tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post7017104727439429811..comments2023-09-22T11:42:10.806+05:30Comments on The God of Small Things: Gymkhana Elections: Of White Knights, Dark Horses, and the occasional Court FoolShreyGoyal.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17844977073604743024noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-32882052702457716752010-04-03T01:00:48.286+05:302010-04-03T01:00:48.286+05:30The first reason to comment is to give Shrey a tes...The first reason to comment is to give Shrey a testimony that I've finally read this post which seems to have gone to different communities of KGP with JUNTA accusing "Shrey-Knows" to being an ignorant and one even went on to say <b>"Shrey doesn't know!"</b>...<br /><br />I know people who campaigned for one, supported the other and voted in the favour of the third; to top it all, they shook their hands with Celestine after he won...true spirit of KGP :PAshish Gouravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13367298859443158406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-54720322555295455032010-03-21T09:44:05.625+05:302010-03-21T09:44:05.625+05:30@Abhishek Kumar alias Kakori alias Random fifth ye...@Abhishek Kumar alias Kakori alias Random fifth year who needs a break in life after 5 horrid years in some dark, dingy corner of one of our hallowed halls of residence: <br /><br />Dude, you're not fighting apartheid here that if Nelson Mandela doesnt get elected, the kid of some black kid doesn't get to eat or doesnt get to go to school. Its a gymkhana election and while I'm in no way, undermining its importance, believe me, after 10 years, you wont even remember who got elected. <br /><br />Didnt 5 years here teach you how to "Peace maar" and "Load na le". Damn it, i thought all 5th years were hyper-cool people, basking in the glory of booze and "G" and "sutta", oblivious to the fact that life goes on around them. <br /><br /><br />All I'm asking you is simply, "Why so serious"?Sumeetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-64488834583162279792010-03-20T23:39:09.559+05:302010-03-20T23:39:09.559+05:30I had a chat with Pulkit Da (RK) the other day. I ...I had a chat with Pulkit Da (RK) the other day. I got some of the best gyaan I had heard in a while. <br /><br />Check this: <br />"In a democracy, you get the leader you deserve!"<br /><br />I'll say, if 92 of those votes had shifted over from Celestine to Ankit Singh, I would have sure wished upon the Institute a Leader like him. <br /><br />Secondly, I think its about time that Abhishek and his cronies stop using their Year of Study to justify their arbitrary comments. C'mon, we're out of the 'Senior jo bhi bolega sahi bolega' syndrome, aren't we?<br /><br />And, as an afterthought, I must indeed add, the discussion here has been much more fruitful than on the other blog that has been advertised cheaply here. :PShirish Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02087128889559556743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-82281778971634558292010-03-20T20:24:20.553+05:302010-03-20T20:24:20.553+05:30Congrats Cells - the dark horse
he whose real load...Congrats Cells - the dark horse<br />he whose real load starts tonight.<br /><br />Kudos Ankit - the court jester<br />he who mocked the pact system of Kgp.<br /><br />Apologies Nivesh - the white knight<br />he who deserved a fair fight but got none.Vijaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-62982660707652795222010-03-20T16:05:05.794+05:302010-03-20T16:05:05.794+05:30@Abhishek Kumar
I had a lab and Field Trip Presen...@Abhishek Kumar<br /><br />I had a lab and Field Trip Presentation at my department from 1 pm to 6 pm yesterday, a fact that you can verify from any 3rd year student of the Mining Department, making it physically impossible for me approve any comments then. <br /><br />And anyway, the facts remain what they always have. Ignorance is indeed bliss - so first get your facts right, then you can distort them as much as you want. Even if you're a fifth year student and all that yada yada...ShreyGoyal.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844977073604743024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-64325508347681476762010-03-20T14:29:30.750+05:302010-03-20T14:29:30.750+05:30I really appreciate Shrey's support for Tarun ...I really appreciate Shrey's support for Tarun Rathi. But he is not one who is there to win sympathy votes courtesy the fact that he is from HJB hall which just to let everyone know is by no means a majority postgraduate hall. I would advise Shrey to be sure of the facts before he makes such loose comments on his otherwise well researched blog.Sarajeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986957337028034794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-3050570145378125852010-03-20T11:01:35.376+05:302010-03-20T11:01:35.376+05:30The phenomenon that truly amazes me is how people ...The phenomenon that truly amazes me is how people who have so longer never given a rat's ass about hall poltu and its ill effects have suddenly realized how bad hall poltu is.....if only that change would last....