MUSINGS

2006-04-09T07:12:00.000-07:00

Musings 2006

It's 20 days and my blog is still not updated. It's 20 days since I've even had lunch in my house. It's been almost the same time that I could peacefully work on my project. 20 days and I still haven't cleaned my computer desk. 20 days since I even chatted late night till 4. Its been the same time that i even freaked out with my friends. The same number of days and I couldn't play those "a few tunes" on my guitar (with the horrible tuning ever discovered). These days have squeezed us (read I + some others) from every little part of (something called) "fun" that we ever had in our lives.

Enough of this boring introduction. I'm trying to be, but I can never be a great writer (Give anti-comments to the poor soul to make him a happy one).

Musings 2006. Finally. Has. Been. Released. With the same old importance in the college. But with an enthusiasm bundled a zillion times more in us. Reason you ask?? The first one being, It's getting better everytime and so is it this year too. Second - the overall Perfection Coefficient (as we call it) increasing drastically (The more you correct the printer about the inter-word spacing, comma's and full-stops (and the more he bawls you) the higher this coefficient is). Third - Just for the heck of it. Otherwise the para sounds incomplete. Fourth - We worked hard than ever. Many realised what I was doing can best be termed as 'over action' but some later must have (must have) seen that it was actually necessary. Fifth - This was the best graphic theme that I could bring out for the magazine in my service for the mag. Sixth - No ads on the back side of the coverpage!!

As I posted in one of those previous posts in the Musings' Blog, we did have everal "First Times" in Musings this year. A video being compiled, a central theme for the graphics all over, a different layout for the messages from the BoD's etc.,

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BREAK (I continued composing this post after a break of 10 days... so make all those 20's into 30's) (And i even forgot how I was about to continue)
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(To know more about Musings-is-great, please see the magazine directly. I have no patience to describe that it is 36-24-36. Time is 1:09 AM)

Musings this year was somehow more interesting than ever. It's not about the magazine that I'm speaking. It's among the editors and the board that the chemistry was fine-tuned. Of course, we did have our share of brickbats thrown over each other and this part of the program was sponsored to you by the second years. Siddhrath balling Chetan - Chetan balling Sid in front of Shiva - Shiva revealing all this to me - I shutting my mouth as theres no use trying to pacify these guys - Well, somethings never change. Somehow, the cribbing part of M'06 has taken it to a new level of understanding between the team members. About their abilities, I mean.

Pain - Nightouts have worked wonders this year. We had fun, we experienced the pain in sleepyheadedness (if that word ever exists). While some experienced the pain in missing their dearest moments of life, some experienced the pain in missing classes and attendance while some in missing their favourite food too. The whole thing of working together with your 100% in it, I could say, could be one of the reasons as to why M'06 is The celebrated issue so far. When it comes to getting it all together, you see the real pain. The names for the art pieces get mismatched and sometimes, we lose them too. Some highly-recommended-articles-by-staff from the students make their way directly into the magazine, without a coma being removed from the original article. But when the editors tried escorting them into the mag, they turned out to be entirely different ones. Sometimes, we felt the titles themselves be better changed. Getting it all done in a way we wished was one of the things that left us happy this year. Absolutely no issues from the staff and management. Hey... and dont forget to check out "Hit Parade".

End of it all, I thought when I was with only myself and when it flashed in my mind that I can never work for the magazine again... it felt 'Oh...Yes. Thats true. Never Again'. No more nightouts. No more class-bunks. No more printing press. No more late night chatting. No more photo sessions. No cribbing and no more confusion of selecting and rejecting articles. I'll miss it all. More than anything, I will miss my team. As Sid penned it down, M'06 is An Ode to Penmanship. But for me it could actually be An Ode to Friendship or An Ode to Companionship. That's an inner catchline for a few of us too - if you can call it so.

With all this and without any hesitation, I say Musings 2006 is the best issue till date. In our view, it's also the best a group of 6-7 can get in a period as short as 3 months!!

A bow to all the M'06 Team Members, Raji Reddy Sir, Vikhyat, Abhishek, Nayeem, Balraju and Kumar @ Karshak Printers and all those who were directly or indirectly involved in getting this thing out.

A special mention of Kalpana, Siddharth and Triveni is inevitable. Hey Sid, don't you think we've set that new "bar" which you were craving for ?

Thanks guys - We've finally done it!!

P.S: My sincere apology to Keerthi for mismatching her name in one of the art pieces. The second colour artwork under the name "Vishal - Third Year MMT" has actually been made by Keerthi. She's the same person who sketeched the 8th B/W art piece.

2006-03-26T08:15:00.000-08:00

A closing note for a new beginning...
hi all!
yes.. all the waiting is over now and M'06 is finally out! :) it was a cherishabe moment and we are extremely glad to see it make a mark... we carry forward loads of memories with us and hope to receive your reviews soon :)
and so we are still waiting.. :p

2006-03-26T05:52:00.000-08:00

And finally WE proudly say... It's over... as promised in M'05, we are back with a bang.

Yes.

We are.

Grab your copy now.

M'06

Musings 2006 - An Ode to Penmanship

2006-03-11T11:37:00.000-08:00

Anonymously ME

Till one month ago, I was jus another ordinary guy, with two backlogs to my credit and and hell lot of bad impression on the teachers. There was nothing that I could actually boast about.Life seemed to have become numb and the colors around me were fading every moment. My friends asked me as to why I was wearing the depressed look on my face and what was the reason that made me dumb. I couldn't answer them. Slowly I realized that mediocrity had gripped its poisonous tentacles around my lifestyle. I was helpless and and couldn't think of anything else. My backlogs snatched away my freedom to bike and my right to watch my favourite TV show-FRIENDS , every evening at 7. My table was filled with heavy text books and huge all in one(s). My head was surrounded with dark grey clouds.I prayed every night for emancipation and wished for the real life, for lust and for spice. But all in vain.Nothing changed for a long time and the shades of black creeped over my already dormant mind. I was at a mental block due to my inactivity.

Then suddenly one day(like the off sesaonal rains, in and outside the city), GOD slapped with the best thing that could happen to me in the college(The 'Zine). Me and Satan went to this informal meeting regarding the college magazine(better known as MUSINGS). We were already late, thanks to Satan's love for CBIT 'plate meals'. As we excused ourselves and entered the room, I noticed a cool headed, curly haired guy sitting on the teacher's desk. He was Ravi-C.E.D, Team Musings. The entourage, were listening very silently to his speech(Though some of them were talking on the phone and some of them were yawning and making really awkward noises). Mr.Satan who was pretending as if he was listening, was actually messaging on his 6600 to his you-know-who. But I was listening mindfully.Ravi's speech was very casual and vivid and I could instantly identify him as a very good public speaker. In between the sessions, our creative shocker Mr. Sid walked in and oout of the room, to attend his STD calls.Dainty Damsel Kalpana aka kal was smiling(I know you would say "tell us something new"). Aditya aka Quicksilver(or should I say Adi as the whole college calls him) was flipping his cell phone between his fingers but was listening very keenly.

