Back to education..Life at IIM Indore, some random thoughts

Mountains or the so called mountains, The hillock that never sleeps, and never lets people on it sleep too, the randomness of the place, that began with random interviews at the GDPI process, to random registrations (which pissed almost everybody off), there seems to be something different about this place, something random, something very exciting and something totally unexpected. The Bakra days brought a lot of analogies for Planet-I. Were we a part of some military camp? Waking up at 430 in the morning would be an exaggeration, as we hardly slept, or maybe a concentration camp, as a Prof had very visually described in the beginning few days, and then a question came whether we were at a b-school, or we were here to be at school writing about our Yoga experiences. One thought even wondered that maybe we were aliens into this Planet-I, and were being tested if we are capable of citizenship. Though the welcome we got, was no doubt magnanimous, though when it did unfold, another random thought followed – how come seniors were so dedicated, sleeping less than we did, just to make a Bakra out of us, guess that’s what Planet-I does to its citizens. As if the randomness wasn’t sufficient, some Profs talked nothing but random thoughts and even quizzes have random questions. So just wondering, what all can be termed non-random about IIM - Indore – maybe the weather, its stays beautiful all along, the infrastructure, which is very well built up, the faculty and support staff (it’s all good enough with a few, or maybe more than a few names, which don’t come under the ‘good enough’ category…am sure each one of you reading this can relate already within a week of classes and would feel very strongly about this). Just a thought here that blocks my train of thought, am I also turning RANDOM within a week itself, asking random questions to Profs (Am not CP hungry, just that they teach weird things, if they do teach that is), studying random subjects, and now even my friends says that I talk random. But then is it all negative, not really, this is what a friend/IIMI outsider feels about my future – IIM Alumni, a glamorous Investment Banker or a consultant, a millionaire in 2 years(at least in Rupee terms) and is working damn hard to crack the CAT and be here at any cost. It feels great to be looked up to, this is what Planet-I does to you. It feels awesome to see how you are realizing your potential, bettering yourself and your expectations each passing day. And as I pre-read at 2 AM for tomorrow’s Micro-Economics class, the indifference curve can be felt to what I am going through at Planet-I, it’s a trade-off for quitting earning and partying for 2 years, for staying away from our home-town, from commanding and managing a team of people to being taught Stats. It’s only a week into IIMI, and I am sure IIMI indifference curve is miles ahead (to the right to be economically correct) of the rest. And as we take off on our journey of transforming the planet-I to “MY Planet-I”, am sure it rocks….it surely rocks.