Aint doing us a favour

i am sure about inviting the wrath of the IIM community.

But i could not help forget the comment made by an IIM student., on NDTV.

While arguing the case for Manjunath, which i may add, hold true in any scenario, he went on to say that he was contemplating a decision to move to "CHICAGO".

He might not be speaking for the entire student community of IIM, but then nobody interuppted him as well.

His statement sounded more like a 'threat' than a comment. I absolutely stand by anyone moving out of India to pursue his/her personal goals, but when a person make himself sound like hes doing a favour by staying back, it irks me.

IIMites are truly creame de la creame of the society, but then they aint bigger than the country that they are residing in.

With all our problems, with all the corruption, with all the red tapism, the country sure is in doldrums, but it aint knocked out. I am in no way belittling the sacrifice made by Manjunath. It takes guts to stand up to all that shit, and i myself would have backed out. He has set an example for everyone, please dont make it a case study for attesting the cause of leaving this country.

But what baffles me is, had it not been an IIMite, but an average family man,(capable of getting an overseas offer at the drop of a hat) in this situation, would reaction have been the same.

An IIM community has the 'beef' to get NDTV make a show on it, i am sure it can wrestle a lot of other problems in the country.

For all you know, had Gandhi backed out at those trying times, all of us would have now been vying for a place in the prestigious IIM....Indian Institute of her Majesty.