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If you dont get lost, theres a chance you may never be found. Anonymous The term break was just a quiet calm before the storm was to hit us. Back to college and straight into the muddle for placements, internships and the competitive rat race. The stress and confusion can really get overpowering. And while you may try to drown it out through various ways...it always tends to find its way back the very next day. Maybe its time you slow down and spend some time to party with the one person you barely give time to...yourself. Our lives move at such a blistering pace that many times it blinds us, our senses experiencing a bit too much for our souls to catch up. How much time do we spend doing things we really like or that give us peace? Most times we dont even know what those things are. The journey to knowing yourself and finding out what defines you can take all life or a few days depending on how much time you truly allot to yourself. While this may seem like an arduous task initially, like any skill you acquire it becomes easier with time and the benefits rise exponentially.

Get in the zone of self discovery and you might never catch yourself looking around you and thinking youre just another face in the crowd, or think about adding to your CV that makes you rise up a little above the remaining crowd or move up further in the never ending race. Maybe then you may not even be in the rat race.....Youll blaze a trail of your own. We hope this September edition nudges you along that path which is just yours with no one in the race. Starting off we have Manas Shrivastava talking about the noble art of attending a lecture in A Class To Remember this article is one which Im sure everyone will relate to. Following that we have a new section, Thats Just, Like Your, Opinion, Man, where we review a movie and give it our rating, so The Lunchbox gets the honour of being the first film we review. Next up, get into the spirit of adventure and self discovery and sit behind our very own Aniruddha Khosla in the pillion rider seat while he takes you along his journey to Ladakh, the first of a very special series called On the Road, capturing the essence of his astonishing journey through one of the most treacherous yet soulful terrains in the world.

Catch up on all that has been buzzing and happening around you (In case youve missed it!) in the In Thing. In the Gurukul section this time we have the dynamic Dr Christo Fernandes talking about his journey so far, his inspiration and setbacks and about directing a movie among other things. - Team Kshitiz

A class to remember

Sitting inside a Marketing class you can either choose to evolve your temperament or give your brains a break. And when the class is after the lunch break, you would certainly feel that Life is just like a boomerang . The entering of the Professor swings our eyes towards the clock which becomes like an infernal machine for the next ninety minutes. The most precious moment arrives when you say Yes Sir hearing your name called out Ghaash , pulled off a victory . Then suddenly a wave of a new Marketing concept is shown on the slide and one seems to feel why the hell a new chapter when the basic idea remains the same- sell, sell and sell. Lecture begins and after a lapse of few minutes , I would see my CR doze offThen suddenly , a person behind me begins meditation (obviously with closed eyes) personifying as if he is going to bring out an exceptional marketing plan. With every slide, seats become a comfortable chair for power naps.

Coming after Lunch and that too drenched in rain brought a feeling of unrest in me. Feeling the sound of shotguns in our dreams, as the eyes open, we see a few doubts being raised in the class and feel as if these students are no less than angels when they can concentrate for such a long time.

Seeing a bunch of case studies, we realise that our short sleep is going to sustain the evil punishment again.. Hell quiz time , and here we see a noble gentleman getting up from his seat asking answers all around the park. Slowly and steadily, the devils wake up and it soon becomes a crowded market, where no one knows the answers perfectly but its the faith that others must have thought something before marking the answers. The same ones who few minutes ago were not able to absorb the sermons are ready to pull off a baseball match. And to the surprise, I see the Professor smiling as if he felt honoured seeing the unity in us. With the submission, we all feel proud of giving our 200% to the class. The class was certainly unusual and longer than expected. After a few laughs and high fives suddenly the door opens and we realise that now is the time to become the best listeners in the World and devote any left energy to the next subjectGod save our souls !!!