On that day, at that moment, I least knew that this meeting was going to prove fatal(I mean for my mediocrity). Because Ravi offered me work, fun, excitemenmt and a whole new set of friends for the cost of my time(which I had loads and loads). That day, I gave them my contact details and soon I was called for. I was tested(casually though) and the next thing I knew was that I was on the editorial board. Since Ravi had no successor, he picked me to be his asst.designer(apparentlly, I impressed him with a collageof Mettalica which I made using MS Paint...lol) for which I am more than just happy. Because there it started. My activty of a lifetime.......Colors started decorating my ambience, thanks to my online Phtoshop tutorials with Ravi. And like the rains that start with small drops and then pour, my activity began with musings, and I have no idea how intersting new things took over me. There was the birth of Velcro and spam Gods like JD welcomed me with awe. My acads made positive leap as my internal marks took the exponetial route(Dont ask me how. I have absolutely no idea). Then I realized that whoever said "dene wala jabbi detha, detha chappar phaad ke" wasn't kidding around he he...

Now I am enjoying my life(Except for a girl who pisses me off now and then). Sometimes I still wonder how all of the team memebers, who were complete strangers to me before, are now my best friends. All of them are hip and happening and I am not exaggerating when I say that all of them absolutely rock!!!

Thanks to MUSINGS. I am not an unknown guy anymore. I am the "one of those Musings guy". And good bye to my sick nicknames like shivvu and RFM(ra**d French model). It makes me proud to say that I am not anonymous any more but synonymous with M'06.

Team Musings:
Me
Ravi(my mentor)
Sid(My role model)
Kal(My smiling English teacher)
Satan(my critic)
Adi(my fun mate)
Spurt(my embarssment)
Triveni
Padma
Sreya

Expected comments:
Ravi: This blog is good, but you could have been better.
Sid: Balls to your blog. This is not your personal blog to write abt your struugle.
Kal: Hey, in total, 18 commas are missing and..............
Satan: ha ha ha man.....nice joke...ha ha...really man..really awesome jokes u crack..lol
Spurt: Arrey kya re tu....u got embarassed that day re?...sorry re...re......re...

P.S: The title in no way is connected to the anonymous commenters on the blog and Kal please forgive me for any miscrepancies that might have accidentally crept in.

2006-03-10T16:03:00.000-08:00

A scene from the M'06 headquarters. Thanks to Mr.Raji Reddy we have two stand-alone systems at our disposal this time unlike last year where we were running from lab to lab and carrying out our editing work with the help of Microsoft Windows Networking.
Editing is a very turning out to be interesting job with our articles being a mixed bag.More about it in the next post.

2006-03-10T15:54:00.000-08:00

A few rare snaps from the second Musings 'brainstorming' musical nightout. All we say is M'06 Rocks!!!

2006-03-10T08:00:00.000-08:00

Modern Age Creativity

Well this topic of originality in creativity came up because our dear CED commented (Balled) on me saying that every 'creative shocker' i hurled at him was not original and was lifted from some pre-existing source. In my support I just wanna quote a line from the defence lawsuit filed by author Dan Brown who is currently facing charges of plagrism in his record best seller 'The Da Vinci Code' :::

" We live in a world of cut and paste, and in a global village. Creativity is a beautifully arranged patchwork that nudges something a little further on."

So the debate still rages..

2006-03-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

NEW RECRUITS
Well this might seem as a surprise to some, but with around 10 days left for the final product to be ready. We have two new recruits from the ECE dept. These two girls Shreya (2nd yr) and Padma(3rd yr) seem to be taking their job seriously as they already have an idea as to what is to be done.
Hope these new recruits add to our team. Cheers

2006-02-22T06:48:00.000-08:00

It's wrong anymore to say that somethings never change. With Musings, many things keep on changing with every issue. Heres what's "first time " with M'06; Woh Pehli Baar at M'06:

> "Assistant" Designers and Editors.
> Balling.
> Nightouts for magwork.
> Creative Shockers.
> The Cyber presence of our mag - Blog.
> More Balling.
> Our verbal purity crew getting used to the balling slang with a fist on their head.
> Things going the way as the board wishes.
> 4 different posters for promotional purposes.
> Even more Balling.
> The M'06 posters.
> Contests for Musings.
> Balling people all over the way.
> Excessive Balling.
> The faculty being updated about musings.
> The entire team working.
> Spurthi, Adi, Triveni, Shiva and Chetan - 5 new comers !!
> Unbearable Balling.
> Not a single meet outside MGIT
> No computer of MGIT has been used till date.
> Presence of a board member for all 4 years of his engineering. (ahem... yours truly...)
> Musings making a wideeee presence at mgit.org
> Balling, to and fro.

2006-02-19T13:56:00.000-08:00

M'06 Design Lab

The need for setting up a design lab arose in the first place wen Ravi challenged us fellas(Shua Cartick n Me) to come up with some designs by the time he woke up(lazy bum slept at 1 am while we slogged our sic a**** till 4 in the morning).This is a first time sincere effort by our designer-in-the-wings Shua(Sh-u-aa)under the not-so-able guidance of Sid (hence the 'un-earthly' appeal)Please do leave your valuable comments to encourage this young fella. Be assured that the final coverpage will leave you asking for more.We are maturing with each effort because Adobe Photoshop (our Jeevan Dhara) is an ocean. And proper utilization of the all the effects is a very demanding process. However Shua is learning the ropes very well and will soon branch out as an excellent designer. Watch this space for more....

2006-02-19T05:20:00.000-08:00

A snap from Musings "Brainstorming session"

2006-02-18T23:27:00.000-08:00

Raising the bar:

Musings which turns four this year, brings with it an aura and captivation that hath bound us, the student editors, enthrall. Musings was started by a group of 'bugged' individuals driven by gusto with the main notion of deciphering the talent around and paint a true picture of an MGITian.
With each passing day as the deadline for bringing out the mag nears a question nags us (kay Kay n Me) "Should we raise or lower the bar ?"
Raise the bar in the sense setting stircter norms for the articles to be selected.
The first issue of the mag was the thickest of the lot with many ccp (cut, copy, paste) articles; which had a telling effect on the responses for the second edition.The zine team of Musings'04 grappling with the dearth of printable contributions did an awesome job of coming out with an edition which till today is a benchmark for meaningful content. This set the 'bar' for the future editions also.
The million dollar question is "can we compromise on quality?" Should we lower the bar ??? Should we accept more stuff to just make the mag more thick?

