What I'm gonna say is related to the ill effects brought about by the dependency and the acute involvement of the general public on the What'sApp.
It's again the time for honours and awards. Last time, a committee of five members was given the job to short list the names and they'd done a decent job of it. The same team was asked to zero in on the right candidates for this year. The right people were to be identified, their achievements listed, compared and validated before the final announcement.
However, this time, a twist has taken place. Two names, from among our classmates, have been thrown up on our What'sApp group and they're definitely deserving, by virtue of their merit and achievements, thus far. Why this was discussed on the circuit beats me because almost everyone else, other than the members of the committee, have voiced their opinion and endorsed the names!
Now, asking the committee to take a decision is unnecessarily asking for trouble for the following reasons:-
(a) What is left for the committee to decide after throwing up names and giving a general
endorsement, albeit, by a few?
(b) To me, the committee's purpose has been compromised, at least for this year and it will be a
cruel joke to insist upon it to do the selection as though the What'sApp developments on the
issue had not taken place at all.
(c) Let's take a hypothetical situation that the committee decides to swallow bitter bile owing to
its magnanimity and is willing to go through with the selection process. Then:-
(i) Will the committee be able to apply its mind on the selection of the candidates?
(ii) What happens if the committee were to zero in on names other than the two that have
already been bandied about?
(iii) Won't it, then, be a miserable experience for the two who have been 'short listed' by
a sort of voice vote?
Tailpiece.
1. I spoke about this 'dichotomy' on our What'sApp circuit this morning and suggested that the committee can be asked to stand down, this time. Instead, we should observe the endorsements, to the two names, that keep pouring in on the circuit!
2. An unsavoury situation brought about by the chatterati!
It's again the time for honours and awards. Last time, a committee of five members was given the job to short list the names and they'd done a decent job of it. The same team was asked to zero in on the right candidates for this year. The right people were to be identified, their achievements listed, compared and validated before the final announcement.
However, this time, a twist has taken place. Two names, from among our classmates, have been thrown up on our What'sApp group and they're definitely deserving, by virtue of their merit and achievements, thus far. Why this was discussed on the circuit beats me because almost everyone else, other than the members of the committee, have voiced their opinion and endorsed the names!
Now, asking the committee to take a decision is unnecessarily asking for trouble for the following reasons:-
(a) What is left for the committee to decide after throwing up names and giving a general
endorsement, albeit, by a few?
(b) To me, the committee's purpose has been compromised, at least for this year and it will be a
cruel joke to insist upon it to do the selection as though the What'sApp developments on the
issue had not taken place at all.
(c) Let's take a hypothetical situation that the committee decides to swallow bitter bile owing to
its magnanimity and is willing to go through with the selection process. Then:-
(i) Will the committee be able to apply its mind on the selection of the candidates?
(ii) What happens if the committee were to zero in on names other than the two that have
already been bandied about?
(iii) Won't it, then, be a miserable experience for the two who have been 'short listed' by
a sort of voice vote?
Tailpiece.
1. I spoke about this 'dichotomy' on our What'sApp circuit this morning and suggested that the committee can be asked to stand down, this time. Instead, we should observe the endorsements, to the two names, that keep pouring in on the circuit!
2. An unsavoury situation brought about by the chatterati!
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