“Happiness can only exist in acceptance” another great mind proclaimed. Halfway through the gruelling committee selection process, while trying to finish up a selection task, I realised the clock had slowly inched towards 5 in the morning and sleep had vanished from my eyelids. I packed up my stuff, headed towards my room, slept for a couple of hours and stood up for an 8:30 am quiz. The simmering potpourri of discussions in the class over myriad issues ratchets up your appetite for even more knowledge. Our inherent uniqueness and individuality bring out the best in others, as every single being of hell and his qualities are motivation for all others.
Every day is an opportunity to learn something new, experience something different and unlearn something antiquated. Once, we realize it that is when we start appreciating the beauty that lies at the heart of this campus. The red bricked walls symbolize the hard work and perseverance of all the amazing people who come together and make life memorable. All the deadlines, submissions and extra classes are experienced with classmates who bring both competition and camaraderie to the table. Life at IIM-L might be hard, to begin with, but these few lines by Henry Ford summarise it beautifully:
“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success”
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Fasih Ahmed
Retired Colonel Indian army. Handled upstream Oil & Gas security for an Oil major in semi permissive/ conflict zones of Yemen & Iraq. Fond of writing with over 500 published articles in leading Indian dailies (english).
Shishir that's a wonderful description of IIM campus life. It reminded me of my days in the military academy some 45 yrs ago. Loved your expression 'competition and camraderie'. Way to go. Keep it up!
16 Aug 2017, 11.12 PM
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Fasih Ahmed
Retired Colonel Indian army. Handled upstream Oil & Gas security for an Oil major in semi permissive/ conflict zones of Yemen & Iraq. Fond of writing with over 500 published articles in leading Indian dailies (english).
Sorry I misspelt the name of the writer. It is Shikhar Pant
17 Aug 2017, 07.01 AM |
Shikhar Pant
Thank you Uncle...Glad that you could relate to it....
21 Aug 2017, 01.52 AM |
Kamini Singhal
Very well described the beautiful pain of management studies in IIM L. This surely provides an insight to the life captured in the red walls.
17 Aug 2017, 07.06 PM
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Shikhar Pant
Thank you Kamini..
21 Aug 2017, 01.55 AM |
Teena Meena
Very well articulated! Nice work Shikhar! :D
20 Aug 2017, 06.43 PM
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Shikhar Pant
Thank you Teens...
21 Aug 2017, 01.52 AM |
JAI KAMAL
Good Job Shikhar
20 Aug 2017, 10.53 PM
Manoj Yadav
Well portrayed the true picture of Life @ Hel(L)
20 Aug 2017, 11.11 PM
Sandeep Saini
Woahh!!! Didn't know you were this good at writing. I'm coming to you if I need to get review on anything written by me.
20 Aug 2017, 11.24 PM
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Shikhar Pant
Thank you Saini bhai...
21 Aug 2017, 01.55 AM |
Vivek Sisaudia
Awesomely expressed Shikhar....Words are full of our emotions....
20 Aug 2017, 11.39 PM
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harsh sinha
Last me itne dots kyu be ?
31 Aug 2017, 04.24 AM |
Kapil Saini
You are epitome of literary excellence, my friend. A true glance at happening life at hell full of logical brilliance and emotional connect.
21 Aug 2017, 01.23 AM
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Shikhar Pant
Thank you Kapil bro....And going by that comment, I bet you should submit one article too..
21 Aug 2017, 01.51 AM |
harsh sinha
We all can relate to every sentence in the article. I must say launda heera hai :)
31 Aug 2017, 04.23 AM