MM Project, GV & Me The Anti-Social Loafers

This post was written a few days back but then I didn’t have time to upload it so I am uploading it now.

Today I had a very different kind of experience. For the first time in my entire life I went to a girl’s hostel. When I was in IIT I used to dream about going to GH but no one ever invited a creature like me. I spent four years there without going inside any of the rooms of GH. I could only go inside corridor of GH, that too during election time. Ya… to paste posters of candidates of my choice.

So here in IMT when the moment I was invited in GH I felt a sense of euphoria…same euphoria Saurab Da must have felt while removing his t-shirt after winning a match. No, I didn’t think about removing my t-shirt as I am too afraid of dis-com (disciplinary committee).

Before I go any further in the story let me give you some background. I am a guy who comes from a very backward village. I have done my initial schooling from a place which doesn’t have electricity till date. (what an example of India shining.)
So in my entire life I haven’t interacted much with girls except my two sisters and my girlfriend.

So before I was coming to IMT one of my best friend Animesh, who did his MBA from ISB, told me that I should make it a point that I interact with babes in IMT. (Yes Ani always refers to girls as babes.)

“I am not comfortable in talking to girls, then why do I need to talk to them”, I asked like a village boy.
“you are not comfortable in talking to girls, that’s the precise reason why you should make it a point to interact with girls, firstly its much more fun to have a few girls in your group, secondly once you go in corporate world, in order to be more efficient you got to be very comfortable with all kind of people”, he said in a very philosophical tone.

I take Ani’s advice very seriously so once I came to IMT I tried talking to girls. What kind of disaster it was, I have already written about it in my last post.

Now let me take you to my class room. It was our fourth or fifth MM class. Groups for project had to be formed. I don’t know why Deepak did not include me in his group. I felt depressed because of his behavior. And you know guys whenever I feel depressed I turn to only one guy in IMT. That’s GV. I told GV that no one was ready to take me in his group.

“chill out yaar, no one is taking me either. Let me add some spice in your life”, he said with mischievous smile on his face.

“What do you mean”, I asked GV, knowing that MM project was last thing he was thinking about.

“What do you think of those two girls”, he asked pointing towards two of our classmates.
“hmmm… they are among the most beautiful girls in our campus”, I said without any emotions, fearing to be judged by GV.

“If you think IMT girls are beautiful then wait till you meet my DU friends”, “don’t have this small village boy mentality”, he said in a very gyani mode.
I felt ashamed of being honest in front of GV.

I asked him why he was asking all that. “what if these two girls become our MM project partners” he asked very objectively.
“why would they become our project partners, we are famous as bhasad, darubaaj. We are rather infamous”.

“the way you think no one wants to take you in his project, these girls might also be thinking that no one wants to take them, play on somebody else’s insecurities boss”, he said thoughtfully.

“But both of them have so many admirers, anyone would like to include them in his group”, I asked like a four year old child.
“Boss they even might not be knowing that they are beautiful or intelligent or whatever, everybody has his or her own complexes”, GV told me in the voice of a MM instructor.

Finally I told GV that I was not comfortable in working with girls and as a result project would suffer. He also told me that I should be comfortable, He told me that I need to grow up.

Then before I could realize it GV convinced Shublina and Priyanka to become our project partners. I tell you guys GV’s charm works. I guess its tall dark handsome funda or may be the way he handles the situation. I mean I need to learn lot of things from him.

As it is I am very shy in talking to girls and GV does not have time for either project or IMT girls (that’s why he goes to delhi and noida so frequently, he says he goes to chill out.), so we didn’t have any project meeting till last Friday.

At times I tried doing the whole project alone. Firstly, because topic is something very close to my heart, those who know me they know how much I love PVR. And secondly I was hesitant in calling a project meeting.

We never visited PVR because I never took an initiative. Many a times I went to PVR all alone, trying to figure out its consumers and trying to figure out how consumer preferences are changing. People say that I have an eye for detail, so I tried my best to capture details of PVR, JAM and other multiplexes.

Let me be honest guys, I never even thought of asking these girls to go to PVR for the project. I mean going to PVR had always been a memorable experience for me…I still remember I used to wait for hours sitting at the stairs of Priya waiting for my girlfriend, and she was never on time.

Last Friday I almost panicked as I was realizing that my project was much more difficult than Nirma, “Nimbu ki shakti” or any other popular brand. I was not able to figure out what to write or do in the project.

So I decided to call a project meeting. Since then it had been a roller coaster ride…will write more very soon, so wait for more!