Where are you Christopher McCandless ?

This is Thiruvananthapuram, and i am here for my so-called “Induction Program” organised by a reputed company. Christopher McCandless was about my age when he decided against joining Law @ Harvard, only to lead the most glorious life, ever lived by an individual, in the jungles of Alaska. Neither do i have the guts to be a Christopher McCandless nor do i have such an elevated level of thinking.
So what is this “Induction Program” ? I would love to convince others that its a program, that apart from imparting technical knowledge, goes a long way in confusing an already-delusional class of fresh engineers and what’s more, you get paid for it ! Here we a study a programming language that i believe MIT developed only out of desperation not to keep their scholarly minds idle. Then we have something called grooming classes. Here they teach me how to speak in English. But imagine what happens when some asks you to pronounce “tortoise” as “tort-ese” and “poem” as “pawm”. Then the teaches says he has never heard anyone pronounce “envelope” as “onvelope”! English here has been reduced to what “sounds right” rather than what “is right”. What they don’t realise is that Indians today speak English better than anybody – Indians can adapt to several English accents in days, whereas we don’t really find Americans, Australians, latin Americans or the birtish as comfortable with so many different styles of English.
Let’s talk a bit about Professional Grooming. In short – this is where i learn how to FAKE! what matters most is the first impression. Here, let me bring in a guy named Swapnil Sonawane – this brilliant guy from nit-durgapur was unshaven and in faded tattered jeans when he cleared about 6 levels of programming and technical interview to emerge as the richest boy ever in the history of the college. So, just as the British do in temperatures of 15 – 25 degrees centigrade, i do the same in temperatures of 30 – 40 degrees centigrade, i.e choke myself in a neck tie!
I have sailed through really tough English examinations in icse, isc with 1 points, just like many of my friends, and have interacted with so many different kind of people – so i do believe i have the right to be an individual, not a programmed machine
Wish i could think the way Christopher McCandless did! He died a human being, we’ll die fakers! The biggest difference between him and us is the love for currency notes.