Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Updates

So the wait is over but the harder part remains.

In the MBA season of 2010-11 , I got what I desired. It started when I got a call from FMS where of the 65000 people only 500 general category students are finally given an interview chance. FMS was in my list of to 6 MBA colleges.

Then came CAT 2010 and I got an overall percentile score of 99.80. This ensured that I got calls from some of the IIMs that I so desire. The surprise factor was that I got rejected from a few IIMs because of m engineering acads but thats life.

And then the season ended with the results of XAT. To even my surprise, I score 99.98 percentile in an exam which was seen as the toughest of the season. And I have a call from XLRI BM program which I applied for.

I havent blogged in a long long time. The reasons have been many
  • I have been busy. Lame excuse
  • Procrastination-better.
  • The actual reason is I have been thinking a lot what I want to blog upon. I want to restart the book that I have been working on so there has been some musings there. Then more importantly, I want to discuss politics and more controversial topics. The trouble is politics, sex and religion are not supposed to discussed for exactly one reason. People get agitated. And this blog is too personal. So , I have brought some domain space and shall also be blogging there.

The IIM interviews lie ahead. Please wish me luck.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Love-IS IT WORTH IT ALL!!

I have in my writings and poems long debated about the existence of love; at times doubted it, some other times accepted it, at moments slandered its power but have most of the time been simply awed and dazed by an emotion so strong;humbled by the strength it endows a person.

Indeed perhaps one of the best kept secrets in modern day H.R. texts is that there is no stronger motivation than love or its antithesis -hate. Love has the strength to drive us further than we believed possible. In the name of love generations before us and generations after us will continue to make unbelievably altruistic sacrifices. So the company that can create love within its employees for itself, has gained a band of loyal followers that will stick behind it like a rock. But to create that love is supremely difficult and that is why strategies such as this are not thought for employees. Maximum HRs could hope for a sense of belonging and loyalty.

The anti thesis hate is a dark emotion that can equally stir up deep feelings. Indeed if love is an emotion that can make us do good, hate can make us do the biggest wrong. But enough. This post is about love and hate shall be added to the list of potential future topics.

Anyway the paradox is this most cultures value love but in many cultures love can often be forbidden and a sin in some forms. As a person who broke his heart and from the broken pieces found poetry flowing, love is a central theme. Also as an Indian where love is celebrated and cheered by the societies in the movies but when a guy goes around with a girl in real life, it is frowned upon. Indeed India is a land where arranged marriages are seen by parents as a duty to their wards and love marriages are a immoral, corrupting force destroying society.

But we are humans and our emotions are not in control. As a poet put it
" Aag ka kya hai pal do pal mein lagti hai,
Bujhte bujhte ek zamaana lagta hain."
(love is like a fire which can flare up in a moments but to die out or extinguish it takes a hole era)

Anyway my question is this does magical love exists. In fact have a look at "Walk The Line", a biopic movie about the singers Johnny Cash and June Cash. They were married to others when they met, johnny won her over after a lot of efforts and they were happily married for 35 years raising kids, playing music and died withing three months of each other. Is not that love that can be envied.

So does love matter and does true love exists