To the new Torch Bearers…

I envisage our minds as flint stones which have the capability to kindle a fire when ignited. They say that a good education adds on to this fire. The flame then glimmers in the mind and stays with ones core forever…However, I am not sure…am yet to experience it!

The intent of this write up is not to promote anything. This is a candid forthright attempt to paint a myriad picture at Flame.

If you fall into the addiction of seeing the glass half full, then you are sure to be positive about learning at Flame. If you are the kind of person who loves to taste an innovative cuisine at the inauguration of a new restaurant and then weighing it in your mind machine to appreciate and criticize it on different parameters to then tell your friends and relatives about it, Flame is for you. It’s an experience that you may be reluctant to dive in, but it will sure be something to cherish about once you have come here.

You may miss the city, but countryside has its own fascination… And that too, a hi-tech countryside where you sit your machine coffee at the water cascade with your lappy…! You may feel claustrophobic at times, when you want to get out of here and go to the city. It’s the time you die for weekends. One can actually feel the joy of witnessing cars and crowd, roads and restaurants!

What may sure magnetize you to come here is the top view of the beautiful green golf course while you traverse through the unmade roads towards the campus! There may be times when you just want to jump from the roads onto that green patch of land. It almost feels like your treasure lies just beneath and yet you hardly get there!

There are mixed reviews about the food that feeds us in flame. But the half glass full theory works here as well! You will have no qualms about the food here if you have already had the experience of being away from your family deprived of “maa ke haath ka khana”, only to eat in a typical mess where a ‘roti’ can be used as an eraser! You will feel blessed with the food Sodexho provides you at Flame. There are days when they let you indulge in sinful bliss with hot chocolate and brownie and there are days when you may just wish to consume as much buttermilk as you can!

Multi tasking and time management skills will get honed to their best. From yoga to sports to developmental activities to attending classes, doing assignments, participating in events, squeezing in time to eat lunch, running for lectures, not being allowed in accounts classes at 9.01 am, watching late night movies of course under ‘movie club’, learning not to rely on only one alarm and much more!…
Flame will sure train you to be the superman and the superwoman of the 21st century!

Pankti Vora
Flame School of Communication
Foundation for Liberal and Management Education, Pune

First Trek at Flame

India won the World Cup. The euphoria reached a hilt at one point when enthusiasts demonstrated their emotions on the furniture outside pitstop! 6.30 am next morning. 23 sleepy students. Waiting at Pit Stop. Still celebrating???

Naaa! We left behind Bhaji's captaincy for something even more fun – a trek with General Mehta, our CO and inspiration for numerous initiatives at FLAME.



There were some samples of course; some were literally dragged out of bed like our Gandhiji Vickey (ahem... Dipika had to do the honours of dragging her bhaiya out!)

On the way up the hill, General Mehta shared a few precious memories of his time spent in Kashmir and the jawan's life in the Indian Army, extremely inspiring. It felt so great...an honour to be able to hear his stories and be a part of the experience.

As with all awesome things, the fun part came right at the end, while walking half way down the constructed road, some of our crazy UG girls came up with the brilliant idea of taking the 'off the beaten track' - a slope cutting almost 75 degree right down, leading us to the golf course! Now, normally, we would have taken the sane road and come down like respective (read boring people) but no, the crazy gang with our 60 year young leader went down the rubble filled slope! Slip! Tumble, scratch! Ouch! Through muck, slippery grass, and a lot more, we managed to paint our bottoms a healthy earthy shade, what with everyone sliding down with no clue as to where their feet slip next!

It wasn't exactly the most strenuous trek, neither was it tiring, yes we all came back all dirty, but with big grins all across our excited faces, and most important of all - the fun-o-meter – I rate that a 100%!

Cheers to more such adventure at FLAME!

Deepti Jhangiani

Flame School of Communication

Foundation for Liberal and Management Education

Pune, India

Credits for Images:

Deepti Jhangiani

Flame School of Communication
Foundation for Liberal and Management Education
Pune, India

http://deeptijhangiani.blogspot.com/

Bollywood Night - Special Photo Feature

Event: Bollywood Night
Venue: Indoor Sports Complex
Time: Dark Hours
Dress Code: Formals or Elegant Wear
(Entry by invitation only)


The CEO of the evening, MS. POOJA SHAH:

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And her small team of people:

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The people who graced the occasion:

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And this is what happens when they all go CRAZY, DANCING:

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Credits for Images:

Deepti Jhangiani
Flame School of Communication
Foundation for Liberal and Management Education
Pune, India

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Dipayan Kundu
Flame School of Communication
Foundation for Liberal and Management Education
Pune, India

P.S: More images expected by tonight from Rahul Khamboj. So hang on to this space for some more time.