Chopsuey - Rahul Pillai

Winter months have perhaps never been so heated up before, especially for the SIBM batch of 2005-07. Roughly a month post Summers’, SIBM prepares to take on yet another battle, this time, however of a much larger magnitude.

CRP returns, and this time with a bang. On an all time high, we could this year witness unbelievable placements on campus. No matter what, the inevitable is around the corner.

And behold!! Guess what is going on in the minds of the junior batch at present???

Here they go:

“Wow!! CRPs starting??? So how many days’ holidays do we have?? We need to start booking tickets back home.”

Another one….. “Last week of December and first week of January for CRPs??? That’s great!! Let’s plan our New Year bash at Goa na!!!”

I don’t know whether these statements run in tone with your opinion or not, but it definitely is a slap on the face of gratitude. Gratitude to all those whom we owe our summers.

We got placed for Summers…all right!!

But was it not the result of selfless contribution and dedication on behalf of the senior batch. It was the result of volunteering of those people who abandoned their sleep, comfort and at times even food to get us placed.

And here we are sitting safely in our classrooms, looking for CRPs to begin so that we can rush home.

Are we going to be a letdown to the legacy of an institute that carries itself on the shoulders of its students….of an institute that believes in its students and nobody else on the surface of this earth?

Let us for once seek a change…let us for once step forward. For once do something to make us proud of ourselves. As for the seniors, a legacy waits knocking at the door. It’s all a matter of reaching out for it.

You know YOU CAN DO IT.

We know YOU CAN DO IT.

So JUST DO IT.

And make us proud. Mad Mag is there for you.

~Rahul Pillai