16/07/2014

12/07/2014; 22:40:

It’s nice to see the campus all full of people and life. The junior batch is finally back from their rather-long vacation. One of them related his vacation experience- an almost-life changing event, up in the mountains. Stricken with a love for trekking and the mountains, going on multiple treks, with different groups of people and putting photography skills to use sound like a perfect break to me. This coupled with the trepidation and later relief melting into ecstasy at saving the life of a fellow-trekker who very nearly drowned. This incident is chilling and calming, all at once.

Indian summers are hot, and a lot of people found themselves in the cool of the mountains- in Leh, Ladhak, Uttrakhand, Kashmir and travelling the breadth of Himachal Pradesh. Trips were made with family, friends and solo ( accompanied by a camera, to document the trip). Of course, there are some infinitely lucky people that LIVE in the mountains, full-time. But, of course, we resent them only during the summer break.
Summer Internships that the seniors returned from do sound like good experiences. From joining CRY in Bengaluru which meant easy access to Goa to working on research projects in Delhi, the experiences are varied and vast.

The junior boys have been moved to a hostel off campus, for paucity of space. While it is only 600m away in physical distance, they’re missing out a lot more otherwise. But of course, the interested ones do remain on campus until 11 p.m., post which of course no movement is allowed in & out of the institute gates.

16/07/2014; 21:29:

The Director paid the junior boys a visit at their new hostel, promising most of the changes that they need. It was a rather positive gesture.

We’re just back from eating dinner, after camping on the water tank on the terrace, earlier in the evening. It had been raining most of the afternoon, today, and the weather was lovely. There is a slight nip in the air, with a thin blanket of humidity, ruffled by well-paced wind.

We’ve been planning a couple of promotional activities for our upcoming fest—our plans include entertainment/games at Treasure Island- Indore’s most happening mall, a clean-up drive, a tree plantation drive for Independence Day and work towards our social cause- The Stigma attached to Menstruation. We hope we’re able to pull off our rather ambitious plans successfully.

The skies spent all of yesterday evening raining and we spent it playing Monopoly. I must admit that it was a rather fun evening. I was reading last night and have absolutely no recollection of when & how I fell asleep.

Our Business Etiquette course is almost half-way through, and we’ve had a few new things to learn- from dressing for white-tie & formal dinners to electronic etiquette (telephones, video-calls, e-mails). Also, our professor has advised us to dress in smart casuals for the class, and it’s nice to see everyone smartly dressed, hair combed & shirts ironed!