FROM THE EDITORS DESK

On a wet & melancholy Sunday morning, I was walking past the Hussain Sagar. The ancient & somewhat stale wind blowing from the west made my walk even more calm & tranquil. At intervals, a lonely bird sang, cleaving the almost engulfing silence. It was then I heard the murmur… Periodic yet prominent. It rose… I knew I was getting closer to the source, it sounded like voices rising in unison. I was really curious…early in the morning, what is exactly
happening out there? And then I saw them… In the middle of the Sanjeeva Reddy Park, they all stood in somewhat ill-formed rows, with their posh & expensive cars waiting for the respective privileged masters, outside the park. The Corporate honchos of Hyderabad…business tycoons, Executives of big MNCs…charismatic, powerful & almost embarrassingly rich, …guess what were they doing? Believe me…they were laughing! Yes… they were… a big, hearty laughter… at regular intervals. Their old & seasoned voices tore through the silence of the park as they laughed…. echoed almost. ‘The corporate laughter’ or ‘the laugh therapy’ they call it. They say, a hearty laughter for 10 minutes early in the morning helps to control the regulation of hormonal flows… thereby calms down the ever jangling corporate nerves, provides them peace… the most craved-for feeling these days. Here at IMA, probably we all can understand what those people were trying to do. We too feel the pinch… don’t we? Clichéd days go by, with the elements of pressure piling up on our young shoulders. Assignments, presentations, exams, long unending hours at IMA… no time for ourselves... to think, to ponder over the time we’re going through. It’s all too systematic, too stagnant. We all want the weekend to come… we all crave for relief. Even then, we have lots of work in the weekends as well. Where’s the way out? So here we are! Presenting you a new fun-pill, the new edition of IMAge…. The ultimate laugh-riot. You will find
your stress melting away…as you indulge in the fun & the frolic. IMAge will be our own laughter therapy.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who have worked really hard to make this concept a humour-filled reality. My sincere gratitude goes to Debarti Dutta, the co-ordinator of IMAge and all the executive board members. A special thanks to Pritam Kar for helping out in the proof reading process and of course, Jagdeshwar Rao Senapathi who takes care of the online edition of IMAge. This thanksgiving session will be incomplete without thanking our own Raghu Sir
for helping us out in writing the Highlights of “Indian Banking Conference, 2008” at ISB, Hyderabad.
At the end of it all, it’s a collective effort and it will give us enormous happiness if this edition lights up your face with a hearty smile. Laughter is undoubtedly the best medicine and the greatest prize for us.
Happy reading.
Chiranjibi Dipti Ranjan Panda