The Cessation

Another year elapses and although I have an innate feeling that the last semester will probably leave me high and dry, it wasn't a total slump. I've reached a ledge on a very steep cliff in my career and have been teetering on its edge for quite some time now. But that's alright! Navigating out of tough situations is not something completely new to me. Every day brings with it newer and fresher challenges and while you might conquer some, certain others might make you feel lucky to have gotten out unscathed. Times like this make me remember a famous quotation by Winston Churchill: "Success is not permanent, failure is not final, but its the courage to continue that counts!" But enough with that already! My Alma mater teaches me to be a professional, and solutions will reveal themselves in due course of time.

It feels good to have finally earned a breather as our taxing end semester exams come to a slow and grinding halt. So I thought of taking the time out to jot down all my aces and double faults. It has been quite a while since I last visited the blogosphere and a lot has transpired since then. Some of the noteworthy events include Technex'13, Anveshan'13, TEDx (where TED is a non-profit organisation to bring together people from Technology, Entertainment & Design, and the 'x' stands for independently organised TED event), and of course the job parties and farewell of the passing out batch, one year senior to us, at Taj.

Honestly, the last few months were shaping out to be some of the best in our entire college life, with some of my friends & I receiving an early offer letter from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (B.A.R.C), confirming our summer internship, just half way into the semester. But every thing might not always work out as planned, right?...

The semester ended on a vexatious note as some of the rote demanding subjects left our logical minds bruised and battered, as we made futile efforts to memorize hundreds of seemingly unrelated slides. Well, some things just can't be helped, but looking forward to finding greener grass under the sizzling Mumbai sun and the prospect of working in India's premier Nuclear Research Center is a thought which always welcomes us with open arms!...

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai