POSTPONEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE EXAMS
The State Intermediate Examination is scheduled from the 6th of March to the 19th of March. On the 13th of March, 2008, we received a notice at our college. It stated that, as per the instructions of the Board of Intermediate Examination, the Math’s II –B exam scheduled on the 14th of March has been postponed to the 16th, Sunday on account of the Bandh call given in AP. Many students are upset about it as they have their Economics exam on the succeeding day. As the syllabus is vast it hardly gives them time to revise the subject. In fact they require a minimum of 2 days to revise leave alone study the subject. The authorities should have carefully scrutinized before taking this decision as the future of lakhs of students is at stake.
Ratna Srinivasan
Lecturer in Economics
St.Mary’s College
Yousufguda
Hyderabad.
Published in the Deccan Chronicle on the 15th of March
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
BIG BAZAAR
On Saturday I accompanied my mother to the Big Bazaar. They had adopted yet another gimmick to pull the crowd. This time it was a Dhamaka sale which offered a flat 50% discount from the 14th to the 24th of February. This attracted gate crashing crowds.
I took a fancy for a wall hanging with Meenakari work on it priced at Rs.300.
Then began the Herculean task of moving in the serpentine queue to reach the cash counter. Jostling, pushing and heaving I finally managed to reach the cash counter. I was told that the discount was not applicable for the article which I wanted to purchase. Dismayed, I argued that it was not mentioned that the discount was applicable only on selected items. Unable to justify their stand they directed me to the customer service cell. The stand taken at the cell was again the same. Fretting and fuming I asked them what next? They asked me to put my grievance in a book which will go unnoticed. I felt cheated. What about the quality time spent there? How will it get compensated? Is it not fair on their part to display a board stating that the discount was applicable only on selected items? Why draw crowds on false grounds? As customers probably we are meek and docile and the big companies take advantage and make most of it.
I took a fancy for a wall hanging with Meenakari work on it priced at Rs.300.
Then began the Herculean task of moving in the serpentine queue to reach the cash counter. Jostling, pushing and heaving I finally managed to reach the cash counter. I was told that the discount was not applicable for the article which I wanted to purchase. Dismayed, I argued that it was not mentioned that the discount was applicable only on selected items. Unable to justify their stand they directed me to the customer service cell. The stand taken at the cell was again the same. Fretting and fuming I asked them what next? They asked me to put my grievance in a book which will go unnoticed. I felt cheated. What about the quality time spent there? How will it get compensated? Is it not fair on their part to display a board stating that the discount was applicable only on selected items? Why draw crowds on false grounds? As customers probably we are meek and docile and the big companies take advantage and make most of it.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
Doesn't it show a wonderful bond between the teacher and the taught?
