Hybrid Hues '15-'17 AIIMS, New Delhi | Page 19

PULSE is a seven-day dream for medical students all around the country, and most importantly for us. Months of preparation go behind it. Countless hours are put in by us so that we can play the perfect hosts to thousands of delegates attending the festival. It is a huge festival, the largest medical college festival in India matched by only the top IIT college festivals. We had started the year with various ideas for PULSE. We conducted INFEST which gave us a little peek into PULSE on the lines of organizing events. Preparations started from May itself as the three of us, armed with our Chief Organisers, went to numerous offices and pestered them to be a part of PULSE (also gaining the experience of being rejected multiple times :P). It was too premature but we were happy with the progress. It all changed with two things. A complaint by a disgruntled Chief-Coordinator-aspirant of PULSE against PULSE and a very stupid business deal from our side (the word ‘our’ is not to be taken literally. It has only been used to show diplomacy). While the complaint made the administration ban PULSE for the year, the deal made the situation much worse for PULSE whilst we were being branded as cheaters by everyone who knew what happened. We tried our best to cover things up, show everyone in AIIMS and the administration that we were ignorant and hence innocent. But that did not hold up for a lot of time. After a show of strength by us, and a sane meeting with the administration, we had been put under the scrutiny of the AIIMSONIAN faculty (the only good thing that happened to us in spite of what everyone else thinks and says) and ensured that PULSE would not be stopped. While that cheered us a little, it did not last long. We were accused of cheating a sponsor; not abiding by the agreement made with them and summoned to the court to defend ourselves. Although we might brush aside the thoughts whether we actually did all that we were accused of, it was true and was something which was done by a speci�c few due to a lack of imagination of the consequences of this action. Although we could win in the court based on technicality, we chose to go for an out of court settlement due to a lack of time. PULSE was getting dangerously close and we had not re ce i ve d p e r m i s s ion to co nd uc t i t b y t h e administration until the settlement. Usually PULSE is ad