Volume VI, Issue 4 The ST. Xavier’S College NewSleTTer NoVember, 2013

Shreya Mathur looks at the social activities students are involved in this yearIn-House Innovation

The XaVIer’s Press

For a college where every second person is involved in way too many extra-curriculars, we are lucky that we have quite a few students who have taken their interests beyond the campus. Innovation is the new buzzword in college and Xavierites have put a spin on traditional social change projects and are charging towards more goal-oriented, sophisticated and planned not-for-profit models.

The Social Service League already has a stellar number of projects to their credit and adding another feather to their cap is the Campus Bicycle Project. Conceptualized by SSL, this project started off as part of their Green Initiative but its success and scope for immense potential, propelled them to make it an individual project. The idea behind it is to supply bicycles to schools in rural or socio-economic backward areas as means of transportation for students. However, Tasneem Kakal, a co-founder (who was also featured on our last year’s Top 13 students to meet before they graduate story) says, “Initially, a lot of people perceived this to be a ‘charity-based’ project and have a misconception about charity. In the past few years, charity has received a lot of negative attention and that could be a reason for the scepticism.”

The project’s remarkable success displays new heights in the kind of projects our students have churned out. There was constant innovation and space for improvement. Extensive research into existing programs by World Bicycle Relief and Bikes not Bombs helped them make a sustainable and feasible model. What started out as a recycling project, through planned phases, set higher goals and achieved greater output and reach. Its greatest

victory is that the Campus Bicycle Project has spread throughout the city and is now far bigger than campuses. According to Tasneem, “With the Campus Bicycle Project, the idea was always to take it beyond Xavier’s, not in terms of scale necessarily, but more so in terms of people involved.” They partnered up with fests outside of college and quite a few team members were not Xavierites. Says Tasneem, “More recently, we partnered with HopeMonkey, an online crowd-sourcing platform and held our concert in

BlueFrog.” HopeMonkey launched with CBP as one of the causes and they’ve completed their set targets this very month.

While CBP, depended a lot on outside support, Radhika Lokur, one of the founders of Jal Jyoti says, “The student body at Xavier’s was very responsive to our efforts and they have continued to remain so till date. It was due to their support that we actually got off ground.” Jal Jyoti is a venture which aims at lighting underprivileged houses through ‘bottled lights’ and is based on a more social enterprise model. Today, they receive a large number of applications from outside as well.

Apart from student support, both models depended heavily on staff support with Professor Agnelo Menezes, being unanimously declared

a great source of help.

Despite the encouragement from various quarters, for a college with such a density of talent, we are yet to see a substantial amount of large scale social change projects being flagged. Not only that, quite a few initiatives lose steam mid-way.

Tasneem cites lack of leadership once the founders graduate as one of the major reasons. Both the Campus Bicycle Project and the Jal

Jyoti were designed as long-term initiatives and sustainability was an objective. Ownership and belonging to the project are essential and till date, SSL is very actively involved with the Campus Bicycle Project. Similarly, Jal Jyoti, was conceptualised in a way that the bottled light installation could work despite the founders not being present.

Another factor to blame is the hectic schedules of the students. “With the diversity and scale of opportunities that the college offers, it is very difficult to generate interest in a new initiative as people already have their set interests and are committed to those projects,” adds Tasneem. Hence, a passion and connect to the initiative are important. However, Radhika Lokur has quite an amount of hope for Xavierites. ‘While the statement (that we aren’t seeing enough innovation) was true in that past, the scenario is changing. Students are getting more adventurous and innovative in their projects and doing so in the public eye.’

An excellent example of this is the War Against Railway Rowdies (W.A.R.R.) project started by Vaishali Janarthanan,

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Editors’ Block2Rise and Shine

It has been two weeks since college reopened. Revitalised after almost a month-long vacation, we are coming to terms with the new timetable and acclimatizing ourselves to the ideal sleep cycle.

We put our vacation to the best use possible: while some went globetrotting; others found solace back home; some interned to hone their skills; others stayed back to break ground for all the impending fests this year.

Diwali’s gift hamper contained India’s Martian chronicler, Mangalyaan, and closer home a prestigious “A” Grade from NAAC for our college with a CGPA of 3.63, which allows us to apply to the UGC for the College of Excellence Award! A pleasant treat indeed!

