Lakshya....

The other day I was watchin this Farhan movie... and the concept inspired me a lot... No boss this is not a movie review... what I am goin to scripple over here is the approach to the fundamentalism, when the things are down to us.... What I mean is that as the placement scene approachin and people preparin for interviews... i am involved with them extending helping hands... But as most of them doing there SWOT.. I found that what misses is the title of the post... yeah Lakshya.... yes.. its goal, aim, target, object... motive...etc.... Take whatever interpreation you want but that will only emphasize the dimensions of the everexpanding vistas of the word.... I saw people preparin wrong selves... tryin to be more polished and fake... when I asked them boss wats the aim?? most of them answers ... Arrey Goyal... pkg is wat matters... But I think different... its not the one thing that matters... when we say that we have succeded... then we should mean it financially... individually... and in more broader sense... professionally... And job satisfaction and self attainment is the thing that should drive all endeavours.... the one thing that is perfect for one can be a big bloody crap for other... I would never find my aim in somebody else's dream or vision... I have got my goals right and I know what to do to cruise towards my ultimate aim..... I have seen numerous examples where people join corporates... and surrender their resignation soon coz they r not versed with the organizational culture or maybe climate.... The heat that is on is apparently for more money.... but just peep a bit deeper and you will find that self attainment and self actualization is whatb matters the most... Know yourself... identify your targets... lock them and then fire the lethal weapon... and then only it will hit the target perfectly.. or else howsoever strong the weapon may be the effect will only depend on sheer dumb luck...

Slide to abyss

Now when the heat is on in the campus... Here come those moments which are most awaited... dreaded... dreamt.... and kinda cherished ... the placement time.... but for me as most of u knows... i m out of it.. coz as the mercury soars with the onset of the first recruiting giant ... I wud like to inform all that I already burnt myself for two months.. thankfully with some pie to my share.... but this however has nothi to do with the heading... and as alwayz .. I have this bad habit of small detours to off topic matter... ok ... so wat am I goin to pour now... Now this time I am goin to blend some great experience of mine in the past two months with what's goin to come... First let me ask you some questions ... Do you hate college life?? Do you wanna get out as fast as possible... ?? Now spare the answer for urself.. or drop it as a comment to the past... Blv me this is ur final thump in ur mother's lap... coz where u will be goin now is a place where... everybody is a friend and everbody is an enemy... in that world no caps are there... no restrictions ( take the context of job restrictions.. which some ppl put on others for their own sake ).... Everybody is ready to fight... thurstboosters are just some handy gadgets in the tinseltown... and dont expect some TPO coming ur way to get u a job.... That's the bloody world where u hav to search for ur own future.. shape it with ur own hands... Remember IIT-JEE.... Now this JEE will be comin ur way daily... Problems will be ur morning tea... stress will cater ur hunger in lunch and dinner... forget it.... In my close encounter with a true corporate I experienced certain times when I just thot.. why the hell I m here on earth.... what a college kid can do of it... its a bloody high level job... but these mourns will alwayz go unnoticed coz this is the way people want you to work... I don't blame anyone but thts the system.. these are the happenings... u cant flee.. and nobody will bigot it for u... jobs are aboard.. and people are running for packages.. perks.. etc... but remember pursue a job that suits you.... coz Job satisfaction is what matters the most.... coz At the end of the day u shud feel that u r still a human being

From "A" to "The"

This is my first post after a long gap... sought of hibernation.... It was due to my internship stint with Hindustan Unilever Limited.... there exists a wish which perhaps sprouts in every undergraduate once he /she ( I m out of chauvinism now ;) ) gets into chemical engineering... i.e. Any professional association with HUL ... What matters to me was the enriching experience that was but obvious in such an organistaion... and after a two month long excurciating work at the factory... I finally emerged out of the blue and got selected .... Once a very senior man, who belong to General Electrics told me:

"Normal people are those who stay in the line, move in line and rise in line,
You are not the one, So just stay out of the box"

At that point of time I never realized that those words can change my life like that... The best part of these well toned and well orgainzed internships are that you gotta get a chance to meet the people who are really eternal inspiring sources. I was lucky to met the supply chain director, HUL, Mr. Dhaval Buch. Here I present an account of the tryst that I had with him during a formal open session:(Its not precisely the same, morphed as I remembered)

Dhaval: Ok I am here to answer your questions; Cmmon start firing

(23 interns ...... A room ... a projector glowing..... orange ambience.... me on front bench....... and ....... silence................................................................)
Silence
Silence

Dhaval: feel free, u can ask any question u want......

Murali:....... ( I dont rembr what he asked )

Me: Sir, since I have to work on a pilot plant, so I can't modify the existing parts.... So how am I supposed to improve or establish anything if the system is already faulty.....

Dhaval: ( He goes Lethal now... the best part about him.... ) See when you have a blockage in your ear... what do u do??

Me: (silence.... Shocked... how come a bloody earbud crept in.... impressed by his tone....)

Dhaval: See, firstly you will take a bud, then you will scrape your ear,.. If that works its ok... if not you will go to a doctor... get some handy instruments tried on ur ear... If that works great... but if not then?? Obviously Surgery... Now what u r proposing is directly

Me: Surgery sir.( in the most low pitch as well as volume )

Dhaval: That's correct.... so first go there and analyze.... ( lots of stuff... but I dont rembr them)...
Dhaval: ... Now that's our style

Then came those words that I probably can't forget my whole life

It was HUL's style

"We believe that if you are supposed to swim then the best way to learn that is by getting into water... But we are brutal... we will throw you in water... that's what we are.... There will be life guards around you who will help you, But you have to swim on ur own.... That's our style... And you can't cramp it"

Now blv me when I say that these words keep reverbrating in my mind echoing from every brain chamber and whatever in there... And whenever I was in sm f situation then I just rembrd those words.... and as I was about to drown ... I emerged out everytime evolving into a better being and off course... cracked my biggest dream so far.....

Now as I once said

"Zindagi ki asli udaan abhi baaki hai, Apne iraadon ka imtehaan abhi baaki hai
Abhi toh naapi hai muthi bhar zameen, aage dekho abhi saara aasmaan baaki hai....."