2020 Speaks by ankitadhanke

2020 SPEAKS

CREDITS

ARTBY

HRITHIK CHAVAN

SAGAR SHERKHANE

COMPOSITION

MEENAL GAJBHIYE

ANKITA DHANKE

GAURAV KARKANDE

HRITHIK CHAVAN

STORYLINE

SAKHI BAHETI

GARIMA JHAWAR

PUSHPAK GAIKAR

HEMANSHI GIRASE

HRITHIK CHAVAN

COVERPAGE

ANKITA DHANKE (FRONT)

SAGAR SHERKHANE (BACK)

THIRD YEAR

2020-21

SIR JJ COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in the book are real. No portion of this book may be reproduced and transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from thecopyrightholders

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank our professors Mr. Mustansir Dalvi Sir and Mrs. Kalyani Mokasdar Ma’am for guiding us in this project.

Dedicated to all those people who survived through the pandemic and were able to create a new normal atmosphere.

Thank you.

SAKHI BAHETI NANDED

PUSHPAK GAIKAR RAIGAD

GAURAV KARKANDE AHMEDNAGAR

MEENAL GAJBHIYE NAGPUR

HRITHIK CHAVAN BADLAPUR

ANKITA DHANKE PUNE

SAGAR SHERKHANE LATUR

GARIMA JHAWAR NIZAMABAD

HEMANSHI GIRASE KALYAN

PROLOGUE

Finally, they are reuniting. It’s been an year to this coronavirus outbreak and everyone is coming fresh with new hopes. Those days are gone when people used to work from home. Students have been through a lot and now they are finally meeting in their campus. But after all these incidents and this very long break who will break the ice first? Will this come back to normal?

Its mid march evening, and the group of nine friends have gathered around the banyan tree, their favourite place to chit chat. While everyone is sitting around and chatting, there’s someone who has not reached yet. Yes, as usual it's Meenal, who’s roaming around the campus clicking photographs for her instagram stories. Months passed by, but the campus gives same feeling. Let’s hear it from them!

MEENAL; WOAH, CAME HERE AFTER MONTHS, WORTH MY INSTA STORY!!

SAY CHEESE!

CHEESE!

POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH.....

EVERYONE IS HAPPY AFTER REOPENING, THEY ARE SHARING THEIR STORIES OF LOCKDOWN!!!

SO GUYS, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST?

“AHAA!! WE MISSED CANTEEN CHE JHAAD”

The story starts back from January 2020 when everyone was so happy, roaming around withouts masks and sanitizers with no fear of this virus which ruined everything. Yes, when CORONA was just in talks, no one was sure about it...

PHASEI: STILLNOTSURE

JANUARY - FEBRUARY - MARCH

*“BADLAPUR TO CSMT FAST LOCAL WILL ARRIVE ON PLATFORM NUMBER 4. PLEASE WEAR MASK TO AVOID UNWANTED VIRUS”

WEARING MASK WAS A NEW THING FOR PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN LOCAL TRAINS, THEY WERE STILL TAKING CORONA AS RUMOUR.

BORA BAZAAR WAS CROWDED WITH PEOPLE. IT WAS FOLIO TIME AND STUDENTS OF JJ COULD BE SEEN SHOPPING HERE AND THERE WITH SHEETS.

COLLEGE CANTEEN LOOKED LIKE FISH MARKET WITH STUDENTS SHARING THEIR FOOD AND FIGHTING OVER ONE BOWL OF NOODLES.

WHILE EVERYONE WAS WORKING ON THEIR FOLIOS, NEWS HIGHLIGHT POPPED UP ON HRITHIK’S PHONE...

YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT VIRUS?

WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT STUDIES! THESIS PARTY

OF COURSE, BUT DON’T WORRY MAN!

AFTER PLANNING OF THESIS PARTY, PUSHPAK AND SAGAR WENT HIKING AROUND TOURIST PLACES IN MUMBAI ON WEEKENDS

HOSTELITES VISITED A COUPLE OF PUBLIC PLACES WHILE THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS WAS STILL HEARD AS A RUMOUR.

