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i lost the elections…which is all good cause i know the opposite side is good…and capable. however…there are some people who disagree…so much so that they go about blasting the entire indian politics scenario…! a mail this morning is bound to make vajpayee weak in his knees (pun intended..!) and laloo commit suicide from the ground floor of his mansion.

it definitely brought N to react…in a rather bitter way…and it wasnt complimented with a sweet symphony. it was just plain brutal and honest…which i would appreciate…

anyways…life is normal. people are getting worked up as the finals are approaching. how will we handle economics…how will be handle accounting…how will be handle the remaining 10 odd months…! not to mention the number of photocopies of ‘multiple regression models’ that are floating around…! amazing…

only a week to go before the term ends. life was fun this term. made great friends…had an awesome time attending classes…interacting with the profs…getting to read them beyond the obvious…hope the finals can justify my existence here…

rest all good…by the time R reads this she would have already had a conversation with K. holy shit…its shocking…S is out of the picture and in comes a 19 yr old babe from hyderabad. he is coming down to stay with me..cause his family is meeting up with the girl’s family. interestin bit. after some 67586289 relationships..he settled for an arranged one….! impressive

S lost her grandmom yesterday. thankfully i was there when she heard about it. she was in a bad state…however she is doing better today. god bless…

rest all good…india still rocks…including politics…

all the best to all the VPs…excited to see you guys deliver your best…

~a

something about this brand makes me fall in love with it…every single day…

and i believe that nike has always been at the forefront of the best websites on the web. if that wasnt enough…check their latest innovation…

http://nikeid.nike.com/nikeid/index.jhtml?promoID=blog_contest#home

and while we are on links….here is an interesting bit. there is actually a part of your brain which starts working when people go sarci…!

“ahem ahem…ankur…how come you are looking so thin today…??”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4566319.stm
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the day went well…nothing grand. N’s B-I-L had come over. and he happens to be a celebrity. it was fun haging out with him over lunch…although i have a feeling that he wasnt very confortable with us. he seemed pre-occupied. anyways…

lunch was also with this staff write from Forbes. she is on a trip to india…learning about non-IT startups in India. so she wanted to have an informal chat with some students connected/planning to connect with the entrepreneur world.

apart frm this…had an interesting conversation with R. wont delve too much into it…all that remains is the fact that i have so totally fallen in love with her all over again. she is simply amazing.

2.35am…time to hit bed. I see N,G,N and A outside…chillin out…

~a

everything…including life…is trivial…! there has been a tragedy in the ISB community…we have lost someone who was right in front of our eyes only some weeks back…making a presentation on how important and amazing the experience called life is..! and this evening..it was all over..! what remains is simply the feeling…

…trivial…

~a

the soap box presentations yesterday went well. though i do have competition in the real sense of the world. and campaigning is something that 1) i have never done…2) i dont know how to do…3) wont work because i am out of my deo..!

so lemme see…i surely wud hv to do something to get people to vote for me…G has been suggesting that i go to classrooms and talk to them…that didnt happen today…so lets see..tomorrow (will also leave a fresh memory when they walk in to vote tom…AAHaaaa…!!)

rest all is happening good…the marketing case is almost done…killing us..! G had to be rushed to the hospital last night cause of severe dehydration…the case is that dry…(alrite…ALRITE…BAD ONE…!!)

didnt get a chance to talk to R…talked for some 3 nanonseconds before i had to start with the group meeting. she told me that P is getting engaged…which makes me wonder…why the hell is everyone in this world getting engaged..and that too this time arnd. i hear atleast one engagement news everyweek…its crazy..! are rings being over-produced?

life is good otherwise…talked to K and A a few minutes back. good fun. MS is leaving…which is rocking news. S and J have moved in…(lucky Bas…)…and are sure having a ball.

and here i am….

~a

it’ll die the day people stop caring about others….and last evening told me that this hasnt happened as yet. it started with me sharing my concerns with R…and boy…did i stretch the definition of ‘my best friend is also my lover’…!! i told her whatever was there inside me…troubling me like bappi lahiri’s music…and she hates bappi as well. so she was pretty understanding…

having said that…the fact doesnt change that she too goes through the same phases in life….its jst that i already knew of them. i do think that my confession was something that took her by surprise. at somepoint of time in our conversation she actually said..”i cant believe that i am suggesting this to you…”

and then came in S. mannn…that was some conversation. it was funny how we talked for 15 odd minutes without mentioning the names of the concerned individuals even once. it was ‘heart-talk’….and it was amazing. i am so glad i had the conversation with her…!

turned in the eco assignment last night…have a horrible..stupid…nasty…what not…marketing case due this wednesday. i mean for god sake…some industrial plant has high bacteria growth in its process…and mind you…they arent the best smelling bacteria on earth. so these dudes decided to do what…….???…..throw deoderant bottles in the process….hmmmmm…..at what exact moment in your professional life…DID YOU LOOSE IT….!!!!

and then this turns into one masterpiece of a case…and screws around with the heads of b-school grads the world over. so much so for a bottle of CK thrown in to make bacteria smell good…!

exams due in just 2 weeks…wow…! 1st term almost over…hope it goes off well…

still humming…”yeh zameen gaa rahi hai…aasmaa gaa raha hai…”

another day…

~a

does Simon Hoegsberg (simon..who…??) rock or what…!!!

this dude can think with photography….and here i am just able to see with the art…! you have to check him out with ‘The Thought Project’

http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/

PS: Our conversation from last night…

From: Simon Høgsberg [mailto:simon@simonhoegsberg.com] Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 11:41 PMTo: Ankur WarikooSubject: Re: Wish to compliment you

Hej Ankur,

It’s not often that I receive as much praise as that given to me below. Thank you very much. It means a lot to me.

