A century of coconaughty.

Flashophobia among students

A certain group of mass media students on hilltops were found to suffer from a deadly disease presently titled FLASHOPHOBIA. A flash of light or lightning from any corner makes the affected to shiver and utter gibberish like Shree, suspension, Dhaba, kiss, miss et al. It seems like SIMC is bound to suffer from ANKUR’s every year. The only common thing with the sufferings is that though the earlier bunch suffered from 'AS'inophobia, both are caused by ANKUR’s who were GONE WITH THE WIND’s.

Two new types of mass media acknowledged

Mass media are media, which can be used to communicate and interact with a large number of audiences in one time. With the advent of SIMC, two new types of mass media have been added in the gamut.

Now the list reads as follows

• Print media
• Electronic media
• Digital media
• OOH media
• Prateek media
• Padma media

Prateek and Padma media are fast eating up the digital and OOH pie, while print and electronic have already taken measures to stop the already eroding base. Reports from SIMC also speculate a convergence of Prateek and Padma media to a new type of media called Interactive-PR media. This threatens the already existing Interactive media to go kaput. Padma media also received an award for the best Word of Mouth campaign last year, while Prateek media is a real MASS media, looking at it figuratively.

Question mark reaches a full stop

With the beginning of the third semester, some unnecessary evil looking like a barrel has reached a full stop. The good thing about this transition is the cloud of optimism that surrounded the rest of the crowd. They presume that this special species will slip to a COMMA in the next semester.

Book & Banner ji – Why Market Research won't happen

• A notebook must contain 192 pages, all sized 20 cms X 15 cms. Else market research won’t happen.
• If PR students don’t get an assignment spanning 192 divided by 4 multiplied by 0.5 pages, market research won’t happen.
• If last benchers exist, market research won’t happen.
• If front rows aren’t filled first, market research won’t happen.

A conversation in the Film appreciation class.

Mad’am: Midhun, have you seen the BLUE UMBRELLA?

Midhun (wakes up): Yes madam, I saw it a few hours back.

Madam: Great coincidence. What did you like the most in it?

Midhun: The colour blue, the nylon cloth, the steel bars and of course the press button!

Madam: (Zonked) where did you see this?

Midhun: It was lying in the corner of the class.

Mad’am: Please watch more movies or at least read about it ! ! !

Homework?

Till a year back, Ramu an avid movie buff used to ask

"Mom, can I go for a movie?"

Mom: "NOoooooo. SIT & STUDY THE TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS. Kal exam hein na?"

Now Ramu is an AV student at SIMC. All he hears from morning till night is about film making, the metaphors, the script and so on...

The boy goes home after a few days totally exhausted. Desperate to read something he asks.

"Mom, I want to read something"

Mom: "NOooooooooo. GO AND WATCH MOVIES. kal exam hein na?" :P

The ironies in our life ;) & yes, we portray the same through movies as a classic medium. Long live cinema.

A Journo choice

SOME SIMC STORIES

Rejil to a 'would be' journalist: I wrote a post on i-pill in my blog.

The girl: Unfortunately, I am not too interested in cricket.

(Rejil looks like the Doordarshan blackout of the 90's) & ponders:

i-pill cricket khelne ke baad lete hein kya? Ohh... Might be true...Donon bat aur ball ka game hee hein.... :P

THE DOOSRA GOOGLY

R (Rep / Rejil): Where do you want to intern this time?

S (Student): News-X

R: New sex?

S: Yes, News-X

R: I was asking about the organisation, not the work you would undertake :P

S: Yes, its the organisation.

R: But, where will you have new sex?

S: Anywhere would do.

R: Ohh. Great professionalism.

S: Yes, but I like News-X mostly in their news room.

R: Ohh, so you have decided the place too ! Amazing.

S: Yes, News-X as I have heard gives an amazing feeling.

R: Ohh is it, I have no idea. Am still a virgin

S: What?! .....& what ensues is..... @#$%^&*()@#$$%#@#$Y^Y

R: Now I know. It's NEWS-X isn't?

An ancient journalism school

SIMC IN LINE WITH ANCIENT INDIA

In ancient India, the teacher would instruct handful of students to be seated on ground. The instructor sat under a tree and for many hours daily the students would repeat verses after verses till they attain mastery of at least one of them.

So, does SIMC. Journalism is taught only to people who can remain seated on the ground for long hours. A few of them, who thought themselves to be a little modern in the Gurukul demanded for chairs and tables. Any guesses for the reply ?

It goes - "Unless you are seated on the ground from 10 am and repeat your lessons till 6 pm, you won't be master of your trade". The story doesn't end here....

It is so rumoured that since 45 chairs & tables are difficult to arrange, the new search is for a Banyan or a Peepal tree. Any one of this tree would help the faculty sit from where he can share his gyan.

N.B: A humble request - Please inform Padma / Bongo if you can find any peepal trees in the vicinity. Its for a social cause, an educational initiative. ;)

After my short discussion..err... argument, the Journo's earned a seat within an hour. All what I can say is - Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

MENU - CANTEEN 2010

It is so rumoured that Lavale after March 2010 will have a new hotel or say a canteen in memory of the council 2010. It seems all true after the present changes in place.

The local menu as discussed locally was decided in alignment with the international university, and with permission by the institute of media and communication.

An approved sample got leaked and is in the press. Reads as follows. Typos are to be ignored in the same way as we ignore the drooping standards.

