C-201
Kundan Kumar
Woh hai rangeela.. Chail chabeela..
Woh hai natkhat.. woh kgp-tat
Phere lagaye.. murli bajaye..
Gopiyon ke sang raas rachaaye..
Murli bajaiyaa raas rachaiyaa shyam salona hai..
Jo hai albela madnaino wala, jiski deewani kgp ki har bala..
Woh kisna hai
DoSNa ke naam se jana jane wala, DC nick Kisna rakhne wala, Wo Kundan hai.
Ab tak to pata chal hi
(by Debu)
C-202
Shiv Prakash Upadhyay
Shiv Prakash who? Oh right.. chachaaa!! That’s how the mortal beings know this creature as. This creature lives on chaai (would go to Bhaaskies for chaai after lunch even when it’s 100 degrees outside and he has already had chaai twice since morning); is the favorite pass-time of his department-mates; is the most loved toy of his wing-mates; hates any kind of bakchodi that goes around in this world of foolish mortals; doesn’t give a shit to looking for kangaroos even when somehow lands up in Australia; is the only person jiska ek personal tempo-shout hai (cha—chaaA.. cha—chaaA!). But banda stud bhi hai bhai.. stud in acads (mining ki aan, baan, shaan), huha percussionist, groups captain; patel hall mein bachpan mein pole-vault bhi kiya tha launde ne! So basically sab milke bolo.. hamaare pyaare chachaa ki.. YO!
(by me)
C-203
Debdutta Bhattacharya
alle le le.. cutie cutie!! He’s our honey bunch, sugar plum, pumpie umpy umpkin.. he’s our sweetie pie. He’s our cuppy cake, gum drop, snookum snookums.. he’s the apple of our eye (but ki fark painda hai, ab to iski gf hai!). The no of hair on his head follows the equation n=N*exp(-35t).. (but ki fark painda hai, ab to iski gf hai!). Poora Patel ispe fight maarta hai (but ki fark painda hai, ab to iski gf hai!). But banda stud bhi hai bhai.. AIR 49 (koi mazaak hai kya); profs ka eye-candy (aakhir profs bhi bande hain!); ex-G-sec Tech of Patel hall; drams bhi karta hai (don’t ask ki drams mein kya roles karta hai!). Nonetheless, an exceptionally sweet-looking (and sweet-smelling too!) person whom you can talk with anytime, laugh with anytime (and sleep with anytime!) but ki fark painda hai, ab to iski gf hai! :D
(by me)
C-204
Sudhir Kumar
Dubbed, and ever since known as Sujju, after his much appreciated performance onstage, this guy is as simple as you can get them. Sujju to chali gayi, par Sujju rah
(by Debu, add-ons by me)
C-205
Janaab Teju ke naam se jane jaate hain. Waise to Gymkhana GSec the, par Kgp se zyada ghar me hi paye jaate hain. Kabhi kabhi chhutti mile to Kgp aa jaate hain. Haan, jab yahan rahte hain, to kamre ka darwaza hamesha band hi paya jata hai, par phone aur gtalk pe bandiyon ke liye hamesha samay rahta hai. Apne phone ke alawa inhe gym se bahut pyaar hai. Sharir-charcha khub karte hain, gym ja jake manspeshiyan fula baithe hain jinka sablog bahut anand uthate hain. Are haan, camera ke saamne rahne ke bahut saukin hain. Shayad inhe kisi mohtarma ne kaha hai ki janaab bahut ‘photogenic’ hain, jahan camera dikha, orkut ke photo ke liye daude chale aate hain. Khub ruchi le leke kangaal mazak, arthaat, PJ maarke khud hi hanste rehte hain. PJ (P+iJ) ke shehenshah bhi maane jate hain. Haan, basky khelne me God hain, aur practice session jaane ki to zaroorat hi nahi padhti inhe.. seeeedhe muqabale me pahunch jaate hain. Bhavuk hain, achchhe vaktaa hain, gaate bhi hain aur chitrapat pe kalakari bhi karte hain. Aur kya muskan hai!! Dekhne wale dil haare bina rah hi nahi pate, ab mohtaram ki kya galti hai..J
(by Debu)
C-206
Vinay Gautam
Dooor kahiin se aawaaz aayi ‘Maa Ke Maa Ke’,
‘Aa rahe hain wo’, kahaa hawaa ne fusfusaake,
Aaye wo ek haath mein Airtel aur doosre kaan pe Reliance ka phone lagaake,
Vinny, Bade Saahab, Lavy, inke har naam ki jaya-jayakaar ki devtaaon ne individually aake!
