To pick up where i left my previous entry, or rather to carry forward succesful strategies by concentrating on core competencies :p,lemme add on a few more lines to that initial xp which left me wondering more and more about who/what is an MBA. I’m a firm believer of the line of thought that an MBA, per se, is highly glorified in India. People see it as the ultimate recognition of their leadership/managerial/administrative skills. Naturally, the hype sorrounding it has, more or less, effectively obfuscated the fact that, at the end of the day, it still is, and will remain, a degree/diploma. My asociation with the pg forums might have clouded my judgement to a certain extent over this issue but, sadly, has done little to prove me wrong. On the other hand, it sure has reinforced this thought to no small extent. Seeing some of the posts and/or some of the interactions that I have with MBA wannabes of various hues and colors, I keep wondering whether the world is really looking to an MBA for deliverance from all the ills that plague itself!! And to reassure this feeling of mine, I dont have to look very far. Having interacted with a few people who really have the potential to change the face of quite a few millions with their work, and their down-to-earth humility, one thing that I’ve realised - loadsa people are yet to come out of the “money can work wonders!!” mould. Staunch capitalists, irrespective of the fact that they might be unaware of it. Now wth did i mention capitalism, of all things?? Anyways, now that I have, lemme tell ye, prolly during my first month at my college here, i wrote an article on capitalism and what i felt about the direction it was going in. Need i say the outcome? :p

My initial few days at college made me realise something that I quite did not expect. Having grown up in an environment where anybody older to you is an engineer and anybody younger to you is slogging his/her a$$ off to get into an engineering course, I found it pretty odd when people (mostly from Northern India) found that I’m an engineer and decided that I’m already well-off in terms of potential “placeability” ;). Add to the fact that I’m the only one amongst my huge peer group of cousins et al who’s still in India, and not on a techie line, a huge mind barrier exists amongst my clan on my “placeability”, albeit on the other side of the spectrum!!! Anyways, the fact that I chose to stay in India and more so in a line that is alien to most of my PhD wielding folks has sure made lot of ‘em people wonder on my sanity levels. And imagine their discomfort in case i were to talk something on, of all things sane, PaGaLGuY.com ;) Their strong belief in MBA being something for the purely “timepass” sorta guys is strengthened to no small extent :p