Family dynamics in most families are organized around the most difficult member of the family. There is tiny voice playing in everyone’s head “ iska mood kharab nahi hona chaiye”
Wholesome timepass at airport. 4-5 kids of 16-17 yrs first time air travellers. First they conservatively ordered food. One pastry all ate it together, one SIP expert “why are you wasting money on water, plane mein mil jayega”. I think he made sense.
I think live-in clause in the bill is fair & egalitarian. Gov is ensuring that live-in couples are as frustrated as married couples. Gov. is creating a simulated environment to test your love. If your love cant survive tehsil, annoying paper work..is it really love?
My house on campus is surrounded by the houses of PGPX & few PGPs. Frequency of parties has increased because convocation is on 30th Mar & these are the last few weeks they have on campus. My instructions to them have been very clear from the beginning "I have work to do & I can
Hilarious. This has to be played in Parliament before they decide on a bill 😂😂. Will try to share a few studies on gender & employment by EOD cited in HBR in appreciation of Khan Sir 😂
I chose IIMA over a big fat consulting salary. I was a kid to think too much. After joining, I did ponder, if it was really right? In a few months, I was super happy abt it. Some addictive things dt IIMA offers:
No attendance & tracking
Personal office in which I can control AC
Google's HR chief told employees Wednesday that it will be cracking down on employees who aren't adhering to the hybrid work schedule
The company said it will include office attendance in performance reviews and track badge data.
She turned out to be total love & chilled out (Unregulated 😎). Met everyone with so much attention & genuine warmth.
Me: GM Ms Madhabi, welcome back to IIMA 😁
She: Welcome? Ye toh mera myaka hai
Interviewed her, video will be shortly available
One kid requested me to click their pics. Was also happy to part of their lil party. I clicked their pics with plane from all angles. One was over worried abt holding me on way for their pics. Indigo guy was worried abt all of us. Lunatics we looked. Took me back to old days 🥰
Sad but anybody telling you marks are not imp is scam till you get a good job. I made to Psychology DU bcoz topper, Masters in DU bcoz topper, one wont get a call to top IIMs if messed up 10th-12th even if they later made up. Middle class & not good at academia doesn’t go well😭
Cult of 1 page CV has to stop. No Margin & line spacing, different cell sizes put together, mix of vertical & horizontal heading. Font size from 7-11. It is easier to scroll to the next page than read Farsan on one page. CV looks damn anxious.
All of us are hard to live with. We all have some insecurities or the other. So, when you meet someone who is willing to invest in you, willing to make efforts, willing to repair, wants to grow with you. Dont let scorekeeping, maths, false ego come in the way. Ppl will disappoint
I am getting old, so maybe that's why I have stopped getting into the rabbit hole.
I am fine if someone says that they want a job becoz of the salary. If they says that they want IIMA for placement alone. Hobbies also I think is phirang concept. Hobbies are expensive. Whatever, I
While interviewing a Young B-Scool graduate:-
Me:
What is ur interest?
Young Intern:-
Bus ek job mil jaye jisme 30-50L lakhs salary ho
At a young age, people are not taught to pursue their talent
Rather
They run after money...most end up in jobs they hate
Life is long if u
Today, 10yrs at IIMA. Recently clicked pic with Ashish (then Director). Journey from day I stepped for job talk to till date has been overall fun. I will always have a positive bias for Ashish bcoz of early interactions with him. Selection included one research seminar & 15
Formal education will always be relevant unless society agrees that its sole purpose is to earn a monthly salary*. Which is a very low-value goal in life to my mind. Instead of asking this question, we need to ask, "How can we make college education more enriching and valuable in
Another Reminder. Once you meet ppl with whom you really connect. Don’t let them go over tiny issues. I have been lucky to have met some awesome ppl that led to friendship for decades but I have also been mindful to not let them go. They were also smart to not let me go. You can
All of us are hard to live with. We all have some insecurities or the other. So, when you meet someone who is willing to invest in you, willing to make efforts, willing to repair, wants to grow with you. Dont let scorekeeping, maths, false ego come in the way. Ppl will disappoint
Few things that Dad insisted when we were kids ( 2. was mildly annoying) and now I realise what it truly meant:
1. Always donate if you are eating free food anywhere
2. He will not let us check out unkept hotel room. Insisted on putting things back on place from towels to soap,
People with bigger car than mine, stop at Bhandaras to get food for the entire family.
