Talk to me, Hyderabad!
Every city has its own 'feel'. By its culture, people & way of life, it conjures up an image of its own. In the past year, I've lived in four cities - Bangalore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad & now Hyderabad. Each of them has had its own charm for me. Bangalore, I fell in love with. The weather seduced me initially & then everything else. Mumbai was a constant hub of activity - always on the move, never asleep. It gave me a feeling of being 'alive'. Ahmedabad being my home town will always be my first love & my final resting place. As for Hyderabad, my experience of this city has been limited mostly to ISB so far. I have yet to 'talk' to it - to explore & understand it.
Classes of week 1 of core terms got over on Thursday & the atmosphere was as if we had conquered the world. Thursday night was pure & unadulterated party time - each having a good time in his/her own way. About 75 people went to a local pub n disc to party. A few others chilled out with a dvd (We have an excellent collection here). Many (like me) spent the time with music and close friends. A couple of (newly 'formed') couples on campus caught up with each other to spend time they had missed through the week which classes, pre read material, assignments, study group meets & other stuff had snatched from them. Over Friday & Saturday, people slowly opened up to the fact that yes, there were assignments to be submitted the next week..... and the story continues.
Again, there is so much happening both on campus & within my mind that words are really not an adequate tool to express. By the way, I finally started playing squash yesterday. It was great except that every muscle of my body aches today. Also, Friday was R's birthday. We went to this nice open terrace garden place for dinner which offered us a superb view of Hyderabad under the open starry skies.
There are some really funny arbit CP (Class Participation) comments that have come out in the past week - will post them soon. On Thursday, we had an interactive session with Robert Morse - the CEO of Citigroup for the Apac region. We had a chance to ask his views from close quarters on the US deficit & its impact on the dollar, long term interest rate scenario especially in the Apac region, effect of oil prices on the world economy & hence on the capital markets, M & A activity in emerging markets, etc. It is such sessions that make ISB stand out from most other b-schools. It was a great opportunity & we made full use of it.
Contentment is a double edged sword. On the one hand, it can give you peace of mind while on the other hand it could kill ambition. The key again is balance - be contented yet challenge yourself to be go beyond your best everytime. Signing off for now. Will post more regularly now that I've somewhat gotten a hang of the schedule of things here.
Classes of week 1 of core terms got over on Thursday & the atmosphere was as if we had conquered the world. Thursday night was pure & unadulterated party time - each having a good time in his/her own way. About 75 people went to a local pub n disc to party. A few others chilled out with a dvd (We have an excellent collection here). Many (like me) spent the time with music and close friends. A couple of (newly 'formed') couples on campus caught up with each other to spend time they had missed through the week which classes, pre read material, assignments, study group meets & other stuff had snatched from them. Over Friday & Saturday, people slowly opened up to the fact that yes, there were assignments to be submitted the next week..... and the story continues.
Again, there is so much happening both on campus & within my mind that words are really not an adequate tool to express. By the way, I finally started playing squash yesterday. It was great except that every muscle of my body aches today. Also, Friday was R's birthday. We went to this nice open terrace garden place for dinner which offered us a superb view of Hyderabad under the open starry skies.
There are some really funny arbit CP (Class Participation) comments that have come out in the past week - will post them soon. On Thursday, we had an interactive session with Robert Morse - the CEO of Citigroup for the Apac region. We had a chance to ask his views from close quarters on the US deficit & its impact on the dollar, long term interest rate scenario especially in the Apac region, effect of oil prices on the world economy & hence on the capital markets, M & A activity in emerging markets, etc. It is such sessions that make ISB stand out from most other b-schools. It was a great opportunity & we made full use of it.
Contentment is a double edged sword. On the one hand, it can give you peace of mind while on the other hand it could kill ambition. The key again is balance - be contented yet challenge yourself to be go beyond your best everytime. Signing off for now. Will post more regularly now that I've somewhat gotten a hang of the schedule of things here.
posted by iceman at
10:27 AM
1 Comments:
You're so right when you talk about 'balance', Swapnil. Elusive though that balance is, it is something we should all strive to achieve. Just today i was talking to mum about ideals when she said one loses ideals as one starts earning. I differed, saying it all comes down to choices. If balance is what you are going to choose, Swapnil, i don't see you losing your ideals in the way. :)
Keep blogging and keep rocking.
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