The 'Summit' is an imaginary frontier which we at the edi-board try to reach every year with our whole hearted commitment and efforts. It's hard to describe this frontier in words. It is an enigma, a feeling of joy and satisfaction that our hard work has not gone in vain. Every one of the edi board of the previous editions know how great it feels when your hard work is being unwrapped before your very own eyes in full grandeur and pomp. The applause from the junta says it all (I'm getting nostalgic here :-} )

The major criterion for selection of any work is originality and excellent expression of creativity. Both these qualities compliment each other. Like every year this time also we get a plethora of contributions from every nook and cranny as a response to our flamboyant posters and zestful campaigning. As we go through each an every contribution patiently with an editor’s mindset, we try to gauge the readability from the audience point of view. We don't expect Pulitzer winning contributions; all we are looking for is the true reflections of the ethos of a collegian.

As the part of preparing the final draft we eventually have to chuck out some contributions which do not conform to the 'bar'. It is nothing less than tackling a 'Gordian knot' when trying to select the better from the best. Some art. are original but are not well written they are what we term 'school-standard'. Some of the ‘non-school’ standard stuff deal with off-beat topics which may not interest many readers. Every article that makes to the mag is given a thorough dressing down i.e. it's strong and weak points are thoroughly debated and a final decision is reached. There is zero chance for recommendations and backdoor entries.

It's the 'school-standard' arts. on which I would like to concentrate this year. Basically these are by writers 'in the wings'. People who come up with them are very honest in their efforts. They try to express what's on their minds; only their language and style need a little 'tweaking' ;-)

The other day in an informal discussion between a staff editor and myself the 'thinness' and 'standard' of musings|05 came up in which I had played a pivotal role. Musings05 was 'thin' because the bar was out of reach for the mango people (aam junta.) If we raise it a few more inches this year the mag will be like a news paper supplement (plus point: less cost-> we can go for a fully colored edition)

We walk the tight rope every year during selection/editing. The content has to be catchy is the main funda. This time for M'06 all the 'school-standard' contributions are being put under the creative shocker scanner i.e. If they conform to some pre requisites they will be altered by us (with due consent from the author) to make them more appealing and publishable so that we end up with a good, healthy collection of presentable contributions. For people who want to write but don't know what to write upon we have the 'ed-board projects' wherein we suggest the topics to be written. These (topics) will be a mixed bag. You can at least go under the 'bar' if not over it.
We at M'06 are obsessed with ‘quality of quantity’. We don't want a thin mag like the India Today or The Week which people can easily roll and tuck in the back pockets of their jeans. Musings|06 means a lot to us (plummeting acads and attendance perc.) and with the time on our hands we will give you a masterpiece to awwwwwwwwwww at!!!

2006-02-18T06:06:00.000-08:00

For all those ppl who have been searching for activity in the blog...Here's a hot new entry competing for the coverpage of M '06. Its from our own 'Zine team and the designer says that he has used close to a 100 effects on this piece of art!!!

But, before we can actually consider this entry or any of its off-shoots....we need your critical acclaims and appreciating notes....So, go ahead and comment.
we'll be back soon(courtesy: creatve shocker)...Keep watching this space for more and Dont forget to comment.

P.S: Take care and have fun.

2006-02-12T04:30:00.000-08:00

Here's a peek-a-boo into one of designers creative minds....have a good look at it and please post ur comments because this may become an inspiration for the upcoming designs.

2006-02-12T03:03:00.000-08:00

Censored Freedom

Censor and Freedom these two words contradict each other. Freedom is the power or right to act, speak or think freely where as censorship is the supression of freedom.
Censored freedom is a term which though not used often is always on the back of our minds. While coming out with the mag every year we have to exericise censored freedom on the contributions. In a college like us we have different mix of characters. Every collegian, at one point or another nurses a brunt against the management. This is natural.
Now comes M'06 which shouts from the roof tops that through it MGITians relieve the angst in their pangst. So eventually we get contributions from people who want to vent their ire. We have to turn a blind eye(sadly) as we can't mess with our only sponsors.
We give the authors an option of modifying their explosive content..If they prefer to stick to their guns(which many do) their contibutions are shown the door(the way it was with the previous issues).Even if we agree the final draft is scanned(pun intended!) thoroughly by the staff editors. So no other go.
But things are diferent at M'06(courtesy:out of box thinking)
We are going to have two editions. A paperback one and the other an online issue.The paperback will carter to the needs of the mango people(aam junta), the online edition will have the 'real' stuff. Something like the Vatican's version of the Bible and Dan Brown's version.
So "I'm a rebel" junta, rejoice. Your tale will not go unheard.

2006-02-10T03:24:00.000-08:00

In The Pipeline:::

Rejoice people my creative instincts are back some of my upcoming works
Mission 'Chipkao' part 2
Attendance Blues
The Ten Commandments
The All Bencher
JOQ
M'06 Juke Box

watch this space 4 more.....

2006-02-10T02:40:00.000-08:00

Live Wire (My train of thoughts after watching RDB)

College days are the most ‘happening’ days of one’s life. College life is all about fun, masti and frolic. College brings about a paradigm shift in the individual as he/she matures from a teenager to a youth. These days are also the most important ones as it now when we make or break our career.
The youth of our country are caught in an identity crisis; aping the west on one side and coming to terms with our age old customs and traditions. This confused lot doesn’t know what it wants from life.
The youth of doesn’t realize the important role it can play in shaping the destiny of the country. It was the youth which once brought us freedom. It was at the forefront of the freedom struggle and national reformation. We have forgotten the contributions of forefathers and find more joy in swaying to latest numbers in discos, speeding away in flashy vehicles, gizmo crazy, shopping till dropping; high on attitude and high on life is our funda.
We are too much worried about our sick souls and don’t give a damn about anything else. We lack the idealism, enthusiasm and the attitude of the pre-independence era youth. In short we are too afraid to come out of our comfort zone.
Like Aamir Khan puts it in RDB….
“College key gate ke is par hum zindagi ko nachate hain aur us paar zindagi hume nachati hai.”
The i-generation (internet, i-pod) likes to play it safe and take only calculated risks.
Realistic portrayal of the young revolutionaries in the movie tugs at your heart strings. They (freedom fighters) were young 20 something’s when they decided to lay down their lives fighting for freedom of the country having complete faith in their ideals. There was never an iota of fear when they carried out their daring escapades.
You may say that they ideals they lived for are passé and extinct now. But friends take a look around your surroundings. There is poverty, unemployment, corruption, dowry and many other social evils.
We have this attitude of “the country is going to the dogs” and that anyone who sets out to change the system but the system ends up changing them.. That is crap guyz. The system can change you only when you are not strong enough and keep running for the comfort of mama’s lap on encountering just a single obstacle. Chuck these losers.

