In the true Sparta Spirit...

                Dec 2, GLIM, Chennai--------------------------------------Dec 12, GLIM, Chennai

10 days of madness, insecurities, apprehensions, anxieties, tensions, plannings, prayers, and hopes!

As the placement week is scheduled to commence from Dec 12, everyone in the college is living with a heart beating fast and fingers crossed, expectations flying high and holding hard on to hopes and prayers. Its the time to reap the fruits of all the hard work and sweat we have put in during last 8 months, recollect all the MBA gyaan and  plunge our heart and soul to find that one perfect job: -time for placements!!! Yes, the time has finally come, which will mark an end to the fact of us not earning, time to pick a job which we always wanted to do, follow our dreams and shape our future. With 70+ companies visiting the campus for placements during Dec12-16, all this seems to be a fairytale soon going to be a reality, a dream coming true! As the golden future stand in front of us, welcoming all with arms wide open, We, The Spartans, prepare ourselves in true Sparta spirits to fight for it and win for ourselves our dreams and aspirations. Its the time to prove to the world outside, the acumen we have acquired after joining Great Lakes, with the help of world class faculty and learning facilities provided to us. These 10 days is the time of suspense and patience, while we also prepare ourselves for the moment to glory. Wishes to the fellow Spartans- all the best friends...chase it, fight for it, snatch it-because you deserve it!

Let the curtains fall, let the show begin! Placement week- Spartans are ready...bring it on!!!

.......So what!!!

Here goes the story of a coy and timid girl who always dressed up in simple clothes, very intelligent though, she was not one of those beautiful girls fluttering around. She too was aware of this fact but she was a confident, calm and composed lady. One beautiful Sunday morning, she went to the church with her family for the mass; dressed in a well starched pretty white gown-just as she always did on any and every sunday. But this very day she got a lot of compliments from the family and friends about she looking very pretty, the dress being elegant and what not! This indeed was not usual for her to get so many compliments, rather than being flattered, with every compliment she grew more and more suspicious to as something could have gone really wrong that she was getting noticed by so many people that day! Probably her dress is torn or the hair not done properly and people might just be complimenting her so that she does not feel bad for having goofed up so badly. As soon as the mass finished she rushed herself into the washroom to check what actually was wrong! To her surprise, she was really looking beautiful with a small bindi her mother had secretly put on her forehead without bringing into her notice. Having explored her own beauty, the same girl, after a few years was again in a similar situation- on a sunday morning mass- dressed up in an elegant gown, with best of her makeup on and having grown used to of being noticed and complimented for being so pretty and poised. Today also something happened which was not usual- An old lady ran into her and commented that she looked horrible that day! Just having heard that, she was so convinced that probably her make up came out or something surely have happened and she actually looked ugly; she didn't even wait for the mass to finish and ran into the washroom to check herself out. She again was surprised to notice that nothing was actually wrong and she looked perfectly fine!
Why is it that we believe more in what others say about us rather than what we think of yourself! Why is that it is difficult for us to believe in something positive told to us by someone else when so easily we cling to the negative comments passed to us! When someone runs into us and says you look pretty today- we think, 'must be some favor he needs that is why i am being praised today!' and when the same person says u look bad today, you start counting the reasons why you might be looking bad without even having examined the truth! Why not just know ourselves the way we are, accept ourself and be ourself. To hell with what others have to say. It is actually like becoming a television and giving the remote control to other people.Its like living your life on the whims and fancies of others, its as good as being others' slaves. Decide for yourself- be the king of your imperfect world or be a slave of this perfect world. Everyone have shortcomings. It is not good enough to know that you are not perfect, more important is to accept that you are not perfect and have an attitude that....so what!!!...if you are not perfect......no one is!!! 

blogging again...

Its been quite a few days i have written a blog! MBA indeed has been keeping me occupied... September came and went past like a cool swift breeze , without giving any time to spend writing one. It saw a lot of activity at college- classes (lots of !), assignments, presentations,case studies, submissions, dead lines, etc etc etc!!! To add to it, a lot of MBA competitions came and Dare2compete became second favorite site just after Facebook(which of course is the all time love). Though it made life hell hectic , yet a learning experience it was to participate in various B-School competitions (and insha-allah to have won a couple of them). I never realized when did my 3rd term exams started and finished and then came the long awaited break-------the 4 golden days of glory! After 6 months, finally saw my mom, dad, sisters, jijajis, my nieces and nephews- sia, soham, anukampa, ashmit (missed aastik a lot, m proud he is studying in boarding school), my chd gang of friends...so refreshing it was! A lot of important things happened in last month, lot of lessons learnt, shall be writing more about these in further detail.
Now, m back - but sadly writing on a day which is real sad- the world lost a visionary of all times- Steve Jobs. R.I.P. , people like him are a rarity. The loss would never be compensated, you will be missed SJ.
Let me quote this great man and give you food for thought...shall be posting more stuff later.
“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

Why me! Why again!!!

