As the Indian team faced bouncers on a green Edgbaston pitch on the 2nd of July, so did we, with the first-ever quiz of the session: Managerial Economics. It, being the first exam in our XL life, added to the pressure, and for a lot of people, yours truly included, this would be the first of many all-nighters and 3 AM snacks with friends.
Along the way came committee ice-breakers, where I was fortunate to meet some incredible seniors, the outbound program, which pushed me to my physical and mental extremes, and the village program, that showed me a new side to the country I always thought I knew. All of this, while the race for CV points, and getting your points verified, was on.
India’s journey in the World Cup ended on the 9th of July, but we were just getting started. In this one month alone, XLRI had done many things: it had bowled curveballs at us, almost got us run-out of time for deadlines and stumped us with tough questions about priorities, but the greatest things it taught us was to build partnerships, a central tenet of XL culture, and got us out of our comfort zones; it taught us not to stick to the mental boundaries we limit ourselves by.
TL; DR, I love this place already!
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