My Pug Marks

They say nostalgia hits. This one does and hard. Roughly an year ago, fresh into SIBM , Pune - we were all gearing up to be special. Literally! Being a member of the Students' Council at SIBM is what I so looked forward to. I got to be a part of the rocking IT Team for Interim and Junior tenures. Needless to say, it was one of the best time I have ever had. With sine curved pattern of work and fun, it couldn't have been better...or may be it could have been. The Juniors have come, taking their shares of responsibilities and teams have been formed. Alas, I am not in council anymore and how I miss it! I can only imagine how it would have been to be on the other side of the interview table this time, how when finally the teams would have formed - the introductions and 'insider' sessions would have begun. The tales of legends who have passed through the same responsibilities. I sorely miss it. Wish I could make juniors do things which Abeer , Anu and Sheth made me do d...

Weird things happen to me when exams are round the corner. For a starter, when everyone is frantically reading notes which they got photo copied a day before the exam, I am doing things that I actually want to do - like writing. To avoid getting back to the books sooner, these 'other' things are done at a slow pace with full concentration to prevent words like - ' Study now at least?' from ringing from the deepest of the dark corners of the mind. Invariably, it means that these 'other' things are done well, or so I presume :) As of now, at 1917 hours on the 16 th day of the 11 th month in 2008 th year of our Lord, I am missing Delhi. Ummm , I mean NCR - though I would call it Delhi [looks more chic]. I stay in Gurgaon [a small town turned city due to IT boom and proximity to the capital]. As months of cold are taking hold, I cannot but remember those days when I was in Sixth standard. Waking up at 5:30 am [wouldn't ever imagine myself doing that now] an...