<br /><br />and suddenly the Jester's Jest is no longer one!!!!<br /><br />well next is the HCM elections...hope we have some interesting developments there tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-10557722764613317222010-03-20T08:32:08.629+05:302010-03-20T08:32:08.629+05:30Why did the Guts to publish the comments came only...Why did the Guts to publish the comments came only after much of the voting was already over ? <br /><br />In fact, did guts play any part at all? My comment was approved much later when I provoked you on grounds of guts. <br />Proof: See for yourself the two same comments under two different names...K.A.K.O.R.I and Abhishek Kumar, both of them being me. <br />It turns out that you comfortably screened a lot of other people comments too which did not appear until much later. But by then the voting was already over. So late that the damage was already done by your blog. The facts were already twisted. <br />That's a dirty stunt. <br />Unexpected from a person whose blog influenced so many. <br /><br />Everyone is entitled to an opinion. And kudos to the fact that you expressed yours. But I wish you had not done the negative publicity and twisted the facts about Ankit.I wish you had not censored and controlled the comments the way you did. <br /><br />@Sumeet......So considerate of you to tear down a comment just for fun, just because you were getting bored. But it would have been nice if you would have taken care to read all the earlier comments, especially those of Abhey Kalra, Protik Roychowdhury and gone through http://bibhashkjha.blogspot.com/2010/03/dark-knight.html posted by bibhash jha. Even carefully reading the particular comment, the one which you supposedly tore down in a self assumed manner, would have been good. But then Sumeet, Ignorance Is Bliss. Isn't it ? Definitely worth the few lines of fun I'll say. If not anything, this blog did succeed in entertaining your whims. I'm just being cynical.Abhishek Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166233135444898886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-2724005851849180222010-03-20T07:13:21.858+05:302010-03-20T07:13:21.858+05:30Politics.
There is never the case of the best man...Politics.<br /><br />There is never the case of the best man winning in India anymore. It's always the guy who has more votes. And it's not a redundant statement. <br /><br />Think about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543946732354101502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-24101437426257502662010-03-20T04:14:14.480+05:302010-03-20T04:14:14.480+05:30well as a close friend i would say: bravo shrey, t...well as a close friend i would say: bravo shrey, true democracy is when you have the freedom to take a shot at someone, the right to express unpopular opinions, and at several times, "anti-feel-good" sentiments, the replies to your blog made an interesting reading... so they say your influenced, SO WHAT?? We all are, i mean if u werent, you would be a vegetable, and you obviously have the guts to put up all the comments, i mean some of the comments are taking a bigger pot-shot at you, than at any of the candidates!!<br />I dont know to complete certainty about the hard work, dedication, or groundwork, of all candidates, and i cant unless i have known all of them personally for an extended period, the beauty lies in how everyone has formed such a deep rooted conviction and a sense of FIDELITY in a supposedly anti-incumbent,independent, hall supported, spoon-fed, blah blah,in a "one night stand"(SOAP, pun completely intended).<br />Finally no political blog is complete without Machiavelli ...<br /><br />"One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat them well, they are yours. They would shed their blood for you, risk their property, their lives, their children, so long, as I said above, as danger is remote; but when you are in danger they turn against you."<br />AND<br />"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil." <br />So keep bloggingMandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104867582473499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-54573669157832415442010-03-20T00:01:25.164+05:302010-03-20T00:01:25.164+05:30@Divya: I'm just bored,and since yours is the ...<b> @Divya: I'm just bored,and since yours is the last post on this blog, ill rather enjoy tearing it apart. </b><br /><br />Very sad to read your opinion about the exciting new scene in KGP. <br /><br /><b> Good that you have an opinion, just like Shrey. </b><br /><br />I am not very sure how much a part have you ever been in anything dedicated to the service of your hall but seeing your extreme interest in promoting certain methodologies and work cultures i am sure you are a fan. <br /><br /><b> Naa he isnt. But the fact that you give a damn as to who rules Bihar doesnt mean that you dont have a right to opine. </b><br /><br />Your views seem highly influenced, and facts, twisted. <br /><br /><b> Its funny how people just give random opinions without justifying them. <br />For example, you've