Nostalgic moments...

Today we’d gone to our maternal grandparents’ place. It was after so many months that all four of us, i.e. my parents and me and my bro had gone to their place together. There are many reasons for that, primarily because my dad has been transferred to Mumbai and he cannot come frequently here, I and my brother have been very busy in our respective routines lately.

But today somehow everybody was available. And my maternal aunt had also come with her son. And as we were talking and relishing the sweets made by our Aaji (naani), we realized that it’s been so many years, not even months, that all of us cousins have spent some time together at that place.

Our grandpa’s place used to be our destination in every summer vacation. We used to go to a small hill near their house in the morning. And then used to play cards for hours together! Then there were innumerable fights, giving names to each other, scolding everybody else for supposedly done cheating, etc… In the evening, we used to throw water with the old pipe in the garden, in the name of watering plants.. and then after dinner, our Mama used to treat us with unlimited ice-cream everyday! At nights, we used to sleep on the terrace.. before which somebody or the other would tell us a ghost story! And then we used to have bets on who can go and take a round of the entire house without the lights being turned on, and stuff like that!

As everybody got into college life and later on to their respective post graduation and then jobs, frequency of us meeting in summer reduced. Still, those of us who were in the same city, had made an implicit agreement to meet every Sunday. This also went on for few years. But then we also got into our routines that this could not be followed much.

Today when grandpa said , “arey, we are oldies now, we have so much time… that’s why we want you all to come and spend some time with us. But we realize you people have become very busy now”, we felt so bad. This was not at all sarcastic comment, but an urge to meet all the grandchildren at least for some time. Though they are pretty much occupied and busy in their own schedule, and with my l’il cousins who stay with them, still they wish they could meet all of us regularly.
Which i thought was not at all something which we cannot fulfill.

We still have fond memories of those days… we wish that a time should come, when we can again be together, have such fun again, coz this is one thing which our grandparents wish for the most! They now tell us the stories and secrets, which we didn’t know back then, or were too small to understand, but still wanted to know because they belonged to our relatively older cousins… which make us feel nothing but nostalgic…

Being Happy...

Some people are so much self – involved! Not that i am not, everybody is. But sometimes i feel so flabbergasted to see certain people so much caught up in their own self that they just fail to realize that they are not the centre of the universe!

They feel bad that certain things have happened to them, but fail to comprehend that it is the ‘reward’ which they are getting for doing bad to others. Their thoughts are so much rotten that they feel that this has happened to them because they have accomplished some things, that people cannot just stand their accomplishment!
But the reality, unfortunately for them, is that they have done nothing but troubled others by their deeds. But, as occupied as they are in their own self, doing the character – probing, that they just cannot comprehend through their minuscule brain, that they have no character left to build upon!

This does not mean at all that nothing bad has ever happened to me. It has, in fact courtesy these people, that i have also had many bitter moments in my life. And may be i deserved them probably because i let these people enter into my life. May be that was the punishment which i got.

Then i realized, these people had almost ruined my life, because of them i was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, because of these people I had to re-built everything which i’d accomplished; but these people have got no qualms whatsoever! They are as happy as ever, and they feel they have full right to be so! I really wonder how can these people make others happy, when they do not think of others at all?!
To top it all, they reap undue benefits of kind gestures of others and take the credit to themselves. And they declare to the whole world that they are full of confidence and self-belief (Confident that they are ready to ruin somebody else’s life?!)! They challenge that they have become wiser... but unfortunately, they do not understand the difference between wise and shrewd! Poor souls!

And while i am pondering upon all this, i realize they can never change, and some point or the other, they will get the final verdict. I believe very strongly that whatever happens it is for good. And because of these people i’ve started to appreciate the good things in life. In a way, they have actually taught me many things! So how can i forget them! : )

Intricate questions...

I love reading t-shirt quotes... In fact, i have many t-shirts having some really funny and witty quotes.. but my fav is,
"Always forgive your enimies.. Nothing annoys them as much!"

