MI diaries - Organizers !!

          People have a general perception of IITians being nerds and always being locked away in their tiny rooms at any given moment . But , perceptions can change very quickly once a person visits Mood indigo . What I saw had me astounded. Never had I imagined it to be on this scale . But as I said , things do change pretty quickly .

IIT-B Mood Indigo ...

     For the non-IITians reading this article, you may find a twist in the tale . But for the IIT-B crowd , it was always known to us . During the first all team meet of MI , we (freshies...) were briefed on the working of MI . Another important factor emphasized to us was the " HHB " factor ( My fellow IITians , you are surely aware of  this). Also to be noted , things did turn out to be as we had anticipated . The stark ratio of 1:10 did transform to a IITian-friendly 1:1 ( now you might have got it !!! ) .
   Getting back to the point , Mood indigo was an eye-opener for all the first-year students of IIT-B ( The so-called "organizers" .. but should be renamed as "workers" or "labourers" ) . But nonetheless , fun can be found in all things , even the most "clichéd" of things. The ways to enjoy the most boring of  things can be quite a task but we certainly did it . My job was in the Informals department of MI . The events , I was a part of were Treasure hunt , Clash of the Titans ( a highly underrated event .. but can have a bigger role in the future ) and MI records . These were my primary tasks , not to forget the "infi" amount of worthless things we did ( frisking .. for example ).

Organizers or  Commodities ??


  During the zeroth day of MI ( one day before the event starts ) , I came across this fact . My CG ( the third-year senior who headed my department of MI ) was talking to his counterpart of another department . The facts I overheard , overwhelmed me . It was not as if I had heard it for the first time , but to hear it live was rather amusing . One of the CG's was short of "bacchhes" and wanted the other one to "supply" him some .  Were they child traffickers ? No , they were just some CG's of MI . But , it isn't their fault . Infact , Is it a mistake after all ? I mean , first year students are supposed to volunteer for their college festival . If they do not show any "enthu" , it is obvious that there will be a short supply of volunteers . I also believe that the name "organizers" given to the volunteers was proposed to make the reluctant freshies to participate. But , this unfortunate lack of participation is only to continue as parents  do not send their kids during winter vacation to the campus for organizing stuff. Only the localites prefer to stay in the campus and organize things . But , inspite of this , I found many exceptions to this rule . More non-Mumbai organizers were present than the Mumbai ones. Things do not go as I think they do !!!

In the next part I will expand on my experiences ...