got to say why someone is highly influenced and which of the facts that he has mentioned are twisted. Substantiate. Enunciate. Damn, Im good at this </b><br /><br />Its funny but the racist in you is a fierce one. <br /><br /><b> Dude, Shrey, if you call Laloo Yadav a mockery of Indian politics, you're being racist. Keep that in mind the next time you write a blog. </b><br /><br /><br /><br />As a suggestion, or rather a request, please try to make your own opinions and views removing some of that cynicism and bias and try to make some sense to yourself and make sure you yourself do feel whatever you are feeling is right at least in your own mind. <br /><br /><br /><b> Yeah, right, you remove cynicism and bias from a political blog and what's left ? I think thats the way a blog's defined in my dictionary: I get to be as cynical as you have been in posting this comment (and i admire that) and get away with it.. </b><br /><br /><br />You can joke around about as many people as you want but believe me at the end of it, if it really mattered all that much, a lot of people who inspire me and you alike today would have given up on themselves before we even knew of their existence.<br /><br /><b>Seriously what part of the VP SOP did you find inspirational. You should read the "chicken soup series". Thats inspirational. </b>Sumeetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-77962586385307761392010-03-19T20:12:35.285+05:302010-03-19T20:12:35.285+05:30Very sad to read your opinion about the exciting n...Very sad to read your opinion about the exciting new scene in KGP. I am not very sure how much a part have you ever been in anything dedicated to the service of your hall but seeing your extreme interest in promoting certain methodologies and work cultures i am sure you are a fan. Your views seem highly influenced, and facts, twisted. Its funny but the racist in you is a fierce one. As a suggestion, or rather a request, please try to make your own opinions and views removing some of that cynicism and bias and try to make some sense to yourself and make sure you yourself do feel whatever you are feeling is right at least in your own mind. You can joke around about as many people as you want but believe me at the end of it, if it really mattered all that much, a lot of people who inspire me and you alike today would have given up on themselves before we even knew of their existence.divya bohrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438615777775786381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-13109664689500472412010-03-19T18:51:31.700+05:302010-03-19T18:51:31.700+05:30Not sure that your move og putting up that dance v...Not sure that your move og putting up that dance video will get you many fans....but anything that someone wants hidden from the public glare...probably deserves to be there!!!!<br />Getting it removed from DC has popularized that video a lot.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-58582051533522677562010-03-19T18:13:17.328+05:302010-03-19T18:13:17.328+05:30@Shrey:Gunda was a great analogy...so true in this...@Shrey:Gunda was a great analogy...so true in this context<br />A few notes on our underdog who suddenly looks like a favourite<br />Till now I have received confirmation from 2 JBNSTS scholars that Ankit Singh is NOT a JBNSTS scholar as claimed(when I asked him he said he won it in his first year...so i looked up that list and asked fellow recipients).<br />Secondly,being a TLS member myself I have been 'privileged' to see Ankit Singh at work.He has NOT written a single article during his 2 years at TLS and as a Governor,he hasn't been attending meetings since the midsems last sem.His contribution to the TLS publications so far has been NIL.Also,his recruitment policies for TLS were highly unethical to say the least.Funnily,2 of very vocal supporters of Ankit Singh who also happen to be TLS members recruited by him happen to come from the same cultural background as Ankit Singh.They also share his literary talents.<br />I am still unsure as to whom I want to see as my VP but I am pretty convinced whom I don't want to see as one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-25107893940796722702010-03-19T17:47:02.271+05:302010-03-19T17:47:02.271+05:30I second what TLS-Anon has written. He hardly atte...I second what TLS-Anon has written. He hardly attends the TLS meetings ( he is supposedly a governor )<br />Debate Club!!!! What a Joke!!<br />He can hardly speak english properly.<br />He just shows off at the meetings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-47529404960212106172010-03-19T16:55:03.602+05:302010-03-19T16:55:03.602+05:30I would Like to mention something here about what ...I would Like to mention something here about what u have written.<br />"He refused proper orientation and guidance."<br />I would correct u and say that "He was refused proper orientation and guidance" by his seniors. I am sure he would have taken it had he been given the opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-4790369652080327032010-03-19T16:47:08.556+05:302010-03-19T16:47:08.556+05:30Jo hona hai hoga.