Manas Srivastava PGP1

That's just, like, your opinion, man

The Lunchbox
A character in this movie pensively exclaims that sometimes a wrong train may lead you to the right destination. The story revolves around people who live in the past, people who hope to make it right. But does an ill-tempered widower have anything to look forward to? Retirement, maybe? Irrfan, who plays Saajan Fernandes, has spent 35 years of his life, diligently working in the same office, at the same desk. He is that uncle in your society who does not give back your cricket ball. There is a fast moving Mumbai and there is this slowly coming to terms with life Bombay. Saajan lives in Bombay.

Ila, played by Nirmat Kaur, is your usual stuck in a routine housewife. She gets up, dresses her daughter for school, prepares tiffin for her husband, washes clothes, chats with Mrs Deshpande living on the floor above. Ilas husband is cheating on her.

These are your everyday characters, stuck in their routines, perhaps not even waiting for something to happen. A dabba that gets delivered to the wrong table changes their lives forever.

Saajan and Ila exchange notes in the dabba, with Saajan commending Ilas cooking and Ila talking about her problems. Both you and the characters eagerly wait for the next note to arrive. The dabba serves as a renewed interest in their lives and their notes bring a smile to your face. You inwardly wish for them to somehow find each other.

A special mention goes out for Nawazuddin Siddique, who plays Shaikh, Saajans assistant. Saar, kaise hain aap?, is how the overfriendly Shaikh addresses Saajan every time he meets him. He is one of those interfering kinds you meet at your workplace. Some of the best scenes of the movie are when both Irrfan and Nawaz share screen space. And you can only imagine what brilliance they can bring when acting together.

Debutant director Ritesh Batra has struck gold with his first movie. He gives you those little moments you can relate to and savour for some time to come. The movie is beautifully crafted, well written and brilliantly enacted. It makes you believe that Indian cinema has indeed come of age.

Mere dil bhi kitna pagal hai from the movie Saajan is a lingering aftertaste that you relish. Kshitiz Rating - ****

Dr Christo Fernandes
Who has been the most influential person in your life? Wayne Dyer, who is a speaker of thought provoking transformational leadership. He is one of the people who inspired me. There is also Ekhart Tolle and his book The Power of Now. And I think I also got a little influenced by the strongest element of western philosophy through Socrates.

What is the most effective motivational theory according to you? There is nothing effective or most important, it depends on the context of the situation but if you are looking at individual psychology while trying to fit in a goal for a person rather than a team then management by objectives (MBO) is extremely essential and so is self efficacy. I think breaking the barrier of theory; the most important thing of realising what theory works in is the element of using the theory with a purpose of acquiring the highest possible goal in the shortest available time. Now theories are meant for you to give an idea of how things happen but how you use them makes the difference.

What has been the greatest setback of your life and what have you learnt from it? The greatest set back of my life is that you shouldnt work too hard. And you shouldnt run too much on one track thinking. Working too hard doesnt help and here one first needs to understand what hard work is. And what I learnt from there is more than hard work it is important to have clarity. If you are clear where you want to go you dont have to work hard. If I think of just writing 15 to 20 books in my life that is not going to get me anywhere but if I know why that book is essential to me then I am going to impart that education. If you look at all the great authors its not that all the hundred books made them famous but that one book that did so.

Why teaching as a profession? I love teaching. Because you are able to interact with new ideas and be able to share them not because of a text book but you actually undergo a scientific research and share those ideas. So its an evolving spirit of learning. Thats why I feel its important to spend and invest time in teaching. There are better professions but I think this was more comfortable for me. I felt I could contribute to a lot of peoples lives. I realised I wanted to get into teaching from the time I finished my graduation. Upwards I had built up a ten year plan to do my PhD and get into teaching. I wanted to be a professor/teacher/writer since the tenth standard. I did a specialisation in philosophy that helped me think along those lines. A lot of professors become professors because they have nowhere else to go but I had planned this right from the start so this is not by chance.

Why role plays as a teaching method?

