Five Point Someone

Yup, saw name of this book in many other's fav books n as it suited my 'needs' these days got hold of Five Point Someone and my what a book it is...
Really worth reading, author has written it such that we can actually relate to the characters in the book. Story of three jugheads Ryan, Amit n Chetan who have to fight for their carrers, family, love just because they couldn't fit into IIT's grading system of mugging the subjects off...
I always thought that in IIT's it must be diffrent. We did the same mugging business in our schools then in our engg. With the exception of the mathematical subjects in Electrical it was almost as if u have to finish mugging all the expected questions. But IIT's also have same system, with little research incentive! How can we expect then to have scientists in this country!

Though this is a true story but I loved n hated afterwards the last part of it the most... The student's convocation ceremony where the Dean of Mech Department accepts all that has been wrong with him n college n how these boys have 'earned' more from this college than him as they have made best friends and enjoyed their life n also done some research work. All the time during that chap. I was truly amazed at how a person as senior n as adament can accept these things in public.
In fact these guts only make a person great! If u have loads of knowledge n experience but u can't share it properly, accept the flaws in the system, be bold enough to think of change then u don't deserve to be remembered at the end of ur life.
U must have guts to accept the truth, whatever it is, n tell it in front of all!!!
And this prof. was doing exactly the same thing till, shit, it was all a dream... Prof. had said nothing at all like this... Man how I wish that all this was true, so that this prof. would have rested in peace after his death....

Anywyz book is written so lucidly that u just can't stop reading. It engulfs u in n we think that only foreign authors can write a good novel!!!

Prerna Unplugged

Yeah, It's finally over n I am finally finding some time to watch some good English movies.......
It was really a commendable show put up by PMG(Prerna Management Group).

On the first day we had our business meet, my first visit to a 5-star hotel ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton ( though 5-star mein khane ka sapna abhi bhi baki hai thanks to PMG jo us paise mein bloody events karaye....)
Prerna Business Meet was easily the best show, by knowledge gain speakers were exceptional, Mr. Jerry Rao, Mphasis CEO; TCS mastermind Mr. Kanodia and Philips India CEO Mr. Ramchandran. You seriously get metamorphasied when people who have done so much in life talk so easily about all the big things. Topic was Brand India from emergence to leadership...
Kya bole yaar speakers..... Everone was sure that India is going to lead the world economy but they give some serious insights into where we r lagging.
Then we had Cita De la, the talk show where we had personalities from different walks of life, notable figure being Mr. Boman Irani. I loved what he said. Shit... I forgot the exact wordings.... but the crux was u must ensure that u do what u like in life.
I loved the event yaar, these two talks gave me some real insights n I am going to see at things differently now... atleast I will be able to better appreciate what is life n how to lead it....
One more thing, I now know my favourite subject in MBA:- Economics.

After all we have only one life....

Here is the list of media coverage which Prerna n Mastishk got....
It is a long list, but just go thru the site pages if u want to get the feel of events....

And one more thing, I came live on TV dancing to the tunes of Orange Street..... though maine bhi nahi dekha but will get the CD soon.

Will post the photos soon....


