18 Rules for Life . .

Just got this in a mail ..it’s really worth writing here

1. Pursue Achievable Goals
2. Keep a Genuine Smile
3. Share with Others
4. Help The Neighbors
5. Maintain a Youthful Spirit
6. Get Along with the Rich, the Poor, the Beautiful, & the Ugly
7. Keep Cool under Pressure
8. Lighten the Atmosphere with Humor
9. Forgive the Annoyance of Others
10. Have a Few Pals
11. Cooperate and Reap Greater Rewards
12. Treasure Every Moment with Your Loved Ones
13. Have High Confidence in Yourself
14. Respect the Disadvantaged
15. Indulge Yourself Occasionally
16. Surf the Net at Leisure
17. Take Calculated Risks
18. Understand “Money Isn’t Everything . . .”

Life : on other side

A person who dreamt to be a good manager had lost his ambitions in life and was spending the sleepless nights. He always aspired to be a manager who can take wise decisions in personal and professional life. But he was helpless due to tough times going in his life. A person who does technical and fundamental analysis of stocks aspire to become fund manager and never invests directly in stock market. A person who tried to understand the balance sheet of a company at the age of 17 years had erased his aspirations and was living a life without dreams. Over the period he created inner strenghts and courage within himself to overcome his personal problems and fortunately revived his dreams and had started working towards his goals . I am talking about myself . My life is full of ups and downs . Again a lot of twists and turns are there in my life and I don;t have enough courage to face them. I really don’t know how to create long lasting inner strengths within myself to fight with all twists in my life..

My project got over and having enough free time in the company. But these free times kill me and I can not enjoy myself in free time. Sometimes life is really very tough and u can not change urself . U become helpless… people say Time is the best healer. let me see…

Union budget and my expectation

Suspense is over and FM came up with budget 07-08 . The much hyped eventful budget was nothing special and wonderful piece. I had expectation that FM will think about taxpayers and will probably give more burden on small scale industries who make a lot of profit and don’t pay tax.I think this eventful budget will become non-eventful over the period of time. This budget is more about anti-inflation and politics. After lossing state elections in two states of nothern India congress party was quite apprensive about exorbitant rises in prices of foods.Mr Chidambaram was under immense political pressure. Anybody could have see impact of this on budget. I would rate this budget 6 on the scale of 1 to 10.
Positive things about budget :
1) There are a lot of provisions which focus on education , healthcare which is very important for the development of country.There is a significant rise in fund allocation for these. But I think government should not provide scholarship on the basis of caste. Only poor people of all castes should be eligible for this. There is rise in scholarship on SC/ST allocation. According to me it is tumbs down.
2) Edible oils, footwear will cost less and government can use forex reserve for importing food items if necessary. This is good for consumer.

3) I liked one thing about budget is that FM put stress on fiscal deficit consolidation.It’s a right step towards growth.

4) PAN to be made sole identification number for all participants in securities market.
5) Individuals to be permitted to invest in overseas securities through indian mutual funds.

Negative things
1) FM put a lot of burden on corporate by brining new minimum alternative tax (MAT).
2) Increases the tax rate on dividends paid out.
3) ESOP will come under fringe benfit tax (FBT). I think this is discouraging for entrepreneurs. I was expecting that FBT and BCTT (Banking cash transaction tax) will be removed. for BCTT , limit has been raised from 25k to 5o k.
4) There has been a little rise in income tax exemption but has been nullified by hike in education cess. I think inflation has moved from 4 % to 6.73 %. There was a need of increasing the limit of tax exempted saving but It did not happen.
5) This budget will not make a positive impact on aam aadmi and tax payers.

And most importantly there is no improvement on efficiency on transparency of tax administration. This is the need of hour.
I wish our visionary Mr Chidambaram could have understood this thing. People are loosing interests in an eventful thing like budget because of lack of transparency in it.

IIMs GD/PI experiences

My IIMs GD/PIs are over and I am very relaxed and feeling like got moksh (mukti) after one month of preparation and suspense.

Here are my GD/PI experiences of IIMB and IIMK.

IIMB GD/PI :

we had a case studies ..8 people in our group ..no girl ..
I think we had quite healthy discussion but not great ..we had to write the summary of case studies too..