Youth is the greatest power on planet earth. History bears testimony to the fact that nations that have not embraced and utilized this power have become extinct in the sands of time.
Today in India there are thousands of people (youth) who can change the country with their beautiful open-minded hearts and their incredibly brilliant minds. They feel that there is no point in even trying because the current political and cultural environment is so much against them. But, if you are one of them, you right. You are the ones to help bring it. Don’t be afraid of the backlash. Stand tall and do what you know in your heart is right and just for all, not just what benefits a chosen few. You know ignorance can no longer rule the people. You know that blind ignorance can no longer a viable option. Don’t stand on the sidelines too lazy and scared to do anything about all of the ugliness going around you. Swim and fight your way to the centre of the vortex. Embrace the eye of the storm.

I stand here in the eye of the storm, turmoil and disorder around me. The vision is very clear here. I’ll do my part to empower this nation you do yours.

2006-02-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

Sorry to disappoint you Sid. But we were selected for the final round interview. We almost made it. But we had to put 8 hours of work so had to take lite. But anyways huge point is that, we were in the last 25 of the 1500 people who tried out.
But it was a great experience. Had fun. Met a few pretty girls. What more can I ask for.
Read my blog for more information.
adityagn.blogspot.com

2006-02-06T02:29:00.000-08:00

Magic is in the air:

The week gone by has been one of the most yadgaar ones for the M'06 team.
1st Adi n Ravi have been oficially selected as Radio Jockey's for Radio Mirchi....Salaam Namaste Hyderabad.

Shaitan,Shua,Sid formed the 'zine' music club which met an untimely demise courtesy 'Maut Ki Ungli'

The GRE junta is on full steam gobbling away loads of books in a jiffy.

Shua,Sid,Kay Kay managed to watch Rang De Basanthi battling all odds.

Sid,Adi,shaitan qualified for the finals of IQ-IMS inter-college quiz defeting 127 teams for the spot only to be blown away by the typhoon from NIT-Calicut

So the bottom line is M'06 is adding magic to our lives like it or not..!

Cheers
Sid

2006-02-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

The first official draft of the coverpage...out from the head of CED ;) Its your space now... go ahead...comment !!

2006-02-02T09:10:00.000-08:00

Just yesterday realised that this eventually had to happen.
Just yesterday realised that I'm tiring because I've got too many things on my mind.
Just yesterday realised that I hadn't done anything fun for quite some time now.
Just yesterday realised that I needed to be hugged.
Just yesterday realised that I needed to put my head on someone's lap & look at the stars.
Just yesterday realised that MGIT fried rice isn't the only food on the planet.
Just yesterday realised that the more work you do,the more sober you become.
Just yesterday realised that talking to your close friends about nothing can be such a solace.
Just yesterday realised that PVR cinemas has actually opened in Hyderabad.
Just yesterday realised that Nirvana is gonna be a damp squib this year.
Just yesterday realised that it takes hardwork for dreams to come true.
Just yesterday realised that Sid makes a huge effort just to make a blog entry.
Just yesterday realised that Satan was Kannadiga.
Just yesterday realised that Kal can actually be called KK.
Just yesterday realised that Triveni is very hardworking .
Just yesterday realised that Spurt can actually write.
Just yesterday realised that Shua wears Sania Mirza glasses.
Just yesterday realised that a few people do read this blog.
Just yesterday realised that "wells"(if you know what i mean) can be a pain in the ass.
Just yesterday realised that even mass fellows can write articles.
Just yesterday realised that Techno looked like a muslim when i was in first year.
Just yesterday realised that there is a BMW X5 in Hyderabad with HR registration.
Just yesterday realised that some juniors were being harassed by some faltoo seniors.
Just yesterday realised that a road is being laid from Picnic dhaba till Gooncha hill.
Just yesterday realised that I won't have time to play the inter-class cricket match.
Just yesterday realised that my bike has a dent on the rear number plate.
Just yesterday realised that Puppy(my friend) has the whole STAR WARS saga on DVD.
Just yesterday realised that I haven't ragged in a while.
Just yesterday realised that I want to play football on friday evening.
Just yesterday realised that today is more important.
So I'm going to go sleep. JUST NOW
Cheers

2006-01-31T02:47:00.000-08:00

Yeh Hai Em Gee Ayee Tee

TELEPORTATION

Teleportation...Kya matlab???
Teleportation is the technique which extra terrestrials in sci-fi movies use for zapping humans from the face of earth into their space ships.

But teleportation and musings..?

Well today I saw a live,real time working model of this amazing futuristic tchnology in my own class..?(No aliens in our already queer class please)
This is no fiction guys..its true.The Musings team is always at the forefront of technology.So here is wat happened..

Varddat Ki Jagah (location in angrezi) : B block,@nd floor,3rd year mech,1.45 p.m.

The sick lec is screwing up the already screwed up poor fellas to the max.The junta after a hearty lunch is swaying between the dream world and the real world.The lec is teaching in a melodious song like tone(oh the effects of a heavy lunch.)
People are nodding heads in unision to questions he is throwing(n he's also the one answering them) when suddenly i feel my heart miss a beat..damn these cell phones in vibration mode can scare the living day lights out of a person.It was a msg frm kayk asking me to surrender the copy of 'signum vitalis' or else face the consequences.Trinity was hovering outside the class to lay her hands on da book.
I was right under the lec's nose(I love this subject not the lec) n also was da 'keeda' who was trying to answer the rapid fire of questions.Any akward action of mine would certainly be noticed.It was like courting death.
Wat do I do???
Suddenly as if my gaurdian angels had heard my prayer the lec turned to the board to write some huge,complex formula...now is my chance I thought,Its now or never.
I grope in the darkness of my sack(bag).I picked out the first thing that came to my greasy hands n was about to hurl it over to kal's side when i noticed that it was a copy of filmfare(which if spotted would certainly have created a riot in class)quickly i hide it in the same maze from where it came.I use my cell phone as a torch to guide me in the darkness of my bag and behold here it is....the blue shimmering copy of 'SV' The lec is still chalking the board making noises like a pair of mice scampering on a marble floor.so I have ample time at hand.In one James Bond like manoeuvre I manage to hurl it across three benches at one go(must try my hand at olympic throwing events..who knows we may have a champion in the making!)
The book lands directly on Kal's bench(last bench) n she looks flabergasted as if it has landed from the ceiling unable to understand.
Triveni is waiting outside n on cue she enters inside the class asking 4 kal..the lec gives her a starnge disapproving look as if she has interrupted his nobel prize acceptance speech :-)n just balls her.The poor soul is disheartened n for the soft kind of gal she is,apologises n leaves.But to b on da edi board you have to be Innovative and stubborn.This is wat Triveni does she asks kal to TELEPORT the mag.