Learning is not just a two way method or a 3 way method but it is a method that should focus on the effectiveness of the learner and if the learner can actually be engaged in feeling the theory or the subject more strongly they understand better. In fact education is understood better as an experience than theory. Role play allows you to simulate that experience and thats why I feel its an effective way of learning because if you work on a project you are actually role playing the entire exercise of theory and thats your learning; not what happens in classroom. There are some subjects where you cannot do a role play like quantitative maths, but some subjects where social learning theory is of high importance like organisation behaviour, role plays are very necessary and are most important ways of learning.

What are you future goals and ambitions? My future goals and ambitions are: First and foremost I want to direct a movie. Its more of a documentary, educational in nature. Im in the process of writing a play and also in the process of completing my research output in the area of organisational role stress.

Youve done a lot of courses, degrees in your career, which is the most interesting course youve studied and why? My bachelors degree of philosophy is the only degree which made me think. Thereafter I did my PhD which allowed me to culminate my thinking. Anything in between was just an eye wash. Bachelors of philosophy was the course that made me realise how to rationally evaluate and understand thinking processes. That element of rationality was the biggest gift education could give me and that is why I think it was the best degree. What is the most spontaneous thing you have ever done? The most spontaneous thing that I have ever done is taken an entire batch of 60 people to Inox theatre and showed them a movie and converted it into class. I did it last month. We started the lecture in a classroom, and everybody was very lethargic and tired. So i came and told them that there is a movie starting in 10 minutes and the entire class was in the theatre. The best part was that nobody else was in the theatre. And also the students had an exam the very next day. Can you tell us something that the students dont know about you? I am a professional coach for many people in the area of mentoring. This means that some people use the skill to align their thinking so that their lives can go better. And I use within that mentoring another tool which is called professional music development. I am specialized in 9 instruments but I have my PhD and fellowship in violin. Therefore my expertise is in drawing peoples potential to this set of calibre. Thats what I actually do for many people in the world either through consulting or supporting. Apart from that, Im a very busy trainer in the corporate world. But music is one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences and thats why I apply all the management theories into this learning experience. Thats what makes my private coaching a professional coaching. The greatest gift I can give is that I can convert an individual in a short span of time to the highest level of musical qualification because of the techniques that I have learnt from my masters.

What according to you has been your best achievement so far? The greatest achievement that Ive felt so far was when I achieved my PhD and realised it was of no value. Because I realised what is important is to think rationally in every situation. PhD didnt mean you had everything in your hand, it just meant that life began. That was my biggest achievement. While I climbed mountain after mountain and mountain after mountain, these were just labels that came across in your hand. What was most important was to draw all the labels out and tell yourself these are not what you are. At end of the day you dont see my qualifications and my embarrassingly long CV, you see me. That was my achievement. That after all the qualifications, people dont see your qualifications and achievements they see you as who you are.

Which was your favourite section among the PGP1 Batch? I think in terms of assignments submissions and deadlines, Sections A & B but in terms of role plays I think Sections C & D.

Why is HR such a neglected field when it comes to career choices? HR is still in the nascent stage in India and abroad as people need to recognise its full value and power. One of the reasons its neglected or not seen as productive is they feel HR doesnt create value and that is not true. If we start focussing and seeing what is the impact HR has on cost cutting or cost development. Once you realize there is as an integrated understanding, then HR will have its value, but since the primary goal of any business is to support and sustain itself, money seems to be the foremost goal, therefore finance and marketing take importance. Whereas if you judge any organisation only from the economical standpoint you know you are in trouble. There I think HR has its value but slowly and steadily it has to refocused and realised.

What do you think should be a students approach to best benefit from the PGDM course? One of the things that the students should realise is not to be lured away with lots of clutter of activities that happen inside or outside college and to focus and realise first and foremost where you wanted to go in these 2 years. Once you recognise that I think a good student is one who would spend about 60% of his time in a good library trying to at least use that time which he will never ever in his life get again. And then develop better forms of building employability for himself, not qualification.

