There are studs... and then there are some more of them.
Life outside the gates of an IIM looks so alluring now... a world where normal people are not difficult to find.... jostling with you in buses, standing with you in queues outside the bill-payment-counter, carrying bagfuls of vegetables in the sabji-mandi and occasionally haggling with the vendor, laughing at cliched jokes in a movie, snatching away your tiffin-box even before the lunch-break, laughing at you when you trip & fall and then giving you a hand...
You feel at home.. a satisfaction that you belong to this world.. that you can trip and fall... and then get up, shrug (maybe also laugh at yourself) and get going.
But. IIM. Studs. Life gets fucked up!
There may happen small incidents in life which give you profound realizations. Like, in a class of 70 students in 'Advanced Corporate Finance', when you find the class average is 8.6 out of 9, you know you are in deep shit. Studs!
You can choose to trip and fall... but if you can get up, shrug and get going after that, it would be close to a miracle.
And, the system itself discourages you from giving others a hand... the few who are able to rise above such things deserve to be called 'normal'
BTW, the title to this post is not relevant. That is just something I liked.. so it's there. And I kinda thought, it would look nice too. And, yes, if you feel that is not fair... heck! Do I care?*
*This is one of those wonderful things that I have learnt in the past 6 months.. form is more important than substance. Hence, the title!
Life outside the gates of an IIM looks so alluring now... a world where normal people are not difficult to find.... jostling with you in buses, standing with you in queues outside the bill-payment-counter, carrying bagfuls of vegetables in the sabji-mandi and occasionally haggling with the vendor, laughing at cliched jokes in a movie, snatching away your tiffin-box even before the lunch-break, laughing at you when you trip & fall and then giving you a hand...
You feel at home.. a satisfaction that you belong to this world.. that you can trip and fall... and then get up, shrug (maybe also laugh at yourself) and get going.
But. IIM. Studs. Life gets fucked up!
There may happen small incidents in life which give you profound realizations. Like, in a class of 70 students in 'Advanced Corporate Finance', when you find the class average is 8.6 out of 9, you know you are in deep shit. Studs!
You can choose to trip and fall... but if you can get up, shrug and get going after that, it would be close to a miracle.
And, the system itself discourages you from giving others a hand... the few who are able to rise above such things deserve to be called 'normal'
BTW, the title to this post is not relevant. That is just something I liked.. so it's there. And I kinda thought, it would look nice too. And, yes, if you feel that is not fair... heck! Do I care?*
*This is one of those wonderful things that I have learnt in the past 6 months.. form is more important than substance. Hence, the title!
2 comments:
Form aint more important than substance!! You went gravely wrong if you think the truth is otherwise! The unstoppable might trip once in a while, but he will remain unstoppable. As they say, "being defeated is just a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent!"
Look at all the success stories of this world and the commong thread that you will find is that all of the protagonists therein were born fighters!
In the long run, it is the substance that counts.
February 14, 2007 11:32 PM
"being defeated is just a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent!"
Sounds good.. maybe, it's true too. We will carry on with this discussion off-line....
But would definitely like to add that for every person who made it big after facing several stubling blocks... there are many more to whom success was served on a platter...and still a greater number who gave up midway..
Greatness appeals us, but then not everyone is meant to be doing great things.
Having accepted the reality does not change who you are. Substance may still be a winner in the long run... (though that is not the reason why I still believe in it).. but it would be naive to not believe that it is form that's making the world go around today
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