Ahmedabad!!

In my previous post i talked about my PI experience at IIM Ahmedabad......i forgot to talk about Ahmedabad as a city......

I had my interview call on the 16th of feb........so i planned to start for the place on the 14th........as there is no direct train from pune to ahmedabad(not one that i am aware of anyway) my dad and i decided to catch the gujarat mail from mumbai on the 14th night......we reached mumbai around 7 in the evening..........took a taxi from dadar to mumbai central..........the train was to start at 9.50 in the night......after we had our dinner we went and occupied are seats(1 actually the other being  'RAC')......that day i learnt how our dear railway minister Mr. Lalu Prasad has read a railway 'revolution'.........allotting the same seat to 4 people under the name of RAC is a good way to make a start..........:).....anyway thankfully one guy didnt show up and both of us got seats........it wud have been a long night otherwise......

Morning came and brought along with it the city of Ahmedabad........i got down at the station and there was something in the air........that something gave a feeling.........a feeling that made me feel that this is where i wanna be for the next 2 years of my life.........a feeling that sucked urself into it and that made u crave for uself to be a part of it......

An army vehicle had come to escort us to the place where we were gonna put up for the next 2 days-The EME mess........the specific area of this place was Hanuman Camp at Shahibaug......it was a wonderful place to say and we were taken care of very well there for the whole of the 2 days.........

The 16th came and the time arrived to go to Vastrapur where the IIM is located.......seeing the place finally sort of overwhelms u..........it feels like this is where i wanted to be when i started out with my prep........and now i know why........though the campus is smaller than most of the other IIMs it still strikes u........and that is mostly coz of the culture of the place.........the values that it exudes......

I am sad about two things really.....one that i did not carry a camera......and didnt even remember to take some snaps with my mobile......second i did not catch a glimpse of the whole campus..........i left as soon as my interview got over........now i think that i should have tried to explore the back part of the campus which has been newly built......hopefully i will get an opportunity to do all that in 4 months..........wishful thinking i know but a dream does not hurt does it now?:)......

After the interview finished we decided to visit the Akshardham temple located in Gandhinagar which is another wonderful city.........it is beautifully structured and planned..........laid out in sectors it reminded me of another wonderful city i have had the pleasure of visiting-Chandigarh........we did reach the temple finally after asking for directions from a lot of people(none of whom spoke hindi btw) only to find that it was closed on mondays.........whatever we got to see from the outside was amazing......they have become very vigilant of the place after the terrorist attack..........it had huge walls all around it and it was a huge compound anyway........

Anyway it was a wonderful experience to go to Ahmedabad and i must say that i have fallen in love with the city.....hopefully the city gives me a chance to experience it for 2 more years coz frankly this is where i wanna be.........:)