Friday, February 17, 2006

IIMK GD/PI at iimb on 13th feb...9:30 am

Sorry for the late post.. but was celebrating valentine's day with my college mates .. he he
GD: we were given a printout with newspaper pics ... (1) black man dragging a packet wading thru water .... caption: a man looting a grocery store during hurricane katrina....(2) white men dragging bag through water .... caption: people picking up grocery from a loal store in absence of govt. aid......main heading : media changes our perception of things ..... should freedo of expression be curbed....
10 min GD .. with many examples raised but no great structure or conclusion ... i spoke 3-4 times .... cannot make much of the gd

PI: Two people
old man : om
young man: ym
and yours truely: yt

om: so u are *****? what does it mean
yt: some historical and lyrical stuff
om: so what have you been doing during your 19 months in the corporate sector?
yt: talked a lot... abt my work
om: how will you be a good manager
yt:General Secretary Sports, organized inter iit sports meet, fest helped organize... etc
om:so you are a cricketer
yt: yes
ym: lots of certis Sir, so what do u do ?
yt: allrounder, captain of college team
ym: best allrounder of all times??
yt: Gary Sobers-batsman, left arm spinner and a great fielder
ym: present day ?
yt: jacque kallis,
ym: indian ??
yt: dhoni and pathan
om: give a presentation on jharkhand?
yt: everything i knew abt my state... aswell as dhoni?
ym:what do u think of inzamam decision??
yt: well within rules, individual perception, i would have done it for winning and interest of the team.. no teams are exceptions even pakistan appealed against tendulkar in eden.. when he was blocked by fielders from completing run... india lost the match...
ym: what abt gilchrist walking in world cup?
yt: his perception, his belief , i wouldn't have done it ..i would stay till the umpire has given me out...
ym: have u ever been in such a situation
yt: yes, we had to bowl a team out within a certain no. of overs and the tail was wagging... i was bowling and the ball hit the crotch of the batsman... he came out without grounding his bat ... i took the ball and ran him out ... we won and qualified but later i went and apologized to the concerned player ...
ym : ok you apologized...
yt: yes... not within sporting spirit but had to do it for the team...
(thinking whether i did the right thing)
om: your perception of the indian it sector?
yt: some crap... could have presented better...
yt: so how many calls do u have
yt: b, k
(ym and om look at each other)
om: thanks a lot *****
yt: thank you sir

15 mins ... no acads..phew... some ethics related stuff... could go aganst me or for me .. donno ... otherwise i think performed well ...