Meets & Misses

The Insead Alumni in Bombay meets every first Friday of the month. Unfortunately they change this policy rather often leading to some forgone opportunities :(
Some 30 odd students from Insead were in India for BBI - building Business in India and I suppose to fit them in the Alumni meet happened on Thursday rather than on Friday. Woefully I only managed to get in touch with Domo while he was on his way to the airport & so missed this party for now...
But the Sunday before, the new admits did manage a nice evening of our own.Over drinks flowed the typical patter of MBA hopefuls. The first time we met, just after news of an admit most conversations were about the relief, the stress and the GMAT. We were still evaluating each other and more acutely our own applications....thanking heavens to be part of this bright people's universe.
The last meeting though concentrated on our current preoccupations, namely all the admin mess we need to sort out from housing to visas to finances to insurances... And also the hint of our very ambitious though completely ambiguous, sketchy post MBA dreams...mostly everyone was open to change, hopeful for it and honestly just bewildered that soon life was about to present very varied opportunities...again a hesitant smile & crossed fingers accompany most of this chatter. Posts from Domo about interviews and dings ring a harsh tone. but ensconced in the bright brave new India with rising pay packets and unheard of options we are happily dreaming of new lives