The irony is such that as long as you stay strong, people around pull you down but the day you turn weak, the same people offer to help.

Salinger

People should write a will about how they wish their intellectual property to be treated. I do not like the fact that someone who protected the story of his life and a number of his works from the world is now going to be made public.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/29/salinger-like-you-ve-never-seen-him.html.html

Man the maker of his destiny

Everything happens for a reason cannot be true. But it's best to find a reason for everything that happens.

And here's my recent favorite read:
Man the maker of his destiny

It is absolutely fine to not be something, but it is horrible to not be something you want to be.

Amar Prem

Kuch reet jagat ki aisi hai
Har ek subah ki shaam hui
Tu kaun hai tera naam ha kya
Sita bhi yahan badnam hui
Phir kyon sansar ki baaton se
Bheeg gaye tere naina

Love these lines from the Amar Prem song.

B-school comes to an end!!

I graduate in less than three weeks now and I am ready to embrace my freedom. Yes, that is what it feels like for now.
I don't mean it in a bad way, I am only stating what is a fact. I had brilliant experiences, learnt a lot, sat in classes taught by the best professors in the world, partied like hell, met some amazing people and met a great variety of people, learnt how the business world works, started liking business suits, failed many times and kept my calm, lost my sanity and got it back, un-learnt many lessons of life and learnt them again. I saw some vices of life as closely as I had never seen. I delved into them, got perplexed, panicked and came out strong. There is absolutely no doubt that these rushed couple of years taught me a lot, I can't even count all my learnings right now. I am sure new things will keep occurring to me.
And all this learning came at the cost of losing some of my freedom. To embrace this learning I had to fit into this mold that was acceptable in this environment. Sometimes I thought Business school had turned the 8 hours a day part of my life into 24 hours a day. And if I ever thought I was alone for a while, I really wasn't. I always had the company of assignments and deadlines. It was a whirlwind. I did not have the time to feel myself. At times, it suffocated me; but it was impossible to step out. I wasn't there to step out, I was there to hang in and take in all that I could.
I am celebrating the 12th of June 2010 with my family and friends. It will be the day I'll step out of business school. I will no more share a tight space with so many people, I will no longer be diplomatic to keep access to the air I breathe in. I will no more be under observation when I pause to think or get perplexed. But I am sure I will take with me a large part of this way of life.
I am sure these two years must have been some of the most important years of my life but I am excited to step out because only then will I be able to digest what I learnt. It was not just a party!!

The worst thing that one can do to oneself is believe in: "I am always right"