XIC through my lens/perspective

The letter ‘A’ matters here

‘A’ for attendance, ‘A’ for assignments and above all ‘A’ grade. The letter ‘A’ decides whether you get the diploma at Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC) or not. Hard work is the key to maintain the balance between them. The picture captures all the three aspects: Students near the desk for attendance, collecting their assignments and grade ‘A’ which one the fellow students got in her assignment.

The board: Loved by overachievers, feared by backbenchers 

The notice board which displays grades and attendance is feared by majority of the students at XIC. Attendance and grading which always comes with the message of “withholding the diploma” gives shivers to students. No doubt it is loved by a group of students who are termed as “Overachievers”.  

An ode to forgotten names

With digital attendance coming into picture, the old-school tradition of manual attendance came to an end at XIC long back. It brings back the memory of our childhood days where we used to get called by our name for attendance and the responses varied from “Yes Ma’am”, “Present Ma’am”, “Absent Ma’am” and “Ma’am, Ma’am”.

Complementing each other

It is important in every institute that the relation between the faculty and the students should be cordial and respectful. At XIC the faculty always encourages students to ask questions and are always ready to answer them. The picture depicts a student having interaction with the faculty when the class got over. The idea behind the caption was the color of teacher’s dress and student’s hair.

Where is the smile?

If you have seen Dheeraj Sir in XIC, he is always seen smiling. But when I asked him for a picture the smile vanished. I didn’t look at the picture then but now when I am looking at it, this the only thing that is coming to my mind, “Where is the smile?”

The beauty of non-verbal communication

The picture is taken during one of our lectures with Professor Julian Hollick. The picture shows the students and professor watching something on the screen. If you observe hand gestures of the people in the picture, you will get to know the idea behind the caption of the picture.

And visit library too!

The picture was taken at XIC library when it was empty or is it always empty? With lectures lining up from 9 am to 6 pm, the frequency of students visiting the library is low except when a lecture is canceled.

The official DJ of XIC

The picture was taken in the studio at XIC, School Campus. Arvind Sir handles the sound editing department of XIC. In one of our classes he came up with two tunes for demo and mixed them together like a DJ.

Shav Asan ft. Upside-Down

It is not an unusual scene at XIC. Naps between breaks have become a custom. A comfortable bed is not required, you just need a bench and you are ready for the upside-down shav asan.

XIC after effect

You are a changed person once you come out of XIC, said someone, here is the proof.