What happened in Mumbai

What did happen in Mumbai ?

Was it because of the total lack of security of our coastlines ? Or was it due to negligence on the part of internal security ? Or was it that the bloody politicians struck a deal with Pakis...."You can strike in Mumbai for now..but then no honky ponky in Kashmir for the next one year !! We've got elections coming up remember ?"

The last line of the above paragraph does sound very surreal. But guess what, I believe that it is a distinct possibility. Why ? Have a look at the number of terrorist attacks that have happened in India.

Since the 1993 Bombay blasts (come and put a bomb in our city...we are very much populated. Oh and do you want an actor to help you ? Hey Sanju baba !! Come here....)  we have had to bear :

2001 - 2 attacks - 42 people (officially) dead

2002 - 4 attacks - 250 people (officially) dead

2003 - 3 attacks - 100 people (officially) dead

2004 - 1 attack - 20 people (officially) dead

2005 - 3 attacks - 80 people (officially) dead

2006 - 3 attacks - 300 people (officially) dead (Mumbai meri jaaan ...)

2007 - 5 attacks - 500+ people...

2008 - (this really gets my blood boiling) 10 attacks - (wtf !!)  I cant put a number on it....

So now, just imagine. If your house was under attack from intruders 2-3 years in a row, by now u wud have a highly trained army of men ready to defend your house. If you wud have been serious of defending and preventing such attacks from happening, you wud have educated the forces and trained them to be better than the attackers. You would have made sure that the number of attacks should go down.....be zero the next yr and the yr after that and the yr after that........

Did this happen ? NO. Did the number of attacks lessen ? No Did the intensity of attacks lessen ? NOOOOOOOO

And why is that ? Because there is someone inside helping the attackers. Helping them know our strength. Helping them know our weaknesses. Helping them grow more than us.

And then these lilly livered, cowardly, pot-bellied, uneducated, uncouth, sons of bitches (read POLITICIANS) come along and 'CONDEMN' the attack. And then after 'CONDEMNING' the attack they go back to their plush cars and offices... pretty satisfied with their parasitic and whore-like existence. 

What happened in Mumbai was a reminder. To throw these people either out of this country or out of the misery of their baseless lives.

Are we ready to do that ?

All I wanted to speak about CAT/MBA dreams

Hello ppl..
Not sure how much of this post will help people but I wanted to put forward my view so be it
My Journey towards an MBA degree began with CAT 2006 and ended with CAT 2008. No i wasnt successful in securing an IIM seat and yes I did get into a tier 2 B School (as they call it). Yes I am not goin to NMIMS Mumbai which conducts an exam which can be called a light hearted imitation of a math textbook and wren n martin put together ...(it really is puys so dont laugh) . And yes I do feel that after having got 97.56 % in CAT 2008 and converted IMT G I should feel happy.....

But there my friend...the story ends. And here's where my 'All i wanted to say about CAT' begins..
As a person who is now out of the race, I can tell u quite accurately tell u what happened and how i did it. Lets begin objectively.

What i Did :
- I studied too much. I mean I had office for about 10 hrs everyday and den i used to come home and hit the material for 4 - 5 hrs. ALso, during the busrides to and fro, I used to solve papers. This went on pretty much for 4 months.
- I started expecting too much. Some of this prep paid off in the mocks and I started getting 98 above regularly. Quant i used to ace along with DI. VA wud be variable. On an average 85% above wud be my VA %ile.
- I started getting tense. WIth Great Expectations came tension. Killer in this situation.
- I wanted to finish too much too fast. I had finished 90% of the TIME material (except the test papers at the last). And i kept on goin till september. Fallacy - Revision and coolin of nerves not done :(

Result - DI screwed in CAT. 73.4x %. No IIM, MDI, NITIE SPJAIN etc etc etc....
Well, this is where i guess i start the real part of this so called essay.

Puys - remember 1 thing very carefully. A school doesnt make u or break u. Yes it does give u an 'initial' edge over others by the brand image, but then that is all. Having been in the industry for measly 18 months but having interacted with ppl from IIM C grad working in Hong Kong, IIMA grad workin in Mumbai, NM grad workin in Mumbai, IMT senior frm my college (NIT Allahabad btw) I reached a conclusion - derived from all what they said. At the end of the day, all that matters is whether ur able to deliver the goods. If ur a Product manager, r u able to meet the demands of the customer frm the product and incorporate it in the product for better sales ? If a financial manager, r u able to crunch those numbers and come up with good assesments of investment opportunities for ur clients (just one of the thousand jobs)..
the answer to these questions is of paramount importance. the brand, image and all that, cease to exist.
Cuz, just think about it - the books r the same, the content the same, the principles taught the same, the problems t solve in the industry - same.....
Hence the only thing that matters is how well u grasp the situation and act accordingly - how well u manage. And believe me puys, at this age (average age of 23 of all MBA aspiants and 1st yrs) its pretty difficult to un learn and relearn anything. By this age, ur thinking process and analytical thnking and reasoning have matured. U r what u r mentall by 23 or 24. SO from now its WHO U R that matters.....the MOST.

yes it does matter where ur from...cuz lets face it. If half of indian industry is from IIT/IIM or both then they wud certainly go for their juniors - cuz they knw that if they were gud their juniors wud be good too...
But then, that is where it ends. After that, after the 'creamy layer' has been recruited and the 'tier 2' ones r recruited too, there begins that fight - for which ONE HAS TO BE PREPARED. this test is even more difficult than any exam (CAT is like child'splay if u think of it). Cuz in this test, u r tested on ur ability to slog ur ass off, ability to think and analyze, and ability to present and communicate - OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

This is what we shud be prepared for. the exams ? naaaaah. they come n go....like the rain every year.
But eventual success - that eventual seat as the CEO, MD, Chairman. - that wud remain longer.....the memory wud last longer....the sweet taste of success wud last longer....

Here's wishing that all PUYS reading this and the ones not reading this turn out to be the next bright face of the Indian Industry.
All the best !!!
U better be good.....cuz am competing

(This post can be looked up in Pagalguy too)