The last sixth

Three mid-terms and two end-terms are out of the way - only the last set of end-terms and their accompanying quizzes remain. Each successive exam seems to have been greeted by ever increasing fatigue by the batch. During this exam, a very high proportion of people put in only half-hearted efforts or less. This is because people are taking a very chilled approach to life and only waiting for April to come and internships to begin.

I have followed the batch's trend in this regard. The mid-terms came and went as a blur and I still haven't finished the portion for many of the subjects. Luckily, except for Finance, I haven't done too badly in any exam. Was majorly helped by four out of six exams being open-book.

I was somewhat disappointed by the rail budget. I'd thought that a new timetable with faster trains would have been released. But we were only given a promise of the same being released during this year. Nothing major for Bombay's suburban network either. MUTP (Bombay Urban Transport Project) projects are behind schedule and phase 1 will probably end in 2008, though it was earlier scheduled to end by 2005. Still, was happy to hear about the railways' improved financial condition and the fact that the dedicated freight corridor project was announced (This will cost over 20 000 crores over the next 5 years for building dedicated freight corridors between Bombay-Delhi and Calcutta-Delhi).

Will read some more Guns, Germs and Steel now and then sleep. Somewhere in between, will squeeze in a reading for one subject out of three tomorrow :)