Our college is certainly one which tries hard to make it better for the students. From the courses available to the faculty teaching us, not all of it is perfect, this ain't a perfect world but the work done is not half bad. There are a few massive glitches in this process though, the authorities expect us to be the next Branson or Mallya or Azim Premji, you catch my drift. We on the other hand are more close to becoming kameenas and all rather than becoming the great entrepreneurs people expect us to be.
We have these special corporate connect classes where eminent people from various backgrounds come and give us a session about what the industry wants, their experiences and teach us about stuff like the eurozone debt crises or at least they attempt to.
What happens often is the said external faculty is too freaking good for us, we have no idea what is being said not because the person has some funny accent, all Indians have funny accents, its because this person knows way too much and tries to teach us on a level which is on a par with the Harvards and MITs . Sadly we are not even close to that level cos none of us really want to study and learn stuff till we are in the deep end of the pool.
These sessions are long and tedious, I mean they are often so boring that I can sleep with my eyes open. Hell we even have learned how to shut off our senses, eyes ,ears and mind don't work for that 90 minute session. 90 minutes at least, it often extends longer, when we humans have an attention span of like 30 seconds and I have an attention span of like 10 seconds, that is not a good outing for either, the faculty or us.
So how do we combat the boredom and utter frustration of listening to people talk about stuff that goes over our head? We Clap, we clap like there is no end to the day. Often the faculty is introduced by a professor, so after he is done, everyone in our class, around 100 people clap like hell, for 2-3 minutes, till we are asked to stop, we clap, we cheer, we scream , we obliterate every decibel level for a corporate building and we destroy every bit of self esteem that person has and we act like the shameless punks we are.
If you think that doing this once was bad enough , we take it to another level when the person is done with his speech and a memento is given to him, then we go ballistic , clapping our asses off, the people who do come to talk to us start blushing and silently tries to walk away but we are never done with this kinda crap and continue clapping.
The final insult that could be provided is after the clapping, instead of letting out guest leave the class, we all pack our bags and rush out like school children rather than the mature 22+ year olds we are. Totally not caring for all authorita and seniority in the corporate world. Often these people never come back to the college and we all know why, now.
So there you have it, corporate world, get ready for an influx of hard clappers and abusers, coz we be invading offices starting January 2012, no wonder the world is ending in that year.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Last Straw
Normally I write nonsensical , highly erratic, illogical blogs which people for some reason do read and comment about, I got at least 2 people who constantly ask me about my blog, something is better than nothing, right BP and Pranav? [Mallu men]
This time around its fucking personal, I am absolutely sick and tired of being treated like my religion has absolutely no dignity or it does not deserve respect, when I hear about people saying that "XYZ said this about Muslims " and "Muslims are looked at in a certain way", I normally end up saying that its probably your fault for doing something stupid and making us Muslims look bad, hell I even said it recently over some matrimonial issue came up but after today I am sure either the country ain't secular as they say it is or some individuals just can't bear to look at us.
Its not like I have not faced crap like this before , you think that well people from a certain lower class will not be able to look past all those terrorist organizations and well the attacks on civilians and all but you sure as fuck hope that learned individuals and organizations will learn to at least respect individuals and look at them for who they are and not for what they can be or what they represent, I am talking from a country that gives us a right to follow any religion we want, well what is the point in that when everytime I say my name people act like I just popped out with a ton of nude pictures of children, you get what I mean coz heaven forbid I write the "B" or "G" word, I will have caused a furore and the police will be knocking on my door tomorrow.
I hate it when people tell me or ask any other person of any religion "How religious are you?" is that a way to guage how good or bad a person is? Religion is to be followed just to make sure that we don't end up doing EVIL things, Karma is the best example I can come up with, hell I believe in Karma but that is irrelevant, I know I don't go to Mosques as often as I should, I do pray, frequently, at least thrice a day, more than most others I know, so why is it that I can't be part of some rituals and celebrations that the 2 days of a Muslim's life is reserved for?
