Phir Hath Mein Kitab Hai

Phir hath mein kitab Hai,

sach bolta hun main

Yeh cheez out of syllabus hai ,yeh cheez out of syllabus hai

Sach bolta hun main

Khud hee karun main assignment to,

Aata nahi maja,

Khud hee karun main assignment to,

Aata nahi maja,

Apna to Xerox hee kam hai, apna to Xerox hee kam hai

Sach bolta hun main,

Phir hath mein kitab Hai,

sach bolta hun main

Subject samjh na aaye to,

CP ke khatir bol,

Subject Samjh na aaye to

Cp ke khatir bol

Lecture mein attendance short hai, lecture mein attendance short hai

Sach bolta hun main

Phir hath mein kitab Hai,

sach bolta hun main

IIFT GD/PI Experience

Disclaimer : Its going to be long one :)
They said a journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.....
well if that is the case then my journey for IIFT started with a rollicking step...
 I had my GD/PI on 16th feb at 9.30 am and had a train from chandigarh on 15th at 6.15 pm, at around when it was 5 and i was to leave for the station my teammates caught me and we had a cake cutting ceremony adn i was completely pasted with cake inspite of my requests that i need to go... 5:30 got free and left for station on bike..half way through and bike gets punctured..holy god....
it was 5.45 now and by no way i could have reached the station in time..frantically called my friends but all of them were in meeting but was lucky enough that one of my friends was bunking the meeting and got through him,..explained him the situation and he came on his bike to leave me to the station..

time 6.00 pm reached station at almost 6.15 , the shatabdi had started moving and was gaining momentum...ran like mad and finally boarded it ..uff ha ..let me take a breath..sigh :)
normal routine journey ..train reached new delhi half an hour late around 10.40 and again ahd to run to catch the last metro at 11. finally reached home around 12...now took some rest and started my laptop to have some last min prep and all...and here came the biggest shock...charger short circuited and i was "WTH WT****" No No No : ( :( so said ok what can be done ...slept at around 1 , had put the alarm at 6.

6.00am alarm rang...tring tring...it rang tring tring...
6.15 am alarm rang...tring tring...it rang tring tring...
6.30 am alarm rang...tring tring...it rang tring tring...
6.45 alarm rang...tring tring...it rang tring tring...and finally i woke up and saw the time :( :(
some how got ready by wearing the suit at around 7.15 and left , got the metro and reached central secreterat at around 8.15 now IIFT would have taken around 40 min from here on auto so was looking for an auto ..and expectedly yes you guessed it right..couldn't trace any auto... 8.30am got an auto bola bhaiya take it as fast as you can...thank god i had been to IIFT earlier so wasnt involvedin much finding the place..

reached IIFT at 9.00 am there was an auditarioum in which one had to sit for the essay..lovely audi and quite high tech with lcd screens and table mics etc.. 9.30 am a prof came and told the topic "Inclusive growth"
bus thats it kuch jyada nahi he said thats it you have to write around 300 words in 20 min..a sheet was given in which one had to write on both sides.. the paramaters of judging were clarity of thought , content , structre and logical..(some kind of this) wrote something in detail regarding urban and rural divide...services ,manufacturing and agriculture problem..labour reforms , education reforms etc (imagining india was of great help :) ) around 10 it got over and we had to move for our GD's ..
the groups were of around 12-13 size i had the group GIV whose GD was in kanchi ( for others who were there in my group) was number 12 in 13 so immediately was feeling the heat kee when my turn wud come up most of the points would have been covered. a middle aged male prof and a lady came for the GD (the lady's mobile rang 3 times throughout the GD) the male prof told that there will be 2 rounds..in 1st round each one of you will be given around 1-2 mint o give your views..he explicitly said that dont give any examples etc just give overall views and once that is done there will be open round for around 25-30 min..
 topic of GD "Subsidy on petroleum : should it go?"