By Shubham Agnihotri

By Kunal Parmar

CANVAS CORNER

MY JOURNEY TO LADAKH
Memory is a very tricky thing, in the sense that it fades away with time. All youre left with is a faint sense of belonging to this place that you had visited some light years ago. Through this travelogue, I not only intend to preserve my own memory, but also attempt to give you a glimpse of what I experienced on the road and help anyone planning to travel through one of the most inhospitable and treacherous terrains of the world!

As I inferred throughout the journey, traveling teaches you a lot of things. In fact, each day and each road teaches you something new. Surprises pop up out of nowhere and sometimes you are left wondering why you embarked on such a painful journey. In the end, if you make it alive, you are left with stories to tell, you know the road like youve been traveling it for centuries, you build relationships with fellow travelers with utmost ease and obviously, theres an unmistakable feeling of pride. This feeling stems out from the fact that you did not choose to sit on your ass and watch the day go by, you chose to ride it by bidding your comfort goodbye!
This is going to be one long story but I assure you that Ill touch all the important aspects of riding to Ladakh. And hey, the difficult terrain starts only after you cross Manali, so please keep reading!

Day 1 20th June Dehradun Chandigarh

Chandigarh is 180 kms from Dehradun. On the night of 19th June, I felt butterflies in my stomach. Was it too late to call it off now? Should I really go? I should rather be thinking about what I intend to do in life than go on pointless journeys. Sleep was difficult to find. I smsed AC to check whether he was awake too. He didnt reply and it troubled me even more to think of what a thorough adventurer that guy was. Sleeping at the right time to get up early in the morning and all.

So AC arrived at my place at around 7 in the morning. He helped me tie my luggage to my Pulsar 200, which can be the most herculean task, if I may say so. It took us 30 minutes, what with my dog trying to inspect all the bags. AC owns a beautiful 500cc Classic. A couple of days ago, we had gone to Rishikesh to get a carrier fixed on his bike. The carrier cost him around 2500 INR. We were also fooled into buying fake sandalwood, fake Rudraksha and some expensive orange juice. Our moms would be so proud of us, we had thought!

We were soon revving up for our most amazing journey ever!

On the road, minutes later, I realized that my tachometer was not working. It was too early in the morning to get the tachometer checked at a service center, so I rode around 40 kms without the speed indicator until I found a Castrol Bike Point. This guy opened the tyre, checked for problems and concluded that nothing was wrong with the tachometer. Disgusted, I moved on. Five minutes later the tachometer was working fine. And thankfully, it worked fine throughout the journey! We reached Gurudwara Shri Paonta Sahib by 10:30 and decided to offer prayers. My mother had packed a couple of parathas (though I told her repeatedly that it is so uncool to have tiffin packed by your mom when youre out on such an adventurous journey, but mothers are mothers and you cannot possibly say no to an Aloo Paratha!), each of which was had by AC and me inside the Gurudwara. Another one hour till we were back on the road, by which time, the sun was scorching and we were almost drained. We stopped at a place called Nahan for a cold drink. Its a small town in Himachal Pradesh, and AC told me that Mohit Chauhan hails from the same town! Besides quenching our thirst, each stop was a welcome rest to our sore asses. The plastic chairs offered more comfort than the cushioned seats of our bikes. It also gave us a chance to discuss cricket, politics and movies. And we had a lot of arguments on the road, throughout the journey; some heated ones, others in agreement!

