Statue of Puberty

I know this has been long due here, I put my posts on Ryze and just slipped across with work … so anyways, here goes …

For those who don’t know her (or for that matter, this particular case). Rashmi is the editor and publisher of JAM magazine and she (her mag actually) recently exposed IIPM’s “tall claims” (online version). She’s had a blog which she’s been running for a very long time and she also has linked in to this case with “Lies, damned lies and fake blogs”.

The story that’s unfolded ever since has been nothing short of entertaining. With IIPM students barging up on her and throwing nasty personal attacks to which we found her blog followers to respond and go beyond just defending her. It’s been chaotic and defined entertainment to some.

As these snapshot of events unfolded, Gaurav Sabnis an IIM grad working with IBM (and doing fantastically well there, I’m told), linked one of Rashmi’s articles on his personal blog and unfortunately invited upon himself a legal notice alongside Rashmi (and JAM).

Blogrolling can sometimes be dangerous … but Gaurav’s a cool and smart dude … he laughs on to this episode

Gaurav BTW quit his job at IBM for the simple reason that IIPM threatened the Lenovo/IBM management to burn all their Thinkpad Lappies in front of the IBM Delhi office. Now how childish is that?

Gaurav quit despite the fact that his employers were never in favour of the same. He just didn’t want IBM’s well being and good name taking the wrong turn for the wrong reasons.

Salutes to you Gaurav … (although some would call his decision rash … I perfectly concur with him)

His last line in that post, marks his stand and portrays his character right thru’ “Remember, truth never hurts those who are right”

And don’t worry bout him getting a new job. He’s IIM (and not II..)

Do read thru Rashmi’s post … some of the comments are hilarious … although some slam her down like crazy too … this entire episode cracks me up and also says so much? (no pun intended) about IIPM. It surely is their reaction that’s putting them down even further.

I know this should have been put long back, I’ve been terribly pressed for work. But, I want one of my own lawsuits too man.

Anyways, I don’t mean to ridicule anyone here (I may not have all the facts) but the reactions say it all.

ADDITIONS:

CNB’s blog – http://www.livejournal.com/users/freegeek/159378.html

Ketan Pandit’s Blog – http://aloud-thinking.blogspot.com

Satish Vijaykumar’s Blog - http://www.bombaylives.blogspot.com

Sambhar Mafia’s Blog – http://sambharmafia.blogspot.com


UPDATES:

IIPM’s Ads:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1163051,curpg-1.cms

And another blogger slapped legal summons by IIPM:
http://absurdiav.blogspot.com/2005/10/yet-another-legal-notice.html

NDTV to cover??:
http://www.desipundit.com/2005/10/13/ndtv-to-cover-iipm-fracas-tonight/

Article on NDTV:
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category…

Hilarious Spam Blog:
http://weloveiipm.blogspot.com/

DNA coverage:
http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=6136&CatID=5

Sambhar Mafia’s update

Puneet accuses IIPM of spamming Google, Yahoo and MSN search engines. He also has screenshots to prove his claim

Arzan probes about IIPM’s Toronto connection and Belgian alliance. Curious Gawker also manages to throw some light on the web of alliances surrounding IMI.

Kiruba designs some “Support Buttons” for us to show our support for Gaurav and Rashmi

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. – Plato

Says a lot doesn’t it?

Day in and day out, we ply at the helm of judging events and entities around us. We are judgmental to the classic point of hurting our fellow herdsmen, going on to break otherwise perfect relationships. And when the cloud clears over time, we realize that the effort and action was pointless.

We all have our flaws, our innumerable, (perhaps) countless chunks of imperfection. One of them is our astute ability to be-right ourselves. We often showcase our incandescent ability to think and act for ourselves (which is good, but comes) at the expense of the rest of the living world (or maybe some, who mean the world to us).

“I am right” It’s like we’ve been programmed to work towards this statement.

The ability to not think beyond our own perception and understanding is one of the primary reasons for relationships to fall and fail. And it’s not just the battle of opposite sexes (which we’re all subject to, or will do during our lifetime), but also the not-so-talked-about but nevertheless common associations we have with our friends, family and close acquaintances.

If ever there was a classic example to showcase on relationship breakers, we humans would stand in as the best of plausible exponents.

There’s a thin line between having an opinion and enforcing your belief. We seldom realize when and how we cross that line.