At college:
The teams who were supposed to give the presentations that day had prepared on their respective topics. During the first hours, all of us were called to the hall where the presentation was scheduled to be conducted. Our principal Gurudev Prashant acted as an invigilator on the first day. The host stated that three teams would be asked to present their research everyday subsequently. All the teams had submitted their research papers and got verified from the office.
The first team that was asked to give presentation on 'Analysis of Bonded Labour System in Bharata', under the captaincy of a guy named Yuga Karni, had around seven to eight research questions that they answered in background and statistical data. His research team had limited its progress to the books that were eight to ten years old editions. The objectives on his research were indescribable as he didn't encompass the current data on Bonded Labour in Bharata. While it was in the recent news that Bharata, on global level, improved its position in slavery index, the team made no mention of it. Direction of the Supreme Court to the State Governments on effective implementation of the articles 21, 23, 24 and 39 and Bonded Slavery Abolition Act of 1976 had brought tremendous changes in more than two lakhs villages in the past five years that the team failed to make notice of.
The second team, under the captaincy of Kishan Kushana, gave exaggerated explanations to their research questions on the evolution of trade union in Bharata. The general cases we studied in our syllabus were his certain examples however, he missed to put the changes in laws and regulations brought by the Government. If we go through the list of cases that brought major changes in the trading systems, we have much to mention about. The audience questioned the captain about impact of Bharata's economic growth on bilateral ties with the developed nations after recession of last year. He (Kishan) hesitantly answered a few points.
Jagriti: I wish they had done proper research on the topics. These topics are so much informative on realising the growth of Bharata' economy in tandem with its legal structure.''
Talking about industrialisation in Bharata, the third team under the captaincy of Piyush Sharma proposed creative and inquisitive research questions on their research. They relatively asked on the differences in governance of private and public entities where the employees enjoyed almost similar benefits in reality but still public entities had poor regulation and performance in the Bharata economy. Further advancing on the research, the team provided a detailed background of industrial systems during British Raj and the need of Industrial Disputes Act after independence. His analysis on modernised industries and liberalisation policies of 1991 helped us review how Bharata reached to sixth position on the economic globe. The team research had its limitations to indirect sources of information while its objectives were clear on giving an elaborate orientation of Industrial growth for prosperous Bharata. The captain summed up his research and the way forward Bharata can lift up itself on global economic front. The audience were pleased by his presentation but I had one question. I stood up among the claps and took the mic.
Me: Captain! Bharata envisions itself to become the third largest economy in the next two decades. What prominent sectors can lead it to the proposed goal? Please answer on the basis of the promise made by Bharata to the world to have net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Piyush was hesitant to speak. He stepped down the stage answering he would further research on it. The Utkarsha had a face that said, ''C'mon man! The team did so well and you made them stoop down at the end. Are you jealous of his performance?''
Me: I am a student; I don't fear of doubts and questions. I am a leader; I don't believe my planned strategy will work cent percent.
The presentations for the day ended before half-day. We returned to our classes thereafter.
At seminar:
By 4 o'clock, I moved to the address where the seminar was being held. The attendees drew their attention to the inefficient government policies and a tech deprived education system. Beyond the vast usage and benefits of internet, the young generation spent most of their time playing games or watching sensitive content that brain wash the ethos and cultures of our society. To contrary, the youngsters in developed countries engaged themselves in creating various sites and channels, developing apps, earning certifications and much more and it was the base for the sustained growth of those economies. One of the attendees emphasized on promoting the arts, inventions, discoveries, stories, literature and other programs of the Bharatiya as ads on such channels aired on TV or social media that were frequently used by citizens of all ages. It was recently brought to the national portfolio by the respected P.M. under the flagship programme 'Innovative Bharata' and hence, this goal required both time and expense.
Hearing most of them, I figured out the attendees just gathered together over a tea party but none of them actually put an effort to work on their personal agenda.
A dispute arose between one of the government officials and an IT professor on the slow and corrupted political scenario.