*WHILE ANKITA, GARIMA, HEMANSHI AND SAKHI WERE BUSY DRAFTING IN THE STUDIO, WORRYING ABOUT FOLIO SUBMISSION,........

OH NO! TWO DAYS TO SUBMISSION??

MEENAL REMEMBERS ABOUT THE ID FOLIO SUBMISSION.

A MOMENT LATER SHE HEARS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCKDOWN AND POSTPONED SUBMISSION.

CROWD WAS GATHERING TOWARDS THE TRANSPORT.

AFTER THE DECLARATION OF LOCKDOWN EVEN THE BOYS WERE EXCITED TO GO HOME.

THERE WERE POLICE EVERYWHERE, GUIDING AND HELPING OUT THE MIGRANTS.

The students go back to their hometowns after the declaration of corona vacation. All these folio submissions and projects get postponed. In starting everyone is very happy for the vacation. Little do they know what death corona will bring to them!

EVERYONE STARTS SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE SITUATIONS THEY FACED WHEN STRICT LOCKDOWN WAS ANNOUNCED.

COVID CASES ROSE UP SLOWLY IN INDIA WHEN JANATA CURFEW WAS APPLIED.

SAKHI : GUYS, AS JANTA CURFEW WAS APPLIED OWING TO WHAT MODIJI SAID MY FAMILY TOO PAID TRIBUTE TO CORONA FIGHTERS LIKE DOCTORS AND POLICEMEN BY CLAPPING AND BELL RINGING.

PUSHPAK : SOUNDS GREAT SAKHI ….I WAS HAPPY AT HOME AND SPENT TIME PLAYING VIDEO GAMES !

HRITHIK : UNLIKE YOU ,PUSHPAK, I UTILIZED MY TIME IMPROVISING ON MY SKETCHING SKILLS.

HEMANSHI: AS I TOOK A DROP YEAR AND HAD NO SUBMISSIONS TO COMPLETE I FOCUSED ON MY DANCING HOBBY SKILLS, AND DID A COURSE IN SOCIAL AGENCY, IT WAS QUITE FUN !

ANKITA : EATING FOOD AND COOKING IS ALL I DID !

MEENAL : MY GOODNESS I LOVED FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES LIKE MAKING THE DALGONA COFFEE !

SAGAR : YES ANKITA, I TOO HELPED MY MOM IN HOUSEHOLD CHORES LIKE COOKING, SEEMS LIKE WE ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE!

GAURAV : MEENAL YOU COULD HAVE PARCELED COFFEE TO MY PLACE, SUBMISSION FROM HOME WAS A BIG FAT TASK THOUGH.

HRITHIK : SAKHI I HOPED YOU WASHED YOURSELF AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM OUTSIDE, THAT'S HOW I GUIDED KIDS TO TAKE PRECAUTION! WHILE MAINTAINING HYGIENE

SAKHI: EXERCISE, EXERCISE!! IS WHAT MADE ME LOOK FIT IN LOCKDOWN, HAHAHA!

GARIMA : GUYS, MY FAMILY WAS MORE INTO WATCHING OLD SHOWS LIKE RAMAYAN AND INTO WORLD WIDE NEWS. THE AUSTRALIAN FIRE IN THE FOREST WAS SUCH A BIG NEWS OMGGG!

Have you ever been through a phase when you want something but don't want it; you like something, and then don’t like it anymore.You do literally nothing the whole day still feel exhausted. Have you ever felt this dilemma? The colleges are starting but in online mode, friends will meet but on zoom, this phase is really tiring!

PHASEIII:

JUNE- JULY - AUGUST

GARIMA: UGHH, COMING BACK TO NORMAL SCHEDULE WAS SO HARD AFTER THIS BREAK.

GARIMA: IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WAKE UP IN MORNING AND ATTEND THE LECTURE! WHAT ABOUT YOU, GUYS?

