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This is perhaps the longest holiday that I am enjoying in the past 10 years of academic and professional life and perhaps one of the last until,I retire,not work for more than 3 months etc.So what am I doing in these holidays. Well nothing too great to enjoy.I am just trying to reinvent a bit of myself and enjoy the most of it. Things I have done :- Written few research papers Done something to revive KNIT Alumni association,although it has a long way to go Learning Car driving Watched a bit of IPL Sleeping approx. 10-12 hours in a day Going to Sultanpur and Lucknow Walking,Morning jog and sitting by the Saruyu river Net surfing Chatting with lost contacts Things I plan to do in the remaining holiday period:- Nagpur visit The 4 dham yatra Watch T20 World Cup Attend marriage of Alok and Rajeev rai Complete car driving lessons :) Chalk something in TO DO list for future (Right now it varies from research,consulting,entrepreneurship to learning to swim)

The year was 1996.English class. We had some assignment on Tenses in the class.  It was supposed to describe a hypothetical situation: "The Year is 2050.You come back to your school. How will you like to be introduced there?" I had written the most conventional of all answers with a career path in mind. The career path that could be one of the most hyped ones in the country today. It was something like : IIT-IIM-IAS-MP-PM Phew! All the great fame of Indian life falling on one person. So burdened that person will be with so much of hype surrounding him. A fellow student is on the track of doing it right now. I believe some have already done that and will be 1-2 steps to becoming the PM Anyways, Time moves on. The year is 2004.An interviewer asks me: What do you want to be in 5 years time?I answer become a manager. Lead a team and so on. The year is 2006 and I had got what I had set out for 2 years back. Next what?? The year is 2010.I am about to complete my MBA and someon...