The bright light

Round the corner, I spotted a bright light,
I traveled towards it all night,
To reach my goal, I had to fight,
sweat out and work with all my might,
And, every passing day, my goal seemed closer to sight.

The journey was a mixture of fun and toil,
Filled with patches of both brown and green,
Some of the days were full of turmoil,
Rest of them were hard work - clean,
Every night, I burnt the midnight oil.

Around me, people pitied my plight,
Undeterred, I continued my flight,
Perseverance was the mantra,
Hard work was my sole tantra,
Unperturbed I inched my way,
Far far away from my bay.

One sunny day, I reached the bright light,
The joy of achievement was boundless,
The beauty of the goal left me speechless,
The joyful tears of my eyes were countless,
The smell of victory was fabulous.

Friends and Family, listen to me,
Everything in the world can be achieved by thee,
Toil hard, and keep your spirits high,
Be cheerful always, and never sigh,
Round the corner when you spot the bright light,
Run for it, with all your might !

Five Point Someone - Play by Evam

Well, There might not be many people who've not read the book - Five Point Someone. An instant hit, the book was written by Chetan Bhagat, an IIT-IIM guy, and I believe, the concept and the brand name were the two main reason for its quick success. (The second book by Chetan was One night at the Call center, and this was, if I can say Bull shit).

Five Point Someone - the book - is a one-shot read, but definitely not the kind of book that'll have a lasting impact. Nevertheless, I read the book at one shot, and quite liked the concept - probably because I was in college when I read the book. So, when last week, a friend told me about Evam staging this play at Rangashankara, I badly wanted to watch it.

The desire to watch the play was strong, but I never booked the tickets, and so, I landed at Rangashankara, and barged my way through a crowd of people who were in the waiting list. I someone managed to finally get the last few tickets there ! What a relief, and I am so glad, that, for once I got lucky !


Rangashankara - My first time here. I donot have words to describe the place. AWESOME !!!!!! I loved the arrangements. Be it the food, or the decors, everything looked so much theatre-types (I cudn't find any other word for it. hehe)

Sets - Very simple . The play is one of the best examples of "Sense and simplicity" (sorry Philips!). I could count exactly 4 things on stage - one elevated stage(supposed to be top of the building at IIT), a cot, a table and a chair (and ofcourse the actors) - There was nothing else on the stage - Yet, these props were just enough to enact every scene in the best manner.

Actors - Every single person appeared real. A small anecdote from my expeience : Me and Ranjini were having lunch at the eat-out in Ranga Shankara, and we came across a guy having meals. He was hogging like it was nobody's business, and like he'd never seen food. Later, I realised, he was none other than Alok, the fat glutton and the nerdy mugger, of the play !
It seemed like the characters in the play were very close to their real-life. Be it Ryan, Alok, or Hari, not to forget a mention at all the profs - esp. Prof Cherian (His baritone voice sent me gaga over him! ) - all of them were aptly chosen to suite their character.
How can I forget the narrator - Hari's alter self - The concept of having two ppl enact as Hari, and his alter-self - brought in tremendous clarity and kept up the sense of humor - esp. when Hari's alter self faces the audience after every scene.

This play was directed by the youngest directory of Madras talkies, and I don't think anyone could have done a better job! In short, this was a brilliant experience. Evam will always remain one of my favorite theater group - Their youth, their precision, their profiessionality, and the smiles they bring to everyone's face is commendable !

My first FAILURE in an interview....

I woke up in the morning, feeling extremely elated - cos this was the day my 2 months of waiting were gonna bear fruit. Yes, I am talking of my SP results. Today was D-DAY, and the results were gonna be announced.
I was one of the several sincere aspirants, who wanted a break-through MBA career. My one and only call for the season was an SP Jain call. It was a DO or DIE situation for me, and I prepared decently well for an interview that could have brought a new dimension to my life. After my January 29th interview, I was confident. Very confident, cos in my perception I had a kick-ass interview . I have NOT seen a failure in life, and believed, my success graph WILL go up. The confidence reigned in me day and night. I dreamt of residing in Mumbai as an SP-ite. I started thinking of what I would do for my DOCC project. I started thinking of how I would fund my education. I had a clear-cut plan in mind. I agree, there were times I thought, I ll give another shot at CAT, but, somehow, in the back of my mind, I knew I wanted it - Cos I know the trauma and pressure of preparing for CAT for another year.
Anyways, I was at office, refreshing http://www.spjimr.org time and again - hoping that my dreams will come true. Believe me, I spent the whole day at office refreshing http://www.spjimr.org. And, finally, when I saw the results, i couldnt find my name. I was so sure, something went wrong that I kept reading every name in the list. It took me ten minutes to digest that I've not been selected. Wierd, but, I couldnt cry. I wanted to, but I couldn't. I wish I did.
Confident as I was, the moment I saw my name wasnt there, my mind ran towards CAT 2008. Its gonna be a tough journey, but I always believe that hard work and sincerity pays , no matter what. I guess, the feeling is yet to sink into me currently, but I soooo hope, that, when it does, I remain as confident as ever!
Its a different story, my CAT 2007 journey ended in a tragedy - But, I had a beautiful time going through it - Be it the Saturday-Sunday mocks with friends, the Byju's CAT classes, Analysis of mocks, or the combined studies - I had a rocking time.
It would be unfair, if I dont thank my good friends Pratima and Harsha - I've shared with them my every emotion , and they were as excited for me as I was in the morning. I was so touched to see Pratima refreshing the results page every now and then to check my results. I'm blessed to have friends like them !