First person narratives
My friends tell me I am always in a mad rush to change things, people, the world - both things I can influence and things I can't. I know that. It manifests itself in the impatience (that has also quadrupled during my 8 years in McKinsey) with which
Growing Up
One day, my friend, you will meet her. She'll make your heart quicken a bit, she'll make you happy. It won't be love at first sight. You will enjoy her company, you will want to spend time with her. You will seek happiness in
IIMB
A perpetual giggle fest. I'd been planning to go to London for work and just drop into the Hilton and meet up with old friends, but the work didn't happen. Loathe to change my plans, I still took the Eurostar to Ole Blighty and met up
Crazy Stuff
Kayak.com From: BRU. LHR. CDG. FRA To: COK . BOM ... I thought about it a while and typed decisively. BOM. 17th April 2009. It was the first time I was going home in almost a year. And hell, I wasn't going to lose my chance to go and
Old habits
Of late, I have been getting two charges levelled at me. 1. "You overanalyse every detail!" 2. "Stop feeling like you are responsible for everything." Just too hard to let go, isn't it? What do you think? :)
Crazy Stuff
some people are so enamoured of their reflections that they preen at the first indication of a shiny surface. Imagine this (rather recent) occurrence: I am in the office and pulling out the cord and putting away my laptop in the bag when a friend comes to enquire when I
Friends
Crazy Stuff
"Que Sera Sera..." Doris Day scantly had time to start off the first line of her song and I had clicked the wheel on my iPod to go past it. I was feeling restless, in a state of nervous excitement and had already forwarded through Devdas, Dil Chahta
Friends
Two days after convocation, I woke up on a mattress shorn of its linen, in a room that did not look like my home for the past year, in a block that was defeaning in its silence. This had been the scene of the block parties, midnight gossip sessions, of
Europe
I have had my share of adventures behind the wheel. Curious folks may see how I had close encounters of the kanoon ke haath bade lambe hai variety by speeding in Belgium and stopping in Trivandrum. This is one of those adventures... The story begins innocuously enough. I was at
Crazy Stuff
Day 1- Slot 1 (On the First Day of Placements, PlaceCom gave to me one reason to remember) It was supposed to be the litmus test of batch unity. It was supposed to be when we finally shouldered our responsibilities and made the statement... "We are there for you.
Crazy Stuff
Dear Diary, The story up till now is: I got placed in the first 5 hours of Day zero and had nothing to do for the rest of the day. But the day brought mixed feelings for me. Don't get me wrong, I was ecstatic for myself, but