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This post has come 2 weeks late… but “Der aae par durusth aae”!
Jan 17,18 2009… A 2 day trip down the memory lane…Been hardly 10 months since we last saw Kampus…memories flooding in…
- Lunch at Lovely Dhaba – delicious puri-channa, thick boondi raita, rasmalai
- Coffee Chechi – ever smiling, ever glad to see us, handing out her cups of coffee/horlicks
- Messiah during a very very boring Strat exam – remember
people taking a break after reading the case before
tackling the questions!
- NC – Maggi!!!! Few of the old staff still remain but many new faces
- Mess Party – had a good DJ this time, and it was outside the Mess (now referred to as “Old Mess”), professional bartending, cocktail mixing… Woo! Nice touch PGP12
- Focus Mall- checked out my favourite section in any mall, the books shop, bought the English translation of the Malayalam classic novel O Chandumenon’s Indulekha
- A bike ride at 102 kmph – felt like flying! Thanks to Arjun and his Apache!
- Treated to a few videos of Sangram’09 – Historical that we “beat” IIMB 6-5, 3 more matches and that would translate to pure unadulterated victory!
- Appam stew at Coffee beans – remembered the N number of times we’ve chilled out at this place
- Ushering in New Year 2008
- Post shopping at Fab India/ just to catch the wonderful Veg
Biryani/ omlette plate
- Walked around Kampus while the sun was just bidding goodbye to the day, balmy breeze blowing
- lot of construction happening, many more hostels to
accommodate the ever increasing batch strength – current
being 265, all set to increase to 300 in another year!
(How are they ever going to place all these people!! :O)
- name plates on seats (thanks to our cheeky batch
– \m/ PGP10 rocks! \m/ 
)
- remembering the classes taught in each classroom,
the last class, MFS being at CR 1D (now renamed to
… well don’t remember!)
- watching the sunset view from the New Mess which is now
functional; we had this wonderful Ice cream party with
the “Eat ice cream and watch the sunset” theme last
year over there
- the way H Hostel and the New Mess is linked up to the
Newer classrooms is lovely
- Crossroads: the huge Focus Group Discussion we
conducted to discuss the “pimple patches” BMPP
project ; Dragging juniors from their sleep to participate ,
the Dairy Milks doled out as rewards :))
- Long talks at Harvard:site of post dinner/lunch/committee
meets with a “Real Active”/ chechi’s coffee in hand
- The New Faculty Block: scene of summers, tense,
speculation…
- The Library: witnessed so many case discussions/group
assignments, the place I regretted not using as often as
I would’ve wanted to… the same crib when I left Engineering
(some things never change do they? :O )
- Clicked photos at Thinking Point: My favorite spot on campus
and the inspiration for naming this webspace; as a friend said,
we can come back to this place ANYTIME we want… one of
the most peaceful, beautiful spots I’ve ever been to
a place of confessions, goodbyes, star gazing, a dash
in the rain
Sigh…
He spoke the language of unity
Of peace, of cooperation, coordination
Of humbleness, love
Working with one another- with former “enemies”, now partners in a common cause, Humanity
Of returning to old time-tested values, ignored currently in the mad run for more
To build a new world, of promises kept and not spoken
A new way forward…
The whole atmosphere was of prayer, hope…
He will succeed as he would have the arms of his people supporting him…he cannot fail their faces say; he will carry them through these times…at least so they hope…
Hope … Obama’s gift to us all on the 21st of January 2009
One cant help smiling at the warmth it bathed the heart,though it was delivered thousands of miles away in another country,for a different people… One cant help wonder, this must have been what it felt like, when another leader galvanized our people around 60 years back… the feeling similar, with the single-mindedness of purpose… Bapu ’s message inspired a muti-lingual, multi-ethnic quilt of a country to fight for Her freedom through a radical notion…
What impressed me, through the monumental election process, was Obama’s maturity… his firmness in ensuring his opponents’ family was not targeted- the debates were on ability and policies. Can only imagine the glee of our political parties in exploiting this opportunity to gain “brownie points”
More importantly, Obama acknowledged, gently, but firmly that “yes there have been mistakes”… there was no more of that “US will be the only super power” bluster… a need to work “with” people, not “over” them… to hold hands…
True the Obama phenomenon has been all talk so far… But rather than just resorting to reactive, comparative agendas at every rally his speeches, so far, have touched the right notes of Change… so badly needed by the disillusioned Americans…It did take the American population some time to realize that they are losing their edge… but they had the courage to resist prejudices, to embrace a relatively inexperienced candidate… Would we ever take that risk?
How one wishes for leaders who speak and act on enabling business instead of destroying property and dividing us in the name of state-patriotism et al! Do we await a calamity as well, to desperately want, unite and elect a new leadership? Did Mumbai’s 26/11 result in the birth of new leaders promising change? We just had the option of replacing one thieving politician with another… People get the government they deserve, they say… when will we wake up from our “ah and this too shall pass” slumber?
“We must become the change we seek in the world”- MK Gandhi