Grant Indian restore-end menu

Council man-U package - All served free in the platter

SOUPS

Cream of Rejil - (Drink till your thirst suffices)

Veg Arjya soup(Available only on Tuesdays and Fridays)

Non-veg Arjya soup(all other days)

Vegetarian & Non-Veg Dish-UME

Aditi methimalai (Full energy fat balls and don't consume if cold)

Priyam and peace masala (Gets cold easily, so take it hot)

Padma-ni Kolhapuri with grapevine rassa – (A preparation of grated stories and some little truths added to taste) – Buffet style (eat till you drop dead)

Poonam cough-ta (You might have some initial hiccups which gets alright soon)

Ranjan Jalfrezi (Weaves a web of magic after consumption)

Prakash Chicon/cochin biryani (Eat one and you feel like inebriated)

Anbwesh rai-ta chowmeen (To be eaten leisurely)

Aakriti ka Tadka(crispy dish-You consume and it pops loud for long)

Indian Breads

Stuffed Deepali (Dedicated North Indian Dish tasting real south in flavour, look & feel)

Shruti paratha (South Indian crispy bread famous in Mumbai)

Nishant Uttapam (Coconut gratings in Gujarati bread)

Chintan shahi korma (A type of sweet bread from Gujarat)

Special meals

Archana Thali - With Sambar, Rasam, 2 Vegetables, Raita, Pappad, Pickle, Chutney, Kachumber, Rice & Chapatti (south and north, east and west mixed in a rare proportion – No one can eat just one)

Beverages

Ajay lassi – hot and spicy local drink

Dalia berserk-ed – International Indian flavor – bingo !

Light meals

Akashi pullao – A fish err dish-oom pulled from the sky

Evening snakes

Akshay & Rabbit mixture – (Two venomous teeth and two bugs bunny taken out before serving)

Gitanjali sandwich – (Check twice before eating. Spicy. PyaR se khao;))

Neha deadly err idly – (Small and cute white rice cake from Goa)

French cries along with brain dry fry – (Tastes Rejil soup like)

Others

Nisha pappad

Anisha dahiwaala(A Kolkata sweet dish topped with curious grapevine juice)

Extra G-ravi

YOUCANSEE Salad

(All served with Patnaik chutney & Krishnan kidney)

Sweet & Sour Memories

NGO Salad - A-sambhavana

Industry race'tha with I- scream (Available in flavours – Ad , PR, AV, Journo)

Placement fries

2010 - My future ;)

You had seen my past in some ad's, but definitely not the future. I am now gifted to see my future also.

My vision - Lavale PG I - 212 , Bangalore SIMC - 50, Lavale PG II - 223

Let my vision help you see me in March 2010, after placements, through this blog post !




Shock laga laga laga , shock laga.... But alas ! Mine is not due to short circuit, slowdown or as we say, recession, but due to the excess ! ;)

Yet, I love this a lot :) :) :)

Algae Species Traced Using the Internet

New species identified

Symbly-Science Daily (June 12, 2009) — University of Symbliosis communication scientist Arkrishnan has identified a new species of algae in Northern Campus.

This discovery comes after the discovery of some mutant varieties of moths by senior scientists at SIMC, named Gossip moths. While Gossip moths were found to reach every nook and corner and poke their nose into the unnecessary with their specially designed inquisitive antennas, this new species of algae can stick to even the most slippery places and quench their thirst for passing information.

Discovered at SIMC, they have already spread to various parts of India. The main characteristic of such species is the uncanny ability to climb up the top slots of the buildings by creeping, crawling, licking or camouflage. This species is titled e-mail algae, because they can even transfer information clandestinely in the electronic medium. Commonly termed as BCC, the Blank Carbon Copy is a boon only till the receiver replies to same fraternity, but with different abilities.

Another species on the verge of discovery is the YN species or the Yellow Newspaper species, which have the ability to twist the meaning of the simplest sentences in the scientist’s mail to suit their requirements and also make the receiver believe it so. These are of the nocturnal species, active at night and in the dark of matters, quiet but potentially toxic on getting close.

"This large moth flew in and we didn't think much of it because there are similar species, but one sting and we knew how lethal it can be” – says co-scientists of the Koun-sell group.

"We can now add it to the leech group, but will it be an insult to the already injured leeches ?" Arkrishnan ponders.

New insights

The project, which is presented in a thesis, offers completely new insights into the ecology and distribution of the communication algae genus. Even research inclined PR & AD students can take this case study and present it for PRimary & ADvanced research studies. The thesis also reveals a previously unknown kinship between e-mail algae and the Gossip moths.

Furthermore, the research demonstrated that many groups within the genus are not related at all as previously believed, but are only parasitic. The species in SIM-see live in the symbiosis family primarily with grapevines only for survival and sustenance, though without any strengths of their own.

The study identified for the first time a family of poisons, unknown to exist in these brightly colored creatures family or elsewhere in nature.

History

What is remarkable is that the molecular character genealogy of the SIM-see species shows their origin only a year ago, but with the same trajectory as in the distant past! Lineages shows the proof of the evolutionary stages. Then as of now, these steps are also seen as evolved defenses against small project predators and assignment parasites on the Law-less LAW-ale colony surface. When the hosts grow extinct, these parasites find new hosts to stick, lick and feed on forever.

Future

Scientists predict a bleak future to such parasites and poison ivy’s, as they will just die young due to lack of talent and absolute incompetency, even though a parasite.

Actual story: Dedicated to those students who have turned hostile for reasons ranging from trying to be important in the eyes of the administration to the disorder of being obsessive (OCD), & try their hands at gossip, lies, twisting facts and what not ! Might be simply because they find themselves unimportant otherwise, helpless, corruptive to be famous or simply a habit, an inborn attitude uncared for by the family. Weeds grow fast, but die faster...