Day 51: 10th Aug, 2009

This one is quite a paradox. Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. But ask any student of IIM Lucknow his/her plans for the weekend and pat comes the response - "City jaega". Apparently, only a part of Lucknow happens to be a 'city'. And the rest of it is outskirts(greater percentage) of the city. IIM L campus may perhaps qualify to be on the outskirts of the outskirts :-p.

Anyways, I needed to get some stuff and some committees related info. So myself and a batchmate set off for ‘city’.

I have already told you about the brilliant traffic (non)sense that the people of Lucknow are blessed with. But I realised that was only a part of the story. Seems like the psyche has also got ingrained in the animals of Lucknow. Previously when I was in Bhubaneshwar, I have encountered herds of cows occupying the entire road. But what differentiates the animals here is a sort of pride with which they move about the roads. I can seriously vouch that in Bombay and Bangalore, animals respond to the honks and move aside. But none of that happens here. The animal will stay put where it is and it is you who must adjust. Some really complicated traffic dynamics where almost any moving object, living or non-living, can suddenly appear out of nowhere.

Anyways, classes started today. Miss the breaks we used to get before and after exams (and during exams as well :D) during engineering. Back to lectures, assignments, profs, committee tasks...! Bring them on!

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