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Euphoria before the IIMs

Apr 27, Yesterday I attended a party organized by the IIM guys and they went on about the fun it is to be on campus. You have parties at least twice a month and between the parties you slog. The work load they say is much less out in bangalore so at most you have to spend about 50 hrs without sleep. Somehow i felt cheered when they poured gyan on me that this was at least 30 percent less than what they do at the other IIMs. Before the party it was egroups. We were added to the group and within a span of a few days my mailbox was full. I mean i got roughly four hundred mails in a span of about seven days. Reading the mails was enough to give creeps to the lesser mortals like me. The discussions ranged from Ayn Ryan, Deepak Chopra to computers and loans. There is also one chap who makes documentaries as a hobby. When you read such things you sometimes have this feeling about how you will perform against these Goliaths. For sometime I guess I was rather conscious about these thin...

Shaadi Season

Apr 22, The last few weeks had been tied up with tying up the loans and taking care of other such formalities. I was in for quite a shock when I realised that many of the banks actually did not have any educational loan facility. At least the guys at ICICI and HDFC banks dont know the existence of such a scheme even if it does exist. The experience at the PS banks was a bit different. They were not as friendly as the private banks but I guess were far more professional. As of today I guess I will be taking a loan from PNB and will most probably carry an interest rate that will be a notch lower than the official interest rates. I am 24 yrs + and so are most of my friends. What it means is that most of you will be losing your single status soon. Last thursday I saw my dear friend Rahul losing his Bachelors. So i guess in the coming days my mails will have a new reader. The names Kusha and I must say Rahul is quite a lucky bum. The good friday day was quite an amazing day. Got a ...