B.E. or not to B.E.

this is my title. there was a reason behind this. after 4 excruciating years i finally got a new prefix of B.E. to my name. "tu engineer bannaar ki doctor???" was the most common question i have faced in my childhood. in my early days my mind did swing to other professions too. but ultimately after my dad convinced me that this the best thing i could do i finally landed in engineering and ofcourse in the electronics and telecomm field which was also of my choice. the journey of becoming an engineer drained me out at the exterior but all that energy lost i guess was invested in making me a totally different person. sounds so perfect. a person got what he always wantd to have ofcourse he had to go through many pains but at the end of everything he got it. what next MBA, MS, PhD..... i have thought once twice thrice the answer is MBA ... "MBA" Master in "Business" Administration... woah helloooo .... that rings a bell in my mind ... to learn about business was it necessary for me to be a B.E. ??? i gave 8 pressurising semesters ... compromised on my young days ... mugged round about 10000 pages in the entire process ... had sleepless nights ... took shit from 40 professors ... sometimes had lunch at 5 in the evening... wrote down 4000 pages of senseless stuff ... got depressed after a not so deserving KT ... just to know 1 day im going to do a masters in "business admin"... sure the only person who u can call a fool in this case is me ... a typical engineer will argue ... "we engineers are prepared for a tough life ahead ... we can handle high pressure situation ... we are used to it ... give us anything and we can do it"... the part about handling high pressure situations is very true ... becoz i myself can bet on this thing if any other graduation course can make u so mentally fit ... and make u perform and smile even if u are almost about to cry ... to make u laugh about the most serious situation and care a damn about it . .............. but this just cannot mean that they can do anything in life ... i strongly argue does mentally fit mean you are a good speaker, a good presenter, know how to get things done out of people, naturally born to do any thing in this world after u have done this degree, go with ur head held high with complete arogance as if ur superior than any other person around ... a non-engineering graduate is sure to support my point ... bcoz they are the people who get really frustrated with this attitude ... they think that we think no ends of ourself ... and in a way they are right ... dont they deserve the respect to choose a field that they liked or about choosing a path which they chose willingly ... just bcoz u chose a geeky field the one's who have fun are called idiots ... they opted for it and are happy with it ... u think these people cannot handle pressure... if thrown in a well who wont learn to swim??? today the world is asking for a hollistic approach ... coming back to my main point ... looking back i really am left in doubt as of why i chose to be a B.E. ... not that i am against any of my mates ... but sitting down and pondering over it i come to a conclusion as of a person must do a B.E. only if he is hell bent on the technical industry regardless of if he is to do an MBA or an MS ..PhD laterr....and ofcourse maintain a respectful approach towards the world ... the conclusion might sound obvious to a few ... but in the indian society it really needs to be given a thought ... how important a B.E. was to me only time will tell ... but i vow to respect every person who is not a B.E. for what they decided and what they do ... not only say but actually do it ...