Fourteenth Issue
Vox Populi
Issue 12
In an exclusive Vox Populi interview Sathyaraj V. talks to the Chairman, Games Committee about the state of Games @ Hall 4
Sachin Singh Gautam
Ph.D
Dept. of. Mechanical Engg.
Yeah!! sometimes to convince the HEC is a bit challenging…
Sathyaraj Venkatesan (SV): What is the role of the Chairman, Games Committee?
Sachin Singh Gautam (SSG): The primary task of the Chairman, Games Committee is to coordinate various games activities through regular competitions, to maintain various sports facilities in the hall and to encourage hall residents to participate in the sports activities. Besides, the Chairman Games Committee is a member of Games Council and he represents the hall in gymkhana sports activities.
SV: What is Sports budget? How much did you spend this time?
SSG: The budget allocated to me was Rs. 20,000.00. It was also decided that the amount could be extended by Rs. 5000.00, if necessary. I required Rs. 500.00 extra. Overall, I did not overshoot my budget!
SV: Name some of your achievements and failures?
SSG: First failures:
(i) Not been able to conduct even a single sports quiz during my tenure is what I rue a lot.
(ii) Couldn’t complete the volleyball court due to lack of time for which I apologize to the residents.
Now the so-called achievements:
(i) The games Committee could screen both UEFA Finals of May 18th 2006 and FIFA World Cup 2006 (15 matches) on big screen. This was special in the sense that this was the first time that an event of this magnitude could be screened inside the hall premises.
(ii) SMASH 2006 was successfully conducted.
(iii) Hall tournaments viz. Cricket, Tennis, TT, Badminton, Volleyball, Athletics, Billiards and Snooker, Tug-o-War were held. Football, Basketball, Cycling, Cross Country, Kabaddi, Khokho could not be conducted because of insufficient participation.
(iv) I could convince the Games Council to restart Inter-hall events after a gap of 3 years.
(v) New Metal halide lamps were fitted in TT room and the lights in the badminton courts were replaced.
(vi) New Exhaust Fans were fitted for billiards room.
(vii) A cricket kit for the hall was purchased.
(viii) New Billiards Sticks and pockets were purchased. The cloth of the billiards table was changed. A new almirah was purchased for storing sports items.
(ix) An effective procedure for issuing sports items was implemented. This year the numbers of damaged items are kept to the minimum. The stock of sports equipments is at all time high.
(x) The net income of the Billiards Room was increased.
(xi) Games Committee could generate Rs. 4000.00 (approx.) for the current year through sale of T-Shirts and Sport equipments.
SV: Some of the challenges/difficulties you faced, if any?
SSG: Overall, my tenure was hassle free. I did not face any specific problems because the members of my committee were very helpful. Yeah!! Sometimes to convince the HEC is a bit challenging, especially if you trying to do some thing new.
SV: Your last word.
SSG: I would like to thanks the hall 4 residents for giving me a chance for this coveted post. I would also like to thank our wardens for supporting me. I thank Mr. Sumanta Sarathi Sharma and Mr. D. N. Srinath for allowing me to use a part of their budget. Lastly, I thank all my sports committee members for their suggestions and cooperation.
Sachin Singh Gautam (SSG): The primary task of the Chairman, Games Committee is to coordinate various games activities through regular competitions, to maintain various sports facilities in the hall and to encourage hall residents to participate in the sports activities. Besides, the Chairman Games Committee is a member of Games Council and he represents the hall in gymkhana sports activities.
SV: What is Sports budget? How much did you spend this time?
SSG: The budget allocated to me was Rs. 20,000.00. It was also decided that the amount could be extended by Rs. 5000.00, if necessary. I required Rs. 500.00 extra. Overall, I did not overshoot my budget!
SV: Name some of your achievements and failures?
SSG: First failures:
(i) Not been able to conduct even a single sports quiz during my tenure is what I rue a lot.
(ii) Couldn’t complete the volleyball court due to lack of time for which I apologize to the residents.
Now the so-called achievements:
(i) The games Committee could screen both UEFA Finals of May 18th 2006 and FIFA World Cup 2006 (15 matches) on big screen. This was special in the sense that this was the first time that an event of this magnitude could be screened inside the hall premises.
(ii) SMASH 2006 was successfully conducted.
(iii) Hall tournaments viz. Cricket, Tennis, TT, Badminton, Volleyball, Athletics, Billiards and Snooker, Tug-o-War were held. Football, Basketball, Cycling, Cross Country, Kabaddi, Khokho could not be conducted because of insufficient participation.
(iv) I could convince the Games Council to restart Inter-hall events after a gap of 3 years.
(v) New Metal halide lamps were fitted in TT room and the lights in the badminton courts were replaced.
(vi) New Exhaust Fans were fitted for billiards room.
(vii) A cricket kit for the hall was purchased.
(viii) New Billiards Sticks and pockets were purchased. The cloth of the billiards table was changed. A new almirah was purchased for storing sports items.
