A few good men

The magic in the songs of 'Maraasim' (Jagjit Singh, Gulzar) is indescribable. Its past 1 a.m. & am listening to soulful lines such as 'Jiski aankhon mein kati thi sadiyan, usne sadiyon ki judaai di hai' and 'Aaina dekh kar tasalli hui, humko is ghar mein jaanta hai koi'. I continue to be amazed by Gulzar's poetry right from the time of all those absolutely superb songs with R.D. Burman & Asha Bhosle. What a combo that trio had - 'Mera kuch saamaan tumhare paas pada hai' still creates the madness.

One thing I can say for sure - ISB junta knows how to balance life 100%. Work hard, party harder! To celebrate the end of week 2 classes, ,we had a 'mirror pool' party where we all danced in a 'mirror pool' with about 6 inches of water & thouroughly enjoyed getting completely wet. The dress code was shorts and skirts. What a party - started at about 11 p.m. & went on till 3.30 a.m. The best thing is that you could see a few guys who were at the party till 2.30 a.m. at the library at 8.30. a.m. the next morning to study! The previous night we had a public screening of the movie 'Saw' starting midnight on till about 2.15 a.m. Truly, ISB never sleeps. The mix of attitudes is amazing. You will hear people discussing the Eco assignment & other problems coming up in the mid term next weekend while simultaneously there is a conversation going on in another group about which movie to wach this weekend.

The feeling of mid terms coming up is palpable. The LRC is full at odd (& even) hours. Books are tough to find. Solution sets (ISBians, you know what I'm talking about here :) tougher. Junta is completely focussed. All and sundry are discussing marginal costs, all types of price discrimination & other concepts which were completely alien to most less than 2 weeks back.

Amidst all this, nothing much to say except the same ol' - Life's good!!