The entire episode is catching fire, I am sure AC will succumb to this mass "blog movement" and now he wont dare to think beyond IIMs!

 

In my opinion, it is not a cause of fraudulence - after all everyone is in the business of making money - and so is Arindom Chaudhury. Well.. the man has guts, that’s why he is there - where he is...... in fact now a good mass has already accepted him as a management guru, a noted economist and what not. His public appearances (whatever i have seen) are absolutely hilarious.. I saw him on TV twice - once he was called in some forum where he was guiding some students on moral values etc etc (that shows the depth of prudence as reflected in the Indian media - a good choice for that kind of topic) and once he was called to analyze the budget (which can very well become a substitute for the great Indian laughter challenge).

 

Who is to be blamed???

 

First and foremost media/ publication houses etc. The most controversial thing in the entire episode is the full page advertisement of IIPM in national dailies. The most noted thing there is obviously the rankings where IIPM supports its theory of "thinking beyond IIM". I am sure, it must be from some issue of some magazine/ newspaper with its spurious rankings of Bschools (please!! give a break to gullible indian public).... I hope the outlooks, the business today, the business worlds are aware of the cheats they are promoting. MBA is just another education, please do not commercialize it. MBA is not about wi-fi, swimming pool, laptops, and females in business suits (please visit the IIPM website for details). If arindam chaudhury, instead of calling some big names from some big institutions, shares his modus operandi of pocketing money .... the students of IIPM would be better off!!

 

Second- People who are supporting the institute. I am sure they must be the students, faculty/ staff of IIPM. With all respect to your sentiments and bonding with the institute... why not look at the bigger picture. You people are actually promoting and backing someone who is cheating the entire nation.

 

 

 

Q. What is the message of the blogging community to Arindam Chaudhury

A. Rok sako to rok lo!!

 

Q. Two entries in IIPM's (AC's) P&L statement

A. 1. Advertisments in national dailies - xxx crores

     2. Legal lawsuits against bloggers - xxx crores..

 

 

 

Well this is what I have to say for the time being. Coming back after a long hiatus... couldn't resist this entry. Yes!! I am also waiting for my legal notice from IIPM...

 

A charming read... the full story is on

http://www.reallysmalltalk.com/

I was cleaning my mailbox and found this..... I wrote this about an year back.

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The guitar class was :(. It made me so nervous..... well it hurts deep, when you realize that there could be areas where you don't have an iota of knowledge... and this class for one did prove this point. This teacher apparently is in late 50's... very particular abt his doctrines, methodology etc etc..

Initially he asked me if I knew anything abt Guitar. I very sweetly replied that ya, I have been learning quite a few things in bits and pieces from all the messy printouts I took from the net. He said "ok demonstrate"... and then it was no looking back, this self proclaimed lead guitarist, with
his new baby one his lap..with deep concentration .....and figures strumming on the fretboard - this is C major, A major, D major....
"Good" flash came his response... and I was about to unfold my collars being as corny as I could project myself. Then he said I like your desire to learn but....
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U have picked up all the wrong things. U are not in the right posture, ur hand movements are incorrect, the way you pick strings is wrong...even ur pick is out of shape. Then he asked me to do so many things but I couldn't.. it was so frustrating. I could not pick strings w/o looking at them. Could not strum w/o a jamming sound, could not play sa-re-ga, could not sing a song...

The first thing I did after coming to office was to play my collection of all the solo guitar music, just to boost my determination... yes I can DO IT.

. ....................... I am just keeping my fingers crossed...

Is it Bangalore or Chennai ??????????????????????????? I just can't think of anything else, I hope it settles down fast and right!

I just have time for this...

>>  The test of retirment - When you know all the answers, but no one ever asks you any question.

1. Count the number of people.... Now wait for two seconds, and recount ;)

Ok here I am .. back to where I stopped. Last few days were extremely tiring but nonetheless very exciting. I have made up my mind to leave Mumbai. Things are so uncertain and fluid, and I hate being on such crossroads. The worst thing is that, you can never do a scenario (what-if) analysis.  I really don't know what would have happened, had I decided to take the iGate offer last year.  Now I have atleast decided to move on... will not repeat what I did last year.


