Kaleidoscope orientation
noun
a public spectacle that occurs annually at
Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, where each team of the workforce tries to
coax/ bribe/ attract/ threaten/ charm/ yell at the general masses to try for
its respective interviews.
The sun rose
that day, a little brighter than usual, as the workforce got into their
coordinator t-shirts once again. Due to unavoidable circumstances, the
orientation this year was shifted to the area outside the Sophia Anderson
Annexe (the BMM building, yaar). Armed with publicity techniques that would
bring the creator of Abki Baar Modi
Sarkar campaign to shame, the ladies of Kaleidoscope were set to strategically
direct the abundance of fresh talent towards their desk and their desk ONLY.
Jokes apart, the
orientation this year saw promising new faces aplenty, who took interview
details from each desk and daydreamed about being a coordinator and chanting
<insert team name here> in a loud, feverish frenzy.
Okay, put the
‘jokes apart’ on hold for now.
There are two
types of people in this world, the ones who like balloons and those who don’t.
The second kind doesn’t exist. And nobody knows this better than team
marketing. Move over post-it notes and colourful little chits. The team
remained true to its name and aggressively marketed itself. Two words: free
chocolates.
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| A marketing coord is seen calling out to the ladkis, whilst enticingly yet
subtly holding on to two chocolates. Tr00 dedication.
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A PR coord, a
perfect embodiment of her team’s role in Kaleidoscope, walked about with
numerous post-it notes with interview dates stuck to her face. The God of
public relations is proud of you, beta. Jeete raho. Informals, with their
ridiculously cool moustache and hat logo, had it painted on a giant red flag
this time.
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| You know who’s cooler than you? Informals. |
Team
fundamentals reinforced the fact that nicknames stick, and coined the best
tagline of all time: Become A Fundoo.
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| They put the fun in fundamentals. |
Contrary to popular
belief, there is no new team called PROMNAT, it’s just our good old PA being
dramatic (pun intended).
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| You got us there, PA. |
The most asked
question at the orientation, undoubtedly, was regarding expansion. Let me tell
you, it has got nothing to do with bodily expansions or mind-expanding
substances, but is a new team, which will be in charge of organising
non-competitive events. The workforce collectively pats the EC on the back for
taking this initiative, and hopes to see this new addition to the fest in
action soon.
The creative
team, which is incidentally also responsible for writing this blog, continued
being fabulous and was seen recycling the poster it used for last year’s
orientation.
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| "I hope nobody notices the creases." - The creative team. |
Happy
Kscope-ing!
