Was at IIM-A the last 3 days. Had an extended weekend, so six of us took off to Ahmedabad to attend Confluence at IIM-A.

I would like to classify my time spent there into two. Time spent comepeting and Time spent not competing.

With regards to the former, stranger things couldnt have happened. We cleared the stratosphere prelims, only to be told an hour later that the results had to be recalculated. In the new list we failed to make the mark.

We played the finance simulation game and we won( surprising i know...but we actually hit the jackpot!)...only to be told a half and hour later that the results had to be recalculated. No prizes for guessing.....the latest rankings put us at 4th.

And finally we actually qualified for BizQuizitive hosted by Sid Basu. Well almost.
Only 6 teams were required for the finals. Unfortuantely there was a tie between 2 teams for the 6th spot - IIMC and us. This had to be resolved first, which was to be done using a buzzer. The question was fairly simple and i think we might have missed out on the buzzer by a nano-second. IIM-C got in and we walked back.

As these fiascos happened one after another... I felt awed. It was almost as if there was this pattern .. a certain design that the 6 of us had to go through. It was too deliberate to be coincidence ( and no i'm in no way accusing anyone here of malpractice or anything of that sort...i believe the mistakes made in calcualtions were genuine).

I learnt a lot from the experience...and strangely , i feel good about losing. I never feel that way....but this time i did. I somehow believe it was almost as if we were actually kept from winning by a certain force ..for an unknown reason. But a definite reason nevertheless. What that reason is, i dont know...but it will manifest itself to the six of us sometime in the future...of that i am sure.


Regarding my time spent not competing - I had a jolly good time. Caught up with a lot of friends of mine at IIM-A and even some friends of mine who cams as participants from other colleges. I still can't forget some of the awesome free corporate lunches i had during these 3 days ( who said there's nothing like a free lunch ?). Breaksfast was amazing too. And in between all this, I spend some time alone taking a walk through the surreally lit corridors of the IIM-A buildings. Gave me a sense of otherworldliness....very hard to describe in words.



On the whole a mentally enriching experience....