started thinking about it and had thought by the time my turn would have been there all definitions would have been done so should so lets hear what others have to say..after initial 2 min the prof struck again said we will start in the reverse order :( WHAT :) quickly though of the structure when mu turn came defined subsidy..whats the need of it..the affected parties comapnies and the common man..and we cant let it go as it will raise too much pressure etc..spoke well i believe then eveybody spoke about it and was good and when the last guy spoke prof said ok now we will have round 2 and was saying kee dont make it a fish and all..he was explaining and i think he had finsihed talking and i started the GD ( later 1 guy told that prof was not finished yet :( WHYYYY :( ) spoke about the political factor that we dont have a authoritative govt to abolish subsidy and all..GD went ok for 5 min...and it was quite healty when the prof chipped in and said its not working out we will again have one by one and everybody speak whatever they want to (dont know why he did this as all of us believed GD was ok and no where a fish market) so it was again one by one and this timei was 6th..gave solutions like india-iran gas pipeline should be looked upon ..renewable sources...regulated subsidy dependent on price of crude oil..etc in the end prof asked any volunteer for summary and 3 guys raised their hand ( why didnt i did it :( )and they summarieed

differentg panel for the interview
then had to wait till 2 for the interview and i think the panel was kinda bored or may be tired etc
 three people a smiling lady : L1
a alumni or a visiting prof (he was not from IIFT delhi as he was asking about directions to the washroom :D ) A1
and a strict looking prof S1

Me entered good afternoon madam , good afternoon sir
A1: Sit Sit
A1: so tell us about yourself
Me: told about engineering and infosys and what i am working in infosys
A1: but what do you do in your project
Me: explained him my role and how it had helped in cost savings etc
A1: so basically you do programming Me: yes sir (ab one word answer thodi na dunga)
S1 enters with a strict look
S1: so what have you heard outside about us
Me: i was not outside sir , i was in the canteen.... cuts me
S1: what are you saying just give me a Yes or No answer
Me: no sir i havent heard anything as i was not present
L1 : (with a smile) What is this SDLC you have written in responsibility
Me: madam its software development life cycle in wich there are various stages of development
L1: different kind of models for the same
Me: told waterfall model , spiral model and one more is there and explained her that and tehn suddenly i realised the name prototype model
L1: whats the iterative model
Me: explained her that
S1: what are the problems faced by the IT sector in india
Me: told the major dependence on US and how recession had impacts on profit , reagarding our focus towards services and not products
S1: any other
Me: saturation of the BPO sector
S1: and how can you rectify these problems
Me: we are removing dependenceon US with markets in europe middle east and africa , companies are now focusing teh attention on products gave example of finnacle of infosys and in BPO things like KPO , EPO are coming up
 S1: do you think india can suustain their IT advantage from rising countries liek thailand etc..he named some i dont remember
Me: yes sir we are very hardworking people and enough talented and innovative and i think we can sustain the challenge
A1: what are the different kinds of mobile operating system
me: told about symbian , windows mobile and android by google
A1: to L1 anything you would like to ask madam
 L1: what is this resume bullet you have written in the CV
A1: haan tell us what is this
Me: madam its like thsi people sometimes just have degrees but they dont have the knowledge aboput it and the degree is just for the resume only, i dont want that i should have sumit khanna passout from IIFT 2010-2012 in my resume and dont have any knowledge about it , so i want it to be a knowledgeable experience
S1: so you think you will get diversity at iift
Me: yes sir
 A1: tell me infosys is such a big company dont you have people from varied places and diversity there
Me: yes sir we do have but all of them are from IT background and their thinking is towards that only
S1: but here also we have all engineers
Me: sir but even in engineers you will ahve some from mechanical background , civil etc and that will not be limited to IT only
S1: nah we have all engineers and all from IT..out of 13 ..12 are engineers so how can you get diversity here
Me: sir i agree to you that major chunk is of engineers but still i believe IIFT will give me more exposure than infy can give, as ther our conc is towards just getting the work done and not much innovation..here we will hve the liberty to think and even if all are from IT it will be a different case than working on the proj

S1: ok how important you think diveristy is at work place
Me: sitr i wont say it is 100% necessary but still it is majorly important as it can help in getting different thought processes for gettinmg thinsg done
S1: have you been to onsite
 Me: no sir :(
S1: but you must have interacted with people there, what changes you think are there office and ours
 Me: sir here we become mangers aftr 6 years of work and people lack the maturity and sense of responsibilty..there people become managers after 15 years and they have much more resposnibilty towards their work
S1 towards A1 and L1..anything else
 A1: yeah one last question Me: 4.7bn $ sir meand it is around that
S1: and the profit 1 bn
Me: i dont remmeber the exact figure sir but is less than that
S1: who's the next CEO of infosys
Me:sir right now it is mr kris gopalkrishnan but i dont know hwos next
S1: you dont know who will become after 2 years
 Me: sorry sir
s1: ok thats it done thank you
Me: thank you sir sigh sigh sigh so how did you find it guys and gals..it was quite good by my perception rest only results will tell

IPL : Curse or Boon

IPL the biggest acronym that one hears this time. it has revolutionised cricket like nothing ever before it. So is it a curse or boon..


