Humanity v/s. Mentality
One lazy afternoon, the new session along with the curiosity for the specialization of the course- Fashion and Communication, entered in to class Mr., Nitin Kulkarni, with whom we all were quite familiar, except Noopur and Lisa. These two names were transferred from Hyderabad centre and joined us in the third semester only. Nitin Sir is perhaps one of my favourite faculty members and the most loved one as well. He had a tryst with my batch during the two years of Foundation Program in NIFT Mumbai when he taught us Visualization and Representation Techniques, Elements of Design, Material Studies, etc.
The subject was called Design Methodology in the course curriculum of Fashion and Communication (Semester III). The name was quite successful in taking our interest away; we were almost prepared to go against it. Let me tell you, we are very united though there are just 38 of us. We were not keen on the subject and had expression which went like, “Oh no! Not another theory subject” (Being in India’s premier Institute and that too in design, we are way away from theory).
We were wrong and we are glad that we were wrong for it was the subject that made us go crazy and fall in love with the process rather than only the result. It is easier sometimes to make it to the destination but the fun which gets you going and attracted towards it is the journey. May be thats why people refer to life as journey since it is an eternal process of learning. The idea and its journey all through the achievement is the important aspect of any process.
One and the first assignment started when we were asked to identify one social problem, each and everyone came up with different problems. It was fun when you get a chance to enhance your perception through other’s hard work. Jokes apart, the second phase started when we were clubbed into groups based on the problems we picked up. I was placed into the group which was focused on the ever changing relation between Humanity and Mentality. While, other two groups were working on topics like ‘Fear’ and ‘Communication Gap’.
We were all set to work and started with sharing our problems with the class, facing the questions which even forced us to be quiet like an unexplored sea sometimes. Every one of us and every problem of ours faced a thorough screening by other classmates and by the faculty himself. It was almost impossible to work on that just for the heck of it then. It became a part of life and that was when Sir announced the final and the third part of the assignment. It was to find the solution to the problem.
The solution to our problems and the issue were placed under the topic ‘Humanity v/s Mentality’ and the solution could have been nothing other than – awareness. We worked on it day and night creating awareness about this cause in public. Pamphlets, T-shirts, Media, Celebrities, we used them all. But we think we succeeded when during the Ganpati we could successfully sell over 200 hand made greeting cards which were the result of the card making competition organized by our group.
Things have changed. We don’t expect, neither do we want everyone to donate loads and loads of money. We just want you to come forward, to create awareness in public. You can always be a helping hand because my team mate came up with very painful incident which she observed in one of the overly crowded stations of Mumbai. There was this guy who was dressed properly and was lying unconscious, and all those lovely people were stepping over him again and again. We are animals, but do why we forget the prefix ‘Social’ all the time?
You still have things in your hand, take charge. Don’t think about the result, it’s just the way you intend doing it. I have seen initiatives winning it all but have the courage to take one. We all don’t know how many lives can we change at the end but we can always keep trying. Getting to the basic of the subject, “Even if you don’t reach the very top, Climbing can be fun too’. Hope we will join hands and have some better and challenging peaks to explore.
Writing Credits: Piyush Singh
Editing Credits: Aaishwari Chouhan
Humanity v/s. Mentality Community: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=18937355
The subject was called Design Methodology in the course curriculum of Fashion and Communication (Semester III). The name was quite successful in taking our interest away; we were almost prepared to go against it. Let me tell you, we are very united though there are just 38 of us. We were not keen on the subject and had expression which went like, “Oh no! Not another theory subject” (Being in India’s premier Institute and that too in design, we are way away from theory).
We were wrong and we are glad that we were wrong for it was the subject that made us go crazy and fall in love with the process rather than only the result. It is easier sometimes to make it to the destination but the fun which gets you going and attracted towards it is the journey. May be thats why people refer to life as journey since it is an eternal process of learning. The idea and its journey all through the achievement is the important aspect of any process.
One and the first assignment started when we were asked to identify one social problem, each and everyone came up with different problems. It was fun when you get a chance to enhance your perception through other’s hard work. Jokes apart, the second phase started when we were clubbed into groups based on the problems we picked up. I was placed into the group which was focused on the ever changing relation between Humanity and Mentality. While, other two groups were working on topics like ‘Fear’ and ‘Communication Gap’.
We were all set to work and started with sharing our problems with the class, facing the questions which even forced us to be quiet like an unexplored sea sometimes. Every one of us and every problem of ours faced a thorough screening by other classmates and by the faculty himself. It was almost impossible to work on that just for the heck of it then. It became a part of life and that was when Sir announced the final and the third part of the assignment. It was to find the solution to the problem.
The solution to our problems and the issue were placed under the topic ‘Humanity v/s Mentality’ and the solution could have been nothing other than – awareness. We worked on it day and night creating awareness about this cause in public. Pamphlets, T-shirts, Media, Celebrities, we used them all. But we think we succeeded when during the Ganpati we could successfully sell over 200 hand made greeting cards which were the result of the card making competition organized by our group.
Things have changed. We don’t expect, neither do we want everyone to donate loads and loads of money. We just want you to come forward, to create awareness in public. You can always be a helping hand because my team mate came up with very painful incident which she observed in one of the overly crowded stations of Mumbai. There was this guy who was dressed properly and was lying unconscious, and all those lovely people were stepping over him again and again. We are animals, but do why we forget the prefix ‘Social’ all the time?
You still have things in your hand, take charge. Don’t think about the result, it’s just the way you intend doing it. I have seen initiatives winning it all but have the courage to take one. We all don’t know how many lives can we change at the end but we can always keep trying. Getting to the basic of the subject, “Even if you don’t reach the very top, Climbing can be fun too’. Hope we will join hands and have some better and challenging peaks to explore.
Writing Credits: Piyush Singh
Editing Credits: Aaishwari Chouhan
Humanity v/s. Mentality Community: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=18937355
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