The Prologue

"Why do I want to do MBA"

I have asked myself this question many times and no matter how much I think about it, how much I introspect myself, I could not find a definitive answer. But then I think that so was the case with many of my old decisions and is the case with many other MBA aspirants who are lured to MBA world with high salaries, niche job profiles, big companies, fabulous perks and a pride to your family and people connected to you. My case was also almost same and a few or more of the above things got me enticed to the MBA world.

But was I always interested in management, and my heart shouts....NO. In my childhood I always wanted to become a Cricketer but that was no suitable career option or rather no option for my family :(. Nobody listened to me when I cried many times to join a cricket academy. After realizing that I surely can't run away from home to pursue my interest, I decided to do more sensible things (at least according to my family) and decided to study social sciences (especially economics) and wanted to study the same after intermediate. But again my family's interests made me major in Mathematics during school. Though initially I hated it just because it was forced on me but later I realized the beauty of the subject and went on to become an engineering graduate from a renowned institute of India. The four years which I spent in IT-BHU were some of the most fun and enjoyable days of my life and friends I made there are the best buddies in this world.

But even after 4 years of engineering and 3 years of job in IT, one small fire deep in my heart refused to die down (though my mind could never find a suitable fuel for that and always tried to ration it out). This fire was of doing something different, something unique, something I can be proud of. Nothing that I was doing till then was that outstanding (no matter how outstandingly I did my job) to make that fire feel quenched. My old penchant for practical sciences (as I call management) made me go out to search for a better avenue and try out doing what I wanted to do. I still have a long way to go before I find out whether it was the right decision or not, but still one needs to try and that's what I did :)