India is a value seeking nation. Bhandara food is made my halwaais, and is great tasting. Given it’s during religious occasions, people don’t cheat with quality. Why not have it :)
Wherever you're at in life, you don't treat it like a transitory period. Don't waste your college years wishing to already have a job. Don't waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. Things will come in due time. But there is nothing like looking back and
Having my name in same category as Saral always feels like I have arrived in my life one more time. I joined IIMA when I was 27, and to make it harder, in the very begining, I was given three 3 sections (90 students in each class). In one section my class was after Prof Jayanth
In times when ppl are struggling to discover individuation (not individuality) in any relationship. It was heartwarming to meet husbands of PGPX women candidates at PGPX inaugural dinner who were visibly so happy about their wives pursuing MBA. Couple of these ladies have kids
Happy Birthday IIMA ❤️. Thanks for being so amazing year after year after year. One of the interesting things abt IIMA is that you end up doing things that you were sure you are not capable of doing or wont be able to do it. Colleagues inspire you, students inspire you, staff
How twitter argue?
Tweet: Pomegranate is my fav fruit
Comments:
1. What about Mango & Apple, pl read before posting
2. Typical classist behaviour from sad IIMA, they don’t like sugarcane & chiku bcoz they are cheap
3. Pls do maths. It should be grapes & banana. Dont require
One of the most amazing parts of being faculty is that you are able to see part of ur 20s in bright, witty, ambitious eyes of PGPs, RAs, AAs. Best when they drag you in their madness 😂😂
Can't agree more. I used to hear a few PGPs: " I am not in a rat race". They typically meant the top 10%. I also felt that this hyper-competitiveness might no be healthy until I had a candid convo with a PGP (he was that rat). He was aggressively targeting grades* to get into a
Quitting the rat race has become the new rat race. Entrepreneurship and risk aren’t for everyone. This is perfect for those who prefer stability. The only people who have truly escaped the “system” are those who stopped comparing and started doing what’s most suitable for them
I never had an interest in MBA. Bro-sis were prepping for CAT/GMAT. Started studying & solving problems in my free time. Trust me it sharpens ur brain. I hav immense respect for ppl who have good absolute scores in CAT/GMAT. Assumption that all exams are meaningless is incorrect
Never applied for PGP but if even today I get admission to PGP IIMA, I will actually take 2 yr sabbatical from IIMA as faculty to pursue PGP from IIMA 😂. Once in a while, I do have strong craving to experience IIMA as PGP
Election results will be out soon. Irrespective of all disagreements, we all can agree that one dude did not disappoint the nation even once.
Shaktikanta Das Sir & his committees (includes one of my colleagues also. I will show off. Sorry). He deserves a standing ovation from
Class of 2024: Be bold, be courageous, be humorous, be ur best. Work hard. Earn loads & loads of money so dt IIMA Endowment Fund can cold-call you for funds. Let ur name & good work be ur brand & identity. Wish u a life & career dt IIMA can show off to the world than u ever
Financial Advice
Anyone who consistently does not respond to your text for more than 48 hours doesn't care about you. They are just keeping you around
PS: I am not talking abt your friends. I am talking abt your broker
Tenured, so can't be fired 😂 (Getting tenure is hard tho)
Take a nap after lunch. Usually, my first thought after a nap is "Life kya jannat hai"
Can fix ur classes as per ur family's needs (except PGP-I)
I also don't like badges dt ppl have to wear
Adding another specific layer. Ppl from Haryana who have a Haryanvi accent are immediately declared as "uneducated", "gawar" etc. No such thing happens to any other mother tough accent. I was sitting at the dining table with a bunch of ppl just a day after Neeraj Chopra won
I am a south Indian living in north India for the last 15+ yrs. I am not a central government or armed/police forces employee, just a plain private citizen. I have lived and travelled India north of the Vindhyas extensively. Never once in all these years have I heard anyone in
QS World ranking audit Team to Me: What do you feel about IIMA?
Me in my Head: Boss, if Modi Ji allows alcohol on campus, we will easily make it to the world's top five. (1/2).
@GabbbarSingh
US is the only country where most nationals can feel absolutely comfortable. Rest all nation can make you feel anything, from weird to terrible
I am cautiously bullish on GIFT City. All banks have a shop here but for how long? For how long ppl can be pulled around incentives. Rich ppl use their private jet/fly to Ahd. Stay in Taj or ITC overnight, and leave after the meeting. Till the management does not have houses
GIFT City looks to make leaps forward. The government is working on a regulatory framework for direct equity listing of Indian firms on GIFT City exchanges. Additionally, GIFT-IFSC aims to become a hub for channeling green capital into India.
