A day in the life of LIFE

Who ever said that necessity was the mother of invention, forgot to mention that Hostel Life was a step ahead in being the daddy. A testimony to the above statement is the kind of innovative innovations that corridors of any hostel can breed. IIM is no exception, especially with rich experience flowing from engineering hostels, ideas can only get better with improvisation – Ideas that will make Edison proud of us…(ok, may the last statement is too much of an expectation).

Listed below are three innovations of the week that deserve an entry into the blogosphere.

Innovation 1: White Board @ Rs 90/-

While most will agree that gone are the days of the black board and the dusty chalk, few will subscribe to the view of buying a white board (the ones where markers have ink as smelly as Formalin of the zoology lab) that costs a 1000 Rs at the lower end.
AB and NR came up with this brilliant idea of economizing the cost of the board. All that a white board contains is a sun mica sheet reinforced by a steel frame for support. They just bought a sheet that costs 300 bucks and guess what – it comfortably provides writing space large enough to be cut into 4 pieces.
The rest of the cost goes for the masking tape, and presto! You have a neat and cheap white board on your wall. I don’t need to write what folks generally do with the 910 bucks that formed the reserve….*hic*




P.S. – AG (alias Dexter) had already purchased the 1000 rupee white board and was unavailable for comment at the time of this blog going for publishing. People say he is so frustrated that he wants to get rid of the board that keeps reminding him of his intelligent purchase.

Innovation 2: Surviving the Chill @ Rs 12/-

It’s quite chilly in the winter especially in the hills here and beating the cold seems to be on everyone’s agenda. Incidentally, AG who became wiser after the innovation of his peers came up with this truly bright idea. The incandescent bulb, when used in the hostel room provides both heat and light –almost like “ek teer aur do nishaane” – pardon my examples – most are fed up of them already. AG who swears by the character of Patel ji in the comedy series “Office Office” always believes in the theory of dualism and self assures himself that he is always right. His theory says that “The wattage of the bulb is directly proportional to the warmth generated by it”. Energy conservationists would scorn at this idea, but hey, we are saving on the power hungry room heater – QED [hence proved].




Innovation 3: Entertainment in the corridors- Priceless

This is not actually an innovation. It is a time tested idea that has been improvised. Over loaded with academics, a few of us on the third floor of the hostel building ( including yours truly) converted the previous sitting area into a gully cricket pitch at 1 a.m. yesterday morning. A smiley ball, A sturdy folder and a study chair were all that it took to produce 2 hours of absorbing cricket.
SSB was the top scorer with 60 runs in 4 overs. (Our team lost that game unfortunately). Folks are actually warming up for the IIM Shillong IPL Intra hostel cricket tourney –“Kopdaa Kup" (refer to the post below on the name being chosen) that begins tomorrow. A detailed blog on the same will soon follow.



Innovation 4?

Well after the mind blowing innovations outlined above, thought of sharing an innovative product that was discussed in a seminar on “Sustainable Business Management” two days ago. Fellow batch mates who attended the seminar, already know the answer. Other readers can guess what this product is and send me an email.
Hope you find these innovations useful and keep watching this space for more on the “Kopdaa Kup”.

Signing off at 2 a.m. – Have my match beginning in 7 hours time at 9 in the morning. Off to get some match practice….Cheers!