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What? FakeICPLPlayer?

January 15, 2012 ICPL 0 Comment

This is what JokaTimes received from a guy( could be a girl too) who wishes to remain unidentified. Lets just leave it at that. Fake. Bogus. Counterfeit. Make-believe. Phony. Like the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DVD you purchased at Palika Bazar. Like the Gucci bag that you bought for your girlfriend on Linking Road. Luckily for you, she doesn’t have the good taste to tell the difference. Win-win. [caption id="attachment_3310" ...

Warriors Off to a Flyer

January 14, 2012 Featured,ICPL 0 Comment

There have been huge levels of excitement and anxiety throughout the campus about ICPL-3 and Boy, what a start it got off to, with Mumbai Warriors locking horns with “Angry” Lions, Punjab in the tournament opener. Our skipper, Joyjit won the toss and put the opposition in to bat. I had the privilege of bowling the first over of the third edition of ICPL, and I immediately settled ...

Faculty – Students match – Part Deux….

The faculty cricket team is on a roll. Their confidence is sky high. Fresh from their win over the ICPL Captains XI, the faculty members agreed to a match with the PGPEX cricket team. It is for the first time that a PGPEX team will face off with the faculty. The faculty team is keen to protect their 100% victory record. However, not much is known about the ...

Making a point

They said he couldn’t swing the Cosco tennis ball. They said the batsmen were reading his variations. They even said he was spending more time on Markov chains than on the field. Prof. Sumanta Basu heard them all, without batting an eyelid. More than the urge to prove his detractors wrong was the resolve to change his game. Like someone said, victory can bring the warmest glows, but ...

Match Report: The faculty win by 80 runs

To compete with the faculty team on even terms, the student side headed by Vsax needed to play to  their full potential. But with poor match practice and a general lack of confidence, it was not to be.  In what was one of the most one-sided contests in recent times, the Professors beat the students by a whopping 80 runs.

Prof. Leena Chatterjee to offer free counseling starting Dec 31

December 30, 2011 Campus Life,ICPL 1 Comment

Prof.Leena Chatterjee of the Behavioural Sciences Dept has declared that she’ll be offering free counseling sessions for students of the institute. “ This is to avoid a nervous breakdown after their loss in the student faculty cricket match”, she was quoted saying.  “With the placement season approaching, it is important that our students are in the right frame of mind.  In principle, I am against this idea of ...

Krishanu Sir’s absence will hurt the Faculty team: Yuvraj Singh

December 29, 2011 Campus Life,ICPL 1 Comment

In what could be seen as a well targeted taunt, Yuvraj Singh, a prominent member of the students’ team says that the faculty team is not menacing without their star batsman, Prof Krishanu Rakshit. With impeccable technique off the back and front foot, Krishanu Sir is regarded as the man who has taken the faculty team to victory on numerous occasions.  “ He is their best bet under ...

“Fachhon ko Cricket sikhayenge hum!!” : Prof Prashant Mishra

December 29, 2011 Campus Life,ICPL 1 Comment

The much awaited students Vs faculty cricket match of IIM Calcutta may be a few hours away, but the war of words seems to have started. In an exclusive interview to JokaTimes, Prof Prashant Mishra, PGP Chairman and captain of the faculty cricket team said that the students’ team under Vikas Saxena (PGDM 2012) poses no threat whatsoever. Considering that the last edition of the event was won ...

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