Nisha Advani's Blog

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” This all too famous quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson has been so callously exploited over time, that it is now almost a cliché. My intention here is not to dwell on the philosophies that have been handed down over the ages; I’m just trying to connect a few dots that occurred at various points in time and in retrospect, turned out to be a journey that I now believe was destined. The journey that I unknowingly embarked upon in my childhood culminated in a destination that I never thought was reachable, primarily because I was oblivious of the journey itself. But was this the destination? Or was it the start of a new journey? The Ignition : St. Mary’s School, Class 7 - the first Spelling Bee Competition held in our school and one of my first attempts at pushing a team I led over to the victory line. I had managed to spell correctly all but one word, shot out to me by the host, Mrs. Ritu Nathani, to help my team bag the 1 st spot in the competitio

Spice Jet has been in turmoil. Blame it on bad business strategy or extraneous factors, the ultimate impact is felt down the chain – to the passenger who books a ticket. The Entrepreneurship Development Cell, a student organization of Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune, annually hosts a summit Vishwapreneur which has been growing steadily with each passing edition. This year we decided to kick start the event with a panel discussion featuring 5 entrepreneurs, to be moderated by the Managing Trustee of Vishwakarma Institutes, Mr. Bharat Agarwal himself. A much awaited session, it was set to be high profile from the word Go. That is until Spice Jet flew in, or didn’t. Exactly a week before the event on Saturday, I got a call from the convener. Since I had been mentoring him over the past month, I didn’t make much of it. “Umm, Nisha di, we have a problem. Bharat sir won’t be able to make it next Saturday. His flight has been cancelled.” “What?” I said, “Wh