Its been quite a while since i visited my own blog! Mostly that could be attributed to me quitting my job and leaving Bangalore to go back to school. Yes! Even after my disastrous interview, I managed to get into IIM Lucknow. Many thanks to everyone who wished me luck. So yet another new city and new people in my life. I do intend and hope to keep this blog alive. But for now, here is something that i had written for one of the newsletter’s on campus.
The very first time I walked into the hallowed portals of IIML, I was overpowered by a sense of achievement, a heady feeling of smug satisfaction that I had arrived. As I took in the sights of the campus – the statues, hostels, mess, academic block, everything smelt warm and beckoning. I knew I was at the right place.
The first few days after joining passed away like a daze with inductions, and the various ‘activities’ that the senior batch had planned (schemed?) for us. Added to that, meeting 300 odd new people and trying to remember their names was in itself quite a trying task.
After the initial hoax, I quickly realized that they don’t call this place ‘IIM helL’ for no reason. As the assignments, quizzes and projects began to start in true earnest, I learnt the most important asset that we PGP1 have are the seniors. Information is of the greatest essence; you either have it or you don’t. You also learnt to work smart and manage time. A few more weeks into life at IIM’s and I was already working smarter than I had ever done before.
Speaking of time management, the one thing that everyone on campus has a constant eye on is their watch (not the girls)! Never before has 1 minute mattered more in my life. When coming 30 seconds late to class means you don’t get attendance, there is new found respect for time.
But even with all the smart working, the workload never ceases and keeps on piling. Just then when we almost thought it was all an uphill climb all along, we had the “Insti party” – at the end of which I was literally screaming ‘I love this place’! Somehow you find solace in the fact that everyone is subjected to the same pressures and in a way you learn to enjoy the stress.
Another week later I found out that life at IIML doesn’t just constitute of only the campus. The city of Lucknow is a whole different place compared to the campus. It was on my first trip to Hazratganj that I discovered the chaos that the traffic of Lucknow is. But with all the madness somehow everyone manages to get through. The method in the madness is bewildering.
Now when I joined IIML, everyone kept saying how I’ll stand out because I would carry the brand of IIM. I never understood what that meant until at one of the malls here, I spotted a bunch of pretty girls ogling at the guys wearing the IIM Lucknow T-Shirts! That’s precisely when I realized the practical usefulness of the IIM brand 😉
Now as I look back upon the last one month of my stay here, I am sure I have changed much more in one month here than ever. I’ve grown more responsible and mature because I realize I am the future of my country. I am IIM Lucknow.
Hey Sreejith!!!! What cosmic connection 😛
I decided to check your blog today and you are here….
Congratulations for getting into IIM!!! I was actually wondering about your getting into IIM because all the symptoms were hinting that you must have got through the interview….
🙂
Yiippeee!! Congratulations again… 🙂 Cheers!
By: Chandrika on July 29, 2008
at 8:20 am
Hey…congrats on getting into IIM.
Hopefully now we get to read more posts from you…lots of it
By: prats on July 29, 2008
at 8:53 am
My Man … welcome back to blogosphere!
You hadn’t changed much when I met you on Campus, guess my visit did the trick 😛
One suggestion – Don’t forget your ‘tameez and tehzeeb’ when you hit on Lko chicks 🙂
By: Sangfroid on July 29, 2008
at 10:53 am
good to have you back dude…. and yeah you were always good at adapting 🙂
chalo “practical usefulness” pata to chal chuki hain, now don’t miss the one-in-a-billion opportunity that you blew last year 😉
By: Kunal on July 29, 2008
at 11:53 am
hey thanks for dropping in :p so wrt the bunch of pretty girls, what are you waiting for now, ‘pehle aap’??!! 😀
By: manuscrypts on July 29, 2008
at 12:49 pm
hey. come on twitter. we need your daily doses and prolly logging onto wp daily might take up too much of your time.
Congrats !
By: pkj on July 29, 2008
at 2:48 pm
//I discovered the chaos that the traffic of Lucknow is//
what about bangalore traffic?
Is the lucknow one much worse…
Glad to hear that you are liking the place.
By: Xylene on July 29, 2008
at 3:01 pm
Wooo hoooo !!
babes beer books banging( ok may be not) ….
but kewl … have a great time .. and keep us ( lesser mortals ) updated ….
@Sangfroid …. Bhaiyya ab to Unni dude city mai hai … babes must watch out …
By: skp on July 29, 2008
at 3:21 pm
“I am IIM Lucknow” – Globe Unlimited 😀
By: lalbadshah on July 29, 2008
at 7:08 pm
he he :)……so u were able to squeeze some time from ur schedule…..well squeezing is what we have definitely learnt here…..squeezing time just enough for day sleep….squeezing into the classrooms just before the profs……and squeezing marks just around the average 🙂
rock in hel(L)….
By: ankush on July 30, 2008
at 1:52 am
Chandrika, thanku thanku 🙂
Prats, i genuinely hope i take some time out. feels good to write!
Sangfroid, sure sure 😉
Kunal, no more missing opportunities… not anymore.
Manu, pehle aap. lol!! excellent one :))
Parry, i am yet to figure out the usefulness of twitter. Can’t promise but will try.
Taju, Bangalore is waaay worse. Here the problem is with random things appearing on the roads in the middle of nowhere! I can’t explain it… its very very UP-ish 😀
Pati, chal bhag 😀
Ali, hihi.. yes yes. dood, we are taught to globe!
