Calcutta 3 or the Fact vs Fiction Challenge

What happens in Calcutta stays in Calcutta? Maybe not! Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you some highlights from Calcutta 3.0. Full marks for identifying fact from fiction.


1) The city was struck by bandhs. Inspite of that we ventured out to meet fellow ISBians. Such is our commitment to our classmates!

2) We Calcuttans are obviously deprived of sunlight. Why else would an open air poolside lounge be a possible venue at 11 am on a hot sultry day?

3) Speaking of restaurants and venues- we were promptly ushered into a corner. Then the restaurant forgot all about us and our hunger pangs for a good hour and a half.

4) Which suited us fine because we had a lot to talk about. Sample this: Vivek " Sometimes when I fill up a form, I have to stop and count whether I'm Jhunjhunwala or Jhunjhunjhunwala" It was Pallavi to the rescue with a great mathematical alternative.

5) Aditi did not rag Sreejita for almost forgetting her name for a bit. Specially since they'd met up for an hour and a half a day ago. Sreejita did not make matters worse by calling Kaushal, Gaurav throughmost of the meet. Any number of compliments about Aditi's funky eye wear did not placate her. Sreejita was made to repeat the names of everyone at the table.

6) By this point we'd ordered, our orders had been confused. Pallavi discovered Chocolate Milk Shakes and Chocolate Doughnuts are actually the same in the city. What's in the last name of a dish after all? We'd exchanged a lot of stories and named no names. But the merriment was shortlived. At this point, the waiters firmly offered to bring us our cheque and politely but firmly told us we should be on our way. It was a Saturday morning after all, surely potential managers should have a lot to do than just chatter away endlessly?

7) Not to be daunted, we just switched places. And voila! A change of location prompted a confession from Lisa. She's heartbroken that her birthday falls on the 29th of February and she won't be dunked in the swimming pool. Lisa loves swimming!

8) Meanwhile Innu's still mystified by whether Hyderabad or Calcutta is a better city for an ISB interview. We added to her confusion by introducing our Delhi interview experiences into the mix.

9) In the midst of all this, Charu got our undivided attention by telling us she can cook. There a traffic stoppers and there are conversation stoppers. This was one. After all, it's a handy fact, when we get tired of the wonders of Goel Dining Hall.

10) It's official. Calcutta doesn't need Facebook. Everyone's a networker by default. Within minutes of meeting we discovered, Kaushal, Innu and Vivek went to the same college, Lisa, Pallavi and Aditi went to school together. Sreejita, Aditi, Lisa, Innu and Kaushal had common friends. Kaushal and Vivek were related... ok. enough already! Rashmi was the only one spared all the networking. Charu too, but she just moved here. Give us a while and our network shall follow.

11) Shouvik zoomed in on his bike for a guest appearance.

12) Presenting Calcutta- poster city for women in business! The number of women at the meet far outnumbered the men.

13 ) Great fun was had by all! ( come on, there had to be one easy one, right? )