Why Rituals are important?
Ritual comes from the Sanskrit word rita, meaning art, ritual, discipline, dance, and the grace that allows us to move from one stage or plateau of life to the next. Ritual allows you to concentrate your mind on the implications of what you are doing.
this guy nupur shikhare jogged from santa cruz to taj lands end for his wedding with aamir khan’s daughter, ira khan — wearing..what you see him wearing
now it might seem all eccentric and cool to her right now. but five years down the line, she will hate him for it. they will
I mean come on, you are trusting this kid with your key clients but you can't trust him for a talk at his alma mater. He was 💔. I think corporates can take some inspiration from academia. Academia has its own issues but this is among a very few things which we are doing right
Guests suddenly dropped at home because they were passing by IIMA road.
Me in my head when they were leaving*: Thanks for coming. I cleaned my house in 5 min, which I thought would take 1 hour
So finally we had the amazing Pulak on campus.. It was total houseful.. Be lazy, be very very lazy. Everybody loved him. Laughter, gyaan, no bullshit.. it was fun😍💰
Hi
@SandeepParekh
, can you along with your friends get the Companies Act shortened. Man, there are 288 pages with every line like a mathematical equation with 4-5 permutations & combinations meaning to it. I appreciate authors with good vocabulary but this is heights😭😭
Contrary, I think India needs to improve in building Infra before it is needed. They will build a tiny lane. After a couple of years, they will put up barricades to marginally widen it, & then again after 5 years to further expand. India remains under construction all the time.
So love does not happen in a vacuum. Will share tiny lovely things abt IIMA. This is the most recent one. IIMA runs a social initiative Prayaas, predominately run by PGPs for the edu & development of underprivileged children. 80+ batch size. On every Christmas, Prayass team
What more special than the teacher who taught you in school calls up & says “guess, where I am?”. I cud not guess. “Stupid, outside IIMA gate”. She visiting office/campus for first time😍😍
The
@PGPX_IIMA
cohort this year is a diverse and enigmatic bunch.
-An IAF pilot who's flown both MiG 21 jets and unmanned drones.
-A Major in the Indian Army who has worked with the world's largest radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory as part of ALFAALFA project, a blind
What can be better than being at place where every 2nd student who is just 20-25 yr leaves u with a bit of coolness & inspiration, & 5 min walk from old to new campus with a colleague leaves you with extra wisdom
Happy Birthday IIMA, You are the best thing dt happened to me ❤️❤️
Was feeling low, had no plans to go to office (3 min from home). Secy calls & says there is parcel & delivery person is not giving her. After receiving, I am laughing at note. Name of one of the senders is missing, I have told AA to make list of those who submit files w/o names.
There is a price to be paid for every increase in consciousness. We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.-Alan Watts
To all who leave expensive pen gifts with my secy for me. If you really want me to use your pens, Pl gift me cello/Reynolds 10-15 INR wale pen. Your expensive pens dont make me feel good, they make me feel poor that I cant handle 5k pen 😂😭. If you still want to give me
If you are buying a shitty stock to sell it later. It is not investment. You are just hoping that you will find someone more foolish than you to buy same at higher price.
Follow me for more such fancy lines. I am next Warren Buffett
Prof Kandaswamy (Renowned Tamil Filmmaker & VF
@IIMA
): 9yrs, never forgets to bring Mysore Pak for me from Chennai when he visits IIMA
Prof
@SandeepParekh
(Renowned, Expensive Securities Lawyer & VF
@IIMA
): Aaj tak Mumbai se ek vada pav bhi nahi laye hai. I condemn his behavior
Guess who is coming?
Buggy’s fan: Can u pls invite Anand Sir?
Me: No
Fan: What? U can invite Pulak, his boss, founder & CEO of Nalanda Capital, who does not even live in India. But u cant ask him.
Me: Look, Pulak has a problem with media attention & Buggy has a problem with human
I should stop sharing my portfolio over here. PGPs have started insisting on paying for my Dosa. I told them, all I need is Nifty to touch 50K to break even, & there are still 2 weeks left for year-end closing. They don't believe me. This generation clearly lacks courage &
Traditional Maharashtrian Cuisine. Who made puran-poli? I had heard in movies. It should be added as nutritional mandatory diet by Psychiatrists. It makes you happy, sleepy, & “jo hoga dekha jayega”.
