hey all
well well well what should i say
i love Mumbai!! :)...........
hey
Varun lotsa wishes for you
also met akshay n vineet ,felt like ol friends!
though had a lil prob with the accomo part bt finally stayed with didi in andheri(1n half hr to deonar fr there) and
yes the best part was travelling by mumbai local train
hee hee just try it once but only once okkkk;)
ok now for the GD/PI
16 march SW PIreached campus(main) really early ...umm around 8:30...and mus say it's beautiful
around 10 ,we were taken to the common room for a small presentation on the course by seniors+ query session.
PI i had panel 2 =2 ma'ams(one ws ms ruchi sinha(criminology deptt) n 2 sirs ie 4 in all
lemme call them s1 s2 and m1 m2
me:good morning ma'ams n sirs
m1:hallo neha,how are you .where are you staying in mumbai?
me:with my di in andheri ,my mumma's student .
m1: ok so neha i ws going thru your profile, found it very poetic
me: yes ma'am i just poured my heart (hee hee)
m1: so tell me why MSW?
me : my enterprise is my passion ,a course can guide me on how things work+ the exposure one gets+hav talked to a few seniors reg this...
m1:you are talking about changes in society ...what about them?
me:awareness +focus on human rights gaining attenteion + new policies by govt but what lacks is proper implementation at many levels...that's what i wanna change that++.......
m1:you have written sth on khadi...what do u understand?
me:been in bansthali vidyapith for the last three years....
1.spun by hand so many women get employed ...livelihood.....
2.good for the skin
m2:who started banasthali vidyapeeth(my alma mater -graduation)?
me:we call him apaji-mr hiralal shastri n his wife mrs ratan shastri and told them the beautiful story of how it all began in 1935.
m2:three core values of banasthali?
me:well i feel they are
1.being close to yours roots,your culture
2.improving society
3.education and empowernment
m2:who has influenced you more,your mum or dad?
me: it's tough to answer this as both have great force ++.........
s1:female foeticide in haryana+ punjab n the reasons
me: yes and that too aft being top in the standard of living ,see no1 is general pref for the male child as he is considered a support in the old age n a girl is con paraya dhan and no2 cuz agri based states...male child is said to manage the fields better ++
s1:why a shift from comp sc to sw?
me: i don't view it as a shift cuz as u mature u think about what u want fr life and so it all flows.......
s2: casteism in india +caste politics in haryana
me:talked about what ancient texts meant by division of labout n how due to selfish reasons it became by birth +shudnt be there as we are all humans+politicians playing the game+......
s2:any people who are outside the caste system
me:well hee hee ....talked about other religions eh?? then thot tribals ...so they asked about sm areas where they live.....
s2: what will you choose-SW or HR?(adding that SW pays less

)
me:ya even i have been thinking a lot about it and still am but what i liked about MSW here at TISS are the FAP's so they started asking me about them.......i had read about special cell in collab with maharashtra police so they told me that it has also been started in haryana as well++......
s2:three quick questions: who is the defence minister of india?
me:mr AK Antony
s2.:are u sure
me: ye sir
s2 AK Antony,are u sure?
me:umm yes sir
s2:finance minister
me:Mr.Pchidambaram.....ohh no no he is the home minister ....sir i remember his face but can't recall the name(picturised Mr pranab mukherjee releasing the interim budget)
all smile
s2: do you follow international issues?
me: as in what do u wanna ask?
s2:UN...united nations?
me: yes what about UN....their currecnt progs or what
s2:current secretary general
me:banki moon Mr. ban ki moon
s2: prev secretary general
me: Mr kofi annan
ok neha thanks and all the best !
(there mite be more qs but this is all i cn recall....)
well the profs were really supportive (smiles,nods et al)
and nice people to talk with ...

jus goin for dinner ....will post the HR experience in the next post !!