>PRE EVENT
>
>Indian Express NEWSLINE
>Economic Times
>Bombay Times
>Calcutta Times
>Business Standard Campus Dairy
>Business Standard
>Free Press Journal : Curtain Raiser
>New Mumbai Plus
>Planetpowai
>Pagalguy.com for PRERANA
>Pagalguy.com for MASTISHK
>Businessworld Website Prerana
>Business Word Website: Mastishk
>planetpowai.com
>Indianmba.com
>Vernaculars: Pratahkaal
>
>
>POST EVENT
>
>Free Press Journal : Day 1
>Free Press Journal: Day 2(1000 word articles)
>Free Press Journal: Day 3 & Conclusion(1000 word articles)
>Pagalguy.com Day 1
>Pagalguy.com Day 2
>Pagalguy.com day 3
>New Mumbai Plus
>newkerela.com
>
>
>Also recieved one colour and one black and white articles in Free Press Journal
>
>Expected Coverages
>
>The Times of India
>DNA
>Hindustan Times
>Mid-day
>WEEK Magazine
>UNI & PTI in the process of distribution of news
>Vernaculars:
>Navbharat Times
>AAJ
>Loksatta
>Pratahkaal
>Maharashtra Times
>Navbharat
>
>TV COVERAGES
>( CDs in the process of being arranged)
>
>PRERANA BUSINESS MEET
>
>
>DD News(National): Progamme called METRO SCAN
>2 minute bulletin on DD NEWS at 645 PM on Friday 21st Ocober 2005
>
>DD News(National) : Programme called Business News
>2 minute bulletin on DD NEWS at 130 PM on Monday 24th October 2005
>
>DD Sahyadri :
>Carried over 4 times a day on the news sections
>
>Zee Business
>2 minute bulletin on ZEE Business on Friday and Saturday (used in rotation)
>
>
>SUMMER PROJECT CONTEST+RED HERRINGS+ ARTI GUPTA INTERVIEW
>
>SAHARA SAMAY MUMBAI (68 countries)
>2 minute capsule 5 PM onwards on Sahara Samay Mumbai channel news
>
>ROCK SHOW
>Sahara Samay Mumbai
>Split LIVE telecast of 45 minutes from 8 to 10 on Saturday 22nd evening
>
>Uninterrupted telecast of entire Rock show from 1 AM(night) 23 rd onwards: atleast 150 minutes
>
>PRERANA BUSINESS QUIZ
>
>Sahara Samay Mumbai
>Split LIVE telecast of 40 oodd minutes between 8 to 10 PM on 23rd evening
>
>EXPECTED COVERAGE
>
>(not confirmed yet but shall be informed in case so)
>
>A Programme of 60 minutes planned for Prerana Business Quiz final rounds especially Sunday evening 23rd 11PM to 12 midnight(30th October 2005)
>
>
>Links of Coverages
>
>http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=203746&leftnm=lmnu4&lselect=0&leftindx=4
>
>http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=40026
>
>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1267366,curpg-1.cms
>
>http://www.pagalguy.com/index.php?categoryid=15&p2_articleid=136
>
>http://www.pagalguy.com/index.php?categoryid=15&p2_articleid=137
>
>http://www.pagalguy.com/index.php?categoryid=15&p2_articleid=140
>
>http://www.pagalguy.com/index.php?categoryid=1&p18_action=displayeventdetails&p18_eventid=120
>
>http://www.indianmba.com/Newsflash/News281/news281.html
>
>http://www.indianmba.com/Newsflash/News283/news283.html
>
>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1257655.cms
>
>http://www.businessworldindia.com/b_school/october2005.asp#

Prerna in Full Swing

As Mastishk get's over here comes NITIE's annual Business festival, Welcome "Prerna 2005".
One of the most anticipated events of the year, for which people work for entire year, there is one seperate committee PMG, Prerna Management Group. These people are known to be one of the less fortunate amongst the batch with heavy workload for atleast last 2 months, and by heavy I mean sleeping at 5 in the night( or morning, whatever fits for U).............
Now when Prerna comes all other committes r disolved and people work day n night for the event. Prerna Business Meet and Prerna Bussiness Quiz r the main attractions every year.
This year also trend follows and we had a seperate comm. called 'Corporate Promotion' Team dedicated specially for this purpose, u guessed it right, I was member of the team n went to Pune for the purpose. I tell u for the first time I saw companies in the real world n so many of them. Pune is the hub for IT in India, n I went to two major software areas, Hinjewadi software Park n Senapati Bapat Road... Saw many companies Infy, Wipro, CTS, CompuSoft, PSPL n ofcourse also went to colleges mainly all Symbi's........
We left at 5 in the morning in car n came back at 2 in the night..... It was one hectic day, neverthless one that would be remembered by me, for many reasons.......

Now, as Prerna comes I am in the back-office comm. and was cutting all badges, tickets for rock show n what not. Will have to work hard for next two days also.....

Well I forgot to mention we r having Rock Show in Prerna n Orange Street along with Vayu r coming for it(though I have their names for the first time) we r expecting a good show that would rejuvinate the spirit of all those who come to attend Prerna..... Here is the poster for the same.

Great work isn't it? This poster was made within 2-3 hours, as and when bands were finalised, there r really some talented people in our batch in designing..... Mastishk also had share of the these gifted souls.

Will tell u more about the events soon..........

