This question comes up often. In fact there is a thread on Quora: Is JEE based on luck? In many of the answers on this thread, people have clearly bashed the asker, giving examples of the hardships they had to go through, the rigorous schedule they had to follow, to clear the JEE. In my early … Continue reading Getting into IIT – Hard Work or Luck?
“All this going around is not aggression. If you want to see aggression on the cricket field, look into Rahul Dravid’s eyes.” - Mathew Hayden More often than not, superlatives are found in the most unexpected of places. The purest form of beauty, for instance, can be found in simplicity. The purest form of happiness … Continue reading A 40 Hour Adventure – Pratham’s Thermo-vacuum Test
"Live for moments you can't put into words" A couple of weeks after the launch of Pratham, the first student satellite of IIT Bombay, we were invited to a college for giving a talk on the project. The organizers quite nervously asked us, "We have reserved a two hour slot for your talk. Do you … Continue reading The Making of Pratham Satellite
How often do you encounter moments that can make you incredibly happy and terribly sad at the same time? Moments that you long to experience, that you strive to make possible through conscious and concentrated efforts, knowing well that they have nothing to offer in return but emptiness. Yet you strive. Like an ageing mother … Continue reading NSS and Nostalgia
"Who is a leader?" "A leader is a benevolent boss. People don't work under him, they work with him. A leader is an amazing artist. He blends the different colors offered by different people to create a masterpiece. A leader is an incredible illusionist. He makes you believe that it's actually you who … Continue reading “Who is a leader?”
"Don't treat this as just an internship. This is your two month orientation into the corporate world." - Anandi Shankar (Head, HR, Supply Chain, HUL) I was once having a chat over tea with my colleague. We were discussing about one of the devices whose launch in Indonesia was stuck and many members of the … Continue reading Internship at Unilever
"I'm so happy. I'm going to share this with everyone, parents, friends, relatives... I've been waiting for this for so long. Thanks a lot. I'm so so happy" I was travelling in the Mumbai BEST bus. All of a sudden, my face lit up. I just realized that I had just given someone one of … Continue reading Why continue working for NSS IITB?
"O Bhaiya, na karo taa-taa thaiyaa" - A sixth-grader It all began with a post on the freshmen forum. I was at home. IITB it was!!! In the short period between the final seat allotment and the beginning of the first semester, I was browsing through the freshmen forum, when I came across the post that was … Continue reading First Year at NSS IIT Bombay
The I in an IITian 