report on XL rock night at Ensemble 2004

http://xlcampus.blogspot.com/2004/11/amperage-sound-of-ensemble-2004-jishnu.html

rom: Gautam Ghosh

http://xlcampus.blogspot.com/2004/11/amperage-sound-of-ensemble-2004-jishnu.html

XLRI was treated to some good old fashioned rock and roll by the grand rock n roll daddies (and one mama) of the east - Skinny Alley. 'Amperage' the show that marked the close of XL's inter-business school festival 'Ensemble 2004'. The JLT doesn't have a roof, or it would have been brought down by the sheer brilliance of the veteran musicians on stage, who belied their 40+ ages.

With a setlist as varied as mixed pickle, there was something for everyone, from Pat Mecheny to Audioslave, from Steely Dan to RHCP, from The Doors to ... well, let's stop there. Amyt Datta on guitar was in blazing form with a fluid tone that draped over all present like warm honey at times and sharp blades at others. Jeff Rikh behind the skins was in a thunderous rage as he destroyed the Tama kit while getting out a rock solid rhythm section that bassist Gyan clung on to and never let go. They mixed it up nicely with their originals, notably 'Swunk' that struck a such a chord with the ladies in the crowd that they played it a second time, the odd-time signatures on the jazz-rock tune ending with an explosion of coordinated pyrotechnics.

XLers got into the act as well with Skinny Alley inviting members of BodhiSapling on stage for a jam. A total of 7 musicians on stage played the BodhiSapling original dedicated to the mess - 'Too Many Potatoes' with guitarists Bharat and Amyt trading groovy blues solos as Narain took the crowd through the chorus, a song that appeals to everyone who lines up at the mess foyer at lunch! Special mention must be made of Poornima on drums - she was like a rock, it isn't often you see a budding lady HR manager playing drums on a rock band, do you? But that's what XL is about, in the end...

Amchi Mumbai chapter update

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From: "Promita Ray"
Subject: XL Alumni Mumbai - Lights! Action?

For meeting Bhushan Raina, current President XL Alumni Assoc, just 2 of us turned up eventually; albeit the notice was short, and it was a working day.

1.As a practical first step, it would be very helpful if each of us could add at least 3 xlers we know, to join the amchimumbai group.particularly need help of richard d'souza, akshay soni, aseem gandhi, et al.

madhukar(shukla) would you be able to send us a list of all mumbai alumni, so with their accord one could add their names in the database?

2. Would you be interested in
a) helping to organise a get-together this "winter" in mumbai, preferably before christmas?
b) joining in, if someone organises it all

Would request some youngers xlers to take on the coordination role - i shall certainly chip in with my bit of effort.

Action?
Promita 9820324740


From: Subir Nag

Well, I start with my apologies to Promita for not having posted a mail after our evening with Bushen and his colleagues. Bushen seems to be quite enthu in rejuvenating an otherwise lacklustre alumni association. To start with, he is aranging an event in Jamshedpur, around 20th November, lasting 3 days. I guess Akhtar had posted the details of the same in an earlier mail. He queried if anyone is interested to join the fun.

He also mentioned that Mumbai, perhaps is the least active of the all the chapters. The reasons, we all concluded, are many, like, increased work pressure, long distances to travel, status difference of south mumbai and the rest ("the twain shall never meet" was the opinion of Akshay in one of his mails; albeit in jest, I guess) etc.

however, Promita is very rightly focused on doing something to inject life in the Mumbai chapter, and has suggested two measures in her mail. I notice that out of 196 members, only 36 appear in the database. If we know the details of others, can we put their entry to increase the count?

The picnic is a great idea. I am willing to chip in with my bit, but will require 3-4 others to share the load. Let me know if anyone's game.

Cheers

- subir

XL Diro and others in Bangalore today evening!

XL Diro @ XLBang Happy Hours! Friday - Nov 5th
Hi folks, long time no schmooze & booze!

We are happy to have with us for this month's Happy Hours:
* Fr N. Casimirraj, S. J., Director of XLRI
* Bushen Raina the National President, XLRI Alumni Association
* Rana Sinha, President of the Jamshedpur Alumni Chapter.

We're also having some adult games like Dumb Charades for entertainment.

Venue: KGA Poolside or Party Hall if it rains
When: 7:30pm, Friday (Nov 3)
Host: George Ollapally
**Free drinks served till 7:30pm.**

Bring your batchmates and see you there!

Yours,
Kuru
98451-41464

Get the XL Bangalore Alumni news at http://xlbang.blogspot.com

XLer in Intel wins coveted award !

From : GG
Fyi, Seema is from the batch of PM&IR 94
Seema P Nair, recently got a very coveted Department Recognition Award for her work as the India Diversity Champion

"Ensemble" in Business Line

From: Allen Ebenezer Eric 
 

Meanwhile, hope you have seen the Business Line Media Partnership for Ensemble - we got two ads of a large size on the prominent page 3 for Ensemble in the National Edition, apart from a link on their site (www.blonnet.com). This was in addition to coverage.

 

Now, for NITS, Business Standard is the Media Partner. The times have never been so good. Seeing the Business Line ad, the Standard guys got in touch with us, offering a nice deal for NITS... :-) Apparently, their VP is also coming down to XL to meet the batch...