(ix) An effective procedure for issuing sports items was implemented. This year the numbers of damaged items are kept to the minimum. The stock of sports equipments is at all time high.
(x) The net income of the Billiards Room was increased.
(xi) Games Committee could generate Rs. 4000.00 (approx.) for the current year through sale of T-Shirts and Sport equipments.
SV: Some of the challenges/difficulties you faced, if any?
SSG: Overall, my tenure was hassle free. I did not face any specific problems because the members of my committee were very helpful. Yeah!! Sometimes to convince the HEC is a bit challenging, especially if you trying to do some thing new.
SV: Your last word.
SSG: I would like to thanks the hall 4 residents for giving me a chance for this coveted post. I would also like to thank our wardens for supporting me. I thank Mr. Sumanta Sarathi Sharma and Mr. D. N. Srinath for allowing me to use a part of their budget. Lastly, I thank all my sports committee members for their suggestions and cooperation.
Editor
Sathyaraj.V
A – 110
sathya@iitk.ac.in
Sathyaraj.V
A – 110
sathya@iitk.ac.in
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Baulk-line: Games @ Hall 4
Arindam Dey
Ph.D, CE
Ph.D, CE
The bygone year "2006" has proved to be a successful one for the sports committee. We organized a lot of sporting events/tournaments, to mention a few are: Billiards, Snooker, Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Cross Country, Athletics etc.; where we had a whole hearted participation of many hall-4 residents. The successful culmination of SMASM (Open to all volleyball tournament) which always had attracted the best of the teams in the campus, the ever enthusiastic participants and not to forget the always lively and crazy spectators of our own hall, had brought another laurel to hall-4 sports committee. The sports committee worked very satisfactorily for the proper organization of all the events in that calendar year. All the active members performed their best to complete the assigned sporting events within the stipulated time. An all-new volleyball court was constructed during this tenure. The condition of the badminton court was improved by fitting new flood lightings. Very well done sports committee!!
But, I was displeased to see the system of imposing fines on breaking the sports items. The fines regarding the delay at returning the sports items are absolutely justified and needs no modification. But, I am not in favor of imposing fines on breakage of sports items. Look!! When one issues a particular sport item and it gets broken due to some reason or the other, it is not quite reasonable to charge that fellow against such a mishap. Does anyone break the sports items intentionally?? Sports items such as the badminton rackets, cricket bats, and lawn tennis rackets "probably" gets broken due to one of the following:
(1) unintentional striking against the ground or between rackets.
(2) recurrent deterioration of the items with time.
In any of the cases, it is not reasonable/justifiable to solely charge the last person who has returned the item broken. In many a case it might have happened the previous person in whose possession the item was made the fault and deposited it without raising any suspicion. And unfortunately the next person who issues it is the "victim of the circumstances". In that particular case the issue-register has to be properly maintained and each returned articles properly scrutinized for being perfectly in shape. Otherwise, the committee should properly distribute the fines among the users instead of "victimizing one".
I know that I have said a lot but here is where I can give my voice. A "LOUD" voice.
But, I was displeased to see the system of imposing fines on breaking the sports items. The fines regarding the delay at returning the sports items are absolutely justified and needs no modification. But, I am not in favor of imposing fines on breakage of sports items. Look!! When one issues a particular sport item and it gets broken due to some reason or the other, it is not quite reasonable to charge that fellow against such a mishap. Does anyone break the sports items intentionally?? Sports items such as the badminton rackets, cricket bats, and lawn tennis rackets "probably" gets broken due to one of the following:
(1) unintentional striking against the ground or between rackets.
(2) recurrent deterioration of the items with time.
In any of the cases, it is not reasonable/justifiable to solely charge the last person who has returned the item broken. In many a case it might have happened the previous person in whose possession the item was made the fault and deposited it without raising any suspicion. And unfortunately the next person who issues it is the "victim of the circumstances". In that particular case the issue-register has to be properly maintained and each returned articles properly scrutinized for being perfectly in shape. Otherwise, the committee should properly distribute the fines among the users instead of "victimizing one".
I know that I have said a lot but here is where I can give my voice. A "LOUD" voice.
Editors
Sathyaraj.V Tuhin Kumar Pal
A – 110 C - 216
sathya@iitk.ac.in tuhin@iitk.ac.in
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The Kanpur edition of the Times of India reports on the bottom of the first page, “Ash sizzles, Bacchans fuming?” (http://www.despardes.com/India/ ent/default.html) The report was about the Hrithik – Aishwarya on-screen kiss in Dhoom2 that allegedly earned the displeasure of the “first family of Bollywood”. The background of the story is the hypothesis that Abhishek Bachchan is going to marry Aishwarya pretty soon. The report gives the following lines “...Abhishek was 'very, very upset' on seeing the finished product. The full impact hit him only when he saw it on screen, says the friend, and he made his objection clear to Ash....”. My question to the press is, if Abhishek really loved Ash, he should have had a confidence on her; and therefore a question of being annoyed at her does not arise. To add to the woes, this article was based on the comments of a supposedly close friend of the family.