PI : again two people (let me call them p1 and p2)
after all formalities
p1: where do work currently ? comp name changed ?
me : Talked about my comp .., merger with another comp and new name
p1: why merger happened
me : told them
p2: why did u change the comp?
me: talked about better opportunities , growth ..in terms of domain expertise and client interaction
p2: how client interactions help u in making better person?
me : told him
p2: can u describe one scenario where u had conflict with ur client during intercation? how did u resolve ?
me : It never happned to me till now ..but I made a neat and nice story ..and told them and talked about it how did i resolve ..I had prepared for it..I think honesty is the best policy can not be 100% true in PI yaar ..pehli baar ghooth bolni padi
p2: U have done trekking and u show good interest in trekking? tell us somethign about us…
me : talked about my various trekking exp in crisp
p2: how trekking helps u?
me : told them
p2: do u contribute towards society ?
me : talked about a little contribution I have doen so far ..and promised to do much bigger contribution towards it.
p2: U work on java technolgoes..wht is an abstract class? why do we use it?
me : told them about it
p1: u r from bihar ? tell us why bihar is not doing well..and what u will do for it if u become CM..
me : I think everybody loves talking about bihar ..this question was asked in IIMK interview also.
I talked enough about it and was very crisp ..and talked about co-ordinated effort of people and government both.
p1: what was ur class rank during engineering (I had got scholarship ) ?
me : 11 out of 64..I was in top 20 %
p2: What is SEZ ? give me plus and negative points about it..
me : Talked about it ..and gave some stastictics ..they looked happy with my answers.. I think I was giving a lot of stress on FDI and FII..during discussion..
so p2 interrupts me and say ..u know a lot about FII and FDI..
p2: howz land pricing shd reached in SEZ?
me: talked about it
p1: have u heard of ottavio qoutaroochi ?
me : talked about it ..I had read everything about bofors case..
p1:tell me 4 disticnt qualties in u
me : told them..
p2 very good … u may leave now ..
me : thank you sirs

my interview lasted for around 20 mins. They asked a lot from general awarness and I had prepared for it..
Overall I felt very happy at the end of interview. I was thinking that I wish I could have made some more strong points in case studies discussion.

Overall I am satisfied with my interview and hoping for the best.

IIMK GD/PI exp
in Gd we were 11 ..no girl .I think we had healthy discussion during group discussion. Although GD had a topic which required a lot of knowledge of industry.

MY PI :In my panel two people (let me call them p1 and p2)
me : Good afternoon sirs
p1 & p2 : Good afternoon …
p1 : Have a seat
me :Thank you sir
p1: Dilip , tell me about urself
me : told about my background , education , scholarship, diverse experiences , current work place in prcise way
p1:oh Ur native place is Bihar …Ok tell me why bihar is not developed very much ?
me : I was expecting this question ..I knew people can’t avoid this question..so me talked
a lot about it ..but I was very crisp in my thoughts
p1: If u become chief minister of bihar ..what are the 5 things u will do immeditealy
me : Told them and they looked very happy..I had prepared of it
p1: Judge Nitish kumar as CM ..
me : I talked about his some great inititaives and told them he needs more time to make an impact on bihar ..panels looked quite ok with answers
p1: u work on java technolgies ?
me : yes sir
p1: for how long.. statred working with ur current comp only?
me : No sir , from beginging only..I have been working on java technologies from my first comp..(This was my second comp)
p1 : what is difference between c++ and java..
me : Told them had discussion for 2-3 mins
p2 interrupts ….
p2: have u heard of sixth sense
me : It was a big change in question apttern ..so I got a bit apprensive but calmed down myself very well..and talked about it
p2: what is 5 sense organs..
me : told them
p2: have u heard of 4 dimensional
me : No sir
p2: what was ur position in class during ur engineering from IIT..
me : I was in top 20 % ..11 out of 64
now p1 interrupts
p1:Are u comfortable with acd subjects
me : no sir , Not very much comfortable (me having 2.7 years of exp now)
p1: Ok but u must have heard of farady’s law
me : fortuntely me knew about this ..so told them ..
p1: what is fleming’s left and right hand rule
me : I can’t recall much sir
p1: it’s ok..
p1 :Whats ur job responsibilties ..
me : talked about it ..and tried to give some understading of application we have developed ..
no question after that on it..
p2: how many calls u have got
me : 2 sir
p2: which another one
me : B sir
p2: do u have nay question for us?
me : no sir Thank you
p2: U did not get nervous while answering any question ..thats good..keep smiling .U may leave now ..thank you
me : Thank you sirs

..My IIMK interview lasted for 18-20 mins ..panel was very co-ordial and made me very comfortable
They did not ask me much ..But I felt ok at the end of interview..

Relaxation

Finally My GD/PIs are over for IIMs. I am feeling very relaxed . FMS’s GD/PI still there. Today I had IIMB GD/PI . Yesterday night I could not sleep properly and dreamt about IIMB. I don’t know why I am having a lot of expectation from IIMB. Anyway I was very happy once its GD/PI was over. My PI was really good . I think I could have done better in GD(Case studies) but overall I am very satisfied.

I think I learnt a lot of things in last 40 days . Things were going very roughly for sometime and I did not expect that I will be so serious about my career . But now I am. I really don’t know how I created so much strength within myself. anyway It’s GREAT.

Touchy one

I got this master piece in a mail from my friend ..it fits on me  a lot too.

Love begins with a smile…!
Endures with happiness…!
And dies with a tear…!!

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
Blue days are back … feeling low again..no work in office that’s a contributing factor.

Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow, we must fail in order to know, Sometimes our vision clears only after our eyes are washed away with tears.

I wish i could trust these:

Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it.

Wait for some more time..God is not deaf or blind..
He surely knows the warmth of every tear drop shed in the nightly hours..

The nearer the dawn, darker the night.

