I just left Coimbatore Institute of Management and Technology, two bucks richer; Sujith, our photographer, now owns a plastic frog; and Mano, our NEN consultant in Coimbatore, strongly suspects that I am a compulsive gambler.
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| That's the one for me - students making choices at CIMAT |
I plead guilty, for the E-Week mela on at the campus was irresistible. For Rs 2, I could have doubled my money, filled my chocoholic tummy, and even won myself a walkman. All this, by hitting the ball at the target, throwing the ring to the right spot, or saving a helicopter from crashing in a video game.
Sigh! Today isn't my lucky day. After several efforts (and loss of ten bucks) I finally managed to tumble a structure made of tumblers and earned enough to break even.
Meanwhile Sujith was busy clicking and lending me money, and Mano did the rounds of a rather extensive exhibition. The students had showcased their myriad talents in forms of art, craft, mehndi and glasswork. Some of them, especially the Tanjore paintings were done so beautifully, that I wasn't a bit surprised when the artist Sathya Pushpa told me that they cost Rs 4,000 upwards.
The visit was so much fun that Mano had to literally drag me out of campus. Now we are off to PSG College of Technology. The excitement, Mano assures me, has just begun!
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| Mano playing with fire at the CIMAT mela |
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