College was pulsating through the holidays and while innovative endeavours like the SSL’s Campus Bicycle Project gained steam, the ball was set rolling for upcoming fests and activities. And with the current

onslaught of publicity posters for fests everywhere, ECC’s mails regarding inter-collegiate fests and competitions happening all over the country, and the Student Council’s announcement of new courses and workshops, college sure has begun full-fledged.

But something is different, lingering. It’s a feeling we all know won’t last long. It’s that post-vacation bliss. The relaxed slowness. The lack of urgency. The sense of peace. One that will soon be disrupted by the forthcoming CIAs.

So here’s presenting an issue that is a lot more like your early morning newspaper. Read through to know all that your fellow Xavierites have been up to, what you missed while you were away, and all that you need to watch out and mark your calendars for (especially if you have to get your Voter ID done!). It’s time to do away with that early morning grogginess. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. It’s a new day, a new semester. Welcome back to college!

In Conversation with Mangalyaan(Trust a rocket to be punctual for his

interview. I catch up with Mangalyaan over coffee in the light of the cosmic sunset.)

Shallaka (S): So, Mangalyaan, how’s the interstellar vacuum treating you?

Mangalyaan (M): I am doing very well, thank you!

S: And how does it feel being so special?

M: Splendid! It’s a great feeling being the 4th one in the world and the 1st in India!

S: Tell us about your grand expedition.M: I was launched on 5th November,

2013 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta by a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). Currently I’m busy with my orbit-raising exercises to help me break free from the Earth’s gravitational pull I will be launched into space on 1st December, which will mark the beginning of my 780 million kilometre-long voyage spanning over 300 days to Mars. I am expected to arrive on Mars on September 24th

2014, and shall carry out scientific experiments for a period of four months to explore the Martian surface features, morphology, mineralogy and atmosphere.

S: Remarkable! Any controversies you’d like to clear?

M: About the much debated ₹450 crores, I think this price is much lesser than what I’m going to be worth for, for the country. ISRO was able to carry out my mission within just one year and three months! As they say, ‘there is a pleasure in doing something difficult but the real challenge is in doing the impossible’. And for India, this mission is simply amazing. Hopefully, I can be an instrumental in igniting the imaginations of young minds like yours to dream big

S: Well said! Any message for our readers?

M: The sky is no longer the limit!(Signing off, Mangalyaan goes back

to orbiting toward the dark side of the Earth.)

The Xavier’s Press consists of a bunch of enthusiastic writers who present the ongoings of college in the simplest, most accessible, and fun way possible.

Editor-in-Chief: Prthvir Solanki (SYBA)

Editors:

Prakriti Bhatt (FYBA), Kadambari Shah (SYBA) Raadhika Vishvesh (SYBA)Ishita Chaudhary (TYBA)

Writers: Farah Maneckshaw (FYJC) Chinmayi Pilgaonkar (SYJC)

Kriti Krishan (SYJC)Kavya Ravindranath (SYJC)

Kimberly Rowe (FYBA)Abisha Fernandes (FYBA)

Alaric Moras (FYBA)Jheel Gada (FYBA)

Shreya Mathur (FYBA)Sayali Palekar (FYBA)Neha Tetali (FYBMM)

Fawzia Khan (FYBMM) Sroojana Iyer (FYBMM)

Harshal Shetye (FYBMM)Tanya Malik (FYBMM)

Abhinav Chugh (FYBMS) Doohan Vaz (SYBA) Sanjana Sule (SYBA)

Mehernaz Patel (SYBA)Stuti Trivedi (SYBA)Shallaka Saji (SYBA)

Ishika Ramakrishna (SYBSc) Adityesh Mishra (SYBSc)

Applications ShutApplication have unfortunately closed! We may or may not open them again this year, but watch out for this space!

The Team

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Prakriti Bhatt

Shallaka Saji

“It means a chance to put my vision of art out there for people to see, and also to spend some time making great friends.” Attractions in this fest include renditions of eternal favorites like ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and Anton Chekhov’s ‘A Chameleon’. And put together with the rest of the plays and sketches, this sure promises to be a fulfilling literary gala.

