A Start.

As a student at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, one might expect the exam system here to be a rigorous test of acquired knowledge. Its nothing close. Its just a test of how much you can cram up in one day. Like my friend Hansraj says, 'Saala roz subah aisa lagta hai fati polythene ke thaili mei paani bhar ke bhag bhag ke exam likhne jaate hain hum'. Disappointing. I expected more.

So, I finish my exams and come back to my room. Its always one of those moments you have been dying for the past week, continuously longing for that one moment of freedom. And when it does come, its nothing like you imagined. There is no relief, no happiness, no tangible expression of freedom.

Gets me thinking. Is it the same with everything you ever want? Once you get it, it doesn't really matter? Once you get into the institute of your choice, does it lose its charm? Once you marry the girl of your dreams, is she suddenly less beautiful just because she is yours? Once you get a job of your choice, does indifference creep in? Is it possible to live a life just wanting, getting and then wanting something else? Does that essentially mean that life has no place for happiness? Or have we just evolved into this greedy species? It is a scary scary thought. To say the least.

Anyways, I have to get packing and catch a flight home. Its been 3 heavy, long months! One term has seemed like a year with the amount of action. I cant wait to get home. Never wanted home made food more.

Or so I think...