Life Reloaded!!!

On the day before CAT Aditya Meshram told me that Sidscope and I were going to the home ground while others were playing away matches. What he meant was both of us were going to give CAT at the all too familiar place – King George School. I have given so many exams at that place, right from Agrawals to IMS SimCATs… that it kind of feels, he was right. So when I reached the school, it felt like home coming. Actually, I had not come to the place since I gave my SimCAT last year. Sidscope came after me and we met the ground. Next stop was the classroom. I was sitting on the second bench, first row. I got the answer paper first. 15 Minutes to go for CAT and we were given the sealed question paper. When I took the paper in my hand, I told myself – whatever happens, don’t panic. I read the instructions. My initial plan was going to be 30-30-30-20-20-20. But then, it turned out to be 25-25-40 paper. I thought that it must be VA with 40 question. Instead of thinking about it as being a disad...

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So India won the 4th ODI and along with it the series. Congrats guys!!! After the match was reduced to just 22 overs per team, it was going to be display of power hiting along with an array of variations from bowlers. And it happened like that only. What hurt me though was the Man of Match award. The game was so much Batsman driven that it was almost impossible to produce an economical spell. In such adverse conditions Zaheer produce an awesome bowling performance. He gave away just 20 runs in his 5 overs, in a match where the runs were scored for more than 8 runs per over. And that’s not it. He also took 2 wickets and a catch. But the Man of the Match award went Viru. Just shows how much the game has turned into batsmen’s game!!! P. S.: Did you notice how Oasis Shah intimidates Indians while he is batting- running for a double even when the ball is going straight to fielder, making funny noises while running between the wicket!!!

The CHANGE had begun. Nope, I am not saying there was some revolution or something. I guess I already new those tricks which I learnt, but seemed to have forgotten them completely.  It happened like this- I was called for special TIME counseling session along with Sidscope. We were in separate sessions in batches of 4. The TIME guy, Satya, told us to show our TIME Mock CAT scores till that week. As I told you, my performance was inconsistency personified and Satya asked me the reason for it. I simply didn’t know it. So we went ahead with the session. Most of the points he told us were a repetition of in my IMS sessions last year, till he really get into the grooves. He asked each of us for the paper we read. 2 were TOI reader, 1 ET and myself HT. Satya told us that TOI is one of THE ….. worst news papers in Mumbai. So what’s new? Well, he added that even HT and DNA are not worth it. He advised us to read The Hindu or Indian Express. Today, I agree that HT certainly doesn't have the...

Last Sunday after the CAT, it was time to meet my old school buddies once again. Many of us gathered at Aditya’s home, what we might call our second home considering the amount of time we have spent at his home. If I am not wrong, I met Sunil first time after our school days. That reminded me that he was the first person to write a testimonial for me. So today when I logged on to Orkut, I went to my profile page to read my testimonials. When I last visited it, there were 6 testimonials. Now, there are 4. Two missing are from Sunil himself and other one from Piu. It seems both have deleted their profiles from Orkut. The 4 which exist are from my best buddies, 2 from school and 2 from college. As I remember it was Sankalp who followed Sunil, then Piu, Divin, Jeetu and finally Nik. I feels really great to read what people think about you, what they expect from you and how you can improve. I know Jeetu must be thinking about the pending testimonial which I am supposed to write for him....

Mera Dil Bhii Kitanaa Paagal Hai, Ye Pyaar Jo Tum Se Karataa Hai Par Saamane Jab Tum Aate Ho, Kuchh Bhii Kahane Se Darataa Hai O Mere Saajan, O Mere Saajan, Saajan Saajan, Mere Saajan... Kitanaa Isako Samajhaataa Hoon, Kitanaa Isako Bahalaataa Hoon Naadaan Hai Kuchh Na Samajhataa Hai, Din Raat Ye Aahen Bharataa Hai ... Meraa Dil Bhii Kitanaa Paagal Hai ... Har Pal Mujhako Tadapaataa Hai, Mujhe Saarii Raat Jagaataa Hai Is Baat Ki Tumako Khabar Nahiin, Ye Sirf Tumhii Pe Marataa Hai Meraa Dil Bhii Kitanaa Paagal Hai ...