Kwab ho tho muzhko na jaga…

Staying home was never so enjoyable.... Cherishing every moment I spend here, every moment getting registered as a memory forever, every small move moving me so much…..all this for not being here for a period of around 10 months….really missed all this love….got to knw the value of ppl, places and feelings…..

Anyway this blog was not intended to express my feelings of being home after soo long( which seemed like an eon )…wil write abt it soon…..this is smething about the most happening thing of my life these days :)))))…..

It was on 21^st that I landed here….n I suddenly became the busiest person of the universe…hard to believe but I cudnt take out time to even return calls/ make cals to most of my friends….yashu had recently got a nasal and tonsillitis surgery done and he was not in his usual FORM I would say…..n I was seriously missing my bro even though I was sitting right beside him :(((….he was not supposed to speak for a week and he suffered sucha bad pain during swallowing anything that he hardly ate anything :(((…purely surviving on liquid diet, he lost almost 8 kgs ( Giving me a brilliant idea to adopt for myself :P)…..

I had only a month n a half to spend with him……having many options, he decided to join Carniegie Mellon University, Adelaide……the classes will begin in August and so he had to start smewhr arnd aug10th……n he being so sick was the only sad part of my India trip….

A sense of pride flows in me when I tell everyone that my bro got admitted into soo many Bschools..... He got cals from IIM Indore and IIM Kozicode, was waitlisted in IIM Indore, got admitted to MDI gurgaon, NITIE, all IITs....He even had job offers from CapGemini and Dell... But to him, the most appealing was admission into MSIT program of Carnegie Mellon University, Adelaide..... CMU stands worlds no.1 for this program which is a blend of IT and Management. ...I was not very excited about it, may b coz its in Australia and may b coz it demanded a total cost of arnd 20L inspite of getting 50% tuition waiver.....MBA abroad is indeed costly I thought..... But since yashu seems very exicted about it, I dint intend to stop him..... But the fact that it was an intensive 1 yr course seemed to b bothering me a lot..... The courses appeared very demanding, which required sme knowhow of java and other IT stuff and that many other students joining with him were already experienced of arnd 3-5 yrs.....Yashu had no much programming experience before and suddenly away from home,have to cook for himself, I was worried if he will be able to manage all these or not..... And with the recent operation, I became very worried about his health.

It was the night of june 26^th, in a general family discussion we started talking abt yashus classes and courses..... I put forth my point of view and surprisingly everyone seemed to be convinced and thus the decision of goin to CMU was at stake..... Even yashu was nt sure if he had opted for the correct choices among many gud ones..... But to him any other option was nt appealing enuf as worlds no. 1 university..... But at the same time spending so much was not appealing either..... So then he started considering other options..... He was reluctant to join any other Bschool coz he set a standard of IIM or higher in his mind and so all the BSchools went out of picture.... Then we considered MS in Univ of Florida but he dint seem interested in MS..... Finally the choice of joining Dell ws the only final resort..... The pay pack of 4.5L with posting location Hyderabad was more than enough to decide on it..... But in my mind I knew yashu was nt at al happy with the decision n I dint knw what to do..... I was feeling soo damn restless thinking about what could be the best choice among the ones v had. It was June 27^th afternoon ..... It was when I slept, this happened.

Our landline started ringing…..

Mom picked up the cal….

Someone was asking about yashu…..

As mumy was used to getting cals from Capgemini and Dell about when is he goin to join the company n all, she knew hw to deal with these cals….she informed that he had undergone an operation n so cant speak….she asked whts the matter…

He said….he ws fm the admission office of IIM Indore…..n tht yashu was offered admission…..n was asked to report and join on 2^nd July…..

When I woke up , I was told abt this news…..n I could hardly believe it……

I had never heard/seen/experienced prayers being answered soo instantaneously…..

The lyrics from a song never seems to apt “Zindagi ek pal mein sari, Yoon palat gayi hamari, Zhoot hai tho muzhko na bata….”

Was never this happy in my life….

I knw what getting into an IIM is like……I knw how many ppl dream of this every year…..i knw what all it takes to sustain the same level of confidence thru all the stages starting from Cat Preperation to getting the admission letter…..

In the beginning I cud hardly believe that yashu is actually goin to b a student of IIM……as this fact is slowly getting into my head, so is the pride slowly getting into me for being his sister……I would not be this happy even if I had got this admission…..i wouldn’t have got it anyway( hehe all of u knw this anyway :)))) )…

But I still cant believe that I had been living all these 20yrs with an IIM deserving candidate :P and the most funny part is that I always wondered how an IIM student looked like :P :P…..i really don’t knw hw much hard work he had put in to reach this stage coz I was busy doing my coursework in Cincinnati when all this was happening…..n yashu was busy here trying to prove that he can do well even without his sis :P…..

I m nt sure hw great getting into an IIM really is, but to me it’s the greatest thing and most happiest thing that can happen to an MBA aspiring student…..to me it was like a distant dream to even think that yashu ll get into IIM as a fresher……may b its coz of the number of ppl attempting CAT every yr, or may b coz of the number of attempts many ppl give to be successful, or may b coz so many less seats are available for OC boys category, or may b coz this is the 1^st yr he is attempting CAT or may b coz he is not so bookwormish(hardworking :P….jus tht I dint want to say directly tht he isn’t hardworking :P) as I thot IIM admission demanded or may b coz he never read a newspaper as far as I remember (May b he read after I slept :P)……

But finally he proved that all it needs is brains and a bit of luck…..and everything will be in place….(hehe vachaka enni ayina cheptaru ani anukuntunnara :P)….but I m sure everyone who knws yashu will definetly agree that he deserved to be whr he is now…..

Life in IIM will surely bring many changes in him….for the better hopefully….n hopefully no changes in his wavelength for which both of us brag a lot about our matching :))….anyway I m feeling soooo damn veryyy tooooo much extremely immensely proud ( n many more adjectives left for imagination ) for this day :)))….

I finally thank god for giving me an IIM tammudu….hehe guess u all understud hw happy and proud I am about all this…..n most importantly coz not everybody manages to get a seat in IIM at the age of 20!! ( Can u believe it!!)…IIM Indore is the youngest IIM of all it seems….n now I am a proud sister of the youngest student of the youngest IIM :)

To yashu I can only say…

This is just the beginning raa….:))))

Miles to go before u sleep , miles to go before u sleep

( Hours to go before I get up , hours to go before I get up ante type veedu :P)

Ummahhhhhhhhhhh ra bujji konda…

Congratsssss raaa sweetuuuuu…..Luv u beyy…..