The last few weeks have been fulfilling. Or fruitful? Or productive?? I don’t know. Etymology was never my subject of choice. Anyway, all jokes apart, Management Development Institute and Institute of Management Technology ‘cordially’ invited me to their respective GD/PI sessions for admission to their MBA courses. Dyamn bro!!!! I finally feel SO blessed!! I have joined an elite class of students who have braved the toughest of challenges (namely Miiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooo) to secure a score worthy of their caliber and ability. Yeah, we see it all.

Attended the IMS workshop for ‘Achievers’.. Another word for ‘losers-who-didn’t-get-to-the-IIM’s-but-still-want-to-piss-family-cash’… was pretty objective, as opposed to my expectations. Same bunch of students ho either want to help Dad run the family business or to climb the corporate ladder into becoming an efficient manager. Don’t we already have enough of them? Why are the best minds in this country ONLY thinking about wealth generation, for themselves?? Why would they want to exponentially augment the coffer strength of companies that are already riding high on cheap labor and substantial balances?? So that you can boss around and possibly flog those budding freshers who join the company, thus vent your frustration through more ‘professional’ channels??

To most MBA aspirants, thinking differently is procrastinating like Calvin. They can either state the rigid, clichéd statements made infamous by thousands of similar aspirants, or they can come up with a monstrosity of an answer that will blow the living brains out of you. And when there is an answer that is differently honest, refreshing but not original, it is scoffed at for ‘trying too hard’. It’s tough to impress, but it’s easy to fake. And that’s how the cookie crumbles.

Everybody tells everybody else to think beyond the box… Fuck you Shiv Khera.. He never helped anybody make themselves more efficient thought leaders. But people still quote him. Sad, utterly sad.