And for those of you who do not consider yourselves theater-lovers, the workshops welcome you to be a part of their share of fun and learning. And be sure, world, that Ithaka 2013 will give you a lot of that.

ECONUNDRUMAlso coming up soon is the

Economics department’s annual fest, Econundrum. The spotlight shall shift to governmental policies, issues of economic development, and quests for young, budding economists. And fun shall be had [in various proportions]. Just ask Raadhika Vishvesh from SYBA, who is organizing the fest, and she’ll tell you: “It’s a national-level forum for young minds to debate, deliberate and discuss the most important economic issues of the day… it promises to be the best-ever this year.”

Current Events 3

One month of glorious holidays with pure laziness, it’s no wonder it seems impossible to get back on track and do the routine of trekking Hogwarts staircases to attend early morning lectures or adhering to the ratio of 1:2 while studying, of updating the SIP journal or rehearsing and working towards upcoming events (maybe, to complete ECC hours)!

Speaking of upcoming events, the months ahead have three classic events to look forward to – Econundrum, Ithaka and Antas. XPress presents a bird’s eye-view of each of three events – an answer to all when’s, what’s, why’s.

ANTASAntas celebrates 53 years of success

in Hindi Sahitya, Sangeet and Natya. An event organized by the Hindi department. Every year, Antas has all-new events and workshops in store for college students.

The highlights of Antas this year include the much-loved Bollywood Dance event for those gifted with two right feet, the theme being Bollywood Divas; an orchestra by a professional band; Natya offers 4 self-directed and self-scripted plays, two of which are I, Gandhi and Ateet Ki Parchayian; and the

Kavi Sammelan event for budding poets from our college.

This year, Antas has in store an inter-collegiate extempore event in which at least 25 colleges are expected to participate. In addition, the workshop has a panel discussion being planned in which students and professors will debate the present education system.

In conversation with Prateeksha, the secretary for Antas, “Antas aims to provide a platform exclusively for Xavier’s college students to showcase their talents and skills which is why Antas would not like to be an inter-collegiate event. I hope students be a part of Antas by volunteering, participating or just watching and cheering, encouraging and motivating their fellow students.”

ITHAKAEvery field of culture and education

needs its celebration, and it is English literature’s turn now. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, Ithaka is here. St. Xavier’s annual literary fest promises to be all the more awesome and prolific this year, with the works of William Shakespeare as its theme. Ask Terence Fernandes, who’s putting up a play, what it means to do Ithaka, and he says,

a TY. Women’s safety is one of the most pressing issues of today, and this campaign takes a firm stand against verbal and sexual assault. With millions of women commuters, WARR did a survey for a daily publication which showed an alarming number of commuters who felt threatened by the constant harassment on local trains. A striking feature of their campaign is the aggressive online presence. On their Facebook page, one of the most popular posts is about a female passenger who dragged the offender to the police and put up her story on the web to as a source of courage.

Similarly, iVote was started a few years back by ex-students who were dismayed

by the low voter turnouts and launched a campaign with the help of UnLtd India, an organisation which calls itself the incubator for social entrepreneurs.

Addressing the need for more innovation on the campus is the Student Union Council. Among their upcoming events, is an Innovation Lab. Conducted by Mr. Suresh Lula, the workshop is an interactive brainstorming session for all the heads of student organisations on campus to come up with ideas for the welfare of the city of Mumbai. These ideas could be related to environment, cleanliness, safety etc. Says Shambhavi Priyam, the General Secretary of the Student Union Council, “While, a sense of responsibility to the community and

society is inculcated by SIP for Xavierites, we felt that we have the potential to be involved on a much larger scale.” The ideas from the Innovation Lab will be presented on the Student Union Council day and will be implemented upon by organisations like Agni and Bombay First.

Also, coming up is the Innovation Summit, which last year presented a fantastic array of speakers involved in development projects.

We are privileged to be in a campus which is so conducive to ideas and opportunities and more innovation and community development from our students is definitely on the cards.

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Best of the Fest

Kimberley Rowe and Sayali Palekar

General News4

Being DemocraticWho is the Prime Minister of India?

What does the Indian Parliament consist of? How do Members of Parliament perform their duties? With the 2014 elections around the corner, it’s hard to leave the answers to these questions

in history and civics text books as now, what seemed to be fanciful studying is a reality.

