Barely two days into my MBA course here and I'm unequivocal with everyone else out here, "Life at MBA is going to be one helluva roller-coaster ride with all the chills and thrills no doubt but wonder if we'll be able to cope and shine". But then its not just about shining any more, is it? Gone are the days when you had below-average and average students and it was better than good to be a slightly above-average student.

Gone are the times when you could be friendly with everyone and yet have a strong enough personality to emerge a leader and grab a share of the limelight. Then you could be the star among your batchmates, the monitor of the class, the prefect of the hostel or the secretary of the college. There was so much limelight and so few aspirants or even so few fighters for that spot at the top that reaching the acme was an achievement soon forgotten too.

But here, here the world is so damn different, so much more challenging and so much more demanding, both physically and mentally. Here, everyone is above-average and everyone's been a winner from where one has come from. Everyone has enjoyed a spot in the limelight and everyone makes a grab for it. There's far more competition here than the earlier stages and everyone wants to come first. There's no one who's a back-bencher and neither does anyone want to be one.

The pressure's extreme and the tension's unsurmountable. The excitement has begun and it promises to be a fantastic journey through these two years here. It remains to be seen who will outshine the others and make it to the top five and who will languish in the dark alleys of failure. Hope for the best for me and the rest..God be with All of us...and You.