Excerpts from the sporting truth

90 mins of your Sunday can't get better. Harsha Bhogle and his talk on 12 myths beyond the CAT score which was titled the 'sporting truth'.

Few of the amazing pieces from his conversation during the talk which couldn't stop me applauding the grace of this marvelous commentator

Basically if someone talks about Sachin how can you stop loving it.. so the best of my picks are quotes on Sachin

choice #1, About Sachins Sydney innings and why he chose not to play cover drive which got him out through out the series
"..never try to understand genius"

choice #2,
"..there is no Indian festival without Tendulkar"

choice #3,
"..there is a Tendulkar in all of us, all we have to do, we have to find those singles when things are not happening the right way"

choice #4,
"..at the age of 16 in Pakistan, Tendulkar had to be taught how to respect bowlers"

Some of the catchy ones after this...

About Indian Young Players
".. most of them are filled with ego and arrogance that you don't need a bowler to get them out"

"..indians went to srilanka with 1.25 bowlers.. half in harbhajan, one-third in ishanth and about .1 in mithun"

About Kumble and his commitment
his physio thought he was joking when he wanted to play with a broken joke, when he realized he actually wanted his request.."please don't appeal"
Harshas quote on it "..telling Kumble not to appeal is as impossible as asking sreesanth not to open his mouth"

About what you are good and what you are not
"..if you cant play test cricket, talk about it" (on his life)

Something we had in common (about interview at IIM)
like him i was never nervous about the interview (he felt he would never make it, i had the feeling i had better choices in my life).. "Never think about failures"

and the best one.. when he was asked how did he manage to incorporate these advices in his life and how it attributed to hi success he smiled and answered
'i didn't...'

So where have i been?

A post after such a long break.

Reasons are as follows
1. I have been enjoying at home and bangalore for 13 days.
2. Being a part of Confluence 2008, the annual business meet at IIMA, i worked hard for four days. As a member of the media cell, just go through our press releases.All the events , talks and panel discussions were were thoroughly covered.

IIMA_Confluence_20...

Hosted by eSnips

IIMA_Confluence_20...

Hosted by eSnips

IIMA_Confluence_20...

Hosted by eSnips

IIMA_Confluence_20...

Hosted by eSnips

IIMA_Confluence_20...

Hosted by eSnips

IIMA_Confluence_20...

Hosted by eSnips

3. and I have started playing tennis, or at least i bought a racket, brand which of course Mr. Federer uses.. ya Wilson!!
i play from 10 to almost 2 every night(atleast till date :)).

Mama Mia and rebirth of a Mallu for four days!!!

When Slot three slaughter is just hours away, when the readings are not yet done. The days when a 300 second snooze in alarm is valued more than anything is so near, I remain like this still reluctant to agree the fact that i am back in Ahmedabad!!!

Time you spend with your loved ones, family...friends... It flies like anything. I feel like it was just few hours back that flied to bangalore and now here i am back sitting all alone again.

Its so easy a life with no mails, no calls, nothing to do. Enjoyed the movies i saw, including Mama mia. coz if i were here, i would have been worrying about the time i am wasting. The food i had was tastier coz i was not having just another lunch or dinner but i was having food ( though the stuffs like crab n seer fish taste amazing whenever u have it).

Being a son, being a brother, being a true friend... everything adds meaning to your life. I have heard my bro telling he spends at least an hour a week just to call up old acquaintances. I had never realized how happy people become when they realize you were there spending some time just to meet them. Its not always about what you are. But its always about what you were. Its your "were's" that make your "nows".

Being in harmony with nature, knowing what you need to do, doing what you like, taking a day off, simply those few things add a lot to your life. Driving through the Bangalore roads, still remembering all those shortcuts, bribing bangalore police , an icecream from corner house, a movie at the forum mall and above all moms-food!!

Oh, i how hard i miss everything..Waiting for the next vacation..Wondering how to start the readings for slot three.

When i know the time is ready to start all over again, i do adhere!!!

Former president Dr. Kalam is now an IIM-A prof!!!

One or two months back, when i saw the news Dr.Kalam is going to take a course at IIM-A, i wondered what it would be. When i heard its some GRIT course for second year students it was just another news about IIM-A.

I happened to attend a session on Entrepreneurial ship by Prof Anil Gupta, which made a huge impact on the way i used to think. Prof Gupta and Kalam are together taking the course GRIT(Global and Resurgent India through Innovative Transformation), for the first time this year and most probably will become a regular course next year onwards. So i have my chances of attending it next year.

All of a sudden, a twist in the tale, it was announced 20 first years would be allowed to attend the course(as a non-credit one). It doesn't matter whether it has credits or not. People are getting a chance to attend Dr.Kalam's class. Me too applied along with my profile and all. But telling the truth, i had very less expectation of getting through.

It was a week before the list of selected students was published, and i was so happy to see my name. I was selected for the fourth pillar-"A nation where education with value system is not denied to any meritorious candidates because of societal or economic discrimination." Classes starting September 13th. Since we had regular classes during the first years will be attending evening interactions with Dr.Kalam.

And today was the day. At 3:45, i met him for the first ever time in my life. The first thing he told was a story. Something that happened when he was 10 years old , it was related to importance of integrity. Words cant describe the feelings, i was in a state of excitement. Even ecstasy won't be an apt word to describe the feeling. I used to keep a quote with Prof.Kalam's (Till now he used be an Indian president, but now he is my professor :)) snap at my workstation.

"Dreams are not what you see while sleeping, but something that will never let you sleep..."

