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Bored in committee… here’s a small breather!

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Answers: Press, UNiS, MUN, JCC, HSC, SC

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A Stance at a Glance

The Pulwama Crisis

India:

India has taken up a more aggressive stand on the issue. They are ready to take, “Any action necessary” and have stated that their top priority is to bring Abhinandan Vardhaman back to India. Ironically, they sent him to Pakistan in the first place…

Pakistan:

Pakistan has branded themselves as, “a peace loving nation” (clearly true) and want India to be reprimanded for their actions. They believe that they have been made a victim to India’s constant aggression and that this same unprovoked aggression should be controlled. 

The United States:

The United States want the Indian pilot, Abhinandan, to be returned back to Indian soil and would criticize Pakistan for violating The Geneva Convention and holding or torturing the militant. Rich coming from a country thats President has just labelled that very same convention as, “The problem”. 

The United Kingdom:

The United Kingdom has condemned the “senseless” Pulwama attack and is ready to implement tariffs on Pakistan if they don’t allow Abhinandan to leave. One could almost say that they want the pilot to be able to leave Pakistan just as much as they now want to leave the European Union. 

Russia:

Russia too, actively support India and believes the conflict boils down to merely a sovereignty matter. This being a result of the vast amount of knowledge they have about violating countries sovereignty, of course, the most recent learning experience being the violation of Ukranian sovereignty in 2018.

Bangladesh:

Bangladesh strongly support India due to strained relations with Pakistan and are willing to launch an attack if necessary. This, of course, requiring them to traverse the entirety of India in order to reach their fellow islamic foes.

The People’s Republic of China:

The People’s Republic of China stated that they are a pakistani ally and have requested both countries to de escalate tensions, just like they are doing with the current USA – China trade tensions.

Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia has stated that they are ally of Pakistan and believe that India are in the wrong, having approximately the same amount of involvement in committee as they did in The Spanish Civil War.

UAE:

The United Arab Emirates have suggested a bilateral resolution between the two countries and believe the two should resolve the conflict by themselves, as this strategy has worked so well in previous years… They have sided with India, believing peace should be the outcome.

Armenia:

Armenia, being a distant country, has taken a seemingly distant stand on the topic, stating merely that they,”Would side with India if completely necessary”

Japan:

Japan has stated that they maintain good relationships with both countries but have chosen to side with India regarding this conflict. This statement was, of course, immaculately edited and scripted, only to be promptly read out off of a paper to the rest of the committee in a dull tone. 

Egypt:

Egypt merely stated that they do not wish to jeopardize their relations with India and have therefore chosen to remain neutral. This short statement being approximately the amount that the delegates of Egypt have spoken in the entirety of committee.

Iran:

Iran too has stated that they have fairly good ties with both countries but have reprimanded both countries for escalating tensions. They want India to stop being an “occupation force in Kashmir” and propose that Kashmir is allowed to take a referendum. Here’s to hoping we do not receive a Bregret 2.0….

Germany:

Germany has taken a fairly idealistic stand, wanting to resolve the dispute via diplomatic talks as well as wanting India and Pakistan to take into consideration the opinions and feelings of the Kashmiri people. This coming from the nation who committed one of the world’s worst atrocities and largest genocides known to man.

Afghanistan:

Although Afghanistan is an islamic country, due to strained relations between them and Pakistan, they choose to side with India. They have also sentimentally sent their condolences to the families of soldiers that have lost their lives. 

Posted on by leasorabjee

Poetry of the bored for the bored

Here lies the poetic masterpieces of a bored committee member who decided to dabble in a bit of poetry in order to entertain themselves and now hopefully to entertain you.

Roses are red, 

Violets are blue,

(anonymous) is very boring,

I want to go to the loo.

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

How are people talking,

Someone help me, I want mentos too.

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

(anonymous) why are you so far away?,

I am missing you.

~Anonymous

Posted on by nayantarac

The Subtle Art of Getting Free Mentos

Mentos are pretty much the only things that can keep delegates from falling asleep in committee, and the strongest (maybe only) motivation that people have to keep talking. But surely even people who hide from the chairs are worthy of artificial, sugary, chewy candies?

The chairs may not agree.

But there are ways of fooling them to get what you rightly deserve.

1. Having fast reflexes

If you’re sitting next to someone who constantly gets mentos chucked at them, it’s fairly easy to steal some. When the chairs throw mentos to them, try to snatch it out of the air before your fellow delegate can, if you’re fast enough. If you’re even more skilled (or if the chairs have really bad aim), you can catch it easily, while still seated, being subtle about your thievery. If you’re not skilled enough to do that and do have to stand up, the chairs and the delegate whose mentos you just stole are more likely to notice you and demand you give the candy back. If this happens, be sure to shove the mentos in your mouth as fast as you can, as then they won’t be able to do anything about it. You may get chucked out of committee, but who cares? At least you have candy.

2. Agreeing with your co-delegate

If your co-delegate is the sort of person who has a lot to say, it’s easy to pile on to their points to get more candy. For example:

Delegate A: I further think that Donald Trump has made a fool of himself by tweeting about how he is proud of himself for having ‘fans’.

Delegate B (you): I CONCUR.

