If somebody thinks or believes that giving lectures is a job or a task then I would have to say that it’s a very myopic thought, it’s much more than this...it's an OBSESSION, it’s a HIGH, and it’s a pure satisfaction of deliverance with exactitude. Often times sitting in one of those endless series of never ending lectures I used to sometimes wonder what drives them so much that makes them deliver a lecture for 2hrs with same level of enthusiasm, energy and concentration. I never realized it only after myself putting in the shoes of a lecturer. I found the very simple joy of sharing with the audience what I know best. I did that in that spirit because I was awaiting that tacit recognition by my audience though my possession of that knowledge, I can vouch for what I am saying because today I myself gave one of my lengthiest presentation of 1hr.
We have two great professors in our college. They are the gurus in their respective domains which is Strategy and Brand Management. Both have very impeccable and distinguished profiles as one is an IIT, IIM alumnus and has consulted to numerous companies in his career span while the other is FMS Alum and has worked with McKinsey Consultancy and is widely travelled. Both of them are excellent orators, highly erudite and deep thinkers. But there is huge difference in their teaching style no wonder when they come to the class the audience are spellbound and totally immersed. I want to briefly elucidate the difference between them.
The person who teaches Brand Mgmt is a very smart guy. He is very versatile, dynamic and the best part is he knows what his audience wants from him and what he needs to give to them. And trust me he does exactly that.intially when I used to come to his class I was instantly hooked and used to regard him as a revered figure. Over the times after listening him more and more I became convinced that he is a very shrewd and smart teacher.he knows exactly where to hit and what kind of game to play so people would just love him. He would talk like an iconoclast, a rebel and a person who is just amongst them. He would say what we all like to hear. He never has any definite agenda in his mind when he come to the class, sort of the personality which those creative agency guys have...you know the NO-PLAN-IS-THE-BEST- PLAN type of people. But what I’ve tried to decipher is that he constantly tries to hammer our conventional thinking patterns, tries to revolutionize our thoughts and idiosyncrasies radically and he would always say things which would charge up the whole class.
No doubt he is a very well read and his words emanate erudition from his mouth and they way he connects with everybody is marvellous.he is the one of few person who believes and validates the importance of EGO, ATTITUDE in the class which sometimes makes me remind of Ayn Rand. He will talk things which will make you think over it and lets you asks you those questions which were there in your mind but unfortunately hidden in the deepest recesses of your psyche. I observe him very closely in the class and I am coming to believe that to him a lecture is not a means to earn money but it gives him some kind of sadist pleasure which can only be felt. It’s the ideal platform where he can speak his mind freely unobstructively and these lecture gives him a satisfaction by knowing that he is such a great orator, that he has the capability of keep class glued, that he can practice and experiment with those speaking styles which he reads in the books. One thing I must commend him for is that he has a great taste for things. He reads good books and he watches good movies. It’s something very atypical in Bengali intellectuals which I always admire.
The professor who teaches STRATEGY is great intellectual and sharp minded man but there is something which separates him hugely from this Brand proff.he is very logical, very matter-of-fact in his approach and has clear cut agenda. I am in no way attempting to make mistake by juxtaposing him with other proff, but his style is bit peculiar. I enjoy his class equally well but I have to be much focused and determined to not get distracted because when he speaks he talks very heavy and he teaches in strictly Socratic way. Very to the point, very fundamental, very objective, very crisp and very balanced without leaving a hint of verbosity. He talks slowly while thinking simultaneously and he doesn’t care if people are interested in his talks or not. But he always tries to find out reasons in vain for smallest things as if he is some kind of behavioral psychologist.at this point I’ve to admit I’ve picked up his habits too and I have also started questioning each and every other thing which is simply unreasonable only in vain hope that there could be some reason behind it.
Sometimes I think why reason is such powerful force. Why reason is such a big common denominator binding everyone. Why is reason so objective in nature? Is acceptance of reason as just and fair way of life by the so called 'society' a natural phenomenon or some force is invisibly causing upon us to see things as it wants us to see. Sounding too abstract...
