"Far away there in the sunshine
are my highest aspirations...
I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them and try to follow them..."

Louisa May Alcott, (1832-88)
American writer, reformer

Such beautiful words!!! So inspiring!!! So positive!!!
And how many hopefuls join the B-schools every year with the same words repeated like a litany in their hearts and stars in their eyes, aiming to make it big in the business world??? And all of them so sure that they personally have what it takes to fulfill these aspirations.
But it's this time of the year that tells them whether their aspirations had any credibility and substance, or they were just creating for themselves a fool's paradise.

Yes, placement season is here once again. As winter makes one final all-out effort to freeze all and sundry, nothing seems to faze the hopes being fostered in young hearts at the Indian B-schools, as they gear up for the Placement 2004 at their respective campuses.