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Recruitment Drive
Saturday, October 4, 2008

Duty, Honour, Country - the famous words of General Douglas MacArthur in his Sylvanus Thayer Award acceptance address.

No you didn't come to the wrong blog. People who know me, know how those words motivated me so much when I felt like shit during those 2 years of my prime youth in the army. What was supposed to be some kind of indoctrination/brainwashing turned out to be one of the greatest gift I received from my country at the end of those 2 years.

Right... I am not crazy today. I am little off the path. BUT I have a point to make.
Take this phrase a step back and think about it in a smaller sphere of influence. Is there a sense duty in you for your community? Is there a difference you want to make to the people in your community?

I have already let the cat out of the bag when the words "Recruitment Drive" display at the heading. But I am telling you all this not just for the recruitment drive. Nowadays I get struck so often by the questions of life that I can't help but be a little philosophical at times. How many of us know what we want to do in our lives? Are we going to be a factory product, which after going through a generic education, go out to the society... slog to climb the corporate ladder because it brings us money... AND so intelligently spend those money on shopping and material goods... FORGETTING THE FACT THAT big corporations and media are perpetually enticing us to spend more by creating social norms (which are not very normal) (think of how you spend on those IPOD AND IPHONE)... Our appetite for consumption grows... Look at the Americans... in the aftermath of 9/11... what did their President say? SHOP! consume more so that the economy runs...so we go on and work even harder...
Visit this website... she does the convincing better.
www.storyofstuff.com

SUMMARY: We study... we work... we shop... we procreate... and we die!

How about if you could impact someone's life? Be the change (for the better of course) in someone's life, in the community you're in.
Of course, at the end of the day, my duty in this management committee urges me to converge all that I have said above to persuade you to join us in the Recruitment Drive. But this is just as applicable in any community that you're in. Your club, your family, the societies you join outside, your working environment, your friends... ANY COMMUNITY... SERVE IT... Have a sense of duty... make a difference...

All said, hope that's enough food for thought!
Anyway! Recruitment drive for Engin Club's sub committees is coming up... so you have the following committees which you can join (loads of fun): (in no order of merit)
1. Business (wooHOOO haha sorry i was dy biz director last year)
2. O week
3. Camp
4. Rag
5. IT
6. Publications
7. Sports
8. Welfare

Make a difference :)



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