Within 6 hours of starting, we were in Chandigarh looking for a place to stay. I asked this young pendu whether he knew where Infosys Chandigarh was. Main to kal hi Jalandhron aayaan, he replied! Yeah, right! Feels like Punjab, I thought! Time for some gyan! When youve been riding for long hours and you finally reach your destination for the day, you will not have any strength left to go from hotel to hotel and enquire about the rates, unless youre a stingy customer. Its a psychological thing. Had the place been 50 kms away, you would still have traveled the distance, but when youre inside the town, you prefer settling for the first hotel you find on the road. And that hotel is usually the most expensive one. So long story short, we got a room for 1000 INR a day, an air-conditioned one, and we were pretty happy with it! Lesson learnt for future travel look for cheap hotels before you start. So we immediately crashed into this air-conditioned room in Hotel Comfort Inn, Mani Majra. We found the room so comforting that we decided to stay on in Chandigarh for another day but thats a separate story. AC decided to rest and I called up a friend who works in Infosys Chandigarh, and she took me to the Sector 17 market. Whats funny is that Sector 17 market has this big stage with DJ systems and all and some local Punjabi singer was performing in front of a very big crowd. I had never seen anything like this, right in the middle of a market! I visited Infosys, Chandigarh on the same day. So this was the place where all us North Indian Infoscions longed to get transferred to all these years! The best part about Infosys, Chandigarh is that theres a mall right in front of it! The DT Mall. And whats even better is that this mall houses the Harley Davidson showroom. Compare this to Infosys, Pune where we had only a vada pav stall outside!

Day 2 21st June Chandigarh

There was no way we could have woken up early the next day. The air-conditioned room was making it worse. This was kind of a mutual thing between AC and me. We would sense each others mood the morning we were supposed to ride and slyly make up an excuse for staying a day extra! Youve got to love Chandigarh for the way theyve planned this city. Each roundabout is around a kilometer away from the other, marked with neat signage. Its so good that getting lost in this city is almost impossible. We roamed around a bit and watched TV after getting back to our room. The evening was well spent in the company of Miss Pooja, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Diljit. Ladakh seemed so far away from the comfort of this room.

Next in line Chandigarh to Manali and the one where I nearly ended up under a truck. Aniruddha Khosla PGP1

IN THING!!!
Exam Jitters: Three months flew by with the wink of an eye, examination phobia set in and while everyone was discussing notes, last year papers and tutorial sessions, there was pin drop silence all over the campus, only dogs could be seen in the cafeteria and grounds, while the library was overflowing with study groups as were the hostels and common rooms. It was a week of high stress levels, sleepless nights and long anxious days.

FAM Extra Classes:

May he live a hundred years for teaching us ignorant people. He, who is the pride of Bihar and the guide of all. He, who fights for your rights and teaches you through the nights. He, when in high pitch he speaks, his voice creaks!

Vacation Trepidation: The first term ended with a bang, phew!! The long eagerly holidays had started and students had their bags packed, and with big smiles on their faces had begun their journey towards their respective homes in groups, to the airports, railway stations and bus stands. Suddenly, the land of GIM seemed to have lost all its colour and was bleak without all the buzz. However the GIM Facebook page remained alive, even miles apart, everyone was still connected.

Hoodie Wars: The hoodie wars continue with every club releasing their own merchandise in different colours, with logos and such stuff, keeping us updated of every little change they make. First they spam you, then they spam you more, then they fight each other, and then you pay for their hoodies. - Gandhi

Events tornado:
After a very pleasant one week long term break, coming back to our second home; GIM, left most of us homesick, but thanks to a number of awesome events that were organized by our very own clubs; Mecca, Prayas, Scopes, we soon returned to better spirits. All the events were bursting with participation, and were huge successes. Street Football by Prayas was a big win, both amongst the sports fans as well as those who had never kicked a ball in their life. Meccas Buzzoookaa brought out the talent of acting within us in combination with marketing. Scopes Shoot em up, took us back to our childhood days. Even though we were drenched in water and hit with a crazy amount of balloons, these events made us feel at home.

Umbrella Thieves Continue: Sanquelim being one of the highest rainfall receiving places in Goa, has been blessing us with its showers from the very first day of the academic year. Somehow however, in the month of September it took us all by surprise by packing shop and leaving us basking in the bright hot sun shine. Ah but we were fooled for the showers are back leaving us stranded while it pours for, even if we remember to equip ourselves, the mysterious umbrella thief is still at large.

