‘Flagship’ Institute

An SIBM candidate interviewed in flagship style

…… Introduction and business rounds over, the SIBM candidate is taken to the general round of the campus interview.

Interviewer (I): Would you like to be placed in India or abroad?

Flagship (F): UK is my first choice and then the US

I: Any particular reasons?

F: Indian flag has just too much of ‘mera waala colors’ and one MRF tyre in the middle. But see the British flag, vibrant criss-cross racing from one corner to another, amazing color combination and a positive (+) attitude in the middle…

I: Hmmm…Which are the colors in the Indian tricolor?

F: (Thinks) Tricolor means three colors. (He had once overheard SIMC 2010 discuss three colors and blurts out confidently) -

R,G,B

I: What?

F: I mean colors…R for Red err..Rose, G for Green, B for Blue err..Black…no…Brown… (Thinks aloud) What does this B stand for?

I:Wait, I will give a clue. There are four colors in the flag.

F: FOUR??? (Remembers SIMC and the overheard conversation ) Is it C, M , Y, K ?
C for Charcoal black, M for Maroon, Y for Yellow and K for... K for.... Koffee color....

I: You got the entire palette wrong Mr. Flagship, it has saffron, white, green and Navy blue for the Asoka chakra, and it’s not your Brand MRF.

F: sorry sir, I just remembered the flag clearly. You can ask anything & I'll answer.

I: OK. What is the order in which the colors are arranged in the Indian tricolor?

F: (Thinks again) Blue on top, no no.. green in the centre… hmmmm… why so much of colors, my God!!!

Like a bolt from the blue, the flagship’s eyes open wide and a smile adorns the embarrassed lips. He blurts out with an oozing energy punch.

GREEN ON TOP. WHITE IN THE MIDDLE. SAFFRON AT THE BOTTOM & A BLUE ASHOKA CHAKRA.
Just afterwards, Mr. Flagship pumps his fist high in the air as a mark of triumph.

I: How did u arrive at this confident conclusion from a minute back of sheer ignorance ?

F: (With pride reflecting largely as the ego he always had treasured)

I remember the recorded version of SIBM’s Republic day ceremony, captured on camera, by Chanel [V], at Symbiosis, Lavale in 2009.

I: Great, how long had this been happening?

F: Ever since SIBM was born.

I: OK. For your information, I was there at Lavale during the last Republic Day, where the flag was unfurled upside down. If you want to learn how a flag is unfurled with all its dignity, loyalty and respect, wait till the next Independence Day. Watch with open eyes and see how SIMC does it.

The flag consists of three rectangular panels of equal width. SAFFRON ON TOP. WHITE IN THE MIDDLE. GREEN AT THE BOTTOM & A BLUE ASHOKA CHAKRA IN THE CENTRE, with all 24 spokes visible on either sides. Saffron if down intentionally amounts to disrespect as per The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.

At least you should have had the audacity to lower the flag and unfurl it again. You won’t be selected in our company as long as you are not in a position to understand your own country and its basic protocols.

Truce. The white flag is shown and the flagship candidate ejects entirely flagging, head hung in shame, pride wiped off the visage, sorry for the country, sorry for himself and deciding to emulate the little big things from SIMC.

N.B: For SIMC - [V] channel covered the beeline for signing the attendance sheet. Poor souls saw the crowd and thought that some scoop sure is in availability. They knew not that in the name of an attendance, SIMC can be held at ransom even on a Republic Day / Independence Day . IRONY !!!

“Itna paisa mein itna-eech milenga”