I was remembering an incident in college. A friend was busily describing her experience at a wedding she had attended, making it a point to dwell on ridiculous rumors like how no one was invited unless they brought along a diamond jewelery set or jewelery piece as the father of the bride was a very influential and corrupt IAS with vast political ( Read more... )

Yea thats me. At first my parents were after me to take up Capgemini's offer and forget ACJ. When after a lot of quarreling and arguing I agreed, am still stuck! I know nothing about Mumbai, I have no family there, it s a huge city and it will be the first time I will be moving out. Mum has refused to accompany me, saying I should manage on my own ( Read more... )

In all probability I will not be able to join ACJ. I feel so disheartened right now and I keep counting the things I wanted and never got. In fact I have actually never gotten what I wanted-take A, I always said I will not study at Amity but thats where I went, I said I wanted to study in Dehradun and I got admission there but didn't go, I wanted ( Read more... )

I began reading The White Tiger. Now initially the novel was interesting but the more I read it, the more I began to realize that it does not appeal to me. He generalizes everything a lot, in fact at times it resembles something of the old "thakur" movies with the fight between the downtrodden and the abominable landlord. The paragraph where he ( Read more... )

I finally returned back home today. I am so proud of me! I went all the way to Chennai all by myself! I had gone there for the interview of Asian College of Journalism. I wanted to get into the Print media stream. On the day, the Dean of Studies, a very sweet man, came in and asked us if we had had breakfast and that something would be sent up for ( Read more... )

A lot of my batch mates were hired by various firms however, they have yet to receive their appointment letters. I think it is very unethical on the part of companies to hire students and then to leave them in the lurch. Even my cousin is experiencing the same. There should be some regulation to curb these incidents from happening. It puts a lot of ( Read more... )

I was reading the movie review in The Hindu for Star Trek. The reviewer mentioned at one point that somethings are very impossible like why the actors jump using a parachute when they can beam aboard a spaceship. And that the movie is filled with impossibles. Firstly, its a sci fi movie, its not supposed to be realistic. Secondly, in the movie the ( Read more... )

At Edith Stein College, the times spent with Rafah and Wafah. I would give anything to be in touch with you both! I remember the first time I went to meet them, skipping school, near Centraal Station. And the lovely dishes they had cooked, I felt so at home with them and all their talks of Sri Devi and Amitabh Bachan. Every Thursday a Bollywood ( Read more... )

I get my interview call from the BEST journalism college in India and even Asia and my mum is stopping me from going? What the hell is this after all? I say I will pay for it and what I get to hear is that its a pathetic, loser college where people get admission without even giving the exam. Of course I will always be a loser if I don't give the ( Read more... )

I qualified the written exam for ACJ and received the interview call... At the same time, today I got the opportunity to work with A. J. Philips, a respected and known name in the field of media. I also contacted the company which wanted to employ me to ask them how things finally stand. If in case my performance in the interview conducted by the ( Read more... )