source : http://www.jorgetutor.com/india/sindia/chennai/chennai2.htmChennai beckons. Over the past few days i have realised that i have a stereotypical image of the city in my head. My interactions with my friends further strengthens this stereotype. But every city has got a character of its own and provides a unique experience to different individuals. Till now i have heard more negatives than positives about the city but i am sure the good things are hidden there waiting to be explored. That is what excites me. New city all on my own with the freedom to explore it the way i want to. Perfect.
As far as the internship goes. i hope i get decent work and more than that understand thoroughly how an ad agency functions while developing some good relationships in the process. Hopefully i manage to interact and open up soon enough since 2 months is a short period. I am mentally preparing myself and will reach the office sans any ego willing to do whatever is required. There is no point getting frustrated with the work or lack of it in an internship. It is more about experience and observation. In 2 months nobody can do something mind blowing and alter the course of the company as such. It is a limited impact and the more open and receptive i am to any kind of work coming my way the better it will be. Will also have interns from other MBA colleges to give me company so hopefully i end up having some good company.
This however is the main problem that i will face :
Right from the moment you alight at the Chennai Central railway station you notice something everywhere in the air...it's a tremendous linguistic pride, to the extent of being an inertia. The coolie will come up to you, and depending what you look like - talk in Hindi or Tamil. Having found that you are Hindi-speaking, he will, very politely, offer his help to carry your luggage. You, being a light traveller, refuse and then ask him, in Hindi, where the main gate is. He will suddenly, behave as if someone just attacked his linguistic independence. He will shake his hands all over his body, dance around for a while and before you think you have got the right quantam-mechanical equation to pin down his momentum and position, he will depart, leaving you feeling stupid all over. He has shown you that he does not understand Hindi. In fact, this attribute of the people is most wonderful, and is of tremendous academic interest. Unless they want something from you or want to exercise their skills in Hindi, they will not talk to you in Hindi. English they might speak, but Hindi, an emphatic no!
source : http://www.indiatravelogue.com/trav/impr19.html
The heat i suppose will take some getting used to but then i had managed decently well over there when i had gone for my cousin sister's wedding in the middle of may in the recent past. Whatever happens it is going to hell lot different to life at Mumbai. I remember being mighty pissed when i got placed in JWT Chennai since i had almost assumed that they would place me in Mumbai and had no clue about the office in Chennai. Was pretty devastated with the news but then gradually started seeing the plus points of coming to a different city and a smaller branch. Now i am positively upbeat about this opportunity and hopefully will make something good of it.
As far as the internship goes. i hope i get decent work and more than that understand thoroughly how an ad agency functions while developing some good relationships in the process. Hopefully i manage to interact and open up soon enough since 2 months is a short period. I am mentally preparing myself and will reach the office sans any ego willing to do whatever is required. There is no point getting frustrated with the work or lack of it in an internship. It is more about experience and observation. In 2 months nobody can do something mind blowing and alter the course of the company as such. It is a limited impact and the more open and receptive i am to any kind of work coming my way the better it will be. Will also have interns from other MBA colleges to give me company so hopefully i end up having some good company.
This however is the main problem that i will face :
Right from the moment you alight at the Chennai Central railway station you notice something everywhere in the air...it's a tremendous linguistic pride, to the extent of being an inertia. The coolie will come up to you, and depending what you look like - talk in Hindi or Tamil. Having found that you are Hindi-speaking, he will, very politely, offer his help to carry your luggage. You, being a light traveller, refuse and then ask him, in Hindi, where the main gate is. He will suddenly, behave as if someone just attacked his linguistic independence. He will shake his hands all over his body, dance around for a while and before you think you have got the right quantam-mechanical equation to pin down his momentum and position, he will depart, leaving you feeling stupid all over. He has shown you that he does not understand Hindi. In fact, this attribute of the people is most wonderful, and is of tremendous academic interest. Unless they want something from you or want to exercise their skills in Hindi, they will not talk to you in Hindi. English they might speak, but Hindi, an emphatic no!
source : http://www.indiatravelogue.com/trav/impr19.html
The heat i suppose will take some getting used to but then i had managed decently well over there when i had gone for my cousin sister's wedding in the middle of may in the recent past. Whatever happens it is going to hell lot different to life at Mumbai. I remember being mighty pissed when i got placed in JWT Chennai since i had almost assumed that they would place me in Mumbai and had no clue about the office in Chennai. Was pretty devastated with the news but then gradually started seeing the plus points of coming to a different city and a smaller branch. Now i am positively upbeat about this opportunity and hopefully will make something good of it.
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