Some short points :
Boon:
- Oppurtunity for younger players
- Tough competition help in sharpening skills
- Harmony between players of different countries
- Interest of females towards it
- Commercially very profitable


Curse:
- Injuries to players
- Infights between players of same team
- Slaying the hen that lays golden egg, too much dose can be given
- Younger generation going away from test cricket
- Younger players getting lured by money , ravindra jadeja case


So all in all it is mix of both and one should make sure that it doesnt hampers us and we make full use of it 

The Changing face of CAT: IIM Selection Process

Consider this scenario; 2-3 years back you get a 99+ percentile with 95+ sectionals and you were bound to get calls from almost all the IIMs. Come to present, you still get the same score and there is a major chance that you will end up with a zilch or a no call.

Yes this indeed is true. If the adventure of IIMs of turning the years old paper-pen format paper to a electronically buzzing Online paper in CAT 2009 wasn't enough ; the eligibility criteria this year which have been brought by the different IIMs for short listing is even more mind boggling.

The CAT paper on which there is a multimillion dollar industry flourishing, the paper which is termed as toughest in the world owing to the student: seats ratio, the paper which students trust so much to leave their comfort and smooth life behind and burn midnight oil in order to crack it, the paper for which students come back again next year if not successful the previous time, the beloved CAT; the IIMs plainly dumped it. The weightage of CAT exam now varies from 30 to 50% while short listing a candidate for the call.

So now the question arises what other criteria has been added? It is your academics, the 10th class score, the +2 score and your graduation score will also be considered now for giving that coveted IIM call in addition to work experience. These factors were considered even earlier but that used to be in second stage i.e. after the calls had been given and were used in final conversion. But now the almost equal weightage which is associated to them means that you can have some 92 percentile with a 90% in 10th and you will get a call from IIM Lucknow which gives 10% weightage to 10th score whereas a person with 98 percentile and 80% odd won't get it.

There have been many cases like this in which people haven’t got a single call at 99+ scores owing to their academic profile. So that brings us to the question Why this is done , What impact it will have ,How it could have been better done and last but not the least the way forward?

There is no official reason given for the same but the only one which can be thought of is that IIMs weren’t sure of the quality of candidates who have got good score in CAT owing to the catastrophe it has been, so that’s why they went for a safe passage of giving more weightage to academics for the calls.

The impact is already there for everyone to see, the skew nature of calls defies all odds. What can justify the logic by which a 99%iler doesn’t get a call and a 90%iler gets one? There has been wide spread agitation among students about the change that how can they go in past and change their academic scores. The Xth class exam whose difficulty level varies over years, boards etc and is a exam which one writes at least 5 years before he writes CAT, is it so important that you need to get a 90% in that to get a call?

What IIMs could probably have done better? The first thing is that if you are doing a change to the process, you should make it clear in advance. The IIMs change the criteria every year owing to their suitability and no one is aware of the reason and logic behind the change. What possibly they could do in future is to publish the criteria at the time of notification only so that a prospective candidate knows where he/she stands for selection.

What is the way forward? Academics are something which one can’t change, whereas one can study and get a better percentile in CAT, so give weightage to academics but not on the expense of CAT score and also be a bit more transparent in the criteria and scoring patterns. IIMs are the pinnacle of esteemed institutes in our country and they should take the first step in bringing the much needed transparency in the system. In our country it’s just not only the student who suffers, it’s the entire family. It hurts the parents to see their child spend sleepless nights, studying plethora of books and still being undone by no fault of theirs but a stupid system. This leads to depression, stress related diseases and sometimes even suicide. So being the supreme that you are in India: Bring the change which is so dearly needed.