At college (2nd day of presentation):
Jagriti ascended to the stage with her team. Her research provided a precise background of the employee culture that initiated during the British Raj and became a fad until the twentieth century. Trade in Bharata had specific divisions during the last century and above that, civil services of any other government jobs were the topmost choices of Bharatiya. The tyrannical pressure that lasted on the generals for over thousand years in Bharata developed the mindsets such that newer generations limited oneself to the codes of a slave. Even after the Independence Bharata could just transform the slaves into employees of industrialists, traders and officers. In the new era of 21st century, the people of Bharata diversified the business sector where specific jobs became new Start-ups. Following the principle of globalization, countries in the world headed on to inventing simpler devices and services that ease the daily life of wealth driven people. The team of Jagriti gave concise table and charts that statistically defined how the relay racer economies defied entrepreneurs growth in Bharata in the last century. Legalising the new ventures of business streamed down from service sector, Bharata achieved a considerable upliftment on the economic front that it envisaged quite a decade ago. Contrasting the scenario of handful of tradesman and industrialists in the first five decades after independence to a population mix of thirty to forty venturers per hundred meant a significant change in the discretion and direction of Bharata. It suggested the wagers now believed themselves as profiteers. She provided examples of various cities in Bharata that registered over seven hundred startups every year for last three years. The team put forward its limitations of the research to latest reference indices of Global Innovation Index, Global Talent Competitiveness Index, Inclusive Internet Index and Ease of Doing Business. The researchers aimed at providing update to the general understanding of the veering economic structure of Bharata. The corporate world had spread its wings to almost all the sections of the society where one can passionately work on his/her ideas to be financially independent. The captain summed up her research on the conclusion that will of the people of Bharata and the shade of 'Start-up Bharata' programme led by the central government can together, in true sense, teach the world about entrepreneurship.
It was an effective presentation on the said topic. A huge round of applause celebrated her captaincy. Amid all those thunder claps, I could see Jagriti was seeing me.
Me: Captain! The wise say that the greatest risk is to risk nothing at all. Bharata is still at an incumbent stage of being a startup economy. How will Bharata frame a conducive ecosystem for entrepreneurship taking off from its gig economy?
Jagriti: (tried to answer) Agastya! There are challenges on taxation, bureaucratic models, loan hassles and others. As suggested by the indices, we discovered these difficulties in ease of doing business. Ahh..(break) Thank you all! (And she stepped down the stage.)
The fifth topic was 'Codes of Criminal Procedure and its Implementation in Bharata'. The team under the captaincy of Shakti Ramaswamy provided questions on the need and enactment of the CrPC in 1973 and how it administers the substantive law on the land. The penal code and evidence act drawn during the British Raj continued its legacy until 1973 when the CrPC was enacted in order to administer all the substantive legal laws by providing binding procedures on trial processes. The team provided examples of several cases where CrPC provided landmark judgements to the citizens of Bharata. The captain said his research was limited to the book 'Bharata Kanoon' and our academic syllabus. The objective was to provide information on the adjudication of CrPC over the master and servant law. He summed up his research concluding on the fact that effective implementation of CrPC ensures a fair trial for both the accused and the victim without curtailing anyone's rights.
The Utkarsha discussed that CrPC too has some limitations and controversies that the team didn't dictate about. Mukul stood up to ask Shakti about the loopholes of the procedural law. The captain had no answer.