Kudos to Ankit.
http://hectorat...Jo hona hai hoga.<br />Kudos to Ankit.<br /><br />http://hectoratkakori.blogspot.com/Abhishek Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166233135444898886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-52055638715563831382010-03-19T15:05:31.134+05:302010-03-19T15:05:31.134+05:30Have u seen him working for Shaurya too.. This guy...Have u seen him working for Shaurya too.. This guys took a lot of initiatives to take the fest to such heights.<br />The reason to vote for Ankit Singh is not sympathy, neither his underdog status..<br />Look at the profile of all the candidates and judge for yourself who is the most deserving.<br />Look at the proposals of all the candis and judge for yourself who is the most innovative and who have copied them from the old funda books.<br />Look at the courage of the student who believed he could take on the entire poltu system and prove his worth in front of a completely biased panel.<br />Look at the unconditional hope and claps he brought out from the students who were there just to support their hall.<br />There is a reason why he is suppressed in DC, in all hall days, and by all the seniors who have been a part of the corrupt system. There is a fear in the system that this is the time for change.<br />Not every batch is lucky enough to have such a warrior.<br />His victory can change the entire election mindset of all the future Happa's and fest heads.<br />Learn to vote on reason, and you will find the right reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-10917908027296014122010-03-19T15:05:31.135+05:302010-03-19T15:05:31.135+05:30A very diplomatic trick.. played well Shrey. Well....A very diplomatic trick.. played well Shrey. Well... may the best man win.<br /><br /><br />I do not understand though why you had to actually show everyone the video. Shouldn't people be more concerned with his SOP and his work? It feels like you are playing dirty here. For a friend. right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768059450940052624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-74033172099620556682010-03-19T14:11:59.044+05:302010-03-19T14:11:59.044+05:30@above Everyone exaggerates his/her accomplishment...@above Everyone exaggerates his/her accomplishments... you do it i do it and the 3 candis also do it. i could tell you 4 things nivesh has exaggerated and any patel can probably tell you celestine's part of the story<br /><br />Now coming to the soapbox... 2 candidates entered the Soapbox having preprepared answers for certain questions that they WOULD be asked and they practiced answering them for the better part of a week. As to why Nivesh may have looked better to some, well apart from that arbit law dude in the panel, as the pact stands, there were 5 people from nivesh's pact and 2 from celestine's. So nivesh basically knew all questions that FIVE of the panel would ask. Ankit did not have this advantage.. all he could do was answer truthfully and use his presence of mind, which he did admirably.<br /><br />@shrey<br />to me it looks like you've already formed an opinion as to who you like and who you don't which is fair enough but I get the feeling that you did not hear ankit's SOP properly going by what you've written (and if that is so, its a shame). Both his proposals were faultless and better than either of nivesh/celestine's ones... and he's submitted 15 pages worth groundwork on 1 proposal itself, which is remarkable. Sure there were the crowd pleasing comments from time to time but you have to see it in light of the fact that there were 8/9 people against him, most of whom had refused to help him and had made objectionable comments to him before the soapbox. Apart from that though there was nough substance in what he said and the questions put to him were asinine to say the least.<br />And dont you think if he did not have the credentials, he would not have been contesting? I'd stretch my neck out here to say he's got better credentials than celestine. So there. And about the ban from DC++ of a certain video, even I can get certain videos removed from DC if it directly antagonizes me. So can you.<br />Lastly please do not misquote people since thats the worst thing you could do...it is NOT he who "refused proper orientation and guidance."... it is he who "WAS refused proper orientation and guidance."<br />Ahh the difference a word can make.Protik Roychowdhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982728863332098296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-62506283098954394942010-03-19T14:02:25.774+05:302010-03-19T14:02:25.774+05:30i just want to mention here that it was NOT a good...i just want to mention here that it was NOT a good SOP delivered by Ankit Singh what i witnessed at the baski court by any standards whatsoever whether be it his attitude or his proposals or his groundwork. i sympathize for him not getting funda, but that is no reason for being non-sensical and rude at the SOP. I just hope that common sense will prevail.<br /><br />Other thing i must mention here is another candidate named Nivesh Pandey delivered a flawless set of SOP and proposals, and looks more prepared and motivated to become the VP.Mihirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090672024427125505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-35648952886365786502010-03-19T13:55:21.270+05:302010-03-19T13:55:21.270+05:30shrey-doesnt-know-anything