MEENAL: INDEED. BUT SOON I STARTED FOCUSING ON MY SKIN CARE ROUTINE AND IT FELT GOOD.

PUSHPAK: MEENAL, STAYING FIT WAS AS IMPORTANT FOR ME AS SKIN CARE WAS TO YOU.

GAURAV: WHAT FIT, MY MOM USED TO FEED ME HEALTHY FOOD STRAIGHT FROM THE START OF DAY. AND SHE USED TO BRING ALL THOSE DRY FRUITS AND DATES DURING ONLINE LECTURES. UGH!

HEMANSHI: THAT'S TRUE, WHO CARES ABOUT FITNESS , I BINGE WATCHED NETFLIX SERIES LAYING IN MY BED ALL DAY LONG!!!

SAGAR: WOW, I’M JEALOUS. BEING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, I HAD TO GET UP EARLY IN MORNING AND PROVIDE ZOOM LINK TO CLASS AND FACULTY. HUH!

ANKITA: I TOOK ART AS THERAPY AND EVERYDAY I USED TO PAINT SOMETHING. I THINK IT WAS AROUND THIS PHASE WHEN SAKHI CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY, RIGHT?

IT’S TOUGH BEING CR!

SAKHI: OH YES, AFTER SO MANY YEARS I WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY AT HOME, WITH HOME BAKED CAKE. IT WAS SO FUN.

HRITHIK: I ONLY REMEMBER ONE THING, THE DENTIST APPOINTMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE ASKED ME TO TAKE COVID TEST FOR JUST AN TOOTHACHE, HAHA!

ANKITA: ALSO GUYS, THIS WAS THE FIRST WEDDING I ATTENDED SINCE PANDEMIC STARTED!

PUSHPAK: THE PANDEMIC PERIOD HAD MADE US LAZY ENOUGH, IT WAS TUFF TO GET BACK TO ROUTINE, WHEN COLLEGE LECTURES STARTED I WOULD GET READY LIKE A SUPERHERO!

ANKITA : WHAT IS THIS BEHAVIOR PUSHPAK. YOU KNOW WHAT, I TRIED DOING SOME INTERNSHIPS ALONG WITH COLLEGE CLASSES

MEENAL : AS COVID CASES ARRIVED IN MY AREA, MY AREA WAS SEALED AND GOT SOME COVID FIGHTERS VISITING AND CHECKING UP REGULARLY!

HRITHIK: I TOO HAD GOT SOME VISITORS IN MY BALCONY …… GUESS WHO? MONKEYS. BONDING WITH THEM MADE ME FEEL I’M TRAPPED NO MORE

OH NO! I’M LATE AGAIN..

GARIMA: WHILE IN MY AREA THERE WAS NO ONE ON STREETS, SHOPS WERE CLOSED, NOT EVEN A SINGLE VEHICLE WAS OBSERVED……….

The season of festivals has arrived and people were to come and go out; visit their relative places, do shopping and hold gatherings but were they able to step out of their houses after opening of lockdown with new norms and conditions. Lets see what their NEW NORMAL life saw……...

GAURAV: DON’T ASK ONLY, I REMEMBER HOW I EDITED THOSE PICTURES FOR GARIMA’S BIRTHDAY. IT WAS A REAL HEADACHE !!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARIMA !!!

LET’S GO TO HILLSIDE!

SAKHI: COM’ON GAURAV , I TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY FROM NANDED TO NIZAMABAD TO MEET HER ON HER BIRTHDAY. BUT I MUST SAY, THAT WAS THRILLING. GARIMA: YES YES, HOW CAN I FORGET THAT DRIVE, WE WENT THAT HILLSIDE AREA WEARING MASKS, IT WAS ONE OF MY FAV BIRTHDAYS. THANK YOU GUYS.

