiosity - it happens yaar...

Today is 22nd June, 2009. The D-day for leaving Veraval, for Pune. It's 3:12 A.M., right now and i'm hearing "Hit the Floor" by LP.

Ideas like, tomorrow I'm leaving for Pune, 'bout college, ragging, OP-Orientation Programme, first day, registration, outbound activities, hostel mates and life, train journey, et al are lingering all over my shit mind. All in all i'm growing insomaniac. Before to this, i signed out of chatting at 1, and then i tried hard to sleep, but invain. So, i tried nfs-mw, but got busted. So switched on telivision, surfed all over, but no chance. And then came over here. Went to Facebook, and then slided over here. The ultimate place for restless persons.

The thing is I'm really excited 'bout my new life. ''bout first day in the college, 'bout my new alma matter. 'bout Pune. 'bout myself. Que Sera Sera.

Ek Choti Si 'आशा'

This is a short story, which I wrote on a deserted piece of paper and a pencil sitting in my Office, SauKem, Nirma Ltd, Porbandar, way back in January 2009, after completion of XAT exam.

Depressed and crunched, craggy faced Bipin was really not at ease, though sitting in an easy chair. He was not enjoying the coolness of air, sitting on the terrace of his sweet little home ‘Ashiyana’ in Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad city. He is a businessman in Paldi, having a so-called big warehouse like shop doing wholesale business of jaggery. He could earn well enough to sustain a family of at least ten. But unfortunately they were only two; he and his wife Shakuntla. The unfortunate thing about their life is, they donn have kids. Eleven years since their marriage still striving for one kid.

Bipin was twenty-four and Shakuntla was twenty-one when they got married. Bipin is a B.Com graduate from Gujarat Vidhyapith, he passed when he was 22. Soon after graduation, he joined his fathers business; a legacy. He is, no doubt a cerebral, lifted his fathers business from scratch to pinnacle. Meticulously done accounts, well maintained invoices, expertise in dealing with customers were the factors through he reached to zenith and now is sitting on the echelon of jaggery business. He is romantic, he is flourishing, he is articulated, he is profound, he has dexterity in maintaining business as well as his home. And he is lucky indeed to have Shakuntla as his wife, of same ilk. They are more of friends than husband-wife. They had arranged marriage, and their relation flourished like mushroom after engagement. Those late night phone talks and hand-written letters – romantic enough in this today’s e-world – to each other made them acquainted with each other, rather they actually came closer. Four months of love-letter communication; according to Shakuntla was the best part of her life. The aura, the feeling, the adrenalin rush, craziness’ that both used to feel used to take them on the seventh heaven.

There life’s being good; easygoing domestic. Transcending jaggery business for Bipin, everything seems well & fine; but Bipin & Shakuntla, both feel loneliness’. There’s life a void, it seems there’s a hole, a big void in their life and fire is passing though and hurting their hearts. A born off-spring craves for mother, a teenage craves from parents, a collegian focuses on opposite sex, bride concentrates on groom, and a married person has dire urge for kids. There own kids. This is the natural way of life. Husband and wife, no doubt has support of each other, but do feel void for a new life. They wish to have someone to fill their life with colours of rainbow. They could see the black and brown spots here and there on the gray canvas with white ambience of pinkish sun.They wanted to see the Pink sky, but what they could see was all Velvety darkness; Pale sky and Blackish clouds.

Same was the case with Bipin and Shakuntla. They had all the medical check-ups, problem found to be in Bipin. His sperm counts were low. 60 to 90 is the average count for normal body, and his counting was near to 15. So, Shakuntla wasn’t able to have her ovum’s fertilized. But she was educated enough to understand the condition. Bipin being a sole child of his parents was being forced heavily for having a child. Bipin’s bank balance was good but not that flourishing that he can afford high-end medical treatments and go for test tube babies or other such procedures. They both discussed for days and months, and thought over, what they should do? And finally but tentatively decided to adopt a child.

But still they – as as everybody wishes for – expected a blood relation, but had no other option. They even consulted for hiring sperm donor, which they found, beyond their capacity, so dropped out that idea too. They both agreed for adoption.

They set out for three orphanages, and finally decided for a girl child named ‘Asha’, from Balihari Anath Gruh, situated on Gurukul Road. Did all the medical check-ups for any hereditary diseases, if may found.

