The drudgeries of life

Ok! So that wasn't a very appropriate title! But then, that's what I've been finding myself saying a lot lately! The various phrases which can be the elongated versions of the abbreviation wtf sure are useful when it comes to echo all sorts of feelings and emotions! Here's one lengthy account of a mood spoiler:

My alma mater, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (read DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, a world class private college, was set up by one of the greatest visionaries of our time, and hence we find his name appended to the title! Well at this point I'd like to mention anything I say about my college cannot be considered biased just because I spent four years there. Frankly speaking, I hadn't heard of the institute before it's application form was shoved in my face more than 5 years ago by worried parents and relatives... worried because the only entrance exams I was ready to make an appearance in were IIT-JEE and AIEEE; worried because they wanted to make sure a reckless me had a back-up in case I flunked both the tests. My argument was that I wanted no distractions and I'd prefer to concentrate on the two exams... who'd want to appear for the test of this DAI-whatever college which is barely a year old?! Dammit even the name seemed so long that you could hardly remember it! Not for me, I had declared putting my foot down! But then, parents and relatives are people not to be put off so easily... they stood their ground, I shrugged and gave in... I still pat myself on my back (a rather painful task but what the heck!) for that, and feel a sense of gratitude towards my folks! DA-IICT was the best thing that happened to me...

Anyway now is not the time to delve into the past and get nostalgic. The main reason why I'm posting about the college is the recent news which is doing the rounds... DA-IICT is all set to become a bloody state-run institute; admission to the courses to be through the Gujarat Common Entrance Test, the GCET; the bill proclaiming all this is just one step away from becoming effective! Fuck! The people who matter, the people who should actually be fighting to prevent this from happening seem to be oblivious to the developments!
Take Anil Ambani for instance. The institute comes directly under his purview, thanks to the rift with his elder brother Mukesh in which the younger sibling managed to bag a pittance but which is quite a lot really. Anyway, whatever the case, this institute was his late father's dream and anyone would've thought he'd make sure no harm comes to it. But no siree! He almost turned a blind-eye towards the whole affair (almost because sources have it that he summoned a hurried meeting to discuss the issue... just to showcase the fact that he cares, I guess)! But the fact is that he doesn't care... pray tell me why else did the younger Ambani fail to attend our convocation ceremony which would've cost him a measly 2 hours of his precious time, but on the other hand, he made it a point to be attend the Abhi-Ash marriage function; not just attend it, mind you, but he was sticking around for God knows how long... as if it were his own fucking marriage! Mr. Ambani, I have just one thing to say to you... DA-IICT deserves much better than you can offer; It makes me sad to say that the government taking over the college sounds better than leaving it under your control.
As for the present director of the insti, just calling him the director makes me want to puke! Don't know where they brought him from but he doesn't know shit about managing an institute, let alone protect it from befalling such doom! He's unworthy of the seat which an able predecessor vacated... I so wish Prof. Arvind Kudchadker was there to look after the institute which he set-up, established almost single-handedly!

So that's the sad story! Once the bill is ratified, the college will become a full fledged college for the people of Gujarat... I'll be surprised if a handful of outsiders make it there! The very best of the professors, hand-picked and recruited by our ex-director, are already on the move... some have joined other colleges (why won't they?!) and the others will follow suit soon enough! Top students would prefer other colleges too! Can't expect much from the state goverment too! There goes any chance of DA-IICT becoming the world-class institute which many had envisioned... dreams shattered in a jiffy!

Woe is me! It feels so terrible to be helpless! God save DA-IICT from this mess!

Labels: DA-IICT, Frustration, Mess