We, protest.
(Written with the guy who typed this.)
Somewhere during the first few days of February this year, a bunch of people (including me) suddenly realized that their lives had been too perfect so far and they decided to do something about it. Next day, they assembled in public with placards in their hands and a clear purpose in their minds. The result was this –
PV solemnly draws attention to the cause.
AVN Murthy: (Never) too busy for a good cause.
Sayandeep: Protesting for the right to assume.
Abhas: The “real” wikipedian protestor.
Trying to make heads turn.
Ashish V: Err… never mind.
In a short period of time, we attracted the attention of passers-by just like a crowd of people holding placards silently does. What follows is a series of WTF expressions that we got from people who couldn’t understand the cause (we don’t blame them; we blame the abstruse nature of the cause). We tried to approach them, coax them into supporting the cause, but they wouldn’t talk to us.
“Mom, is that you?”
“Damn!” (We wish they had looked higher.)
“Ooh, matching T-shirts!!!! Wait, what’s that?”
“Yes sweety, I’ll explain the cause tonight.” (nudge nudge, wink wink)
“Am I gonna be on TV?”
“Do you have accommodation?” (That’s what he really asked… honest.)
“At least my causes are well supported today.”
We did find some empathizing souls among the crowd; they stood by us resolutely taking time off from their busy schedules:
…
Tired, distracted, yet protesting.
He really would have.
… (again)
With special thanks to Barack Obama.
All images courtesy of Anikh Thakur; Resident photographer, asshole extraordinaire, feared in all dimensions and existing in 4.
Disclaimer: We did this only for the cause. It’s dear to us and we didn’t want to forget it. Please don’t sue us… for any reason.
I am commenting because Vinayak told me to.
Wanna be fraaandd???
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:01 pm
And also because this post is very nice.
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:03 pm
And also because Vinayak is the best human being in the history of time.
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:03 pm
And also because I’m trying to be nice to this very nice human being.
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Because being nice is what human beings do.
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:04 pm
And since I dont want to be considered anything apart from a human being,…
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I am duty bound to comment.
Shishir
April 11, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Her causes weren’t big enough to need support.
But well… to each his (her) own
Baffling
April 11, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Well i wish i could have been a part of the protest as well.. guys you were simply awesome
Vikash
April 12, 2009 at 4:52 am
i came, i read and i commented
Garam Samosa
April 12, 2009 at 1:20 pm
-do-
ronsin
April 13, 2009 at 5:41 am
-do-
Sunny Somani
April 13, 2009 at 5:58 am
@Everyone…
wtf?
vinayakpathak
April 13, 2009 at 6:23 am
I was told there are very few girls at IIT. There seem to be quite a few in the pics…
Bhavya
May 16, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Ah.. optical illusion?
Bhavya
May 17, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Many of the girls in the pics are from outside IIT. It was a festival day…
Vinayak
May 30, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Festival day, literally or figuratively? And you call a post on excreta an update? I didn’t even read it. Hmmph!
Bhavya
June 17, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I did not share more pics of girls because the point will be lost !
Anikh
July 6, 2009 at 6:02 pm