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Evaluation of Story No. 4 in the context of above statement—Again in this story everything is
vague right from the introduction to the crisis. There is a vague introduction as it does not display any
thing in a sound manner. Like Ajit is hero and introduction does not spell who the Ajeet was. For which
boarding school he has passed the entrance examination. Again there is an impression management like
Ajit was hard working, he always liked to participate actively in sports, games and cocurricular
activities. These are not required. Again you write that Ajit was made incharge of the house dramatics
team, this is also not required. Again you write that Ajit directed the drama, played the leading role and
finally his team performed well and won.
What was the name and heading of drama. On which occasion it was organised means what led to
the situation has not been made clear by you. Where as the second part of TAT is concerned that what is
happening ? It is also not clear like what was the name of the play, what was the proper schedule of
preparation ? Before whom practice session were being carried on ? Whether it was the only play and
only one team or were there other competitive teams ? Apart this play, were there other items ? or not, it
was also not made clear.
Actual mistake committed by the candidate in this story—You have to perceive the stress in the
picture. In some pictures stress is given but in remaining pictures stress is perceived. Perception,
observation and imagining the stress is the direct product of your imagination. Gentleman, whenever
you introduce any drama or stage programme in the story then the entire stress is neutralised. In this
picture a person in serious mood is pointing his left hand towards the ground where waste materials like
old and waste clothes are thrown in a haphazard manner. It is night scene and no one is around. Here
you have perceived a drama. In drama a play is staged for the purposes of entertainment therefore, it
will never have actual stress and the actual stress is only required because we want actually a crisis
leader and conclusively a ‘SAVIOUR’. Therefore, these kind of stories are not the requirement of the
TAT. Please also note one or two stories will not make or break you but majority of stories do spell the
grade.
Story No. 5—“Harish hailed from remote area of Rajasthan.
Harish joined Army as an officer. During his leave he saw that
due to shortage of water in the summer the villagers faced lot of
problem. Harish gathered the villagers and briefed them about
water management through water harvesting. He made a team of
youth to spread the awareness to other villages also. During the
same year there were good monsoons and people conserved lot of
water for the coming summer. People also worked together and
started constructing dams. Seeing the determination the Govt.
also aided them financially and technically. This lead to a
revolution in water conservation and brought prosperity to the
people.”
Evaluation of the story—Night scene, the picture is hazy. Hazy means an ambiguous. Let me
interpret the meaning of the word hazy or an ambiguous. It will mean deem, murky, lacking light, not
clear and finally which has more than two, three or so many interpretations. This picture is an
ambiguous one. The picture reveals that a person bearing a cap, seems to be a brave person, going alone
in night that too in hurry, the picture further reveals that he is passing through such an area which is
lonely and that does not have presence/existence of any house or person or human environment.
Requirement of the scene—This particular scene requires your perception, observation and the
imagination which demands that : Who is that man ? What has happened with him ? What he is
doing ? Why he is doing ? How he is doing ? How he is planning and executing ? What he wants
to execute ? How he is utilising the manpower and the resources ? and finally, How he is reaching
to the result ?
If and when you are able to answer above those questions your TAT will definitely fall under the
parameter.