SRISHTI 2008 from 29th feb to 2nd march 2008:Two of my friends in a usual afternoon hence project class, Robin and Himanshu came to my room inviting me to come for annual hobbies club exhibition cum project competition in IIT ROORKEE.Dats just 2 days befor we had to leave,I had to make up my mind and prepare for the best to present there coz when we r going so far,it was clear in our minds that we are there just to achieve something,next day in a usual boring class of MIS while half sleeping I made plans and sought for a great experience in roorkee,still had doubts if I can make it in just an evening,I still had come up with the decision if I can make it true.
Amidst all doubts, I left for champa from Durg in janshatabdi on 26th feb 08 to get my collection and prepare for PHILATELY AND NUMISMATICS completition(Any how when ur in doubts things will never work as expectd only to worsen the situation I found Janshatabdi sheduled to arrive at 1700 HRS was 2 hrs late that day.I waked up eary next day and prepared for the presentation of stamps and coins in sheets , greatly helped by didi(Her fashin design degree was worth for the second time,first being when she stitched buttons to my shirt n altered my jeans length for which I used to pay not less than 40 bucks a pair)and Papa.I got confirmed ticket 3 hrs B4 the train departure(something miracle to expect in Indian railways,but fate wanted us to be there.)
I boarded chhattisgarh express on 27th feb 1300HRS from champa to saharanpur where Robin and Himanshu joined me in durg on way.
In train we are always lucky to have beautiful company but some seats away,neways when I m getting bored I make best efforts to get my prey and again I did it.Shivani arora a NATIONAL LAW college student and classmate of my old classmate Abhinav sharma,about whom I got to know recently and according to shivani we two resemble a lot.Without any delay I called up Abhinav while being in Roaming in train,I was interested more in shivani than in my old classmate.
We reached saharanpur at 0200 HRS and boadred for roorkee to reach at 0400 HRS,as the day broke we reached at what was just a dream till date, IIT roorkee main gate & soon Ashwini a young polite and final year student,convenor srishti 2008 escorted us to TV room of GOVIND BHAVAN where we got the accomodation.Reaching there at 0400 Hrs, time before day break,we could all find was students in hobbies club to complete the experiments in electronic workshop,joining circut and fabrication there models,fine arts students arranging paintings while a tall beard man with pony tails was trying to colour a masterpiece of his life at odd hrs of day,Star gazing section students were still gazing at stars, some playing computer games and some busy cathing up there favourit music sitting aloof,one smart chap in INDUSCAFE Tshirt(Designed by Industrial n production engineering student) was catching up a sweet sleep in computer lab in a thin GADDA.Best part was they were doing these things of there own with a sense of belonging for there richly developed labs n workshop.This is what IIT students are made for and why they are known in world ,this make them different from rest in world.
We prepared stamps sheets and pasted coins in sheets and made them ready to be displayed in exhibition with gud hopes to bag a prize.We were amazed to find all the students of IIT R to be polite , down to earth and best in moods everytime to learn and share the knowledge , much opposite to our presumption.There labs are open 24x7 for the students and depends on students,they make use of it and not harm things there,well equipped labs with 5 desktops, printers,accessories and even a gadda in floor in case any1 wants a short nap amidst work at odd hrs of night was a delight to witness.
Central libray has another kind of air inside, at 12 pm night we saw students coming to library and at every corner we could find the comfort and silence prevailing with books spread on table and students seemed basically interested only in knowledge.
No madness for long phone chats,no party plans of great, no LADKIBAAJI no FAAANTA BAAJI at all.
At the end of day we were left with great memories to remember for the rest of our life but then we have got to realize its just a start if we wanna continue this kind of work.
We got three 1st prizes in PHILATELY NUMISMATICS AND ELECTRONIC DESIGN PROJECT FOR Electronic Voting machine.Major part of EVM belongs to Robin and Himashu and for Stamps and Coins thankz to papa to imbibe that hobby to me as well.
Chief of army cantonment in ROORKEE presented us with our awards amidst huge applause in IIT Roorkee Auditorium.NDTV people covered the whole project work and we had all there to feel an ALL INDIA level competition.
CONGRATULATION!!
TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING IN LIFE JUST DARE TO DREAMS AND WORK FOR IT,SUCCESS IS JUST FEW CLICKS AWAY,WAITING TO BE CLICKED .........!~!~!~!~!~!~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!
