Experience at the IQ 2008…

From many days, I was in a craze of participating in the IQ 2008. IQ is a quiz compeition conducted by IMS (Institute of Management Studies). It stands for IMS Quotient. It is considered as the nation’s biggest undergraduate college quiz competition. There are 5 levels

1. The Eliminaton Round
2. City Finals
3. Quarter Finals
4. Semi Finals
5. National Finals

Definitely a tough challenge. However, I, alongwith my teammates, Ajay Agarwal and Chetan Pujari had got ready to take this challenge. All was set and fine. But then, all my friends of SSBJ had planned a meet at Kudalasangama on 16th. This was a lifetime opportunity. My friends were getting together after a very long time of around 4 years. And I really doubt if we can get together again as everyone is going to get busy in life in the days to come. I decided to go for the meet on 16th and then move to the quiz on 17th. But then, due to certain personal reasons, I was unable to move out of Hubli on 16th. I missed the show badly and felt bad for it. I apologize to all my friends who were expecting me to join them and I could not do that. After all, an opportunity that had come after 4 long years and which might not come in the future again was missed by me

Today morning, I got up in time (Thank God!) and after the routine activites, reached the bus station also in time (0815 hours). IMS had made some arrangements to the venue directly (In JNMC College Campus at B S Jirge Auditorium). However, the number of participants was enormous. It appeared to me as if it will be a big problem of crowd management at Belgaum. We got into a bus and started the journey. Coincidently, S B Nadagouda sir also joined us. He was accompanying his college teams for the competition

Soon, we were in Belgaum. There was a lot of time and we moved on for breakfast. The competition was supposed to begin at 1230 hours and we were back by 1215 hours. However, the crowd was so massive that everything was getting out of control. The auditorium could accomodate a 1000 people. However, there were at least 2500 people. There was a lot of mismangement. The IMS people had gone to all colleges in Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum and made almost everyone who they get in the college to fill up the form. They did this with an intention of publicity

Further, there was a brochure distributed among all the students. In that, it was mentioned that all the city finalists will get an iPod. However, all the students misunderstood thinking that every participant would get an iPod and a lot of them came over for the same reason. But then, soon, their hearts were broken

Due to excessive participants, the IMS people did not understand what to do. These are people who give coaching for CAT

Now, lets see what solutions they got

Solution No. 1- We are full. So, others who are not getting a seat in auditorium can leave

Well, you go to each and every person and invite them for your marriage. All come on yor invitation. Very few have come volunteerly. And then, you tell, get out. What does it mean? And these are management teachers???

Solution No. 2- We will conduct the first round twice

Hmmm… so, the second round participants already know the questions. What a solution!

Finally, it was decided to give papers to everyone and the questions would be announced everywhere and from wherever we were, we had to written the answers on any sheet of paper and hand it over to them. Well, although this was the only solution possible, yet, things were not fair. It was obvious for the people to refer books and call their friends to get the answers. Although everything happened before everyone’s eyes, everyone was helpless

The main reason for all this mess is definitely the IMS people. Firstly, they go and gather big crowd by telling them attractive things. Just for the sake of getting publicity, they print a lot of booklets and advertise all over. They roamed across all the colleges. They even stood at the entrance of all the colleges and made everyone register for the quiz. And when, they do all this, they should also make the arrangements to cater the needs of all the people. However, this was not taken care of. And the entire event was mismanaged

We were asked 21 questions. Of course, the quality of question was very high. We did our best and submitted the papers. And then, almost 60% of the teams left. We all sat back at the auditorium. And the best 6 teams were declared. We were not in the list. However, a JGCC team was there with a surprise package, as usual

We waited back expecting to win some audience prizes. Things went smooth from here on. Everything was fit and complete. Unfortunately, although we know some answers, we were not lucky enough to get any audience prizes either

At the end, the quiz results were declared. And then, another dhamaal. The winners were PG (Post Graduation) students. And the quiz was only for under graduates. You can imagine level of publicity has happened. And after everything was over, they tell that they are PG students, they get disqualified and the runners up were declared the winners

It was more a boring trip rather than a competition. I defnitely understand that arranging such big events is a difficult task. But then, one must always remember, TOO MUCH IS TOO BAD. These days, the educational institutions have become so commercial that they are on a neck to neck competition with companies like AirTel when it comes to advertising. A lot of misguiding in the name of career guidance is visible clearly everywhere

