People keep hearing different versions of stories explaining the perceived 'busy-ness' of an IIM student, especially in IIM A, B and C. They either hear it from their friends who are IIM students or read it on various avenues like InsideIIM. I am a first-year PGP student from IIM Bangalore (referred as 'B') and let me uncover this mystery to everybody's advantage!
It all started about a year ago but the memories are as fresh and as delicious as a freshly baked cake!
Oh God! Harsha Bhogle got the first movers advantage. He said it before I could say the same sentence. And so I’ll have to quote him saying, “I always believed that the most difficult thing in this world is to get into an IIM, however after coming here I realized that the most difficult thing is to get out of here”. We guys have to be very careful while writing something here. It has to be checked and cross-checked that the thing you are writing hasn’t been written by someone else at any other place, because here “Plagiarism is a serious offence and is looked down upon”. “The consequences may be severe” and “& it will be strictly dealt with”. You have to be vigilant at every step. Think before saying or doing anything. One can’t do things just for the sake of doing; it has to be backed by a strong reason and a rationale. Ha ha – that’s too much of a dose for a beginner or an outsider. Welcome to life@IIM-K, oops it’s “The Indian Institute Of Management Kozhikode” and very rightly we call it “God’s own Kampus”. Of course that’s not a spelling error. At IIM-K everything starts with K, and at K we call in Kampus. And beware we are very passionate about it. Once you stay at any IIM, no matter what kind of a person you are, everything is wiped off. Now you belong to that place and that tag defines you and stays with you forever. That is the power of an IIM and not only IIM-K but every other IIM. This is how they are designed and made. It’s really worth to be here, and all those aspirations and dreams and efforts do not go in vain. Step in here and you are assured that next two years of life will be well spent.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. - Sir Isaac Newton
“Sorry, you are rejected”- Unfortunately my innocent heart and harmless ears had to bear these utterly painful words not once but twice from someone who was the dearest of all. Someone about whom I used to dream all day and night since the time I was given the slightest hint of being the chosen one. Rejection struck me like a sharp weapon which ripped me apart and did not even spare my heart, my dreams and my sole reason of happiness. Heartbroken, I thought it is the end of my story as the world I own has just crashed. But I was not aware that love can bloom again and perhaps to a much better someone than I could have ever imagined in my wildest dreams and imagination.
