Agents of change as the name suggests , trying to reform the very nature of the area around us . unfortunately, people are so very bound to what they see everyday that they never really think out of the box. They are like horses of a chariot as I suggested the very sentence to my teacher when she scolded me for questioning a security guard that why is a space which is not being used can be used in a more judicious manner. Yes , called them the horses because they are made to the see straight not into their surroundings . same is the case with the people of Gurgaon district.
Today I would like to share my first flash mob experience with everyone. We guys thought of doing something different as we say thinking out of the box. We guys decided to sit at a wasted public space and we guys decided to fly paper planes in that area as it was the best means of passing time for everyone in their childhood. We guys entered the building complex and sat on the floor pretending as if we dint know each other . all of us started throwing planes around the floor . I had never visited that very place before but it really made me believe that this place would not have been that crazy the way it was when we guys were there throwing paper planes randomly. For when, somebody used to ask as to what we are doing our replies were “ I just had a divorce , so I am channelizing my energy into something else” ironic isn’t it? . As in India there is this huge problem with people of proving their superiority over others , a guard came up to me out of nowhere and asked me to leave while on the other side some of the people even joined us into the very event.
Within five minutes there were about seven security people around me finding a way to catch hold of me and kill me. Basically , they even checked my bag to see if there was a bomb in my bag, I am sure one of them must still be feeling proud of himself thinking he saved his own complex from a bomb blast. So I asked them that why are they stoping me , as it is the best defence to not answer a person as it keeps you in ambiguity , he asked his fellow mate to throw me out of the complex and so I went myself, basically in the end we managed to get some support of the people which was our main motive which we successfully achieved
i would not call it a wasted public space entirely, i mean yes people were just moving around but, some were already seated around the structure and came for shelter when it started raining( they do use it,but limited only around the structure).
ReplyDeleteWould say there were larger number of people today as compared to the no., during our first visit on friday - which i feel was due to the weather (it was really hot that day!!)
smriti
i agree with smriti..honestly i think they made full use of the space. i think maybe we should look for some other wasted public space.
ReplyDeleteanother thing we should note is not to do anything suspicious..because lets face it gurgaon people are not aware of flash mobs at all. this concept is new to them, and doing anything out of the box will create problems and arouse suspicion.
overall, as far as the reaction goes of the people, i think we "nailed it".
now lets just hope that those people might be tempted to do something themselves.
Shitij, the only reason Malini pointed out that you ought not to have questioned the guard or security guy is not because we must accept what they are saying but because we try to use a different approach. I think this entails us dissociating from the actions of the mission too in that it must be seen by everyone else as something out of the blue and no apparent source. Just think of why none of the other people from the group got hauled up with you even though Malini & me made interjections too in that situation. This is certainly not to single you out or anything, i actually think that you handled the situation quite well and calmly but just that you could have tried to make out that you actually dont know who started it and that your only 'fault' was to join in.
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