One can decide for oneself abt the number of hours but there is no substitute for traditional hardwork. You can create an enormous career capital reservoir by consistently working during the early career stage (18-27yr) that you can capitalize on for the rest of your life because
Cool thing is faculties work for 9-10 hrs/day. Dts why I m pro moonlighting w/ terms & conditions. One young alum kid who was damn good, I invited him for a panel discussion. He was very happy but later discovered, dt his firm hav some stupid policy on not giving any talk outside
As I always say that best part of being faculty is that you continue to live part of your 20s via PGPs. One PGP calls me breathless & excited voice. “Mam, I just got a job. Thought of calling you first. Guess the salary?”. I am HIGH with offer letter. With that, IIMA closes its
Is saal bhi weight loss nahi hua
Is saal bhi promotion nahi hua
Is saal be CAT/UPSC/JEE/NEET/etc nahi clear hua
Is saal bhi savings nahi hui
Is saal bhi profit nahi hua
Is saal bhi saccha pyar nahi mila 😂
Life mein thodi kaami humesha rehni chaiye. Sab kuch mil jaye toh phir
The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand & gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give- Francis Weller
Firsts of everything is special
Aaj 4-5 cute oldies aunti logo ne prasad ke naam pe milke mujhe bhang pila di. Msg was clear “get a life, dont be serious”. Feeling heavenly now. Thinking of having bhang daily in my breakfast
#GujusRock
@InvesysCapital
I want on one sided match. I dont want any “romanchak” match. India bats first. One century for Rohit, Gill, & Virat each. Half-century for shreyas, jadeja, KL
India balling: one wicket in every over. 5 wickets for Bumrah, rest 5 between others. Finish early so ppl get back to
Friends: Why are u absent from LinkedIn? It is polite & u can build a beneficial network.
Me: Sorry, we ppl on Twitter might troll each other, but never ever lie to each other. We tell ppl dt they are terrible. We don't want anything from anyone. We just want to win arguments
Humble request to ppl especially Gen-Z. When someone asks you what you do? Consider saying you run regression analysis to make business decisions instead of saying “ Data Science”, “Data Architecture”, “ Data Programming”, Data AI & ML.
PS: Don’t get me wrong. I am bullish on
I hear ppl missing being younger, when it was all play, simple, & easy. Thankfully, its other way round for me. Adulting was best. I have more control, less fear, less restlessness. I enjoy fine lines on face with every passing day & strong laughter line. Plan is also to not
My flex: IIMA gave me office in which Vikram Sarabhai & Ravi Mathai used to sit. What else can explain my awesome journey at IIMA. Vibes matter 😍
Currently, going through restoration. Miss it so bad
Had to take
@harshmadhusudan
to place where Modiji hangs around with his friends bcoz we cud not agree on anything
Also booked a place for
@mihir_patki
at Manekchowk for his fav Masala-ice-cream Dosa with kit kat in it for his upcoming visit
Humble request to all business channels. Can you stop reporting news/ sending notification like “pharma is surging”, “small cap is surging”, “banking is surging”, “sugar is surging”. Like I know with this crazy run, everything is surging except my bank balance
Some participants end up making you feel like a celebrity. First went missing in break to get cards. Nothing beats handwritten stuff. And then wanted my signature on cases & mugs 😂🙏😍. Finished another awesome “Psychology of Strategic leadership Program” with these awesome
During one of the casual conversations in class (PGP-II). I asked a lady about her placement status. She said, “anything is fine. I plan to work for a couple of years, get married, & settle down”. It was shocking that someone worked this hard to eventually do nothing. I
Why women remain so mad at their husbands for directly (😂) keeping cooker/cooking pan in fridge? Makes no sense. Next day you can directly keep it on stove or move to oven after putting in bowls. You save energy by using non-chilled bowl, human efforts, less dishes to do.
Lil-big joys of academia. You continue to celebrate 15Aug in its most traditional & beautiful form:
1. Flag hoisting by kids along with head of Institute
2. Singing national anthem with everyone ❤️
3. Sweets distribution-boondi ke ladu 😍
Sigmund Freud was right when he said that men & women are so different that making them stay together is a crime. Men are using LinkedIn as and women are using as LinkedIn. Great going
Meanwhile in Bengaluru... 😉
'Peak Bengaluru behaviour? Woman tries to hire man she met on '
This woman who tried to hire a man she met on a matrimonial platform for her start-up.