I couldn't agree more! Of course, I have my own reasons... Its been just over a month since it was 'Tadaa' to the village... and life's changed. Totally. I knew it would. Everyone told me it would. I didn't even realise it when it started changing... But that statement above just made me realise it.
Over 20 days in 'Corporate induction'. A desperate attempt by Mssrs Godrej Inc. to mold 40 individuals using their dies. Various terms flying thick in the air ... 'Economic Value Added' ... 'Total Quality Management' ... 'Theory of Constraints'... etcetra etcetra... There was this Outbound programme. Simple funda. Take 40 odd achievers and take them too a secluded place (pun not intended) where there is no mobile or net or any such communication mode. And then divide them into teams, make them play neanderthal games which require different aspects of teamwork and leadership, the 'facilitator' sits back and observes everyone and plays the cat and mouse psychological game with everyone about their teamwork skills etc... Was nice actually we had LOADS of fun... And I DID learn a few things!
The best revelation was the way all us engineer trainees bonded... And of course how the management grads bonded amongst themselves and then the senior-junior thing developed between us... It was almost like clockwork. I am sure it is not necessary that this would've happened with other people. But for sure... it got me thinking about one thing.
Is it a mold which helped us bond? What ARE experiences? Just die-casts? To put us into a mold? Just imagine... U don't feel connected to a person because you shared a nurse in the hospital as a baby or even because both of you pee-ed all over each other in pre nursery or your favourite toy in the play area was the same. You feel connected to them when you share moments and events in a stage in life AFTER you've started forming opinions. It starts right back when you think that Robocop is cooler than He-man ( or some pikachu crap these days). It moves ahead unto all the groups you fall into in the school days (Muggoos, fad chaps, sport guys and morons, of course). And then the common activities and simmering raw opinions you form about life make some of the best bonds. Most important of all these die-casts is that of the family. No other bond is as instantaneous as growing up in similar family systems (hostel life is but an extension). And of course, I'm going to steer clear of the effects of matters of the heart!
Over 20 days in 'Corporate induction'. A desperate attempt by Mssrs Godrej Inc. to mold 40 individuals using their dies. Various terms flying thick in the air ... 'Economic Value Added' ... 'Total Quality Management' ... 'Theory of Constraints'... etcetra etcetra... There was this Outbound programme. Simple funda. Take 40 odd achievers and take them too a secluded place (pun not intended) where there is no mobile or net or any such communication mode. And then divide them into teams, make them play neanderthal games which require different aspects of teamwork and leadership, the 'facilitator' sits back and observes everyone and plays the cat and mouse psychological game with everyone about their teamwork skills etc... Was nice actually we had LOADS of fun... And I DID learn a few things!
The best revelation was the way all us engineer trainees bonded... And of course how the management grads bonded amongst themselves and then the senior-junior thing developed between us... It was almost like clockwork. I am sure it is not necessary that this would've happened with other people. But for sure... it got me thinking about one thing.
Is it a mold which helped us bond? What ARE experiences? Just die-casts? To put us into a mold? Just imagine... U don't feel connected to a person because you shared a nurse in the hospital as a baby or even because both of you pee-ed all over each other in pre nursery or your favourite toy in the play area was the same. You feel connected to them when you share moments and events in a stage in life AFTER you've started forming opinions. It starts right back when you think that Robocop is cooler than He-man ( or some pikachu crap these days). It moves ahead unto all the groups you fall into in the school days (Muggoos, fad chaps, sport guys and morons, of course). And then the common activities and simmering raw opinions you form about life make some of the best bonds. Most important of all these die-casts is that of the family. No other bond is as instantaneous as growing up in similar family systems (hostel life is but an extension). And of course, I'm going to steer clear of the effects of matters of the heart!
We have just been clearing cut-offs to fit into supposedly better casts? Wriggle through the shapes and contours of that cast... To be molded into a finished product. The rough edges being some of the few individualities left?
Will we end up as a suit?
Will I?
<...Shudder...>
Sahi mein... "Life is damn weird re!"