The host called upon my team to give an elaboration on the research topic 'Ordinance to repeal the Bharatiya Standards Act 1986'. However my team had the papers, I uttered the research questions on myself. They were as basic as history and introduction and as complex as need to repeal the act and formulate a new updated version of it in 2016. Answering to the historical background of the Act, Megha iterated about the establishment of ISI in 1947 to operate the Certification Marks Scheme and facilitate consumer protection. But during the mid 1980s, it was felt that a new stronger body for regulation of Indian Standards was required and the BIS was established that formed the Bharata Standards Act of 1986. The statute dealt with issues regarding Product Certification Scheme, Standards Formulation, Compulsory Registration and Quality of Products in Bharata. Corrugated and semi corrugated asbestos cement sheets, precast concrete pipes, ceiling roses, electric immersion water heaters, wrought aluminium utensils, bicycle frame, cycle rubber frames (moulded/joint), bayonet lamp holders, tubes for pneumatic tyres and others are some examples of the products that obtained the ISI mark under the Act of 1986. In order to give fillip to the 'Make in Bharata' campaign and ensure availability of quality products and services to the consumers, the Act of 1986 was repealed and updated to the new act of 2016. The new Act also allows multiple type of simplified conformity assessment schemes, including self-declaration of conformity against a standard which will give simplified options (to manufacturers) to adhere to the standards and get certificate of conformity. My research had its limitations to the indices of ease of doing business until it was repealed, statistics of exports of the standard products, voices of the traders and manufacturers for and against the Act, the live parliament discussion on the topic and the analysis of media professionals. The objectives of my research were to reveal its need to expand the horizons of the Act, specify new areas of standardization and issue certificates of conformity to the producers. I summed up my research oration on the conclusion that the ordinance passed to repeal the said act was a need to empower the Central Government to issue direction to the Bureau on questions of policy and align its functions with national priorities. The audience gave a high round of applause. But I wished to know if they had any queries.
''Any questions from the audience!''
Bhanu: Captain! How do you make time to learn all these?
I was happy inside but felt embarrassed to face her.
Me: My dear friend! We all have the same period of day but it's your choices that get you prepared for the future. And I have a genius friend who makes time to help me! I am lucky on this front. Thank you everyone!
At seminar (2nd day):
Stepping in at the house, I noticed the session started earlier that day. The committee made notice of the scope, weakness, opportunities and threats on the concerned goal. I observed that the attendees were not in conformity with the scope and opportunities of the purpose while everyone assented on the weaknesses and threats.
A committee with minimal number of young and active members is not worth to attend.
The scope depicted a compulsory tech driven environment for senior secondary students where they can learn the programming languages. It also included providing presentable homeworks to the junior secondary students and conducting practical assessment programs with certifications. The scope also reached the rural Bharata where the generals would learn from the technicians about using useful informative sites and if any bank collaborated with its purpose, it would help the generals to make online transactions for various purposes that would minimise their time period. Bharata has vast opportunities for its IT growth and the world can take huge benefits of connecting to this nation. Emphasizing on the networking sector and digital platforms, Bharata can engineer a great population engaged in diverse sectors into an organized and recognisable pattern. The session ended on discussions to be held further.
Further days of presentations in college:
Tanuja Bharti and her team gave presentation on the seventh topic about the changes in viewpoints of the other world leaders towards Bharata that is visible in their diplomatic transactions. The world leaders who saw a dynamic transformation in development of Bharata in the second decade of this 21st century felt it an emerging market that can take control over the world affairs in upcoming one or two decades. The largest of economies wish to set up their multinational franchisee on this land. The politicians are too willing of pairing with Bharata to further bolster their global position. The changing scenario of politics from power economy to wise polity on global front is visible only because of Bharata. However, the nations that are losing their strength to Bharata are envious of its progress and hence, create issues by igniting turmoils and disputes in the neighbourhood. Whatsoever, Bharata is acting its role righteously towards everyone.
The team that worked on current affairs, recent changes in foreign policies of Bharata and the reasons, involvement of Bharata in UN sessions and books authored by current officers in the ministries provided significant points on the foreign policies acting for and against Bharata. However, their objective was unclear on whether Bharata should continue on its progressive policies or take count on the issues within and nearby.
Mukul was favoured on his topic over the formulation and implementation of Mines Act for he has family connection to the respective minister in the state. He had prepared well about the background, analyses, limitations and objectives of the research but he failed to make his team understand and be prepared. On the stage, his team members fumbled and took long time to elaborate what they had prepared in the research.
Achyut, during his presentation on the topic of Environmental Law and its enactment, talked about the UN convention on human environment in 1972 where after the Government of Bharata passed Wildlife Protection Act, Air and Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, Environment Conservation Act, Ozone Rules, Energy Conservation Act and Biological Diversity Act and their objectives and execution over the time. Although, we had recently studied this topic in the classroom, his research was quite concise of all the facts. He made no mention of the CRZs and concluded on wishing for a sustainably developed Bharata.
