15th January 2009 was an iconic day for the PGDM 08-10 batch of SPJIMR. 36 of them had put their heart and soul to ensure that GASP was ready for its 6th play in the same number of years. As the clock struck 6PM, the college just saw, "Red, Red & more Red". In a message of strong solidarity for the effort put in by the GASP team members, each one of their batch mates came dressed in red, a colour that has now become synonymous with GASP.

What started off 6 years back as a voluntary non-classroom initiative has today almost become a way of life at SPJIMR. GASP (Guild of Actors @ SP) was jointly initiated by the PGDM participants of SPJIMR and Prof. Uma Narain under the aegis of the ADMAP (Assessment and Development of Managerial and Administrative Potential) Program in the year 2003. The baby was born out of a confluence of theatre and management, wherein participants use theatre to put to use the various management and administrative principles they learn during the course.

As the years have progressed, GASP has become an expression of SPJIMR's creative and theatrical identity. Planned, driven and executed entirely by students, it is an annual event where the new PGDM batch displays its mettle at conducting and acting in a full play staged at the SPJIMR auditorium for all its family members.

As the sun set outside and the torch lights faded inside, it was time to bring to light, a product that took the team 165 days to produce. Mr. Javed Siddiqi, noted script writer & Chief Guest for the evening, kicked off proceedings with his encouraging words on GASP and the concept of theatre being an integral part of a b-school participant's life. Without then wasting much time, he handed over the stage to the people to whom it truly belonged that evening. GASP-09 was raring to go, and pumped with energy to showcase to the audience of more than 300 people, the premiere of its play, "Harvest".

HARVEST won the 1997 Onassis Prize as the best new international play. It's a play where good fortune comes at a terrible cost in a futuristic world which is centred on organ trade in India. The play starts with the young, unemployed Om after he lands a coveted job at the mammoth Inter-Planta Services Corporation, his slum life (and that of his Indian family) is transformed overnight. Om has signed away his body parts, in a Faustian exchange for luxuries. The new world order is comprised of Receivers and Donors. In the colonialism of the future, the dominant group will pay handsomely for the right to harvest the healthy organs of the 'willing' donors.

What followed was a gripping two plus hours of strong performances from the entire cast with each and every member who took stage even for a second making his/her presence felt.

The entire cast held the audience's nerve for over 2 hours in what proved to be an amazing display of energy, character and mettle. Backed by a great production team, the play gave all those present multiple reasons to remember the performance.

Whilst the entire team took stage to a standing ovation, it was clear that every person standing there on stage that day and every member in the audience would remember that moment for a long time to come. It was the day that had transformed several people for the rest of their lives and given them something to cherish and be proud of for years to come.