Mess, gymnasium, and bed-these three exhaustively define Bhaduri's existence at IIMA. A walking encyclopaedia of electronics industry, his knowledge of electronics was limited to the fact that electron is a particle. An ardent lover of English literature and Hindu mythology he preferred to talk about Milton and Shakespeare rather than Man Acc cases. The fond hopes of his friends that IPR would bring about a change in him were belied when they found him sitting impassively through all the sessions, as was his attitude in all the courses.