Sweet Home Bhopal
So I have to go home. Marriage of another family member and that's good enough reason for making the trip. Well to be truthful there were other reason also. I was in Waitlist for IIMB (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore) PGSEM program (well some blogs on this subject will be published) and if that gets cleared then it will be little difficult to make trips to Bhopal as often as I would like to make.
So with this I booked the tickets and got both side as Waitlist tickets (yeah the waitlist was 'the' keyword attached to me at this moment). Even though by the day I was supposed to travel, the waitlist did not get cleared, I thought of trying my luck little realising that it was summer vacations which was going to end and I was in long distance train. So I boarded the train with TTE mentioning that there are no empty seats. But what to do, habit of 'never give up' does not die easily. I waited patiently for TTE to check all 3AC tickets and then he gave me a berth. I was lucky as a group was travelling and there were few less people there. So had a good journey, slept for most of the travel duration.
After reaching Bhopal there was not much time to do other activities. But it was too hot (looks like old habit of being able to cope up with that heat is becoming lesser), and still I would be going out :). Some things never die. Yeah drank lots of shikanji and panna to beat the heat (man by staying in south I miss so many things). Bhopal as usual was as beautiful as it always had been. Walking past the bylanes or driving down the Lake View drive would always bring the long cherished dream of coming back to Bhopal but alas still there is no IT industry in Indore (I would not like IT industry to come in Bhopal and disbalance the social fabric which is there. After seeing what has happened to cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and others, I would prefer to work in Indore and stay in Bhopal).
I have always noticed something when I am in Bhopal. Whatever number of leaves I take my vacation ends up very quickly. Same was happening now and I was feeling bad. But just before my vacation could end, I got the good (dunno what to say) news that my IIMB waitlist is cleared and they have offered me a seat (but in Chennai as there were no seats in Bangalore). I discussed the situation at home and as usual got full support there. So I had to come back, start the proceedings for my transfer to Chennai and think about what's in store for me now.
While coming back I tried my luck again but this time it was not that good. The train (2AC and 3AC) were overbooked with lots of waitlist people travelling. For the night I could not find an empty seat (unlucky me), but then the 3AC attendant offered me his seat (yeah the hard one which is near the gate), offcourse for a price :). Atleast got something for that night. Later in day got another berth and slept for sometime. Finally reached back Mangalore with a heavy heart and sad feeling on missing 'the' Bhopal. But the dream still is there. One day (this will be mostly after 2.5 years as I have to complete my MBA now), I will definately work and settle from Bhopal.
So with this I booked the tickets and got both side as Waitlist tickets (yeah the waitlist was 'the' keyword attached to me at this moment). Even though by the day I was supposed to travel, the waitlist did not get cleared, I thought of trying my luck little realising that it was summer vacations which was going to end and I was in long distance train. So I boarded the train with TTE mentioning that there are no empty seats. But what to do, habit of 'never give up' does not die easily. I waited patiently for TTE to check all 3AC tickets and then he gave me a berth. I was lucky as a group was travelling and there were few less people there. So had a good journey, slept for most of the travel duration.
After reaching Bhopal there was not much time to do other activities. But it was too hot (looks like old habit of being able to cope up with that heat is becoming lesser), and still I would be going out :). Some things never die. Yeah drank lots of shikanji and panna to beat the heat (man by staying in south I miss so many things). Bhopal as usual was as beautiful as it always had been. Walking past the bylanes or driving down the Lake View drive would always bring the long cherished dream of coming back to Bhopal but alas still there is no IT industry in Indore (I would not like IT industry to come in Bhopal and disbalance the social fabric which is there. After seeing what has happened to cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and others, I would prefer to work in Indore and stay in Bhopal).
I have always noticed something when I am in Bhopal. Whatever number of leaves I take my vacation ends up very quickly. Same was happening now and I was feeling bad. But just before my vacation could end, I got the good (dunno what to say) news that my IIMB waitlist is cleared and they have offered me a seat (but in Chennai as there were no seats in Bangalore). I discussed the situation at home and as usual got full support there. So I had to come back, start the proceedings for my transfer to Chennai and think about what's in store for me now.
While coming back I tried my luck again but this time it was not that good. The train (2AC and 3AC) were overbooked with lots of waitlist people travelling. For the night I could not find an empty seat (unlucky me), but then the 3AC attendant offered me his seat (yeah the hard one which is near the gate), offcourse for a price :). Atleast got something for that night. Later in day got another berth and slept for sometime. Finally reached back Mangalore with a heavy heart and sad feeling on missing 'the' Bhopal. But the dream still is there. One day (this will be mostly after 2.5 years as I have to complete my MBA now), I will definately work and settle from Bhopal.
2 comments:
Excellent post!
cheers,
Santosh
Dude, can u tell me what was ur waitlist No. in PGSEM. I have a waitlist no 10, not sure if it will turn in my favor..... just wanted to know.
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