Tuesday, July 19, 2005

That's what we think!



A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.

Left is AC (Arvind Chandrasekhar ) Best Outstanding Student of 2005 (among other things)

On the right, ladies and gentleman, from the city of Chennai, standing tall at 6 feet one, is

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loud applause

< /drumbeats > ME!

Photographer: Divya M


The board reads "To develop ---- as a centre for excellence offering Engineering Education to Men and Women ( note the impressive capitalisations!) at Under Graduate and Post Graduate level, bringing out their total Personality, emphasizing ethical values and preparing them to meet the growing needs of the industry and diverse societal needs of the nation""

Now that you people have got the gist of the picture let me plod onto to the finer details and try to write the thousand words this picture is worth. For all those who haven’t studied at SVCE too bad for you, you’ve missed something!

The photographer has chosen exactly the right moment to vividly capture the spontaneous expressions of the two participants and the split second laughter has been brilliantly preserved for posterity. There is a subtle play of light, with just enough for us to distinguish each person being captured, while at the same time they seem to be oblivious of the presence of any photo being taken. The object of their mirth seems to be an old board (perhaps a close up of that would indicate the exact reason!)

Notice the yellowish tinge that adds to the impressiveness of the photo by conferring a-wise-beyond-its-ages-and-historically-old-and-hence-amazing-and-definitely-worth-buying look. The presence of attractive flora indicates that life must go on; whatever happens will happen, according to Schroedinger’s cat (Just wanted to write a line of total rubbish – I have no idea what it means)

If any of you saw the above things do let me know as I sure didn’t. Just wanted to try some general gas as quite a few photos are described in this fashion.

7 comments:

Leon said...

err.. what WERE you guys laughing at?

Krishnamurti said...

That was the mission statement of our college ( Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering,Chennai)

DiVa said...

i am the illustrious photographer who took that pic. the one who captured true college spirit and patriotism in that photo. but the yellow tinge was because of goach's damaged camera.. goach.. ur tag board color combo is testament to my unwavering belief that boys are color blind. i refuse to add any more comments until u change the color to baby pink

Krishnamurti said...

dunno if u can generalize to all guys but i will freely admit i'm color blind.will NEVER EVER change to baby pink though.YUCK!!!!

akshay said...

we took a similar photo on our last day.. near that same board. hmm... nostalgia!

Krishnamurti said...

guess however things change the more they remain the same,roach!

Nandan said...

Fom Leons statement its obvious he never did study at SVCE. Man u missed something.
Goach I have told u this before but i am repeating it this pic is the best i have seen in years and reflects my sentiments also. lol
and please NO PINK