Is it so much to ask for?
Plus Bakra-Eid is more about giving, well so is the first Eid ul Fitr, its about distributing to the poor, but I wont be allowed to do it this year because my college, again, for the 3rd time in 2 years decides to remain open when it is a national holiday to make matters worse I have an interview with a company, and based on how there are so many rules and regulations with the corporate placements and all of my esteemed college, I wont be able to skip this else I will be out of the placement cell.
You think people say stuff for no reason about institutes and I sure as hell have tried to protect my beloved institute from a lot of crap thrown at it from many people but there has to be a limit and well they have crossed it this time, I can forgive people once for forgetting Eid, twice, fine maybe they are ignorant but this is on the verge of being racist and inconsiderate.
I am thinking as I write this blog and went all ballistic in college today , hearing the news of an interview on Eid , what would I prefer,
Living in a secular nation with secular minds but quite a few pathetic sick and demeaning minds who give you no respect when you treat everyone equally
OR
Would I like to live in a nation where we can be declared as minorities and treated like em, where we would not be an "equal" religion and we would know what our position is in the social strata, where we would know that we are the downtrodden ones and can't look up unless we already are mega rich and powerful.
Right now, I can't give an answer but you can guess why I would want to work in the UAE or Malaysia.
This time around its fucking personal, I am absolutely sick and tired of being treated like my religion has absolutely no dignity or it does not deserve respect, when I hear about people saying that "XYZ said this about Muslims " and "Muslims are looked at in a certain way", I normally end up saying that its probably your fault for doing something stupid and making us Muslims look bad, hell I even said it recently over some matrimonial issue came up but after today I am sure either the country ain't secular as they say it is or some individuals just can't bear to look at us.
Its not like I have not faced crap like this before , you think that well people from a certain lower class will not be able to look past all those terrorist organizations and well the attacks on civilians and all but you sure as fuck hope that learned individuals and organizations will learn to at least respect individuals and look at them for who they are and not for what they can be or what they represent, I am talking from a country that gives us a right to follow any religion we want, well what is the point in that when everytime I say my name people act like I just popped out with a ton of nude pictures of children, you get what I mean coz heaven forbid I write the "B" or "G" word, I will have caused a furore and the police will be knocking on my door tomorrow.
I hate it when people tell me or ask any other person of any religion "How religious are you?" is that a way to guage how good or bad a person is? Religion is to be followed just to make sure that we don't end up doing EVIL things, Karma is the best example I can come up with, hell I believe in Karma but that is irrelevant, I know I don't go to Mosques as often as I should, I do pray, frequently, at least thrice a day, more than most others I know, so why is it that I can't be part of some rituals and celebrations that the 2 days of a Muslim's life is reserved for?
Is it so much to ask for?
Plus Bakra-Eid is more about giving, well so is the first Eid ul Fitr, its about distributing to the poor, but I wont be allowed to do it this year because my college, again, for the 3rd time in 2 years decides to remain open when it is a national holiday to make matters worse I have an interview with a company, and based on how there are so many rules and regulations with the corporate placements and all of my esteemed college, I wont be able to skip this else I will be out of the placement cell.
You think people say stuff for no reason about institutes and I sure as hell have tried to protect my beloved institute from a lot of crap thrown at it from many people but there has to be a limit and well they have crossed it this time, I can forgive people once for forgetting Eid, twice, fine maybe they are ignorant but this is on the verge of being racist and inconsiderate.
I am thinking as I write this blog and went all ballistic in college today , hearing the news of an interview on Eid , what would I prefer,
Living in a secular nation with secular minds but quite a few pathetic sick and demeaning minds who give you no respect when you treat everyone equally
OR
Would I like to live in a nation where we can be declared as minorities and treated like em, where we would not be an "equal" religion and we would know what our position is in the social strata, where we would know that we are the downtrodden ones and can't look up unless we already are mega rich and powerful.
Right now, I can't give an answer but you can guess why I would want to work in the UAE or Malaysia.
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