Board of Boredom (Studies)

All these years while in academics you hear about Board of Studies this, Board of Studies that. The principal hypes it up, makes it sound like a 3 chaired bench at the Supreme Court!
And then a quirk of fate makes you land up at the University as the college representative on "The" Board of Studies and you realise what a sham it is. 
The principals from the different dental colleges are left to fend for themselves. Pushed away in a dark dingy corner of a delapitated board room. Huddled in a corner, arguing about the external examiners list and requesting (begging?) repeatedly for tea from the University peons. 
They finally get bad tasting, lukewarm tea in disposable plastic cups which are smaller then tequila shots!
That is notched up as a big achievement. 
The only highlight of the trip were the mustard, very Yash Raj-ish fields, newly laid 6 lane highway and bread pakora at a road side dhaba on the way back. 
That is another item "to-do" in academics struck down. 

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