Krazzie Krafts

You will need:

compass pencil ruler scissors glue coloured paper paints threads and strings

1. Prepare colored circles 1 1/8'' (3cm) in diameter. For one ball you will need 20 such circles.

2. Draw an equilateral triangle within each circle so that its apexes touch the edge.

3. Score at the sides of the triangle and fold three flaps like shown in the picture.

4. Start assembling a ball by gluing the flaps of different pieces together. Build up the ball row by row.

5. When almost done, put a string or thread through one of the junctions and tie its end to a piece of paper inside the ball so that you can attach it to the mobile.

6. Complete making the ball.

It will look like this green ball as

The below template can be used for two ball ornaments.

It contains 40 circles, diameter approx. 1 1/8'' (3cm) if printed on Letter size. You may resize it and print only a part to make larger balls.

Horrorscopes
Capricorn All ye earthly people, people of the goat shake not hands with he who has a sore throat Or you shall have babies who lick their own snot And spouses who sprinkle on the toilet pot Love all, be happy and fear none, And dont roam around with your fly undone! Best Career Moves: ATM guard, tortoise walker

Aquarian Ah! The Aquarian, the water sign walk the earth not, for youll step on a land mine Go back to your oceans or wherever you belong And sing for yourselves the old swan song For thousands of friends that you make will celebrate your death with a chocolate cake. Best Career Moves: Nail cutter salesman, dirty laundry sniffer

Pisces Oh well, dear Pisceans, your future looks bleak Ill translate your prophecy from Ancient Greek This month youll be loaded with assignments Crying all alone in your rooms confinements And when almost all your work is complete Someone will come and press shift+delete Best Career Moves: Gay Superhero, Umbrella thief

Aries

Oh you, the people of the ram The less we speak bout you the worse it gets held by your horns and flung over the dam you will be slaughtered and bleed to death people you trust will feed you for your meat your best friend will sell you for crystal meth
Best Career Moves: Windmill cleaner, iTunes updater

Taurus Taureans, my lovelies I bring you some good news This month you can party And drink all that booze But beware thy roomie who cant take much and will probably puke in your expensive shoes Best Career Moves: Fevi quick tester, Desktop refresher

Gemini Geminians, you evil twins Someones about to get under your skins His names obvious, to say the least Hell make you unleash your inner beast Believe in Ganesha, for what he says is true You wont succeed in anything you do. Best Career Moves: Class Representative, PM s stenographer

Cancer

Listen to me, all ya Crabs, You have a friend who back stabs, Wanna know who that friend is? Oh it isnt much of a quiz Go straight and take a right Youll find the man for your plight.
Best Career Moves: Dog catcher, tightrope walker

Leo Ferocious lions of GIM, We know you swallow your own phlegm, Come out of the closet Spit out your deposit And we promise well never tell them. Best Career Moves: Umbrella Stand, Browser history deleter

Virgo Ah you vestals, you poor virgins I bring some good news for you The time has come, when you my friend, Will get to make love too. And when your dream ends, Im afraid my friend, youll find yourself lying in a pool of goo. Best Career Moves: Classroom attendance taker, Pressure cooker whistle collector

Libra
Keepers of justice, forever caught in the balancing act This month youll go on a holiday, all packed On the road youll meet this genie who will offer you some Feni And youll come back home all whacked! Best Career Moves: Cigarette Lighter Keeper, Tube light starter

Scorpio Oh you evil cousins of Satan, the month ahead could be tough Farting in a group, youll keep a straight face But everyone will call out your bluff! Best Career Moves: Public toilet graffiti artist, ISI Marked sticker labeler

Sagittarius

Preachers of optimism and enthusiasm, The Archers pointing towards Uranus, This month avoid pink and everything mushy Or people will come to know of your gayness
Best Career Moves: Wig maker, Bottle opener.