Winter 2K12 - Ping - IIIT Hyderabad

Campus BuzzHere is a flashback of some happenings in the campus during the last few months of 2k11.Come October and a festive mood engulfsthe entire country, and so was the mood atIIIT-H. As Navratri came to an end on the 6th ofOctober, it was followed by the "Dandiya Night"at IIIT-H. Dandiya Raas, a traditional form ofdance performed during the nine days of festival,was celebrated as a part of the merriment. Thenight was a blast complete with good food andthe traditional Garba and Dandiya dances. First apuja was performed in Goddess Durga's honor,following which the traditional Dandiya songswere played to which the crowd danced throughthe evening. The mood was upbeat with a largeturnout from the students; especially the freshers;who took part in large numbers. Even thepeople who weren't acquainted with the danceforms participated with great enthusiasm tomake the event a huge success. The aim of thisevent was to keep up the traditional practice andalso to give the students a few moments of funand frolic, which was successfully met.Then came up the festival of lights–Deepawali. Until a day before Diwali, it seemedthat the festival of lights was going to take on awhole new meaning in IIIT H. With the majorityof students visiting their home towns for the sacredfestival, the days leading to Diwali were thedays the Earth had stood still for students stayingin campus. Fortunately, the ambience brightenedup on the day of the festival. Students got intothe festive mood and tried to fill the void madeby having to celebrate the festival away fromhome by being together. Students, guards andstaff lit candles all the way from OBH to theguest house. A healthy crowd of people then assembledin the guest house to pray to the Almightyand seek his blessings. After the puja,everyone went to the Felicity ground to lightcrackers. After filling up the sky with a gamut ofcolours and sparkles, the night finally drew ontoa close, bathing in beautiful sparkling multicolouredlight.Each year, the chills of October bringalong a viral rock fever in IIIT campus- the symptomsbeing uncontrollable head-banging, wildmoshing and irrepressible feet tapping. This yeartoo, the 8th of October brought all the rockheadsout on the Felicity ground to soak in theraging ambience with October Flakes. The eveningkicked off with a great performance by thenew UG1 band- "The PEEPS" performing Bringme to life and Zombie. Next came ‘BASH’ -theband from UG2 with a versatile performanceranging from Garaj Baras by Junoon to Happy byMudwayne, following which a wave of energyran through the crowd and the heads startedbanging. Just when the crowd starting heatingup, there came in "INVICTUS" followed by"APOTHEOSYS", raising the temperature up tothe kindling. What came next set the wholecrowd on fire, and they were... KARMIC BLEND!Throughout the band’s performance, no singlehead was still and the whole Felicity ground wasconverted into a mosh pit.The event was a huge success and the creditgoes to the Music Club for their hard work. Theexperience was intoxicating, especially for theUG1 who had their first such experience.Everyone left with a wish in their minds -may every month be October.