Me and my mind in conversation...

Diwali brought a welcome break for me after a hectic 4th term here at Great Lakes. But since we had only 3 days before the next term began, I thought of saving some money by not going back home, and going to Bangalore and celebrate Diwali with cousins instead. Well, there is definitely something with me and Bangalore. Around the same time last year, when i was supposed to go to Bangalore for my cousin's engagement, i reached the station well in time, sans my luggage. This was because i got late at work and had to ask ma and pa at the last moment to get my luggage to the station. They did make it, just a couple of minutes after the train's scheduled departure time, but luckily, thanks the the ever so "punctual" Indian Railways and the relay between me,ma-pa and my cousins PK&DK, i got my luggage. This time around... the story was similar. Only this time I myself made it a little late to the station and Indian railways wanted to prove a point this time which meant I

Life is a book, with chapters many You may move from one to another, but you cannot forget any Some chapters are read, some are ignored some are best forgotten, some are always adored Ours, my dear, is so close to my heart I never knew it'll close with you and me apart The chapter had begun when you embraced a fool Lessons i learnt many, in your intimate love school I was not a bright student, always lacked by just a bit But with you around me, my dear, I was sure to be a hit I wished i could pay back, you deserved to be pampered, my Princess I wish i could stay back. Though i still hope things might change I am waitin for a miracle, you'd say But am sure that'll happen am waiting for the day... You say it is the end already It ain't the end, i read, till it's happy Ours is a chapter that will close only when we unite, Only to begin another that together we shall write. Life is a book, with chapters many You may move from one to another,

Well...What a relief!!!The only thing that a few of us here at Great Lakes had been thinking about for the last couple of months was the HR Conclave. The event conceptualized in one of the many meetings of our very own BPR committee...there were a few concerns about the time line. The college management thought it was a tough ask to plan an event of such magnanimity in just under 2 months. But...we did it..And..did we do it well??Well, the compliments that we received from the students, the guests, the management, the delegates, and from Dr. Bala, our dean, or Uncle Bala, as we fondly call him, certainly proved that our effort had borne sweet fruit.:) Our delegates included HR stalwarts who enlightened the delegates who were mostly senior and mid-level managers, and also all of us. Herez a brief summary of the day's proceedings. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai organized its first Human Resource Conclave ( http://hrconclave-greatlakes.com ) on the 2nd of September 20

22nd April - I start cruising....cruising in the Great Lakes. Well, i mean my MBA at Great Lakes Institute of management. 29 April - The ship's final hooter. The Jaycees had to get off the deck, it was the farewell party for our seniors called the Jaycees or the Junior Crusaders. With only a day to prepare for the grand party, which included a couple of dances, a skit, a few "melodramatic" videos, and of course 2 songs by the Sutta Gang...lol, there was a lot of hard work to be done... The night before the party all budding Kishore's and Elvis's got together in the favourite room of ours - Veeranam, and thought about..well..was any1 thinkin...every1 sang watever he or she liked... The next day...a different gang (Soumya the choreographer, Abhi, Vidith, Shikha, Janini, Kavitha, Roshini, Asim,KK, Gouri..sorry if i missed sm1) gets together at my house for their dance practice...well i was only a facilitator..i didnt want to risk the stage!!! Some of these dancers w

Imagine yourself at your formal best in a board room. Soon after, you attend a friend's birthday party at a hip restaurant. Just as you guys think about calling it a day, the rain Gods make their presence felt. What do you do??? Do you take the parking lot as a large public bathroom, and make full use of the water supply. Or do you stand under a shed, and look at the other category of people and think "Oh! Probably they haven't taken a shower for weeks!!" Well... I belong to the former category, The child inside me is still alive!!! :) When a child in class 2 returns home, he is so very excited... "Hurray!!! i am home!!!!!" and so are the kid's parents। The other day I was at my friend's place when his elder brother, who is the HR Head of a software firm, came back home from work। He entered with a sigh, didn't even bother to say Hi, and I thought I heard my friend's mom cry.... Oh Hez Home again...Why!!! Well...all I am talking about