Mutual Funds & Dramatics

Just finished the classes for the second last term of the

course.Normally, I have a feeling of relief and easy going after the
classes get over but this time its another story. This term was
brutual in another form. The classes that started at 9 AM in the
morning somtimes lasted till 10 PM in the night. We did have few hours
of break (sometimes) in between depending upon the electives one has
chosen, but it did not made our life easy.Moreover, we attended more
than 8 extra classes or contact classes for Investment Management with
the professor.I did bunked few of them as well but few students like
Anupam and Bacha attended all of the classes.The total experience of
studying investment management is no less terrifying then the
experience of people who have invested in stock markets ! The prof was
great but he worked so hard that it was impossible to meet his
standards.Moreover, being a novice it was even more difficult.Now the
real test starts. The next 20 days we have to submit more than 8
projects and assignments, courtsey we did not have any End Term exams
this term.So all grades have been translated to projects and
assignments.Its going to be a real night mare and thats the reason why
people are dull and looking tired.
The most fun part of this phase was the Business Ethics course where
each group had to give presentations or do role plays, small skits to
express the topic that was given to them. Our group comprising of
myself, Anupam,VPP,Pradeep, Riddhi, Jatin and Ajay Pandey did multiple
role plays on consumer behaviour and ethics. Our director and producer
was Anupam and the hero was Ajay Pandey who was the narrator or
"Sutradhar" for the skit(s).Needless to say the director was excellent
and everything was planned to the minutest details and well rehersed
as well.Our actual performance was much better then what we usually
did in our rehersals. I know ours was the best peformance of the
entire batch. Ajay Pandey played a fantastic role of sutradhar and his
command over hindi resulted in a classical style of speaking and
narrating the events, mixed with humour and facts. I believe each one
us performed the best but Ajay was exceptional.Our director also
played the role of music director and how he managed that was only he
can explain.

We should have video recorded the entire skit but unfortunately I was
not carrying the recording device with me this time. Even the photos
were not taken of the live performance. I do have some photos of the
rehersals that I took one night before. More about this later.But
right now I am feeling extremely tired and nervous as I estimate the
workload I have to complete befor the term end on 15th Nov 2008 and we
move into our final term at IIM Indore, the hillock that never sleeps!
Tomorrow evening am back on a flight to Delhi for Diwali and I only
thinking about mutual funds and my hunt for efficient portfolios!