Well teleportation works something like this..the object to be transferred is passed along benches till it makes to the last one which is besides a window.The window has a speciality it has no glass panes(destroyed on purpose) so its now a kinda like this bank counter where they hand out forms n stuff.The book has to be placed near the windo so that Triveni can lift it.Who will do this ultimate action packed move?that too in this dreaded lecs class....well the onus of carrying out this death defying stunt is handed over to Nis our in house fencing champion.In one jhatka she places da book near da window n is back in her place in a flash n no one even noticed.The very next moment the book disappers from the window opening.Triveni is walking back past the classroom with the book tucked safely under her arm..It looks cool just like in the spy movies :-)

2006-01-30T09:11:00.000-08:00

Namsthey ppl.....here i am, the indolent bone with too much energy as everyone calls but then am here to tell you ppl am not one! Anyways atlast am on the blog. Couldn catch up wid ya'll cos my invitation was gone astray in the mailist.

I can see a lot of progress in here. Thanks to our "thope"Snr Sid that he has got some spice into everything wid his nifty head at work. We have an amazing list of people on our editorial board this time. Each one who is inimitable in their own way.

Sid-----The man who has far-fetched thoughts which have to be put into use by us.
Ravi----Without whom MUSINGS wouldnt have had a history! The wacky designer
Kalpana----Too earnest n cordial member of our team who is considered our backbone.
Triveni----All that comes to my mind is "meeru me articles english lo gaani telugu lo gaani hindi lo gaani ivvachu" (that too in her very frail n feeble voice). That was her say durin the campaignin for MUSINGS hehe
Aditya----Quicksilver is here ...hez there.......he is everywhere. Goes around just odering things to ppl n knows the ploy to get the things done. The editor of our "RETREAT" too
Chetan----The funny guy with lots to pen down. He is the creative mind at work.Keeps wondering wat i would do after my engineerin after he faced the debate sessions durin campaigning. LOL
Shiva Karthik Oops Shivaditya----Guy who he himself forgets his name after the wonderful incident that took place which we all know by now hehe...Anyways comin to him he is the designer for the MUSINGS in makin, our ray of hope once Mr.Ravi leaves college.
Spurthi----Yes thats me n you'll know it all.

Coming to the progess in getting contributions for the magazine... we dont find much of enthu in our 1st yrs this time. They are the ones who should come up wid their ground-breaking ideas for the magazine. Lets see how far they go in making this a success.

To all the people out there....we are at ur service for anything and everything, Its just that u'll should come up with ur articles,thoughts,artwork in any formas soon as possible.

signing off
Adios
Spurthi

2006-01-30T02:35:00.000-08:00

Hit Parade

My take on why Musings'06 is gonna be the best one till date.
First there is a fine mix of experience (one 4th yr guy, three 3rd yrs.) and in-experience (four 2nd years.) The zine team can now draw a parallel with the Indian cricket team.
No. of team members=8
2006=2+6+0+0=8
8 is Saturn’s ruling number which signifies hard work and assured results.
(That's the amateur numerologist in me speaking.)
Our crusade drives home the point, “Read the writing on the wall..Musings’06 is in your face. Lump it or like you have got to have it. You man run but you cannot hide. If you are creative we will smoke ye fellas out.” this time around we have extended the range of topics to draw in more participation from the mango people (aam junta.)Mgit is finally waking up....phew (our shout fests and visual bombardment have served their purpose very well.)Now-a-days the 'zine' team is being mobbed in corridors and the canteen by eager contributors (Personally I never expected pretty girls [shying and contemplating like in the movies] to come up to me and ask about the deadlines, progress and trivia ;-))
The mood is upbeat; fun, frolic and creativity is in the air.. Need I say more???

Know The M'06 Team:::

Ravi Shankar : Director, Top Dog
(Techno geek, Jai Shree Metallica, Anna, Sarkar, Tornado, Jazzy)

'Anna' has been on the edi board for the last 3 years. In his capacity as Chief Executive Designer (C.E.D) he built a complete new team from scratch which made its mark with Musings'05. This being his final outing as the design 'Sarkaar' will see some of his very best designs surface in Musings'06 (Tornado always saves the best for the last.)
The campaigning posters designed by him for M'06 have already become quite a rage (guys going gaga n gals swooning by just Ek Jhalak) with everyone including scavengers giving them a dekho.
He is the benchmark for visual design and imagery whose perfection and quality of work the future generations of designers will try to achieve. ‘Jazzy’ brings with him a truckload of experience and most importantly diplomatic ties (read good relations with different departments.)He is like an iron fist in a velvet glove. Soft, unassuming and calm on the outside and rock solid inside.

Siddharth: Seneschal Honcho
(Gandalf, Attitude Bhai, Charging Bull, Beast Man, Joker, The One)

'Attitude Bhai' believes in wearing his state of mind on his t-shirts. Deeply obsessed with the mag this year to make up for the laziness and procrastination of last year (he has exorcised the demons of the past) the 'Charging Bull' is on an all time creative high (thanks to Bejan Daruwalla) with a few un occasional mental voids Beast Man's creative shockers are charging up the atmosphere in camp M'06.Creative ideas seem to strike him at the most unexpected moments like when in the loo! or sweating it out on some mechanics problem. 'Joker' is trying his hand at sketching also this year to contribute to the mag in more than one way. Beast man’s only hobby these days is screwing up the rest of the edi board by threatening to blast them online. His favorite word these days is 'balls'. Anyone who tries to foray into his territory gets balled. Rahul Dravid is his idol and he’s trying to emulate ‘The Wall’s’ example of leading from the front. Expect kick ass content from 'The One' this year.

Kay Kalpana: Chancellor, Honcho
(Dainty Damsel, Mystik Moon, Flying Cobra, Philosopher, In Ankhon Ki Masti Mein)

'Dainty Damsel' has undergone a sea of change from last year. Last time she was this restless soul completely into the mag but now a 'thanda' player now and didn’t loose her cool during campaigning this time (how people mature with the times.) She has overcome her complacent attitude and is forging ahead with full steam.
'Philosopher' thinks deep thoughts and it's always up to the others to keep guessing what those big round eyes are trying to convey. Though soft and well behaved 'Flying Cobra' is capable of furious rage also. 'Mystik Moon' has also spruced up her computer skills very well and now has a very big network spanning many colleges and countries. And she has also started blogging (a welcome sign) for the first time so we'll come to know more about her deep introverted beautiful thoughts.

PS: Sid n Kal can't stop bickering at each other. When the Beast Man' and the 'Dainty Damsel' take sides on an issue it's nothing less than a fireworks display. Arguments and counters follow thick and fast. The 'Charging Bull' is aggressive but 'Flying Cobra' is sensible. Finally no conclusion crops up at the end of the big fight n it's up to the moderators (edi board) to chillax things. But none will agree with the other's point without a sound explanation.

