A Friday review
Three informative and interesting things happened today. Dunno which one to write... so will put all of them in brief.
1. Goodbye, TF
One of the three main instructors here, Miss TF, is leaving. She's got this kick-ass of an offer in a Delhi-based company. We had a small farewell party this evening. Speaking on the occasion, our Director joked that if he had known earlier about the money, allowances that this company paid he would have definitely applied for it.
TF is about our age, but had lotsa newspaper experience in the US. She was good help for most of us, coming up with ready synonyms of words. She handled some lectures for us. As one of the girls pointed out in the party, "TF was one person you could go to when you were in trouble cos she was 'more' approachable".
It was thoughtful of TF to pin a 'best-of-luck' note in all our workstations. Best of luck to you too, TF.
2. A 'challenging' man
We had two classes devoted to the problems of "physically challenged" and how the media should handle this touchy subject. Our guest lecture for this was S P, a man who was a broadcast journalist. S P too was a physically challenged man; he was blind. Yet, in all respects, he was like any normal man and had achieved SO much in his life this far. Was very inspiring.
3. A crime we all gotto committ
This is a strange custom that I'm sure nobody would have hear of. Kolkata hosts a book fair in the month of February every year. A Bengali pal here claims that it is the "biggest book fair" in India And, IF you are caught stealing a book from this fair, all you gotto do is to write an essay and then you get the book for free! The logic is that books are "sources of knowledge" and the person who is trying to steal them has only a craving for knowledge and thus shouldn't be punished. I haven't heard anything crazier.
1. Goodbye, TF
One of the three main instructors here, Miss TF, is leaving. She's got this kick-ass of an offer in a Delhi-based company. We had a small farewell party this evening. Speaking on the occasion, our Director joked that if he had known earlier about the money, allowances that this company paid he would have definitely applied for it.
TF is about our age, but had lotsa newspaper experience in the US. She was good help for most of us, coming up with ready synonyms of words. She handled some lectures for us. As one of the girls pointed out in the party, "TF was one person you could go to when you were in trouble cos she was 'more' approachable".
It was thoughtful of TF to pin a 'best-of-luck' note in all our workstations. Best of luck to you too, TF.
2. A 'challenging' man
We had two classes devoted to the problems of "physically challenged" and how the media should handle this touchy subject. Our guest lecture for this was S P, a man who was a broadcast journalist. S P too was a physically challenged man; he was blind. Yet, in all respects, he was like any normal man and had achieved SO much in his life this far. Was very inspiring.
3. A crime we all gotto committ
This is a strange custom that I'm sure nobody would have hear of. Kolkata hosts a book fair in the month of February every year. A Bengali pal here claims that it is the "biggest book fair" in India And, IF you are caught stealing a book from this fair, all you gotto do is to write an essay and then you get the book for free! The logic is that books are "sources of knowledge" and the person who is trying to steal them has only a craving for knowledge and thus shouldn't be punished. I haven't heard anything crazier.
posted by Rim at 11:50 PM
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