Now i am listening to him, sitting in his introductory class. He was also excited to teach us. For IIM-A he had emotional attachments too, Vikram Sarabhai founded IIM-A n the place where he excelled as a scientist, ISRO. Most of the session was filled with his real life experiences including that at Kerala assembly and Thumba. He was prepared well as all the prof's here. do Even i got chance to speak to him. An amazing reply to my query "Don't you think inclusive policy by the government in the higher education sector denies opportunity to the meritorious?", seriously made me feel reservations are not that bad as i think.

Another amazing qualities all leaders have, for someone's question, he didnt know something. Without hesitation he told that. Who all admits things like that? Only true leaders. Admiration is the only think you will have after that.

Just few months after joining here itself i feel i gained a lot from IIM-A. This is an awesome place to be in..

Waiting for Prof. Kalams next class...

PS:Forgot to mention, Dr.Kalam is a person with a great sense of humour.

One of those sleepless nights at IIM-A

Yet another weekend has arrived!! Time to utilize more of the only commodity which increases its marginal utility with each unit consumed(economics is taught well here:P, there exists something called law of diminishing marginal utility which basically tells if u use something more and more the pleasure derived from it keeps on decreasing).. SLEEP!!! I guess I am the only person who spares more than eight hours per day for this highly valued commodity!

After welcoming the weekend with a nice movie, "Rock-On", I am in good mood to write.
Let me write about of those usual nights here at IIM-A in an unusual way. Two doctoral students(one of course me!!) who always shared d same dream, publish a book!! The movie also tells the story of similar people who deferred their dreams for their future! Or is it a future!!!
Let me try to recollect chunks of our google chat yesterday (DC1: doctoral candidate 1, me and other guy DC2).. It went well some what like this

DC2: u know that life is going haywire when beyond the very

DC1: how come??

DC2: u know that life is going haywire --when ur dearest wish is that there be no quiz tomorrow

when ur vision of future ends with the very next day.when u feel guilty for sleeping 5 hrs a day

when life,death,friendship and family pales before a 5 percent weighted quiz

DC1: i can understand but still i admit a good one :)

DC2: i am just practising on u. Intend to write a full blog on it

DC1: nice

DC2: pls spare me of ur indifferent comments

Questions about the insignificance of one's actions.

The unbearable lightness of being...OR IS IT REALLY SO LITE?? That would be one thing I can accept after a drunken stupor in the wee hours of morning ..something when I am wasted and not normal...anywayz not in my rite senses.. To ppl who say decisions don't find, I just ask --are they so light so as to belittle its significance in the longer run...IS ONCE REALLY NONCE?? Then the decision maker in question is just as insignificant and unworthy of existing as the decision itself...

DC1: i was planning to write about one of those days

DC2: me too was thinking about the book again

the one i intend to write

DC1: :)

But not now. Do financial markets!!

Survive, struggle for the life

wen u r sure u will survive, think about d future

till then the future is limited to our tomorrows!!

DC2: my future isn’t confined to the red bricked walls of this 'institution'

DC1: if a 5% quiz cost u one year in your life

It does matter

Didnt u wish for 5 years in your life to be within these walls?

Now when u r here.. u want to break the walls n reach out for the outer world

hah?

DC2: I had wished for a long time that I would be within these walls..

DC1: Surviving here means.. the world outside will be under ur feet

Hero.. wake up!!!

just few days of hard work.. thats all wats required for ur success

DC2: I was never a hero and might never be

DC1: everyone born,are born as heros!!

when u start thinking.. u lose way

but when u think, think the right way, u know u r!!

DC2: When u walk on the edge, the way down at times seems the better option :)

DC1: but there is always a way UP!!

the road less travelled... :)

chose it, n it will make all the difference in ur life

DC2: u can confirm and be on the rest or break free and still be the best..maybe in ur own eyes alone ..but that might be what counts ultimately

the way up is the oldest road known...

u can confirm and be like the rest

DC1: the path to go up, can be unknown

And being the common is not always wrong.

when u think, u r a hero... u r!!

atleast thats what i think, and the way i want to think

DC2: not me.. but that would be the path i would like to try out now

DC1: all the best wishes

DC2: i might want to do something less but that has to be my decision not someone else’s

Maybe after 5 years

DC1: hope we can be companions in the road ahead

DC2: sorry i am not gay...and i have already found my companion ;)

maybe u can try david

DC1: loser!!! u spoiled the whole mood

anyways its 1:38

let me sleep

DC2: 1:46, u got it wrong

DC1: but lots to read before i sleep

"Trustme"-Rajashree is yet to be finished

Dude u continue with ur corporate finance

DC2: finish and then gimme

Wake me up at 7 or the earliest u wake up

have to read Financial reporting

I am ordering two books online

hope it will reach here by the time our exams finish

DC1: Look guys who chose the road ahead are already done with readings n u!!

:)

Which all books?

DC2: the unbearable lightness of being ...milan kundera

you are here ...meenakshi reddy madhavan

DC1: i know atleast the authors’ name

:)

DC2: me too

have been wanting to read that book for long

published long back

DC1: time to say good bye for one more night at iima

DC2: sleepless at iima

DC1: good night amidst the portfolios betas n CAPMs...

DC2: lemme muse over my pitiful life for some more time and then get back to reality.

DC1: bye

DC2: never say bye.. atleast untill u die

DC2: wow i am in form today

DC1:I am also not bad!! But today is no more and will never again be a today! The tomorrows are waiting!!

Thus ended one more of our days at the best b-school in Asia-Pacific!!