IIT Kharagpur ki 60 saal ki history mein isse badaa peace-maaru paida nahi hua! He knows it so very well how to pass a course with the least possible effort. Spends one-third time on the comp, same amount on sleeping and an equal amount on the phone. But banda stud bhi hai bhai..God poet.. an absolute God.. 2 secs ke andar 200 lines ki poem likh dega; IIT was not the right place for him (except that he met us!), should have been at the International School of Arts! Aur doley-sholey wala bhi hai.. hot commodity for girls! Possesses great spontaneity and sense of humour; sociable from the very core. Launda ek din laal batti ki gaadi mein ghoomega aur uss din yeh upar waali poem sach ho jaayegi.. amen!
(by me)
Ankik Dhar
Tempo.. naam to suna hoga! 21 years ago, when a space ship came to earth after a long journey in search of food, they forgot to take back one child with them. That child still wanders in CFE Patel and kills every night for chicken. It walks faster than any of its earthling-counterparts; makes voices at decibel levels thrice the normal human levels and holds special affinity for the male half of the human population. But banda stud bhi hai bhai.. he’s an absolute energy house (practices footer during the day (inter-iit hai bhai) and drams during the night), huha cg (jisme se aadhi however cheating karke aayi hai), stud physique (a hot commodity for girls whom he very comfortably bhagaaoes gaali deke). But whatever be the case, we love him, and why not; every child is special! Eeshh.. sento deshchi!!
(by me)
C-208
Apurva Gupta, nah.. Chintoo (or Chin2 as he prefers to call himself)
The most common visitor to all his neighbours rooms, this really caring and feel-at-home guy can feel at home in anyone’s room and treat their possesions as his own (read Jhaapna). Bahut badaa jhaapu.
(by Debu)
C-209
Siddarth Ajith
Did someone say magnifier? You get it; take away Sid! You ask him how many vowels are there and he’ll tell you fifteen and he’ll bloody say that so damn convincingly that you’ll have to go and check your grammar book. Gulps down 10 bottles of cold-drinks a day; watches bollywood songs seven hours a day, just missed getting a bravery award for climbing the “patel ka l***” in drunk condition. But banda stud bhi hai bhaai.. huha manager (TTG ki naiyya ka rudder); huha orator; huha movie database (ask him who is the father of the guy who wrote dialogues in some 1963 movie ‘Paap ka Ghadaa’ and he’ll tell you); comedy bhi theek-thaak kar leta hai (bas aajkal thoda rust ho gaya hai!); captain waptain (agar future mein kabhi Patel tech-hall kehlaya to Sid ko The Grand Old Man ka title milega). But whatever be the case, the question remains: uummm… tuuuuuu ek Sid kyun hai?!
(by me)
C-210
Soumya Ranjan Nanda
The fluctuations in Nanda’s mood are directly proportional to the fluctuations in the share market; and not just the Indian or the US share market, but agar Honolulu ke shares bhi down honge to isse load ho jaaayega! And hence finally, the unit ‘Nanda’ has been accepted internationally by ANSI as the unit of load (jab Lehman ka band bajaa to Lehman brothers ko 0.3 Nanda load hua and isko 1.3 Nanda load ho
(by me)
C-211
Prasoon Agarwal
CFE ka sabse vyast insaan. Ye teen char jagah hi paya jata hai – Compu ke saamne, wing me phone liye ghoomte hue ya Bhasky me. Chai party ka ek mukhya neta. Phone pe ghanto kitne kathin muddo pe soch vichar aur vaad vivad karte hue paya jata hai. Aisa lagta hai jaise saari duniya ka bhaar iske maasum (aur kam height waale) kandho pe aa
(by Debu and me)
C-212
Pappu Kumar Bharti (Director, Vidyadrishti.com)
Itni kam umra me hi Director ka khitab pane wale ye hai humare wing ke Pappu Kumar Bharti ya PKBharti. Apni website ke liye kya dedication hai! Rarely aise log dikhte hain jo din raat kisi cheez pe kaam karte rahte hain. Haan, sutro se pata chala hai ki iske peeche kaaran hai – ‘Pappu enjoys the fringe benefits of socializing through his venture.’ Hum sabko aasha hai ki wo isme zaroor safal ho. Haan, inhe ekvachan se allergy hai, hamesha bahuvachan me hi baat karte hain, chahe saamne banda ek hi kyun na baitha ho. Acads mein God (peace maarne mein). Inke shrimukh se sadaa prem-bhare shabdo (!@#$%^&*) ki barsaat hoti rehti hai (aajkal short-forms mein bhi barsaat karte hain). Waise, Vidyadrishti desh ke kone kone tak fail jae, Pappu kisi din bara aadmi ban jae, Rolex ki ghari haatho me, gaari Mercedes wala… but.. Pappu can't dance shaala.. ‘Ooyee Shaalee ghu** du***!!!’