"Hum ek baar jite hain...
aur ek baar marte hain...
aur pyaar.....wo bhi ek hi baar hota hain", life would have been really simple if this famous dialogue of SRK from KKHH was actually the truth of life. But, I beg to differ!
"Hum zindagi pal pal jite hain....
bahut se pal marte hain...
aur payaar...wo bhi pal pal karte hain"!
Let me not generalize to everyone but keep this one to I, me, myself...
I gracefully accept what i am and my imperfections; may be thats why it keep coming back to me....the happiness, the sorrow, the love, the hatred, the right, the wrong, the zest, the gloom. Had I been so perfect, I would never have let the sorrow peep into my personal life which I would have made perfectly joyous and delightful. Kaash sab kuch itna acha hota.....Yun hota to kaisa hota...actually kitna boring hota! nahi?
Kuch bhi happening na hota! I never would have had the chance to feel the happiness of small little things in life that comes after a big fat era of sorrow,  neither i would have felt the warmth of the one touch of a beloved after a long time of separation, nor i would have felt the importance of my being when someone tries to cheer up when sad! Huh!! The thought of such a so called perfect world is spooky...
Life's blessings are disguised in all these small moments!!!
Had there been no sad day there would be no importance of a glad day...but then Why do i complain?
Why do i crib about things not going the prefect way? When there are hard times; Why do i keep shouting--Why me! Why again!!!!
I pause here, to dig a lil' deeper; though i guess i know the answers to my questions...yet i am so caught up in this vicious circle......but....Why me! Why again!!!

Bring it on......

Life has been good these days....full of fun filled challenges, racing against time, beating deadlines and what not! To add a zing to it is the project "iChew" , what a learning i must say! Social media is indeed more than chatting on facebook and tweeting the gossips people, i have learnt my lesson (in a pleasant way), there is a whole world worth exploring!!! Everyday is a new learning, a value addition with everything you do! Setting your goals (small, big, not so big....), chasing them, beating them, raising your standards, benchmarking yourself against you, blah blah blah, but actually its not blah! These day have been days of tremendous learning and trying my hand at so many new things i have never doen so far! Though only a 3-4 hr of sleep is what i have been able to get for my self but the days have been very restful and mind at the epitome of calmness. I guess the only reason for all these oxymoronic things happening to me is that i have been doing things which i have always wanted to, it is a food for the soul and gives me immense esthetic satisfaction. I now agree with all who always professed-"This is one life-do things which makes you happy! Happiness is the key to success." With the freshly enthused energy and vigor i feel i am more than ready to plunge myself into anything that i have ever wanted to.....Dear Life, Bring it on!!! 

Friends forever

Friends forever

My MBA experiments @GreatLakes continues.....its 4.22 AM and am doing something i have never done before!!!

MBA is all about new learnings and unwinding the old learnings...

This video is an ode to my friends at chandigarh who will always carry a special place in my heart forever....love you guys!

Down the memory lane.......

A silent chord was struck and the golden memories refreshed....as i got a mail today from Infosys to join the Finacle Alumni Portal. The days of self-dependence in which i took pride of being an Infoscion and the indispensible remembrances of the great friends i had in chandigarh- everything became so fresh and alive. Ad mist of very hectic routine and exams approaching, it was like a breath of fresh air to see a mail from Infy. Truly they say " Once an Infoscion always an Infoscion."
I therefore am posting a few excerpts from my stint at Infosys: some unforgetful moments......
The First Day: Sept 8th, 2008. It still feels fresh- the first sight of magnificent and mesmerizing Mysore campus when i stepped into the world where dreams come true; my training in Infy started. Work hard and you can learn anything -the key take away from 6 months of what i call "the best days of my life". All good things come to an end- so  did my training and i moved on to Chandigarh.
A new journey called Chandigarh: It was  more of a home coming and yet another phase of life started. Everyday walking by the swimming pool and lush green gardens of the Infy campus, i reached my desk with full vigor and pride of being an Infoscion.......ah what a feeling it used to be...!!! Life bestowed upon me the bestEST of friends i ever got and the joys of life manifolded with them.
I moved on again: An old adage in Hindi: " Kuch paane ke liye kuch khona padta hai"- it was time for me to leave everything behind and move on to achieving higher goals of life.
My last letter on the last day of office(5th April 2011) sums it up all....

Today is THE day!

I compose this mail with mixed feelings….31 months of working at Infosys have changed me a lot, of course for better!

But its time to move on….to fly high……..to chase my dreams….

The time spent here is special to me, as it created memories to be cherished forever....

I have a long list of people who need to be thanked….

Mysore junta: Kislay, Varun, Gunjan, Preet, Romit, Soham, Richa, Amreen, Priya, Sudeep, Mangesh, Prakash, Anasuya, Vaibhav,

Amritava(thanx for the karoke nites!)…..

