Sunday, September 12, 2010

Course load and elephant gods


My health situation has somewhat improved, however I'm still surviving on a diet consisting of yoghurt, rice and biscuits. Rehydration is a slow process and judging from several symptoms, I still have some way to go.

Today I initiated what I hope (though don't expect) to be a fruitful email correspondence with the Stockholm School of Economics. The reason is the course load that we're expected to take on, equivalent to 6.25 IIMA credits. This was recently increased from 5 that was the requirement for previous SSE exchange students, which in itself was pretty high compared to the 4 credits that students from other universities must take. It should also be noted that it's not uncommon for native students to take fewer, as I've been told. Fingers crossed...

Coincidentally, yesterday marked the beginning of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebration, in honour of elephant-headed god Ganesh. He's known as the remover of obstacles, so Ganesh, please, any help with the fellows at SSE would be highly appreciated. The picture shows a statue of Ganesh currently on display outside the student mess, complete with offerings.

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