While talking about the birth of largest democracy in the world, Jaidev mentioned of the sacrifices of philosophical architects of independent Bharata. However, the Bharata they had imagined of couldn't be achieved but they reached up to the potential of building own castles. Since then, Bharata has been following the principles of democracy in its governance while the societies have yet not come out of its monarchic or autocratic principles. This is the major failure of the largest democracy.
Jaidev and his team provided the information on the achievements that nee emerging democratic nation made in the history of seven decades. His research was limited to the references of some books like Transforming Bharata, Capitalism and Democracy, Bharata's passage to Despotism and the newspaper editorials on similar topics. Jaidev emphasized the necessity of Bharata to hug the democracy in all levels to achieve the greatest of its benefits.
It was time of Bhanu when before staging up, she nervously stated to Bismita that the background page in the research was missing and she didn't remember anything at all. Bismita was shake trembled by the fact. She rushed through the pages of the research file but found the background page missing. Bhanu played it right. The host called up her team on the stage while Bismita said Bhanu was the actual captain of her team. The host announced it to the audience. Bhanu started the introduction and background of the topic on herself. Bismita was again bamboozled when Bhanu fluently orated her speech. She mentioned the history of joint stock companies in Bharata started during the British Raj in 19th century while the Company Act of 1956 gave birth to several limited companies like HPCL, ONGC, BPCL, BOC, SBB et al in the independent Bharata. Bismita gave her analysis on the works and achievements of the companies. The corporate social responsibility practices promoted by these companies have conferred them with most trustworthy brands for occupational health and safety category. These companies through their strategic roles proved themselves to be of utmost necessity while independent Bharata stood at the cusp of development. They have a strong marketing base through which they execute the policies drawn by the bureaucrats in addition to promotion of Bharata's culture, sports, arts, inventions and finance sector too. Bhanu had her research references from direct interview with two IAS officers in the state, Indices that note the growth of these companies at national and global levels, opinion pages in the newspapers and budgets of last four years. Her conclusion of the research was in a democratic and socialist nation, public and private companies should co-exist to bolster the economic structure of Bharata.
I made no questions to her.
While staging down, Bismita called Bhanu a treacherous girl and none should befriend her. I felt Bhanu may get angry but she calmly responded.
Bhanu: Bismita! If you were a true leader, you would have taken care of your members and helped them in preparing their portions or you may have prepared yourself to face any questions and problems. You behaved like a boss and the team wanted a leader. I didn't ask you to hand me captaincy but you did it on your own. I didn't but you feared of disrespect. A leader needs to inspect all the works done under his/her command. Leadership can't be faked Bismita!
(Her team and others clapped once again for her.)
Bhanu came up to me at the end of the session. We looked into each other's eyes. She recalled what I had said the last day.
(Me: Bhanu! Now, when you are prepared to lead the team, you have to grab it from Bismita. As you made notice of, her family uses glass wares at home for most of the general purposes. Definitely, she is an acutely intelligent girl but if she is into an emotional breakdown, she won't get up soon. I know what I am saying Bhanu, but a leader has to be such who has won over his/her mind and can take control over others mindsets. Before going to the stage, get your background portion torn apart and say you do not remember anything at all.)
Bhanu: Thank you Agastya! (kisses my cheeks)
End session of the seminar:
After a week long conversation on the topic of building an easy and efficient IT hub for common netizens that would expand its wings to rural Bharata, it was noted that the old and dilapidated buildings or factories could be restored to use for the said purpose. The Manohari Garments Factory area was considered to be a suitable location but until the case was solved, it was not possible to take over it. Mr. Digvijaya, a high tech professional working at the InfoTech company, forwarded the motion to hire a lawyer who would solve the case. So, the attendees with a majority decided to file a petition in the court and a reputed lawyer Savyasachi Anand helped them in this move.
This incident made me assured of revealing the truth behind Visvarak's fake paralysed identity and shutdown of Manohari Garments Factory.