Pranav Bad

A FILM BY CBS DEBSOC
PRANAV
PRIMARY FARIDABAD MANCHESTER
BATRA SUPREMACY UNITED
IN CINEMAS 14.05.2024
Me sitting peacefully in class
5 seniors walk in for an open house session
Me: arre ab pata nahi kaunsi random society ka session hoga, thak
gaye bc
One of them with a red bag walks in. I am like this senior just looks
so cool.The session was about the recent Ranveer Singh
nude post stuff, I had absolutely zero idea.
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They ask 2 people with contradicting views to stand up and just
express their views, agrima on my side stands up as always to take
a stand for feminism. Pranav was just visibly impressed with her
opinions. The open house session turned out not about pitching
DebSoc, PRIMARY
but just saying kiFARIDABAD
debsoc is nothingMANCHESTER
just expressing your
views stage par, toh consider applying.
Pranav walks out with his red bag, and am like bc yeh hai kaun?
Why tf is he just so cool, despite not being chapri. Turns out to be
our prezi.
Cut to my re interview: I was in the metro, I receive a message that I

have my DebSoc re interview, I get down at AIIMS, and join the
meeting
Pranav: “abe chutiye relax kar ghar jaa kar join kar liyo”
Me: yaar senior hai toh gaali kaise de raha hai
Then in the re interview: I was answering veer’s question, and
pranav was fiddling with a hanger, and before the interview ended
he had broken that hanger into 2 parts 😂
By the end of first year, my brother is like: DebSoc seniors are so
cool why?
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Because in every meet/interview I am not wearing headphones,
pranav is always there and definitely says: “kisi ko lund farak nahin
padta” “maa chudaye” “BEHENCHOD”
Pranav isPRIMARY
someone jiska msg FARIDABAD
of “now you can’tMANCHESTER
cry on breaks” after
my first adj break at Wax and “for me uski rep hai who has put in a
lot of effort in the activity and ik that’s you” in my appraisal interview
after IITD non break, just means so much that probably I won’t
forget that there was a president who didn’t console me as much as
others after a non break but supported me from the shadows
To someone random this might be a boring writeup, for me, this was
my first interaction with a society I go forward and spend the most
time in my first year. All ik is, Pranav was and is the face of CBS
DebSoc for me, and the reason I filled the recruitment form for
DebSoc
-Aryan Garg
Thank you for vetting my resume everytime I applied for an

internship, thank you for sitting on meets with me for every cover
letter I wrote, thank you for giving me pep talks when I needed
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them, thank you for sending me all your PPTs/assignments,
resumes, introduction, thank you for listening to my vent of not
getting internships, you have been one of the most helpful senior
throughout my CBS journey and I will always keep bothering you.
Thank you PRIMARY
for handling FARIDABAD MANCHESTER
things when I wasn't available, always
acknowledging my contribution, helping me out before interviews
and what not. I will always remember you as that smarty senior who
cracked the best internship, best placement, best competitions, best
everything and always picked my call when I needed help.
- your coordi
"Pranav mujhe ye soc wala bol rhe hai join karlo mai karu ye nhi ?"
Pranav was one of the first seniors I got to know a few days into
college and he always guided me not as a selfish senior just trying
to look out for his soc but as a senior trying to help out a confused
junior.
"Pranav bhenchod sab kara tab bhi hara diya"

I vividly recall ranting on a call with Pranav after a losing a round in
GGS. He did his best to console me, and we ended up agreeing
that "ADJ bhen ke lauda hai."
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So much has shifted since I joined the society, but one thing that's
stayed constant is Pranav's line "Tu Batra hai, ye le aur daaru pi
Batra kota ki," whether it's on IB or Telegram.
Pranav's the kind of senior who's got your back no matter what,
whether it's debating or case comps. He's always there to offer
support.
Will miss you sm

-better batra from better APJ( pls mat marna)
“Yo, IPD?”
Two words that changed my trajectory in CBS Debsoc completely

