FAREWELL!!!!

First things first, I would like to acknowledge the efforts of my kid bro Jayesh for sprucing up the color scheme of the blog. From the earlier state of the blog being barely readable, it has surely come a long way...Thanks again Jayu!

So I have had a couple of my MBA friends already pack up and leave Bombay for good. Its such weird feeling – knowing that I may not see some of them ever again. Having spent 2 years of your life being associated with so many people and for them to suddenly leave, comes as the unkindest cut of them all. My post today is dedicated to all these fellas with whom I have shared so many moments & may not get the chance to do so anymore….

Firstly, my dearest friends its been a pleasure knowing you - and would take this chance to appreciate whatever moments we have spent together –even a two-minute interaction (who cares for duration anyways – in outerspace even a lifetime is just an hour!!!!). During a recent conversation with a friend, I just realized that the greatest learning from the course has come not from the classroom but from the varied individuals we got a chance to interact with. Every one is unique in their own sense with their own talent, quirks and idiosyncrancies. You have the chance to either learn or waste the opportunity. And thankfully, I have managed to learn quite something from the amazing batchmates I have had.

Humility is one of the best things that I have observed in my time at b-school. Even though there were quite a few – showing off their father’s moolah, I couldnt but help notice the majority who inspite of having the money, chose not to flaunt it.

Another thing I have learned is helping others without expecting anything in return. For here I have learned to share and share meaningfully and give everything to a friendship that you possibly can do. And sometimes not even expect a good friend in return…..

What also I do take back is not getting caught with smaller things and looking at the bigger picture and the larger scheme of things - & one of my bestest friends “Galat” as I call her – has a lot to do with it. Because sometimes having more marks, answering back some curt remark or chasing a purportedly superior position are just blips on the radar of life. Why lose sleep when you could do some hundred more things – better and effectively. One should always remember that there are always so many things which you never know exist and then see how exciting life can be!

Weird combination of courage & whackoness helps!!! This I learnt during the longggggg placement “week” in college. Letting go of chances when the future prospects of placement were bleak is one of the most daunting decisions I have ever made in my life The kind of tension and anxiety that I came to bear upon myself for not applying to atleast a dozen plus amazing companies & the experience of being booted out at 3 places is not a pleasant memory but something which I will treasure none the less. (And when we are at this point discussing placements, I somehow cannot fail but recall those crazy moments of ectasy when a fundu company was supposed to vist college for recruitment, those frantic visits to the CMC & checking your inboxes expectedly everyday, twice or more times a day. It was also the time when there was a certain bonding between so many of us friends – those discussions about the future, those bitching sessions about the undeserving jerk getting someone’s dream company, encouragement all round.) What I would want to remember is the camaraderie and the concern everyone showed –inspite of all their own tensions and insecurities. That even though there is so much at stake, its important being a human being first!

I could go on with this list and Im sure one day I will surely write a little more on this with time giving me the benefit of hindsight, but for now there is one last thing that I shouldn’t fail to mention. And that is – Answer just what your heart prompts you. Because sometimes the analyzing and the paralyzing doesn’t help, logic goes awry and anxiety blurs your thoughts.

Finally, I would like to end this post with a certain something I wrote when Trimester II of our course was just about to start & this holds true even today( and so does a little bit of the corniness in this torturous attempt of a prose )

I wish for us to be satisfied and at the same time be not satisfied, to be happy with our achievment and also aim to better it the next time around

I wish for us to get to know each other a little better, and enjoyin each others imperfection

I wish for us to give in our best and excel in what we not do best...ya u read it rite....wat we not do best

I wish for us to get to know new friends and discover unknown admirers

I wish for us to look at life in a refreshed manner, takin every challenge head on and without complaining

I wish for us to break monotony, to try out the untried and jus twist the rules.

I wish for us to be ourselves and not pretend to be something we arent.

I wish for us to stick it out for each other and just be there wen someone needs you.

I wish for us to not repeat our mistakes but also know that there is nothing called perfection

I wish for us to not endeavour for a new beginning but to make a promise and work towards an improved tommorow.....

I wish for us to not get captured in the present but also not live in the future

I wish for us to not forget old friends and rediscover forgotten ones

I wish for us to achieve that point of inflexion we keep on talkin about

I wish for each one of us to add value to ourselves, to others and be pleasant n happy always.

I wish for us to juss enjoy life,to discard uncalled for tension, to throw away unpleasant memories, to live a better day...every day....

My friends, wherevr you may go, may the light of success and the brightness of joy follow you. Wishing you luck & fortune in your future endeavours & may this journey be full of enchanting experiences as you ride off with the vivid memories we have shared together......BON VOYAGE!!!