A new vibrant and flamboyant life sprung in “Ashiyana”. The gloomy faces of Bipin and Shakuntla were now sparking with all the colours of life, full of delight. It seemed like they were drench with rain of happiness and shower of joy ness. They got a new reason to live up their life. All the passion and compassion, the curiosity, the love, the feeling, the crassness’ that were hibernated in them all these years oozed out immediately and were showered on ‘Asha’।

दुस्रोको प्यार करने के लिए पहले अपने आपसे प्यार करो.

Bhargav...on a sweet chore.

1. What “lacks” in the Indian Society?

(a) secularism
(b) unity
(c) awareness
(d) broadmindedness
(e) dare to take initiative
(f) leadership



2. Why you want to “MARRY”?

(a) it’s a tradition guys
(b) to inherit our pedigree chart (family tree)
(c) to get a soul & life partner
(d) to share feelings
(e) under pressure of parents – family members
(f) to have sex
(g) & to have more sex

I don’t get Bored !!!

“Ae yaar, I’m getting bored”, “Oye yaar, kya bore ho rahi hu”, “Seriously, I donno what to do, I’m getting dump, getting bored yaar”………

All these and lot more, I’ve heard them all. I listen them and listen happily. And then say normally, ‘ Hey bro, listen, we have, in this world so much to do, start doing all those things. And then see, how wonderful this life is.’ Then continue more intriguing picture in front of him/her, ‘ you’ve studied so much, did engineering, mba, bcom, llb, and what not, now you’ve got so much of – in abundance – knowledge, which you can use fruitfully. Read books, watch good movies, travel across, introspect, do whatever you can, and what you have not done till yet, but donn sit idle.

Believe me brother, we’ve in this world so much to do, that we can exhaust, but world shall never cease.’

Quest

We’re lost on this planet,
No one to help us out,
Sufferings are on the mount,
Agony, mutiny, lapses -
Generations to come -
Generations to go – all tantamount
Progress on the go, but what the use;
Wealth, richness, misery, corruption
Joy, Sooth, Hope & Admire:
I don’t fear the future,
Present is killing me.

What is management?

Management is the ability of a person to get thing done by others. In fact he himself will not be doing or working out the small details, which is left for the others to be carried out. But while the others under him perform their work, the manager will certainly know as to what is being done by each of the people under him. In a broad sense, the details of the project are discussed in detail with the subordinates, so that they can get a clear picture as to what is expected of them. The sole responsibility of running a project is that of the manager.

In order to know whether the people under him are doing their duty, he will then have to monitor each of the workers, work etc. either directly or indirectly. It is not physically possible to monitor all that is going on under him, even though he is solely responsible for the project, and/or the work. In order to monitor the project, he must have in place, a number of details, checks, progress of work, bottle necks, their solutions, understanding, logic, commonsense, farsightedness, balance of mind, perseverance etc.

Is he is not able to have all these virtues, methodologies, arrangements, logistics etc. in place then it is possible that, things may go wrong, and then he along with him & the persons under him will have to work overtime to correct the situation/s. and the project could take a long time to complete and there would be cost overruns/ the persons under him would get disgusted, and lose interest. Once these lose interest, it would take a Herculean task to rectify the situation. It is always possible to correct these types of situations. Therefore it is very essential to discuss the project threadbare, and no details should be kept under wraps.

R-of-L, L-of-R

Relationship - of - Love,
Love - of - Relationship.

In the first place,
do we really understand
the true n worthy meaning of
Relationship?

This shit word or say phenomenon is the ridicule datum of all cause(s). We eventually (read normally) fall into the trap of three states of consciousness together; Viz. Subconscious, present and future. They’re like the vectorial representation of three vectors heading in completely different direction. Theoretically they’ve only 120 ^ 0 (120 degree) of difference, but in reality they mean the total “life shift”. Now this means, hoping for the best, we reap the worst. But, according to me, this is normal. ‘Coz it’s not you who‘ve decided the datum or say the zero point. And for that cause, our life is a mélange of hyper dogged confusion of relationships, created by this very nature.

Emotions most ever an obstinate, is rightly said. You never know, when it came, and when u got trapped...but one definitely shall remain aware and confused, when one gonna leave it.