Now for the new kids on the block:::

Triveni: Commanding officer, Top Banana
(Trinity, Sant, Chillax, Analyst, Abstract Artist)

'Trinity' adds new dimension to the edi board this year with her analytical n logical skills. She was the most likely choice when the need for an exclusive Telugu editor cropped up. 'Sant' writes profound poems which few people with extraordinary acumen (the Zine team) can truly comprehend. She is a 'chillax' candidate with a soft voice which often gets lost in an argument. This 'Abstract Artist' can come up with sketches in a jiffy and has the magnet like ability to draw people into her aura. She is the only member on the board who has not screwed up her internals and attendance percentages. And she always cribs about me (in good sense)....but all the females on da edi board generally seem to pickup an argument with me..dunno why?

Aditya Narayanan: Prince
(Quicksilver,I'm a Rebel,Tamil Thambi,Mard,Fully Blooded Mgitian)

Quicky is this extemporaneous natural guy who has his hand in every 'happening' thing in college (Nirvana, Musings, Retreat, IEEE, ISTE, Forums.)
A born genius at getting work done using the most unimaginable means (poor juniors).His proclamation of "I'm a rebel" has won him applauses and brickbats alike. But is he is never the one to give up and always bounces back after a dry spell. 'Tamil Thambi' freaks out at any 'mass Metallica' number just like Mr.Techno. A bit tightening up of his loose tongue which hurls fireballs at the drop of a hat would be very much appreciated. Recently out of his mental deadlock he is raring to go. 'Mard' has the ability to cheer up anyone with his whacky sense of humor and kickass attitude. Juniors fear him and seniors go gaga over him. The coming days will see 'The Fully Blooded Mgitian' (He refuses to have any Musings in paraya desam) face the ultimate test of persistence and guts.

Chetan Kumar: Dictator
(Shaitan, Makda, Shammer, Jhonny English, Mawali)

Shaitan finally made it to the edi board this year after a jinxed attempt last year. Always high on ideas and enthu 'Makda' always makes his presence felt with his absence. This guy is a born 'Shammer' with remarkable abilities. 'Mawali' just can't seem to control a particular expletive in his speech. He brings with him some experience as the editor of his school mag. Shaitan wants to leave his chaap on M'o6 so he has started thinking out of the box which is a good omen.
'Jhonny English' has been assigned the task of editing the countless (pun intended!) hindi articles which are expected to drop in this year. So as a build up to this mammoth task he has been spotted deeply engrossed in a copy of 'Manak Hindi Vyakaran Pustkika' leading to curious glances and stares. Balls to stares is his reply.

Spurthi:Skipper
(Miss.Con, Spitfire, Jassi, Hot head, Tigress)

Miss.Con is kinda da face of M'06.She has been able to draw good responses from the not-fairer sex due to her stage persona and ever-growing fan following.
Public relations are her forte. ‘Spitfire' used to be a firebrand babe in her 1st year (poor guys we seniors) but has now cooled down a bit now as she hit her stride.
A big fan of Sourav Ganguly she hopes n fervently prays to see 'dada' return to his past lost glory. Still the rookie now she is learning the ropes. Watch out for this hot headed tigress on the prowl in the coming weeks as countdown to M'06 begins.

Shiva Aditya: Autocrat
(Shiv Cartik{courtesy miss.con}, Firstee, Casanova, Inspector Gadget, Blue eyed boy)

Shiv Cartik oops Shiva Aditya is one 'cool' player. This (M'06) is his first big thing in college. He loves anything on wheels. Cartik n Gandalf share the same passion for red hot cars n drop dead gorgeous bikes. Mr. Casanova has girls swooning on the mere mention of his name (he has been asked to put this special ability of his to get more contributions from the fairer sex;-s)
'Firstee' has an awesome experience working on flash fireworks and is learning the ropes of Photoshop very fast. Inspector Gadget is ready to engage N-cage anyone anywhere. He's currently on an undercover mission to IIT-Madras to woo intellectual girls there and discover the source of IIT's deep pockets.
'Blue Eyed Boy' has bonded thick and fast with the rest of the edi board very fast and very well. 'Firstee' has some very useful tit-bits to offer and has a large network of associates. A very fruitful experience lies ahead for this dude under the able guidance of the senior members.

So, M'06 has all the required ingredients (Attitude,Creativity,style,Fun,Frolic,Jest,verve,Vigor,Experience,Network,Computing Power, Literary backing) to become a successful potboiler.

Salaam Namaste....Sid

2006-01-28T19:19:00.000-08:00

SHOW TIME!!

Its a beautiful, sunny, sunday morning and here i go with my strained attempts to keep the updates up and going...

It really shocked me yesterday when the "creative shocker" informed me that he suddenly "slipped" into a state of "writers' block"..!! Unbelievable it was what with his forever active mind constantly exploring the craziest of imaginary worlds that usually churns such amusing stuff that sends people ( *except him, as he claims :-\) into peels of laughter... way to go!! And to think he was getting so passionate about the mag, investing his heart and soul into it noon n night, ever busy in giving form to the latest ideas that crop up within.!!!
And well... this has prompted me to slog and slave my mental muscles to nullify the dormancy within and finally speak to the readers of this blog...a warm hi to all of you! :)

A lot has already been said here regarding the progress of our work, and in the most interesting manner at that (thanks to the shocker again!)... and yet there is always more to it than can be expressed... Working on the 'zine' is no cakewalk.... it requires huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge patience and sustained enthusiasm to to keep our spirits high day in and day out... As of now... it is a period of waiting... waiting expectantly for articles (good ones at that!) to pour in... We have had a few responses from the first years .. but i m sad to say that they were dissappointing! Man!The freshers need to grow up! Its no more schooling and we demand that you set certain standards to your writing... Our mag should reflect highly on our college! Luckily,since i could actually talk to them in person,i could drive this point into their humble minds and they were good enough to promise to make better attempts.Appreciable! :) So itsWAITING WAITING and WAITING all the way.... After all the best is always in store till the last... or so we hope! :)

Hmm... did i mention the publicity is in full swing this time??The campaigning and the posters apart, it has extended to the online world too.....The other day( January, the 26th,to be precise) i spent the whole night to scrap each person in the mgit communities in orkut...( well... orkut is a cosy cosy site where we can get in touch with sooo many friends new and old.... Isn't it lov-er-ly!! i love orkut! :) ) and was glad to find at least a few resposes... but we need articles man! And so we wait... crossing our fingers and hoping to receive contributions from at least a few of the so many alumni that we mailed...... Hey, i ought to mention that i have created a community exclusively for musings in orkut (thanks to sid again!! he messaged me in the dead of the night and talked me into creating one outright and yippie! i ended up doing something which i never did! i am the owner of a community! some achievement indeed! ;) ) So guys, if you believe in musings.. then proclaim it to the whole world.. go join the community-Musings Mgit !! :)

What more....?? The usual meetings in the campus, brain storming discussions (or are they endless arguments??!! ) that seem to trace no end, rosy hunt for budding talent, motivating friends to exercise n trigger their able minds, charting out agendas and chalking plans for variety and change... these are our days... Its quite an anxious time indeed!! :) Ravi's encouraging inputs ( though we miss his regular presence in col...) and wonderful gelling of the Team Musings... are well worth cherishing... and keep us all going...

