We decided to let the night be and put together all the events of the afternoon and the evening early in the morning.
That served us to reflect about the significant of this blog: it’s a tool for manage informations or a possibility to give news significants of our staying toghether every day? And also, are we telling our story because obliged or because we really need to construct our group identity?
As the tutors of the blog yesterday we decided to observe and to be attentive not only to the content of the lessons or what’s happened during the visit to Biocon, but also at group’s dynamics.
Morning started with our tipical breakfast here at XIME, black tea or coffee to begin the day with the necessary energy.
During the morning we followed different lessons: first one was made by Professor Ravindra, which illustrated us the innovation and development of indian IT industries; it departed from historical notions, trying to explain times and passages which had produced the actual assect in indian IT industries.
He was followed by Professor Palta, who deeply explained us the Indian Manufacturing Industry, passing from food, to beverage, to chemical and pharmaceutical, with special references to the aeronautical sectors, in which he had worked for years.
The last lesson of the day was made by Professor Natarajan, who described with a richness of details the Indian higher education system, especially analyzing engineering education value, and the opinion of the possible stakeholder of the future.
It was very late when we ended the lessons, so, after a very quickly lunch, just in few minutes, we were ready, waiting for our first visit to a company in Bangalore, during this summer School.
The impression we have had when we arrived was to be in a different, new world.The company is Biocon, a pharmaceutical one, leader in biotech products, and in particular researching on development of drugs for diabetics and oncologycal patients.
The industry is near our campus so we took a few minutes to arrive.
Biocon’s hub is located in a beautiful place, with all around garden perfectly cut and green.
We were received in the conference room, where all is perfect and modern.
The head of public relation office described us the company, how it was created and how it develops in those years; he also listed all the first products of the company, and what are their ambitions for the future.
Biocon operates in a really innovative sector of pharmaceutical industry; biosimilar products probably rapresent the future of medical research and clinical trial in oncology sector first, so Biocon has a very important role also in the future of healthcare.
What we found very interesting during the presentation was the information about women employed in the company; they are about 30%, and that’s due to a specifical policy of the company, and it’s President, which is a lady!
The description of products was still completed hurriedly, and the information he gave us was maybe too technical for many of us.
At the end of the presentation finally came the moment that all of us were expecting with enthusiasm… the visit to the productive hub!
But… at the end, they told us that it wasn’t possible to make the visit, because of reparation works at the productive sector.
We don’t hide our delusion for this happening: most of us don’t really understand the reason.
However, we immediately find a way to make up for the disappointment.
First of all, we’ve had a good notice: our indian telephone sim cards now are active; second, we are all free for the rest of the day!
We start to tell the story of the afternoon and the evening reflecting on the words of Professor Moorthi, who came with us to Biocon, about our group. He said “it’s very hard to organize a large group, and it’s also very hard to pleased everyone”. In one phrase he touched two sides of the coin: the rational one, with rules and organizzative aspects, and the other one, affective, emotional. As a tutors of the blog we should write about the both sides of heart of our group, both having pair dignity.
We didn’t resume only at the observation, but we decided to partecipate. So, we choose to continue our adventure each one with one group, because we though that gives us the possibility to put together all the stories.
During the afternoon and during the long long evening that followed our group splitted in two groups who rapresents two vision of how to spend the time and for how to understand India.
One group searched the spiritual side of India, visiting hindu temple and making a full immersion in the traditional places ; for the other, full immersion also, but in…shopping in Commercial Road!
We took a relevant number of risciò; the trip had been really difficult, because of the traffic, the suffocating air, and the hour and half used to arrive in the centre of the city, and this is valued for all the groups.
But…finally we arrived!
We start telling the story of the hedonisthic group.
We’ve never been in Commercial Road, and at six pm o’clock colours are very suggestive, because sun is setting, and the light slowly decline, mixing colour and people moving in the evening.
Commercial street is a very pleasant road, full of little shops of sari, pashminas, bracelets and shoes, and all the typical indian products we where searching!
All the girls, but also boys, were really glad to be there, e some of us started buying some present to return back home to parents and friends!
From Commercial Road we took again the risciò to go in Saint Mark’s street, another location in Bangalore very different from the colours and all the people we founded in the centre of the city, at the market, but, full of modern restaurants , coffee and pub.
We seats in a modern restaurant, not cooking
indian food… we can’t wait also this moment: for the first time from our arrival we ate a fantastic fillet!Dinner was more expensive than in other places, but it was worth the bill!
From restaurant we follow our indian friend, Josè!
He took us to apparently the central mall… but at the fifth floor of the mall we found a typical discoteque, full of boys and girls coming from very different nationality!
For an hour we dismissed student’s clothes, and leave space to fun!
Very interesting fact: the location, music and people moving around seem very occidental. I was observing even in the disco, and I was really shocked about the fact that the young girls entrered in bathroom wearing jeans, and after one minute they were going out ready to dance, wearing mini skirt; this made me reflect about the style of the younger generation!
But at midnight, all was closed, and, tooking again a lot of riscio, we came back to Xime, really tired but happy for this amazing day!
What about the spiritual group?
We decided to go to the buddisth temple, Sri Dodda Ganapathi and the impact of the first time seeing this kind of monument was very strong. First of all because we have the “lack” to see for the first time in our life a saint, which we quickly named “Santone”. He was ugly, with strange mouth and strange eyes. He scared all of us , but for the first time we understand the hindu rituals taking by his hand water and fire.
We learned out that in the temple you have to enter without shoes, by the left side and exit by the right side, and if you want to have luck in your life you have to shoot against a wall a coconuts, like an offer for gods.
At the second temple, Bul Temple, we were alredy prepared; that time we didn’t entered by the wrong side, we talked with the next santone (young and nice this time!), we apologised about our ignorance regarding the rituals, but he said it’s ok, invited to his temple and he let us again touching the fire and tasting the water.
But our spiritual trip dedicated to know the profound India didn’t end here.
We preferred to take dinner in the muslim quarter, staying behind a little shop of food. We discovered how enchanting is eating the food not in the plate, but on the leaves, using not white napkin but journal paper, and creating relations with the locals.
We hope that our story have really enjoyed you.
Two faces of India, two faces of the group, both necessary to be known for understand the spirit of India and the spirit of our own group!
Thank you for reading,
Carmen & Martina
Faculty of Psichology
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