JULY 2008.
Class 1:
Sir: Can you get me a whiteboard marker?
5 hands out of 120*2 go up.
SEPTEMBER 2008.
Sir: Can you get me a whiteboard marker?
10 hands out of 120*2 go up.
The hands remain the same till the end of the semester...
JANUARY 5th 2009.
Class 1:
Sir: Can you get me a whiteboard marker?
50 hands out of 130*2 go up.
The rest are surprised. But note it, nothing happens without a reason.
DAM it, there comes FOC.
Volunteers unlimited. The major ones occupy the centre stage, Front stage, the visible back stage; rest feed their mikes to the hungry mouths, Sentries are visible at every door arguing who will open the door and welcome the late comers. The facial expression envies the air-hostess in the Kingfisher Airlines. Cameramen galore. The curtains are drawn with full fancy; the event finally gets to a completion.
Successful, we understand. We appreciate the genuine efforts and services to the seniors. Visibility counts. Recall counts. Ultimately, no one can be blamed. Isn’t it a media institute, with kids specializing in PR and AD?
FEB 14TH 2009.
Classes begin.
Valentine’s Day breezes past.
FEB 15TH 2009.
Elections loom large. Some winners will be bestowed with a successful PR / AD campaign award. The cumulonimbus clouds gather. Candidates assemble in abundance. It rains. Ballot’s overflow. Every drop counts. The clouds finally give way and sunlight blesses planet earth.
Classes resume.
FEB 16TH 2009
Sir: Can anyone get me a whiteboard marker?
2 hands out of 130*2 go up.
No one is surprised. After effects of a failed PR campaign is reflected on those glum faces - A case study.
Lessons learnt
Lots of strategies to be planned. Lots more to be learned in PR. Negative PR does work.
Visibility alone doesn’t matter. Work matters. Nitin proved it well.
BUT as expected, the regularly consistent hand from the class is chosen. He continues to work dedicatedly and sincerely, without the greed for any fruit from the tree of success. Thanks Chintu, you are the best.
8 comments:
ayye not tht everybody who works is just 4 the post yaaa....... i mean its a little like the herd mentality then........
chintan v all no will work watever be it........but the others r there who work...hands still go up....
anyways take it in a good sense.....we have!!
My writing style is all about exaggeration,so as to create an impact. This post is to remind us of the decline in the no of hands, if at all just one or two. I never said that all the hands stood for elections either.
Also, i needn't explain certain pathetic failures, expected but unexpected, which means that the batch knows better...Winning in some places doesn't mean that the people are wiser either.. there is a problem of a lack of choice too..
Talking of DAM and FOC,one thing was painfully clear: much of the work done happened thanks to ppl who don't spend half their day boot-licking or talking in big words... fortunately or unfortunately, these ppl don't scream their lungs out about their contribution... as for those who do, well, it doesnt take a genius to distinguish the genuine from the fake and the super-fake...
@ aakriti
Agree with you that quite a few ppl did work as well, and shall continue to do so... the fact remains though, that for a lot of 'em, it was too much jazz with hardly any substance...
It is one thing to see oneself as highly intellectually gifted.. it is quite another thing to assume that all the rest are fools and blissfully ignorant of facts.. the SAD part is that a majority of our 'Oh plz look at me' experts dont even realize what fools they make of themselves...
First of all congratulations!!!
Wonderful tribute to two of the nicest guys in our batch...Chintu and Nitin!!!
And some of what you have written is true but there are also those who have been working but never recognised.
Lol, this one does it. Okay, serious thanks to Chintan for those tedious tasks that he has always taken up. I mean it must suck to stand for so long and help the professors with presentations. And to volunteer to do it always is commendable. Thanks, we all lead a comfortable classroom life because of Chintan, Kurien!
I don't think that everyone worked for council membership, but a majority did so. This phenomenon of 'self-projection' was clearly visible during DAM and FOC DAM and FOC. And please be understood that some of the council members are there jus because of lack of strong competition (Barring the contest for some posts). So we, the batch of 2010 will be happy if the council can work in tandem, to deliver better output. We (the lesser mortals;) )offer all the support and help to achieve this.
PS: Chintan, Nikhil, Kedar, Akshay etc etc - Keep up the good work :)
hmmm!!! its also intersting to note something elese here rejil..Group Dynamics!! how suddenly things change and people strt hanging out with different groups and people..it strted from the 5th Jan and still continues depending upon projects, summers etc etc....do emlighten us on this issue if u can sometime!!!!
@ All - Thanks :) I need you all...
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