enjoying myself

Nice to be on campus...

Well the summer training ended a couple of days earlier n i m back to the campus. i did not get a chance to go home n now it has become 6 months since i went home.... the longest stretch in my life when i hv been away frm home. It is really nice to meet the frnds at the campus ... all seems very frsh frm this 2 month break... going by typical IIMA rigorous schedule, summers were like cakewalk for most of us.... in terms of workload, pressure or endless manager expectations.

Banglore is a nice decent city....u feel it tht way... until u hv to pay for rent of ur house n u start to wonder abt the money n time u spend on commuting, which burns a big hole in ur wallet. i was lucky on the former front... avoiding paying rent here by staying with my younger brother, who is working as a s/w engg. he lives in a big flat with four of his company mates, two frm NSIT itself. n i can afford to hv a luxury of big flat in this overcrowded n crumbling city.

Living here with 5 guys in the same flat made me a bit nostalgic. it reminded me of my first year in engg, when i used to stay with my 3 frnds in hostel n who turned out to be amongst my best pals. tht was the first time when i lived away frm the comforts of family n learned to make a no of adjustments to accomodate others.

- u get up in the morning, somehow, get ready to go to office. u start a mad scramble fr socks to wear n u cant find a pair... i can find arnd 8 socks, but all of different variety n hence unable to form a pair... i just smile... frustrated by the scene till now... somehow manage to find something tht wud resemble a pair n then move out.

- Being on a job means u hv to be well dressed n groomed everyday... n the basics r like taking a bath everyday... n fr me it seems a record tht i had a bath regularly for arnd 2 months... usually i hv been too lazy & hv always considered bathing regularly as a luxury... dont get surprised... this is the way most guy in IIM campus wud also function

- one of the guys was himself a blogger.. n he writes 'gud' poems... the only issue is tht he makes me go thru his collection every second day... n considering tht i m as distant a conneisure of poems as i am a relative of mukesh ambani... i feel it sometimes become overbearing... but do check out his collection at www.acrossthewall.blogspot.com. He has composed a book on poems, which i felt is pretty decent

- now this guy is also an amazing cook... n he is really eager n enthu abt cooking food... no wonder u now know why i also had to show my 'eagerness' regarding reading his poems.

The weather there was really pleasant n it rained every alternate day....n i seem to be missing the heat n temperatures of delhi.... the maximum temperature there those days is around 30 degrees,... so the weather was really cool n a fine breeze blew across the whole day.. n sumtime i felt tht if i cud just fly... have a bike n go for a long drive at a zapping speed.... but irony it seems is tht even though it may be possible to arrange a bike, but it wud have been nearly impossible even for the CM here to get a empty road... traffic is a major problem here n crawling wud also be a real 'respectable' word to describe the traffic here in the evening

The protests against reservation has really picked up in these days n every weekend there have been major rallies planned in nearly all the major cities in India... n the worst thing is tht inspite of such highly educated n 'acclaimed' Prime Minister, President n the Finance Minister, such decisions are in the way of implementation. Its really heartening to see now different section of society coming n joining the movement... medicos, enggs, professionals,RWAs, traders, students, normal citizens are all joining hands to protest against the same... n this movement does not have a leader in specific... everybdy is volunteering n taking initiative on his own..

i received this pic regarding the same.... n my feelings r here not to hurt any section of the society... but this image clearly describes the fragmentation of society in the future if the reservation is implemeted

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P.S. : Would be updating the 'Blogs i visit' section soon... so guys who wants their name listed there could just send me a $100 cheque for the same :).... n does someone knows abt any better way of managing this list apart frm blogroll which makes the webpage loading pretty slow?

posted by amit @ 2:58 AM 7 comments

Hyderabad RAWKS big time....

Lately I hv become a real infrequent blogger.... though it is not due to my workload at ITC, but the primary factor is unavailability of a PC with net at home.. With 4 people fighting for a single laptop, it is more than usual tht u hv to curb ur desire of putting sumthing on the blog.. one of the flat mates here, himself, is a blogger n he writes poems with great depths n philosophy, some of which tends to go over my head. he has also got a book published of his works... check out the link at acrossthewall.blogspot.com

Meanwhile, went to Hyderabad last weekend... This being an extended weekend, with May 1 being the International Labour day (Long Live Communism :D) . n it was a good time to catch up with my old pal Ajay who is working as a software engg there. He has recently purchased a Pulsar which we made good use of during the last 2 days.

Went to see the Golcunda fort n found this to be amazing piece of architecture. It was
- The fort is one of the best places to experience the fantastic acoustical effects, characteristic of the engineering marvels at Golconda. A hand clap at a certain point below the dome at the entrance reverberates and can be heard clearly at the 'Bala Hisar' pavilion, the highest point almost a kilometre away. This acted as the warning note to residents in case of danger though now it is a mere amusing diversion to visitors... analogous to modern day wireless system.
- There was a weight of 240Kg placed at a corner in the fort. its utility was simple. Only those guys who cud lift this weight were recruited in army. Well this seemed super human to me. If we can somehow bring some of those soldiers disregarding the time barrier today, India can certainly win a couple of gold medals in weight lifting in olympics today. but we can afford only a few of these soldiers... each of these soldier used to eat 3Kg of ration in each meal, which made it roughly 9Kgs of rations per day
- Saw a 12 feet rifle which cud fire at target 1 mile away...n cud hit them with amazing accuracy
- There was a lady named Taramati, who used to perform singing n dancing fr the king. She used to sing and the king used to listen sitting at a place 3Km away from the performance stage. The winds were strong enuf to carry her voice over a distance of 3 Kms... sounds amazing...
- In a couple of big halls, communication between 2 people cud be done by 2 people standing close to walls 10 metres away n then speaking my placing their lips on the walls... n any person standing in the middle of hall wud hv no inkling abt wht these guys were talking abt
- There was a 8Km long tunnel which stretched from the fort to Char Minar in the centre of city. n the tunnel was gud enuf fr soldiers galloping on their horses...12 ft height n 10 ft wide..... real big subway... looks like Metro guys can take a tip frm there.

I also visited other places like Qutub Tombs, Char Minar, secret lake, Hussain sagar lake, Lumbini park... But i am really impressed by the efforts govt is taking to woo investors to the state... fundoo infrastructure, wide n pot-hole free roads, no traffic jams, green city, with a lot of emphasis on cleaniness (which is pretty unusual abt any Indian city) . I also went to Hi-Tech city where a lot of software firms are setting up their campuses n tht place is also mind blogging.. prices havent still touched the roof there... also the laser show at Lumbini park was spell bounding.... which again had the basic theme- Hyderabad is developing n developing fast.

The two day stint at the city was really gud... n i m pretty impressed with the way the city is growing n developing. its difficult to judge any place within a span of 2 days, but the first impression which the city made on me is impressive... looks like we hv another Banglore in making where the investors r sure to flock in droves soon.

posted by amit @ 12:44 AM 19 comments