On Durga Puja

[bishakha kumar]

hi gals

We are collecting Rs. 30 /- per head from all the gals to give it to  3 didi' s and 1 security guard for durga puja as they have asked for bakshish from many gals by now.

Total 13 girls are available in the hostel so that makes it around 13*30 = 390 , so basically we will be giving them around Rs. 100 each.

So please hand over the amount to me by tomorrow.

regards

bishakha

[Minal Dadlani]

Hi Bishakha,

Sorry, but I am not in favour of giving bakshish to all the didi's and the guards... 

The cleaning maid does such an abysmal job that I am contemplating complaining about her again to Mrinal. Everytime I go down, she's sitting with the guard gossiping away to glory!

The guards can sit in the hall with Shankar dada for hours, but cannot allow guys to step in the hostel even if they are standing outside and working with a laptop in their hands! 

Rs. 30 is not a big amount at all and there are no second thoughts about contributing the amount, but I don't feel that all of them deserve it from us.

This is my take. But if everyone is ready to pay up, I will do the same.

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Regards,
Minal Dadlani
MBA (IB) 2009-11
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Contact: +91 9674331425

[kshitija khade]

I agree with Minal actually... Why dont we maintain 4 separate amounts and contribute separately to each.. I for eg would prefer giving more to paro didi and the raat waale uncle rather than the other two... and the maid ill like to give the least.... so y dont we do dat? 

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Warm Regards,
Kshitija Khade
Jt Media Coordinator, IMF IIFT Student Body 2010
MBA(IB) 2009-11
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
School Of International Business, New Delhi | Kolkata
Contact No: +91-9804853428

[.Shveta N.]

Same here.. If given a choice, I'd give max to paro didi.. Then other didi and dada and least to Suparna di.. 

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Warm Regards,

Shveta Nagpal
MBA(IB) - Class of 2011

[Mary Brinda]

Paro didi is the best ! Suparna didi already took bakshi from me !

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With Warm Regards,
Mary Brinda John Wilson
MBA(IB) 2010-12

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
School Of International Business, New Delhi | Kolkata

Contact No: +91-9874970309

[Ritika Yadav]

how much??

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Thanks and Regards,

Ritika Yadav

MBA - IB
Batch of 2009-11

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

School of International Business

[bishakha kumar]

hi gals

I can understand your concern , that one doesnt feel like giving if the work is not satisfactory , in fact many girls are not much satisfied with their work, but i was thinking that, since this is our last Durga Puja here we can take this contribution as a last token of appreciation for whatever they have done till now (small or big).  

And regarding giving different amounts to different people I feel that it would create a sense of inequality among different didis and guards . 

So guys please lemme know what do u feel now.

I will talk to the didis about improving the quality of work specially the housekeeping didi.

infact if u have any specific concerns please lemme know so that i can talk to didi about it.

thanks and regards

bishakha

[kshitija khade]

Ok in that case if she is already  taking it separately from individual people then toh i think it makes sense to take it person wise rather than as a blanket amount for each and let it be voluntary as in whatever you want to give each person with a minimum amount specified... 

[Mary Brinda]

not a big amount (25rs, gave her 100 along with the washing charges) but she had been asking me even before we left home, so i thought i couldn't say no today.

[bishakha kumar]

hi kshitija , 

Mary gave some amount in the morning so i have asked her not to contribute any more . This Rs 30/- is excluding her.

I was thinking that its better to keep it uniform to Rs 30/- at base rate and if any one wants to pay more can do that seperetely apart from this Rs.30/-

regards

bishakha

[Mehak Gandhi]

Hi Bishakha... since this is apparently the festive season, we'll surely do our bit for them.

But after Durga Puja celebrations (since before that it will have no impact!!), it would be great if you could consider what Minal shared... as this is actually an issue here. There has not been even a single day when i didn't have to go myself and call the maid to clean our room...  and even then keep waiting for her to turn up. It is frustrating. For a while, i actually felt she doesn't want to turn up in our rooms till we leave for bus and then the rooms are anyway locked so no work for her. I don't mind leaving the key if she prefers to clean later... if only she would work!

Given that we have less than 2 months to wrap up this trimester and leave for placements in Delhi, why can't this be brought to the notice of the authorities that the guys won't murder us if they as much as sit in the hall... where they were anyway allowed last year... especially now when it's time... why is everythin so complicated here?

Pls do hv a word with Mrinal... drill in his head that it really need not go on this way!! As for the money collection... no issues with that. If it motivates the maid to work...i wouldn't mind!!

Regards,

Mehak.

[bishakha kumar]

ok guys 

I will talk to mrinal sir tomorrow about the issues mentioned by mehak , and also will talk to didi's individually. 

So lets wait for tomorrow and then only we'll whether to give them bakshish or not.

Until and unless all are satisfied to give the money, no money will be taken forcibly.

regards

bishakha 

[bishakha kumar]

ya sure mehak ,

it was implicit that these are all gals problems and not just urs.I just mentioned ur name since u wrote down all the issues faced by many of us also.

So dont worry :)

regards

bishakha

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Mehak Gandhi <mehak.g...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Bishakha... it would be great if you cud stress upon this is as an overall hostel problem... bcs if u tell mrinal i said so... then he may not realise that everyone else is facing the same problem too. But i know u'll handle this well... i will surely pay anyway. but if probs can be solved too, it'll be great.

Thanks,

Mehak.

[Mehak Gandhi]

Great. :) I so trust mrinal... but let's give him a chance. :) He gets very bossy with the poor guards and housekeeper... so try talking to them first, before outright complain. And irrespective of everythin, bakshish shudn't be scrapped... Rs.30 is not a significant amount. We can give equal to all of them... and later give our individual extra Rs.20-30 or so in perks... i'd definitely give a bit extra to the guards for babysitting our cute kittie while her mommie is at college. :) They do put in the effort!

Good Night,

Mehak.

[Mehak Gandhi]

Hey Bishakha... i just had a word with a few of us... why don't we give on our own whatever amount we feel like... to whomsoever we feel like. Brinda has already given... we can to do the same. It's somethin we hv anyway inherited from our moms :) This will save u the time and effort of collecting the fund and all... plus most of us are anyway here on Durga Puja... so that shud be easy. And this won't need any more chain mails. This is my last mail anyway...:)

Regards,

Mehak.