India is the largest democracy in the world, with the government

being for, of, and by the people of the country. However, only around 30-50% of the population actually votes. ‘I Volunteer for a Better India’ (VFBI) is an organization associated with ‘The Art of Living’, and their sub-branch. ‘I Vote for a Better India’ aims to ensure that all persons between the ages of 18 and 24 possess a voter ID. The Student Council will be working with them, with a desk set up in college, making voter IDs available to students from all streams.

The process will be simple – students submit the required documents to the assigned desk, the documents are processed and sent to various offices through VFBI, and a voter ID is made and provided.

Apart from this, there will also be an awareness drive in college, to spread the basics of the procedure of the Government of India in the upcoming elections. Stay alert for further updates, as after all, “You have no right to complain if you don’t vote!”

Kadambari Shah

People over ProfitsAs a part of the “new” generation,

there are often times when I question my pride for belonging to the era of advancement and technology. Even though we have grown closer, is there even one person you can genuinely count on and trust from the millions that you think are there for you?

A company, the products of which

are used by most of us - Nestle, has been reported to be draining developing countries’ groundwater to make its ‘Pure Life bottled water’. This issue was highlighted when the company moved into Pakistan and sucked up the local water supply, rendering entire areas uninhabitable. The case reached its pinnacle in the small village of Bhati Dilwan, where villagers watched their water table collapse into the earth.

Children are reported falling

sick from the foul smelling sludge that they are forced to choke down.

Like all other sad stories, the bottled

water that is made after stealing

someone else’s water is used to make lives of the more priveleged better.

In 2000, Nestle was one of the major corporations which won the case at the

World Water Forum when they were fighting against defining access to water a universal right. Now, they have managed to capture, commoditize and exploit the natural resource without regard for local populations. Nestle’s current chairman and former CEO has gone on record claiming “water is not a right.” And despite this shocking statement, the reality is worse.

Dirty water kills more children

around the world than AIDS, malaria, war and traffic accidents combined and an extremely trusted company has a big hand in it! Nestle’s aggressive policies are depriving thousands of people around the planet of the basic water right they need to survive, all

to pump up the company’s bottom line. The harsh realities of life are bad but

what is worse is our attitude towards the reality. We all live in our own comfort zone of the privileges we are given and the securities we are provided forgetting about the world around us. To overcome this problem of Pakistan being drained dry, Nestle has to be told to stop stealing water from communities that they think do not have a voice. As a part of the community that is being drawn closer with technology and the Internet, we must speak up for each one of us. It is not the norm for the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer.

SumOfus, a movement of consumers,

workers and shareholders speaking with one voice to counterbalance the growing power of large corporations has launched a petition to reach out to Nestle and say “ENOUGH”.

If we do feel strongly about something, It is our duty to do something in whichever way possible - even if by just signing the petition for starters.

Tanya Malik

College News 5Getting Back Up Again

“I get knocked down but I get up again, you’re never

gonna keep me down. I get knocked down but I get up

again, you’re never gonna keep me down.

Oh gammy boy, gammy boy, gammy boy!”

Among all the songs, this one, like most other things about Rural Camp, promises to not leave you months after it is over.

Rural Camp is the annual 10-day manual labour camp organized by the SSL; and each year it considerably affects about 50 lives. On October 24, around 50 of us left for Ashagadh, Dahanu: some a little apprehensive; others excited and a few others, already nostalgic. As the days passed, canals were made, pits were dug, paths were de-weeded, vegetables/fingers were cut,

muscles were made stronger and most importantly new bonds were formed.

Rural Camp is not only about picking, shovelling and passing gamelas but wanting to do it more. It is not only

Marathi Boli, Marathi BanaAmidst the anglicized atmosphere

one usually associates with St. Xavier’s College, the Marathi Vangmay Mandal has kept the Marathi flag flying for 90 years. Since its inception in 1923, this society has operated with a view to promoting Marathi culture among students.

Open to students of all cultures, you can discover all things Marathi or get back to your Marathi roots by adding to its present number of 130 members. Becoming a member allows you to, among other things; count yourself among the likes of eminent personalities namely Durga Bhagwat, Atmaram Bhende, Taufiq Qureshi and others, all a part of this club. Being a member also implies participation, organization and handling public relations of their numerous Marathi cultural events.