I think this week is going to be the most critical week for my professional and personal life.  I was just wondering if it is so, for most of us who are in the same boat.  I am certainly going to take all calculated steps from my end and hopefully things will fall in place.


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St. Pauls was a secondary school. After my 10th, I had to move to other school. The options were limited in Jodhpur. There was one St. Anne's and the other was Mahesh School. St. Annes was perhaps the favorite destination for most of the students but it had limited intake with the selection criteria being the combination of academic performance, donation and a host of other things. To put it more directly, for me it was nearly impossible to get an admission in St. Annes. So I never even thought of making an attempt.

Mahesh  (Maheshwari) school was like a melting pot with almost infinite intake capacity. It was also a bit notorious, with a number of funny stories floating around (stories like - someone throwing a shoe at a professor, students putting crackers in the wash room and so many more). I was taking it as an opportunity to prove my  superiority/ capability in a new environment. The summer vacation  passed in lots of cricket and "day-dreaming" of all the fame I'll earn in Mahesh School.

That was perhaps the outcome of being in a small island with limited exposure. In St. Pauls i was very much unaware of the outside world and  the competition which existed. I clearly remember my first day in Mahesh school, I came back with a severe headache. Almost every other class mate there, was better than me. There were some NTSE scholars (I wasn't even aware of what was NTSE ), a 10th position holder in Rajasthan secondary exams and a huge chunk of people into some serious IIT preparation. My headache was just a physical manifestation of my ignorance and "incapability" (if can call it so).  Next few weeks went into some introspection, some information gathering on various fronts (it started with decoding the meaning of YG file, BT (brilliant tutorials) etc etc.)  and during all this time I always wore a mask of knowing all these things better than others.  It was probably the first big learning which I learnt in a somewhat hard manner - "Never underestimate others, you might just end up making a fool of yourself". I still have that feeling somewhere at the back of my mind and it makes me so uncomfortable while giving interviews, making presentations or talking to someone, on topics where my knowledge is shallow.

To make up for "my ignorance", I remember putting in some extra efforts for the first unit exams. I did well in the exams but everyone else appeared to have had done better than me. After the exams, in one chemistry class, our teacher said that he was extremely happy with our performance in the chemistry paper. He also made a statement on one particular answer paper which he found to be quite stupefying, he also said that it was roll number 9 or 11. I was 7, so I just heard what he said w/o any reaction... I am sure 9 and 11 must be thrilled that time! The next day he came back with the assessed answer sheets... I got mine in the end.... because it was not roll number 9 or 11 who got the highest, but it was me!!. I got full on full in my first announced result...... from then on, I was always in the good books of this teacher (Mr. Acharya) and that too in the top most slot.

My overall performance was not exceptional but I did pretty decent and was ranked fifth in the class. I was so happy, at the same time was bit confused - as the person who topped the class )Sumnesh) was a dark horse (he was not one of those people who were into IIT preparation or NTSE scholar or rank holders in 10th.)

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Right now working on - Nothing!! I have just put in my papers
Right now listening to -  November Rain G&R

The current frequency of my visit to this journal reminds me of all the guest lectures we had during my MBA - all sporadic :)

BTW the trick worked.. BLG construction is now in the list of Google search.

Jumping on to where I left..
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• Having my text books open all the time with no connection whatsoever bewteen my eyes, brain and the content of the text book --- all under the delusion that it would impress some of the girls who used to come to our place for coaching. I know it was a wrong tactics, for the plain reason that it never worked :)
• Obsession for cricket and table tennis - There was a time period, when there was nothing more important than playing cricket. In fact I started playing along with all the big boys (almost double my age and size!) and that too with money on stake! I had very good timings that time and could connect all the balls on the leg side very well.

Moving into 10th standard was such a big thing. I don't think I ever understood the connotation of "Board exams" but yes I use to flount it quite well. I did ok in my pre-boards but Social sciences and Biology were very weak areas for me. To make things slightly difficult - I had a bout with illness (may be it was examination fever!) during the board exams.

I was on a vacation to Nanny's place (It is a small town called Sikandra Rao near Aligarh, UP) when the results were anounced. Telephones were not so popular during those days, so I got to know my marks through a postcard. It was not a great performance but I was thrilled, and so I think everyone in the house was.

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