Emotion’s of relationship (read love) is often mixed with other feelings like guilty, obligation, non-loyalty, content, disgust, disgrace, (sometime(s) prejudice) et al. And this, effectively roots us to lower grade of relationships, where expectations does not intersect. They form the citadel of tangents at spatial. Then, by the virtue of such cult’s it becomes too difficult to ponder on the definitions, dimensions or paradigms of true relationship; ’coz of personal investment(s) of non-called emotions & feelings.


When we embarked for a true long-term relationship, (I’m talking about two opposite sex personals) we never know, when such cult got introduced somewhere in the mid-way. And then, they shall never allow you to intersect the needs of the Relationship. Have your ever noticed that you reached at a certain critical stage—a point - beyond which you simply cannot fly in the name of having Relationship?

I did.

It’s always there, we’re, at all times are showered (read wet) with horn’s of dilemma. Albeit, we never tend to cry out playing our own experiences. No doubt, very often, the answer to the next junction(s) is/are within us, and our desire to achieve those manifests remains unfolded and unturned. But when one achieve them (conditions do apply) one feel the wholeness & completeness within oneself. One understand the true worth of her/his.

I’m still despair…

At times, most loving word that we can utter in such condition to other person is “NO”, though you hate it the most. We grow in love - sometimes happily, sometimes painfully, sometimes gaining, sometimes loosing.

Why gaining? Hey, who said you’ve to loose a lot in love. And love is all about loosing yourself…its all bullshit. This is true, only when you can see your zenith, your pinnacle...else all despair. We always grow in love, you grow nirvanically, you grow spiritually, you grow sympathically, you grow literally in all sense.

But still,...at least at this very moment, I can’t sit thinking - I’m clear with all my Relationships. There’re lots of illusions which lingers and has got overloaded on my heart n mind, and hinders the clarity of Relationships (I can call it love). Though, the illusions I’ve for myself, in my take for her, carries an infinite explosion of affection for her & is a sure-shot a reflection of harmless, platonic - purity of love.

4 days to IPL ><

Today is 15^th April, four days to IPL.

Indian Premier League, Indian Popular League or Indian Peoples League. What ever one says, it’s now our People’s own League, “apna khel”. In a way, we’re saying to the world, beware guys, ‘lo and behold’, we’re again coming this year with a bang. And we’re gonna show it to the world, in bigger than ever ishtyle.

Remember, the commercial of IPL that of last year. “Mera Baap, Cricket ka Baap”, something like that ? a very good on. I’ve the reminiscence of last years IPL. That time I wasn’t interested in it initially, but as pace increased, slowly my interest and passion hiked in 20-20 format.

The passion, thrive, vigour, energy, vitality, enthusiasm and what not was there in IPL, isn’t it? The power shown by the players and the spectators was amazing . the action on the ground – due to short 20 over format – was spell bound. Three hours and fast cricketing was the mantra. The charisma those matches were having is still highly mesmerizing. I still remember those 157 runs by B.McCullum of Kolkatta Knight Riders in the very first match(which I enjoyed later on).

So, the memories of IPL 2008 are highly fresh and vitalizing in the minds of we Indians. And expectations are more this time. But unfortunately, Election 2009 has cooled the fever and subtracted the vigour. Chunav 2009, as it is symbolized with a ballet box as it’s insignia, is the commercial name of Elections. Lot’s of discussion, meetings between Mr. Lalit Modi, IPL Head and government took place mainly for the cause of security reason. No doubt it’s a major issue in Indian Subcontinent, I mean Election. lol, what a joke, right?

And finally after many distractions IPL 2009 has been finalized to be held in South Africa, a place of good hope. (And, birth place of “Amhimsa”). Let’s see what Mr. Modi and IPL in all have for us.

I’m eagerly waiting for the infectious and highly energized actions on the ground and classic sexy – ‘babeh’ – cheer leaders.

My Projection:

We’re surely gonna miss highly crowded stadiums which is a normal dictum in India, but still good mixture of players from all over the world is going to make a difference in South Africa.

Highlights:

1. Bangladeshi cricketer sold at more than 7 crore is the limelight.

2. Auction of all the cricketers in Goa was a huge success, and I watched it happily. Prity Zinta looked Sexy.

3. Thank God, South Africa (time zone), is not for behind IST. Otherwise, time acheduling (day and night timings) of tow different geographically situated countries at different longitudes, might have created a big problem, had IPL been played in UK.

