I was part of the same study group for the first four terms at ISB. 6 of us, totally diverse. Me the software/telecom guy. A shippee (that what we call anyone who was sailing before coming here). Another running his family business. All in the 26-28 age group. The remaining three were in the 22-24 age group. One, a masters in industrial engg from the US, another from infrastructure and construction and finally the better 1/6th of the group, a girl with a fin background.
In a way, the kind of group bonding that many of us in some other group never really happened. Though all of us are great friends of each other, we had out own circle of friends by the end of the first term, and none of those circles had anyone else from the group. We did assignments together, aced some, scored pathetically in some, spent nights together, even slept once in the same apartment... conflicts, fights, clash of personalities, what not... but it was fun... all of us understood that this is the way things happen when 6 such different people are put in the same group and put under time pressure...
I guess none of us got together after the core terms for any of the elective term groups. But the 4 months of interaction we had is something that will live with us for a long time... it was enjoyable after all... all of us learnt a lot i guess...
Another 20 days and we will be out of this place... So we got together and went out for dinner day before yesterday... it was fun... reliving the days of our first marketing case (which was a monster) to all the goof ups, wins and fights... it was the first time we actually went out together...
we went to angeethi... one of the many good restaurants in hyd... some beer, great food, lots of leg pulling, the usual gossip and photos galore.. atleast a couple of us felt we should have gone out more frequently... like how many other groups did... but looking back, i guess we were all too focussed on a lot of other things that we never thought about it... anyways, better late than never... it was a fun evening...
here is a picture of the evening... lalit, Shiv, mua, Raj, Sonal and Gaurav...