(by Debu, add-ons by me)
Chai-party
CFE ki story Chachaa ki Chai Party ke bina adhuri hai.
Party Symbol: Chai ka kullhad.
Adhyakshya – Chachaa (obviously!)
Varisth neta – Teju, Prasoon.
Sadasya – Sujju, Pappu, Nanda (part-time)
Yeh part din mein chaar baar Bhasky mein paayi jaati hai. Bahut dedicated hain iske kaaryakartaa – Dhoop, barish, thand, kisi cheez ki parwah nahi karte. Hum sabko ye afsos hai.. Inke jane ke baad bechaare Bhasky ka kya hoga.
(by Debu, add-ons by me)
Ladies and gentlemen
This post is meant for all those kgpians who are anyhow involved in any damn literary activity on the campus. I’d be dealing with the following issues in order:
1. 1. The motivation behind this post
2. 2. The status quo
3. 3. Can we have some action please, ladies and gentlemen?
Coming to my first argument, that is, the motivation behind this post, I’d share with you, in short, my experience at the National Law School Debate.
I, along with 3 others from our insti, went to an international parliamentary debate competition at the NLSIU (National Law School of India University), Bengalooru. It was actually international, in the sense that the adjudicators were outsiders and a few teams (which were atleast 30 times better than the team of our best debaters) came from across the subcontinent. The team from IIT Kharagpur won 3 matches and lost 3, which actually was a decent achievement for any first timer team and we were praised by the adjudicators too, finally being placed somewhere around 25 out of 64 teams. Hence, to be precise, the motivation behind this post is the difference in the standards of professional debaters and those of ours.
Moving on to my second issue, that is, the status quo, I’d discuss with you, ladies and gentlemen, where we presently stand.
Well, what we currently have as the inter-hall debate is actually a mockery of itself (not to even mention the open IIT debate). We fight in sub-coms over the rules of this prestigious inter-hall debate of ours, and come out with something that a good debater from the US, or take for that matter even the Delhi University, won’t consider worth even laughing at. The problem lies in the fact that we repel the approach of any change to our so-called well-established system that itself is debatable and that actually stands far away isolated from where the world is moving, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the motive behind this post: to initiate this change, for I now know what the status quo of the ‘earth minus IIT kgp’ system is.
For those of you who don’t know what parliamentary debating is, it is the most widely accepted form of debating today in the world, wherein two sides, one the proposition or the government and the other the opposition, debate on a topic revealed 15 minutes back, with alternate 7 minutes speeches from each side, giving and beating arguments in a very very structured manner. The dynamics and speed of this form of debate compel the debaters to bring every flucking piece of concentration, prior knowledge and on-spot reaction ability of theirs out in an environment where someone is sitting right before you to rape you openly with words and all that you can do to save yourself is to give the same fate back to her/him.
Getting to my final issue, ladies and gentlemen, I’d talk about the existence of that something that might creep into our to-think-about and to-do lists, after getting to know that in this domain of debating, even the best people of our institute actually stand nowhere before the best in the business and we can nowhere be satisfied but at the top spot. What we need to do and what I plan to do in the next semester is to start this culture of parliamentary debating in our institute using the platform of the upcoming debate club, firstly by teaching the interested speakers how to go for it, secondly by having regular practices and thirdly by going nationwide and participating in PDs all over to gain experience. The administration seems a bit supportive this year which is actually a decent signal and thus the debaters will not have to worry about anything else apart from debating.
The reason why I am suddenly advocating PD at our place is not a first time exposure to something that seems glamorous or a non-excellent performance somewhere that we are not used to of giving, but (a) PD is the most widely accepted debating format at international level and we never think below that (right?), (b) we have the best people but just not the right guidance, (c) PD involves the real test of one’s wits and intelligence and smartness, (d) once you are a good parliamentary debater, words will be all that you’ll need to rip apart absolutely anyone and (e) PD is extreme fun (believe me on that!).
Hence, ladies and gentlemen, I sincerely hope that this thought doesn’t bury itself with this post, but gives us another domain to win over, the domain of real debating. I invite the people who are genuinely interested in PD to contact me and we can work over what I just proposed above. With that, I rest my case.