But I think about it......quite often......!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Ayn Rand and the World we Live
I was never a serious student from my childhood. I grew up amongst the people who were mediocre and had simple easy thoughts towards life. I was never a serious reader and I never use to read books. Life takes its turns and life presents you some situations and opportunities which change your life radically. Your life, your thought patterns and your ideologies gets radically questioned by few small things which have drastic effects. I too had my share of incidences of such sort.
one of those turn of events came when I was in engg.Once my 2 year celebration of my freedom which I gained away from home died and the euphoria subsided I saw that life was becoming very mundane and bland. I started to questions a lot of things but I never was able to find answers to those questions. Some things led to another and I happened to read an autobiography of mahatma gandhi.that book to me was a life changer.
It made me introspect much deeply, it made me see where I am and what am I here for.that was one of the most inspiring books I’ve ever read.
Today I want to talk about one more book which has left a long lasting impression on me. What my ideologies are today and what I believe today I owe to that writer.
I am talking about Ayn Rand and her book Atlas Shrugged. The book is 1000 pages long and it’s a fiction. The book revolves around a person Henry Reardon who is a very hard working, industrious and capitalist mill owner. The plot revolves around the philosophy of Ayn Rand about objectivity, greed, ego, selfishness, rationality, ethics etc.
Reardon is a person of values and ethics and he is inner driven and not outer driven unlike others. He lives his life on the very fundamental tenets of objective reality and reason. His ideas are too high, standards too lofty and he is hell bent and resolute is guiding his life based on the principles set by him instead of being submissive to a force smacking of lack of reason.
The book taught me a lot of things which has philosophical impinge and my perspectives towards everything are shaped by Ayn Rand.
I would like to mind the readers that this book is not just a case in point but it has sold millions of copies throughout the world. There is even a term called ‘Randian’ Philosophy. I am always amazed and happy to see her fan following and her being a subject of discussion even after her death. When anyone reads Ayn Rand he will not be just walking through a story but doing time travel, he is giving his mind a shape and a food for thought. It’s no wonder that the former Fed Reserve Chairman Mr. Alan Greenspan was one of the great loyalists of Ayn Rand he implemented a lot of capitalist policies based on his understandings of Ayn Rand's philosophy.
I sometimes think that why don’t people read books. There is so much to know in the world and there is so little time with us even then consciously we waste our time.for me reading books is not a passion but has become a more incorrigible disease called obsession. I can’t quote anything better than this which I read in book ‘NAMESAKE’, "you can travel the whole world without moving an inch”, that’s what books can do magic on us.I think sometimes that I have wasted so much previous times of my yesteryears, had I been a reading books since long past I’d been a better person.
one of those turn of events came when I was in engg.Once my 2 year celebration of my freedom which I gained away from home died and the euphoria subsided I saw that life was becoming very mundane and bland. I started to questions a lot of things but I never was able to find answers to those questions. Some things led to another and I happened to read an autobiography of mahatma gandhi.that book to me was a life changer.
It made me introspect much deeply, it made me see where I am and what am I here for.that was one of the most inspiring books I’ve ever read.
Today I want to talk about one more book which has left a long lasting impression on me. What my ideologies are today and what I believe today I owe to that writer.
I am talking about Ayn Rand and her book Atlas Shrugged. The book is 1000 pages long and it’s a fiction. The book revolves around a person Henry Reardon who is a very hard working, industrious and capitalist mill owner. The plot revolves around the philosophy of Ayn Rand about objectivity, greed, ego, selfishness, rationality, ethics etc.
Reardon is a person of values and ethics and he is inner driven and not outer driven unlike others. He lives his life on the very fundamental tenets of objective reality and reason. His ideas are too high, standards too lofty and he is hell bent and resolute is guiding his life based on the principles set by him instead of being submissive to a force smacking of lack of reason.
The book taught me a lot of things which has philosophical impinge and my perspectives towards everything are shaped by Ayn Rand.
I would like to mind the readers that this book is not just a case in point but it has sold millions of copies throughout the world. There is even a term called ‘Randian’ Philosophy. I am always amazed and happy to see her fan following and her being a subject of discussion even after her death. When anyone reads Ayn Rand he will not be just walking through a story but doing time travel, he is giving his mind a shape and a food for thought. It’s no wonder that the former Fed Reserve Chairman Mr. Alan Greenspan was one of the great loyalists of Ayn Rand he implemented a lot of capitalist policies based on his understandings of Ayn Rand's philosophy.
