Kelas

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Bombay

A plane takes off about a kilometer off from my place. A train, a fast local, passes by making the windows reverberate. And the rains- it’s raining as if it were a frigging tropical rainforest. There are pigeons living in my AC duct- the AC that doesn’t really work- who make loud mating calls at odd hours in the night. And the walls- though seemingly thick- are made of some super sound-conducting medium so that I can hear most of what goes on in the adjoining flat. The lift sings an irritating Mozart tune everytime it’s in use- a tune that my flatmate has decided to whistle whenever I am in his presence, compounding my agony.

I open my window and there is Bombay outside my window. I can see slums and sewage and flooded streets. I have been a Delhiite all through my life until Citi packed me off here. Here, to the City of Lights Blinding Even More. To Bombay. Probably one of the worst cities to live in.

I wonder why I am so in love with it.

Eve6

For those of you wondering if the song mentioned in the epilogue is real or made up, here’s some news. The song is real indeed. It belongs to my favorite band of all time- a little known alternate rock band called Eve 6.

If you’re still interested, you can read how the band got named here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_6

You can listen to the song here. http://www.4shared.com/audio/VtrJC3y1/Eve_6_-_At_Least_Were_Dreaming.htm

Big Words

I have realized that in B-schools and thereafter in companies, several words are used simply because they sound nice and big. Perhaps, there will come a point in my life when I will get accustomed to using these words but as of today, if I hear any five Big Words in quick succession, my brain recedes into stupor or I get an uncontrollable urge to burst out laughing. Examples of a few Big Words are:

Leverage/ leveraging (By far the most overabused word by MBAkind)

Counterparty

Value proposition

Liability Heavy

Stake enhancement

Genesis

Anchor relationship

Selldowns

Metrics

Product architecture


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