The moment i'd seen this t-shirt, i'd decided to buy it.. and that shirt still remains one of my fav shirts..
I am trying to do according to this quote for so long...
But.... i just cannot think beyond these issues...

Is it alwas that easy to forgive the enimies?
Are they worthy of your forgiveness?
Isn't it enough that they have made it to your list of people you hate the most?
And if at all you manage to forgive them, what is the assurance that they won't repeat the mistakes?
.. intricate issues.. at least for me....

10 ka Dum!

As promised, i’ve taken up the task of completing the tags…
And i’m gonna follow the principle of LIFO (last-in first-out)!!
And as Ankur had tagged me a while ago, here i go telling you 10 of my things, or my traits, whatever you call, are not known to everybody.. (who started this dangerous tag anyway?!?!)

1. I am a very good cook… though few of you might know this, but then i thought of beginning to tell the secrets with the most delicious (so to say) one! And the 1st time i cooked everything, i.e. roti, chapatti, daal, sabzi and Kheer, when i was only in 7th standard. My mom had undergone a surgery, and my grandma was bedridden, and to top it all, we had a Puja at our place which is a family tradition, and the food is cooked by a family member itself! For some time, i thought of myself as some li’l wonder! : )

2. I am scared of dark. Cannot stay alone without lights being turned on! That doesn’t mean i haven’t stayed alone anytime, but at all such events, i’ve always had a goodnight sleep with few lights on in the house.

3. This is may be connected with the above ‘secret’.. I cannot just tolerate and watch horror movies! : ( yeah, this is very sad, but cannot help it.. if i happen to watch any of these, courtesy some people like Andy, then come whatever may, i just cannot sleep that night.. yeah, i’m a real fattu! : (

4. I hated economics throughout my school and my undergraduate life. And now i’ve been teaching this subject for more than 2 years now, and all the other subjects related to it, took major during my MBA as well as MA in economics and planning to have fellowship in the same subject!

5. I started walking when i was 9 months old…

6. I am ambidextrous. There are many things i can only do with my left hand, and rest with my right one. I was a lefty dribbler in basketball, but a righty shooter; can write with right hand, but can draw nicely with lift one; cannot kick a scooter with right leg, and etc etc..

7. I have never in my life dashed my car! Now this is an achievement in itself, given that once i had accidents every month for 8 months on my scooter!! So who says women are bad drivers??!!!

8. For 2 years during my under graduation, i earned my pocket money by designing and making artificial jewelry and at a point of time, had actually talked to few jewel stores for a tie-up kind of a thing. But then went for my MBA and the whole entrepreneurship drive came to an end! : (

9. I can sing in 10 different female singers' voices apart from my own!

10. I cannot go to sleep and have food without hearing Andy’s voice! :)

Guess spilled all the beans!

Now would like to know more about few people, so i tag
Ashish, Gunj, Pri, Ceedy, Rahul, Veens, ashu, and anybody who would like to tell their secrets!

'm Back!

Hello people,
I'd been very busy lately with my work and other things. So could not blog for a while... though i wished to do it eveyday( at least check other blogs if not contribute from my side), but couldnt do it...
The situation has not got any better, but at least i can do some blogging now.. and as few people have tagged me, i'll do that soon as well...

Keep visiting!

8 things tag...

Yiee..… I’ve been tagged by Ashish.. and as this is the first time it has happened, here’s the best i can take out…

8 things I’m passionate about….
(Sequence is subject to changes…!)