I sometimes think that why don’t people read books. There is so much to know in the world and there is so little time with us even then consciously we waste our time.for me reading books is not a passion but has become a more incorrigible disease called obsession. I can’t quote anything better than this which I read in book ‘NAMESAKE’, "you can travel the whole world without moving an inch”, that’s what books can do magic on us.I think sometimes that I have wasted so much previous times of my yesteryears, had I been a reading books since long past I’d been a better person.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Distraction is omnipresent
After coming back to the campus i am observing some drastic changes in myself in terms of my behaviour, attitude, outlook and my perspective.
when i came here for the first time i was very much focused about my studies, I used to be a voracious reader ,I was more active and i used to be sincere in doing assignments. On the down side, back then i feel i was less social, more reserved, submissive and unargumentive but after doing my summers i see myself less active, more social, more relaxed (with a hint of complacency) but a new hunger for gaining knowledge and higher ability to concentrate and focus on things in my priority.
life here could be distracting sometimes. with so many things to do in a single day and many of those tasks could be non academic, this is distracting, you could be linked up with various people in campus too and this is distracting, with added responsibilities your administrative tasks gets more and more and this again is a distraction. Getting too much involved in all this is very easy and tempting and its more hard to make yourself be a part of it and yet not be in it..What helps you be easy is you always say this to yourself "this is necessary but it's a DISTRACTION”. The moment you say this to yourself your mind realizes what are the things in which you should be involved in and what not...
Hard work to me is not a phase of time, it’s not a temporary period through which i am going through but it's a way of life, it’s a continuous process where you’re challenging yourself, raising your standards, gaining more experience and wisdom and making life richer and meaningful.
When i roam in my hostel and i see people simply whiling away their time i feel very sad. It makes me ask myself why don’t they do what they should do? Are they not concerned? What is this pass time which is so powerful distraction that stops them from being more meaningful..
May be it’s an odd thought because a general phenomenon is a when a person expects too much from himself he sees a self fulfilling prophecy and expects others to thing the same..i forget the world is not same...
when i came here for the first time i was very much focused about my studies, I used to be a voracious reader ,I was more active and i used to be sincere in doing assignments. On the down side, back then i feel i was less social, more reserved, submissive and unargumentive but after doing my summers i see myself less active, more social, more relaxed (with a hint of complacency) but a new hunger for gaining knowledge and higher ability to concentrate and focus on things in my priority.
life here could be distracting sometimes. with so many things to do in a single day and many of those tasks could be non academic, this is distracting, you could be linked up with various people in campus too and this is distracting, with added responsibilities your administrative tasks gets more and more and this again is a distraction. Getting too much involved in all this is very easy and tempting and its more hard to make yourself be a part of it and yet not be in it..What helps you be easy is you always say this to yourself "this is necessary but it's a DISTRACTION”. The moment you say this to yourself your mind realizes what are the things in which you should be involved in and what not...
Hard work to me is not a phase of time, it’s not a temporary period through which i am going through but it's a way of life, it’s a continuous process where you’re challenging yourself, raising your standards, gaining more experience and wisdom and making life richer and meaningful.
When i roam in my hostel and i see people simply whiling away their time i feel very sad. It makes me ask myself why don’t they do what they should do? Are they not concerned? What is this pass time which is so powerful distraction that stops them from being more meaningful..
May be it’s an odd thought because a general phenomenon is a when a person expects too much from himself he sees a self fulfilling prophecy and expects others to thing the same..i forget the world is not same...
Love-Hate Relationship with MBA
I think I can never get over from my love-hate relationship with my college.when I joined MBA I thought that this sine wave in my mind is just temporary effect and is only because I am in a new environment but I now I believe it's not unique but its' a very natural emotion.
I love my college here for numerous reasons:
1. I get plenty of time to do what I like.
2. I get a lot of time to read books. (Sometimes I overdo it by reading 3newspapers a day!!).
3. My mindset that this MBA is an opportunity for me to undo what all mistakes I have don’t in my past and I can mould myself in a new shape in these 2 years..I think I am right here to some extent.
4. The course is very interesting.
5. The lectures are very few which means more time for self study
I hate my college for:
1. Because the atmosphere is not challenging and competitive.
2. People are more complacent and try to not think.
3. I think I don’t deserve this.
4. Sometimmes teachers disappoint me.
5. The food is terrible.
Nevertheless, we all have our own reasons to love and hate things no matter where we are because nothing is perfect and wherever you are you know for sure that there is a huge room for improvement.
