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On placements

I did not mind college placements; we all pretty much knew our relative positions in the batch, and so there were few surprises and fewer chances of pushing or opulling people here and there. The maximum that I heard was that placement "co-ordinators" were attempting some things...it was all pretty irrelevant and in the end, everyone was happy and stuff. In the course of typing this, I deduce that the reason for everlasting bonhomie was that we handled our own placements, our seniors their own, and our juniors their own. A major difference.

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