8th April 2010, 21:53
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| Sorry folks. Got busy with my convocation, and then the return trip, so could not post further. Anyway, trips done, cars in fine fettle and I am all ready to post the details of the rest of the days. Day 3 : This was our day off, as we were just chilling at my grandparents place in BBSR. I got up early and went along with my grandpa to buy some fresh fish and prawns for lunch.  After breakfast, and a shower, the four of us went to Lingaraj temple. A quick tour cut short by the searing heat, we were back and home for the fish and prawns. After lazing around for a bit post lunch I decided to take my friends to Udayagiri caves and so around 4pm we head there, check out the caves and get back. Went to the club for dinner, and hit the sack by 11.Day 4: Final day to Kolkata. Left by 7:30 AM, and were speeding down towards calcutta on the 4 lane road, with me behind the wheel. Around balasore the road becomes single lane, and your usual array of diversions begin, but the stretch is still better than the BBSR - berhampur stretch we had experienced on day 4. Its much shorter too, and soon the 4 lane highway began again, most of it now thought was cement road and not tar, so a little more tyre noise. Entered bengal, big line of trucks, but there was space inbetween for us to go through, unlike the AP - Orissa border which was chaos. Around 1:15PM we get stuck in this huge jam at Debra. A truck had run over a worker, and they blocked the road. The jam mustve stretched for kms, we were near the head of it though. We got down, and walked around town, and finally after an hour, they some agreement was reached, and the block was removed. Traffic was sparse, as everyone was stuck in the jam, and we reached kolkata in an hour. Drove through park street, thinking we will have a late lunch, but couldn't figure out where to park so went down to alipore and ate at dominos. Then hit the Diamond Harbor road and reached campus by 5. A sense of achievement overcame all of us, as it was our first road trip sans elders. The whole evening was spent telling people "yes, we did drive down from Hyd to Cal"  The bridge over the Mahanadi just after leaving Cuttack  The river is almost totally dry, save for this small part of water near the bank  Once the 4 lane highways started  Cement Surface Roads  Not much of greenery in these part of Bengal  The board for the Vidyasagar Setu  It's finally visible. Yay!!  Eden gardens from the bridge  On the Vidyasagar Setu  Victoria Memorial  Road leading to Ft. William  Driving past Victoria Memorial.  The ancient, wooden Blue buses of Kolkata  Final Tripmeter reading  Resting at New Hostel, IIM Calcutta  |
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19th April 2010, 18:59
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19th April 2010, 19:04
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| Team-BHP Support   | By the way its only 50% complete. Where is the return trip ! Congrats on the vehicle, drive and also the degree! Where are the convocation snaps ? |
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19th April 2010, 20:01
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well, I was all set and edited images to post for the return trip, but after day 3 of the hyd- cal leg i got no replies, so deferred its posting. If you guys are up for it, I shall start posting the return leg from tonight itself ( with a few convo pics ) | |
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19th April 2010, 20:18
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19th April 2010, 22:56
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19th April 2010, 23:21
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Here goes then, the convocation. Come April 3rd, and mixed emotions grappled most of us. We were happy that finally we were going to pass out of an illustrious institute like IIM-C, but also sad that this also meant the end of student life, frivolity and a lot of other things. I have no work experience, and so for me its been one long ride studying continuously till the age of 23, and entering the corporate world now, is one big, looming challenge. Anyway, after a snack/lunch we all headed to our respective robing rooms. The robes were quite crumpled, but from far, it wasn't that apparent. The hat did not fit my big head properly  We queued up, and marched, as we had rehearsed earlier into the auditorium. A quick speech later, the degree handing out process begun. I had taken part in my convocation during B.Tech, unlike a few of my other friends, so considered myself quite an expert at convocations. Little did I know what was in store. So ya, my name was called out, I start to climb/jog up the pair of stairs to the stage and trip on the stairs, as I'm not used to my formal shoes. My hat falls down, and everybody is laughing. Grinning away to glory, I pickup the hat, press it down, and get my degree from Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, our esteemed alumnus and head of the board, IIMC and rediff. On my way out, I bow to the chief guest as we were told, and my hat again pops off my head, and I swiftly put my hand up to hold it in place. More laughter. SO yeah, I made a very boring and serious procedure funny, but in the process woke up a few of my friends who were sleeping awaiting their turn. I would have mentioned what the chief guest and all spoke about, but I doubt there would be many takers for it. Nonetheless, if anybody wants to discuss such stuff I'm game. The stage upon our entry - all set  Getting my degree  Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan talking  Dr. Sandeep Pandey talking  | |
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20th April 2010, 11:56
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20th April 2010, 12:07
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| Senior - BHPian  | Congrats Bhuvan on your succesful programme completion and offcourse the long drive on the new baby Ritty.  |
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20th April 2010, 12:36
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| Your Thread Made for a wonderful read. Wishing you a wonderful Journey('s) Ahead!  |
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20th April 2010, 12:46
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20th April 2010, 14:18
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| Congrats Bhuvan! You mentioned about feeling sad for ending student life for good. Believe me, the pain will be more accute a few years later when you read about someone else's convocation . Your thread brought back memories of my own convocation from IIMB, all those years ago. Try to attend Hyd TBHP meets one of these days, before you join the rat race of corporate world. |
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20th April 2010, 14:32
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| Congrats...on all Counts!!! Hi Bhuvan, Going through your travelogue was reminiscent of the same trip I had done on my Enfield Electra during 5th to 7th April 2009 (the travelogue should there somewhere in this section). You finished your MBA and went for your drive, while I took my ride just before I quit my job and joined my MBA TO the nice car, good drives and a great career ahead!! Cheers! |
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20th April 2010, 14:38
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| Team-BHP Support | Nice perspectives. Complementary ! I have never attended a convo till date. All degrees came by post .I hope for my next one I am there. But I dont need to drive so long for that ! |
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