Life at IIMC

Daffodils" (1804) – William Wordsworth

I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

Each day brings with it the indescribable joy of living, another day of peace and happiness, another day of seeing nature in some of her glory, another day of seeing the sun dance itself into my room, another day of smelling the raindrops, another day of seeing the reflections of the setting sun in the lake, another day of feeling the night breeze on my face. I cannot single out a moment or an incident here at IIM Calcutta, but each day is a kaleidoscope of warmth and emotions.

I was too lost in a competitive world trying to live others life, too worried about what would happen tomorrow to live today. It helps that I am in that phase of coursework where I am still not disappointed in my potential and my expectations. This is something I wonder how many people feel or see in the daily grind of quizzes, lectures, presentations and placements. I am not sure if I would continue to feel like this after five years (till which period I am definitely supposed to stay here), but at this moment, now, today, IIM Calcutta has given me back my joy in living.

The bird song in the mornings and in the evenings reminds me of all those moments that I could not capture in the past, all the moments that I definitely want to be indelibly imprinted in my memory to carry with me “in vacant or in pensive mood”. I hope the night lights of the lake will stay with me and give me the fortitude to live with myself for the coming five, six years that I am on campus and for the years to come.