4. I think, Mr. Lalit Modi and his sub-ordinates has made a right choice shifting the whole tournament ot S.A. If could have waited, but then, most of the cricketers would have run off to their countries for playing for their own matches. And then, IPL would have been tasted like Chinese Chowmin without vinegar and sauce. Phew !!!

Let's have it.

Today is 15th April

I wrote this shit on 15th April...

Today is 15th April,

I resumed my job at Nirma Ltd., after an hiatus of one month. Quite a long time, indeed! I was on sojourns across India, been to Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune and Rajkot as well. I even bought a guitar from Ahmedabad and the interesting thing is, I actually bought a gift for myself…ha ha ha. !0!. Going to Pune was very interesting this time. After all I was paying a visit to my latest new alma matter, ISB&M, Nande Village, Pune.

Okay, now only four days left for IPL and 15 days to Election. And I’m gonna vote for the very first time this year, and I seriously donn want to miss it. ‘Coz, this time around, it would be almost last time I’m having the chance to have my vote. But the problem is I donno the booth where my name is registered. So after reaching Veraval, I need to search it out, let’s see.

Well, I returned to my job, Porbandar yesterday and created quite an amusement among my colleagues. Hi, hello, you came back?, why you came back?, how’re you?, Good to see you, BT..!!! So, Pune haan?, How’s your score?...and blah blah blah…were some of the formalities. And I got drenched answering all the things to everybody. All and all, I was greeted well by all my friends and colleagues and had a lot of goof-ups with them.

My roomie, Devendra aka Dev (Bapu), was frenzy seeing me, and greeted me with 3 suttas. Even we chatted late night on various issues. About ISB&M, about PGVCL, Dwarka, where he is got selected but donn want to go there and wants to stick with NIRMA, about Adani Power interviews in Ahmedabad, about myself and himself, parents; almost everything we had in our mind. Before to that had a small chat with Amit Gajera, my colleague. Another Electrical Engineer, unfortunately he got rejected from Kirloskar, from where he had good expectations of getting converting the call, but invain. Now he is waiting for IMT, Nagpur. (Latest news, he got rejected from IMT Nagpur as well, but got selected for IMT, Dubai. So, he’s in dilemma for joining there.) Next is IPMG, Gandhinagar and FORE, Delhi in waiting. I bid best of luck to him.

Yesterday, I was feared of, had I not come here, I would have been terminated with in a day or two. Thanks to the good and fruitful communication with Mr. Vinod Srivastava, our HR Manager. I’m gonna handover a medical certificate to him, ‘coz I’d malerial fever, he he he…lol !!!


We should start by starting.

A face in a sea of faces v 1.2

Post 2:

There were four ISBMites, sitting at the registration desk. And there were almost more than twenty-five my-type-aspirants; gazing at me; some with worrying faces, somebody bit smiling, bit nail-biting. Some where gossiping and some where reading newspaper and a girl (Krithika Iyer, she didn’t got selected, sorry !!!) in the first row was reading a book. (I later came to know, it was “If God was a Banker”).

I approached the desk and bid ‘Good Morning’, they all returned the salutation with a warm smile on their sparkling clean saved faces. And I was glad I had my shaving done before reaching there, thank god. Before anyone could say anything to me, I started in a soft voice, “Right now, I don’t have the hard copy of the gd/pi call letter which you people sent to me, ‘coz, I had already left my station when I received it, and I haven’t received the e-mail from you side, so right now, as I don’t have the call letter as a proof of my being a candidate, and so now, I have to prove that I’m Bhargav Trivedi.” I said mechanically as a single syllable, showing my driving license.

“Okay.” The first person said, enjoying. “What is your ISBM registration number?”

“42986”, I said immediately. Then, he started checking my number in an excel print out sheet, and when he found out my number, he blurted, “Bhargav Trivedi, right?”

“Yes.”

“Can I see your license?”

“Yes, sure.”

He checked my card, little carefully and then even compared the face on it with mine. I hardly believe, face on my license card barely meets that of present mine. But after some seconds, he found satisfied. I got my license back and permission to meet next person on the desk. So I moved forward.

“Bhargav Trivedi, right?” Second on the desk asked.

“Yes sir.” I replied, politely.

“Okay, so you’ve done online registration.”

“Yes sir.”

“Can I see your mark sheets?”

“Yes.” I showed them.

He checked everything. Right from tenth standard till my eight mark sheets of engineering. I don’t know, whether he liked his job or he was compelled to check so many documents. He compared all the marks which I had jot down in the form with my original sheets. Then he passed my form to hi neighbour and I wrote my name on a sheet. I was 23^rd to register. The fourth person asked me to take the sit and wait. I did so.

I lifted my bag and turned 180 degree, and looked at the foyer sitting arrangement. I decided to sit in the first row, albeit I belong to last bench only. That reminds me of my engineering days. I sat near that novel reading girl. She wore azure colour dress with white chunni and was just deep inside the book. Just to show the attitude I took a book from my bag and started reading-The White Tiger-watching whether she is watching or not. Poor guy.

More aspirants start coming in. On my right was that girl reading-if god was a banker-and on my left came a boy in denims and jersey, was filling the form. No shaving, no hair cut, no formals, juss too casual. But I like it, his carefree nature. After say, 20 minutes, one of the ISBMite addressed us all. He gave us some instruction(s) and then commended us to go upstairs for some slide show. He elegantly drove us all to a big room with U shaped table and a big white screen and an over head lcd projector. I took the central seat at the bottom of the U, so now I could see the screen straight and clear.

Now started all the worldly gossiping, all aspirants started whispering with their neighbours. Even I did. Then came, Prof. Pratap Gupta, Director, Finance & HR. He seemed to be candid and soft spoken guy. He came with six other prominent lecturers and professors of ISB&M – nande and viman nagar campuses. Firstly he introduced himself and the rest of the team, everybody as well, said about him/her self. There was one lady in that team. After this, Prof. Gupta again turned towards us and briefed about the college. And then, asked one of the volunteer to start the video. Without any glitch, straight-forwardly, he did it and lights were turned-off. And I took a quick glance over the room before concentrating over the screen, and I could see sparkles in everybody’s eyes’. Everybody had the aim, aim ‘bout getting into this new alma matter.

After completion of the video, Prof. Gupta said something ‘bout Prof. Robert J. Aumann - who is a Noble laureate for his Game Theory in the field of Physics – who came to the Pune Campus on 16^th and 17^th February 2009. Then started a power point presentation about college and teaching pedagogy. He gave a running commentary during the presentation. Then, last but not the least; he said few lines about the Big Daddy. I was wondering all through this, when he’s going for it, and voila he did in the end. He introduced Dr. Promod Kumar and then thanked us for listening all that so patient fully.

Again, volunteer commanded and treaded us downstairs. While coming out of the seminar room, all the team members were lined for bidding us congratulations. I liked it.

The scene in the foyer down stairs was different then. All the rumbled up chairs where lined up perfectly in through groups forming a big H. Two columns vertical and one horizontal row, and we were advised to seat according to our isbm id’s. There were 10 aspirants in each. Once we sat there, one volunteer came to our group and gave us an id card-cum-badge with simple group numbers. Mine was 7.

Those six members came downstairs and one by one shifted to three different rooms. I got the instinct which room I’m going to get allotted. Few moments passed and we were advised to move to a particular room for our GD. I had got the right premonition. We all traded into the room, thinking what the topic we have to face. Somebody took files, some didn’t. I had energy, geniality and a pen. We took the seats according to our allotted numbers and sat with proper posture and waited for our commanders to say something. I again took a round around, and I could clearly found change in the expressions on everybody’s faces. Contouring took a rudimentary change on their texture. And then, I turned towards the commanders, I mean our panel members with a little smile and curls on my face. Out of two, one of them (I don’t know the names right now, but will update shortly) opened his mouth. And shut it down. He turned his face on his left and said in low tone to the other member. Finally, the second one addressed yes. They said, GD time 15 minutes and then conclusion by any one member at the end of it, and before to that 3 minutes of preparation time. Meanwhile, one of the volunteer gave us a piece of paper for writing purpose.

Finally, they gave us our GD topic. It was, “What should we do to curb terrorism?” Believe me, it was all chaos, which should not be the case actually. But it was good.

I’m writing this on 17 June, and I’ve started my packing for Pune. And I’ve made many friends – Sumit, Vicky, Gagan, Hasmukh - whom, I’m going to meet on 25^th. Yippee. I’m coming Pune, beware of me.

Bhargav Trivedi

PGBM (2009-11)

ISB&M, Pune.