but we’ll circle back to that later on.
My first interaction with Pranav was the full soc mock, an event that
plays a huge role in deciding your initial interest in the activity and
the society. Luckily for me, I got Pranav and the case prep, the
debate, his speech, his weird ass debate ritual and the feedback
after the mock gave me my debating idol. I was quite literally in
awe, of his ability to be so insanely good and so (read as:
pretending to be) nonchalant.
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After that we had GGS and MNM, probably the 2 most important
tournaments of my debating career and Pranav was there every
step of the way. He was there after every round in GGS, helping us
PRIMARY
in every possible way afterFARIDABAD MANCHESTER
our rounds. But more importantly, it was
MNM, a tournament that was quite literally a landmark event for our
batch, a tournament after which I wanted to give up and leave the
society but a tournament after which Pranav was one of two people
who made us feel that our break mattered, that he was proud of us
and that he really cared. Pranav made a gc with Kushal, Ananya
and I and even though it died after MNM PD itself, the reassurance
that we got that day and now that I think of it, that absurd sense of
hope that he showed in our ability to beat Bermola, Gunjan and KD
was the only reason why I was able to show up confidently the next
day (even though we lost pretty badly lol).
I think then, we had IPD. I always wanted Pranav to ask me, after
all, he was my favourite debater and then I got the “Yo, IPD?” text.
A text that I got at a time when I felt absolutely underconfident about
my ability and when I was at the peak of my disenchantment from
the activity. I gave horrible speeches in the mocks, I was bad during
the prep but I desperately wanted to be good, simply because I did
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not want to disappoint Pranav but he never made me feel that I did.
In fact as good as he was, he did not care about winning, the only
thing he told me throughout the process was that he wanted me to
learn and to get back and it helped a lot. All of this seems trivial,
Veer keptPRIMARY
me in the soc butFARIDABAD
Pranav inspiredMANCHESTER
me to debate again,
IPD with him made me realise not only how fun the activity is but
just how high the ceiling is but that’s not the end of it.
Pranav got a lot of backlash for picking me, I was the arrogant IFSA
kid but he didn’t care, he saw someone who loved the activity and
was struggling, he suffered through all of the backlash he got after
that but he still did it for me because he saw something and I can’t
express how grateful I am for that.
The next tourney that I had with Pranav was Vitark, a tournament
that we were probably horrible in but one that was unlike any other
that I’ve done before. After a 11 month break, Pranav did a
tournament with me and I saw just how passionate he was about it.
From making me do so so many case preps to making me literally
watch a wudc video before day 2, I could see why he was as good
as he was. But that tournament wasn’t about debating. It was a
tournament where we took breaks to talk about our love for the
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society and the activity and our mutual hate for everything else in
this college, it was one where we would run after every round for a
kasha break and one where we would reach Dyal Singh instead of
Deen Dayal (I’m sorry lol). It was one where losing didn’t feel as bad
PRIMARY
as it normally FARIDABAD
does but one where I could beMANCHESTER
a carefree junior with
someone who’s been through it all.
After every tournament that I’ve done, I’ve gotten a call from Pranav
asking me how far the campus is and if he can be there to spectate,
telling me how proud he was but more so after every “open trophy”
joke that I’ve held over him, I could see how he was only proud of
what our batch went on to do and that the only credit he takes is
that of being an amazing teacher and mentor to us.
Pranav is the most misunderstood person in the society, people see

a president who was inactive and wasn’t there but what people
don’t understand is that it’s all wrong. They don’t realise that he did
the best anyone could’ve done with the circumstances he had, that
even though he had to run a 19-18, shattered society, he did that
while compromising at every point. He stepped back so that Debsoc
didn’t have to and the society will always be grateful.
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But more importantly, if you know Pranav, you’ll know that it was
insanely hard for him, I’ve seen him desperately wanting to debate
and wanting to be there, I’ve seen him say yes for a tourney in a
moment because of what debating means to him, I’ve seen him
PRIMARY
come to IITD FARIDABAD
and GGS because he wanted toMANCHESTER
be there but I’ve seen
him give all that up because that was the only thing he could’ve
done for the society at that point.
All in all, being compared to a debater like Pranav Batra is still a

badge that I’ll always wear with pride, one that I put over every
other accolade and I’ll still boast about how only I got the privilege
to be Pranav’s am because I still remember first year Tanmay being

in awe of someone who wasn’t just the best in his eyes but also
someone who made him stay and continue in a place that he loved
but was so desperately struggling in.
Thank you Pranav, Aryan might be the “better Batra” but you made
sure that first year Bothra became better when you had all the
incentives to literally help anyone else.
-Tanmay
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Pranav was a huge reason why i applied to debsoc to begin with.
being a person who was so scared of public speaking, i didn’t think
debsoc had a place for me. but then he came for an open house,
and the way he spoke was something i wanted to emulate. he was
PRIMARY
the first point FARIDABAD
of contact to debsoc for me. MANCHESTER
i had gone to spec debutant and that was the first time i actually had
a proper conversation with him and he was a lot more easy to talk
to than i had imagined. he makes every situation feel less serious
than it is and that’s sometimes all you need to calm your nerves.
pranav has been there for me in extremely important
moments, even if they didn’t seem like that then. one of the first
mocks i ever did was with him and he knew i was extremely nervous
so before my speech, he cheered me on and told me i would do
good regardless and that is really something that stayed with me.
he was there for me during GGS where i cried so much (LOL) but
he never let me feel like i was a burden. he did make jokes about
how i look like i am getting ready for another round of crying, and
how he is only going to return my glasses when i look like i am all
cried out but was also a huge constant presence throughout. he has
been one of those who had a huge impact on me as a debater and i
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will always appreciate that.
- jindal
i won't ever forget how pranav helped us through our semis loss.
ggs was PRIMARY FARIDABAD
a rollercoaster for me, and at the MANCHESTER
end of it all, when all
things seem to have fallen apart, he was there to comfort us and
scold us for not letting people spec our debate (sorry pranav). i will
always be grateful for how supportive he was that day, and how
comforting it was to know that someone else also had weird
superstitious rituals before each debate. thank you, so much for
helping me through the most impactful debate ive had till yet.
will always remember the "jis din haare ho rolo and let it all out, agle
din se firse debate shuru."
-shreya
To explain what Batra is to me, I think I need to explain what my

