The Globe Story

Globe: A spherical representation of the earth or of the constellations with a map on the surface. Oxford English Dictionary.

For us at IIM Bangalore, the definition of Globe is very different. It is eloquent drivel. A lot of profound words strung together to make no sense. Loquacious jargon. Something all of us would-be, have-been and might-be B-school students recognize with rolling eyes. This.

And in July 2009, we were faced with the task of coming up with a mascot for Unmaad, to be held in October that year. In October, when IIM Bangalore would be teeming with exchange students from all over the globe. We discussed. We brainstormed. We stretched our limits of creativity. We decided to take a break. Hey but did we just say globe? Of course it had to be Globe! Thus Globe was born, late one beautiful summer night, while most of us had decided to give up trying to stay up in classes anymore, with a few skillful strokes of Mak's sketch pen. And it did not stop until one day, he realized, he had sketched every conceivable form of Globe. And so did the world. Because that October, the world was going to be Bangalore!

Globe aka Globe-trotter ak(more lovingly)a Globu, in his several forms, immediately stole the hearts of the globe-infested multitude at IIMB. And the sanity of his creators, denying them of the few minutes of sleep during classes and the globe-less dreams in their sleep. He welcomed the musicians as Globe Satriani. The Reshammiya fans with his Jhalak dikhla ja, Bangalore aaja. The mavericks with Guevera's Come join the Global Revolution! The artists as M F Hussain. The dancers with MJ's moonwalk. And thus, Globe became the icon of Unmaad October '09.

Legend tells of a legendary college fest whose awesomeness was the stuff of a legend. And Kung-fu Globu says, this legend is called Globe@Unmaad Oct '09. He will remain forever in the hearts of all those at Unmaad last year.  On worn-out T-shirts. On our hostel room walls. And will go down in history as the one who reconciled the IIMB lingo with the Oxford English Dictionary. Globu! You shall have always a firm place in our hearts. Sing the October Song, and Unmaad will welcome you with open arms. <Sniff>