BARTA PUZZLE

Barta Puzzle

First of all, I would like to explain about the barta system. Barta system is very old system of exchanging where goods or services are directly exchange for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange like money.

In this week Ppd session we have done a puzzle solving game by using this barta system. We were divided into three groups and we were provided an advertisement of a magazine by the conductor. Then she asked two members from each group and asked them to cut the paper into hundred pieces. Then she took ten pieces from each group and mixed all the thirty pieces. After that she gave ten pieces for all groups. The task of the day was to set the puzzle within the given time period which was ten minutes.

During the game we had to find our missing parts from the other two groups and fixed the puzzle properly. Our group leader held the mixed ten pieces. Then she separated unwanted pieces and she took care of these pieces. We divided our group into three subgroups and we fixed the puzzle separately. Finally we brought them all together. Because of that the process of the fixing the puzzle and the finding mixed pieces of the puzzle were easy.

We were able to complete 95% of the puzzle within six minutes. Then we had some issues of finding our pieces from other groups. Due to lack of communication and misunderstandments we were unable to get the final piece of our puzzle within the given time period. We learnt many things from this activity. When we work on team, there should be good communication, team spirit, hardworking, dedication, among all the members.