“WASN'T IT THAT PHASE WHEN SEVERAL CHINESE APPS WERE BANNED! I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU, HOSTEL BOYS, ALSO THE TIKTOK, HOW CAN WE FORGET THAT , HAHA!

ANKITA: GUYSSS, IT WAS GANPATI TIME. THIS TIME’S FESTIVAL WAS SIMPLE AND SWEET. NO CROWDED ROADS, NO BANDS. IT WAS SIMPLY GOOD.

GAURAV: MY PARENTS WERE SO HAPPY THAT I WAS STAYING AT HOME DURING GANESH FESTIVAL.

GAURAV: THOUGH I WAS BUSY WORKING ON COMPETITION WITH ANKITA AND SAKHI, I HELPED MOM IN MAKING MODAKS!!!

HRITHIK: I WAS BUSY SKETCHING, THIS TIME, I REFERRED TO THE MANGA STYLE.

MOM WON’T ALLOW ME TO EAT CHICKEN DURING PANDEMIC

SAGAR: THIS TIME I STARTED VISITING THE CONSTRUCTION SITES FOR STUDY PURPOSE!

ANKITA: GUYS, THIS WAS WHEN I VISITED HOSTEL IN MUMBAI AND IT WAS A COMPLETE MESS.

MEENAL: THAT’S MY SISTER IN PPE KIT, ONLY I CAN IMAGINE HOW TIRED SHE USED TO BE AFTER GETTING HOME

CLEANING

THIS WILL TAKE A LIFETIME!

“AROUND MID OCTOBER, MIGRATING FLAMINGOS WERE SEEN IN MUMBAI WHICH TURNED THE CITY INTO PINK. THE WORLD WAS TRULY HEALING WHILE EVERYONE SAT INSIDE THEIR HOMES.”

“THE FLOODS WERE SO DEVASTATING, IT LEFT WHOLE COUNTRY ASTOUND.”

PUSHPAK: OH YES , AND AFTER THAT IPL HAPPENED! THIS YEAR A LITTLE LATE BUT WORTH IT AND OF COURSE MUMBAI INDIANS WON THIS TIME!!!

“ALSO, THE FARMERS PROTEST STARTED IN SEPTEMBER”

MEENAL: THE FIRST THING AFTER STEPPING OUT OF MY HOUSE WAS SHOPPING WHILE IN PANDEMIC !!

By this time of the year everyone had developed some or the other skill and had evolved themselves with more better understanding of the situation with maturity. Caged between four walls of a room now was the time to step out and ESCAPE into the outer world finally.

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

HEMANSHI: WHILE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WENT IN CHILLING, ONLINE EXAMS CONDUCTED IN DECEMBER GAVE AN OVERALL DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE!

ANKITA: SORRY TO HEAR THAT GARIMA, FOR ME AFTER THE EXAM TIME I HAD STARTED TAKING ORDERS FOR PAINTING THAT BOOSTED BY SELF CONFIDENCE!

GARIMA: MY EXAM PERIOD WAS DIFFICULT AS I HAD LOST MY GRANDMOTHER AND WE HAD COVID PATIENT IN OUR HOUSE.

SAGAR: I WANTED A BIG BREAK FROM MY CR WORK , I VISITED THE MY RELATIVES PLACE, GREETING THEM WAS A BIG RELIEF

FEELS GOOD THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKING MY ARTWORK!

SAKHI’S HOSTEL ROOM IN A TOTAL MESS.

SAKHI: I MUST TELL YOU GUYS, FOR ME THE ESCAPE WAS GOING BACK TO HOSTEL FINALLY AND CLEAN UP THE ROOM !!

HRITHIK: THAT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR SAGAR, AS PUBLIC INTERFERENCE WAS ALLOWED, I MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DONATE BLOOD AND HELP THE NEEDY

HRITHIK: ALSO I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL, ABOUT THIS AMAZING LITTLE TURTLE THAT I GOT!