Amchi Mumbai

First Mastishk update, nearly 870 ppl played my Vox Populli game for a week, making it one of the hottest games amongst B-school students in India. U love it when people appreciate your efforts, when they discuss government spending, taxes n their impacts on growth rate.... Phew!!! all those formulae worked and worked magic, though ofcourse people had their grudges as "sale mere sare indicators badhe hai phir bhi popularity utar gayi"..... O, how much I loved to explain the 'intricacies' of the game n " u must think about it in different perspective".....

Meanwhile I had an uneventful Navratri and Dusra. Atleast in Surat, in my engg. college I could enjoy out n watch all Dandiya's, though I didn't had the luck to play it with my gal... par yahan pe, we r in such remote place of Mumbai that it will take proper planning to reach to any Dandiya n after tht u will have to pay much more.......

Certainly Mumbaikars can't enjoy the Dandiya with so much crowded environs, u can't move in a circle properly let alone playing Dandiya. Seriously Mumbai is one cramped place, u go anywhere n u find ppl, literally in heaps....
Hell! even couples can't njoy a private kiss out here n have to do it in public.... There was much hue n cry about obscenity in Talav-Pani, one of the still existing beautiful lakes of Thane.

But tell me where else can they go, in local where it would take an age to reach ur partners lips, which r so jam packed that u would be lucky if u can wipe sweat on your forehead.

Or in the Best buses, naam ki hi best hai yaar.... Not a single time I was able to get a seat in the buses that go from L&T to Mulund n I tell you, u get a bus per minute for 12 hours each day.
Or on the polluted streets where hawkers take any nook or corner available.

I bet u 100 bucks to walk on any footpaths of Mumbai for a stretch of 1 KM. People walk on roads like zombies returning from their office while autos n buses keep on honking their horns for sides. There is a limit to what a city can absorb n there is a word called 'planning' in dictionary........
Hope our Mumbai administrators realize it some-day n we have 'decent' living with 'breathabl'e air, 'walkable' roads and 'commutable' rails n buses.

Seriously when other day somebody told me tht Mumbai is dead as far as any further develpment is concerned, I wondered n will have to accept that he had lot of merit in his argument.....

Still Mumbai is Mumbai, n I would love it anytime........

Totally mAsTiKsHeD

Yup from the last four days I have been doing only one thing, think about formulea to fit my game, n writing code for it.......
Now u might wonder what is Mastishk?
It is the online gaming contest of NITIE, one of it's kind in India, where we have games ranging from the economic-social scenario to finance to informalz.
Just in two days our site has had 12000+ hits with 1500+ registrations, a feat in itself.
Our target, to cross 7000 registrations, highest so far for any B-school event, IIMA's livestock.......

Ah u might think tht is it my post or Mastishk's official web-page/fan-site, but truly have been so engrossed in it, that I have been breathing my game for last 4 days...
Times have been tough with us not able to get our equations perfect till last minute, but phew! we did it in the end. Now, I know very little of coding or uploading site n was only involved in equations. All the coding part was taken care by my other batchmates, who(thank God) are masters in the field, having grt IT experience.....

Chalo, will write back soon.....
P.S. Lagta hai I am more busy now than I was one week ago during the exams!!!!!!!!
Till then enjoy our games........

Heyhoi People

Hi Everybody,
From today I am contemplating of writing blogs. I have known this blogger's site
since long but didn't log on to it.

Being first blog let me tell u something about myself. I am currently doing my MBA from one of the better (un)known colleges of India, my college is unique in many a respects... It is valued and placed highly amongst the Indian industrialists but (surprise, surprise) the overall Indian student community, crazy for MBA n such high paying specialisations never know about it.
One of the reasons being that my college is only for Engineers. Such has been the "invisibility" of my college that one of the students currently studying with me had not known that such a college exists till he gave CAT, somehow somebody told him about this college n when he saw placements, ( another surprise) he instantly applied.......

So that was about my college.... Now coming to me I am sort of a, u know, that, it is always the case, with, you won't find such thing as, really without doubt, in the wildest of the dreams you wouldn't have had thought about it, I hope u r with(out) me.... enuf of (sh)it, a cool chap who believes in enjoying life as it comes without much bothering for future.......
I sincerely believe in having good, trustworthy friendships, n I am always ready to go one extra mile for my dear friend.

I am writing this blog basically to take out the inner hidden ideas in me, u know the feelings that u can't express, or didn't get chance of expressing, to show to the world the way I pursue the things, not always right, just how I feel about the world around me.

So, enuf of blogging for the day.
Will write back soon.