I must definitely say that we had a OK time. However, if things were planned more correctly in limits, things would be much better

Getting a business loan…

The websites of different banks and financial institutions give a lot of details about getting a loan from them. Once you read them, you may feel that, the moment you go in, you will get a loan. But things are not as they are written. Its still a tough thing. I had this experience today. I went to a couple of banks for the purpose of asking about a business loan. Before disclosing them that I wanted a loan, I wanted to learn about the terms and conditions. And after knowing that, I decided to move out

They said they don’t give loans to new businesses. The businesses must be at least 3 years old and they must be tax payers

Well, who would need a loan in that case

A business tax payer

Let me analyse this word. We know how many businesses operate in the nation. Hardly does anyone shows real profits. They just show a small amount of profit and pay a small amount of tax for formality. So, you can imagine, what kind of earning you need to have to get a business loan. And in case you have that earning, why would you need a business loan

Questions that need to be thought about

Further, you can see how many business loans are closed saying that the business ended in loss. What happened to them? Did they end in loss? Or the lender ended in loss?

Why would establised businesses ever need loan? I know that the reason is that it acts as a security and the banker can have confidence to lend. But then, think about it. Is it really so?

There is one theory about money. It says, TO EARN MONEY, YOU NEED MONEY

Money attracts money

Rich people don’t help poor people… Thats why they are rich
Poor people help their counterparts with whatever less amounts they have… Thats why they are poor
Had the rich helped poor and had the poor not helped others, all would be equal today. Need a lot of understanding to understand this!

At a dinner party, 2 great people talking
World’s 2nd richest person: How much money do you have?
World’s richest person: $ 8375025726759283069025. What about you?
World’s 2nd richest person: $ 928470142189740421901
The waiter gets the bill
World’s 2nd richest person: Oh! Can you give me $100
World’s richest person: Oops, had you asked a moment before. I had a little cash. I gave it to my friend. What happened to your money?
World’s 2nd richest person: I didn’t get any as I am with the World’s Richest Person

Ya rabba de de koi jaan bhi agar, dilbar pe ho na koi asar- 21 Sep 2007

Its true that no one will ever bother about anyone in life. All the entities are living for themselves. Friendship, love, care, support, etc are just words that are good to speak. These dont exist in reality. I went to start a good life with happiness, made every it of effort to ensure that things go fine. But how long can a person take blame for nothing that he has done? How long should I die? Don’t I have something called as my life, don’t I have something for me in this world, am I not a human being, don’t I have any other work other than solving these silly problems. Am I born so that I can be a playing doll for people? Even today, I kept facing the same problem time and again. I resisted till evening. In between, I lost control and shouted. But finally, I lost it all. I lost everything. I declared that I have given up everything. I fell on to the feets of people that I will never ever interfere in their lives and never ever do anything. From now, I am all alone. Be alone to be happier, be happy to be alone. But unfortunately, I cant be happy because there are no emotions in this body, everything is dead for me. I am dead too. Life is over. Good bye world. Thanks for the great gift of life

20 Sep 2007- Sadness is my best companion…

The day went very wild. There was such a shame, the whole day, that I lost everything in life. All that, that I had build in the last 2 years came to an end. The palace built by me with so much of love and effort came down to soil in a second. It was such a shame in front of the whole world. People lost their inhibitions and showed such exhibitions that made me cry at myself. If I had known that my efforts would pay me this, I would never ever make an effort in life. What have I got from this at least. Just failure and hatredness. People are so worst. I sacrified everything for their happiness and today, finally, they made a scene like I never did anything to them expcept giving pains to them. Why at least was I given birth in this dirty world which is full of such worse-minded people? Why am I being made a victim for my good thoughts? What was my mistake at least? Was it that I never thought about me in the process of adding value to others’ life? Was it that I sacrificed all my life for the welfare of people? What did I get in return? I never wanted anything in return. I just wanted to see that my efforts turn into success. But what I was given was nothing more than cheating. I was cheated, I was faked, I was used to play, I was just bluffed. Even after all this, like a mad, I approached them telling that they were wrong and made them understand. It appears as if they understood. But I am sure, these people will never understand. I have got an assurance that such mistakes will not happen, but I am betting today, that tomorrow, I will again write a sad note, for the same reason as today. Bad night, worse dreams, worst life…