1994-06-23 - Thursday - MP Garibdas drama

Getting up at 5 am is just not enough - could complete only Physics observations. Couldn't start SSP (Solid State Physics) or ACM (Advanced Classical Mechanics) problems. Thursday - Mr. Nagraj's speech. 2 bhajans - mics conked out. Ravi Kumar Sir's objection to my studying. Can sleep, not study. Only CTP (Computational Techniques in Physics), 3rd hour Hostel - had to get things ready for evening Balvikas program. M. P. (Madhya Pradesh) children + gurus. After lunch, rehearsal, too. I went for DD2 tuning by Mr. ---. 3:30 pm - searched a lot for S. G. Sir. Finally went to SRH (Sai Ramesh Hall). Then Trayee, where we went after setting up everything, then K. Mantap. M. Arun, ex-HEP (meaning my former batchmate in XI and XII, in the History Economics Political Science stream) was there, too (he was also from M. P.). Also Vishal, ex-student. And Kshitij's brother Vaibhav.

 

A screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/@SSSSOMP

Chaitanya (my batchmate and colleague in AVC) and I were sitting facing Swami. Summer Course 1991 revisited (since during that year, for every program during the summer course, I could sit facing Swami for the programs, as XII boys didn't have chairs and were seated in the aisle in front of all the chairs.) Adjusting mics for girls - tricky. Once, I adjusted for standing, they sat. Chaitanya went up to adjust, his shirt got caught while adjusting, etc. Feedback - Swami looked at us. Circuit breaker tripped repeatedly till most lights and CCTV were switched off. But Swami was happy at the end. Stampede - 'Please Swami' by girls, chaos. In the midst, a lull, Swami created a chain for "Garibdas". Confusion, Arati. S. G. Sir hot, cool by the time we reached SRH, many irritants. 

Wrote diary 8 to 9 o'clock - 3 days'.

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