During my SIP I had interacted a no of students from different colleges and I was surprised that even they had their own reasons for dislikes with their colleges even through their were graduating from top colleges of country. But that does not mean that we must become complacent in fact we must try more harder to life our standards continuously.
I love my college here for numerous reasons:
1. I get plenty of time to do what I like.
2. I get a lot of time to read books. (Sometimes I overdo it by reading 3newspapers a day!!).
3. My mindset that this MBA is an opportunity for me to undo what all mistakes I have don’t in my past and I can mould myself in a new shape in these 2 years..I think I am right here to some extent.
4. The course is very interesting.
5. The lectures are very few which means more time for self study
I hate my college for:
1. Because the atmosphere is not challenging and competitive.
2. People are more complacent and try to not think.
3. I think I don’t deserve this.
4. Sometimmes teachers disappoint me.
5. The food is terrible.
Nevertheless, we all have our own reasons to love and hate things no matter where we are because nothing is perfect and wherever you are you know for sure that there is a huge room for improvement.
During my SIP I had interacted a no of students from different colleges and I was surprised that even they had their own reasons for dislikes with their colleges even through their were graduating from top colleges of country. But that does not mean that we must become complacent in fact we must try more harder to life our standards continuously.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Nostalgia sinking in
Now that the realization of the fact is sinking in that i ma a guest of this city for just a week, I am getting nostalgic now. I’ve spend a really great 2months here, made some real good freinds,started to like my work and the place that the time has come when i have to pack my bags and bid adieu to the city.
To be very fair and exact, these 2 months of stint in Bosch has been my first step in the real serious professional career, a kind of work and profile which is my career goal and the industry in which I try to seek into. This stepping stone has exposed me to numerous challenges, given my enormous learning and experience that I can’t say.
I have built a lot of confidence and knowledge of the subject matter that when i will go back to my campus I will really not regret about not getting myself paid even for a sec because what I have accumulated from here in this small time is just priceless and i am more than happy to my project guides for believing in me and giving me this opportunity and APICS certificate program which helped me a lot in getting myself recognized. The first advantage which APICS gave me was getting me this internship program because i was spotted by my guides because of this only.
My only wish and hope is that I should get a good job because of this certification and should complete my certification before finishing my post graduation here.
To be very fair and exact, these 2 months of stint in Bosch has been my first step in the real serious professional career, a kind of work and profile which is my career goal and the industry in which I try to seek into. This stepping stone has exposed me to numerous challenges, given my enormous learning and experience that I can’t say.
I have built a lot of confidence and knowledge of the subject matter that when i will go back to my campus I will really not regret about not getting myself paid even for a sec because what I have accumulated from here in this small time is just priceless and i am more than happy to my project guides for believing in me and giving me this opportunity and APICS certificate program which helped me a lot in getting myself recognized. The first advantage which APICS gave me was getting me this internship program because i was spotted by my guides because of this only.
My only wish and hope is that I should get a good job because of this certification and should complete my certification before finishing my post graduation here.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
weekend getaway!!
allright,so after the long and seemingly never ending week i've come to the end of week and i could get no better a way to celebrate the joy of No work by unwinding myself at the amazing places at nasik.
nasik is a very peaceful small hamlet surrounded by mountains and peaks from all sides and demarking it as its periphery.the city is very small,very peaceful ,full of greenery,alive with nature,pleasant climate throughout the year round and most of all good people.if i would have to settle somewhere after my retirement then iit has got to be this place more so because of its proximity with the major cities.
i spend aa lovely saturday today at the spelendid mountain peak called trimbhakeshwar which is just alittle away from the city and then splurge on wines at a local vinery sipping various vines by watching beautiful scenic views ammidst sprinking showers.it was really a heady feeling which the wine was giving me .you find yourself so disconnected from all other worries and find yourself so soaked and immersed in the mellow trip which gets osmosized with the beutiful view which wines offered me.i got to learn the intricacies about the proces of vine manufacturing,processing,storing,drinking and ven storing it..i came back home after being a llot knowledable,happier,satisfiedd and relaxed.
there is only one regret that amidst all such merry making i am neglecting my book very rudely..this book which i bought after spending a good 800bucks stares at me every evening after i come from office and i am finding it real hard to keep myself stuck into it..
my summer internshiip is about to end after next week.in the mean while i have to preaper the report,complete formalities and prepare for my mumbai visit.
i will be in mumbai for 2days and am planning to catch up with some old freinds and then ill be back to home for good 2 weeks.
lesson for today: drinking wine 1-2 glasses each day is good for health.happy that wining is endorsed by some good people and i can safely consume it..
