Raakesh Natraj - IIMPrint Writeup

Ordinary people become heroes when they throw caution to the winds and run headlong into extra – ordinary circumstances, one became a hero by running away from normal situations. Locking himself up in his room when called on for committee interviews, not replying to mails asking him to attend company presentations or doing his portion of a term project stands testament to this fact. This is also one of the reasons he has not replaced his “cell phone”. This way he is blissfully unaware of any kind of work people may want him to do.

Hands down the most talked about person on campus for his deeds, Arkesha TN Raja (as he like to call himself), has bent the PGP, Placement and STEX rules, often drawing up new ones that serve his purpose. Be it proving his work experience of a year to get into the HEPP process, providing documental evidence of CV points or submitting summer internship documents, Raakesh has shown that he is not about to bow down to rules of any kind.

There are 2 facets to Raakesh – one when he’s drunk and the other a philosopher who tries to reach out to people by appealing to them on a different level. Sometimes these 2 facets unite. Both these are equally funny. What with a drunken Raakesh abusing everyone at an insti party when the booze ran out at 1:30 AM or the DISCO head during hoax who tried to analyze why people copied during the test. Freud was proud.

This wannabe guitarist is verily a woman chaser. From leaving love notes in a H1 door (ably aided by a former council member) to trying to hook up with his latest crush by going after her best friend, Raakesh has tried everything in the book to have him a girl. His “standing” amongst the fairer sex took a nose dive when he got into a nasty fight with a very, very prominent Oculus member. Damage control in the form of going in for a new “look” – long hair, was resorted to and soon Don Juan thought he was back in the game. But little did he know that people had started to mistake him for Shwetha Jhamb and Nitya Venkatesh as his hair grew.

An angry Raakesh took to new forms of getting back at those who made fun of his new look – taking loans from them. This has ensured that he owes almost half the college, money. This soon became a disease and he started mooching stuff off almost everyone. Anyone noticed why Raakesh never goes inside Fauji anymore?

There has been something Raakesh has been totally committed to – his responsibilities. He is the sole reason for the Chess Club reaching the heights it has. He has also staked his claim to being the most useless TamCom president in history.Please do not draw conclusions about him from the above facts. Actually, please do. There’s nothing that can be written to defend him.