What a wonderful word...Seems to describe some of the people I recently encountered so well, that I've almost fallen in love with it. I had always thought 'renegade`' the synonym was more apt and sophisticated, but somehow Turncoat has a humorous, livelier connotation.
Reminds me of the 'poltu' (political/election time, for the uninitiated) season...esp when I still occasionally suffer/see/experience the aftermath of the great yearly saga whose 2005 edition supposedly ended 4 months back.
Anyway, what's life in IIT if u remove the poltu. Somehow, it's THE fun element in everything that happens, surprisingly even "academic"things at times! I never paid much attention to it,. But sometimes, when some one points it out, it starts becoming too obvious....
Nazar nazar ki baat hai, khel badalte waqt ka hai
Forget it, word analysis or poltu nostalgia are not what I had intended to write this post on, though somehow they're connected! I wanted to describe my non-comp event, my 'first'(and probably only) non-comp event as a rep, which we're organising tomorrow, 8th of September(Aravali house , 7:30, just in case....:P).(Did someone say çheap(?) publicity tactic? Duh..Evenn if u did, Idon'tt care!)
Somehow I've been enthu about it, though life these days is as hectic as it can get, wt with my 'hukka'presentation in 15 mins for which i'm only hald prepared, and events, Rendezvous, play etc taking my time. Anyway, to cut it short, TURNCOAT is an extempore 'speaking'event, like debates, where a speaker gets a topic to speak on(after 3 mins of preparation) and is randomly asked to switch his stance from FOR to AGAINST or vice-versa several times in his speech, at the judge's discretion. I've participated in several such events, not in IIT though, where the only 'similar'event that ever happens is a slightly more boring variation of this in Hindi Samiti, and i know it's fun. It's fun to contradict yourself all of a sudden when u r in the middle of a rhetoric over your strongest point. It's fun to brush up your 'poltu'skills, and get prizes for that. I just hope, pray, beg to God that this event happens fine, and successfully.
And God, no more jinxes puh-lleeeeeeeeeasse. Please let the electricity be!
P.S. All IITD junta reading this, I expect to see you there. I know I'll...you are such good people after all!!!As my poster says, "BE THERE, OR BE THERE....." You DON'T have a choice...
:D
P.P.S. For any other queries, feel free to ask me, or read the notice boards! :P
P.P.P.S. There'll be refreshments! ;)
13 comments:
Are no IITians allowed in ?
Yeah, especially when two of my posters(and all the hard work that wen tin designing them) have disappeared from wind-t in under an hour of putting them, this morning!
:(((((((((((
and ya, the concept is definitely new to EDLC, though the idea as such, is used in a modified form in HS
@Anon
You're welcome, provided u tell me who u r.
We have had turncoat all the time!!
It's fun,although I'm not into public speaking as such but I enjoy it.
Maybe an Inter-IIT cult. fest should be organised,I guess there was one a few years back.Dunno what happened.
All the best for your event.
So strangers aren't even allowed to see the events or what without prior permission from the rep ?
@nikhil,
thanx, and good idea
@nitin
ya ok
@anon
well, when did i say no...and when did i say ask for permissin.
U are most welcome to come/watch/ participate, but to participate u need to tell me ur name.
That's it
change to the previous settings. Now with the post and comments on same page looks odd.
~~chandu
@prad
first of all to thanx for reading the poster:P
BUT
you called me ZIDDI!!!!
:O
X-(
ab theek hai, keh hi diya hai to zid mano, event pe aa jana:P
Huh...Phoenix-like...what a phrase...
Pradyot u really have lost tme...manage the next 16 hours well pls, and u'll make it
Best of luck,I assume your next blog post will be the disasters and amusing instances behind the curtains
thanx, and yes, perhaps...that's a good guess, though i hope there arent too many disasters happening!
sorry wont be able to make it to this event......gud luck to u.
Very cool design! Useful information. Go on!
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