Thread by @priyashmita

And now from some message from me about #BARI. This initiative started as a spur of the moment DM between @senderlloyd2 and I asking, hey can we do a quiz for Bengal? In a second the response came, of course "Mathay".
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Next I pinged #Lenovo to ask would they sponsor? It was about 60 minutes within which they responded with an Yes. And that started the journey. I made a tweet thinking of a quiz, need volunteers and @shrutinair1 @bsajal and my boy @gauravpramanik jumped in & that formed the team

Next came Plutus Foundation, Urban Forest and one more kind person as sponsors. I had tweeted asking for sponsors & in 2 days we had all the sponsors with prizes ready. Then we reached out to the stars & in exactly 15 minutes most said an yes. That was how kind everyone was.

Next jumped in a Friend Ignatius who actually came in to help us with a dry run to decide the event platform, & realised we knew no technology & decided to do the back-end himself & then another friend Tania jumped in. Thus formed the core team.
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Then we asked for some volunteers for social media. @alloboyz @shayoneespeaks jumped in followed by @BasuRajashree & @BookLuster. Samarpita had a family bereavement during this time. Yet not a day went by when she did not pitch in. Rajashree has been working post office everyday

Shayonee has been dealing with issues & yet she ensures our posts go out. Same with @alloboyz. No one let their personal issues come in for a volunteer work
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And then one day @gauravpramanik became more sick than usual. He has been the energy behind this group & he got hospitalised. He was responsible for pay-outs to groups. What would we do? Yet, not a single payout day got delayed.
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He could not lift the laptop & we had to wait for his mom to arrive to pay, but the day we promised a group payments, that day payments happened. That was his level of dedication
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Last few days @shrutinair1 I think has not slept a wink, working endlessly to ensure tomorrow's event goes smoothly.
Honestly except the quizmaster none of us are experts in this.
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So I cannot promise the best evening tomorrow. Chances are it will be a very amateurish effort except the quiz part & the wonderful prizes. But what I can promise is that it's an honest effort from all of us & every penny we get will be shared with the end groups
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So hope to see all of you tomorrow at #BARI. If possible & only if possible do support us
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