1. My job! (Yeah, that’s very weird, but i really do love my job to the core!!)
2. Movies! (Great fan of all the filmy fundas and stuff.. as a matter of fact, Andy has started to call me filmy, and is convinced i am very much melodramatic just like our Hindi movies..! )
3. Music! (Cannot live without this… I have to have some music around me…)
4. The relationship in which I’ve been in since more than 6 years now… (didn’t know how to put it across… :P )
5. Clothes… ( Great fan! Doesn’t have to be necessarily designer, but anything which is good looking and has great appeal to it, is in my wardrobe… and i spend almost 1/4th of my salary on clothes..!)
6. Cooking.. (in fact, experimenting… and fortunately, almost everything turns out to be at least eatable!)
7. PJs.. (No, i didn’t steal this from Ashish, but i am his group member in this PJ community..! and i love PJs because i just imagine all of them… just give it a try!!)

8 things I want to do before I die…

1. Get married! (6 years.. now shouldn’t we decide on the date???!!!)
2. To be the head of one of the top B – Schools (to begin with, i would love to be the head of department or something like this for say, Economics )
3. To have at least 2 music programs every year, till the time i can sing (anybody listening??)
4. To meet Amitabh Bacchan and Amir Khan (yeah, may be date them even!)
5. To play basketball again on a national level (oh I really miss playing this game)
6. Want to straighten my hair… (I have big curly hair, and i simply hate it!!..but again, don’t wanna take the risk.. so may be this can be done when I’m sure I’m gonna die soon.. :D)
7. To settle down soon… (this includes many things..!)
8. Slap that one person whom I hate the most!! (in front of the world.. I know I’m being mean.. but then, couldn’t think of anything else… but this is also a good thing to do before I die.. :) )

8 things I say often…
1. Meanwhile
2. Oh really?!
3. As a matter of fact…
4. Arey yaar…
5. Oh damn!
6. Yeah sure..
7. Don’t mess with me dear (I say this often to my students!)
8. Sahi hai!

8 books I last read…

1. Half a Life
2. World is Flat
3. Tuesdays with Morrie
4. Runaway Jury
5. Doctors
6. The inheritance of Loss
7. Freakonomics
8. The Tipping Point


8 songs I would listen to over and over…

(There is a whole list of these songs, cannot mention all.. listing down whichever is coming to mind first)
1. Pehla Nasha.. (Jo jeeta…)
2. Everything I do..(Bryan Adams)
3. Gaarava…(Milind Ingle)
4. Scientist (Cold Play)
5. Kevha tari pahate.. (Asha Bhonsale)
6. All out of Love (Air supply)
7. Immortal (Evanescence)
8. Tere bina.. (Guru)
…. And many more….

8 people who are tagged…

1. Veens
2. Satish Bolla
3. Ceedy
4. Ankur
5. Andy
6. Sid
7. Maverick
8. Mez

… oh god.. it really took me a while to do this…if any of you’ve already been tagged earlier, then those who want to take up this one, be my guest!

Fun Job!

There are very few people who know what exactly want to do with their future, career wise. The reason is that they do not realize what area interests them the most. Luckily, at least i know which is the area which appeals me the most.. and fortunately i have already got the job which i love. But this is only one of the reasons why i enjoy this job, a management faculty…. Being with students, having discussions and panel meetings on various current issues is something which is very fruitful and satisfying.

But the most hilarious and entertaining part of this job is to deal with various kinds and categories of students…. And the process starts right from the selection of students though GD PI and then continues even after the student appears for exam and the results come…
In recent days, i have been busy with almost every such activity in college. And believe me; i’ve experienced all such incidences which really makes me think : do some people really think??? Reason???? Read along….