“First family!” and my eyebrows went up! The early days of Indian cinema were dominated by the Kapoors. Starting right from Prithiviraj Kapoor, it has been four generations that have made the Indian cinema proud in the mainland and abroad. I have read innumerable reports about them and never were they called the first family! How come the Bachchans are the “first family” which is just two generations old by now?
Jaya Bachchan is an exception, a lady who carries herself with extreme grace and reflects the rich bengali culture embedded within her. The same is displayed in all of her films which stereotyped her as mostly timid and sometimes exuberant roles. Her objection may be justified. Amitabh on the other hand, reflects the Uttar Pradesh culture, especially Allahabad, with literary richness. He is a man of the masses. However, we have often heard about him being involved with Parveen Babi and Bhanurekha Ganeshan (Rekha) and even seen scenes (on the big screen) where Amitabh was on the bed with the lady. This was post marriage. In a recent interview Amitabh said he had no objections to the fact the Abhishek was moving arround with the ladies, as his own mother had none when he himself was doing so. Amitabh objecting? Is he being too gender biased? A big surprise.
Abhishek, a ladies man. Hunk, slim and attractive. He knows how to dress, carry himself and impress people. Howver, we cannot forget your kissing scenes with Antara Mali in Naach, and with Rani Mukherjee in Yuva. I have not yet seen Dhoom2, but I was able to find the onscreen kiss on YouTube and was convinced that it was a mere brush of lips and not a kiss per se. Abshishek you are objecting too, et tu brute?
Aishwarya, who had previously been linked and involved with Salman Khan, Viveik Oberoi and now Abhishek is, according to the report, maintaining perfect silence and giving no clues to the press whatsoever. Yes, Aishwarya that is what we expected from you. You linked yourself with people at the top of their careers and left them when they were in the slump. I find myself pitying Abhishek Bacchan. Hritik on the other hand laughed it off and refused to comment.
The press amuses me. It has begun speculating marriage and even tensions before marriage. In a recent report by the Kanpur Times (The Times of India supplement in the Kanpur edition), the astrologers have started saying that the couple is incompatible. Cheap Publicity for the astrologers? The couple recently performed Managala Arti in the Kashi Vishwanath temple. A secret marriage, they say, has been solemnised at the Sankatamochan (Hanumanji) temple! Puhleeeeeze ....! the press has to excercise some common sense, I guess.
Press ne crazy kar diya ghalib, varna hum bhi aadmi they kaam ke...!
_______________________________________“First family!” and my eyebrows went up! The early days of Indian cinema were dominated by the Kapoors. Starting right from Prithiviraj Kapoor, it has been four generations that have made the Indian cinema proud in the mainland and abroad. I have read innumerable reports about them and never were they called the first family! How come the Bachchans are the “first family” which is just two generations old by now?
Jaya Bachchan is an exception, a lady who carries herself with extreme grace and reflects the rich bengali culture embedded within her. The same is displayed in all of her films which stereotyped her as mostly timid and sometimes exuberant roles. Her objection may be justified. Amitabh on the other hand, reflects the Uttar Pradesh culture, especially Allahabad, with literary richness. He is a man of the masses. However, we have often heard about him being involved with Parveen Babi and Bhanurekha Ganeshan (Rekha) and even seen scenes (on the big screen) where Amitabh was on the bed with the lady. This was post marriage. In a recent interview Amitabh said he had no objections to the fact the Abhishek was moving arround with the ladies, as his own mother had none when he himself was doing so. Amitabh objecting? Is he being too gender biased? A big surprise.
Abhishek, a ladies man. Hunk, slim and attractive. He knows how to dress, carry himself and impress people. Howver, we cannot forget your kissing scenes with Antara Mali in Naach, and with Rani Mukherjee in Yuva. I have not yet seen Dhoom2, but I was able to find the onscreen kiss on YouTube and was convinced that it was a mere brush of lips and not a kiss per se. Abshishek you are objecting too, et tu brute?
Aishwarya, who had previously been linked and involved with Salman Khan, Viveik Oberoi and now Abhishek is, according to the report, maintaining perfect silence and giving no clues to the press whatsoever. Yes, Aishwarya that is what we expected from you. You linked yourself with people at the top of their careers and left them when they were in the slump. I find myself pitying Abhishek Bacchan. Hritik on the other hand laughed it off and refused to comment.
The press amuses me. It has begun speculating marriage and even tensions before marriage. In a recent report by the Kanpur Times (The Times of India supplement in the Kanpur edition), the astrologers have started saying that the couple is incompatible. Cheap Publicity for the astrologers? The couple recently performed Managala Arti in the Kashi Vishwanath temple. A secret marriage, they say, has been solemnised at the Sankatamochan (Hanumanji) temple! Puhleeeeeze ....! the press has to excercise some common sense, I guess.
Press ne crazy kar diya ghalib, varna hum bhi aadmi they kaam ke...!
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