http://bibhashkjha.bl...shrey-doesnt-know-anything <br /><br />http://bibhashkjha.blogspot.com/2010/03/dark-knight.htmlbibhash k jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719426023397120701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-75988239276060853572010-03-19T13:49:16.527+05:302010-03-19T13:49:16.527+05:30I am sure that i would not be able to persuade eve...I am sure that i would not be able to persuade even a single fellow Kgpian to vote for the right candidate since most of them are high on endorphins after last night's entertainment extravaganza. But just think for two minutes, what kind of person do you want as a VP-- a person whose whole propaganda rests on getting sympathy through false and magnified allegations and anti-incumbency , who in the past also has shown no respect even for his own team members and whose tenure will announce the arrival of a dark political era in the Kgp election model where candidates will rely only on regional and caste based politics with populist antics to support them, who has already promised the crucial posts of UG representative, PG repreentative and PR chair to his supporters who also have the history of power play in MMM hall.<br />You can also opt to go for a candidate who is contesting only because the PG students who hail mostly from down south wanted one of their "own" as a candidate.<br />Is it really the mistake of a person that his hall supports him,that he is being supported by all the people who know him even the slightest. I know all the candidates personally and today I will vote for Nivesh Pandey. I have my placements next year and i dont want to sit the full remaining year fearing about my future.Deepak Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980527309304750539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-85349704231676825622010-03-19T13:36:12.459+05:302010-03-19T13:36:12.459+05:30It's not only about what the guy has gone thro...It's not only about what the guy has gone through or that is an 'underdog'.<br /><br />Shrey, you have totally misjudge the guy, I think you don't know him. No body, no damn person in the institute has the amount of funda as Ankit Singh has. Talking about the potential and temperament he has got while pursuing a job at hand, he is the best.<br /><br />Refrain from making comments if you have no idea, what qualities are the guy bestowed with and what makes a good VP of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6565719990407601970.post-37517802832247143342010-03-19T13:34:30.816+05:302010-03-19T13:34:30.816+05:30Before you think, I am going anonymous because I a...Before you think, I am going anonymous because I am a resident of RP Hall 3rd year and don't want to be ostracized...This e campaigning is more like a desperate attempt by KTJ ( and their sympathizers) who don't want the monopoly of a KTJ VP to be broken..Power hungry fools..People who are saying Nivesh was good in SOP. Then , let me make this thing clear to you guys, the panel was biased big time against Celestine and Ankit Singh, more so Celestine. The great Arnav, who claims to be a non poltu guy didn't ask Nivesh a single question. To give rata rataya question and answers is no big deal. It was clearly visible that we was made to mug all the answers and there was nothing but Kshitij bull crap in his profile. Had been in another pact, he would have cried, at least the other two didn't. Grow up guys, he was nothing if not for the biased panel. You are talking abt placements. What role did Matah have to play..He wasnt even here during the placements..So I guess whosoever(except KTJ guy) will be selected will do any day better..VOTE for a change...We don't want another Matah( read: a core team guy)..Think sensibly..Select a guy who deserves it and who has done a lot in the insti. At this moment Celestine seems the only right guy..He has done a lot in the insti.Give him a chance..and @ Shirish Subramaniam all u core team guys are power hungry fools...VOTE FOR A CHANGE..Not for the guy Nivesh who cant answer a single question spontaneously but only mugged up questions..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com