THIS ONE HAD TO COME BEFORE RENDEZVOUS, BUT DUE TO TECHNICAL GLITCHES, IT COULD NOT COME.
Note: This may seem a bit controversial, so please co-operate.
The air of rendezvous is all around us and no one seems to be away from it. Already, the banners are all around, the posters are up and rigorous practice is on. Most of the students have already called up friends and making plans, some are looking forward to it for the first time (the freshers), some are keeping their fingers crossed (the management team) and some are just waiting. But there seems a truth unnoticed or if noticed, then ignored.
The record of IITD in rendezvous has been excellent for the past years. And why not! After all, the students here practice for almost a month in advance for their events. But hang on! This practice is not just practice. It is a work of intense labor and dedication. In fact, there are many who do nothing but practice (Do not take it as an overstatement). And in this battle with themselves, they often end up losing. Let me explain it in detail.
Although being a “technical and educational institution”, IITD has a rich culture in “recreational and cultural activities” and that’s it. There are many (in fact a majority of students) who do not perform well in academics or do well but have no interest at all in it. I don’t know why this is so, but this is a well known and observed fact (That’s why we needed Technocracy at all). But being iitians, we all are ambitious and innovative and when there is something that is not interesting, we look forward to alternate paths to our interests. And one of them is RCA. That’s why, at inter-hostel competitions and now, in the rendezvous, we work very hard to perform and perform well.
But at the expense of what?
We do it at the expense of our sleep hours. But that cannot go forever. Someday that barrier has to break, when our body gives up and then we compromise our academics. And then the mind gives up all its interest to study. So, when that barrier is ready again to stand up, we let it remain as it is and surrender ourselves.
So, think what happens (and it actually happens).
That person goes to his practice at 8 in the night. His practice ends at 6 in the morning. After 10 hours of toil he is hardly in any kind of a situation to attend classes and thus, either goes to his hostel and sleeps or goes to the class and sleeps. His efficiency is lowered considerably. But, in order to be able to do justice with his practice the next night, he has to sleep and eventually he bunks classes. And this happens on only the first couple of days. As the rendezvous nears and the practice gets more rigorous, they eventually adopt a typical schedule. That includes practice at night, sleeping all day and then again practice at night. And this happens for at least 3 weeks.
Just imagine. A student loses 3-4 out of the fourteen weeks he has in the semester for this. This is almost quarter of the semester. And all of these people are not brilliant at their studies. Some of them have their CGPA’s below 6.5 and some have even SRC on them (and so, they have not told their parents about their participation). Some have even withdrawn courses so that they are at ease with their curriculum, some are not finding time for making assignments. And I can go on.
Is this what we dream to be?
The question remains…
Note: This may seem a bit controversial, so please co-operate.
The air of rendezvous is all around us and no one seems to be away from it. Already, the banners are all around, the posters are up and rigorous practice is on. Most of the students have already called up friends and making plans, some are looking forward to it for the first time (the freshers), some are keeping their fingers crossed (the management team) and some are just waiting. But there seems a truth unnoticed or if noticed, then ignored.
The record of IITD in rendezvous has been excellent for the past years. And why not! After all, the students here practice for almost a month in advance for their events. But hang on! This practice is not just practice. It is a work of intense labor and dedication. In fact, there are many who do nothing but practice (Do not take it as an overstatement). And in this battle with themselves, they often end up losing. Let me explain it in detail.
Although being a “technical and educational institution”, IITD has a rich culture in “recreational and cultural activities” and that’s it. There are many (in fact a majority of students) who do not perform well in academics or do well but have no interest at all in it. I don’t know why this is so, but this is a well known and observed fact (That’s why we needed Technocracy at all). But being iitians, we all are ambitious and innovative and when there is something that is not interesting, we look forward to alternate paths to our interests. And one of them is RCA. That’s why, at inter-hostel competitions and now, in the rendezvous, we work very hard to perform and perform well.
But at the expense of what?
We do it at the expense of our sleep hours. But that cannot go forever. Someday that barrier has to break, when our body gives up and then we compromise our academics. And then the mind gives up all its interest to study. So, when that barrier is ready again to stand up, we let it remain as it is and surrender ourselves.
So, think what happens (and it actually happens).
That person goes to his practice at 8 in the night. His practice ends at 6 in the morning. After 10 hours of toil he is hardly in any kind of a situation to attend classes and thus, either goes to his hostel and sleeps or goes to the class and sleeps. His efficiency is lowered considerably. But, in order to be able to do justice with his practice the next night, he has to sleep and eventually he bunks classes. And this happens on only the first couple of days. As the rendezvous nears and the practice gets more rigorous, they eventually adopt a typical schedule. That includes practice at night, sleeping all day and then again practice at night. And this happens for at least 3 weeks.
Just imagine. A student loses 3-4 out of the fourteen weeks he has in the semester for this. This is almost quarter of the semester. And all of these people are not brilliant at their studies. Some of them have their CGPA’s below 6.5 and some have even SRC on them (and so, they have not told their parents about their participation). Some have even withdrawn courses so that they are at ease with their curriculum, some are not finding time for making assignments. And I can go on.
Is this what we dream to be?
The question remains…
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