Arbit Scratchpad

Phew! The last two days went by like a storm. Demand - supply curves, balance sheets with assets and liabilities and SWOT analysis related to case studies including one on Robin Hood's predicament kept me busy these last two days @ IIMB along with a biz domain Fun Day celebration – an evening full of fun @ office which I co-hosted (master of ceremonies) along with a colleague. Awesome fun it was on Friday with the evening @ Radiant Resorts off Banerghatta Road – we conducted several contests, karaoke rounds, individual talent rounds including singing, skits, a superb group dance performance and much more! It ended with a dinner and an open dance floor which left everyone exhausted by the end of the day. Ended up winning the funkiest dress (thanks to a colourful kurta) and the best singer awards (thanks to the romantic number 'Kehna Hai' by Kishore da from the movie Padosan). Addressing a few members, say ten is boring, whereas chatting or conversing with a single pe...

Well what if you underwent an orientation camp for two full days in an institute - wouldn't it be rather tiring as also energy sapping? It was exactly the opposite this last week when I was inside the IIM Bangalore campus attending the three night, two day orientation camp for the PGSEM Batch of 2008. I am in awe after getting a feel of what a fine institution can be like. Never before have I had an experience quite like what awaited me as I entered the hallowed portals of this elite institution, which was setup in 1973. As cliched as it may sound you got to experience the same in order to believe it. Actually last Friday (30 th May 2008) the IIMB PGSEM (2.5 year part-time programme which I joined ) was having their summer event called L-CUBE (Leadership, Learning and Leisure). It started off with the aptly chosen words of Saint Iqbal: A grand vision, beautiful speech and a compassionate soul are the true characteristics of a caravan leader . This was followed by the inaugural ...

Rabidbrain, Glumchum, Bottleneck and Hohum. Sitting over a bottle of orange rum, Checking pockets for rupees, some. Sweetie swine, friend of mine; Blabbers Neitzsche and explains Einstein. Joining in on RocketScience and BellyDaince; Who can lecture on anything from Relativity to Psycho Conscience. Glimmerick, FattyChick, Two of them who are always sick, MonsterMani and Always Funny. Call out for some extra dose of Nimbu Paani. SubhoRat Ri and Namastewaali; Talk of Hemingway's vices, of Picasso's folly, Eclectic ViolinVaasu and Erudite Jhaptaali! Argue on Mozart, Ravishankar and fight over Salvador Dali. Over uber intellectual talk they dine. Reunion done, feeling sleepy and having gorged on Meat of a sheep or perhaps a porcupine? Raise a last cheers, break and move on. Back then at the college campus, Among enlightening adda and general ruckus. With coffee, tea and half-cooked snacks; life was fine. For professors, study and exams the mind will always pine. Ah! College Campus ...