Dreams and beyond...

Dreams and beyond...

Humans are the ‘ Sons and daughters of Adam and Eve’... We are the smartest species on earth... Not the Dolphins ( According to Douglas Adams...) What differentiates us from other creatures of Gaia is not only our ability to laugh but also the ability to dream... Dream is a very vague word... We dream about the most weird things... but these so called things keep us goin... Imagine this world if Hitler would not have dreamt of Germany to be a world power... or Agamemnon not dreaming of winning Troy... or Achilles not wanting to be immortal... or the quest of Alexander... We would have been very different... The very essence of Homo sapiens sapiens’ dreams is the ability to think of the future... the way they go about it... the way they achieve their targets... The targets they have set in their Dreams...

So when Haider was thinking of an apt topic for a play at ZeiGeist, he had to come up with this topic... So we are trying to portrait a classroom of under-graduates... the people we were some years ago... at the entrance of adulthood... in our early 20’s... when we thought ‘World is our playground’... when we thought ‘ The world will play on our fingers’.... Some ambitions... Some dreams... So this is a story about a bunch of students chasing the impossible... And a guy who wanted to take a path less trodden... I am the professor... I have an over- zealous bunch of students... In my class i have an actor, supermodel,, Politician, Housewife... the kind of dreams we all have... or have had in the earlier times... What happens in the class then is total chaos... What happens after that will be told after ZeitGeist...

In the mean time... during the rehearsals its good fun... People forgetting dialogues... Can u imagine... we know others dialogues but not ours... We have a smarty politician, an actor with mix of all other actors, a savvy model, a hyper baba bangali, an Indian idol who thinks he’s the talent India needs( who alone thinks....) a couple of backbenchers and a Prof who refuses to shave off his goatee( that’s me :P )... Crazy lot... M very sure the guys coming for the function are in for a surprise... Am sure they can see a lot of themselves in us...

So thats the story as of now... Hope Mr. Director doesn’t mind me givin u a few hints about his creation... hehe...

I’ll conclude this with a Johnny Depp quote: “ With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be otherwise its not acting. Its lying.”

Kudos guys... Cheers...

Boom... Boom... Boom...

The whole class was gearing up to receive Dr. Vaidy Jayaraman from Miami University for operations management. We had certain inhibition, as a professor of such high esteem (as matter of fact…his profile goes like this…M.S., M.B.A and Ph.D. and more than 15 years of experience as academician) coming and handling a course and most of guys are naïve.
On the very first day, he entered the class on dot and started off the class with casual talks and jokes. We were really carried away by the name calling exercise and he recalled the whole of our class names in 10 mins flat.
”Cheers”…is now the buzz word in our class as he put it on often…
He uses dramatic gesture in the class to make us pay attention for intricate details he gives during the lecture. Yaa…indeed his way of conducting classes is definitely unique.
Oh…man he calculates the numbers very fast; he writes answers on the board even before we do the same with our fancy calculators.
On his own way…he is really Bhoom…Bhoom…Bhoom…
Uhhh…Operations management classes for the term one got over. Thanks for Dr. Vaidy Jayaraman for making our life easy.

Thank you sir, for squeezing yourself and finding some time for us. We really look forward for next term course with you.

Cheers…

Siva .T.S
Trendsetter #27

Public speaking…

Is public speaking that difficult…Seems not…We felt so after Prof. Antony Thomas’ public speaking session…Once we are were judges…we all gave a three minutes speech and rest of us along with Prof. Thomas were evaluating…
Wow…what an experience…how many different views and insight…Gestures, voice modulation, podium movement these were some of the areas that were looked into…Haider and Parithosh excelled in the class with their great show….Haider was excellent in voice modulation and Praithosh scored dramatically…
Thank you Sir...for making us to learn this art of public speaking...
Once again the trend setters got sharpened and polished with an eminent person and this time is for public speaking…believe me the faculties have taken oath for making the best for us…
Let’s wait and see what are all there waiting there for us…

Trend setters’ rocks man…
Siva.T.S
Trend setter # 27

Reclaming Your Power

There is an innate awkwardness to being human. With each decision we make, there is the potential for self-doubt and it is this-self doubt that forms the root of insecurity—a complex emotion that is a mix of equal parts inadequacy, isolation, fear, and hopelessness. Yet these feelings of insecurity that prevent us from fulfilling our potential by inducing us to abide by arbitrary self-limitations are nothing more than erroneous perceptions. We feel unconfident and unsure of ourselves because we judge ourselves to be so.

When we feel insecure, we not only perceive ourselves as incapable of meeting life’s challenges but also unworthy of true happiness. We move through life plagued by a sense that others have judged us and found that we are lacking. As a result, we are robbed of our personal power and rendered unable to feel positive about the choices we make. Everyone feels insecure from time to time because each of us is born into the world with unique strengths. If you should find yourself with feelings of insecurity, however, endeavor to understand its source. A tendency to withdraw from risk or uncomfortable situations can amplify feelings of insecurity. When you have pinpointed the origin of your insecurity, focus on your abilities. The more you utilize your personal power—by taking risks, boldly facing challenges, and acting decisively—the stronger it will grow.

