It was in LKP during T-Nite that I got to share the stage with the creme-de-la creme of future managers in India. T-Nite is a misnomer as in fact, it is a 5 night long cultural event, which showcases the talent of freshers. The feeling of not having earned the right to be on the same stage creeps in....but you hush that feeling, shove it under the carpet, go out there and have fun! It's an opportunity handed down to the spouses and when such an opportunity knocks, grab it with both your hands :) We all had loads of fun participating in the T-Nite. It wouldn't have been the same had we just been a part of the audience.
Pub-run was awesome and took me by surprise.The atmosphere was electric. Standing in the wings as one of the runners, I felt like an Olympian. Pub-run (Gujarat is a dry state and pub-run doesn't mean that the first ones to reach the finish line get to down as many beers as they want) is short for publicity run where a team of 5 girls and 5 boys have to run and grab spaces in the mess for displaying their posters. These posters advertise the cultural events that each team would dish out in the coming nights.
The coming nights were a mix of events. Fashion show, dance, music and non-stop rehearsals. I was on stage each night and enjoyed myself thoroughly. I also got to choreograph a Rajasthani dance. What amazed me was the immense talent that students displayed. Given the constraints of time and academic pressure, they still managed to enthrall with their ideas and performances. Shouts of 'Ek, do , teen, chaar....band karo ye atyachaar' and 'Awesome' were the two most dreaded and cherished sounds respectively during the event.
Each evening, we would assemble at a designated place. The whole bunch would then march to the Main Campus to the beats of drums. At times, it felt like we all were baraatis, following an invisible dulha. T-Nite brought us together, closer and introduced us to hidden traits of people. There were Moms who were so keen to participate that they practiced till late in night after the kids had gone to bed. Some even took painkillers to keep themselves going. In the end, it was all worth it, as the event left us richer with some wonderful memories.
