Taking Charge

As of today term 1 classes are over. It is so sad that Mark Finn and Bruce Allen won't be teaching us anymore, but the gratifying thing is that I'm almost gonna be 1/8 MBA (assuming I'll pass all subjects). Exams are on monday/tuesday and as expected the batch is slogging again. My mixed results in the mid-terms make me believe that "I'll remain as cool as I can again".

An interesting incident happened in campus this week. As part of the student body(GSB) elections we had soap boxes for all the candidates who were contesting for the GSB core positions. One very influential post had the least number of aspirants ( 3 to be precise) and with the end-terms approaching only 40 odd of us attended the soap-box. The people who came up and contested for that position were really sure about what they were going to do and had clear roadmaps to achieve what they said they will. Apparently a small lobby were not satisfied with any of the candidates. So they went up and started a signature campaign to re-open nominations. Now what do we call this act? Initiative?? Naaah..It is closer to something called shame. It is a fact that you are among the creamiest of cream in the country. So that doesn't mean that you can slack off and expect the best to happen. People who they think can be better candidates lacked the initiative in the first place to take up the challenge. So what is the guarantee that these guys will do well if the nominations are re-opened. So if people are not satisfied they are only paying the price for their own callous attitude. This is exactly what prof.Rangnekar said on the first day. "Take charge". If you want something, do it yourself and don't expect someone to do it for you. I do not want to blame it on lack of experience(A lot of youngsters are very mature indeed), but the fact remains that with experience you realize that the world is not always a fair place. Don't expect the world to change for you. You have to be the change.

Finally, common sense prevailed, nominations were not opened, and elections happened the way it should have and the best possible outcome came out. I wouldn't have expected this from ISB students but as someone rightly pointed out, "Individuals are intelligent but people are dumb". Anyhow, the tension is catching up and now I'm off to take a deep dig into the world of statistics, accounting, marketing and economics.