I guess its time i say adieu for the day .... :) Before wrapping up folks, let me tell you that dont u worry! sid has taken the good old medicine that i prescribed- he has agreed to give some rest to his discombobulated brain- and should be back very soon... I wont be surprised even if he juggles up into full form and conquers this space again in just a few more minutes!! Anyway do keep visiting this place and drop in your views and comments ... thank you soooo much... Team Musings loves you all...

cheerio!! :) :-h

2006-01-26T08:45:00.000-08:00

Pangs of guilt filled me as I left to attend EDC class as the rest of TEAM MUSINGS left for postering.
Anyway for me every bit of attendence that I gather will surely benefit me in the future. Please don't take Sid's word for it, I ain't no geek.
As far as articles are concerned & creativity is concerned,I seem to have been suffering from mental block with all my endeavours (read NIRVANA,MUSINGS &THE RETREAT) being affected. But form my dear friends is temporary... class is permanent if I could say so myself. ahem ahem I just did.
Anyway I'm totally in love with TEAM MUSINGS because everyone understands each other's shortcomings & we play as a team. When Sid told MISS CON to take light our latest battle of postering, She actually did. The bum.
Also no one is against the other person's decision & this I'm sure will rub off in the mag.
Thats all for now folks.
Cheers

2006-01-26T02:48:00.000-08:00

Mission Chipkao
"Out of sight means out of mind", this maxim is very much applicable to the MGIT junta.
We were done with the shout fest, now it was time for the visual treat.
Mr. Resourceful Ravi Shankar came up with some nifty, eye- popping, bindaaz posters for the main promotion part, the 55 words contest and the abstract arena (posters in previous post)
We all (the edi board) awed and more awwwed at the digital images. But our college printer had decided to play a cruel trick on us. As the first draft was eeking its way out of the printer our hearts were racing faster than a Ferrari Mc Laren-F1 and...Crashed into a wall the moment a copy landed into our eager hands. It looked like nothing on the screen before us. It resembled something which I would call ....(I'm short of words to describe my horror.)We were clueless and stood rooted in our places.
But the kind hearted gentleman [God bless him] (whom I had managed to soften up a bit, by being too eager about his contribution to the mag) said we would try out an another printer was enough to set our blood pressure shooting up again.

This is Team Musings mate. This ain't a place for the weak hearted and Futoo people (Jiski bahut jaldi fatt jathi hai.)We court adversities at every front.

But again disappointment courtesy red-tapism and too many hurdles (instead the hurdles event at the Olympics would have been a cake walk for us.)
Moral: Never pin hopes on the official office printer.
But our Nice guy refused to give up. Being an ex personal assistant to the head honcho he still calls the shots. So he just rings up the stationery in charge (MGIT has one incase you dint know) and ordered a hp DeskJet color cartridge pronto.

I salivated on seeing the beauty which held within it the magic liquid to transform the digital imagery to a visual delight. A line from Eminem's 8 mile road struck me “look if you had one chance, one opportunity, would you let it go?"
No, never.
So I watched with a subdued breath as his hands gingerly placed the small box into it's righteous place....I was about to do a 'Theen Maar' when...
"Houston we have a problem" (oh draconian devil not again!!!)
The images are on a cd and the system we are working on doesn't have a cd drive
(damn these cheap assembled pc's.)

Dilema again....? (ab kya hoga?)

Mein ney chabyee minto fresh aur dimag ki batthi jalayee.
Cd drive nahi hai to kya hua windows networking hai na. Just type in a few password strings and we are game. Thank you Mr. Bill Gates.

From our past experience we were not so expectant this time. We stood there grinning and giving each other idiotic glances.The print quality this time was better if not excellent. We stocked up and left thanking Mr. Nice guy profusely from the bowels of our stomach :-)
Now the second most important part of the campaigning; we had to home upon the hot spots where people's eyes would naturally travel (no pun intended) and find our posters there. We had four different posters this time around(a rapid increase over last year where we had only one; happens when you have a chief editor who answers to the title 'creative shocker')
We struck off the loo's and waiting rooms from our list of hot spots as people would be in an hurry to relieve their tension rather read about an artistic outburst and overflowing of creative juices.
Finally we hit upon the idea that we would plaster the posters on opposite sides of the wall in every classroom so that guys will be looking in the gals direction and vice versa leading to exchange of meaningful glances and stuff for gossip mongers ( Da Vinci is our guru; every action of ours serves a double purpose) creating positive vibes which will be good in the interest of the mag because to be creative on the spur (what we need from our contributors to the mag) your romantic life has to be hip-hop and happening.

Maidan-e-jung :
The warriors of the edi board were ready to break into fortress MGIT armed with posters, rolls of cello tapes and scissors. The male regiment was lead knight Gandalf n field commander Chee-tan kumar. The female brigade boasted of two firebrand dynamic ladies Kal and Trinity who were prepared to the hilt. It was time for running from pillar to post.

Wait, did I hear you say where is the rest of the 'zine' team? Well we guys believe in 'divide and don't work'
Our chief mentor is cooling his bum punching away keys relentlessly on his new AMD machine in the comfort of his Neverland, probably with some Metallica composition blaring out at full blast.
Adi n Spurthi (sincere, studious folks these) are trying to make sense of compression ratios and suction volumes in the thermal engineering class.
And our celebrated designer Mr.Shiv Aditya a.k.a Chanderpaul is meandering away to 6 days of bliss at IIT Chennai.He has been given strict orders not to flirt with the girls there as he may occupy a podium place next to actress Kushboo(moral policing in full swing there) and we don’t want to loose good talent to thambi's and mapullai's down south.

Shift back to ground zero. We had breached the walls; MGIT spread out its arms welcoming us into its fold.
Time for some action, "girls take to the left and guys take the right," I barked.
[I have a thing about directions in which the ying- yang must work in order for successful completion of the work]
The guys are fast but the girls are efficient. Between us the job was over in 20 minutes flat.At B-block Kal left us due to some prior musical commitments. So now down to three we hit the stairs taking five at a time and are done with the B block in a jiffy cos only three sections are taught in this entire mammoth block. Triveni did
the cutting, Chetan did the rolling and I did the plastering.

The reaction from the people on spotting the posters near the library...
“It’s a bird, it’s a pane. .It’s a musings poster!”

Here I must mention what a cannibal this guy Chee-tan is..he doesn't waste any time in cutting the tape with scissors just runs a layer of it through his razor sharp teeth and presto we have a fission.

Dude Chetan....take a bow.

