Who would have thought I’d be typing my next entry, nearly three months later rattling around in a taxi making its way through Bombay surburbs and on its way to Pune. Its 1am on a Sunday night and Bombay is beautiful as ever. On the eve of a nationwide strike against rising sugar and rice prices, the traffic flows would fool anyone to believe it your typical Saturday evening rush hour. Weaving through families on two wheelers and boys on bikes makes me think about the bubble I have temporarily left behind.
Apologies to those bothering to read, the intensely emotional INSEAD experience sometimes makes writing harder, especially when you don’t want to admit some of the stuff it forces you to think about.
So in a very little nutshell – The experience hasn’t let me down so far, I whinge occasionally but the luxury of just being there allows you to complain about profs, quality of coffee and lack of internet occasionally. I seem to have found a nice comfortable equilibrium with the right friends, right work mates, right courses, a challenging internship and a nice new house + housemates to look forward to. T and I are still together after surviving a slightly rocky patch. I’ve wrapped up my little rustic cottage and traded it in for a converted modern French house with some cool flatmates. And as Arnab puts it, I’ve stopped drinking the ‘Kool Aid’! What a relief.
My life a few weeks before I left, was nicely starting to bind together like well beaten cake batter, the sailing trip, a beautiful evening on the banks of the Seine listening to Paco de Lucia till midnight, a trip to Monet’s house in Giverny and a day at the seaside with a picnic and great company, not to forget a couple of great dinners and a fantastic night out at Favella Chic.
After a manic few days of dashing off last minute assignments and squeezing in final goodbyes to people I wont see in Singapore, I dragged my suitcase off to CDG and into Bombay. And here I am making my way to AL. to begin on a two month M&A internship. A long drive through the Western Ghats (mountains) awaits me – wish me luck!
Hey,
D09 here in Mumbai. A few of us tend to get together once in a while. Get in touch if you wanna come along.
Good luck.
K
Should be there at the Four Seasons tomorrow night in Mumbai along with a bunch of others who are finishing up “Building Businesses in India” trip.
See you there!