Case 1 – GD PI process, i am on the panel for interview, and unfortunately, the candidates are selected after the final score of written and GD PI, we get variety of candidates. Excerpts from one of such interviews:
Me – you have written in your CV that you have done BCA. So why do you want to shift to management field? Don’t you want to continue in the same field and do MCA or MCM?
Candidate – no ma’am. I wish to have a management perspective and want to learn management.
My co - panelist– yes, that is what we are asking, why do you want to lean management?
Candidate – I want to know how to manage things.
Me – okay… and what do you mean by management then?
Candidate – management means ‘to manage’…
Co – panelist – ‘to manage’ what?
Candidate – Anything!
Co – panelist – anything?! Good.. (with sarcasm!!) Which specialization are you planning to take?
Candidate – HR
Me – Why? What do know about HR?
Candidate – HR is managing.
Co – panelist – (a little agitated) yes, but managing what?????
Candidate – managing people….. management!!
Me – what? We didn’t get you. What do mean by management?
Candidate – management means to manage.. Observe… doing managership!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Co – panelist – (now with lots of sarcasm!!) managership?!?! And What do you mean by that?
Candidate – means observing, doing management!!!
…..and then we realized we’ve just wasted 10 minutes asking this girl about something on which she is totally confused. So we decided just to award her some marks, let’s ask something about her own field. So..
co – panelist – okay, tell me what did you like in BCA?
Candidate – Computers! I liked Tally a lot. I also liked web-designing.
Me – oh good, you seem to know a lot about it then.
Candidate – yes ma’am, I know a lot about it.
Co – panelist – (now in a mood to have fun!!) okay then tell us who is the father of computers?
(We couldn’t believe she gave this answer!!!)
Candidate – I am sorry sir, my father is working WCL and he doesn’t know anything about computers..!!
……… and we thanked her from our heart for coming!!!

Case II – Same GD PI, another candidate….
Now this candidate was very good in his field, which was commerce, and knew answers to almost every technical question which we’d asked him. Apart from that, he had a dashing personality and had a good command over the language. Overall, we were almost satisfied with him, and decided to ask him a few HR cliché’ questions…

Me – Good..! What are your strengths and weakness?
Candidate – ma’am my strength is my communication skill (okay.. so far so good, we thought!) and my second strength is my body!
Co – panelist – (surprised!!) your what?
Candidate – my body sir. I am physically very strong and I can beat up anybody. And as my weakness is that I get angry very quickly, this strength of mine comes very handy!
Me – so you beat up people?
Candidate – yes ma’am, only when I am angry. But don’t worry ma’am, I never beat girls..!!!
… and my co – panelist (who was a male faculty) decided not have him on board!

Case III – This candidate had supposedly worked with some broking firm, had done BBA and was interested to take finance. Already agitated by the above two experiences, the moment i got this candidate, i thought chalo beta, aa gaye tuum hamare iilake me.. (me being a finance and economics faculty!)

Me – You have mentioned that you were a stock advisor with this firm, and did some research, tell me some of the non – stock market investment options.
Candidate – (with a fake accent) ma’am there are many options like real estate, gold, bonds, FDs etc etc etc…
Me – okay, what would you suggest if anybody want to invest for short term in a non – stock market options?
Candidate – I would recommend mutual funds.
Me – is it not related to stock market?
Candidate – no, not at all.
Me – okay, then where do these mutual fund companies invest money?
Candidate – ma’am they manage assets.
Me – yes, but which are these assets?
Candidate – assets are assets!
Me – (now really irritated) fine. ( I didn’t have to correct her, nor did I want to.) okay, tell me how many stock markets are there in India?
Candidate – 2.
Me – 2? (there are 24.) you sure?
Candidate – yes ma’am. BSE and NSE.
Me – yes, but there are few more.
Candidate – no ma’am. Not at all. Only 2. BSE, which is in Mumbai and NSE which is in Delhi.
Me – NSE is in Delhi?
Candidate- yes ma’am.
I was so frustrated at this point of time, that my co – panelist continued…
Co – panelist – who told this to you?
Candidate – nobody has to. I know.
… and with this answer, we didn’t waste any more time interviewing her….

Surprisingly, all these 3 candidates had very good scores in their written test. Whosoever made this compulsory to have GD PI after the written test was really a thinker. But, it made me wonder, how are they so bad when it comes to such an important process as interview? But yes, they do make my job a fun job!!!