Theories & Defenses

Hello there, all of you in cyberspace. Some of you are AIMerikans (a term coined by yours truly), most of you are not, but I hope all of you out there will be able to relate to AIM owing to your own college/ insti experiences, except to some of our quainter "customs and traditions".

This blog has been more than an year in the making, and would probably have spent even longer in incubation, but for a quarter of rum with chilled cola on top of a quart of milk that left this blogger in serious discomfort and rendered him incapable of sleeping. Not that sleep is something I get a lot of. I don't call myself 'The light that never goes out' for nothing!

I know, you're wondering about the title. What's with 'theories and defenses'??? I can almost hear you say. Let's just say I found it a cool line and if anybody else can come up with anything better, I'm all eyes and ears. I couldn't, at that point of time, so you might as well feel all smug and superior about it, if you do come up with something better.

Pooja holidays are here (well, almost) and that makes it a bad time to start this, but look at the bright side: it would probably never have started. Makes you all superstitious and almost a believer in that venerable, tried and tested tradition of muhurtams and what not, doesn't it? On a more serious note, it was probably just destiny that forced me to start this blog when I started it.

I mean we're all in this world for a reason and every action we take is towards a grand plan the plot points of which have already been plotted. Oh, it hard to keep at this philosophy without stifling a yawn, something that the blogger can ill-afford at the moment.

But as one thought chains into another, I do find myself wondering about the reason we're here in the insti: placements. I mean we're hardly one of the IIMs, the one letter difference notwithstanding. Its a dog-eat-dog world in the murkier world of 2nd rung B-schools and we don't yet know if we have the larger teeth.

Doom doctors and naysayers are a dime a dozen, proclaiming another bleak period for job-hunters. They say its going to be better for those already working and looking for greener pastures, but by the look of their endless posing and cautious peril-punditry, what they leave unsaid is clear; the young colts who're yet to see any sort of pastures will probably have to wait longer and run harder before the promised land comes closer.

Onward, onward to Zion!!!

So freshers are going to have a hard time. We've already established that. No surprise really, because even if the hiring picks up, who would ignore the resumes floating around as a result of previous downsizing moves in the favour of freshers from A+ b-schools? One fine morning in April this year, the ET had a faux front-page, proclaiming the various nightmares of recession (downsizing, pink slips etc. with the figures to make it more damning) followed by bold lines screaming......

"IT'S A GREAT TIME TO START A NEW VENTURE"

Hmmm..... that doesn't sound half as bad. Maybe we'll put our E-cell to some good use.

So here's a toast to more entrepreneurs from AIM.

In the meanwhile, AIM will continue to swing, party and celebrate, nary a care, as we all know there are no full-stops in this place.

There are those who will see only disjointed ramblings of an inebriated mind in this post, but I'm sure there will always be someone who'll read what's 'written between the lines'.

This blog will be back after DP holidays, harping on God knows what. In fact, God only knows if I'll even be able to keep away for that long. As Lala Amarnath used to say,

"Maybe, maybe not"

But until then, keep the josh high.... and for any shaahi seniors/ super-seniors reading this,

kukdu ku kukdu ku kukdu ku!!!