MAIN BHI EDITOR
Vaibhav Singh ’96
The title is unabashedly inspired by the new
album of Baba Sehgal (Ab Main Vengaboy), though it has nothing to
do with it. I was wondering about whatever sells in this world. Thus though SAM
isn’t a commercial magazine but just for the heck of it, I thought of
remodelling SAM on the lines of commercial mags like Stardust, Filmfare (and
what not). Now people eating cheese spreads can’t become the right material for
centre spreads. So the only thing left for me to do was add a silly column or
two. A sample is given below :
RIDDLE OF THE ISSUE :
Q : Why can’t anyone have AIDS in Gymkhana ?
A :
Because according to the latest WHO report every twentieth person in India will
have AIDS by the year 2000 and Gym strength is only 19.
If it is not enough for you there goes
another.
PROBLEM / QUESTION OF THE ISSUE :
Gymmie
to a doctor on a DP holiday : Doc my problem is quite serious. So the first
thing I did on my vacation was to come to you.
Doctor
:What’s the matter ?
Gymmie: I
think I am a insomniac. Doctor, I have a sound sleep in the night. It’s okay in
the morning but by afternoon time I start tossing and turning.
I showed these around to a few people and the opinion of the majority
(though they praised my efforts) was that it is best to have SAM in the way it
is. Anyway majority isn’t always right. Any contributions of the above type
will be appreciated. Though I can’t assure any such things will ever again come out in print but between you and me , I
will feel good if you do so.