Keep it up and take care,

Simon

Dear Simon…

This email goes out to compliment you on the extraordinary work that you done with respect to photography, lately. I was impressed with ‘Private and Public’ when it came out. However, ‘The Thought Project’ contradicted my opinion that nothing could be better than ‘Private and Public’. It is simply one of the best photography project that I have come across, that connects visuals with sensitivity in a profound manner.

Please accept my congratulations again on a wonderfully executed project. I am an amateur photographer and you definitely serve as a high source of motivation and inspiration.

Hope to see more of you in the near future. Take care and have a nice day ahead…

Regards
Ankur Warikoo

M: how was the day…
Me: just as usual…nothing grand…how was yours…?
M: normal..nothing grand
Me: its really hot here…
M: oh same here…you cant run the AC 24 hrs…but u can..which is good…
Me: no we cant..we have a maximum…so its used only at night
M: what else…
Me: what else…
…
…
M: Bye
Me: bye
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conversations with ma are always interesting…because it makes u realize that you can spend a lot every single day…doing something that you do everyday….all to make someone feel relaxed and at peace. its not that big a price then…and makes up for a place in heaven…!! :)

I consulted R regarding my decision to stand for the VP…she thinks i should go for it…so lets see…i am still contemplating. what i hate most about myself is my orthodox attitude towards people’s opinion. even though i ask for them…(which again is rare)…i dont see any opinion making any difference on my final decision. then why the hell did i get that person to even think about some stupid juvenile problem of mine…! stupid me..!

A gave me this amazing song…”yeh zameen gaa rahi hai..” (remixed) by Nitin Bali. sung wonderfully and has a very nostalgic feel to it. cmon..we used to hear this during chitrahaar…every wednesday…what…just 15 yrs back or so..! and and and..beautiful song..”Piyu Bole” (Parineeta 2005) …check it out…
http://bollyfm.net/temp/mp3/m-p/parineeta.php

work has been coming along great. I am quite concerned about….(someone)…but then i am sure that (s)he knows whats best for (her)him. i guess thats what been troubling me for a few days now…though i dont know why do i even care…

i dont like myself at times…i feel like kumar gaurav…!

~a

so…when was the last time that so much was happening in my life…and i was enjoying it…!!!? hmmm…say 5 minutes back…!!!

life is moving on at a rapid face…giving carl lewis a red face. the day ends as soon as kumar gaurav’s film career…and its not even funny. and its not always studies…i mean..yeah for like 23.999 hrs a day…but then u get to do other stuff as well…sneeze…breathe…and its quite good.

well..seriously…its not all that bad. the day starts at 7.45 and i am glad that i am able to do much of what i wish to…in the day. this includes hanging out with people…(allright allright…girls…!! they are people as well…!)…and gyming…music…photography…! i guess at the end of it…time management is the key…and door knob isnt jammed many a times..

i hv been feeling a bit weird though lately..with stuff that i didnt think wud affect me…affecting me. however…i find it hard to see myself sad…! what’s surprising though is the number of people who have popped the question…”will you marry me…??”….NO…”what’s wrong with you..?” (holy shit…am i that transparent..!)

something that G remarked has got me thinking. i am contemplating whether i should stand for the VP or not…i surely dont wanna sleep with the feeling that people voted for me cause of some god damn silly stuff that i did ‘for them’…

but then…some people dont think that anything is done without any self interest….(read AB…and G…and A..B..C…D….everyone…!)

life moves on…am happy…

~a

the first test at ISB…the first moment of reckoning…the first moment wherein we get to know who will be in the top 0.787873 percentile of the batch…all today..!

yesterday was fun. with some time at my hand i made a mock mid term (reminded me of school…!!)…and distributed it around. gladly, it was well received…and even though it was kind of easy…i guess the idea was to just make people comfortable and confident about the entire shit…afterall…its not that hard you see!

life otherwise is good. R got her first big-time professional scolding yesterday…but given the person that she is…you can already see her coming out stronger and more confident..instead of just sulking over the entire bit. she is a sweetheart..damnnn…i miss her…!

K had one of his juvenile fights with N again. u wont even imagine what the context of the fight was…someone was waiting for someone..the other person came in late..and then lied…and then there was a nuclear explosion…people died…they survived…but still kept fighting…! (HOW OLD R U GUYS…!!!!)

anyways…rest all is good…see ya after the test…

~a

holy sweet mother of jesus…what the hell is with this song that i listen to it some 97816967962892 times a day…! and why the hell is everyone else doing the same. its like the anthem at ISB this year…! and its fails to die down anytime soon. i do admit…the song rocks…and surprises surprises…its the slower version that rocks more for me!

yesterday was fun…and tiring. the classes were a little heavy…and AA (with his dry sense of humor….”this is knowledge in motion..!!!!!!!” – when the white board started rising by itself..!) did make the marketing class heavier than it should have been. it just reiterates my belief that americans have a much ‘live’ sense of humor which..even if thought of before…comes across as fresh and believable.

the accounting class was heavy as well…revenue recognition…phew!! was one of the moments when u realize that things are running past you…when the reality is that they are jst walking. and yet you cant catch up..! however, a couple of dedicated hours will make the difference. will happen over this weekend.

Everyone is really tense about the stats mid term…which makes me tense as to why am i not tense…! (ok..that sentence had a lot of ‘tense’es…did you notice..!!??). i guess they have mindblocked themselves against the stats thingy and thus making them vulnerable infront of the subject.

lets see what happens tom. oh btw…i am planning to buy a bean bag and reorganizing my room a bit. lets see how it works. want to feel more at home as long as i am here. R…where r u…? :(

~a