………………………..8^th Sept 2008 batch roxx…

Special Thanks to : Yogesh( my first project manager J and the BEST), Ashish, Santosh: u guys always comforted and inspired meJ

………………………thanks to all those who helped me with my work at any point and those who made the difficult times easy!

My masti partners: Varun, Sumit, Goja, Poonam, Monisha….

……………………….thanks for sharing the laughters and all the timepass J

Chd gang: Deepak, Rahul, Ritika, Harsh, Divya, Siddhartha, Richa, Niharika, Amneet, Neethi, Himanshu, Laveen, Abhinav, Ema….

……………………….you will always remain close to my heart JJJ

Stay in touch friends:

Sushant.midha@gmail.com

9888396521

Baaki toh: Facebook Zindabad J

P.S.: Please come and have some sweets @ my desk...lets part on a sweet note J 

Signing Off,

Sushant Midha | SE

Infosys Technologies Limited | SEZ, Chandigarh-IT Park, Chandigarh, India 

(Extn) *609 - 13062   | (M) +91 9888396521 | www.infosys.com/finacle

....................cheers to life lived and looking forward for days to come......Thankyou God!!!

So Simple....yet so complicated....

The present is called a present because it is a gift to be cherished, yet we are busy planning the future; why? Friends, family, money, health, success, happiness....we have it all, yet we feel incomplete; why? At times life is so simple, a neatly drawn portrait, a beautiful painting, yet it feels so complicated and cluttered; why?
I dont want to get away with it just by saying its human nature! Reasons and answers are important and i want to poke myself and search the answers; then another thought comes, does it is actually necessary to even bother myself and look for such answers; are these questions really valid; is it worth all the confusion and chaos??? Is it important to study such ironies and seek clarifications?
Parents...they are the support mechanism of our life, then why we have difference of opinion with them, why we want to break all the rules imposed by them, why is it that we think we have grown big enough not to be guided by them for every little thing and we should be let on our own to manage things in life, yet one miss them the most at  time when one is not with them, they are the ones who we remember the first every time we are in a mess and we need a helping hand; why?
They say friends are the real blessings.....is it so? then why do one feel bad about the actions/inactions of  friends....makes one think -is it a good idea to bank your emotions on friends or is it wise to be friends with people just for fun? Expectations, attachement and emotions become a part of relationship with friends without you even knowing this!
We fight with our siblings the most, hate them for taking our share of chocolates unduly and breaking the favorite toys, yet turn look up to them to seek every small advice and seek acceptance of all the small or big decisions in life we want to take; why? We take up a fight intentionally for petty issues with our girlfriend/boyfriend, just to see how the issue is resolved, how much importance is given and what sweet things are done to reconcile with you, we keep finding faults and blame with everyone for not being up to the expectations, yet she/he is the first person we seek to share small joys of life; why? its her/him we find to seek a shoulder to cry our heart out; why?
Life is so simple, yet we make it so complicated; why?

Go Live...

I frequently heard this term "GO LIVE(Laaive)" when i was working with Finacle in Infosys...;With my first blog..its...Sushant..GOing LIVE!!!
Since m beginning, i have no clue of the rules of the game, neither i hav an idea if at all are thr any rules or wat the game is all abt! One thing and the only thing i want to do is to write "Direct dil se....."
Of course i hav been inspired, its not that out of no where i suddenly decided to start writing :P, Thankyou - Tushar Arora("chote" as i call him)....for making me sensitive abt Qoute unQoute Blogging and the beauty of it!
Its been over 3 months since MBA have started and i have been living in some village near chennai(never thot this would ever happen)!!!. Everyday is a new beginning, a new promise made to myself, some fulfilled and some(many) broken! Long classes, hectic routine, never ending pre reads, mid terms, case studies, presentations, projects, submissions, quizzes  competitions, group meetings, village visits- by the end of the day i feel am a totally changed person. Each day is a value addition, each day is a shattering of old notions, each day is conceiving of new ideas...each day is a new life! Besides the hectic routine , we manage to find breather time, rush to mayajaal-catch a movie, fetch _____ , quick lunch/dinner @ mahaballipuram, all night parties in the room- makes me realize-theres a lot to life...and how we already have become managers (its a real challenge to manage doing all of this in mere 24 hrs god has given in a day!).
While i miss my olden golden friends till now everyday...at the same time i am getting to meet a new person everyday...picked up a few gems out of them n its now that i have started feeling rich enough to spend the rest of the year with them...finally i hav come to resonance with a few and i value them a lot...dil se dosti karna itna b aasaan nahi!
I guess that is what MBA is all about and i am happy sailing this joy ride...cheers to those who inspired, supported and guided me to have reached here and super cheers to the ones who are making this time of life...GO LIVE....