The Four Letter Word!!!
*An evening at Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore
I woke up for the
evening tea. I am always cranky after a nap; add to that the ongoing ‘Midsem’
massacres. Vivek and I headed to the
pavement en route the UG hostels. I desperately need this peaceful time before
heading to the college for next day’s paper prep. A seemingly innocuous guy
approached us and asked where the UG hostel is. Being not out of the cranky
mood, I kept staring at the Elephant Mountains, sipping tea. Vivek showed him the way. He said that he is a 2008
batch alumnus. He went on to add that the campus has changed much and it is
always great to come back to this place.
Then he asked what
course we were in. Vivek very proudly proclaimed that we are MBA students. Never
the one to lose a networking chance, he added that our average CTC is 5.5 Lakhs
and that we had 90%+ placements last year. Then this person asked if Deepak sir
and Kulkarni sir are there in ASB. We said yes. He said he also completed MBA
this year. We with our “chip on the shoulder” attitude ;) , asked him which college.
We were expecting a Venkateshwara or a San. But then he very humbly told “XLRI”!!!
I turned around and Vivek said he will never forget the look on my face!.
I have never been humbled like this
in my life. We were amazed at the humility of this person. His itinerary for
the day included a walk around the campus and a short sprint in the pool. No
doubt he ll be known by the four lettered XLRI tag from now on. But the humility
that he carries is the gift of being an Amrita alumnus. Love it, Hate it, but
this is a university with a difference.
Arun Babu
Very Good writeup. I am also from XLRI. Pray I also become that humble.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading the blog sir :)
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