One of my school friends has come to Dubai. After school; we never met. He has got a job in a private bank, moreover he's an M.B.A. I emphasize on M.B.A. because he was surprised to know that I am not one. He asked me – “Tu banking mei kaise aa gaya? You are not an M.B.A.!!!”
I must inform all the readers that I dreamed of becoming an Army Personal (Betty used to joke – “Yeh to fauji banega”) right from my school days and not because everyone thought it was the “cool” thing to do; but because I felt it was the right thing for me. But when my dream of becoming an army personal shattered, I did my graduation and then I wanted to do M.B.A. M.B.A – its the most sought after three letter word by youth these days. Naah… actually most sought after three letter words by youth is sex; but with M.B.A. schools mushrooming in every nook and corner of India, chances of getting an M.B.A. degree is higher than getting safe sex. M.B.A. degree from a plush b-school can do wonders not only to your professional life but your personal too.
Typical non-social studious guy whom everybody loves to loathe suddenly becomes talk of the town… gets flooded with alliances… gets invited to every family gathering and needless to say gets all the attention and adulation from mumma’s & papa’s of hot, eligible young women. So to be precise he walks away with every thing in the end… penthouse, great prestige, trophy wife and loads and loads of money. Such is the maya of six figure pay package and prestigious "IIM or ISB" tag in India.
And if u happen to be that looser (which god forbid) who chose to follow his own dreams, who gave preference to his inner self over stereotype career… chances are very less that u get any of these accessories. You may be a successful DJ, fashion photographer but chances are (quite high actually) that you would still be considered looser in your native place. You would NOT be invited to the family get-togethers... You would NOT be flooded with alliances. Parents may NEVER introduce you to that particular friend; whose son is some typical investment banker working for some MNC in London or New York. But one thing that you would surely get is inner satisfaction. Well, who cares for that unless it equates to the six figure pay package.
This is a satire on M.B.A. craze in our country. I personally think there are a lot of those who chose to follow their dream and passion over a fancy pay package… As far as I am concerned I am neither an M.B.A. nor could I follow my dreams… but; I'm happy with everything god has given me... Be it family; friends; job or life…
CHEERS!!!
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I think, no only M.B.A people think that you need to be a MBA for banking. I think most important thing is how you handle it. No one needs to have a master degree or even graduation. I know few guys who are from Arts and were developers in my company in INDIA, and I hope were better in many ways. Its all about being practical and brave.
By the way that guy is now taller than you ? Or he is more powerful than you ? you remember that he scored 8 sixes in your one over ? and many more things ..........
well, i don't think being an MBA is the greatest thing!!! but yes being an MBA from IIM or ISB or any other prestigious b-school is definitely something!!! not all of the banking personnel in private banks are MBAs. But, yes, these days we have zillion of kids running after MBA from IIM or ISB for obvious reasons. We have wonderful example of mumbai tiffinwalas making a fortune (they aren't MBAs). They make one mistake per six million deliveries. And there are such many examples in all the work fields. I have seen so many people studying arts and then being a software developer. So it ain't the case always. We all are best in our own ways; like you said, happy with what we have. :) You ROCK!!! Renu
uffffffff...now that was heavy duty stuff(the comments..not ur blog)!! n hilarious(ur blog..n not the...)!!U sounded like a wounded tiger thr..dont cringe…I am one too!!I wud be one of those who was made to join the bandwagon of MBA..but ended up joining jus the band...wagon..ended up somewhr els.. i completely agree with ur outlook on the most desired three letter word (referring to MBA ONLY);-)…Me too is a victim of “THE sacred path of education” (engineering+MBA).I am saying- i am an victim cos i did navigate tht sacred path but dint reach my destination!!N today I feel…STUCK!!Stuck in the wrong body! To tell u the truth unlike u…I dint even knew which body I really wanted then..i had a hint but din get the chance to find it out for myself..instead was lead onto THE SACRED PATH!!...anywas m happy today..so no complains…but search is still on..for the perfect one..lets c…if I find it!! Cheers!!
A really nice way of putting it! :)Recently, I too had to make a tough decision between going for an MBA or the less treaded upon MS program in one of the most prestigious universities in the United States.
Needless to say, I chose the MS program as this matched my interests much more than an MBA! At the end of the day, I feel that it finally boils down to what you really want to do.
I dont want to get too philosophical but you have to follow your heart and conquer the career goals you have in mind without listening to people who may bring you down.
Trust me, these will be the same people who will flock towards u like sheep when you are successful later on in life! Thats just the way the world works!
Hmmm...interesting. I wrote something on the life-science, Biotech "trend" for my college magazine. Needless to say, it never got published! :) It mentions a bit about MBA as well. Lemme know if you have time to read it. :)
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