'SOMAIYA SNOB' ;-)

This was indeed funny and sad in a way.. I was at NM a couple of days back for a J-A-M ( Just a minute competition).. and some guy from a college saw me there.. and told another friend of mine in his college that 'I saw that Somaiya Snob there'.. And obviously the girl was a good friend and in the evening she tells me that.. And i started laughing.. not at her.. not at me.. but perceptions people have and judgements they make without even meeting somebody..

For god's sake man(for that matter women as well).. I am tired of this thing.. Its been years.. since my collge days.. Almost everybody who meets me for the first time thinks the same.. its like a pattern.. "You see me.. think i am a snob.. then as fate would have it.. We meet.. we talk.. the perceptions change.. we become the best of the friends.. and somebody tells you that i am a snob.. and you then starts defending me.." The same person who used to think i am a snob then defends me from the same comments.. Funny and Ironical!!!

I dont understand if a person takes his time to open up with people and likes to be with the people he likes to be with.. and if you find somebody (anybody for that matter.. as a generalization) sitting in a corner reading a book or some article on the net.. then does it mean that he feels that he is superior to the whole race and does not want to maintain an eye contact with anybody as that might not be worthy of it!!!!.. Well.. I wish I had SOME credentials to think the same.. But God wasnt really kind while forming my personality, So i dont have any.. ;-D

I am obviously not here for an explanation... But I would only like to ask people is to "STOP BEING JUDGEMENTAL".. Atleast till the time you actually MEET or TALK to somebody(anybody) yourself.. Some people might just be inherently shy or something.. Just go to them.. Have a small Conversation and then decide.. it aint too much to ask for.. or is it????

Well.. That was a generalized statement.. as far as I am concerned.. Now i dont really give it a thought to this 'snob' thing.. coz the people who KNOW the real me through the time they have spent with me.. I kno what they think about it.. and Nothing else matters...

So.. Dont bother about who dont matter.. Coz the people who mind dont matter and those who matter dont mind.. right, aint it??

Take Very good care of yourself..

Have Fun Work Hard..

Long Time No Post...

Well.. Havent really updated my blog since a long time.. my apologies( hehe.. To whom.. ???? i m sounding like a crack pot.. as if somebody actually waits or even reads the entries here.. bt wateva).. Lets see if you can go all the way.. coz the point i wanna make is at the end of the post.. so lets check your patience with this longish entry..

Was busy with all kinda b-school shit.. placements.. competitions.. quizes.. all sorts of crap.. bt now i m free.. pretty bored actually.. watching crazy amount of movies.. this year's oscar list is complete.. Babel.. Blood diamond.. Departed.. The Last king of scotland.. In pursuit of happyness.. All done(well Almost)..

The past couple o months have been mixed... got Placed with the an international bank.. good offer.. but on the quizzing and extra currics front.. not the greatest season.. I dont kno whats wrong.. Have been losing at all the BIIG quizzes.. the ones that count.. but such is my life.. i am slowly getting translated to the "oh.. That was Unlucky" loser type guy.. more like Team India.. Losing (that includes finishing runners up) at the big stage.. something always seems to go wrong.. What eva.. I always take these as a 'Healthy Learning Experience'.. :-)

Lost a Big Quiz even yesterday.. Was going great guns.. and Damn.. The other team challanages us for a difficult question.. and we come from winning to third place.. The mind was all fucked up last night.. Couldnt even sleep properly.. But don kno the reason.. I am feeling Really good today...Woke up with a 'Feel Good Factor'.. and Its early morning and i thought of updating my blog..

So here i am.. and the entry would be too long so this is only an introduction to the 'snob' entry coming your way...

Isnt it ironical.. I write this entry before the snob one.. But THAT would be featured above THIS..and after my updated post... you will get to kno tht THAT was a new entry after a long time i wanted.. am i makin sense??? well not much i guess.. But who cares.. right??

Take Care

Alone!!!