Thinking…

Guys , I am back with a lot of ups and downs which are happening in my life. Frankly speaking I would avoid giving priorities to things which act as hindrances towards my goal. But I think I am not learning enough from my mistakes and committing the same mistakes. Sometimes I wonder ‘Is god punishing me for the wrong deeds of my previous life ?’ I can safely say I never want to hurt anyone but why I am getting so much pain , agony in my life. Why god giving punishment for wrong deeds of my previous life in current life ? Why there is a big gap in execution of punishment ? And I am also not sure if I did any wrong things to the people in my previous life ? This ‘Reincarnation ‘ concept seems to be flawed for me.

Anyway back to recent updates. I got call from FMS delhi also. So now I have IIMB , IIMK and FMS. I wanna get into IIMB. I dont know but my instinct says that B is the best place. I am lacking of consistency in my work. For first two days I work with full enthusiasm and for next two days I just squander my time in sleeping and thinking. I have already wasted my last 2 years . I really want to excel in my life . I need peace in life. I try to create love and peace within myslef but not able to sustain it for long time. I think this is the right time to excel in professional life. If I keep myself busy with works It will solve my problems. Just remembering one phrase “Subah kaa bhula agar shaam ko wapas aa jaye to usse bhula nahin kahte“….

Had great time

I could not write anything here for past few weeks as I was being crushed under daunting work in office. These days I can not sense when day ends but wait a lot to end the night.I am not getting enough time for GD/PI preparation. I think I shoud say I should be better in time management. This is the first step of management. I am dreaming to get into IIM but not able to manage things timely and properly. But I am learning to do things timely basis on priorities.
One of my blog friend suggested to follow things depending on the priorities and impotance. I think he is quite right in his thought process. Thanks to all my blog friends who support me a lot specially when I am passing through bad phase of life.
Yesterday our team went to Tavern pub in Bangalore. Whole team (seven people) went out there and we had a great time. Music , food and service was great. I went to pub first time in Bangalore. I don’t drink so I never thought of going to pub with my friends. But yesterday I went coz whole team was going there. Enviornment was not very smoky over there. So it was better and music was different and gave me a nice feeling being over there with my all colleagues. I tasted vodka and whisky first time in my life. I just took one sip of these two.I did not like it.Vodka was sweet but whisky was sour.Anyway nothing happened to me. Will never taste anymore any liqour. I had mocktail and my fav. food.we all enjoyed and had great time. Some people were drunk and they talked about their inner voice , crushes etc . It was very nice to listen all these things and we all had great time.Now have to go back to work and need to speed up my prep as well.

Stressful Life

Feeling a bit low for past three days. Not able to concentrate on work. Could not sleep for past three days at all. Spent all three nights awake by listenting to music on my nano ipod. A bit work in office and doing without getting any yawning or without getting any sense of feeling sleepy. I have become insomnia for past three days. GD/PI classes have been started. Attended both classes of five hrs in weekend. Involved actively with good amount of concentration in GD/PI classes. Besides that I could not open any book/magazines for last three days. I really don’t know why I allow something to bother me and eat my concentration and make my life miserable ? Why am I mixing my professional priorities with personal priorities or something else? Why I am not working on my ambitions and aspirations properly ? Why am I giving so much attention to something which is making life so stressful ? I am fed up with these things. I had made resolution that I am going to be very happy in my life and going to work on my professional and personal priorities separately.Nothing seems to be working perfectly. Today I will make plans with clear mind and thoughts. Really need to work with proper plans if I wanna see myself excelling in professional field.Have to go back for work now..

Smoking incident

This incident took place some weeks ago.

That day I was going home after office work by my bike. I think It was around 7:45 pm. I was stuck near Forum mall traffic signal. I still remember traffic signal was showing some 192 seconds signal when I stopped there. Suddenly I saw one girl was smoking who was sitting in an auto beside where I had stopped. She put her face outside and started smoking .Suddenly she started looking at me. I don’t like girls who smoke . I was waiting for traffic signal to finish . She kept starring at me continously. I really did not know why she is looking at me continously. I have alllergic with cigrate’s smokes. I thought today she is going to make me passive smoker. As all smokes were passing through my face only. I did not say anything. But I got irritated a bit. when traffic signal was around 47 seconds then I really don’t know what prompted me That I asked her ” Why do you smoke ” ? It was none of my business to ask question like this. I was quite apprehensive now and I was thinking she is going to slap me or she is going to shout. I had stopped breating literally.she had not said anything yet.Suddenly I saw she had finished her smoking and was throwing the stub of cigrate. Traffic signal was about to finish. People had started their vehicles. Suddenly I heard her voice. She told me ” First time someone asked this question that why do I smoke ? Thank you”. I could not believe this .people had started giving horn and even her auto and I had started moving. I just looked at her for a moment. She looked sad but I can not help out myself. We had moved from that place and I felt happy after her honest answer.I had not said anything after her answer. I reached my house and got busy with normal work. I wish she could quit smoking. It’s really a bad habit. After that I never saw her.