By: Sreejith on July 30, 2008
at 5:08 am
does IIML stand for “I .. I am in Luck” ? 😛
will the next post come out with the next issue?
By: mythalez on July 30, 2008
at 5:21 am
Hey! Congrats on your entry to IIM Hell!:) I am a big one to talk, but keep the posts rolling!:)
By: Ziah on July 30, 2008
at 8:24 am
Damn!! You’ve been in Lucknow all this while!! 🙂 I am from that place and between all this time, I’ve visited there a zillion times.. I know it may sound stupid but wierdly enough I feel a strange connection with everyone who’s been a part of this place at some point or the other.. 😀
And amidst all this I forgot to congratulate you!! 😛 Great going and hope I’ll see some more of you.. 🙂
By: sam on July 30, 2008
at 9:18 am
Hey, it’s nice to see a new post on this blog after such a long time. Congrats for getting into IIM-L. And do keep posting, please.
By: Aniket on July 30, 2008
at 9:26 am
congrats! way too cool….
now can i have a IIML t-shirt as a present?…in black perhaps?
By: tys on July 30, 2008
at 9:26 am
“I realize I am the future of my country. I am IIM Lucknow”
This was bollywood-ish 😀
By: HalleY on July 30, 2008
at 10:51 am
so you are an IIM grad now!…that’s some huge brand to be wearing!.. congrats! 🙂
By: perplexed on July 30, 2008
at 11:19 am
Congrats ….. …. 🙂 !!
By: Ankit on July 30, 2008
at 3:54 pm
“I realize I am the future of my country. I am IIM Lucknow”
… is this borrowed form the new (aamir khan) samsung mobile add…
By: Ankit on July 30, 2008
at 3:55 pm
nice 😛
so the network building plan still on ?
By: nipun on July 30, 2008
at 6:52 pm
now, getting hooked to cs and managing the work-load at iim…that would be an achievement.
well, congrats…
By: tipo on July 31, 2008
at 2:35 am
Rama, 😛 i wrote more than a few articles for this issue! they are not too relevant though.
Ziah, thanku thanku! will try.
Sam, aaha! i too kind of feel the connection with people who live in a city that i lived in. Btw if you come near the IIM do let me know.. i promise a free guided tour 🙂
Aniket, thank you and yes.. its been a long time!
Tys, mail me your size and address. i am serious.
Halley, very! and it was supposed to be 😛
Perplexed, thank you! hope you had a good holiday!
Ankit, thanks! haven’t seen the new ad. haven’t seen TV (even a TV) in over a month! 🙂
Nippo, ofcourse 😉
Tipo, Its a scary thought 😦 a few games of Quake and CS is what is on right now. I am planning to remove the RAM from my lappie to stop myself!
By: Sreejith on July 31, 2008
at 9:39 am
Congrats on becoming a part of IIM! Now that you are in Lucknow, you would know ways UP behaves 🙂 🙂
By: Joy on August 1, 2008
at 11:12 pm
Congrats dude!
By: Sagar on August 5, 2008
at 1:28 am
size 44….i think thts XL…. u will also need to give me some IIM Jargons to con the ladies…
By: tys on August 12, 2008
at 8:41 pm
Dude, I AM in Lucknow and should stay for a while now… so is that offer still on?? 😉
By: sam on August 25, 2008
at 11:58 pm
Congratulations on getting into IIM. I stepped into your blog from prat’s. It was a nice read. Like to hear more. Wish you the best.
By: sumanagv on August 29, 2008
at 3:19 pm
allo allo. someone home? Long time, no see:(
By: Ziah on September 8, 2008
at 8:35 pm
Hi ,
I was reading ur blog posts and found some of them to be very good.. u write well.. Why don’t you popularize it more.. ur posts on ur blog ‘Doses of delirium’ took my particular attention as some of them are interesting topics of mine too;
BTW I help out some ex-IIMA guys who with another batch mate run http://www.rambhai.com where you can post links to your most loved blog-posts. Rambhai was the chaiwala at IIMA and it is a site where users can themselves share links to blog posts etc and other can find and vote on them. The best make it to the homepage!
This way you can reach out to rambhai readers some of whom could become your ardent fans.. who knows.. 🙂
Cheers,
By: ray on September 10, 2008
at 5:15 pm
where u buddy?…all ok?…just checking in…
By: tys on October 29, 2008
at 9:25 am
that IIM is sure keeping u verrry busy!! hmph!
By: perplexed on October 30, 2008
at 12:43 am
Hi Sreejith,
I invite you and all bloggers to contentxn.com
We look forward to working with you.
Navneet,
By: Navneet Jadhav on December 6, 2008
at 9:53 am
Dude! Kidhar hain??
By: Ziah on December 30, 2008
at 7:42 pm
Hi Sreejith, IndiBlogger.in has organized another Bangalore blogger meet http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=26 exactly a year after the last one. And this is also at the MS office in EGL.
The IndiBlogger team would like your presence at this meet too and blog about. Please do bring as many blogger friends as you can.
This time we are also planning for some interesting discussions like “blogger rights”, etc during the meet.
Hope to you see you at the meet.
Cheers,
Anwin
+91-9880518019
anwin at indiblogger dot in
By: Anwin on February 23, 2009
at 12:10 pm
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Link for the Event: http://www.siliconindia.com/startupcity_09/index.php
Contact me: ojas@siliconindia.com
By: OJAS on May 30, 2009
at 12:33 pm
time u started again:)
By: Neha on November 9, 2009
at 11:24 pm