Links for short listing criteria of different IIMs:

IIMA

http://202.41.76.206/catShort10-11.pdf

IIMB

http://www.iimb.ernet.in/sites/default/files/PGP_Admission_Process_IIMB_Batch_2010_0.pdf

IIMC

http://www.iimcal.ac.in/CAT-2009-Criteria-for-Shortlisting.pdf

IIML

http://www.iiml.ac.in/Adm_Policy_2009.pdf?PHPSESSID=df0121a89539cb1738f5f619038c6d34

IIMI

http://www.iimk.ac.in/admission/cat09/criteriashortlistings1s2.php

IIMS

http://www.iimshillong.in/admission/Shortlistingcriteria.pdf

Dissociation

New year: Time for new beginnings, new resolutions etc…Last two months have been life changing for me. From a guy who use to run from girls, i had fallen in love and I was being helped by my friends , boys as well as girls. Yes Girls!! Due to arhenika, i have got such good friends among girls as well.

But this new year didn’t started auspiciously for me.

“Arhan , if you behave like this I will tell arhenika about your feelings”, Hritika said in anger. We have had a fight and she was blackmailing me.

“Tell her, I am not scared of you or her” I bursted out and went to home.

Next day in the school , 3 of our teachers were on leave

“All periods today will be taken by me” Sharma sir, our mathematics teacher announced.

“What in the world, No” I was already sad and this was the last thing that I needed. I love mathematics but I don’t know why I was very frustrated, probably due to fight with hritika.

I had brought chocolates today so as to pacify hrithka and also to give them to arhenika. But arhenika was not there in the class in the break, probably had gone somewhere. Since morning only I was having a bad feeling and I desperately wanted to talk to her so as to make sure everything is alright. Sandy had brought some beautiful bookmarks and we were having a look at them when arhenika entered along with Anjali.

“What are you guys looking at”, Anjali asked with a puzzled look.

“Oh its some bookmarks, have a look “, I said and walked towards them.

As I went towards them , arhenika walked across towards the otherside of the class not even looking at me. I was shocked to say the least and the feeling that I was having became even stronger.

“Don’t worry Arhan, just let the next period pass and then we have two free periods and then you can talk with Hritika and arhenika”, sandy reassured me.

After the period Sharma sir again came and said that they were taking the next two periods.

“Sir, its enough we already had 3 periods in the morning. Let us go now” I shouted.

“Arhan, what’s wrong? Come and sit on the front bench” Sharma sir replied.

It was getting too much for me now. After some time I thought sir had finished and I went back to my seat when I again heard sir’s voice.

“Where are you moving Arhan, I am yet not finished.”

I lost it at that point and came towards the front bench and bumped the table with the books I was holding and that sound matched the sound of a cracker and sat at the seat silently.

“Ok you people can go now”. Sir said after the incident.

After the school everybody came and asked me what happened and why I am so sad. Even Hritika came and said sorry for the fight we had yesterday .

“Arhan sorry baba, but whats wrong with you , why you behaving like this”

“I don’t want to talk to anyone , just leave me alone”

“Ok but don’t be sad, c you tomorrow bye”

I was fine but the girl I wanted to come,Arhenika, didn’t come to ask about me and that didn’t helped in soothing my anger.

Next day I was ok and back to my normal cheerful mode in the morning and had brought chocolates again. In the break Anjali was sitting with arhenika and they were watching a photo album.i decided to go towards them.

“Hi girls, wanna munch some chocolate”

Again the unthinkable happened, arhenika I thought didn’t hear me and went from there in a irritated and angry manner.

My condition was now like a fish without water and was about to cry when fortunately or unfortunately , the bell rang and neelima madam came. I was again silent the whole period and was continuously thinking what I had done to be treated like this. When school got over I confronted Hritika.

“What have you told her?”

“Me. Nothing at all. Why? What happened?”

“Don’t you see, she is ignoring me, have you told anything about my feelings to her”

“Well I gave her a hint that may be you like her, but you were saying that day na you are not scared and all”

“Girl what have you done, I was angry that day, why you did it, Hell”

“Ok I am sorry even I told her because I was angry on you. But don’t worry she will be alright and we are with you na. so chillax. Go to go now. bye”

It was a long weekend with 3 days off from school and I had decided to goto my maternal place so as to get some relief. But from Monday I had thought that I will confront arhenika directly and ask her what’s wrong because these ignores are hurting me like anything. I cannot take them anymore.

