Solivagant â (noun) a solitary wanderer, (adj.) wandering alone Reading about and listening to exotic experiences of solo âwander lustingâ…
The biggest party your parents will ever throw you!
A few months before a birthday the biggest question on any child’s mind is, how big is my birthday party…
Making room on Life’s Shelf.
Shelf life â A concept that is often used in context with food products at grocery stores. Milk. Fruit. Eggs.…
The Darden i will miss.
When you finally get ready to leave a place as beautiful as Darden and Charlottesville, you try and soak in…
How an MBA ruins vacations for the rest of your life!
This post was originally featured in TopMBA Blogs đ One of the biggest upsides of doing an MBA is the…
The ride I will never forget!
I still remember the first time I saw the mind blowing roller coaster rides on Discovery travel and Living on…
Why you should slow down at-least once a day?
Why should you slow down at least once a day? For weeks on end I was running from one class…
Eat around the world in 2 hours!
Come September end, Darden students take to buying ingredients, digging up old recipe books, calling their mothers frantically to figure…
Can you read for pleasure when doing an MBA?
When you think about becoming a student for two years, one of the resolutions you make is that of reading…
One for All, All for one! – Learning Teams at Darden
As Second Years you often find yourself at home at 7:00pm either reading your cases for the next day or…
Flying too frequently?
Air travel as a child was a thing of luxury. I still remember the first time I flew on a…
Make your home in your heart!
Growing up as an army officersâ daughter, I have known many homes. Close to 14 different cities, towns, villages, and…
Blossoming trees, galloping horses, and home going!
As a third grade Geography teacher, I taught my kids about seasons – the four distinct seasons in India, the…
Darden Diaries 14: Battlegrounds and boardrooms.
Some of the best things about a business school like Darden, nestled in the rich cultural heritage of Virginia, are…
Enough of the “white noise” already!
To the all Darden second round admits⌠Welcome! Also I want to enlighten you a little about the white noise…
Darden Diaries: Become a Gladiator.
âMy name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal…
Darden Diaries 11: Recruiting and dating – Aren’t they similar?
âRecruiting is like dating.â When I first heard this from a career advisor at Darden, I thought it made no…
Darden Diaries 10: Who needs that vacation?
One of the best things about living in a picturesque and sleepy town like Charlottesville is that you can leave…
Darden Diaries 9: How to “operate” like a manager!
Blue, green, yellow, red, black, white, orange, brown and pink. Brick 2 X 2, brick 1 X 2, angle bushe,…
Darden Diaries 8: It was “Fall”ing and its all fallen!
Amber, beige, bister, chestnut, khaki, tan, fawn, sepia, ocher, ginger, rust, puce, chocolate, hazel… Before you think I am rattling…
Darden Diaries 7: To new and old festivals
One of the many downsides of being away from your home country is the time when you realize that not…
Darden Diaries 6: Class contribution – the ultimate potluck!
All our words are but the crumbs that fall from the feast of the mind. â Khalil Gibran I am…
Darden Diaries 5: Process the ‘process’, then trust it.
When I was all of 6 years old, I used to say with the utmost conviction, âWhen I grow up…
Darden Diaries 4: Examining the Anti-Exam!
You wake up from a night mare. Shake yourself out of it. Skip breakfast because you feel sick already. You…
Darden Diaries 3: To sleep or to not sleep!
What do Marissa Mayer (Yahooâs CEO), Indira Nooyi (Chairman & CEO PepsiCo), Barack Obama ( President of the US), Condoleeza…
Darden Diaries 2: ‘B’ curious yet ‘B’ you!
And the Orientation week at Darden comes to an end with me standing in the middle of the Thomas Jeffersonâs…
Darden diaries 1: To “B” or to not “B”
M.B.A. ; Three small letters, one big concept. Growing up in India, one is expected to be at the two big…
Darden Diaries 0 : Party in the USA!
Party in the USA – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGyjg3I7aK8This Miley Cyrus song pretty much sums up how I felt when I first got…
Teach For India Diaries #20:The madness and the magic!
I had been meaning to write about how mad the past two years have driven me for a long time.…
TFI Diaries 19: To play or not to play!
âCompetitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears.â –Bobby Jones, US Golfer If…
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