People gave us stares as if we were on some kinda 'around the college in 80 seconds' trip. But balls to stares the task at hand is more physically demanding than ever. Whosoever came up with this architectural wonder (MGIT) should have put up some escalators and fly-overs between the blocks which would have made life a lot easier for us folks.We scaled peaks 'B-block' and 'C-block' in succession planting our flags (posters) rigidly.
Triveni and Chetan left after C-block. I was left alone to challenge the final frontier the monstrous D-block. I sweated and pretted. Repeated some powerful motivational sloka and decided to take the plunge.

I heard a voice calling me..mebbe my soul had slipped out..I must be dreaming or freaking mad..suddenly a hand landed on my shoulder..I had a mild heart attack..whoa it's Adi.
He sez," Koi tension nahi lena ka boss support system (read juniors) is here."

D-block was also scaled. I felt on top of the world (literally)
Adi has learnt the ropes of the trade (human wealth management) very well. He has taken off from where I left last year. Watch this guy he'll make it big in HRM/HRD of an MNC someday.
We celebrated the completion of our chipkao mission over a bottle of appy fizz and dispersed.

PS: I return to my haven tired, hungry and worn out. My legs aches like hell.Painkillers have no effect. My pal suggests a shot of a 'strong' soft drink. I guzzle down a pint and slip into a deep slumber. I am neck deep into ecstasy romancing my favorite heroine when my mobile goes off. Due to the indiscernible state of my mind (guess the soft drink was too hard) I mistook my Dad's call for one from my pal's and say “eh maamu apun abhi full load pey hai baad mein phone karne ka." I heard "okay son" and the other phone clicked.
I awoke with a start all my tiredness disappearing in an instant.

Last spotted my dad was seen on a flight bound for Hyderabad.

Pray for me people....Amen

2006-01-26T01:52:00.000-08:00

HERE IT GOES THE FINAL POSTERS WHICH WILL BE DOING ROUNDS IN COLLEGE BY THE TIME YOU ARE READING THIS:

2006-01-24T05:25:00.000-08:00

hey guys..
so finally some holy soul(thanks sid!!!) sent me the invite and now i am on..
so ppl whts happening.howz life....
ya man the campaining was a fun experience as sid said............ thanks to spoorthi...
hahahaha never gave a chance to anyone to open their mouth leave alone sayin something...
so guyz lets start workin really hard and get this 'zine out..

chal gyuz wil make a move now..

adios!!

2006-01-22T02:58:00.000-08:00

Campaigning Blues

The team of Musings'06:::

Ravi,Siddharth,Kalpana,Aditya,Spurthi,Triveni,Shiva,Chetan.

So finally it began on the morning of January the 21st 2007 the warriors of Team Musings decided to launch their offensive and take MGIT by storm..!!!

The Campaigning was lead by three firebrand ladies Kalpana,Spurthi and Triveni. They led from the front.We guys Sid(me),Aditya,Shiv,Chetan did the background score that is looking macho and all pumped up while the gals were excercising their vocal cords to the max. Mr.Technogeek a.k.a Ravi Shankar was playing the perfect mentor being his usual brooding self (mebbe he was spellbound at how well planned and organised da shout fest was going on).Must say Campaigning is a female forte.But as usual it was MECHATRONICS domination everywhere (4 ppl this time round also on the edi board.)

The response from the 1st year classes was upbeat as usual cos basically the junior classes are our hunting grounds for any form of creative activity.They keep our spirits soaring when the chips are down.The response from EEE 1st yr was exceptional...keep a tab on these guyz ek din college ka naam roshan karenge.
And ya Chetan did a very good job as a herald holding up da copy of last years mag everytime a junie wanted to have a glance at it.

The second years were enthusiactic but were thankful to us as we provided da right kind of disruption to class work so that they could cram bits for the internal in the afty.But the mood was upbeat here also...Mgit is awaking from it's slumber..I can feel it.

The Third years..Well they were their usual laidback self..listening cooly and againg returning back to their work once we left.People mature over the years..

funny incidents of the day :::

kalpana n Spurthi having a verbal duel of sorts in classes interrupting each other's scentences.The poor listeners were left confused with so many repetetions and redentions.Spurthi must explore da option of workiong on FM Radio she will make a good Radio Jockey.

Spurthi christened the poor designer Shiv Aditya as Shiv Narayan Chanderpaul in one of the classes..he was flabergasted!!!

Spurthi again: As we entered a second year class a guy from the last bench calls out aloud "Hi Spurthi"..and she doesn't know who her gumnaam fan is !! It seems she has a huge fan following in MGIT..hope this helps in drawing more creative talent.

The third yr MMT Junta ( mass guyz) began clapping when we entered (felt great someone was appreciating our good work) and clapped again as we left that too with the H.O.D in class !!

The fourth yr IT annas (bindaaz guyz)asked us to blurt out our bio data's n then carry on with the rest of da mag promotion stuff.

Not so Yaadgaar moments::

In da 3rd yr IT class it was the lecturer who scewed us up..he said the kind of articles which we were demanding (pulitzer winning ones according to him) would take time and da deadline was too close. It was improper planning on our part kehte...neways balls to him..somethings never change and some people will always be pissed off.

The 2nd yr MMT bhai logh dint allow us to make our point with their boo's and whistles.We left disgusted as expected.

A lec in the first year mechatronicx section treats us like sales representatives and shooe's us away..telling us to come back latter...

AND FINALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY THE ENTIRE MAG TEAM SCREWED UP THEIR INTERNAL EXAMS.WELL KUCH PAANE KE LIYE KUCH KONA PHADTA HAI...ciao

2006-01-20T03:42:00.000-08:00

To diversify Musings this year we have a host of creative contests lined up for da mgit junta

1. 55 word fantasy::: Pen a story using 55 words or less. best entries get featured in musings'06

2.Abstract Arena::: Distort the given image using the image editor of ur choice. come up with an image that is a stark contrast from the original.

we need enthu and participation so ppl get ur grey cells to work

more contests coming up very soon...watch this space for more...ciao

2006-01-20T03:24:00.000-08:00

Before giving ye fellas a sneek peek of this years final promotional posters...have a look at the last years design...shows how people at musings believe in the philosphy " Everything is permanent except change..."

2006-01-14T06:47:00.000-08:00

The design team is falling head over heels to come up with some catchy posters for promotion of da mag...wat one designs the other calls it "not appealing"...so we are now pretty much confused as to what to chuck in n wat to chuck out !!! Some designs as of now (as i am typing here da creative minds are sweating it out :-) )

2006-01-11T04:14:00.000-08:00

Hi
welcome to the online blog of the musings'06 editorial board alias the 'zine team'. This blog is to chronicle what we guyz call the 'zine experience'. follow us as we take you along with us into what actually goes into bringing out a college magazine against all odds and impossible deadlines...happy reading fellas