Books and Rainy Days

For most people, the Monday afternoon, just after the Convocation was a lazy one. Not so for Team CDMC however. The CDMC Convenor’s car proved to be quite a useful vehicle, for our annual (and sometimes bi-annual) trip to Blossoms. The aim of the trip: Increase the stock of the SBA Library.

On entering, we fanned out to different areas of the shop, each with a list of the books wanted by the members of the SBA. As it began to rain, the minutes became hours. For me, this was the most enjoyable part of the day. Going through different books, selecting your favourite authors, discussing them with the others, etc. etc. etc. was a pleasure in itself. As our shopping baskets got full, it was time to take tough decisions. Which books to buy and which not to, was something we did with heavy hearts. Authors whose names were listed the most in the list like Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett, Grisham were the first choice. Efforts were also made to have a diverse range of writings. So we ended up buying classics like Wuthering Heights, comedies by Alexander McCall Smith, thrillers by Jeffrey Archer and science fiction by Asimov. Not to forget the desi touch, books like The Great Indian Novel and works by Satyajit Ray were also bought. Of course, it was just not possible to buy all the books which had been asked for. Soon, we reached a situation, where we had to vote after persuasive arguments, on which books to buy, as opinion was split.

It was a first of many sorts for CDMC though. The sheer number of books, 51 (yes, you read it right), was simply unprecedented. It was also the first time that we bought brand new copies of some popular demands like Shantaram, My Name is Red among others. At the end of the day, we had suitcase (again courtesy our dear Convenor), full of books by authors like Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Agatha Christie and John Updike, and famous books like To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Godfather and Lord of the Flies. By the time we were done, the rain had subsided and we all headed to the tasty offerings of Kaati Zone.

Team CDMC was to meet a few days later, again on a rainy afternoon. The mission this time was to cover the books so that they would last longer. As we gathered in the Common Room, I was reminded of my school days, where everyone would sit together to cover books, in the last few days of the holidays.

As the rains continue to pound Bangalore, I can't think of a greater joy than to snuggle up with a nice book and a plate of hot pakoris. While Team CDMC cannot provide you with the pakoris, do feel free to come to the SBA library near you to select your favourite books.


Harsh

P.S. CDMC would like to thank Tuhina, Triveni, Pragya and Ankur Saxena for their help in covering the books.

Plates in Tubs!!

Yup. You got it right. That’s the newest slogan going around. It’s quite straightforward actually. Once a person is done eating in the canteen he/she should put the used utensils (plates, tumblers, spoons, etc.) in the tubs. This great idea provided by Swayam Arun is quite simple. A little effort by everyone can help keep our canteen clean. After all, if we can do it in McDonalds, in the Mess and in our homes, then surely we can do it in our canteen.


Harsh

some more nice pics

hello people!
we've got more pictures of our campus for you to enjoy.. thanks to one of our resident photography experts - Bipin!!

:-)

Sometimes the 'same ol' campus' can look quite different... and kind of nice too... Here are my attempts at photographing our campus.. If you've got some nice pictures do send them to cdmc.nls@gmail.com and we can put them up here for everyone to enjoy.. Maybe the greenish-yellow hedges, the red brick walls.. anything that catches your fancy.. [of course u are free to send us pics of the problem areas too.. this is just an attempt to pick something nice for a change :)]

















































Till later!
Priya

Books Currently Available in the SBA Library

Hey Everyone!

Good news is that we've got some new books for the SBA Library. You will find a list of the New Arrivals put up in the Common Room.

If you want to see a complete list of the Books in the SBA Library check out this link: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dx8xtjb_0dt7hwv

Cheers!

About our Campus Orientation Walk

On Wednesday, the 25th of July, the CDMC organised a Campus Orientation Walk for the benefit of the 1st years, as in tradition in Law School. Unfortunately, unlike the tradition of enthusiastic participation in this walk by atleast one-third of the fresher batch, this time we had a total of 11 first-years attending the walk despite having organised it at two slots for their convenience. We would like to express our concern and dismay at the poor turnout. Possibly, campus related issues rank low in the priority of students facing economics and projects for the first time. However, we would like to remind the first-years that our campus will be your ‘home-away-from-home’ for the next five years. There are many issues, big and small, regarding the running of the campus that affect your enjoyment of the campus and you have missed an opportunity to find out more about these issues. We can only hope that the first-years will realise (sooner rather than later) that they are major stakeholders in our campus and they owe it to themselves to show some interest in the way things work here.

CDMC would like to thank Deeksha, Prashant Reddy, Vinayak and Amogh for spending their time to make the Campus Orientation Walk a more interesting experience for those sincere and lucky first-years who did turn up.

intro !!

hi everyone !!

we created this blog so that people could be aware of the activities of the cdmc and be actively involved in the same. looking forward to your suggestions, criticisms and of course pats-on-the-back :-)

cheers !!