A day in the life of LIFE

As I type this blog, I have two opened sachets of tomato ketchup lying next to my laptop, remnants of some paratha, reams of paper and a lot of treasures that lay beneath this mountain of richness.

I am clearing the room of C-12 of Dorm C at IIM to shift to the seniors' hostel to make way for the juniors. I type this post with some nostalgia about leaving my home for the past year and transitioning into better but unfamiliar territory.

All that glitters is not "home" and so is the fact that you may have Jaguar fittings, handshowers and attached baths with geysers, yet the row of rooms in the old hostel had their own charm.

Am moving to the good life but there are also memories to be treasured....

Some great batchmates who are now friends for life, is what Dorm C gave me the most - and am thankful for that. Even as I tear down a poster on the wall which says " Success doesn't come to you, you got to go to it", I am reminded of the crazy nightouts at a strech, the midnight coffee shop, the case study discussions, the frenzied academic rigour of the 1st year - all behind me...

And as we gear up to welcome the juniors, I leave behind an untold legacy in place I call my second home - " C-12 Miss Ya!"....

Party in the new hostel in 20 minutes: gotta rush....

Am back.. and this time, after quite some time. The world has turned topsy turvy during this entire period.

Everything around me has been changing at a frantic pace - from Sony Entertainment television's new soaps to Anil Kumble's turning cricket commentator. Not to be left behind to get onto the change bandwagon, I felt that the time was perfect for a makeover of this blog.

The main objective was to set the look and feel in concurrence with the theme of the posts constituting this blog - of liveliness in the life of life. The intent had been there for long. But the time to execute was a precious commodity indeed.

Nonetheless, it's finally happened and it gives me immense pleasure to present all my readers blog with a facelift - an all new Avataar.

The credit for the creative design and concept lies with dreamcatcher and I am extremely grateful to him for this effort. A batchmate at IIM, he is a writer himself and has some very good pieces of poetry in Urdu as well. Do check out his site when you have the time.

Till then, lemme manufacture some new wine for the new bottle, lest you get vintaged in the process.

Many more blog posts coming up - A promise....