Remember that insecurity is not objective. Rather, it is an emotional interpretation of your value unconsciously based on doubt, shame, and fear. As you overcome those underlying emotions through courageous action and self-love, you’ll discover that you are capable of achieving more than you ever thought possible.

Cheers!!
Haider Jasdan

Life of Mumbaikar at MBS

As a Mumbaikar attending MBS, my day starts at 5:00am with the pre readings to prepare for the d respective class quiz and catching up on the left over work... I hastily take a bath and have a sip of tea. Then run down the stairs by 7:45 coz Shahil (H is silent) waiting at putla (Just nearby my house) with a Taxi. Next comes the Dadar Bridge which we run with the 15kg bags weighing us down. With my agile body I reach the platform before shahil does (Truth: The reverse is just what happens).Well, if you miss the 8:06 train the next train is @ 8:20 (according to IST-Indian stretchable Time) But as usual we are always late...after boarding the train begins the next round of revisions and pre-readings..The journey ends and we meet our gang at the station where another almost impossible task awaits us ‘GETTING A RICSHAW TO DROP US TILL COLLEGE.’ 90% of the times you won’t get one...Then you enter MBS and if by mistake or should I say luckily you are on time, then you attend the first lecture. But if you are even 5minutes late u can sit out and enjoy the balcony view...then this schedule continuous till the end of the day. The lunch and coffee breaks are spent at the ajantha auditorium (the room we substitute for a Slumber room)...By the end of the day you are loaded with enough work to keep you busy for a day but unfortunately u have to finish it before sunrise. Worse, when I’m completely exhausted I’m stuck up with the killer group (Killer group coz they actually kill you if you don’t finish your work on time). Then come the ‘n’ number of healthy fights between Two Big Giants of my group (In size and brains) which are mostly directed towards improving the presentations. Although I learn a lot from them, their voices tend to haunt me even in my sleep... After this starts the study session which goes on till 12:15 am...then begins the Journey back home and this time I’m with Kevin and we are rushing to catch the last train and even before I’m able to descend from the bridge, Kevin is waving at me from the door of the train. No chance of beating him in that run...Poor me...By the time I reach home it is already 1:30...n I fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed and that’s after having dinner if u are in a state to ...To end with like the motto of my college says “We can and we Will” and Inspite of this hectic schedule I still say “I can and I will”. Whatever be the case MBS works and students make it Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So As Professor Dr.Vaidy Jayaraman says CHEERS!!!!!

Yezdi Mehta

Trensetters #20

Dawn: when men of honour go to bed...

Dawn: when men of honour go to bed...

Yawn... It was a very tiring day... funny thing is I don’t feel the fatigue... Does this mean I am getting used to this gruesome curriculum of MBS... Err... well no... not really... It means that the night schedule is so hectic that the day feels like a breeze from our centralised ac campus... I cant even remember when was the last time I slept for 4 hours(which by MBS standards is super- luxury)... average sleep(s) is always less than 4hrs... s < 4hrs... observe there is no lower limit...

I am not complaining... My body is... My heart is not... My eyes are... What a conflict...? Who will win...

I have begun to think ...Sleep is like the unicorn – it is rumoured to exist, but I doubt I will see any... The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more...

Well the point here is... We have so many assignments and projects for the next two weeks that sleep has become a lavish luxury... We generally sit in college till around 5am... Do our work... Go home and study some more... other day on the way home a cop stopped me... he asked “Are u high on drugs..?” I said “No, I am high on HDI”... he said “Whats that, is it legal”... i said “It is not... plz arrest me... so i can sleep in the lock up...” he showed me to the nearest coffee cycle...

Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation...

The coffee cycle guy is like my best friend... who else will serve u warm idlis anytime between 12am to 5am... Coffee is like a life saver... the coffee machine in the college is a different story...

Well as Sparsh has said in the earlier blog... and I very much agree with him... TSK management is a tough thing to learn... but we did it... we are triumphing... the difference between ‘urgent’ and ‘important’ is realised... We are not waiting for ‘important’ to become ‘urgent’...

But we have to learn more... El’ Dorado is still far far away...

In the immortal words of Robert Frost...

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep."

Amen...

Bhushan Vishwasrao

Trendsetter # 30

a proud MBsite

Good Morning....

Its 7:00 am in the morning, Its drizzling and the view from the terrace garden is beautiful, Nikhil went to sleep an hour earlier & I can say finally 3rd July is over.
After 7 coffees & one full night at MBS, we think we are wiser, not just in strategy & marketing, but something deeper. Dr. Rakesh P Singh, our Dean academics, told us in our senate meeting that MBA is all about Time Management, Stress Management & Knowledge Management; I think we now know what he meant.
It was a long night, full of readings and cases and we believe we fared well.
What is surprising is that just 40 minutes of sleep, last night and I am still fresh, ready for the next day (which promises to be longer), that I believe is the spirit of MBS…………….
All I can say is this feels really great, I can feel the surge of energy while saying that MBS Rocks……. Trendsetters Rock……………….

BTW... We can smell the Sunday :P

Sparsh Jain
PGPM09s#12