interactions with CBS have been.
It’s Change My Mind day in my first year. Buckwild, bright-eyed and

bushy-tailed about debating. That’s not me btw, that’s Batra. As
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incomprehensible as it may feel, Batra wasn’t just the “cool” smooth
debsoc senior, he was also the guy with the glint in his eye even
when he was defending HIMYM’s absolutely trash ending for the
40th time in the sun. Ever since the mock debate, I had this innate
urge to go up to Batra and quite literally just praise him for being
PRIMARY
effortlessly good. I was inFARIDABAD
awe of this man’sMANCHESTER
ability to sound right,
(as I am today). I gotta get into this place.
It’s CBSPD 23 Day 3, my room gets re-alloced just so I can go hit

on (unsuccessfully of course), I came up all overly enthusiastic and
anxious as I asked for permission to “guide” a particular debater
around campus. Naturally, in the spirit of promoting the d(eb)ating
circuit, most seniors obliged. Except Batra. He came up to me, all

serious, and proceeded to fix my whacky collar under my hoodie,
and my hair before gently nudging me to go shoot my shot.
I’m comfortable in this place.
It’s the ride back from GGS, Batra sounds like he’s about to tear up
as he gave me probably the most sincere “congratulations
BEHENCHOD!” I’ve heard. I am hooked onto this place, because
this is where I’ve had people like Batra quite literally be on the verge
of tears for some dumbass kids they trained a week back. I’m
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hooked onto this place.
It’s MNM Day 2’s evening. CBS(TD) is tired, nervous and on the
verge of a breakdown as the prospect of fighting Badmola and
gang’s team in quarters feels looming upon us. Batra, during what
was quitePRIMARY FARIDABAD
literally our most nerve-wrackingMANCHESTER
time, Batra made a
group letting us know, that regardless of rep, just be the bigger bully
in a 1-8 room. It may have seemed obvious at the time, and sure we
lost, but I’ll be damned if that didn’t push me to give one of my best
LO speeches till date. I’m finding my place, in this place.
It’s a random Tuesday in sem 2. I panic as I ring up Batra to help
me understand how to not plateau in this place, and well, he laid it

out for me. That and the fact that he too hated so much about CBS
but also loved so much about debating, law and everything else. I
can relate to this place.
It's the Debutant Semi-finals. We’ve lost and I’m devastated, but
Batra’s there. “Arre saaleee rote nahi” as I feel inconsolable from
everyone, but the one man who I know has had more grit and
patience with this activity’s heartbreaks than anyone else. Idk if I
would’ve stuck around for a single tourney after had it not been for
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that consolation dinner.
I’m learning to lose in this place.
It’s the end of my second year now. And I still can’t mathematically
match up to Batra’s dedication for this activity (itne finals mein kaun
atakta haiPRIMARY FARIDABAD
bhai!!), even when MANCHESTER
it seemed like he may have rescinded
to the back, Batra has still helped and trained our batch and the kids
to the fulfillment of his duties and beyond. He’s shown up, stuck
around and most importantly, let me do some absolutely
unspeakable things to his face (sorry not sorry).
There is a legacy of coolness, of being one of our ONLY circuit
“reps” in this batch, and a legacy of being the hypeman when you
needed one.
That legacy will be missed.
Batra, you will be missed.

Kushal
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A FILM BY CBS DEBSOC

Me sitting peacefully in class

5 seniors walk in for an open house session

Cut to my re interview: I was in the metro, I receive a message that I

Thank you for vetting my resume everytime I applied for an

"Pranav bhenchod sab kara tab bhi hara diya"

Will miss you sm

Two words that changed my trajectory in CBS Debsoc completely

Pranav is the most misunderstood person in the society, people see

All in all, being compared to a debater like Pranav Batra is still a

to be Pranav’s am because I still remember first year Tanmay being

To explain what Batra is to me, I think I need to explain what my

It’s Change My Mind day in my first year. Buckwild, bright-eyed and

It’s CBSPD 23 Day 3, my room gets re-alloced just so I can go hit

circuit, most seniors obliged. Except Batra. He came up to me, all

It’s a random Tuesday in sem 2. I panic as I ring up Batra to help

me understand how to not plateau in this place, and well, he laid it

There is a legacy of coolness, of being one of our ONLY circuit

That legacy will be missed.

Batra, you will be missed.

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