The Substance in Vaccum

Vaccum for most of us is nothingness and emptiness. Most of us love being in a highly packed and charged scenario, be it in our workplace or be it our personal lives. However, whenever I havent gt much to do, which incidentally is quite often, I cant help but wonder about the silent power of nothingness...of vaccum.
A lot of meditation gurus talk about creating a blank in the mind, so as to become more aware of our true self. And this blank for me is essentially a vaccum. In this vaccum I am insulated from external influences and am sensitised to the "real" me. The small voice inside me that peters away under heavy external influences like deadlines or relationships or even ambition, becomes bolder in this vaccum of mine. It talks, assertive and firm, and compels me to sit up and take notice. It voices what I like and dislike, regardless of what other people want me to like or dislike. And suddenly I find the real "me"... Who was lost amidst a zillion expectations, crying to be liberated. How and when is just a matter of speculation.

Dreamers Achievers And Winners

Thts wat we all want to be in life, dont we? Dreams form the corner stones of our lives, but more often than not, we are scared to pursue our dreams..Why? Coz we might fail..Thts wat experience says, doesnt it? "Dreamers have failed miserably and the ones who have succeeded have been very lucky" The voices ring true and clear!!..Didnt I dream of being a stage artist? Or a Radio jockey? Or even an Engine driver? Why am I wat I am today? Convention, society or my own risk averseness? Didnt I try to do a skit for teacher's day in school when I was a small kid, chasing a crazy dream? Wasnt I booed off the stage? Then why am I talking about dreams here? When I look back, i definitely do remember those boos and the the shrill voices shouting at me to get off the stage..But I also remember the fun that I had while preparing the skit..The truly memorable moments we spent together working on the dialogues.The midnight cups of steaming coffee.. The exhilaration of getting the dialogues right after infinite takes and retakes....It was stuff dreams r made of..Thts it!! We might fail to achieve our dreams and we remember the pain...Wat we forget is the fun we had while trying!!!
I watched this movie by a young unknown director, another dream chaser..Crazy is the word!!! It was titled, Dreamer Achievers and Winners!! The movie is also about dreams...And I wonder wat made him choose a topic like this..Or even think abt making a movie while doing his masters..Who wud watch it? How wud he arrange the money for the premier? Didnt he evaluate these options before he did something so foolish? MBA has taught me to trade off costs and benefits..Here in this director's case, the costs far overweighed the benefits..Then why? Somehow I caught hold of his mail id and mailed him..What he said almost made me look so small and stupid. "I made it because I wanted to..I had a dream and I chased it..Didnt think of the future, because then the fun of dreaming and the excitement of the uncertain would have been lost!! Even if I fail to achieve my dream, I want to ensure that I have fun trying", he said. Very Martin Luther King like, of the "I have a dream" fame. But coming from an ordinary person like you and me..I wish a lot of people watch his movie appreciate it..Coz dreamers like him arent around every corner!!

An Ode to the Invincibles

A class is what its students are. And the students of this class were definitely a class apart! Put in a T.T champion cum crooner, a home grown cricket team and a ready made cheering squad, our very own Kotler, a pint size power-house and a bunch of boisterous yet humble students, and you have section I of IBS. We came together as strangers and even competitors and slowly we transformed into a team. Together we braved many odds, from smiling assassins teaching economics to “wroting” down marketing concepts; from assurances of the simplicity of finance (Ismein kya hain? Kucch bhi nahin!) to fighting the demons of summer placements, we sure have come a long way. And no one can deny that the journey has been a special one.
They say that every entity has a personality. What was plainly known as section I, soon transformed itself into the “Invincibles” and every student became an Invincible Icon in his own right. The party at Sixth Element, the bike rides to the new campus, the visits to Ocean Park and Golconda Fort, and the all guys late night parties and numerous other “memorable” moments may soon become a blur when we start out on our corporate lives. The only thing that would be left behind would be our camaraderie. And one evening, ten years hence, when we remove the cobwebs of time and look down memory lane, we would perhaps hum these lines in our mind

“Oh! When I look back now,
The Summer seems to last forever
And if I had a choice
Yea, I would wanna be there.
Those were the best days of my life.”