July // 2009 // needlessly|messianic

Originally posted at Youthpad.

Drops of Joy in Ocean of Tears is a collection of poems and essays written by Saurabh Chaudhary, a student from DPS Vasant Kunj. He is currently in class 12th and a frontrunner for the post of head boy of the school this year. :) (Last year he was the school vice head boy.) He is the de-facto leader of the DPS VK Quiz Club and is the best quizzer that Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj currently has. (In the recently held Mod Quiz, Saurabh Chaudhary won the position of ‘best quizzer’.) He is also one of the best group discussion members that the school computer club Code Warriors has right now.

Published by Unicorn Books, a sister concern of Pustak Mahal, this book is a quick read. You could wrap up reading this within 30-60 minutes. The quality of writing is good. I’m not a big fan of poetry and I rarely find any sort of verse to be readable. With a few exceptions, I detested studying poems as a part of my English literature syllabus in school. However, I found Saurabh’s work very readable. (Most of the content in the book is poems.)

The theme is unvarying throughout, which can make your attention waver a bit, but the quality of writing is – undoubtedly – great. The theme of poems in the book is of how he felt rejected / neglected by peers in school because of some decisions that he took. It’s a contentious topic so I won’t go into that – instead, I judge the book on its own merit. Towards the end there are also a few essays on a few miscellaneous topics. These sort of tie into the preceding poems and sort of don’t. I also felt that the essays were a bit short and could’ve been a little longer.

It won’t take you long to read the book. I suggest that if you come across this in a bookstore (I couldn’t find it on Flipkart) then do browse through it, but it if you like it.

The 9.9 group (pronounced as ’9 dot 9′) – the one behind tech magazines such as Digit and Skoar – has launched a new media school called the 9.9 School of Convergence (9.9 SoC). 9.9 SoC is organizing an event titled Fourth Estate on Career Options in Media. Ranbir Majumdar (editor of cricketnext.com), Karan Makhija (actor, best known for Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na) and Dr Pramath Raj Sinha (founding Dean of Indian School of business, current CEO of 9.9 Mediaworx, Dean of 9.9 School of Convergence) will be present on the occassion. This conference is going to be held at Chelmsford Club, Raisina Road, New Delhi on 25th July 2009 from 10am to 1pm. The aim of the conference is to provide an idea about the scope of media & entertainment jobs – specifically, new verticals being created by the growth of online media.

9.9 group is one of the leading media houses in this particular vertical and this media college hopes to impart to its students knowledge of how to go about working in this domain. Limited seats are available for the conference, so you need to register beforehand by sending an email to events@schoolofconvergence.com. There is also a registration fee of Rs 300 (brunch will be served, included in this registration fee) but if you’re really interested in doing a course in the field of mass communication / media then it would probably be worth it (even if you aren’t thinking right now about joining 9.9 SoC) as a lengthy question and answer session is scheduled – in which you can get your doubts cleared. Both students and parents would find this interaction useful. Key members on 9.9′s leadership team are veterans from media and education industry, so they know a thing or two about what they’re saying.

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