MEENAL: IT WAS SO PEACEFUL AFTER EXAMS, BUT I MISSED THE COLLEGE FESTS AND SECRET SANTA CELEBRATION, IT WAS GREAT THAT WE PLANNED THE GREEN SECRET SANTA. THANKYOU SAGAR FOR THAT IDEA!!

HEMANSHI: EVEN I CELEBRATED THIS CHRISTMAS WITH A GREAT JOY. REALLY AN ESCAPE.

GAURAV: I SPENT MY DAYS LEARNING CAR DRIVING! IT WAS A CRAZY EXPERIENCE. AS SOON AS I GOT THE LICENSE , DRIVING CAR WAS MY ONLY ESCAPE!!!

PUSHPAK: NEVERTHELESS THE REAL ESCAPE FOR ME WAS CELEBRATING NEW YEAR WITH FAMILY IN GOA AS NIGHT CURFEW WAS ANNOUNCED.

People seem to be settled now with the covid environment. Wearing masks and washing hands 20 seconds after returning home is an everyday activity. The world is a stage, lets see how this group of friends emerge with NEW HOPES in this phase.

JANUARY 2021

MEENAL: I GOT MY LICENSE, AND I CAN DRIVE FREELY, A GOOD START TO 2021 FOR ME!!

HEMANSHI: EVERYONE IS STAYING HEALTHY AFTER THIS PANDEMIC .

PUSHPAK: I AM HAPPY BECAUSE NOW I AM ABLE TO ORDER ONLINE FOOD, THERE’S NO COMPETITION TO IT!!!

HRITHIK: THIS DENTIST APPOINTMENT STILL SCARES ME! BUT I'M HAPPY THAT I CAN GO OUT !

“COUNTRY IS FIGHTING CORONA. AND WE ARE SUCCESSFUL!”

I FINALLY FEEL FREE!!!

GAURAV:

SAKHI , GARIMA, ANKITA : NOW WE CAN GO OUTINGS , YAY!

SAKHI , ANKITA, GAURAV WON AS RUNNER UP IN A NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION !!

EPILOGUE

The world is healing. Everyone is entering into this phase with their new versions. Corona is still there, but people have started living with it. Coming back to normal is not easy. Students are returning to their colleges, employees have started working in their offices. Corona was an Glitch year for all of us.

We have been lost for many years, in growing pace

Technology could not save us in this case

The desire for wealth, for a “good life,”at ease

Has driven us to depression, anxiety, and more disease

For some, the change in health and love will transform

For others, the stress of work, is an overwhelming chore

For others who live by themselves, the isolation takes a massive toll

And for all, we’ve over-Zoomed and over-Netflixed, our boredom to cajole

Perhaps this Corona has brought our Earth an enormous gift

To wake up, start caring for our planet and our nation's adrift

We may still have time to come back to our senses

To our hearts, to our Earth, to our meaning without defences

SPEAKERS’ WORDS

Sakhi: We had a fun time sharing our experiences of 2020

Hrithik: It was interesting to create all those sketches and graphics, loved how our stories turned out.

Ankita:2020 was the year of self-love. Loving ourselves despite changes in our mental health, social life, work environment and surroundings was the key to surviving 2020. That’s what we as individuals should truly endure!

Pushpak: 2020 Taught lessons!

Meenal: It was fun writing all our stories and sharing them with you. Hope you find them interesting!

Garima:By writing the stories, we recalled all the things happened during the pandemic. Some situations were fun recalling ,but some other really hit hard

Gaurav: 2020 was an unforgettable experience, it felt really good to sharing them with y’all

Sagar: Next time when you are in a dilemma, look back at your own life and rethink, what are the tough times you went through and you would definitely trace out a long path that you have covered, learnings and experiences you have went through, leading you towards a bright future.

Hemanshi: It was a very heartwarming experience regarding unfolding ourselves and being woke and expressing our thought process through this project.

Hope you too have a gala time going through our work, Thankyou!

2020 SPEAKS

‘WHEN THE WORLD WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED!’

THIRD YEAR 2020-21

SIR JJ COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE