http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/ MY HAVEN ... Sat, 06 May 2006 08:25:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/103.html Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:11:31 GMT All good things must come to an end, and so should this weblog of a little more than two years. I started this when I commenced my journey to and through IMI. And now, when I have bid adieu to my alma mater, I think this blog needs to be closed. Writing is my passion, and I can never see myself not writing. As I close this blog, a new window opens. A window to the world hitherto unnoticed. A window to emotions hitherto unknown. A window to life hitherto untouched. A window to art and culture - through cinema, music, literature. A window called Memoriter - Latin for "from memory". Cheerio!! http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=103 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/92.html Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:15:30 GMT It was some 22 months ago ... A nervous young girl all of 21 stepped into the impressive reception of International Management Institute. She had dreams in her eyes - eyes wide with anticipation of what the two years that lay ahead would bring for her. She wanted to make it big. She wanted to be known. She wanted to be acknowledged and accepted. She wanted to rise as an individual. Need I say, she has more than made her mark. With nostalgia tugging at my heartstrings, I take a stroll down the memory lane of this place I have called home for almost two years now. And time has flew. As I come... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=92 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/101.html Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:04:53 GMT Why does it take a minute to say 'hello', and forever to say 'goodbye'? Though each one of us knew the two-year journey at IMI is nearing its end, it became all the more apparent last night - when the Class of 2007 threw a fond farewell for us, the outgoing batch. The event started with our Director General Dr. C S Venkatratnam and Registrar Prof. Rajat Kathuria handing over a memento to each student from the outgoing batch. This beautiful moment showed us how special each of us was, and how much pride the institute felt in us. This was followed by a small cultural extravaganza put together... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=101 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/100.html Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:04:22 GMT This is just so hard to believe. It seems like yesterday when I joined the two-year course at IMI, and today began my last week here. My student life is coming to an end, and I take this moment to recount my trip to Rishikesh recently. About 51 of us are part of a course called Self Discovery and Personal Growth, or SDPG, which is easily the best course I've ever applied to. It was all about, as the name suggests, introspection. So the classes we had encouraged us to talk about our deepest emotions - for ourself, for those around us, for anything under the sun. And the best part of it was a... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=100 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/99.html Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:00:50 GMT "I came out of that movie house reeling like a drunkard, drugged speechless, with the film rushing through my bloodstream, pumping and thudding." This reaction from a viewer just about sums up the effect the Swedish cinematic masterpiece Persona will have on you. A magnum opus from the goodie-bag of Ingmar Bergman, the celebrated Swedish director of highly acclaimed films as "Cries and Whispers" and "The Seventh Seal". Power-packed performances by Bibi Anderson and Liv Ullman (a familiar face in many of Bergman's creations) make the experience more disturbing than entertaining. Persona is... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=99 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/98.html Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:00:30 GMT HAPPY HOLI May the year ahead be filled with a myriad hues of joy, love, luck, smiles, laughs, success and celebrations. http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=98 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/102.html Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:17:32 GMT The two-day fest Kritva is an annual feature at IMI. Replete with many events, both formal & informal, the fun and frolic of the extravaganza draws large crowds and participation from colleges all across the nation. Following a tradition, KRITVA 2006 commenced with much aplomb and fanfare. This year, the theme for the event was Fear of the Unknown; more specifically, conquering this selfsame fear. The names of various events scheduled for the fest very effectively echoed the theme – Alchemy, Demons and Angels, Riddle of the Sphinx, and so on. The very feel of the event mirrored the theme... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=102 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/96.html Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:35:20 GMT "Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake." So wrote Edgar Wallace in his 1918 crime novel "The Clue of the Twisted Candle". And boy, was he right! Fear is our most primal emotion, and it is natural human instinct to be wary of the unknown. The unexplained continues to fascinate one and all, while at the same time petrifies. Like a specter in the darkness, like a hazy figure on a misty midnight, the unknown draws us to its vortex and arouses antithetical emotions deep within us. - both trepidation and awe. We fear that which is beyond our... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=96 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/97.html Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:25:30 GMT FEAR NO MORE Fear no more the heat o' the sun; Nor the furious winter's rages, Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages; Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney sweepers come to dust. Fear no more the frown of the great, Thou art past the tyrant's stroke: Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the lightning-flash, Nor the all-dread thunder-stone; Fear not slander, censure rash; Thou hast finished joy and moan; All... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=97 http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/archive/91.html Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:45:45 GMT (changed the date for greater visibilty for the new people i've tagged - this was originally done on 12th feb) The tagging fervour has caught me, courtesy Nidhi; though I always knew it would have, sooner or later. And what a way to start this chase. Nidhi has asked me to list eight characteristics of my dream lover. So here I go, with not eight but nine such characteristics. Crazy as it may sound, this is what my heart desires (blush, blush). 1. Friendship: Yeah, he has to be my friend first and partner later. Someone who is a true soulmate, however cliched this may seem. I believe... (more) http://my-haven.blogdrive.com/comments?id=91