I don’t know how much time I have with her and should spent it with her in a happy mood. Love you Girl.

The Party

It is rightly said that “Desperate times need desperate measures”. That is what I am looking to do by organizing a New Year party for our class.

Almost a month had passed after her birthday and the condition was status quo, with both of us just smiling and giggling at each other and not talking much , so that’s why the idea of organizing a party cropped up.

Sandy had gone ill and was not available, so I shared my secret with another friend of mine Jaspreet aka jassi and he agreed to help me in my plan.

“Apart from the minor formalities the tough task is to persuade the girls to come because arhenika won’t come alone and have to get a group of girls alongside her.” I said.

“Let us call all the girls and in the end you can call arhenika and try to persuade her.” Replied jassi.

Where is luck when you need it the most?

I had just finished calling Hrithika’s house and she said she cannot come as she was going out of station and same was the case with supreet.

Two of the girls I knew well had responded in the negative, so I was disappointed and told jassi to make the other calls.

“Thanks Girl, See you at the party”. Jassi was having better luck than me and he had convinced 3 of our classmates.

Now is the time I had to call arhenika and despite my poor form I insisted that I will talk with her.

As the bell was ringing, so was my heartbeat. What happens to me when I talk with this girl?

“Hi Arhenika”

“Oh Hi Arhan”

“So what plans about the party? I hope you people are coming”.

“Yeah I and Anjali are definitely coming”

“You can bring any of your friends also, if you are willing to do so”

“Oh thanks, we will definitely do that. See you at the party arhan”

“Yeah see you. Bye”

“Bye”

Hangup….

“Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Calm down dude save your energy for the evening” Jassi smiled.

I wore a brown jacket with black shirt and denim jeans and reached the party venue and after few minutes she came.

The angel had arrived. Arhenika was wearing a black dress, her favorite color, as well as mine, with her hair open and was looking marvelous. I was dumbstruck looking at her when suddenly the aura was broken by the sweetest voice I could hear at that moment.

“Hi Arhan. You are looking good”

“You are looking fabulous as well”, the only words I could mutter at that time.

She started dancing with Anjali and her friends as I kept watching her. I couldn’t get the courage to go and dance with her and was shying away from her.

“Let’s dance Arhan”, Ravi pulled my hand and led me to the dance floor. I danced a bit but my mind was just not in it. More than an hour had passed and I hadn’t even gone close to her.
Thankfully food arrived at that time and that helped me in calming myself and controlling my frustration.

“Come on Arhan, you have worked so hard to make this party happen and now you are not making use of it”, Jassi pushed me to do something.

The DJ then played the song”My heart will go on” and then I finally got some courage and asked arhenika for a dance which she accepted and then we did a bit of couple dance.

It was like everything around me had ceased to exist and it was just me and her, looking into each other and dancing the time away.

It was the best dance I had ever had in my life.

Now it was time for them to go.

“Let’s have ice cream till Anjali’s brother comes” I suggested.

“Ok but I will pay for it as you are not taking the money for the party”

“No No, I will do that”

“Ok then you eat on your own, I am going”

“Ok ok, calm down, you pay”

My god what anger! It matches the anger that I get when I am hot. Another quality of hers which I had came to know and I was loving it.

“Great party Arhan, you surely have done a wonderful job and would love to have these kind of parties often”

“Thanks, yeah it was some trouble making sure it happened but it is worth it”

“You are a wonderful dancer Arhenika and by seeing you dance I am remembered of Kareena kapoor’s dance on Rabba Rabba in Mujhe kuch kehna hai” I praised her.

“Oh nothing it was ok”, she blushed as her cheeks went red.

“You didn’t danced much, would love to see you dance as well”

Sure Arhenika sure I can dance my whole life with you, I thought in my mind.

We talked a little about some random things and I was so much in awe that I couldn’t speak much, I was experiencing the magic of being with her and wanted to savor each moment.
We talked for around 45 minutes when Anjali’s brother came and they had to go. I was a bit said but still these 45 minutes have been the best of my life.

I couldn’t sleep the whole night and was continuously thinking about the 45 minutes and the couple dance that I had with the girl I love.

Yes it is love and I love arhenika.

As the New Year approaches, I have just one New Year wish that the feelings that I have for her are same on the other side as well. Does she feel the same way that I do? Does she like me as well? Does she love me the way that I love her?

Only New Year will tell………………………….

First ‘Girl Friends’

I am confused, bewildered, not knowing what to do? I have never felt in my life like this before. This girl, I don’t know what she is doing to me? I have to do something, I needed to talk to her but I just couldn’t talk, whenever she is in front of me, my brain cells expire and I am a dumbass.

I had to tell somebody so I talked with sandy about it.

“Bro, don’t tell me you like arhenika”, to say that he was shocked will be an understatement.

Arhenika as I had told earlier was not the typical girl you would have crush on first look or somewhat, she had a sense of seraphicness about her which had just been visible to me and everybody else would have never thought that I , of all people will fell for her.

“I don’t know, I think I do”.

“Ok, no worries see dude you have to talk to her first and knowing you who haven’t talked to a girl unless avoidable it is tough”

Yeah it was, I can do anything under the sun but talking to girls was just not my cup of tea.

“I will introduce to you Hritika; she is a good friend of arhenika and may be something can be pulled off from there”

So Hritika was to be my first friend among girls. Hritika is a girl, ahem, she is kind of tomboy, hangs out with guys more often than girls and shows quite lot of class and attitude, sophistication stuff you know.

Hritika was the first and later on Supreet and Anjali were to join my gang of girl ‘friends’ only person missing was arhenika.
We use to eat together in the lunch time and I just used to smile and look at her.

These girls were trying hard but I was just not able to say anything to her.

I even bought a slam book and no prizes for guessing who the first entry in that was.

“26 November”

“Yes it’s her birthday and what are you planning to do”, Hritika asked.

“Wish her; what else am I supposed to do?”

“Stupid, duffer you will just score good in exams, you don’t use your brains in anything else, do you?”

These were the words that were trademark of Hritika and I was on the receiving end of them most of the times.

“See card is a must and get her a gift, think of something and get it”

After roaming a number of Archie’s galleries, Hallmarks, finally I got a card which I liked and along with that bought a set of 10 cards on which birthday thoughts were written. Safe gift considering that I haven’t even had a full hearted talk with her ever

Finally the D-day arrived.

“It’s already 8, hasn’t she come to school yet”

“Calm down man, there is still 15 minutes to go, she will come just calm down” Sandy reassured me.

The wait was getting nerve wrenching for me, never had I given a gift to a girl and now for the first time I am starting with a girl I have a crush upon.

“Thank god, you are here. Where is the birthday girl?” as I saw Anjali.

“She is not coming today; she had to go to Delhi to attend some function” Anjali shot back.

Anjali was the oldest of our lot, at least she looked and sounded like that, quite mature and calm complete contrast of our teenage like chirping and all and she does not know about my crush on arhenika yet. Only sandy and Hritika are aware of it.

“What? Don’t tell me”

I was broken, this can’t happen to me. First time I have thought of doing something and it has failed like this. I am never gonna do anything for her again. She at least could have told earlier. No No No.

Hritika tried consoling me “ Never mind Aadu (that’s one of my nicknames) she will come back in 2 days time , you can give gifts then”.

But I was not listening, I know the importance of the d-day and I won’t be able to wish the special one in my life on her special day. It was to haunt me till the time I met her after two days.

She did come back after two days and I gave her the card and the gift. It was a pleasant surprise for her as she had not expected a shy , soft spoken guy(this was written by her in my slam book) to gift her with them.

“Why are these for?”

“It’s for your birthday”

“Yeah but why me?”

Why do girls ask so many questions?

“You are a good friend of mine and I just thought it will be nice to give you something on your birthday” I gathered some courage to say that.

“Thanks but I cannot take this gift, I will take the card but not the gift”

I relented and after some pushing by Hritika, supreet and me she finally kept it .

“Bye, see you tomorrow” she smiled and waved as her auto rickshaw sped away.

Tomorrow: what does it beholds, I was unlucky in not wishing her but then lucky enough in giving her what I have got for her. I hope tomorrow brings a new color of happiness in my life………