It seems i've been destined to be in Delhi - or there's something in Delhi because of which am pulled back here whenever there are chances of me leaving this great city!!

First i came to Delhi for an uncle's marriage - and i liked the place... decided to come back soon! I came back after clearing CA Foundation - and started my training here. Had to go back to Lucknow (due to some family reasons). Meanwhile kept coming here (coz i joined Bcom in DU)

Second - Came back again after a couple of years - and never went back... then when there was a probability of me leaving the city for MBA - I got selected to MDI, Gurgaon (which is again in Delhi region)...

Third - Got a job in Bharti from campus, and during the interview I was told that I'll be posted anywhere in India, except for Delhi...  and now i received my joining details - and am again posted in Delhi

So am joining Bharti Airtel's Broadband and Telephone Services - Head Office (Okhla, New Delhi) on 5th June!!

So Delhi - am here to stay!!!

Have been really lazy - but not dead yet! Will come back with updations very soon!

This is what people think of me!!! If you know me - do let me know more about me by clicking here --> Johari Window

All Percentages

able (36%) accepting (4%) adaptable (13%) bold (4%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (18%) cheerful (18%) clever (4%) complex (13%) confident (4%) dependable (36%) dignified (0%) energetic (13%) extroverted (13%) friendly (50%) giving (9%) happy (13%) helpful (31%) idealistic (0%) independent (9%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (22%) introverted (13%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (18%) logical (13%) loving (9%) mature (22%) modest (4%) nervous (4%) observant (0%) organised (4%) patient (4%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (4%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (4%) searching (4%) self-assertive (13%) self-conscious (9%) sensible (18%) sentimental (36%) shy (9%) silly (13%) spontaneous (4%) sympathetic (4%) tense (4%) trustworthy (36%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (4%)

I was going through some public sets at Flickr and came across one amazingly beautiful collection of pics of trees taken by am amateur photographer - McNeney. I've never come across such beautiful pics of trees (although many of them seem to have been edited using some software)....

See the pics to believe my word... Arborophillia Collection

..Life has suddenly come to a stand still… no deadlines, no quizzes, no submissions, no lectures… and no friends around. Staying at home was never so boring – staying away from the college was never so painful.

It’s been more than 10 days since am home and it’s been more than 10 days since the time I started missing the hostel. I never thought in my life that I’ll miss that loud music, those friends & juniors barging into my room, those irritating messages at IP messenger, those spams, those long walks around the college and those power naps.

Life post MBA is surely not so fun filled- as I thought it to be. I miss everyone who was around me. I miss you all… I miss MDI

Finally I witnessed the D-Day - my first ever Convocation - which marked my graduation from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram (Gurgaon). This day finally brought an end to my "formal education" - a 23 years old journey which started in 1983 (when I joined a nursery school)

Lots of emotions were flowing through. People were both happy and sad together. That content look on parents' face, that proud look on our faces and "me next" look on the face our our juniors - all that was so unseen to me before!

Am still unable to get out of that feeling - and probably the fact that my stint here is over - hasn't sunk in yet... please gimme some more time...

Till then watch these pics - Convocation 2006

Also revisit - Convocation 2005

And its final now - am joining Bharti Televentures Ltd. in the coming summers in the area of Corporate Finance. Really glad to get one of my dream jobs (though it was quite tough to convince my peers about my decision of not applying to the "more sought after profiles" of Investment Banks, Equity Research, credit ratings etc.)

Will be joining the company sometime in June this year, the location though is still a mystery. The position offered is that of Assistant Manager .

So finally we managed to organise a week long vacation pre convocation!!! Seven free souls - free from tension (almost) - no presentations due, no exams to come, no quizzes...

Anyways - we headed straight to the land of Rajputs & Marwaris - which happens to be home state of my fore fathers also!! Ya, you guessed it right - we were in Rajasthan - a trip which covered Udaipur, Mt. Abu, Jodhpur (for some hours), Jaisalmer & Jaipur!!

Without doubt this was one of the most fun filled trip I ever had!!! The "censored" pics of Gauri (of course clicked by me), the shopping of the three ladies (though we had only two girls in our group), the "valid points" of Gargi, that Dhir's love for anything except for proper food, Poonam's "tyres", Doi's new found love (whom we later discovered was a guy in girl's disguise) and my new love - a new pagdi!!! All this & much more - in just seven days....

If you still doubt - here are some of the pics - mind you just some of the pics....

Enjoi...

In case you are unable to see the above flash link - follow this link  --> Rajasthan Trip

For last 3 weeks - I've been excercising the right of not to write!!!

Was quite busy - but will blog soon about many things - my new job, Rajasthan trip and may be some stupid comments about the Budget...

But wait a bit more...

Something struck me this morning... I suddenly found myself appearing for end term exams of the last term in MDI... and  realised that its all over now... 20 months of my life - different from any other time patch of my life...

This sets in motion an introspection of what I did in these 20 months - what I gained - and what I lost...

Can't explain the feeling am going through - a feeling of finally shedding the student "protection" and moving to the corporate jungle... a feeling different alltogether!

As of now - lemme ponder... will get back once am finished thinking - till then am just wondering - Jaane woh kaun sa des - jahaan hum chal pade...