Celebrating their 90th year this year, they are trying to organize events every

month on a scale larger than ever before, some of which are Aarambhotsav, Click Bappa Photography Contest, a Short Film Contest, Film Screenings,

Marathi Asha Din, a Street Play, the B.N. Purandare Elocution Competition and a plethora of folk music and dance events.

Their annual three-day flagship fest Aamod, to be held in January, features a myriad of such events and is aiming at high numbers for participation and viewership this year.

Students also showcased their writing skills in their Diwali Ank ‘Tejomaya’, the first of its kind in the history of the college, as also in their annual publication ‘Pakharan’.

“It is a common misconception that the Marathi Vangmay Mandal is limited to Marathi students. Our aim is to promote Marathi culture and all students can help us do this,” says General Secretary Ajinkya Shinde.

about having daal-chaaval everyday, but missing it when camp is over. It is not only about spending ten days minus

technology, showers, beds and every other luxury seemingly intrinsic to our lives, but loving their absence. It is about getting less than 6 hours of sleep each night but somehow being even more energetic the next day.

This is where we discover that ant

bites aren’t fatal. This is where we realize that the benefits of doing yoga aren’t a myth. This is where we accept cuts and bruises as a part of our bodies, to become testimonies to the fact that we’ve been to camp. This is where we actually experience the joy of poetry in motion. This is where we get the importance and effectiveness of teamwork. This is

where we push boundaries and go for it. This is Rural Camp.

Kavya Ravindranath

Chinmayi pilgaonkar

Features Page6politricking Business is booming

It’s been a while since we were first confronted with the impact fireworks had on the environment. They once were these awe inspiring annual goodies we indulged in under parental supervision. Eventually, what with all the smoke and garbage and noise, they turned ugly.

I met with the vendor at my local m a r k e t . His stall was neatly stocked with those familiar c a r d b o a r d boxes with a riot of colors on the lids and a boy perched atop the structure, who would s c r a m b l e a b o u t getting the unreachable ones for i m p a t i e n t customers. I struck a conversation and found out that selling fireworks wasn’t his sole source of income. He dabbled around with mango and exotic fruit, but according to him, this was the big business. Prodding him further as to why people keep coming, he looked me straight in the eye and said, “Do you have kids? Have you ever tried telling them ‘No’?” Simple as his statement was, he seemed to truly believe that this one sentiment would keep his business going from year to year, despite the constant ‘save the environment’ campaigns. He did admit however that since the authorities became stricter about the 10 p.m. limit on noise, his last minute fire sales had reduced considerably.

I was the directed to a much more frank vendor who believed that a majority of the people buying from him either had no inclination to read the information on the boxes, or lacked the ability to read in the first place. He mentioned quite often that the police

had asked all vendors to sell fireworks with their chemical composition known on the packaging. Then through rather colorful annotations, informed me as to how stupid he thought the idea was. His basic argument was that the rich would buy whatever the latest in cardboard packaging was; the less affluent would buy, in his words, whatever he told them to.

However, at a point he made a most disconcerting remark, wherein he accused the manufacturers of misrepresenting the information on the labels so as to pass their product, however old, as being more eco-friendly. This he reminded me time and again, was something that trickled down to him from his delivery man’s network. On being asked if he had any qualms about selling them though, he answered with a moustache drooping

sigh and the age old justification that this was simply business.

Both these men seemed to have a sorted view on their livelihood and yet at some time, voiced their dissatisfaction with a society that insists on the best and cheapest they can provide and then, simultaneously labels their product as hazardous. The second one went as far as to say that he and his family refrained from using them completely. This leads to the question, have we actually alienated an entire section of society labeling what they do as an environmental hazard? And yet, it would seem from the intel provided by these men that collective sales hadn’t really been affected. To what purpose then do we seem to be leading a campaign to curb pollution in our streets if neither side is enjoying particularly satisfying results?

With camels being pulled out in Rajasthan to ferry voters to polling booths, parties battling it out through poll manifestos and every candidate’s ‘winnability’ being measured, it surely is election time. Amidst all this fervor, the ruling party’s endorsement of an election commission proposal has sparked off a new political row.