CHEERS!!
nasik is a very peaceful small hamlet surrounded by mountains and peaks from all sides and demarking it as its periphery.the city is very small,very peaceful ,full of greenery,alive with nature,pleasant climate throughout the year round and most of all good people.if i would have to settle somewhere after my retirement then iit has got to be this place more so because of its proximity with the major cities.
i spend aa lovely saturday today at the spelendid mountain peak called trimbhakeshwar which is just alittle away from the city and then splurge on wines at a local vinery sipping various vines by watching beautiful scenic views ammidst sprinking showers.it was really a heady feeling which the wine was giving me .you find yourself so disconnected from all other worries and find yourself so soaked and immersed in the mellow trip which gets osmosized with the beutiful view which wines offered me.i got to learn the intricacies about the proces of vine manufacturing,processing,storing,drinking and ven storing it..i came back home after being a llot knowledable,happier,satisfiedd and relaxed.
there is only one regret that amidst all such merry making i am neglecting my book very rudely..this book which i bought after spending a good 800bucks stares at me every evening after i come from office and i am finding it real hard to keep myself stuck into it..
my summer internshiip is about to end after next week.in the mean while i have to preaper the report,complete formalities and prepare for my mumbai visit.
i will be in mumbai for 2days and am planning to catch up with some old freinds and then ill be back to home for good 2 weeks.
lesson for today: drinking wine 1-2 glasses each day is good for health.happy that wining is endorsed by some good people and i can safely consume it..
CHEERS!!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Summers at Nasik!!
hi all,
curse me for being away for so long.at one point of time i had really strted to find myself bit demotivated towards blogging but i dont know why this renewwed intesrest had made me blog after a long time.i hope this time i dont go hibernated for so llong.
i was in pune for last thres days due to my work.i had my APICS DSP exam on saturday and i had to take my transfer certificate from the college so i had to stay here till monday.i came to pune knwowing nothing as to where am i going to stay ,what am i going to do for netx threee days and how willl i be able to plan my weekend to the best because after this trip i dont know when next will i be able to come back here..but thankfully an by god's grace ive got all my things done at a very perfect pace without any stress.i stayed every night at a different place and i met with a lot fo freinds as i had expected before coming here,i di all my work again as i expected.and finally i am back to nasik tonight blogging at the comfort of my borrowed home for last1 and half months.
i might have not updated in my previous blogs but i am currenlty doing my summer internship at Robert Bosch at Nasik.i willbe here till this month end after then i plan to take a 2week long holiday and head back home,get rejuvenate by relishing home made food ,reading good books and trying vainly to get back in shape before i joing my MBA.the summer expereince here is good,the learning part is immense prom all rounds but i am missing my college life too.the junior batch has arrived and am very keen to meet them as well.ill keep updated but as of now ill have to say goodbye!!
curse me for being away for so long.at one point of time i had really strted to find myself bit demotivated towards blogging but i dont know why this renewwed intesrest had made me blog after a long time.i hope this time i dont go hibernated for so llong.
i was in pune for last thres days due to my work.i had my APICS DSP exam on saturday and i had to take my transfer certificate from the college so i had to stay here till monday.i came to pune knwowing nothing as to where am i going to stay ,what am i going to do for netx threee days and how willl i be able to plan my weekend to the best because after this trip i dont know when next will i be able to come back here..but thankfully an by god's grace ive got all my things done at a very perfect pace without any stress.i stayed every night at a different place and i met with a lot fo freinds as i had expected before coming here,i di all my work again as i expected.and finally i am back to nasik tonight blogging at the comfort of my borrowed home for last1 and half months.
i might have not updated in my previous blogs but i am currenlty doing my summer internship at Robert Bosch at Nasik.i willbe here till this month end after then i plan to take a 2week long holiday and head back home,get rejuvenate by relishing home made food ,reading good books and trying vainly to get back in shape before i joing my MBA.the summer expereince here is good,the learning part is immense prom all rounds but i am missing my college life too.the junior batch has arrived and am very keen to meet them as well.ill keep updated but as of now ill have to say goodbye!!
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