silence

First of all, I apologize for not blogging for so long. But my silence is not due to lack of thoughts. Oh I have many things to share. Sometimes things kind of get to you and you need a little space to yourself. Combine that with technology that refuses to be controlled by you (just couldnt access this site at all for many days!!), you have a silent period in my blog page.

This is Mumbai

Ya.. now you know where I went.. You can also guess what I am going to say by looking at the picture.

Anyone who travelled by the urban-rural Red bus will understand what I am talking about. Traffic Jam at Airport is what Mumbai is all about.

One ATR is parked between two Boeings.

Airplanes are waiting in queue for take off. They are wing-to-wing or tail-to-tail. As soon as one airplane takes off another one lands rright behind it on the runway. No problem in this case. As soon as one airplance touches ground, another one is running behind it for take off. That is worrisome. The runway is as bad as traffic jam at road signals at Bangalore. (ya, I am exaggerating as of now. Wait for few more months for reality).

From the continuous announcements in the airport you can never make out details of your plane. No wonder the staff goes around shouting "Jet Airways to Bangalore !!" "Spicejet to Delhi !!" (like they shout "chai chai"). The only reason people put up with all this is that they save on the travel time as compared to railways. If the waiting period extends any longer, railways will be faster and cheaper. To top it they are all 'no-frills' airlines these days. So if u are lucky u can buy water while u are waiting inside the plane. If you are luckier (i mean waiting for more than an hour) they sell chips. In this aspects trains are better - you are are never starved. Those who consider those vendors as pests, please make note.

Infrastructure in India !! I am lost for words !!

Learning

Learning - very profound word.
When I joined IIM I was sure that I'll learn few things that would hold me in good stead in life. I found that I was reading beyond my comprehending capabilities and at one point of time I gave up all effort to even understand what I was reading.
Whatever I learnt (or I think I learnt) is through experiences in the campus, rather than through reading. I am surprised at my own capabilities of going through the academic rigor rather mechanically. I thought that the academic process was a participatory one. There are quite a few myths that were broken (especially about my own capabilities). Life has the habit of teaching you lessons when you least expect them.
I am not going to make a list of things that I learnt here and bore you. But yes surely I would share an important thing that I learnt here:
There are opportunities to learn everywhere if only you can keep your mind open and embrace life fully as it comes. And who knows where and how you will use these invaluable lessons.


PS: Another lesson learnt: don't wait for ideas to write long blogs. That way you lose out on short and useful ones.