The proposal seeks to restrict publication and dissemination of opinion polls during elections. The major concern of its advocates is that these polls lack credibility since the methodology is allegedly unscientific and unclear. Currently there is a ban on the publication of results of any opinion polls two days before polling.

There have been conflicting views on whether the proposed ban is constitutionally permissible. Senior journalists and broadcasters are in protest of it because most media organizations have realized that opinion polls sell: they make for good television debates, radio programs and colourful news stories. But do these polls really help create an informed electorate?

There is absolutely no evidence to show that these polls influence voters’ minds or corrupt an already corrupt election process. Banning of polls may result in people engaging in secret polling. Not only does the move violate civil liberties, it is practically impossible to curb citizens from talking about political happenings. And who are political parties to talk of transparency when they themselves shy away from being included in the purview of the right to information, refuse to disclose election funding and distribute tickets to candidates contesting elections in an opaque and undemocratic manner?

What such a ban is essentially doing is undermining the intellect of the average voter. Perhaps stricter norms to regulate polling procedures that would ensure transparency can prove beneficial. What do you say - yes, no, or can’t say? mehernaz patel

jheel gada

Leisure Page 7Your Guide To Recognising A BMS Student

The level of difficulty of finding BMS students can be likened to finding a person unaffected by Sachin’s retirement. But we love and admire these people for the unique pragmatic piquancy they bring to the typical Xavier’s milieu! But you probably won’t be able to spot this minority very easily, but if you want to, this is how:

1. You can watch them in fascination when they descend upon the foyer during the 9:40 am recess (BMM students? Foyer too mainstream).

Five Stages of Holiday GriefHolidays! Vacations! However, as

soon as you settle in, you realize that life is not a piece of cake even if you’re ‘vacationing’. In fact, there are certain stages that you undergo before reaching the final stage of peace.

ShockYou spend the first few days walking

around like a ghost. Your fingertips are numb and you wake up every morning in confusion. Shouldn’t I be studying for something? You ask yourself. But you don’t need to; the exams are over, and all your CIAs have been dealt with. A family member asks you if you want breakfast, and you stare at them in shock. I have time to eat breakfast?

HyperactivityThere are so many things you can do!

The world is your oyster. So you dust off your running shoes, gather those lovely movies and TV shows you’ve been waiting to see, and arm yourself

with novels. You are going to Do Things. Maybe you’ll join driving class. Maybe you’ll intern. Maybe you’ll meet a beguiling stranger and fall in love! Every day is an ‘adventure’ (your family watches in horror) as you try to cram an entire life into your tiny vacations.

SlothThe adrenaline has worn off; your

library’s copy of Tolstoy is lying face down in a corner (dog-marked dismally at page 34) and all you can do is lie in bed, staring at the roof. This is a holiday, you argue. I’m allowed to rest a little. But you can feel the guilt of doing nothing in your head – so you turn over, bury yourself in your sheets and ignore the world until your mother forces you

out of bed to eat lunch (for your own sake) and take a bath (for the sake of others.)

DepressionYou sit and stare in disbelief at the

calendar. Where did the holidays go? You try to rustle up that old manic energy and force yourself to Do Things, but it doesn’t work. You are now bored, frustrated and a little sad. It all becomes depressing when you get a notification about the new semester’s timetable.

AcceptanceIt’s the first day back to college.

Everyone is talking about their holidays. You cry a little on the inside, but before you know it, it’s the fifth day, and you can feel yourself settling into a rhythm again. Soon enough, you listen to a professor already telling you about CIA II, and you move on.

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They are known for their tact and cunning. That’s why you’d find them making up marketing departments in most college fests (someone needs to do the dirty work!).

3. They aren’t exactly clear whether the Howarts staircase actually exists or is just another whimsical contraption of the BA students.

4.They move in tightly packed groups and if you manage to eavesdrop or squeeze into their huddles, you’d either be under-whelmed with their talk of projects or (if you haven’t managed to gain their trust) be treated to polite silence.

If you randomly see people dressed in formals hurrying about, chances are they’re BMS and they’re already late for a major classroom presentation.

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Abhinav Chugh

Sroojana Iyer