Chair: *chucks mentos to both of you*

As you can see in the above example, the chair will have been outsmarted by your witty and thoughtful remark, and will give you mentos that your co-delegate earned for you. Yell your agreement louder for better results.

3. Sneaking them out from under the chair’s nose

If you want to be super dramatic and get out of your seat to stand at the front of the room while talking, there is a likely chance you’ll be able to steal mentos from the chair’s desks. This will be a lot easier if you have a boisterous co-del who can dazzle the entire committee as well as the chairs with their sensational points, giving you time to steal a handful of mentos for the both of you. (The delegates of France in the HSC would be very good at this.)

4. Making deals with logistics

The logistics team are always in committee, passing chits and getting bored out of their minds. And they have access to the mentos that you rightly deserve. This is incredibly unjust, but cest la vie. If you’re smart enough though, you can strike a deal with them and get yourself some candy. Or bribe them. Either works.

5. Take them during lunch

The chairs almost never let their guards down, but the rare occasion that they do is during lunch breaks. If you are sneaky enough, you can stay in the room until the chairs leave for lunch and then take mentos from the blessed jar so temptingly standing on their desk. Hope that the chair has not counted the number that are in their jar before they left for lunch, and don’t take so many that it’s very obvious. Then once committee starts again, eat them slowly, making everyone around jealous and in awe of how you have earned so many of these divine, artificially flavoured, overly sweet candies.

Posted on by Janani

It UN-iS Time! — A Playlist

Committee is beginning, your mind is all over the place and the last thing you need right now is a playlist, right? But take a moment to reconsider.

What would some good vibes do to you? Soothe you? Relax you? Annoy the chairs? Get you in the zone?

You can listen to it here. It’s MUN TIME BABEY!!!

Posted on by aditimarshan

What does your favourite Old-BIS room say about you?

Everyone had their favourites – that one corner in the library where you made your first friend, the glue-covered tables in the art room where Miss Pinky yelled at you, or maybe the AV room, where you sat tracing the grooves in the fake wooden flooring instead of singing along with Miss Anita. Whatever your favourite room was before the school changed forever, whichever room it is you miss the most, we’re united in our mourning. That being said, let’s find out just how loser-y YOUR nostalgia is.

The Library

Everyone loved the library. It was where you went if you had free time, where you could read book after book, where you could gossip endlessly with your friends. It was home. If this was your favourite spot, you’re not alone. Chances are you have a tight-knit group of incredible friends, and you’d convene here at lunch everyday. Even so, it’s likely you sometimes needed a break from all the chatting, and even then the library was your refuge. Its dark corners and tall shelving allowed you to disappear into some fantasy world for a while, and emerge only when you absolutely had to.

The Art Room

Now, this one’s complicated. BIS OGs will remember Miss Pinky’s room up on the 4th floor with its sink to wash brushes in and Sunita Didi fiercely guarding the gold and white paint bottles. But the OG-OG BISites will remember Miss Pathak’s old art room on the 2nd floor, where we rolled long, thin ropes of clay to turn into snakes and bowls and houses, where we cut little shapes out of folded paper to make snowflakes, and where we scraped crayon off of other crayon – creating black magic. If either of these rooms is what you miss most, you’re probably a hippie peace, love and flowers sort of person, wearing tie-die shirts and listening to jazz. You enjoy sipping herbal tea while talking in hushed tones about the melancholic life of Van Gogh and exactly how his name is really pronounced.

The AV Room

If this place was your favourite, you have more suppressed energy than you can handle. The ground isn’t free, so these are the walls that get assaulted by your sponge balls, and these are the floors that get pounded by your feet as you try to escape it. Every day at 10:40 you had your snack-box out and ready for you to run all the way up to the 4th floor to call first dibs on the room so you and your friends could play some version of a game involving a ball and running. If you miss the AV room more than anything else, I can say with some confidence that your dream job would be in sports.

The Comp Lab

Yes, newbies, that’s what it was called originally. Not the IT Lab, and most definitely not the IT Hub. Rows of computers lined up so everyone’s backs face each other, and yet every class that passed through this room found a way to talk so much we disrupted the teacher’s plan. If this was your favourite spot in school, you likely yearn for the simpler days of MS Paint and IXL Math and even further back, when computers classes meant playing Art Attack games for an hour and comparing the paintings you and your friends came up with. How nice that little barrel of virtual glitter looked, swinging across the page on that log elastic rope. What you wouldn’t give to be there now, waltzing across a canvas, inadvertently creating some sort of masterpiece… And instead here you are, burdened by reality and responsibilities. Oh, well, at least you know it only gets worse!

The Hall and Kitchen

Trust me, you are not alone. Those tiles may be gone, but they will never be forgotten. Funnily enough, as many OG-BISites will remember, those tiles were a change from the OG-OG tiles we had. Even so, those multi-coloured floors, that painting of the last supper, and so, so many meals built most of the memories we have grown up on. If this was your favourite room, you’re a people-person. You love being around the people you love, even if you can barely hear each other over the din of every other set of friends that’s just as close to each other. Seems like you’d get on just fine in the clubs of Mumbai! You’re brave, outgoing, and you have a lot of opinions – on life and on lunch. But most of all, you have grown up in a place that has allowed you to be all that you are, and you’ll hate to leave it.