“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone” : Jean de la Bruyere

Alone.. Strange word it is.. Dictionary meaning says "Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only, Unique; rare; matchless-- applied to a person or thing,"

This afternoon i was surrounded by atleast 100 people in the college canteen.. chatting..blabbering..laughing..screaming.. still i was alone.. May be when you are reading this, you are alone yourself. What??? You are not. Think again..

So, what being alone means. Is it a good thing or is it not? The answer lies with you. You what you are, when you are surrounded by others, some who matter and most who don't, or when you are with YOU??

Creativity somebody said that is an individual effort. Some of the most creative people are loners. They prefer to spend time away from coworkers, alone with their own thoughts and ideas. They may be difficult to talk to, even to find, and may not like working on teams. A lone genius can never fight with multiple mediocre minds. Is it true??

All of us have a mask which hides our own identity. The only time we are not with that mask, is the time we are alone. As Henry David Thoreau once said, “I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Who judges what we are good at or what not? Is it the people who 'know' you or who think they know you or your own self??

Is it only that presence of somebody means that you are not alone. or is that you can be alone in a literal sense, but still not alone because somebody or something is constantly with you??

How many times, has it happened with you that you feel alone in the company of a dozen, sometimes even a hundred people. and How many times has it happened that you are 'alone' in your room, staring at the fan above and still feel somebody's warmth around you??

Confused? I am as well.. Everything i have said here ends with a question mark And this is the very purpose of this post. Not to philosophize on something. But to Raise Questions and Start a thought process. When you are done reading this, just think about it and whenever you think you are alone. Remember.. It aint that bad either..

SureShot Way to kill Brilliance and Creativity: Examinations..

The only constant thing in life.. is NOT change.. its Examination..
Exams Exams and More Exams.. and thats about it.. Doing an MBA itself is too arduous and we have this trimester system and shit on the cake is Mid-Trimester Exams.. Come on guys.. Get a Life.. Giving assignments where you are supposed to exercise your right, left or center brain is something else.. but Having Exams every 40 Days is another..

Sometimes i feel like a Dog in China being sterilized by the local authorities.. but in this case the weapon used is the almighty pen through which the faculty gives marks..

I know some amount of creative genius is required here as well.. I mean, who can write the same sentence in 17 differet styles.. sometimes active..other passive.. and meaning nothing.. But for god's sake.. This is not going to count ANYWHERE in life..

No Creative Geniuses were made in B-Schools.. but what to do.. the only sure shot way to get a six( or even seven) figure salary in this country is only through a piece of paper called the MBA degree.. Business Success comes through Innovation and Creativity and not mugging up crap.. It comes through exericing your grey cells and thinking laterally and finding a gap in the market..(if it doesnt exist, then by very well creating a PERCEIVED gap in the minds of the consumer)..

I feel so goddamn bored till the brim.. No excitement.. No Challanges.. Just mundane studies.. Assignments.. Projects.. Showing your PPT Prowess.. thats it.. for heaven's sake.. guys get a life... Go out and Have Fun..

Hmmm.. Actually i hv got Two exams tomorrow so won't be able to write much.. So up i go to scale the business landscape through business strategy and trying to juggle my way into the Management Control Systems.. (though nothing systematic nor strategic about my preparations)..

Till next time.. i have this strange urge to write some crap which neither my roommates nor anybody else in the world cares about.. BBye..

Why this blog?

So i have jumped on to the bandwagon.. and I have my own blog now.. which essentially means that i now formally EXIST in the web world.. This was coming since a LONG time but either i was too lazy to move my ass or i was too lazy to move my ass.. But Here I am..
"Gaurav Gyan" : Its neither the most unique blog in the world nor it is something you actually would look forward to get some "gyan". This Blog is actually a space to share all my weird, eccentric ideas and philosophies which nobody listens neither cares about.. But now i have an outlet to all my crazy thoughts and viewpoints..
In the next few posts i hope to share some of my weirdness with all those who care and even those who don't.. So watch this space for some more "Gaurav Gyan"